Arts & Culture
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Arts & Culture | May 4th 2012
Win a pair of Van Halen tickets
Legendary rock band Van Halen will perform at the MTS Centre on Sunday, May 13 as part of its current tour in support of its new album, A Different Kind of Truth. The Uniter has one pair of tickets to give away to the show. more »
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Arts & Culture | April 20th 2012
Lennon and McCartney kissing?
Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland are both accomplished singer-songwriters in their own right. Now, the husband and wife have come together to form Whitehorse, a roots project that released its first album last summer. more »
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Arts & Culture | April 13th 2012
Come for the drum kit, stay for the music
Proggier than thou. Like any progressive metal musicians worth their weight in Marshall half stacks, the guys in Winnipeg’s Grand Master write complex, epic songs about fantastical themes. more »
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Arts & Culture | April 13th 2012
With a little help from her friends
When Winnipeg-based folk and roots singer-songwriter Cara Luft posted a video on YouTube in March 2011 asking fans to help fund the recording of her new album, Darlingford, the results were, in her words, “mind-boggling” - in a good way. She initially hoped to raise $15,000. In the end, fans donated over $32,000 to make the project a reality. more »
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Lifestyle | April 4th 2012
Beyond downtown
We here at The Uniter’s Arts & Culture section spend the better part of the year focusing on artists and the events that happen in the downtown area. From shows at the Lo Pub to exhibitions on the University of Winnipeg campus, there is a lot going on right here. But where does this art and culture come from? Since nobody was born cool in the basement of the Royal Albert, we decided to find out what kind of great art was being made and what trends were happening all around Winnipeg. more »
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The souls behind the plastic
It all started as a joke last year at the University of Winnipeg’s Student Film Festival. more »
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Music | April 4th 2012
Frank Turner overdrive
Frank Turner is one of the hardest-working touring musicians in music today - he played approximately 184 shows last year alone. more »
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Theatre | April 4th 2012
Artist on artist (on artist)
Ross McMillan and Sarah Constible are two mainstays of the Winnipeg theatre scene. They’re being directed by Bill Kerr in Theatre Projects Manitoba’s current production of Steve Ratzlaff’s Dionysus in Stony Mountain, a play in which a prison psychiatrist and her patient (who's chosen to go off his meds) debate Nietzsche, Canada's prison system and the inability of institutions to facilitate personal healing. The Uniter caught up with them between rehearsals. more »
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Music | April 4th 2012
More Music this Month
More Music this Month more »
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Arts & Culture | April 4th 2012
A curse and a blessing
From the obvious resurgence of civic pride, to increased traffic and visitors to Winnipeg’s downtown, the NHL’s return has had a snowball effect on this city. more »
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