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News briefs
Loud in the Library 2018 // Youth Circle: Violence Against Women // Your Winnipeg in 2030: Making Poverty History // Mellow Vélo Crafternoon // Future Student Night 2018 // Info session for Indigenous students in science
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You won’t see this on TV
The Prairie Theatre Exchange (PTE) Leap series is all about the unexpected.
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Desire Change: A book club
Once a month, a group of art lovers gathers at MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art) to discuss a chapter of Desire Change: Contemporary Feminist Art in Canada.
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CRITIPEG: The Goose
In January 2018, Winnipeg-based filmmaker Mike Maryniuk’s first-ever feature-length film premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. It had its North American premiere last month at the Festival du nouveau cinéma in Montreal.
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Hail Taxi - Apart for So Long
Hail Taxi’s EP Apart for So Long is a hearty mix of folk, electronic and synth-pop all in one bowl of music stew.
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Arts briefs
Reefer Madness redux // Surviving the City // Beer choir // Walking Eagle Live // Noël au Musée // Pros and cons of PrEP
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Whose House? Julie, Emma and Ari’s house!
About two years ago, multi-disciplinary media artist duo Julie Gendron and Emma Hendrix were visiting Iceland when they got an email about a job opportunity.
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Ch-ch-ch-ch changes
There’s a subtle thread of shifts and changes running through some of the articles in this week’s issue.
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Is any consumption ethical?
The pre-holiday season is a busy time for marketing – from Black Friday through to Christmas, brands are vying for consumer attention and dollars.
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This Remembrance Day saw more than a dozen services and ceremonies throughout the city. At sunset, church bells throughout Winnipeg – and across Canada – rang out to mark the 100 years that have passed since the armistice that ended the First World War.
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Queer gatherings beyond fear
When the poet Eileen Myles came to town to launch their book Evolution, a dinner was organized in their honour featuring local queer poets and writers at all stages of their careers.
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Encouraging students to keep their campus ‘green’
The University of Winnipeg (U of W) has been committed to creating a more environmentally sustainable basis for operations, and has plans to continue doing so.
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U of W student group gathers to ‘Smash Homelessness’
Part of the University of Winnipeg (U of W) gaming community will host a tournament to raise money for youth living in poverty.
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Removing many small steps for humankind
Nov. 1 marked a historic day for accessibility legislation. While there are questions about its implementation, the Customer Service Standards of the Accessibility for Manitobans Act (AMA) establishes a potentially powerful precedent.
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Gift and Thrift shop supports youth and artisans
Resource Assistance for Youth, Inc. (RaY) has a new social enterprise on Graham: the Level Up! Gift and Thrift.
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News briefs
Survivor Stories - call for submissions // Sexual violence prevention policy info session // Pour Decisions open-mic comedy // Yoga and Wine // Harry Potter 20th anniversary celebration at campus store // Birth of new Heroes: Indigenous Media Representation
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Halfway to somewhere
When my house burned down at age 13, I assumed that all material evidence of my childhood was lost forever.
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Something to remember
This Remembrance Day, Canadians across the country commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. Decades later, the losses felt by soldiers and their families are still fresh in our minds. But how is Canada’s military remembered today?
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A space to create
Recording booths. 3D printers. Adobe Creative Suite. All these and much more can be found at the ideaMILL, a dedicated collaborative technology and work space that recently opened in the Millennium Library
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The Famous Sandhogs
The Famous Sandhogs are a band of minstrels with a vast amount of material. Their album Bohonky Tonk, as they describe it, is a Ukrainian rock opera, set during the Khmelnytskyi uprising in 1648.
University of Winnipeg and downtown community newspaper