Features
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10th Annual Summer Festival Guide listings
Here are our listings of over 100 festivals across Manitoba this summer!
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What is a city without people?
In December 2017, there was an uproar after the internet got wind of wealthy residents of Bristol, United Kingdom, installing spikes in the trees outside their homes to stop birds from pooping on their cars.
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Conserving memories
On January 12th, 2018 the Assiniboine Park Conservancy (APC) announced the closure of the Conservatory. The conservatory’s last day of operation will be April 2, 2018.
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Accessibility and inclusion
Persons with disabilities often face a lack of accommodation, support and funding, as well as experiencing widespread bullying and exclusion, according to the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
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Alok Vaid-Menon
Alok Vaid-Menon is a gender non-conforming performance artist, writer, educator and entertainer, and they’re coming to Winnipeg on March 14 as part of The Uniter Speaker Series.
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On patrol with the Bear Clan
As the sun sets over Winnipeg’s North End, a group of people gather at the Ndinawe Youth Resource Centre. They are preparing to spend the next few hours patrolling the streets and back lanes, by foot and with the aid of a mobile unit.
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A recipe for grooving
Dizzy Mystics is a local rock-inspired band with funk, jazz, folk and ’70s metal influences.
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A Cawnversation with Two Crows For Comfort
Cory Sulyma, one-half of local folk duo Two Crows For Comfort, shies away from categorizing the band’s music
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Giant Skellies rattling bones with upcoming EP
Their name might suggest otherwise, but the Giant Skellies are anything but bare bones
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Overcoming fear with honesty
Singer-songwriter Taylor Janzen is a self-proclaimed Julien Baker Evangelist, crediting the artist with inspiring her to open up emotionally within her own writing.
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Getting all the small things right
Pop-punk trio The 1221 take being close with your bandmates to a whole new level.
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The 2018 Uniter Fiver
For this year’s Uniter Fiver, we switched up the order of things a bit and had readers vote on the grand winner of the top five rather than all of the submissions.
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Life in the City of Dirty Water RECAP
On Jan. 30, 2018, Clayton Thomas-Müller shared stories and visuals as part of his larger project, Life in the City of Dirty Water, on stage at the West End Cultural Centre.
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Confronting weight stigma
Discrimination against a person’s weight or size, also known as sizeism, is an issue that affects many people in their day-to-day lives.
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Temporary custodians
The reasons why people collect things are as unique as the collectors themselves.
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Life in the City of Dirty Water
Clayton Thomas-Müller is delivering his transmedia presentation, Life in the City of Dirty Water at the West End Cultural Centre on Jan. 30.
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Shifting the stigma
Stigma surrounding taking medication for mental health and mental illnesses, as well as stigma around mental health in general, has decreased in recent years. This shows through both sociological and medical points of view.
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Limelight to twilight
Winnipeg exists in an odd cultural space; we’re self-deprecating but have fierce hometown pride.
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Uniter 30 outtakes
In tallying the votes for this issue, one of the greatest joys and greatest challenges is going through all the reader submissions
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Favourite local athlete
1. Natasha O’Reilly
Honourable mentions: Andrew Harris, Jonathan Toews