arts

Wooden expressions

There’s a different kind of scary – a fearsome that comes not in the frightful facts of a moment, but through turning our gaze into…


Unlimited gags at Gags Unlimited

In my quest for scary I visited a store that elevates hauntings and transformations to a professional level. Though open year-round for the party needs…


Teeming with life, history

Just over the creek is where it all began roughly 135 years ago. Standing over a sea of some 11,000 chalky white clonal tombstones in…


REEL PRIDE

Winnipeg’s LGBTTQ* film festival, the largest of its kind between Toronto and Vancouver, is run entirely by volunteers. Additional support from the people of Manitoba…




New writers-in-residence at the CCWOC

On Wednesday, Sept. 18, the University of Manitoba’s centre for creative writing and oral culture (CCWOC) welcomed singer-songwriters John K. Samson and Christine Fellows into…


Emerging Voices

On Sept. 28, coinciding with Culture Days, Winnipeg’s private and public art galleries—as well as other cultural institutions and installations in public spaces—will open to…


U of M (re)designed

On Thursday, Sept. 19, urban design professionals from around the world will gather at the University of Manitoba for a Visionary (re)Generation conversation. Panelists and…


A day in the life: Doing the blot

Welcome back, dear readers! Last time we covered some of the basics of Western blotting. This issue, we’ll start getting into some of the specifics…