Arts
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Favourite Local Place that No Longer Exists
1. Lo Pub
2. Music Trader
3. Tiny Feast -
Favourite Local DJ
1. Mama Cutsworth
2. DJ J Jackson
3. DJ Co-op -
Favourite Local Dancer
1. Ming Hon
2. Carol-Ann Bohrn
3. Ella Steele -
Favourite Local Comedian
1. Issa Kixen
2. Riva Billows
3. Dana Smith / Tyler Penner (tie) -
Favourite New Local Album of 2019
1. Begonia - Fear
2. Yes We Mystic - Ten Seated Figures
3. Jamboree - Melt / Living Hour - Softer Faces / Taylor Janzen - Shouting Matches (tie)
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Favourite Local Achiever Under 30
1. Ashley Bieniarz
2. Adam Fuhr / Satina Loren (tie)
3. Sadie-Phoenix Lavoie -
Favourite Local Achiever Over 60
1. Fred Penner
2. Elder Albert McLeod
3. Fred Dugdale -
No, I am Not a Fraud
I always expected that by now I would be thriving in my career as an author. I can almost picture myself signing books and giving profound talks and presentations.
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Love’s Labour’s Lost is ‘a rare treat’
The University of Winnipeg (U of W) Department of Theatre and Film is putting on its first show of this season later this month.
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Seeing beyond disability
Catherine McKercher has very few early memories of her brother Bill, other than the fact that he had a wonderful laugh.
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Future of feasting
On Nov. 22, the Wilderness Committee hosts its annual Climate Fall Supper.
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Luis Fonsi, Bad Bunny and J Balvin aren’t the only ones
With the help of Canadian singer Justin Bieber’s remix, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” garnered popularity. Its video became the most-watched on YouTube with over 6.5 billion views, which subsequently bolstered more global interest in Latin music.
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Thomas Mapfumo and The Blacks Unlimited come to Winnipeg
Artistic and ethnic diversity are vital to the survival of arts communities.
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Arts briefs
Jordan Stranger artist talk // Miss Club 200 Pageant // Chastity Belt with Living Hour // Cherry Cherry at Into The Music // Shasha McArthur at Plug In ICA // Gedi Sibony: Dialogues in Art
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CRITIPEG: Stranger pranks
Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo’s new Netflix show brings back the prank-based comedy format of Punk’d, Candid Camera and Just for Laughs Gags.
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Coffee brews and tap dance shoes
Readers might recognize cohabitating partners Jordan Cayer and Ella Steele from the Winnipeg stage.
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Signed, sealed, delivered
For the past few years, I’ve made near-monthly pilgrimages to Tiny Feast, a stationery store tucked into Winnipeg’s Exchange District.
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PROFile: Dr. Catherine Tosenberger
Dr. Catherine Tosenberger’s work consists of a surprising blend of both new and old elements, as she mixes traditional folklore and English literature with new-age technological media and fandom culture.
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Writing while Black
Diaspora Dialogues will host panels on Nov. 16 on being a Black writer in Canada. The Writing While Black in CanLit panel is a part of Tok Winnipeg, a free, two-day symposium in its second year.
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‘There is something interesting about this city’
Debuted at the Vancouver International Film Festival in September, Tapeworm arrives at Cinematheque on Nov. 14, and filmmakers Milos Mitrovic and Fabian Velasco, who are University of Winnipeg alumni, hint at the seriousness of their film.