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When musician and composer Lenka Lichtenberg performs her solo show, The Secret Poetess of Terezin, as part of the inaugural JFest WPG on Tuesday, she will be singing words penned by her maternal gran...

The holiday market season is a busy time of year for the many Manitobans who have turned their creative gifts into business ventures. The Free Press spoke with several local makers about their preparations for this year’s Crafted: Show + Sale at the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq.

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Dr. Carolyn Robertson, 42, has been practising dentistry for 17 years. She is a part-time clinical instructor at the University of Manitoba’s college of dentistry on Bannatyne Avenue, and the managing...

As a Muslim woman living in Canada, Hafsa Altaf faced countless challenges on multiple fronts when navigating the fashion industry as a woman in a hijab. Rejected by local trade shows and craft market...

A metal machinist by day, Sara LeClair spends her working hours in an industrial environment surrounded by dust, dirt and sludge. Clad in protective gear — goggles, steel-toed boots and noise-cancelli...

Jasmine Bezugly grew up in Borden, a small town an hour outside of Saskatoon, Sask. She learned to skate when she was three years old on a frozen pond on her family’s farm and hasn’t looked back since...

Denmark-based writer Beka Shane Denter’s new book, Bloom Across Canada, is a love letter to her home country. It’s the second tome in a trilogy that celebrates the accomplishments of women, non-binary...

Karen Schmidt Humiski’s compulsion to create led her to leave a 30-year teaching career to concentrate on making jewelry.

The absence of the distinct whirring of the electric sewing machine is the first thing Kirsten Benidickson notices when she returns to the house she grew up in. It’s the sound she associates the most...