Cierra Bettens

Arts and culture editor  

  • Awakening the city that always sleeps

    Last summer, West Broadway residents witnessed the unceremonious replacement of the neon-lit windows that framed a neighborhood diner with the tinted coverings of a new cannabis store.

  • Arts briefs

    The symphony scores // Oh, the Humanity // A banned tale brought to life // The secret resilience of geese // Opening night: Friends of a Sick Girl // Carmen @ the Manitoba Opera

  • Arts briefs

    Just what the doctor ordered // Flora Luna launch @ CCFM // Guilt: A Love Story @ Royal MTC // The art of the monoprint // The Year of Magical Thinking @ PTE // Learn to print!

  • Arts briefs

    A hilarious debut // Putting the ‘fun’ in fundraising // Caring for the land // Call for submissions: Writes of Spring // Divine by design // A fiery night at the symphony

  • Arts briefs

    A St. Patty’s Day Pogues tribute // Tarot tales // United through song // The Lehman Trilogy @ Royal MTC // Discussing diversity // Cold reading and colder brews

  • Arts briefs

    WFG unveils film scanning services // Presenting the next generation of filmmakers // U of M Jazz takes the Fort Garry // Staging a midlife crisis // United through song // Release your inhibitions

  • Critipeg: The Piano Teacher

    Plays at the Tom Hendry Warehouse until March 16

  • Art at stake

    In The Death and Life of Great American Cities, author and urbanist Jane Jacobs posits public art as an essential pillar of city life.

  • Arts briefs

    An exhibition on women, art and war // A chorus of queer love // A play honouring essential workers // An antidote to writer’s – and dancer’s – block // A studio for the community // Fusing tech and tunes for a good cause

  • Arts briefs

    A dark day for the arts // A flurry of laughs // A dance double-feature // A concert in the sky(walk) // An intuitive art exhibition // A call for Prairie art books

  • Partners in dance and life

    Whether in ballet slippers or trainers, Catherine Wreford and Craig Ramsay walk the world together.

  • Giving back by biting back

    Forty years ago, Pat Bruderer, known as Halfmoon Woman, met the late Angelique Merasty, a world-renowned birchbark biting artist, while working at a friendship centre in Thompson.

  • Arts briefs

    Dead films come to life // Last call for WUFF submissions // Art through contemplation // Beading for your sweetheart // Stone-cold connections // The Mountaintop @ Royal MTC

  • Ushering a Yiddish renaissance

    Throughout its thousand-year history, Yiddish formed the linguistic foundation of a rich world of literature, music, folklore and fine arts.

  • Arts briefs

    Romeo, save me // Black and Proud/Noir et Fier // Art with teeth // Celebrate Palentine’s Day // Talking climate // Embracing winter through song

  • Arts Briefs

    Drag 101 // Diasporic tales @ PTE // Putting their art and soul into it // Digging up vinyl treasures // Winnipeg 150 Community Celebration Grant // A musical Happy Medium

  • Reinventing the ring

    Attending your first professional wrestling match is a bit like attending a Rocky Horror Picture Show screening.

    You have to see it live. You can never fully anticipate it. And, often, it’s best to go in blind.

  • Arts Briefs

    Lights on the Exchange returns // Gabs Sings Babs // Agrarian After Dark // RMTC and TPM present among men // Celebrating the work of Alvin // Royal Winnipeg Ballet hosting auditions Pauls

  • Arts Briefs

    To Create Context @ aceartinc. // Film training for newcomers to Canada // Making art spaces accessible // Music ‘N’ Mavens returns // gastropoetics @ PLATFORM // Royal MTC honours Carole King

  • Favourite local publication (that isn’t The Uniter)

    1. The Uniter (editor’s note: please stop voting for us)

    2. Stylus

    3. ARP Books

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