Things I’ve loved
Things I’ve Loved is a celebration of things from the near or distant past, either overlooked or forgotten by the unforgiving eye of popular culture….
arts
Speak for yourself
September of 2005, Neil Strauss’ The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-up Artists becomes a New York Times best seller. The book follows Strauss’s…
Two new speakers series hope to create discussion
Two speakers series recently launched at the University of Manitoba aim to fuel debate on some of the most prevalent issues affecting modern society. In…
Gazing into the (silicon) crystal ball
With NHL training camps and the pre-season wrapping up over the next week, hockey analysts from across the land are speculating how the season will…
Aqua Books saved
Aqua Books is set to become a non-profit organization centred on books, community and entertainment, after nearly falling off the Winnipeg map. The owner of…
Travel-logging: Mount Koya, Japan
The most holy Buddhist site in Japan — that was the initial attraction for me in going to Mount Koya, despite a friend of mine…
Disappearing into Thin Air
It was late at night, around this time last year, downtown Winnipeg. Just past eight o’clock, I stepped off the 62 bus and out onto…
Travel-logging: in the Lake of the Woods
The cabin is in constant adjustment. With every visit, I am reminded of humanity’s weakness for the excess. Modern play-things are purchased to keep our…
TEDx makes its Winnipeg debut
Ideas worth spreading” make their way to Winnipeg as the first TEDx Winnipeg event is set to take place at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on…
The bookstore of the present is closing its doors
One might imagine the allegorical slamming of a book to coincide with the closing of Aqua Books, a renegade used book store in the city’s…