Arts & Culture

The audience at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra will be a mixture of classical music and drag fans. 

It’s a contrast that drag star Thorgy Thor knows all too well from her collaborations with orchestras – or, as she refers to them, Thorchestras. Speaking from her home in Brooklyn with Morning Light host Nolan Kehler, she says it’s something she loves to address. 

A series of workshops, conversations and presentations will culminate at the Video Pool Media Arts Centre in the Exchange District later today. The presentation, called Telling the Story of the End of the World, explores how artificial intelligence and art intersect and how artists can ethically use it as they speak to different large-scale issues in the world today, from climate change to rising authoritarianism.  

This Sunday, November 24th at 3pm at the Lutheran Church of the Cross, The Winnipeg Wind Ensemble will be holding a concert called Holidays and Holy Days. 

Tomorrow, at The Crescent Arts Centre, at 7:30pm, The Manitoba Chamber Orchestral is inviting audience members to sojourn in various places around the world. Places such as New York, Paris, The Netherlands, India, Brazil and even North Battleford, Saskatchewan. 

A new piece, never-before heard in western Canada, will be the cornerstone of a concert in River Heights this week addressing the realities and anxieties of climate change. 

As the seasons change in earnest in November, Classic 107 has chosen the perfect soundtrack to accompany change: The Seasons. Released by Deutsche Grammophone, the album features the piano cycle by Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky of the same name, recorded by the superstar Montreal pianist Bruce Liu.

When you walk into the Cr8ery Gallery on Adelaide Street in the Exchange District this month, you’ll see two walls filled with art using fibre in a variety of ways. You’ll also notice that as you journey further down the walls, the pieces become more and more similar until you get to two pieces in the back corner where the two styles collide.  

Manitoba’s opera artists will be well-represented as one of the most prestigious Canadian opera awards are handed out in Toronto tonight. 

This week on Classic 107, we celebrate the vibrant arts and culture scene in Winnipeg and beyond. From love letters to the Prairies to holiday films making waves, here's a look at the stories that captivated our audience this week.

What does it mean to hear your heart in a whole new way? Winnipeg multimedia artist Zoë LeBrun has transformed their cardiovascular system into a breathtaking symphony, inviting audiences to step into the rhythm of life itself.

At the Poolside Gallery at Artspace in the Exchange District, LeBrun's The Body is a Score blurs the lines between art, science, and humanity.