Arts
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Origin stories: Bif Naked, Canadian Singer
Born Beth Torbert, Bif Naked talks about her atypical childhood.
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Reach out. He’ll be there.
Summer’s gone, which means the time is no longer right for dancing in the street.
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The best part of breaking up
From gorging on ice cream to a rebound with an old flame, everyone has their preferred consolation when love goes sour.
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Welcome to the wheel world
Myles A. Taylor is a man of many talents, as his illustrious pedigree as an actor, writer, director, showrunner and musician prove.
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Leaving no trace
Local clothing designer Lennard Taylor came into the fashion world by way of passion and an injured knee.
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‘Write your own story’
Liz Howard is a renowned writer of mixed settler and Anishinaabe heritage. Her debut poetry collection, Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent, was the winner of the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize, and her second collection, Letters in a Bruised Cosmos, made the 2022 short list.
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City briefs
Minimum wage increases// Less than three weeks to vote// Winnipeggers show support in Iranian protests// UWSA byelection campaign week// Pride for newcomers// Future on Fire
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Arts briefs
Writing the city// Multimedia connections// Celebrating moving image// The Handmaid’s Tale at RWB// Call for Indigenous filmmakers// Network at Royal MTC
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Origin stories: Greg MacPherson singer-songwriter
Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Greg MacPherson has moved a lot in his life – a total of 41 times. His father was a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force and was transferred to Winnipeg in 1986, where MacPherson lives today.
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Hidden in plain sight
On the first floor of Lockhart Hall at the University of Winnipeg (U of W) is a room unknown to many. From the outside, it looks like almost any other classroom on campus.
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When dystopia becomes reality
A modern classic with increasingly relevant dystopian themes will soon return to the Centennial Concert Hall.
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Origin stories: Mitch Dorge, Crash Test Dummies
Mitch Dorge, drummer for the band Crash Test Dummies (CTD), celebrated his 62nd birthday while (virtually) sitting down with The Uniter in Red Deer, Alta. while on tour with the multi-platinum-selling band.
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Showcasing the absurd
In the cinematic imaginary, Winnipeg is largely defined by Guy Maddin’s award-winning My Winnipeg (2007), which portrays the city as a remote absurd oddity characterized by a combination of horror, mysticism and sentimentality.
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Refusing to walk the line
The outlaw, the desperado, the Man in Black: some of country music’s most prominent figures have defined themselves by living life on the fringe and answerin’ to nobody.
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Greater than the sum of its arts
Should you wander near Provencher during the night of cultured revelry that is Nuit Blanche, you may find yourself in an ethereal space where the boundaries between art and aesthete are blurred.
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Warming huts competition returns to The Forks
The Forks’ warming-huts competition is back for a 14th consecutive year.
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Observe & interact
It’s a sunny Sept. 24 at The Forks when Melanee Tessler frowns at the end of the broken wire. LED lights became disconnected from the wires that lead into the programming box during setup.
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House of the Dragon’s Moralizing discourse
Since its premier in August, House of the Dragon, HBO’s prequel series to its controversial fantasy blockbuster Game of Thrones, has already slotted itself into its predecessor’s position in the weekly thinkpiece factory.
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Student Services
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Arts briefs
Digital double feature à la PTE// Lennard Taylor reopening soirée// The city won’t sleep tonight// Bringing African cinema to the Prairies// Music aboard the Nonsuch// Reigniting Indigenous languages