Arts & Culture

The halls of one of the world’s most iconic buildings resounded with music once again this weekend as Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral reopened to the public five years after being devastated by fire. 

The quality that separates a Proximus 5 holiday show from the myriad others taking place this month is the intimacy. 

“The immediacy of five individual voices, there’s a close connection that you can make with people,” says alto Karla Ferguson. “The fact that we’re singing fairly traditional or familiar songs, I just think that we’re going to hit people in all the feels.” 

A unique recital takes the stage at the Carol Shields Auditorium at the Millennium Library this weekend as Indigenous musicians share music from the intersection of opera and Indigenous culture.  

The holidays are a perfect time to snuggle up with a good book. If your reading list isn’t quite as long as Santa’s list, McNally Robinson Booksellers is a great place to start. Chris Hall and Kathleen Friesen joined Nolan Kehler in the Classic 107 studios for the December edition of ‘What to Read’, which included a couple of gift ideas for adults and children alike. 

The Vancouver Art Gallery says it is not going ahead with a planned design for its new home after construction costs soared by $200 million.

Vancouver Art Gallery CEO Anthony Kiendl also says in a written statement that it would no longer be working with the Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron, although it remains committed to building a new cultural hub that will “serve and inspire diverse audiences.”

The achievements of three trailblazing astronomers from the Harvard College Observatory in the 19th century will take centre stage this week at the Asper Centre for Theatre and Film at the University of Winnipeg. Lauren Gunderson’s Silent Sky opens the season for the university’s theatre and film department, and shares the stories of these remarkable scientists and the barriers of sexism they had to break through.  

This Sunday, December 8th, at the Centennial Concert Hall at 1pm The Manitoba Band Association (MBA) is holding their annual Holiday Tuba Festival.  

Winter has officially descended on Manitoba, and while holiday music has dominated the speakers around us, a new album from a Canadian-raised artist is giving voice to the less-than-jolly emotions that people feel at this time of year. 

In many ways, Jo Connors is just like any other gigging musician: travelling from small town to small town, dealing with life out on the road, just skating by. That’s where the similarities end, because Jo is also dealing with supernatural murders that seem to be following the band around.  

The latest installation of the DreamPlay concert series and virtual art gallery – the first of their 2024/2025 season - will be shared on December 5 in the main hall of the Winnipeg Art Gallery Qaumajuq. The concert is entitled Sanctuary, but perhaps not for the reasons that an audience might first think of.