Pop Culture
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Tales from the chronic keepers
There’s a new major cannabis syndicate in town, and they’re making a big splash.
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Coming to you independent and ad-free
Between the same couple hits playing over and over, disc jockeys seemingly talking about nothing and the blare of advertisements, finding quality radio can seem like an impossible task.
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Arts briefs
The old Ball & Chain// Trouble in Mind @ MTC// Feeling Lynchian// A reel good workshop// UW theatre troupe presents The Secret in the Wings// ‘Where street dance and classical music meet’
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Turning 24
January 2023 hit like a ton of bricks, and something else is on the way: my 24th birthday.
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Arts briefs
A gothic gathering// A very West Broadway winter// Manitoba artists receive JUNO nominations// Through Idan Cohen’s Looking Glass// The Rockies get their picture show// Urban Shaman presents Brennan McKay
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No Bears
Plays at Cinematheque from Feb. 4 to 12
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Sunday, Blue Sunday
Big Dave McLean, easily Western Canada’s foremost all-purpose bluesman, has made Sunday evenings at the Times Change(d) High and Lonesome an indispensable way for Winnipeggers to wind down the week.
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Old McDonald has a film series
If laughter is the best medicine, visiting the Dave Barber Cinematheque for a healthy dose of comedy from Kevin McDonald is the prescription.
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Comedic relief
The basement of the Fort Garry Hotel will soon transform into a haven for comedians from the central Prairies and beyond.
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You gotta see it to believe it
In the 1960s and ’70s, country and blues music dominated the Main Street strip in Winnipeg.
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The cost of commodifying pleasure
It was blue, sparkly, worn like a Finger Monster and possibly bought at a gas station.
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Saint Omer
Plays at Cinematheque until Feb. 2
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When fairytales collide
Cinderella meets Little Red Riding Hood meets a baker’s wife meets Jack and his beanstalk.
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Live band karaoke returns
Karaoke, derived from the Japanese words for “empty orchestra,” is a staple of bars in East Asia.
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Out of the closet and into the streets
The term “safe space” can be traced back to lesbian and gay bars in the 1960s.
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Worth the wait
Local singer-songwriter Jacob Brodovsky has spent the past 18 years writing, performing and honing his craft. Fittingly, his forthcoming album, I Love You and I’m Sorry, is a distillation of a music career that began when he was 12.
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Arts briefs
A collector’s paradise// No blues at this blues fest// Craft in Colour @ MCC// NO DICTIONARY FOR DANCERS// A warm Winterruption// Decolonizing Lens celebrates Janine Windolph
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It’s not too lonely at the top
Every Monday night, Jeff Sinclair descends from atop his Mountain of Trivia to test the knowledge of patrons of the Good Will Social Club.
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Winnipeg lesbians and their ‘ring of keys’
Alison Bechdel, a lesbian graphic novelist, published her memoir Fun Home in 2006, where she both processes her grief over her dad’s death and notes moments where she comes face-to-face with her dad’s queerness and her own budding sexuality.
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Pleasure is power
I first wrote about pleasure activism in September of 2020 for my first Mother of Goo column.
