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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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Outdigenous
It’s a wildly known (if unproven and untested) fact that the coolest and most cultured of all arts lovers are the music lovers, and the coolest and most artistic of artists are musicians.
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More than just books and mortar
Citizens who can’t remember the last time they’ve used their library cards may be surprised to find that they can get more than books and DVDs from their local library.
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Layer up for your commute
Layers are key when it comes to dressing for winter cycling.
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4th Curtis - I Won the Pageant
4th Curtis has created a wonderfully clever and theatrical indie pop album with their 2017 debut full-length, I Won The Pageant.
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Hula Hooping culture picks up momentum
Although first popularized in the ’60s, hula hooping has made a comeback in the 21st century as a popular form of both fitness and dance.
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CRITIPEG: The Square
Attempting to discuss writer-director Ruben Östlund’s The Square in the arts and culture pages borders dangerously close on self-parody.
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Arts briefs
WAC Individual Artist grant program // Drop the Mic #8 // Sweet Without Sugar // DJs and skating at the Forks // WINDOW // Queer Yoga
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Whose House? Erin and Angelica’s House
Erin Meagan Schwartz describes both her and Angelica Schwartz - no relation - as creative people who do a lot of interdisciplinary art work, but mostly performance based art.
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Moving beyond the page
In these pages, we do our best to tell the stories that aren’t being told in other venues, but sometimes these stories need to move beyond the page. And in the coming weeks, we’ve got two events that hope to do just that.
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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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What is accountability, anyways?
People are getting “outed” all over the place. Winnipeg, among many cities, has “name your abuser” lists on Facebook and in bar bathrooms.
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PROfile: Melanie Gregg
Melanie Gregg is currently the chair of the kinesiology and applied health department at the University of Winnipeg (U of W). She says her main focus of teaching and research is in sports psychology.
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Day care can ease the student parent experience
Juggling studies and the demands of being a parent can be a struggle. On-campus daycare can help parents with pick-ups and drop-offs and access to their children between classes.
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Homicide rate dropping but still high
In Manitoba, homicide rates have fallen but are still some of the highest in the country. 2016 saw Manitoba’s homicide rate fall from an average of 3.63 to 3.19 people per 100,000, second only to Saskatchewan’s, which was 4.69.
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Winnipeg screams for ice cream
“Only in Winnipeg can you open an ice cream shop in January,” ice cream enthusiast Peter Bjornson says.
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News Briefs
Womens March Winnipeg // Challenging white supremacy on campus // PACE Cultural Night // Paint Nite // Delayed sentences // Cut to grant program
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notme - Mask
If your New Year’s resolution was to listen to more local shoegaze music, then your year is already off to a good start.
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CRITIPEG: Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention
Undocumented explores forms and spaces that separate cause and effect, object and subject, self and other.
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This year, resolve not to diet
The new year is a time when many people resolve to change their lifestyle for the better, often resulting in a pledge to lose weight. However, the correlation of weight loss with success is false and contributes to sizeist discrimination.
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