A new song released this week by John Samson Fellows comes with a clear call to action: “More buses, more routes, more accessible to everyone.”
Operating from a quiet, Winnipeg neighbourhood, @cdnchildprotect.bsky.social is a global leader in the fight to end the sexual exploitation of children. I spent months learning about their herculean efforts; it’s a heavy story but not one without hope.
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In the latest picture book from Winnipeg author Anna Lazowski, a child who has lost a loved one heads out to the backyard to build a rocket ship out of cardboard, tape and tinfoil.
“The copy practically leers, describing her smile as ‘a lipstick bomb of bliss‘ and noting ‘the sparkly nightclub splendour of those curves.‘ Who wrote this, an awooga-ing cartoon wolf?”
Marilyn is unforgettable. The way she’s remembered is unforgivable. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Persepolis is one of my all-timers. What a loss. 💔
You MUST go see Sarah Anne Johnson’s extraordinary House on Fire, a series exploring her grandmother’s harrowing MK Ultra experience and the aftermath, at Plug In ICA. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
What are people really craving when they wax nostalgic for cigarettes? A column www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
This book made me cry at my desk 🤍
You should go visit Robert Pasternak’s tiny gallery! 90 original artworks, 1:12 scale!
Winnipeg musician brings love for the bus to new song with message to province
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Winnipeg author explores a child’s grief in latest picture book
In the latest picture book from Winnipeg author Anna Lazowski, a child who has lost a loved one heads out to the backyard to build a rocket ship out of cardboard, tape and tinfoil.
Imagine coming across two small, shiny pieces of foil — the kind you might peel off a chocolate novelty, crumpled on the ground. One royal purple and silver, one lipstick red and silver.
Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026
Winnipeg author explores a child’s grief in latest picture book
More than a century ago, a brick two-storey building near the banks of the Assiniboine River opened as an orphanage. Later, it became a residential school for First Nations children sent hundreds of k...
