Navigating Netflix: Hamlet 2
And when you have a song and dance number in a play called “Rock Me, Sexy Jesus” you know you have a winner. Read More
Theatre review: Jane Eyre
Most theatre adaptations of sprawling costume epics shoot themselves in the foot, with scripts sunk by characters cramming in narration of offstage events and historical context. Read More
5 things Manitoba can celebrate in 2014
2014 belongs to that vast majority of Manitobans who are tentative about making future predictions, but ultimately believe that it will bring about the best. Happy new year. Read More
Navigating Netflix: Trek Nation
Trek Nation is, simply put, about Rod’s exploration of the father he never got to know and the creation he never truly understood. Read More
Clutching to the past or celebrating mediocrity?
My concern is how better Mathematics literacy will make Manitoba learners feel empowered to make positive change in their lives and our society. Is this not the purpose of Education? Read More
Navigating Netflix: Drive
Driver is an unexpectedly brilliant and engaging story that takes the watcher in a completely different direction than we’ve been conditioned to expect. Read More
Review: the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation’s published tours
The Broadway tour will give you something better to say of the office buildings than “it looks like Mad Men.” Read More
Royal Canoe review R. Kelly’s Black Panties
P: “I’m going downtown. Do it til your legs are shaking” Hmmmm..
S: So downtown here would possibly be a metaphor...
P: He’s probably not going to Portage and Main. Read More
Navigating Netflix: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Regardless of how true the story might be, it’s still a great ride that is, at its worst, a fanciful tale posing as a biopic. Read More
Is: DC Women Kicking Ass
A present tense interview with Sue from DC Women Kicking Ass. Read More
Mandela: A much celebrated – but often misappropriated – legacy
Mandela is rightfully celebrated throughout the world, but such celebration shouldn’t replace the man with a myth. The man is much more interesting. Read More
Is: Wally Clark
A present tense interview with Wally Clark, co-founder of Gummy Soul. Read More
Top 5 things to do in Winnipeg this weekend
Curling, curling, curling, curling, curling. Read More
Then Ron Burgundy left the building
As I settled into my seat prior to the opening ceremonies at the Roar of the Rings – the Canadian Olympic qualifying tournament at the… Read More
MTC celebration of founder worth celebrating
Hirsch is one of those soul-recharging nights that can happen anywhere but should happen, this play argues, every time you go to a theatre. Read More
Go curling!
The fight for the right to represent Canada at the Olympics is the greatest competition in curling. USA basketball may put together Dream Teams, but Canadian curling puts on a Dream Bonspiel. Read More