Arts & Culture

It’s been described as a love letter to the theatre, but in 2025, it’s hard not to see Indecent as a word of warning.  

The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre opens its run of the play by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel on Thursday, February 13 on the John Hirsch Mainstage. The play is based on another play from the 1920’s, God of Vengeance, which saw its Broadway production shuttered, and its cast arrested on obscenity grounds.  

It starts off innocently enough: a Norwegian explorer named Fridtjof Nansen sets off on a quest for the North Pole. What he doesn’t know is that this will be a journey not just through a frozen tundra, but through existential questions about the rapidly changing climate and through time itself, stretching back over a century.  

It’s the start of another I Love to Read Month, and who better to usher in the month than the good folks over at McNally Robinson Booksellers. Chris Hall and Kathleen Friesen stopped by the Classic 107 studios to share selections for all ages! 

Tune into Intermezzo every day at 1 pm this week, as we feature the piano concertos of the Czech composer Jan Ladislav Dussek 

An unfortunate incident forced the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra to make a rare last-minute repertoire change to one of their concerts on Saturday night.  

The acclaimed Hagen Quartet is embarking on its final tour after more than 35 years of captivating audiences worldwide. Known for their intense and emotional performances, the quartet’s departure from the stage marks the end of an era for the classical music scene.

Winnipeg’s GroundSwell is set to celebrate the fearless creativity of late composer Diana McIntosh with Knee Deep in Clouds, a tribute concert showcasing her bold, witty, and boundary-pushing music.

A violin made by renowned luthier Antonio Stradivari is set to fetch a record-breaking sum at auction this week. 

The “Joachim-Ma Stradivarius” will hit the block at Sotheby’s in New York on February 7, with experts anticipating that it will be sold for anywhere from $12 to $18 million. The instrument was made in 1714, known as Stradivarius’ so-called “Golden Period”, and was previously held at the New England Conservatory, which had received the instrument as a gift in 2016.  

Celebrated conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim has shared that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. 

The lauded musician and collaborator took to Instagram to share his diagnosis. In a short statement, Barenboim said, “I have been navigating this new reality of mine and my focus is on receiving the best available care. 

“It does feel like everybody walked into my bedroom and looked at all my stuff.”  

Morgan Traa surveys the paintings and video she created spread around the room at aceartinc. The exhibit, called My City is a Graveyard, documents Traa’s relationship with Winnipeg as a young person coming to grips with the death of her mother and feeling displaced in the city’s landscape.