Carnival food
What’s faster than fast food, twice the price and triple the calories? If you guessed carnival food, you are correct. Strolling through the midway amid…
Noreen Mae Ritsema
The current state of carnival culture
It’s opening day at the Red River Ex in Winnipeg and of course, it’s raining, but isn’t that what the weather is supposed to do…
From the ferris wheel to the mega drop
Move over ferris wheel and Polar Express. The Mega Drop is now in town and its taking all the attention. When it comes to carnival…
From circus maximus to mall parking lots
Just over 1,900 years ago, in the first century AD, the Roman poet Juvenal was composing scathingly honest impressions of the state of life in…
Worshiping the wind
They worship the wind. They wake up in the morning and check the trees outside of their windows to gauge how much wind is blowing…
Riding with pride
The Olympics have come and gone. And now the Paralympics are over as well. Amid all of the controversy, calamity and triumph, there is a…
Will these shoes ever get old?
I recently met a kid wearing Reebok Pumps. Nostalgic images of Michael Jordan in his prime flashed in my mind as I recalled the days…
CD Review : Courtney Farquhar “Nowhere I’d Rather Be”
I’ll admit, this album caught my eye. Courtney on the cover sitting in the grass, all legs and cut-off jean shorts in a retro flower…
Hot yoga just got hotter
Accessibility, community and environment are three pillars of Moksha Yoga. The philosophy of karma, a component of all three foundational values, has inspired unique music-related…
Thousands of athletes compete in track and field at the U of M
The Boeing Classic, one of the largest indoor track meets in the prairies, took place at Max Bell Centre over the weekend. Thousands of athletes…