Arts & Culture

Anastasia St. Amand’s work at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity this month is something of a return to her roots.  

“Some of the first intimacy directing classes I took [were] actually here,” she laughs. 

Prairie Brass Camp and Percussion Workshop Return to U of M: A Summer of Sound, Skill and Success 

“I absolutely thought it was the most boring thing I’d ever heard.” 

Emma Rush Spotlights Forgotten Guitar Virtuoso in New Album ‘The Life and Times of Catharina Pratten. 

A Winnipeg theatre company is offering days of theatre, activities and learning for children impacted by the wildfires that have ravaged parts of Manitoba for the last several weeks.  

Winnipeg’s Shakespeare in the Ruins Delivers a Stunning Double Bill of Macbeth and Waiting for Godot 

With days at nearly their longest point in the year, sunlight is permeating the lives of Manitobans in a more regular way than usual. At St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg – a place where light can sometimes by clouded by worry or grief – the latest exhibit at the hospital’s Gallerie Buhler Gallery aims to help enhance that light.  

All-Canadian, All Day: Classic 107’s Canada Day Celebration of Canadian Artists

This Canada Day, July 1st, Classic 107 is going full maple leaf. From the first note at dawn to the final fireworks finale, it’s nothing but Canadians on the airwaves. That’s right—a full day dedicated to celebrating the incredible musicians, composers, ensembles, and icons who call Canada home.

“It’s so funny to be called a trailblazer because it’s not how I see what I do,” muses Patricia Yates about the uniqueness of her artistry, “but I understand that for other people, my experience and my existence in this industry and in this world is something that’s really new.” 

“God, what a view,” Lisette Oropesa exclaims at the top of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain.  

The internationally acclaimed soprano is just one of the faculty members that the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has boasted of in the last couple of years. Oropesa was a member of the faculty for the centre’s Interplay program in 2024 for all of two days in between performances at Carnegie Hall and a tour of Japan with New York’s Metropolitan Opera.