Getting to know your Wiccan holidays
This summer a friend of mine came out of the broom closet. That is to say, she announced to the world that she was Wiccan. Wicca, for those who are unfamiliar with the term, is an Earth-based religion,...
View ArticleLagace’s Costume Corner
Halloween parties are fun. What isn’t fun is realizing hours before heading out to a party that you forgot to figure what costume you were going to wear. Whether you fail at reading calendars, or are...
View ArticleSimpler times
It’s funny how the way you experience a holiday when you’re young is different than how you experience it later in life, like how Halloween takes on different meanings for different age groups. When...
View ArticleBlack cats and bless yous
Having owned a black cat for years, walked under my fair share of ladders and knocked on wood more times that I can count I am very much aware of how ingrained certain superstitions are in our culture....
View ArticleArt City hosts live movie making at the Broadway Neighbourhood Centre
The idea of children in homemade costumes might not sound terrifying – but it will be if Cathy Gordon and Ulysses Castellanos (Toronto) have their way. On Oct. 26, community members of all ages will...
View ArticleMore like Holloween
Halloween 2012 has come and gone and I can’t be the only one who’s wondering what exactly has happened to one of my most favourite yearly traditions. I can so clearly remember the days of my youth,...
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Under the fur and skin
The scent of meat is great, when the meat is cold or cooked. When the flesh is warm and raw I experience a heady high, my body telling me something of import is occurring. Or maybe it was the lingering...
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A bug in your belly
For the average Canadian, cold-blooded crawly creatures may be feared or revered. If you fall into the “I barf at the thought of eating spiders in my sleep” camp, it’s time you got a little closer to...
View ArticleBlackface Halloween costumes unacceptable
Seamus Hamilton-Pattison It’s that time of year again. Another Halloween has come and gone in Winnipeg, as have all the seasonal amenities that go along with it. If you’re in your late teens or early...
View ArticleLet’s Talk Science’s Spooky Science Family Night
On Friday night, Oct. 24, the atrium of the Engineering complex was alive with excitement. Dressed in costumes, volunteers engaged children from grades four to nine in exciting, hands-on science...
View ArticleTrick or Eat is a treat
The national Trick or Eat campaign held an event at the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry campus on Oct. 30 and 31, hosted by Student Life’s Praxis group in partnership with Residence Life’s Thrive...
View ArticleDon’t be an idiot
With the exception of those who carry a puritanical aversion to anything remotely close to the cadaverous, Halloween can be a wonderful time of year. For young adults, it’s party time. Your coolest...
View ArticleFrighteningly funny
This Halloween the musical improv comedy group Outside Joke is teaming up with the Dungeons and Dragons Improv Show to kick off their fourth season of comedy at the Gas Station Arts Centre. Outside...
View ArticleMorbid music
Halloween and the days approaching it are a time when many look to temporarily embrace the macabre. Music and the feelings it is capable of evoking can help with this to a great extent. It is with this...
View ArticleIn the spirit of Halloween
The history of Halloween has been linked to ancient Celtic origins, when people would ward off ghosts with costumes and bonfires. Once designated as a time to honour saints and martyrs – in other...
View ArticleDalnavert Museum’s Halloween tour explores Victorians’ obsession with death
From Oct. 27 to 30, the Dalnavert Museum will be hosting its second annual Dalnavert After Dark candlelit tours. The theme of this year’s edition is “Obsessed: Victorians and The Macabre” and the tours...
View ArticleFrightening fun returns just in time for Halloween
Fear Winnipeg returns every Friday and Saturday in October, bringing more Halloween fun to the city with new events that will have participants scared out of their minds but satisfied with their...
View ArticleTeenagers, marginalized groups and other fears
“I hate Halloween. I always have.” The statement, as definitive as it was defiant, rang out through the legislature that fateful day in 2014. Brian Pallister, now premier, had spoken. During a debate,...
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A bug in your belly
For the average Canadian, cold-blooded crawly creatures may be feared or revered. If you fall into the “I barf at the thought of eating spiders in my sleep” camp, it’s time you got a little closer to...
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