Arts & Culture

The first thing you notice when you walk into the Plug-In Institute of Contemporary Art is that you are, in turn, being noticed.

A gigantic moon protrudes from the gallery’s western wall, overlooking a tent from which eerie sounds can be heard. The moon’s eyes seem to follow you as you move about the room, smiling at you with a vaguely unsettling air. 

“I get this question a lot,” Tommyphyll chuckles when asked about his particular style of music.  

The answer is tied to the Winnipeg artist’s bold embrace of the future while not being tied down with expectations. That artistic fearlessness will be on full display on January 16 when Tommyphyll takes the stage at the Rady JCC as part of their Music ‘n’ Mavens series. 

Belmont Music, the publisher and repository for the works of 20th century musical titan Arnold Schoenberg for six decades, has been destroyed in the Pacific Palisades fire currently burning in Los Angeles. 

When you step inside Gallery 1C03 at the University of Winnipeg, the first thing you notice are the smiles of the children captured in photographs on the walls. When you look even closer, you see the beautiful details of bead and quill work that accentuate each smile. 

Last week the Music and Mavens Concert and Lecture Series at The Rady JCC launched their 27th season of outstanding programming. 

Coming up this Tuesday, January 14th at 2pm at the Rady JCC’s Bernie Theatre, the Music and Maven’s concert and lecture series will take a deep dive into the wonderful world of woodwinds, and the overachieving minds of woodwind doublers. Those who are masters at more than one of the members of the woodwind family. 

This Sunday, January 12th at 2:30pm at St. Andrews River Heights United Church, Virtuosi Concerts will be presenting their 4th concert of the 2024-25 season. 

It’s one thing for Winnipeggers to have an opportunity to hear Hugo Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch performed in its 46-song entirety. It’s a whole other thing to have the chance to explore them through original visual art creations in an immersive concert experience.  

Classic 107’s first Album of the Month for 2025 comes courtesy of an ambitious local ensemble eager to break the boundaries of the oboe-piano repertoire.  

For the Honourable Patricia Bovey, women artists have been breaking glass ceilings in Canada for decades.  

“I believe that women artists have always been fearless in how they put their message forward,” she says. 

She’s acted alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DuBose. She’s appeared on stages across North America and has charmed her hometown audiences here in Winnipeg for years.  

And yet, Stephanie Sy’s next project is the one that she holds most dear. 

“If there was one thing I could do for the rest of my life, it would be this musical.”