REVIEW: ‘Runaway Dreams: Poems by Richard Wagamese’
A review of the first poetry collection by Ojibway author Richard Wagamese.
Category: ARTS+CULTURE
Manitowapow: A Preview
My family holds reunions at the St. Peter’s church virtually every summer, just north of Selkirk and on the banks of the Red River in southern Manitoba. Growing up, I never knew why we did, nor cared really; the homemade pie was far more of a concern. Last summer, we held races, a candy scramble, […]
REVIEW: “Extra Indians”
A 2011 American Book Award pick that gives the absolute best and most horrifying description of a run-in with a bear guaranteed to make you sit back and reconsider the way we do the things we do.
imagineNATIVE media arts festival gears up for 12th year of Indigenous excellence
Another year, another great line-up of Aboriginal on-screen goodness at the 2011 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Oct. 19-23, set to launch at its exciting new home for screenings, the stunning TIFF Bell Lightbox. If you’ve never been to this amazing 5-day event, watch the above video (directed/edited by both MI’s Tim Fontaine and […]
An Open Letter To My Local Hipsters
Sigh. Today in the neighborhood coffee shop, I spotted a poster made by a local designer for an upcoming music festival. Hence the sigh. A tomahawk and feathers had somehow made their way onto the poster for a West Coast band consisting of three bearded white guys. As I stood in front of the poster, […]
