Culture
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Know your scoby
Kombucha has existed for hundreds of years, yet it is only just gaining popularity in Winnipeg. The strong, sweet tea is fermented by a bacterial culture called a Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast, affectionately known by its cute acronym, SCOBY.
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Arts Briefs
Gimme Some Truth panels // Art City $.O.$. // The Lytics // disPOSSESSION // Isolated Landscapes //
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Whose House? Mitch’s House!
The term “musician” feels too vague to sum up Mitch Dorge’s accomplishments.
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Samhain ushers in a new year for witches
Halloween is the product of a centuries-long game of telephone that started with Samhain, the pagan Sabbat of death and rebirth, though the meaning of the celebration has changed with time.
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Arts Briefs
Red Rising: Two Spirit // Anarchist bookfair // Bodagoes closing // A Wholesome Life // Alex Cuba returns to Winnipeg
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Whose House? Tesia’s House!
Tesia Rhind is quickly becoming one of Winnipeg’s most-talked-about tattoo apprentices.
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Surviving gentrification
The past 15 years have been transformative for Winnipeg’s Exchange District.
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Basketball team prepares for a new season
October brings basketball back to campus, as the University of Winnipeg Wesmen men’s squad is evaluating players and making final roster cuts during their pre-season schedule.
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City may prohibit vaping in public places
A newly proposed initiative by Winnipeg’s city council may see e-cigarettes counted among many tobacco products which will be prohibited on outdoor patios at bars and restaurants.
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Changing attitudes toward natural hair
The natural hair movement is gaining momentum in Winnipeg, but it’s slowed by a lack of products and knowledge.
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My Haunted Winnipeg
Winnipeg is known for its many haunted locations. This month, the public can visit these places and hear the stories – and perhaps have a first-hand experience.
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CRITIPEG: The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography
Documentarian Errol Morris has made some of the medium’s most defining pictures. The Fog of War earned him an Oscar, and The Thin Blue Line wrote the book on true-crime docs while freeing an innocent man from death row.
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Arts Briefs
Congratulations to Tina Keeper // Double, Double, Toil and Trouble // Sister Cycle // Local Governor General finalists // Mosaic family programs // Seeking: musicians
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Whose House? Todd’s House!
Propagandhi has always been a political band. Since their inception in 1986, the group has embraced an anarcho-punk ethos centred on social justice that seems especially relevant in 2017. However, bassist and vocalist Todd Kowalski says that 2017 is business as usual for Propagandhi.
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Here comes a regular
Sometimes community is built through a combination of habit, routine and convenience. Returning to the same place over and over again, and seeing the same familiar faces, can help people develop a sense of belonging.
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Un-Supermarket
A comic by Sari Habiluk.
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More than a week for mental health
The University of Winnipeg (U of W) and the student groups it houses offer resources to support the mental health and well-being of students in a number of ways.
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Critipeg: SHARDS
Gallery 1C03’s SHARDS is an active conversation between history and the present.
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DIY tattoos are empowering
Tattooing is getting a DIY revival.
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Whose House? Bailee’s House!
Ever since she began playing music in high school, local musician Bailee Woods has stuck by one key philosophy: give your bands weird names.