Jessica Botelho-Urbanski
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Heart-wrenchingly hilarious
It’s not everyday that a gruesome break-up spawns an art exhibition in its honour.
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Winnipeg Folk Festival cancels Young Artists Program
For eight years, the Winnipeg Folk Festival’s Young Artists Program was an unparalleled experience for festival-goers, participants and organizers alike.
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‘Long live Big Fun!’
Huddled around a table in the warmth of Cousin’s Deli, four friends are having a few pints and pondering the blur of a year they’ve had since creating arguably the best thing to hit the Winnipeg music scene in years: Big Fun.
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Jeff Funnell’s five favorite underrated artists
Jeff Funnell is a Winnipeg artist through and through. Admittedly isolated and underrated, the only reason he stays in this city is because his cat is here and won’t let him leave.
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Hips don’t lie
It’s mid-January - that precarious time of year when the novelty of New Year’s resolutions to get fit are starting to wear off… or have already dissipated.
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Zrada 2.0: Expect rye bread and vodka shots
You’ve survived the Mayan apocalypse, but can you handle a live Zrada show?
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Cheap dates for cheapskates
Did you blow way too much money during the holidays?
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The 2012 Uniter 30
What does it take to create change? What does excellence look like?
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The Weeknd: Revolutionary R&B recluse lets everyone else do the talking
Canadian R&B sensation Abel Tesfaye, 22, better known by his stage name The Weeknd, eschews all interviews.
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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. -
Treats and schmoozin’
Over two-dozen Manitoba-based bands are slated to play two upcoming music festivals - South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas and Canadian Music Week (CMW) in Toronto.
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Esthetically and emotionally appealing
Be it music, drawing, drama, photography or another creative discipline, art’s power lies in its ability to intuitively reveal the truth.
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Scumday Mondays
There’s a new place to find scum in town on a Monday night, and it’s not where you might expect.
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Be the change
Many people may know about Free the Children, the largest global network of children helping children through education, as a result of We Day.
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Year-end Top Ten lists
Here’s a look at what Uniter arts and culture staff and contributors were into this past year.
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Turn on, tune in, drop out… and find the others
Veteran jazz/folk artist Andy Sheppard has ventured into video making to create Find the Others, an innovative project connecting music and film.
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William Kurelek: The Messenger
The Winnipeg Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, The Messenger, examines the famed work of one of Canada’s most polarizing, yet prized, artists - William Kurelek.
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The world according to BROOD
Toronto trio Elliott BROOD has evolved from a niche “death country” act, to alt-country aficionados in the past seven years.
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Delhi 2 Dublin talks diversity and world domination
Last November, when Delhi 2 Dublin playeda sold-out show at Winnipeg’s West End Cultural Centre, the floor reportedly shook and there were reports from unsuspecting neighbors of earthquake-like tremors around the West End area.
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FEIST
It’s been a while, but Feist is finally back with the reminder to The Reminder, Metals … not that you would have forgotten about her after that ubiquitous iPod commercial and Sesame Street stint a few years ago.