Jen Zoratti
@jenzoratti.bsky.social
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Winnipeg Free Press columnist/arts writer.🗞Author of the newsletter NEXT, a weekly look forward at culture.💌 [email protected]
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I always enjoy talking to Miriam Toews, who returns to @mcnallyrobinson.com (her old workplace!) tomorrow night to launch her stellar new work of non-fiction, A Truce That Is Not Peace, in conversation with John Samson Fellows and Christine Fellows:
The question at the core of Miriam Toews’ latest book is one she’s been asked many times. It’s a question with no neat and tidy answer, but one the Manitoba-born, Toronto-based novelist felt compelled to try to unpack: Why do you write?
This is such a beautiful project —if you were at JKS’s shows at the end of September, you got a sneaky peek!
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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.
Kate Hawley knows costumes are no bit players when it comes to storytelling, both onscreen and onstage.
Feast for the senses
Fairy tale a sweet treat of candy-coloured delights
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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.
Kate Hawley knows costumes are no bit players when it comes to storytelling, both onscreen and onstage.
Feast for the senses
Fairy tale a sweet treat of candy-coloured delights
www.winnipegfreepress.com
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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

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Join CBC to honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | CBC News
Marking its fifth year on Tuesday, Sept. 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (also known as Orange Shirt Day) is dedicated to reflecting and learning together about the enduring legacy o...
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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 🩰
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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!

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Join co-authors Sabrina Janke and Alex Judge for the launch of Portage and Main

McNally Robsinson Booksellers Grant Park in the Atrium
Friday November 28th 2025 7:00 pm

The authors will also be collecting non-perishables in donation to Harvest Manitoba!
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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 🤘🌽

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“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! 🖤
Marilyn Hagerty — who didn’t give a flying breadstick what the cynics thought — became a national celebrity when her review of a North Dakota Olive Garden went viral. She has died at age 99.
Marilyn Hagerty, Whose Olive Garden Review Went Viral, Dies at 99
“The chicken Alfredo ($10.95) was warm and comforting on a cold day,” she wrote from North Dakota. And suddenly the national media made her a celebrity.
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“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:
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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.
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I loved writing this one ❤️
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