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News briefs
Weweni Indigenous Scholar // Sourdough pizza fundraiser // Artist-led workshop: Making Bangs with Katherine Boyer // Lessons from @NotMyStellas // Make Medical Abortion Free: Provincial Day of Action // Sexual Violence Prevention Policy open info session
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Bringing harmony to the hospital
The hospital isn’t the first place one might expect to hear an orchestral performance.
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“High fives and good karma”
The internet is rife with places to buy people’s old stuff. Sites like Kijiji, eBay and Etsy facilitate item-for-cash exchanges between frequently anonymous individuals. Bunz sets out to do something different.
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Laughter Is Medicine mixes culture and comedy
Laughter is Medicine is a hit. Back for its third installment on March 15, the night of ingenious Indigenous comedy has sold out both its previous shows.
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Arts briefs
Try to tango // Micah Erenberg signs to Sleepless // Café Scientifique talks addiction // Lara Rae’s Dragonfly // Drag Race with local queens // Fundraise to Make Poverty History
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Whose House? Lauren’s House!
Lauren Swan admits she’s “a sucker for sentimental things.”
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The write season
While The Uniter hits newsstands every week, there’s quite a bit that goes on behind the scenes to make each issue.
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Body Inclusivity
Googling “body positivity” depicts what the current movement looks like: majorly, a space for white, thinner women, a smaller amount of space for Women of Colour; and a barely there space for trans, non-binary or queer folks.
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Get well soon
Wellness seems to pour from every crevasse of the marketing world currently, from chain health food stores, crystal companies, gyms and weight-loss programs to yoga studios, greeting cards and mental health campaigns.
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Automation gets checked out
Some retail stores are fulfilling requests from patrons that demand an easier shopping experience.
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Food festival features new delights and old favourites
The sixth-annual LoveLocalMB event, which showcases local Manitoban food and beverages, will take place on March 2.
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Repatriation through crafting
Cynthia Boehm is leading the second session in her three-part moccasin-making teaching series at the Manitoba Museum on March 3.
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City briefs
Celebrating the land at 373 Langside St. // Retirement Lecture Series // Trans, Non-Binary, Two-Spirit Swim Night // Grownups Read Things They Wrote As Kids // Justice for Machuar Madut // Disability Day of Mourning Vigil
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Folk music coming in loud and clear
There’s no doubt that folk tunes and culture exist as fundamental pillars of music today. However, it seems that public interest in twanging banjos and campfire jam sessions has declined in recent years.
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Mining the craft
Major Canadian software developer Ubisoft, the company behind hits like the Assassin’s Creed franchise, recently opened an office in Winnipeg.
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Exploring early evening music
Winnipeg’s music scene loves a midnight multi-band lineup.
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Patient Hands - Stoic
There are few things more existentially terrifying than cancer. I imagine it’s near impossible to properly describe the sensation of carrying your death with you always.
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CRITIPEG: Small Predators
Jennifer Ilse Black offers a caustic ode to the Captain Planet generation in her debut novella Small Predators, published by ARP Books.
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Arts briefs
Decolonizing Sound // Lens-based book sale // Strut for Shoal // Meet your music maker // So long, Strong Badger // Free animated shorts program
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Whose House? David’s House!
“Every time I see a Whose House and it’s somebody I know, I’m like, ‘Damn! Why don’t they do one on me?!’” Cinematheque’s operations manager David Knipe is finally getting his turn.
University of Winnipeg and downtown community newspaper