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Free Press Arts & Life editor. Author of Applause, a weekly arts newsletter.
I adored Jeff Hiller's new memoir, Actress of a Certain Age.
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Journeyman actor chronicles long rise to stardom in charming memoir Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/2025/08/02/his-time-to-shine
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Please tune in on May 27 when I get to talk to my friend and co-worker, the talented and hilarious
@ariel-gordon.bsky.social
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It's been a while since I reviewed a book; I very much enjoyed Austin Kelley's The Fact Checker.
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Fact checker Austin Kelley’s foray into fiction an insightful, enjoyable debut
They say to write what you know, so it’s not surprising that Austin Kelley, the author of The Fact Checker, used to work at the New Yorker as, yes, a fact checker. What is surprising, perhaps, is how....
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/2025/05/03/just-the-facts-2
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This will probably be the only sports-related content I ever post:
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Score in the kitchen with recipes from Winnipeg Jets 1981 cookbook
In the NHL’s 1981-82 Norris Division semi-finals, 19-year-old Dale Hawerchuk scored eight points as his Winnipeg Jets were defeated in a best-of-five by (checks Hockey-Reference.com) … the St. Louis B...
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2025/04/29/hot-off-the-ice
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Land of the flee: Winnipeg physician moving back to Canada after ‘rank misogyny’ drives devolution of women’s rights
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Winnipeg-born OB/GYN Jen Gunter moving back to Canada after ‘rank misogyny’ drives devolution of women’s rights
In 1995, Dr. Jen Gunter arrived in Kansas. The Winnipeg-born-and-raised gynecologist was fresh out of her OB/GYN training at the University of Western Ontario, having completed medical school at the U...
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2025/04/07/land-of-the-flee
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Made in Manitoba: your guide to buying local by
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Made in Manitoba: A guide to locally produced goods
Maple leaf stickers, new “Product of Canada” signage and shoppers squinting at food labels to suss out the country of origin: In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada, grocer...
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2025/03/18/made-in-manitoba-6
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Winnipeg composer’s Carnegie dreams crumble after border snafu
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Winnipeg composer’s Carnegie dreams crumble after border snafu
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/2025/03/14/winnipeg-composers-carnegie-dreams-crumble-after-border-snafu
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I was lucky enough to accompany Marion Warhaft to restaurants on several occasions when I was her editor. She was a consummate professional, a lovely dinner companion and, obviously, a great eater. We won't see another like her.
@jenzoratti.bsky.social
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This year
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celebrates 50 years;
@evawasney.bsky.social
has the story and the lineup, which includes Ani DiFranco, Lake Street Diner, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Mavis Staples and Gillian Welch.
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Winnipeg Folk Fest marks 50 years with lineup including Mavis Staples, Begonia, Gillian Welch, Leonard Sumner, Ani DiFranco, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
The Winnipeg Folk Festival has released the highly anticipated musical lineup for its 50th anniversary event, which takes place July 10 to 13 at Birds Hill Provincial Park. This year’s program aims to...
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2025/03/07/gold-standard-five-decades-of-stalwarts-upstarts
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Carole Vivier, who died yesterday at 73, was a staunch champion of Manitoba movies and music who changed the local landscape. She was also a beloved wife, mom, grandma and great-grandmother.
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Champion of Manitoba film, mentor to many, mother above all
For nearly 30 years, Carole Vivier was the CEO and film commissioner at Manitoba Film and Music, where she built a long and lasting legacy.
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2025/03/05/champion-of-manitoba-film-mentor-to-many-mother-above-all
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University of Manitoba grad Eloge Butera can lay claim to inspiring one of the characters in the Oscar-winning
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talks to the survivor of the Rwandan genocide about his conversion to Judaism and meeting Jesse Eisenberg.
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Academy Award-nominated film A Real Pain's connection to Winnipeg
Early in the film A Real Pain, the spiritually detached David and emotionally unpredictable Benji settle into their hotel lobby to meet their fellow rememberers. There’s a retired couple, a lone divor...
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2025/02/28/movie-trip-to-poland-included-spiritual-stop-in-winnipeg
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In honour of I Love to Read Month, the
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arts team wrote about books that changed our lives
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Books that changed our lives
To mark I Love to Read Month in Manitoba, members of the Free Press arts team are sharing the books they loved as kids as well as their current recommendations.
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/2025/02/10/books-that-changed-our-lives
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The latest in the Free Press's ongoing heath series Silenced Symptoms looks at Raynaud's, one of the many conditions that affects predominantly women.
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Bang for the book
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BookTok sparks long-form resurgence for teens, young adults
Don’t be surprised if your favourite young person’s Christmas list includes a few more books this holiday season. In recent years, teens and young adults have been digging into books with greater vora...
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2024/12/06/bang-for-the-book
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Winnipeg punk-rock legend Mitch Funk dies
Mitch Funk, the towering, deep-voiced frontman and lyricist of iconic Winnipeg punk bands Personality Crisis and Honest John, died on Monday after a lengthy battle with the blood cancer multiple myelo...
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/2024/12/04/punk-rock-legend-wild-frontman-generous-human
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In this week's Applause, I pay homage to the late Jim Abrahams, the creator of, joke for joke, the funniest movie ever made. (Not Airplane!)
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My not-so-secret love of Top Secret – Winnipeg Free Press
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
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I'm fascinated by the way social media has replaced traditional media (talk shows, HBO specials) as a means to find comedy success: Internet famous
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Internet famous: Social media helping launch real-life comedy careers
When COVID shut the world down in 2020, Laura Ramoso did what a lot of creative people did: she downloaded TikTok and started making short-form video content. “That opened up a whole other world for m...
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2024/11/26/internet-famous
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This show is tonight at the Burt
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Haunting landscapes: Marcel Dzama returns to Winnipeg with new show at Plug In
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Yes! It's another PT copy editing position at the Free Press.
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