Arts & Culture

Jiving and swinging into the roaring ’20s with UMSwing

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Zachary Sigurdson
Welcome to the ’20s everyone. While war, violence and environmental collapse seem to encroach more and more each day, maybe there are some trappings of a bygone era that aren’t all that bad. For instance,...
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Presenting “‘Heritage Minutes’ from hell”

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Zachary Sigurdson
Watching the trailer for Matt Rankin’s The Twentieth Century requires more than a bit of mental gymnastics to realize what the film is actually about. It’s an absurdist film about former Canadian prime minister William...
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Squirrelly Dan’s gots a few words about Christmas

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Zachary Sigurdson
There are few Canadian comedians with as much heart and holiday cheer as K. Trevor Wilson. The award-winning comedian is most famous for his role as Squirrelly Dan in the acclaimed comedy series Letterkenny. In...
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Building student community through anime

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Zachary Sigurdson
From live-action remakes, to streaming services like Crunchyroll and old-fashioned bootlegs, anime’s continually growing influence on pop culture makes the case that Japanese animation is not quite the niche interest it once was. The potential...
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‘The In-Betweens’ of animation and memory

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Zachary Sigurdson
While some may believe animation is an art form left to either children or anime fans, the reality is making film using drawn or created imagery has great potential for artistic expression. U of M...
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Super-powered storytelling meets Indigenous artwork

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Zachary Sigurdson
Curated by Gitxaala artist Leena Minifie and featuring artwork from six — predominantly Canadian — Indigenous artists across Turtle Island, the University of Winnipeg’s Gallery 1C03 is hosting When Raven Became Spider until Nov....
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The world of Winnipeg fashion designer Adam Small

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Zachary Sigurdson
Adam Small, at age 19, runs a full-time fashion brand, has two fashion shows under his belt and is constantly making clothes for both local and international buyers. “I was always a creative kid, always...
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