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Keeping up with inclusive language
Language changes over time, Jennifer Clary-Lemon says. Now, the words people use to describe themselves and the world around them are evolving faster than ever before.
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Monthly smut slam a haven for sex nerds
The Winnipeg Smut Slam is a monthly event where participants have five minutes to impress with their best story, but there’s one rule: every story told has to be about sex.
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From Here & Away launches clothing line
Joseph Visser, the photographer behind Winnipeg-based creative platform From Here & Away, wants to make it easier for people to wear their values on their sleeves.
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Floor Cry
Strawberry Milkshake is this year’s second release by Floor Cry, the moniker of Winnipeg singer-songwriter Felicia Sekundiak. Following her first full-length LP, Caterpillar Daydream, this three-song EP is short but sweet.
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Christmas decorations up for feelings of goodwill
Around this time of year, the grinches come out to complain about holiday decorations for various reasons.
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Critipeg: Colonization Road
Comedian and Fort Frances local Ryan McMahon uses his hometown’s disturbingly named street as a jumping-off point to examine Canadian colonization, specifically in Manitoba and western Ontario.
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Critipeg: Jane and the Wolf
The short documentary Jane and the Wolf uses homespun storytelling and formal ambition to explore these ancient overlaps between family history, folklore and personal mythology.
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Rosie & the Riveters show women a good time
Feminist band Rosie & the Riveters is coming to Winnipeg for a fun and cheerful show.
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Arts Briefs
Encouraging women in film // The Bickersons // Tim Gray // Eyes of My Community // heaven between // I’m With the Band
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Whose House? Diana and Michael’s house.
For visual artists Diana Thorneycroft and Michael Boss, it isn’t always easy to keep work at work. Despite the fact that both artists have studios, their Wolseley home is still pleasantly overflowing with art supplies and works in progress.
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Vigil for lives lost to hate
Trans Day of Remembrance seeks to honour those who died for their gender identities
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We give a sh*t
Whether it’s to help those in their immediate circle, or those halfway across the world, many Winnipeggers are doing their part to make a difference in this world
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Cass McCombs
In a time of pre-election bliss when the presidency of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was but a hissing whisper in the night, the ever elusive songwriter Cass McCombs released Mangy Love, a socio-politically charged collection of acoustically nomadic tracks.
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Fashion Streeter
“I didn’t think too much about my outfit today … just put it on.”
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New phone plan for provincial prisoners
With all the deaths at the Winnipeg Remand Centre, the public may feel like it’s time for some good news coming from provincial jails in Manitoba. Well, sorry to disappoint.
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Indigenous knowledge away from the desk
Students often receive elementary and high school instruction on Indigenous issues that makes it seem as though colonialism is a thing of the past. But due to cultural events, and prompted by the news, many students become more aware by the time they enter university.
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PROFile – Marilou McPhedran
The University of Winnipeg (U of W) will be seeing off one of its most influential professors at the end of this term as Marilou McPhedran takes on her new role with the Canada Senate.
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Grad students’ job options outside academia
Most Canadian scholars who finish a PhD won’t go on to work in academia, but maybe that’s not a bad thing.
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U of W board says no to divestment
While a student group at the University of Winnipeg (U of W) continues to rally for divestment from fossil fuels, the school administration and board have closed the door on the possibility of pulling its funding out of oil and gas companies.
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Growth fees approved but still contentious
Fee to pay for Winnipeg’s new development infrastructure
University of Winnipeg and downtown community newspaper