REIA hosts year-end hurrah
The Racial Equity and Inclusion Alliance (REIA), a student-led community group at the U of M which started operations in the fall of 2023, hosted…
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Shakespeare as flashy high fashion fun
When Katrina Dunn, assistant professor in the University of Manitoba theatre program, asks her students to raise their hands if they love, hate or don’t…
Tawāw Pihtokī invites all to student showcase
Students and artists alike flooded the School of Art Student Gallery on March 21 for the opening reception of the Indigenous Student Showcase curated by…
Women at War and its shortcomings
Running from Feb. 29 to April 27 in the University of Manitoba’s school of art gallery, Women at War is an exhibit featuring the artistic…
St. John’s serenades the masses
The second annual St. John’s College Ensemble Competition is underway for the Desautels faculty of music, an event that will see students from all disciplines…
Surrender to the story of Rise, Red River
When Calgary-based playwright Tara Beagan was first approached by artistic director of Prairie Theatre Exchange (PTE), Thomas Morgan Jones, to write a play about climate…
Opening The Artalogue
Sometimes failure closes doors, and other times it starts podcasts. A year after leaving a tech startup job to dedicate her career to art, Madison…
Bombay Bicycle Club, ‘Fantasies’ — 4/5 stars
Bombay Bicycle Club and I have a complicated relationship. I never talk about them being a favourite of mine when in heated discussions about music….
Upcoming writing group seeks to build community
The University of Manitoba campuses are wide, sprawling and sometimes inhospitable. For students looking for connections, either in scholarly or creative environments, options for socializing…
’Toban Listens: Poetry Unbound
Poetry Unbound wasn’t the first podcast I listened to, but it certainly was the podcast that inspired a new kind of love in me for…