Opinion
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No Gods, No Masters, No More Musical Revivals
My name is Frances Koncan, and I hate musical theatre.
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Bring on the music
Drumroll, please … our annual New Music Issue is finally here!
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Every body in the pool
Swimming is a popular, benefit-rich activity, but there are social and structural barriers which can make swimming in the city an impossibility for many.
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Feeding diaspora
Food is a multi-sensory experience that can transport us elsewhere.
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Crystal clear
Humans and animals have been forming unbreakable bonds for centuries.
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Theatre talks
This Sunday, Feb. 3, we’re grateful to host another amazing cultural producer as part of the Uniter Speaker Series. Darla Contois will join us at the West End Cultural Centre for an afternoon conversation.
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Supporting survivors of sexual harassment and assault
Many of us have heard stories, whether from the news, close friends, relatives or coworkers, about how sexual harassment and assault have impacted their lives. Some of us might have stories of our own. For those who do not, it can be difficult to know how to link arms with survivors and continue advocating against sexual harassment and assault together.
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What I’m trying to do
I’m thinking about this vision I had for my life as a kid. I saw myself living in a hundred-year-old bungalow, with creaky floors and incense burning and classical music on the radio. There were cats, and maybe someone who loved me living their life in tandem with mine.
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Debunking the myth of a better self
The Christmas I was in kindergarten, my aunts gifted me a really cute denim jacket – the kind I would be stoked to wear today. I remember looking at my five-year-old self in the mirror as I tried it on, and feeling, for the first time, deeply ashamed of my body. I looked … big, which in my mind, already equated to bad. This was the first time I decided I was ugly. (It wasn’t the jacket’s fault.)
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Outdigenous
When I set out to write a piece about safe spaces, I quickly realized something: I had no idea what a safe space really meant.
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Write through january
As this issue hits the stands, we’ll be in the tail end of January, a dark, cold month in Winnipeg.
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Screen-Based Activism
We live in an age where our voices can be heard by the masses with just a few clicks of a button.
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Halfway to somewhere
The perception people often have of someone being successful usually goes hand in hand with seeing that person as happy.
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Your new favourite band(s)
Over the next week, voting is open for this year’s Uniter Fiver contest. The top five finalists this year – Baseball Hero, Dinner Club, House Handshake, Jamboree and Mister K – were chosen from among this year’s open call to bands.
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Spoiler alert: Horror is smart
Some weeks ago, in a moment of spontaneity sponsored by happenstance and financial permission, I treated myself to the recently-released Suspiria remake.
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On walk friendliness in Manitoba
Walkability is a broad concept, with an ambiguous working definition along the lines of “how friendly a place is to walking."
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Back in action(ish)
By now, it might be starting to sink in that it really is January. It really is a new year. And we really are back to whatever routines that entails … kind of.
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Celebrating 30
This week’s issue is a special one, though its theme and format has shifted throughout the years.
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Of remembrance and struggle
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), observed on Nov. 20 each year at the University of Winnipeg and in hundreds of cities around the world, is an event whose purpose defies a universal definition.
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Spirit of the Buffalo Camp five months strong
A few kilometres southeast of Gretna, Man. sits a spacious lodge on a dirt road, steps away from the Canada-US border.