Cierra Bettens

Arts and culture editor  

  • Arts Briefs

    Bow down to your Crumb Queen // The RWB presents Snow White // Reconciling the reel // The Darkroom tour // Gimli Film Fest seeks new executive director // Latent Knowledge @ cre8ery

  • Supporting the arts at the ballot box

    For artists and arts organizations alike, public funding provides the stability to support a fundamental tenet of the arts: creative risk.

  • Arts Briefs

    THIN AIR returns to Winnipeg // CKUW to host DIY DJ workshop // Video Pool has a midlife crisis // Entangled @ MHC Gallery // Nuit Blanche 2023 // Indigenous theatre spotlighted at Royal MTC

  • A greener world is possible

    From temperature maps displaying a sea of red to line graphs depicting exponential CO2 emissions, most of the visual language surrounding climate change evokes nihilism rather than hope.

    Yet, in a new, multidisciplinary exhibition called Planet Love, hope is the basis for climate action.

  • Arts editor’s guide to autumn

    I’ve always felt that autumn is far more indicative of a new year than Jan. 1.

    For the first time since 2003, I’m not returning to school in September. From preschool to the final semester of my undergraduate degree, the yellowing of the leaves marked the beginning of my studies. Though I’m no longer hitting the books, it remains a time of change and regrowth.

    I like to colour each season with art, music and recipes to measure time passing. Here are a few things colouring my autumn.

  • Arts briefs

    Echoes by Alana MacDougall // Drag Werkshop with Vida Lamour // Colette Balcean’s Nostalgie // Art Holm No. 8 // Virgo Rising releases “Tristan” // Jazz Winnipeg presents David Braid

  • Arts briefs

    Le Burger Week returns // Shakespeare bites back // A CHAPEL for the arts // Presenting Planet Love // In conversation with Moneca Sinclaire // Andino Suns take the WECC

  • The academy will not be automated

    “Write a lede for an article about the implications of ChatGPT in the university,” I prompt the chatbot.

  • Arts briefs

    Punk-rock goods// MHC wants your work!// Celebrating art across time// Fast, forward movement// Field Guide (re)releases debut album// A season’s farewell

  • Arts briefs

    Lubomyr Melnyk is back in town// Get on board// Trio SR9 at CCFM// Somewhere between figurative and abstract// Don’t be negative, bring your negatives// Solidarity forever

  • Critipeg: Space Girl

    Runs at Prairie Theatre Exchange until April 2

  • Arts briefs

    Feelin’ lucky// Submit your ArchiShorts// A Millenium Centre soirée// Talking movement// From the Junos to the Limelight// It’s worth the trip: Here & There

  • After the swan song

    André Lewis is no stranger to Swan Lake. The artistic director’s career at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) has spanned three decades.

  • Arts briefs

    What le funk is up?// Indigenous artisans welcome spring// Hot soup, warm hearts// On the rock// Learn the Victorian way// ‘All the world is a very narrow bridge’

  • Arts briefs

    Jazz @ the Fort Garry// Freeze Frame returns// Writing on joy// Lizzy Hoyt x MCO// Nickybaby releases debut EP// Apply to Plug-In ICA’s summer institute

  • Arts briefs

    Hého, let’s go!// An afternoon brew-ski// Taking care of business// Writing on Western Canadian art// Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers @ PTE// STAGES Speaker Series: Ekene Emeka-Maduka

  • Arts briefs

    The old Ball & Chain// Trouble in Mind @ MTC// Feeling Lynchian// A reel good workshop// UW theatre troupe presents The Secret in the Wings// ‘Where street dance and classical music meet’

  • Digging through cinema’s grave

    Quietly, the loss of dead films haunts the world.

  • Women talking about women talking

    Do nothing, stay and fight, or leave?

  • Arts briefs

    A gothic gathering// A very West Broadway winter// Manitoba artists receive JUNO nominations// Through Idan Cohen’s Looking Glass// The Rockies get their picture show// Urban Shaman presents Brennan McKay

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