Arts
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Train keeps a rollin’
The Underground Comedy Railroad Tour is an all-black comedy tour designed to showcase a segment of the population that isn’t always front and center in Canadian comedy.
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On the cusp
Since its inception four years ago, Verge has become a great way for audiences to discover up-and-coming talent from Canada’s contemporary dance scene.
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Rock out with your ceinture fléchée out
Western Canada’s largest winter festival is only getting bigger. A whopping 130 musical acts will be performing at Festival du Voyageur in 2014. The 45th annual celebration of Franco-Manitoban culture runs from Feb. 14-23 at Voyageur Park and various other sites in Winnipeg.
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A man of the red soil
A native of Rustico, Prince Edward Island, folk singer-songwriter Lennie Gallant is a passionate representative of Canada’s East Coast, and his forthcoming work Searching for Abegweit: The Songs & Stories of Lennie Gallant demonstrates that affection.
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Keeping Canada creative
To keep the creative juices flowing in a subarctic country, Weird Canada provides a not-for-profit option of exposure on all artistic fronts.
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Not my Winnipeg
I’ve been waiting to talk about the new Winnipeg-centric, “locally branded” web series WindCity, which is (deep breath) produced with the support of Manitoba Public Insurance & Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, in partnership with the RBC Convention Centre, Red River College & Royal Bank, with Assistance from Carnaval Brazilian BBQ, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Centre Venture, Downtown Winnipeg Biz, The Forks, Fort Garry Hotel, Johnston Group, Neil Bardal Funeral Centre, produced with the participation of The Government of Manitoba and distributed by the Winnipeg Free Press.
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The Monuments Men
As a director, George Clooney’s approach has always been to take stylistic cues from his inspirations. In Good Night and Good Luck, he channeled early television with his minimalist black and white photography, utilizing long takes and subtle performances to make it feel less edited and more journalistic. In The Monuments Men, Clooney is channeling a type of ensemble World War II film that hasn’t been produced for decades.
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I am Divine
I Am Divine accomplishes a nearly impossible feat by not being completely outshone by its subject. When making a documentary about a figure as lurid and grandiose as frequent John Waters collaborator Divine, one could easily coast on the sheer spectacle of the performer and end up with a half-entertaining picture. Director Jeffrey Schwarz (Vito) does much more, and the portrait he creates is moving, entertaining, and damn funny.
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First thespian experience
Sarasvàti Productions is gearing up for its third annual So You Think You Can Act (SYTYCA) fundraiser, an event which allows the local theatre company to make FemFest and other productions a reality each year.
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Deft selector
If you spoke to 23 year-old Ryan Hemsworth, his humility and composure might fool you into believing he’s just a casual dilettante, a “laptop artist” who makes music simply for his own amusement.
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Sibyl at the Uniter Fiver
Sibyl playing "The Tale of the Wandering Aengus" at the Park Theatre.
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Greetings from Winnipeg
Winnipeg folk/roots trio the Crooked Brothers have combined its love of art, music and snail mail to create Postcard, its brand new EP and first release since 2011’s Lawrence, Where’s Your Knife?
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Solitary man
After spending the ‘00s in such established Philadelphia punk bands as Paint It Black and the Loved Ones, Dave Hause has decided to mellow things out a bit with a solo career, and he has no intentions of looking back.
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The poetry of the penis
Ariel Gordon is one of the most down-to-earth people you could ever have the pleasure of meeting. She’s funny, insightful and has an affinity for nature, like taking “macro photographs of mushrooms.”
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Chekhov crosses cultures
The 14th annual Master Playwright Festival, presented by the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, is showcasing the work of Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov until February 9.
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The Disappeared
I’ve never heard “lost at sea movies” or “lifeboat movies” discussed as a genre, but I think there’s a convincing case to be made for it. As far back as Alfred Hitchcock’s Lifeboat and as recently as Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, stories of survival in the isolated setting of a boat are a rarely discussed tradition. Canadian feature The Disappeared is a solidly dutiful entry in this tradition that never feels like old hat.
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Labor Day
I knew very little about Labor Day before going in to see it. I knew it was directed by Jason Reitman, who was behind such recent successes as Up in the Air and Juno. I knew it starred Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin, two actors I’ve always liked and respected. And I knew it was being marketed as this season’s answer to The Notebook, a period romantic drama about impossible love.
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Empowered by empathy
Violence against women is defined by the United Nations as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.”
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In motion
Christian and Sean Procter, aged 41 and 38 respectively, are putting hometown musical legends on the map for fantastic music videos through their company Procter Bros. Industries (PBI).
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The power of commitment
The effects of the financial meltdown in 2008 have been wide-ranging and long-lasting. “This is a subject matter that is real and happening right now. People have lost their homes and jobs, and we’ll see a ripple effect into the 2020s,” says Christopher Brauer, Associate Professor in the University of Winnipeg’s Theatre and Film department.