Arts & Culture

On March 28, the Analekta record label unveiled a stunning two-volume set featuring the complete violin concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Trump budget slashes NEA funding, wiping out grants and sparking nationwide arts backlash

Arts organizations across the United States are reeling after a late-night email blitz from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) abruptly revoked funding for dozens of projects—some just days before they were set to begin. The cancellations follow former President Donald Trump’s renewed push to eliminate the NEA entirely as part of his 2026 discretionary budget proposal.

April showers are bringing in May flowers, and that includes the amazing books that are blossoming on the shelves at McNally Robinson Booksellers. Co-owner Chris Hall joined us once again in the Classic 107 studios for this month’s edition of What to Read! 

The next generation of Manitoba musicians will be descending on Portage la Prairie this weekend for the Provincial Music and Arts Festival, the first of two that will take place in the province this month.  

Jazz lovers can expect an evening of classic swing with a fresh twist when saxophonist John Greene and the Winnipeg Swing Project take the stage at the Fort Garry Hotel this Sunday, May 4 at 7 p.m.

A century of music-making will be celebrated this coming weekend at the Crescent Arts Centre in Osborne Village. 

The Winnipeg Boys Choir will be celebrating their 100th anniversary with a concert that honours their musical legacy. That concert, titled All the Way Home, will feature current singers and alumni of the choir as well as displays of memorabilia and old recordings so audiences can relive the songs and stories shared by the choir over the decades. 

A new documentary is shaking up the history of jazz—by rewriting it.

Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet will be observing several milestones in the coming days.  

For one thing, they’ll be celebrating their 85th anniversary providing world class ballet to the city. They’ll also be presenting the final show of their 2024-2025 season, a mixed-repertoire presentation called Bolero & Other Works. 

Billy and the Moon explores the quiet magic of introversion at summer camp 

One of the world’s rarest stringed instruments—the 1690 “Tuscan-Medici” Stradivari viola—has officially joined the collection of the U.S. Library of Congress (LoC), thanks to a record-setting $30 million acquisition made possible by the combined generosity of philanthropists David and Amy Fulton and the family of the late Cameron Baird.