Arts
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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
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Critipeg: True Detective: Night Country
“Part 1” streaming now on Crave.
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Winnipeg needs a Winterruption
Despite being an accredited “winter city” in the World Winter Cities Association for Mayors roster, Winnipeg has taken its time getting cold this year. However, with the recent arrival of the familiar bitter chill and thick blankets of snow, cabin fever will inevitably follow suit.
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Dread who’s coming to dinner
Dinner parties can be a social minefield on a good evening. A festive atmosphere combined with expected decorum and free-flowing wine can be a recipe for disaster – which makes it all the more relieving, and amusing, when one can step back and simply watch it unfold.
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Local film and television production a ‘growth industry’
If you’re a Manitoban interested in showbiz, 2024 might be your year.
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Coming soon to a theatre near you and a galaxy far, far away
On Dec. 18, Star Wars fans were greeted with a surprise announcement. This time, though, it wasn’t just another spinoff movie slated for development or a new line of action figures.
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Signs of the times
Like most cities, Winnipeg’s buildings tell a story about its past. Well, maybe it’s not a single story with a clearly defined arc. Perhaps, more accurately, Winnipeg’s buildings are a scattershot anthology of short stories. They range from the old and beautifully preserved to the rundown and decrepit, from quaint character neighbourhoods to rows of identical strip malls, like so many cubes of Lego, devoid of any personality whatsoever.
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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
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Critipeg: Maestro
Streaming now on Netflix
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Eulogy for a ‘Shy Guy’
In music, there are many people who leave an indelible mark on the culture but, due to various circumstances, do not become household names. The Canadian music industry lost one such person when Chad Allan died on Nov. 21, 2023 at the age of 80.
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C’cap rebrands with The Language Is In The Drifts
What happens when a curator unburdens a group of artists from a thesis?
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Ma-Buhay! places Filipino excellence centre stage
A “gut feeling” kicked off one of Rainbow Stage’s most ambitious projects to date. “It is exhilarating to witness the creation of something this big and wonder how our city will respond to it,” Carson Nattrass, artistic director at Rainbow Stage, says about Ma-Buhay!.
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A farewell to the Good Will
Nearly a decade after nine guys decided to open the Good Will Social Club, the beloved venue will take a final bow on Feb. 1.
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Favourite local visual artist
1. Dylan Carr
2. Barb Bottle
3. JD Renaud
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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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Favourite local music venue/Favourite local restaurant
Favourite local music venue
1. The Good Will Social Club
2. The Handsome Daughter
3. The Park Theatre
Favourite local restaurant
1. The Handsome Daughter
2. Bonnie Day
3. Shorty’s Pizza
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Favourite local public art piece
1. emptyful by Bill Pechet
2. Riley Grae mural
3. Cinematheque bathroom by JD Renaud
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Favourite local dancer
1. Esethu Gwintsa
2. Ella Steele
3. Dancing Gabe
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Favourite local podcast
1. Witchpolice Radio
2. The Reel Debaters
3. Barking Dog
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Favourite local photographer
1. Joey Senft
2. Adam Kelly
3. Dwayne Larson