Arts & Culture

Canadians Shine Bright in 2025 Emmy Nominations

The 2025 Emmy nominations have dropped, and it's clear: Canadian talent is running the show. With multiple homegrown stars in the spotlight — and even breaking records — the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards are shaping up to be a celebration of maple-leaf excellence on the small screen.

Manitoba Musicians Take the Stage with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada 

It was love that first brought Éric Le Sage to the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.  

“I first came here 40 years ago to meet my girlfriend at the time,” he recalls.  

The Winnipeg Fringe Festival officially opens this week with dozens of shows in a wide variety of genres ready to dazzle local audiences. It’s not just the people who are getting on the fun, as Backyard Broadway Theatre demonstrates with their unique spin on an operetta classic.  

Cris Derksen Illuminates Newport with Powerful New Work, First Light

A haunting, hope-filled cello quartet rooted in a rarely told story of American history has just received its world premiere—and at its heart is Canadian composer and cellist Cris Derksen, whose bold, genre-defying music continues to challenge and expand what classical music can be.

“Sometimes it’s a fantastic discovery. Sometimes it’s more difficult. But I think it’s part of our job to do it, and I always loved it.” 

As the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival gets set to take over the Exchange District from July 16 to 27, we’re getting into the theatrical spirit here at Classic 107—with a Scandinavian twist.

🎹 Beethoven x 32: One Sonata a Day on Classic 107! 

Set your clocks and tune your radios—Classic 107 is diving deep into one of the greatest achievements in piano literature: all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. Beginning Monday, May 14, and running every weekday (Monday to Friday) for 32 workdays, we’ll be playing one sonata a day, each in a different time slot, performed by none other than Alfred Brendel, one of the most acclaimed interpreters of Beethoven’s music. 

Greek myth and Japanese folklore. Vibrant colours and a vague sense of foreboding. These are the elements that collide in the Joe Kalturnyk and Takashi Iwasaki’s vision of the idyllical peaceful in Halcyon/Kawasemi, currently on display at the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Winnipeg. 

The longtime leader of the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq has announced that he is stepping aside. 

“After 17 inspiring years leading the WAG and Qaumajuq, I’m stepping into a new chapter,” said Stephen Borys in a statement shared to social media.