Arts & Culture

Winter’s carvers love to play in the snow

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Anastasia Chipelski
When our ever-present snow cover starts being transformed into impressive works of art, it’s a sure sign that it’s almost time for Festival du Voyageur. You may have noticed these snow sculptures dotting the city—perhaps...
Photo of the a snow sculpture at the entrance to Fort Gibraltor for the Festival due Voyageur.
Arts & Culture

Activism, porn, and pleasure coming together

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Anastasia Chipelski
Some may see the term feminist pornographer as a bit of an oxymoron, but just as there is no one right way to be a feminist, there are many ways that porn and feminism...
Arts & Culture

Rolling with the punches and building positive energy

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Anastasia Chipelski
W hether you’re entranced by the visuals or tearing up the dance floor to a new genre described as “Pow Wow Step,” the show put on by A Tribe Called Red is not easily forgotten. And,...
Arts & Culture

Rites of gender as a roving performance

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Anastasia Chipelski
Many of this week’s Genderfest events offer opportunities to reflect on and discuss the meaning of gender, and Stylin’ I! is no exception. Self-billed as an “unauthorized roving performance in the skywalk/underground,” collaborators Coral Maloney...
Arts & Culture

Celebrating the complexities of queer culture

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Anastasia Chipelski
A carefully written and finely told story, at its very best, has the ability to draw readers out of isolation and into a sense of shared experience and community. It is in this spirit of...
Features

Shopping for change

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Anastasia Chipelski
Watching coverage of the Rana Plaza factory collapse outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, in April 2013 was a startling wake-up call for many. As the death toll crept up to over 1,100, finger-pointing and calls for...
Arts & Culture

A passion for pints

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Anastasia Chipelski
Most restaurants plan a concept and a menu, and then pair their liquors accordingly – but at Barley Brothers in Winnipeg, it’s all about the beer. Raj Maniar, who holds the title of Beer Manager,...
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