Hey Kara, After trying multiple times, I just recently ended a relationship with my partner of several years. When we were together I always came second to something, but every time I tried to leave my partner would have a total break down, threaten suicide and act like I was the most important thing in [...]
The Manitoban
The Students' Newspaper of the University of Manitoba
Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category
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Worthy of attention
Inspired by the Cannes Lions International Film Festival, the International Advertising Film Festival was first established in 1954. The name has since changed to the International Festival of Creativity and is said to be the largest gathering of international advertising professionals, digital innovators, marketers and designers in the world . The festival takes place in [...]
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Music, politics and morals
Last month Canadian music legend and children’s entertainer Fred Penner stopped by the UMFM studios to help promote his upcoming December shows in Winnipeg. Penner was able to sit down with the Manitoban for brief chat about music, politics, morals and the indie scene in Canada. Leif Larsen: You’re doing a show at the West [...]
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Ten great things
1. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) Like it, love it, even hate it; when it comes to television Christmas specials the Rankin/Bass stop-motion animation Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer might be the quintessential entry. The island of misfit toys, the elf who dreams of life as a dentist, Burl Ives as the snowman — all classic [...]
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CD Review: Kate Bush, 50 Words for Snow
Kate Bush can do anything. For those unfamiliar, Bush made British music history by being the first female singer with a number one, self-authored hit song on U.K. charts , “Wuthering Heights” in 1978 . Her new album, 50 Words for Snow, is all about, well, snow. The average Manitoban (resident, not newspaper) would seem [...]
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Romeo and Juliet
Every few years, the Manitoba Theatre Centre performs a version or adaptation of one William Shakespeare’s plays. Richard the Third was performed in 2003, set in the American invasion of Iraq, and most people remember Keanu Reeves coming to our great city to play the role of Hamlet in the mid-90s. Right now, until Dec. [...]
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Taking it to the people
Kevin Smith is at an interesting point in his life. I saw Red State, followed by a three hour stand-up earlier this year at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver. Smith gave an introduction to the film, stating it’s completely different than anything he has done before — no one had any idea what to expect. [...]
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Essentially a playlist
This is the last Essentially A Playlist of 2011, and as we head into the winter publishing break at the Manitoban, I considered doing a “best of” list like everyone and their dog (now there’s an idea, maybe I’ll get my beagle to select a playlist next year . . . ), but then I [...]
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Forgotten swing
Neda Kianmehr is a new artist with a beautiful history, and The Gallery of Student Art (GoSA) will be featuring her artwork in University Centre Dec. 5-16.. The exhibition is called Forgotten Swing, a title was chosen for a very specific reason. “All of us experience, in our childhood, sitting on a swing dreaming,” said [...]
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Sound off
Sound Off is a continuing column in which we pose different artists the same series of crucial questions. Zachary Lucky is a singer/song writer folk musician hailing from Saskatoon, Sask.. Lucky released his first full-length studio album, Come and Gone, in 2010 and is currently working on a new album due out early 2012. Lucky [...]