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Stories (Listed by date)
Hair today, gone tomorrow (May 17/07)
American Hair Metal documents the explosion and implosion of glam rock
Mike Warkentin
Strike! comes to CBC Radio (May 10/07)
Danny Schur’s musical might have been more fitting for the Mother Corp. in 2005
Jen Zoratti
Altering the abstract (May 3/07)
Jolene Bailie changes her MO for a more straight-forward dance show
Jared Story
Might the rocks say ‘winner’? (Apr 26/07)
Brenda Hasiuk’s Where the Rocks Say Your Name up for three book awards
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Seeing only what is shown (Apr 19/07)
Twelve-year-old boy questions religious doctrine in MTC’s latest production
Jared Story
Heaven in a printmaker’s hands (Apr 12/07)
Lynne Allen’s works achieve the sublime at Martha Street Studios
Stacey Abramson
‘Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!’ (Apr 5/07)
Critic says Here on the Flight Path is in dire need of assistance
Barb Stewart
The girls next door (Mar 29/07)
Divorcee finds therapy in rotating cast of female neighbours
Jen Zoratti
That dog’s a dancer (Mar 22/07)
Trip Dance Company presents Herding Instinct
Jen Zoratti
A man before his time (Mar 15/07)
Somerset Maugham penned feminist literature in an era dominated by men
Jared Story
Take everything a little … slowly (Mar 8/07)
Boredom and contemplation are casualties of the modern world
Stacey Abramson
Honour thyself (Mar 1/07)
Woman finds herself after husband hooks up with younger woman
Barb Stewart
Visitation needs limits (Feb 22/07)
Local company offers great production, meandering story
Barb Stewart
Bugs Bunny and the future of film (Feb 15/07)
Critic says animated shorts show more imagination than most mainstream features
Peter Vesuwalla
Dick does China — but good (Feb 8/07)
New book examines Nixon’s clever diplomacy during 1972 visit to China
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Happy birthday, Art (Feb 1/07)
Video Pool reminds that creativity is one of our greatest assets
Stacey Abramson
Now showing on the WAG (Jan 25/07)
City’s flagship gallery acts as a movie screen for video artists until Jan. 29
Stacey Abramson
Start by closing your fridge (Jan 18/07)
British author offers climate-change solutions that make sense
Quentin Mills-Fenn
It’s a jump to the left for MTC (Jan 11/07)
Forget Balboa — Catch The Rocky Horror Show for campy chaos
Barb Stewart
Start by closing your fridge (Jan 4/07)
British author offers climate-change solutions that make sense
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Dressed to the 9 (Dec 21/06)
Grab a costume and head to The Absent Sound’s ninth solstice celebration
Don Beat
‘Screw parliament — where’s Starbucks?’ (Dec 14/06)
Author bemoans Torontonians’ lack of interest in history and architecture
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Danger: trolls crossing (Dec 7/06)
The distinctions of Icelandic culture are examined in work at aceartinc
Which craft? (Nov 30/06)
’Peg’s artists go beyond the realm of macaroni and gold paint
Barb Stewart
An amazing production about luck (Nov 23/06)
Stage adaptation of Miriam Toews work captures the details of everyday life
Barb Stewart
Toews hits the stage (Nov 16/06)
MTC Warehouse presents adaptation of Miriam Toews’ first novel
Grant Burr
Words as weapons (Nov 9/06)
Artist presents exhibit based on the idea of ‘language wounds’
Stacey Abramson
Manahatta and Totem (Nov 2/06)
New works from ruth cansfield dance
Grant Burr
From Russia, without love (Nov 2/06)
Warehouse production uses Napoleon’s Eastern campaign as a metaphor for relationships
Grant Burr
Tempting Tempest (Oct 19/06)
Great performances characterize MTC’s presentation of Shakespeare’s mystical drama
Barb Stewart
Storm season (Oct 12/06)
Shakespeare’s The Tempest set to open on the MTC Mainstage
Grant Burr
Home for a test (Oct 5/06)
Michael Spencer-Davis returns to the ’Peg for a challenging role in Apple
Grant Burr
The real thing? (Sept 28/06)
Florida gallery owner questions the authenticity of upcoming Rodin exhibit
Mike Warkentin
Set Phantom for stun (Sept 21/06)
Actress says the “Star Trek of musical theatre” will be an incredible experience
Grant Burr
M. Night Shyamalan’s village?
(Sept 14/06)
Dark, grim pieces characterize survey of Eastern European art world
Stacey Abramson
What dreams may come (Sept 6/06)
Travelling exhibit showcases the nighttime fantasies of 30 artists
Stacey Abramson
Visual confrontations (Aug 31/06)
Rebecca Belmore’s two-venue exhibit decries theft of land and culture
Stacey Abramson
Mural, mural on the wall (Aug 24/06)
Public art makes a comeback in downtown Winnipeg
Stacey Abramson
BDI — ice cream and art (Aug 17/06)
WAG exhibition showcases the city’s modernist architecture
Stacey Abramson
Winnipeg, Ontario? (Aug 10/06)
For a weekend, at least, our arts scend took over Toronto’s lakeshore
Stacey Abramson
Fringe Reviews (Aug 3/06)
Reviews from the Fringe
Reviews by Marlo Campbell, Liz Hover, John
Kendle, Melissa Martin, Quentin Mills-Fenn, Barb Stewart, Jared
Story, Peter Vesuwalla and Jen Zoratti
All the Fringe reviews that fit, we print (July 27/06)
Presenting… 46 reviews from the Winnipeg Fringe Festival
Reviews by Marlo Campbell, Liz Hover, John Kendle, Melissa Martin, Quentin Mills-Fenn, Barb Stewart, Jared Story, Peter Vesuwalla and Jen Zoratti
Duds & studs (July 20/06)
Winnipeg fringe festival, until July 30, various downtown venues
Reviews by Joff Schmidt and Bertram Schneider, courtesy CBC Radio One
Stage to screen to stage (July 13/06)
Fans can expect a pared-down version of the Oscar-winning Chicago film
Jen Zoratti
Picture imperfect (July 6/06)
Platform’s new photo exhibit serves up disturbing images art review
Kristen Pauch-Nolin
Laughable art (June 29/06)
It isn’t your attempt at a portrait — it’s art with a sense of humour
Kristen Pauch-Nolin
Now and then (June 22/06)
Gallery features prints from 30 years ago and today
Kristen Pauch-Nolin
Measuring Up (June 15/06)
Tom-Tom Theatre gives great rendition of Shakespeare work
Barb Stewart
Two for two (June 8/06)
Plug In presents a pair of great exhibitions to welcome new curator
Kristen Pauch-Nolin
This is being...opressed (June 1/06)
Powerful exhibit shows the plight of North American Aboriginals
Kristen Pauch-Nolin
Buy Some Art - And a Sofa (May 18/06)
Gallery 803 changes the way art is displayed in Winnipeg
Kristen Pauch-Nolin
Weird… but we like it (May 11/06)
Out of line Theatre shocks and awes with Jealous/Pervert
Jen Zoratti
For the record… (May 4/06)
Quentin picks six of nine categories
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Review: The Marriage of Figaro (Apr 27/06)
Manitoba Opera, April 21, Centennial, Concert Hall
Jen Zoratti
Laugh Tracks (Apr 20/06)
Groundswell concert shows the lighter side of new music
Jared Story
Time is on his side (Apr 13/06)
Movie critic rewrites history in his first novel
John Kendle
Hail to the King of the Road (Apr 6/06)
Former Winnipeger collects a host of stories about the wacky Roger Miller
Quentin Mills-Fenn
First Impressionists (Mar 30/06)
Ross King looks at Édouard Manet and the birth of an art movement
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Home needs improvement (Mar 23/06)
Award-winning play lacks realism and imagination
Barb Stewart
Cleaning Solution (Mar 16/06)
Laughter cures all in this play about women and messy houses
Jen Zoratti
Handling Handel (Mar 9/06)
Mauricio Wainrot uses Messiah as the basis for a ‘spiritual ballet’
Jared Story
Guerillas Under Glass (Mar 1/06)
Two-Six combines formal aft with signature street pieces
Kristen Pauch-Nolin
Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Feb 23/06)
Sisters find peace and understanding at a place of childhood sadness
Barb Stewart
It’s a bit much, eh? (Feb 16/06)
MTC’s latest offers thinly veiled criticism of American imperialism
Barb Stewart
Modern Masterpieces (Feb 9/06)
The WSO set to perform a week of ‘new music’
Jared Story
The Deal with O’Neill (Feb 2/06)
Uptown theatre critics find the gems at O’NeillFest
Janice Sawka and Barb Stewart
O’Neill’s Diamonds (Jan 26/06)
Uptown theatre critics find the gems at O’NeillFest
Janice Sawka and Barb Stewart
What’s the deal with O’Neil? (Jan 19/06)
The Master Playwright Festival will immerse audiences in the work of one of the greats
Janice Sawka
Surreal Suspicions (Jan 12/06)
Mystery man gets mistaken for a dead fish
Janice Sawka
Number of the best (Jan 5/06)
Gordon Lebredt’s 30-year-old exhibit still provokes and amazes
Kristen Pauch-Nolin
So real but not surreal (Dec 22/05)
The Aliyah Suite shows the abstract side of Salvador Dali
Kristen Pauch-Nolin
The Truman Show Review (Dec 15/05)
Capote
Peter Vesuwalla
PA new world Odyssey (Dec 8/05)
Canada’s literary queen rewrites Homer from Penelope’s point of view
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Puncuated Pics (Dec 1/05)
Urban Shaman exhibit features photos mixed with punctuation marks
Kristen Pauch-Nolin
Barking up the wrong tree (Nov 24/05)
PTE’s latest production just too stereotypical to be funny
Barb Stewart
Art meets News of the Weird (Nov 17/05)
Artists immortalizes strange true stories via woodblock printing
Kristen Pauch-Nolin
No Dead Ends Here (Nov 10/05)
Daniel MacIvor Challenges Himself by Playing 15 Characters in Cul-De-Sac
Janice Sawka
A <Site> to see, soon. (Nov 3/05)
Local gallery offers brilliant farewell retrospective.
Kristen Pauch-Nolin
Buggin' Out (Oct 27/05)
Two city galleries pleased to be infested with insects
Kristen Pauch-Nolin
The physics of feelings (Oct 20/05)
The
Play shows that science is often about fame rather than knowledge
Barb Stewart
Copenhagen (Oct 13/05)
The Science of war
Janice Sawka
Whatever floats your… goat? (Oct 6/05)
Albee’s Tony Award winner explores one of the last great taboos
Janice Sawka
Eye of the storm (Sept 29/05)
Peter C. Newman speaks about his controversial new book
Quentin Mills-Fenn
On the rails to Toronto (Sept 22/05)
Writer/director of Trains of Winnipeg leaves for the Big Smoke
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Something to write home about (Sept 15/05)
This year’s writers’ festival promises to be memorable
Quentin Mills-Fenn
A deal at the Gas Station (Sept 8/05)
Osborne Village venue offers a deal you won’t get at the pumps
Janice Sawka
Songs of seven sisters
(Sept 1/05)
The women of Madrigaïa return with sophomore album
John Kendle
Renaissance man (Aug
25/05)
Local artist finds inspiration in the classic works of a bygone era
Jonathan Ball
Cold is the sea (Aug 18/05)
Book tell of one of the world’s best — and most dangerous — fisheries
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Days of 1,000 ninjas (Aug
11/05)
49
Ai-Kon 2005 promises to be bigger and better than last year’s event
Mike Warkentin
“That play sucked.” “Well
I thought it was awesome.” (Aug 4/05)
49 More Fringe Festival Reviews
Liz Hover, Sharilyn Johnson, Janice
Sawka, Barb Stewart, Peter Vesuwalla
“That play sucked.” “Well
I thought it was awesome.” (July 28/05)
30 Fringe Festival Reviews
Kendra Gaede, Sharilyn Johnson, Janice Sawka, Barb Stewart, Peter Vesuwalla, Mike Warkentin
Chiropractic comedy
(July 21/05)
Neil Hamburger vows to straighten your spine with fits of laughter
Mike Warkentin
Scents of style (July 14/05)
Artists attack consumerism through fragrances
Kristen Pauch-Nolin
Liberalism is winning (July 7/05)
Winnipeg author examines the history of modernism
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Love it two times (June 30/05)
SIR presents As You Like It for second consecutive year
Janice Sawka
Fighting the Goodall fight (June 23/05)
Renowned researcher and activist speaks on the importance of conservation
Janice Sawka
A WIFF of success (June 16/05)
New festival enjoys modest but positive opening year
Peter Vesuwalla
King of the road weary (June 9/05)
Promenade-style presentation detracts from Lear’s tragedy
Janice Sawka
Jon Paul comes home (June 2/05)
Local writer returns to launch new book
Quentin Mills-Fenn
A different kind of book tour (May 26/05)
Bookmobile travels the continent spreading the joy of reading
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Stroke of genius (May 19/05)
Group exhibit gives individual pieces physical context
Jonathan Ball
Dancing through time (May 12/05)
Jolene Bailie set to travel through the life of Isadora Duncan
Janice Sawka
Where portraits meet prairie (May 5/05)
Ivan Eyre believes landscapes and self-portraits to be very similar
Jonathan Ball
Red all over (Apr 28/05)
MayWorks Festival celebrates Winnipeg’s leftist heritage
Lorne Roberts
Omnipotent puppets (Apr
21/05)
Adhere and Deny tackles the story of Doctor Faustus
Barb Stewart
Loud and proud (Apr 14/05)
Manitoba Book Week celebrates our province’s storytellers
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Timelines two (Apr 7/05)
MTC warehouse play falters with time experiments
Janice Sawka
Somewhere in time (Mar 31/05)
Relationship musical bends timelines bring a new perspective
Janice Sawka
Dresser is top shelf (Mar
24/05)
MTC production a fantastic
end to the mainstage season
Janice Sawka
Art imitates life (Mar
17/05)
Best buddies bring a special
touch to MTC’s friendship drama
Janice Sawka
The legacy of leisure suit
Larry (Mar 10/05)
Richard Kline reconnects with
family and faith in Boychik
Janice Sawka
The best and the rest...
(Mar 3/05)
Of feature films at NSI FilmExchange
Peter Vesuwalla
Stringing you along
(Feb 23/05)
Ronnie Burkett mesmerizes with
his puppets
Janice Sawka
Behind the veil (Feb
17/05)
Local playwright reveals the
secret life of Charlotte Whitton
Janice Sawka
International relations
(Feb 10/05)
Canadian secretary warms heart of cantankerous American
Janice Sawka
Art as war (Feb 3/05)
Book details the creation and history of Picasso’s masterpiece
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Beyond borders (Jan 27/05)
WSO New Music Festival tied to global politics
Lorne Roberts
Location, location, location
(Jan 20/05)
Hosanna director moves Tremblay play from Montreal to Winnipeg
Janice Sawka
A study in contrasts (Jan
13/05)
New video installations warn viewers
not to believe all they hear
Jonathan Ball
Silent screen reverie (Jan
6/05)
WSO adds a welcome twist to its programming
Janice Sawka
All the ’Peg’s a stage (Dec
23/04)
Theatre treats abounded in Winnipeg in 2004
Janice Sawka
Breathing life into dance
(Dec 16/04)
Young Lungs Dance Exchange reaches into the avant-garde
Jonathan Ball
The art of dissent (Dec
9/04)
High Octatane fights to save The Gas Station Theatre
John Kendle
Of heaven and hell (Dec
2/04)
Worthington makes sacred art while listening to death metal
Jonathan Ball
The other side (Nov 25/04)
Real Live Girl challenges traditional gender roles
Janice Sawka
Storehouse of memories
(Nov 18/04)
Remembering winnipeg’s grand
old meeting place
Quentin Mills-Fenn
At her very essence
(Nov 11/04)
Adhere and Deny continues its
aggressive approach to theatre
Barb Stewart
Tradition with ambition
(Nov 4/04)
Winnipeg dance troupe blends African and contemporary dance
Connie Tamoto
Guerrilla poetry (Oct
27/04)
That woman isn’t just spouting nonsense — she’s a poet
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Hers and his (Oct 21/04)
FemFest forgoes a radical agenda to appeal to both genders
Janice Sawka
Transmission mission (Oct
14/04)
Local festival celebrates seven years of new sounds
Rob Nay
Writing with soul (Oct 7/04)
Irishman Roddy Doyle lets his love for music seep into his work
John Kendle
Animal attraction (Sept
30/04)
Author admires the honesty of dogs
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Sites for sore eyes (Sept
23/04)
New exhibits promise to create
a stir in Winnipeg art world
Janice Sawka
Winnipeg Fall Arts Guide
(Sept 16/04)
Winnipeg’s poetry community presents four
events every month
Janice Sawka
A grand slam (Sept
9/04)
Winnipeg’s poetry community presents four
events every month
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Growing up communist
(Sept 2/04)
Professor recounts life as the son of leftist parents
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Can you stomach this? (Aug
26/04)
Maria Full of Grace a moving tale of the drug trade
Peter Vesuwalla
Going all the way (Aug 19/04)
Canadian teen flick packed with sex and dirty humour
Janice Sawka
What a tangled web we weave
(Aug 12/04)
Irish film masterfully holds a host of stories together
John Kendle
Waiting for the sun (Aug
5/04)
Rodney Bingenheimer led a lonely life despite proximity to stardom
Janice Sawka
Fringe Reviews (July 29/04)
19 Fringe Festival shows reviewed by our writers
Staff Writers
Fringe Reviews (July 22/04)
36 Fringe Festival shows reviewed
Staff Writers
Burnt Brit becomes a folkie (July 15/04)
Winnipeg Folk Festival creates another convert
Liz Hover
A life less ordinary (July 8/04)
Bill Clinton details, almost exhaustively, his life and times
Melissa Martin
Life is a highway (July 1/04)
Author documents Canada with his thumb in the air
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Physical graffiti (June 24/04)
Mike Johnston creates multi-dimensional urban art
Tracy Marshall
Pure poetry for now people
(June 17/04)
A trio of new volumes is sure to impress
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Evil empire? (June 10/04)
Filmmaker’s forced to question his views on the war in Iraq
Jonathan Ball
Your garbage, his art (June 3/04)
Dan Painchaud specializes in found objects
Liz Hover
SIR relocates (May 27/04)
SIR relocates to Lagimodiere-Gaboury Historic Park
Janice Sawka
No fun for fundamentals
(May 20/04)
Novel explores the oppression of small towns and religion
Quentin Mills-Fenn
The media is the message
(May 13/04)
Winnipeg Film Group unveils a new collection of shorts
Janice Sawka
While his cello gently weeps (May 6/04)
Playing Shostakovich requires plenty of emotional commitment
Liz Hover
Was Kurt an idol? (Apr 29/04)
Label exhibit examines the life, death and rebirth of punk rock
Tracy Marshall
The ties that bind (Apr
22/04)
MTC production shows the importance of family
Janice Sawka
Winning Words (Apr 15/04)
Brave New Words 2004: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Pure prairie pieces (Apr
15/04)
New Plug In show offers overview of contemporary high-plains art
Tracy Marshall
White collar psychos (Apr 8/04)
Modern corporations fail psychological evaluations
Janice Sawka
‘Don’t eat the cake,’ (Mar 25/04)
And other memorable moments from the 2003 Cannes Lions
Janice Sawka
‘Leno has ruined Tonight Show’ (Mar 18/04)
And other talk show tales on tap at Comedy Fest
Sharilyn Johnson
Movie Review: Emile (Mar 11/04)
To Sir Ian, without love Emile examines a sad life full of regret
Peter Vesuwalla
That’s a WRAP: NSI filmexchange (Mar 11/04)
The secret of Canadian cinema Drunken debates and champagne dreams at NSI
Peter Vesuwalla
The good, the sad, and the ugly... (Mar 4/04)
Of feature films at the NSI FilmExchange
Peter Vesuwalla
The Gospel according to Mel (Feb 26/04)
Gibson’s take on the Crucifixion stirs up controversy
Janice Sawka
A woman of many faces (Feb 19/04)
Masks allow playwright to put on a one-woman show
Janice Sawka
Remember the titan (Feb 12/04)
Local film legend explores memory in his newest film/book
Jonathan Ball
A short history of shorts (Feb 12/04)
The WFG celebrates its 30th anniversary
Compiled by Peter Vesuwalla
Give ’em the new Razzle Dazzle (Feb 5/04)
Rainbow Stage leads carry flashy, gritty production
Janice Sawka
Violence for Valentine’s (Jan 29/04)
Love is a battlefield in Edward Albee’s masterpiece
Janice Sawka
Kelso’s still funny, dude (Jan 22/04)
Kutcher’s drama attempt so bad it’s good
Peter Vesuwalla
Success is meaningless... (Jan 15/04)
But local screenwriter George Toles doesn’t mind it
Jonathan Ball
Hook, line and…stinker? (Jan 8/04)
New Tim Burton flick lacks edge, dark sidee
Peter Vesuwalla
Let there be shakers (Dec 23/03)
The places to party this New Year’s Eve
Melissa Martin
Let the wild rumpus begin
(Dec 18/03)
Solstice Circus wants to know if your inner child can play
Melissa Martin
Home sweet horror (Dec
11/03)
Fight Club author takes new turn with latest novel
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Northern exposure (Dec
3/03)
Large exhibit recognizes Lougheed’s brilliance
Lorne Roberts
Risky business (Nov
27/03)
WCD presents an agressive Fortier dance creation
Connie Tamoto
Corporate-free radio
(Nov 20/03)
Bringing the voices of the people to the people
Lorne Roberts
What if love actually worked?
(Nov 13/03)
Multiple story movie mostly works — so much you’ll want to hug
Peter Vesuwalla
Give me some skin (Nov
06/03)
Sasha details foreskin restoration and White Finger Syndrome
Sasha
A lover’s wild ride
(Oct 30/03)
Mozart opera should be a thrilling spectacle
Lorne Roberts
The joy of good reading
(Oct 23/03)
Miriam Toews hopes that will be the case in her new job
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Bending your ear (Oct
16/03)
Festival of sound blurs line between music and art
Rob Nay
Cookin’ up the blues
(Oct 8/03)
Singer Alberta Hunter revealed in biographical musical
Jill Wilson
Aural Sex Manual (Oct
1/03)
Local author exposes the language
of love and sex
Lorne Roberts
Give Us Enough Ropey
(Sept 25/03)
Unique program opens up lines of communication
John Kendle
Drawing on History
(Sept 18/03)
Comic-book biography paints Louis Riel
in shades of grey
Quentin Mills-Fenn
Pièces de resistance
(Sept 11/03)
Métis history gets multi-media treatment
Kelly Martino
Rights Wronged (Sept
4/03)
Filmmaker hopes movies expose realities
of oppressive regime
David Jón Fuller |
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