Ally Gonzalo captures Winnipeg’s Filipino queer community in latest portrait series
Ally Gonzalo brings boldness and beauty in Bakla!, his latest portrait series. Gonzalo is now a Winnipeg-based professional photographer, but he got his start back…
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Local YA fantasy author S. M. Beiko launches ‘The Brilliant Dark’ at McNally Robinson
A locally-made epic trilogy will come to an end this month. The Brilliant Dark, S. M. Beiko’s final instalment of The Realms of Ancient trilogy,…
U of M’s school of art showcases Indigenous South African pottery and alumna PJ Anderson’s work
The latest exhibit at the U of M’s School of Art Gallery’s collections gallery is hundreds of years in the making. Contemporary Traditions and Allusions:…
Begonia’s in bloom
Local music icon Alexa Dirks, known onstage as Begonia, is between filming music videos and a busy tour schedule. She is also releasing her first full-length album, Fear, Sept. 13.
Begonia — Fear, 4.5/5
Alexa Dirks, who performs under the name Begonia, unsurprisingly delivers stellar vocals and raw lyrics on her highly anticipated debut full-length album, Fear.
Festival blankets the city with creativity
Winnipeg’s sixth annual Wall-to-Wall Mural & Culture Festival — run by Synonym Art Consultation in collaboration with Graffiti Art Programming Inc. — runs throughout September.
Festival favourite ends summer with a Royal Rumpus
Cult DJ and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Courtnage — known onstage as Smoky Tiger — released his third album, The Premium Quality Royal Rumpus, Aug. 30. In…
Local author brings Christie Pits riots to life
Dirty Water Comics’s latest graphic novel, Christie Pits, tells the story of Canada’s largest race riot you probably haven’t heard of. Written by Jamie Michaels…
Playwright expresses internal ‘gender odyssey’
Lara Rae’s “gender odyssey” play “Dragonfly” premiered March 14 at the Rachel Browne Theatre. Rae is a comedian, producer, writer and playwright. Originally from Glasgow,…
U of M prof creates for popular “Warhammer 40,000” series
Many of you know David Annandale as a film studies professor with a passion for genre fiction and video games, but did you also know…