Arts & Culture

If you’re in the mood for some high drama and virtuosic fireworks—Baroque style—mark your calendar for this Saturday afternoon. On April 12 at 2 p.m., the ensemble Fidem in Fìdibus returns to the Winnipeg Baroque Festival with La Folia, a concert bursting with energy, intimacy, and the gorgeously unpredictable nature of 17th-century music. 

“Do you know what my favourite part is?” says Jordan Miller. 

Even amidst the sadness of losing favourite parts and from behind the mask she must wear to protect herself after a major surgery, the artist’s eyes light up as she recounts it. 

We may not think about the designs that help us make things easier in our day-to-day lives, but there’s nothing like art to illuminate the elements we don’t pay full attention to. 

The Architecture & Design Film Festival is officially underway in the city of Winnipeg. Over the course of four days, it will showcase movies that highlight the importance of design in our lives from urban planning to graphics to architecture and everything in between.  

One of the most beloved classics in the operatic canon has officially taken the stage at the Centennial Concert Hall.  

Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème has dazzled audiences all over the world for over a century, and this production presented by Manitoba Opera is no exception with an all-Canadian cast in the leading roles. 

The Winnipeg Baroque Festival continues to offer exceptional concerts for music lovers, and this Saturday, April 12th, at 7:30 pm, Canzona will take the stage at the Desautels Concert Hall for their highly anticipated performance, Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Spring has officially sprung—birds are chirping, bees are buzzing, and your houseplants are throwing shade from the windowsill like, “Take us outside already!” Whether you’ve got a backyard Eden or a humble tomato pot on the balcony, there’s one underrated gardening tool you might be missing: classical music. 

Hundreds of musicians from more than 20 British orchestras have united in a call for urgent reform of copyright law, demanding a fair share of streaming royalties for all performers—not just headliners.

The second week of the Winnipeg Baroque Festival gets underway in earnest this week with the largest ensemble to perform in the festival’s history taking the stage at the Crescent Arts Centre. 

Growing up in Winnipeg, Linda Trinh participated in her family’s Buddhist faith without question. It was one way of finding stability within her family’s life as Vietnamese immigrants in Winnipeg’s West End, especially after the death of her father when she was only seven years old.  

The Winnipeg Baroque Festival is well underway, and local audiences have been basking in a rich lineup of early music masterpieces since March 30. But one of the most anticipated events of the festival is still to come: a performance of Membra Jesu Nostri by the choir at All Saints Anglican Church led by Dr.