Kennedy Center dance programming team terminated amid sweeping staff upheaval

The Kennedy Center has dismissed its dance programming team, the latest in a series of layoffs and resignations since former U.S. president Donald Trump assumed leadership of the cultural institution earlier this year.

Celebrating Banff with strings attached.

From August 25 to 29, 2025, Classic 107 is proud to celebrate the ongoing 15th Banff International String Quartet Competition by presenting a daily string quartet spotlight at 1 PM—each reflecting the style and era showcased at that day’s Banff round. 

Community musicians of all types and abilities will have the opportunity to flex their creative muscle at the University of Manitoba this year as the school offers its Micro-Certificate in Songmaking for a third year. Participants will be able to learn skills in a wide variety of disciplines to help realize their artistic and musical visions. 

“There’s so many different ways that people can approach making music,” says Lana Winterhalt, one of the program’s instructors.  

A Classical Almanac: On This Day in Music – August 23

This Saturday morning, August 23, at 9:00 a.m., Classic 107 invites you to take a little trip through music history with a Classical Almanac. We’ll mark the anniversaries of composers, performers, and premieres that all happened on this very date. From Baroque opera to Romantic piano concertos and 20th-century film scores, the playlist offers a fascinating cross-section of milestones worth celebrating.

Here’s what’s coming up:

The Winnipeg Art Gallery – Qaumajuq will be home to a wide array of cinema from the Philippines and the Filipinx diaspora this weekend as part of the Kultivation Festival. The second annual SALA film showcase will feature everything from short films to feature lengths, locally made pieces to movies from around the world, each highlighting a unique perspective within the culture. 

Ever since setting the Guinness World Record for largest drawing created by an individual last July, Dr. Fola David has been travelling the world, inspiring others to find creativity in themselves. Now, the artist and dermatologist will be bringing his inspiring message to Winnipeg this weekend in association with Africanad and the Creative Foundation, a local charity dedicated to inspiring youth through education and multicultural unity.

Will Sharpe is Mozart and Paul Bettany Takes on Salieri in New Amadeus Series

Sky has released the first look at Amadeus, a lavish new five-part miniseries that reimagines the life, genius, and downfall of one of history’s most celebrated composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

When it rains, it pours: 10 classical pieces inspired by rain

It was a stormy night in Manitoba, with skies bursting open and rain pounding down across the province. Portage la Prairie got the brunt of it — nearly 100 millimetres in one go — while Starbuck, Elie, and a good chunk of southern Manitoba weren’t far behind. Winnipeg? We got a more modest splash, but enough to remind us that nature’s percussion section is alive and well.

Artists have a lot to process these days: frustration at the muse, disappointments about lack of funding, despair at the human condition. Video Pool Media Arts Centre is giving them an outlet to process those feelings this weekend – an outlet that is perhaps more cathartic and instantly gratifying than any brushstroke, edit or note. 

Artists from Winnipeg and beyond have spent the last two weeks at the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art ruminating on the theme of a creek that would have ran beneath their feet in centuries past. Now, those artists are preparing to present their artistic reflections on the Magic Creek at an open studio event as part of Plug In’s Summer Institute.