WAFF it up
Since its creation nine years ago, the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival (WAFF) has come to incorporate films with many themes besides the aboriginal issues it…
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Chronicles of Mezzezeh
Mezzezeh was baffled by this encounter as he went combing through the forest back into the mountain of fertility. On his way, he saw the…
Small Town Tale
August is far too hot for a black suit, so I wore dark grey. The car ride took three hours, in which time I dared…
If you’ve got the money, honey
“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Nothing in life is certain, let…
Our city’s still breathing
The title of the event couldn’t have been more “Winnipeg” in theme: “My City’s Still Breathing” — taken from the Weakerthans’ song “Left and Leaving”:…
Representing the folk out of Canada
The upcoming Canadian Folk Music Awards, taking place this weekend, will bring musicians from across Canada as nominees in 19 different categories such as “Traditional…
Revisiting Carolee Schneemann
Last February I attended a lecture on the rise of feminist art at Video Pool as part of Oliver Botar’s contemporary art history class. Among…
How to survive the sleazy beast
For 32 years Victoria jazz-punks NoMeansNo have lived apart from the sleazy beast known as the music industry. Now that the rest of the world…
Unnecessary Reviews: Marmaduke
Unnecessary Reviews is a column where things are reviewed in a manner that is unnecessary. They say you can’t keep a good dog down. Just…
Legends of the Periphery: Table Tennis Legend, Viktor Barna
From time to time even some of the greatest and most prolific heroes in all of sports fall through the cracks of obscurity and are…