On Friday November 28 at 7pm, join Sabrina Janke and Alex Judge for the launch of Portage and Main: How an iconic intersection shaped Winnipeg's history, politics, and urban life (@greatplainspress.bsky.social). Hosted by @jenzoratti.bsky.social. - mailchi.mp/grant/janke-...

Before every performance of Croquis, Vancouver choreographer Ralph Escamillan spends hours making sculptural works of art out of plain packing paper.

🏒🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ “Lucas Morneau crocheted and rug-hooked brightly coloured, vintage-inspired jerseys — complete with logos — for all 14 of the QNHL’s teams, which are all named for pejoratives used against #LGBTQ communities in an act of reclamation.” #hockey ✍️ @jenzoratti.bsky.social, @winnipegfreepress.com

I have been terrible at sharing my work here but I liked this one. You’ll never figure out what you can do if you never try. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

A must-read, from @doubleemmartin.bsky.social: Ms. Lily's Grade 5 students came to her with a *double-barreled* q last fall: why didn’t Earl Grey School have a paper, they wondered — and if they started one, would she serve as editor-in-chief? #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

I am pro teenage trick or treating! Also the story of my bad and weird last Halloween. 🎃 www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

The spooky season is in full swing, with every streaming service worth its salt suggesting films that go bump in the night. A scary movie is a great date night (see C8 for the year’s best so far), but we suggest burning the midnight oil with one of these gripping, ghoulish reads.

From 2019: Need some local costume inspo? I got you! (Pleased that the Portage & Main suggestion is irrelevant now). www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

I am pro teenage trick or treating! Also the story of my bad and weird last Halloween. 🎃 www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Nick is *already* missed dearly by his former colleagues. A lifelong public ed advocate, he always picked up the phone to chat abt the notorious school funding formula. I’ll keep trying my best to fit into his clown-sized #mbed reporter shoes 🍎🗞️ www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

One of the best live vocalists in the biz. Loved seeing Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland up there, too. And surprise guest Paula Cole!!! she was playing her own show last night in town, too. A mini Lilith!

Gutted to hear of Nick’s passing while in Edinburgh on holiday. His contributions to the books section after his retirement from the Free Press were immeasurable, and there was no one else who wrote like him. I’ll miss him dearly for that and so many other reasons.

Cute news alert! Annie MacDonald's neighbourhood coffee stand has raised more than $2,000 for CancerCare over the last two months. It's also become the site of meaningful community connections. In today's @winnipegfreepress.com ☕ www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

This is a fun project and a really good idea from our poet laureate. Supported by the Winnipeg Arts Council. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

This is such a beautiful project —if you were at JKS’s shows at the end of September, you got a sneaky peek!

New Zealand costume designer Kate Hawley has designed many costumes for the big screen — including for the forthcoming Frankenstein — but Winnipeggers will be able to see her confectionary couture creations onstage this week when the RWB presents the Manitoba premiere of Hansel & Gretel.

New Zealand costume designer Kate Hawley has designed many costumes for the big screen — including for the forthcoming Frankenstein — but Winnipeggers will be able to see her confectionary couture creations onstage this week when the RWB presents the Manitoba premiere of Hansel & Gretel.

If you read one thing today, make it this!

Sad to hear Jane Goodall has died. I got the incredible pleasure of sitting down with her for an in-person interview 10 years ago and it remains a career high. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Am very honoured to co-anchor today’s CBC News Special on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - check it out at 2 p.m. ET (1 pm CT) on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC News Network, CBC News streaming channels, the CBC News app and the CBC News YouTube Channel www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Meet the new guy at @rwballet.bsky.social! Christopher Stowell has officially been artistic director since June 1, and he has been busy. Here’s my profile of the first new RWB AD in 30 years 🩰

We're very excited to welcome Sabrina Janke, Alex Judge, and @jenzoratti.bsky.social to the store on Friday November 28 to launch Portage & Main! www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18828/...

Korn performs in Winnipeg tomorrow. So obviously I had to pair some of the nu metal band's biggest hits with corn recipes submitted by @winnipegfreepress.com readers. Read Korn on the Cob below 🤘🌽 www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

I spent today remembering a legend 🖤

“from the get go, it was an exploration of why it was misremembered. Why was all this joy and success and money and progress not celebrated for what it was?” - Lilith Fair doc director Ally Pankiw

Marilyn! 🖤

“I am a bit surprised that networks are capitulating when late-night shows are a vehicle to promote movies and TV shows. But I guess this is what happens when the entire industry is now just six companies in a trench coat deferring to a guy who loves to sue for cartoon amounts of money.” My column:

Nicole Kidman's husband put on a very fun, very bright show in Winnipeg last night. Read my ⭐⭐⭐⭐ review of Keith Urban's latest arena tour in today's @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

In advance of the (excellent) new Lilith Fair documentary's arrival on CBC Gem today, I talked to director Ally Pankiw about how the sexist culture of the late '90s made us memory hole this incredibly successful festival. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

I love this wisdom-from-seniors project, and have since @jenzoratti.bsky.social first wrote about it: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Can you ever truly be alone with your thoughts when your thoughts don’t leave you alone? Bria Fernandes' striking paintings grapple with that question. Things Left Unsaid, her first solo show in Winnipeg, is on view now at Gallery 1C03. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

My brilliant colleague @jenzoratti.bsky.social wrote a column on this: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Your mind is a marvel. Embrace that. It is not difficult to ascertain when students are using AI because the writing is bad. If your goal is to get a good grade, you want to put your best writing forward. I prefer flawed, human writing to mediocre machine writing.

I loved writing this one ❤️

I loved writing this one ❤️

Watching the third and final season of And Just Like That…, I couldn’t help but wonder: why isn’t Carrie Bradshaw writing about menopause? My column: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

I cannot recommend this art exhibition by Nigerian-born, Winnipeg-based visual artist Habeeb Andu more. The subject matter is heavy — the kidnapping epidemic plaguing his home country of Nigeria — but well worth sitting with. My story here:

It’s shameful. And like, be glad if you’ve only ever had a flight attendant serve you coffee because it means your flight was safe. They are there to save your life.

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra will soon have a new leader.

I remember becoming a teen in the 90s and it was full of black & white Guess ads with Claudia Schiffer. The new bombshell. Or CKone ads, also black & white. No bombshells. Just Kate Moss. Jeans ad is regressive as can be by @jenzoratti.bsky.social www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

I honestly can’t believe there are still any AI skeptics out there. This tech is obviously revolutionary

I have been SO BAD about sharing my work here, but today's newsletter is a Valentine to the Maritimes. 🦞https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/i-left-my-heart-in-the-maritimes

I adored Jeff Hiller's new memoir, Actress of a Certain Age. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Keep being asked what I'd like to see now (re: Hockey trial): - Strict athlete codes of conduct that move beyond legal threshold & include hate & harassment - Sexual violence prevention training aimed at coaching staff AND parents - not just athletes - Mandatory bystander intervention training

We're saddened to hear of the passing of the exceptional Aganetha Dyck. A fascinating artist and wonderful collaborator. Here's a lovely tribute to her courtesy of Jen Zoratti.

Great story about a woman who left the world a more beautiful place

Incredibly honoured to write this obituary for the one and only Aganetha Dyck 🐝 www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...