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Jill Wilson

@dedaumier.bsky.social

Free Press Arts & Life editor. Author of Applause, a weekly arts newsletter.

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Jill Wilson@dedaumier.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Ready, set, shoot: Winnipeg set photographer Eric Zachanowich has captured striking images of everyone from Ralph Fiennes and Robert Reford to Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Winnipeg photographer Eric Zachanowich captures striking stills that market major motion pictures

Eric Zachanowich is the most famous photographer you’ve probably never heard of. He’s worked with Tinseltown heavyweights such as the late Robert Redford, Ralph Fiennes, Laura Linney, Woody Harrelson....

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Jill Wilson@dedaumier.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I know it's only April, but I am pretty sure this @evawasney.bsky.social piece will top my Favourite Freep Stories of the Year list. #heatedrivalry @hrnews.bsky.social @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Royal Winnipeg Ballet featured in popular Heated Rivalry fan-fiction series

A Heated Rivalry-Royal Winnipeg Ballet crossover was not on Christopher Stowell’s 2026 bingo card. The ballet company’s new artistic director was surprised and delighted to learn about a piece of popu...

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Eva Wasney@evawasney.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Free Press arts and life reporter here 👋 Just checked our back-end stats and we published more than 1,000 local arts stories this year. Our landing page is full of current local arts stories. This is inaccurate and, frankly, hurtful. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

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Mary's Elm@thewolseleyelm.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Winnipeg is alive with art: writers, theatre, music, exhibits, happenings, visual art. But you wouldn’t know it from the @winnipegfreepress.com Arts & Life section. Other than the occasional nods, it's mostly U.S. celebrity filler. We’re more than that. Tell our stories.

Jill Wilson@dedaumier.bsky.social · last yr.

Please tune in on May 27 when I get to talk to my friend and co-worker, the talented and hilarious @ariel-gordon.bsky.social

Ariel Gordon@ariel-gordon.bsky.social · last yr.

So my book of essays, Fungal, is the next Free Press Book Club selection. The club is free and meets virtually May 27 at 7 pm CT. It will be hosted by @winnipegfreepress.com Arts & Life Editor @dedaumier.bsky.social & and @mcnallyrobinson.com’s John Toews, both of whom I admire very much.

Jill Wilson@dedaumier.bsky.social · last yr.

Land of the flee: Winnipeg physician moving back to Canada after ‘rank misogyny’ drives devolution of women’s rights www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Winnipeg-born OB/GYN Jen Gunter moving back to Canada after ‘rank misogyny’ drives devolution of women’s rights

In 1995, Dr. Jen Gunter arrived in Kansas. The Winnipeg-born-and-raised gynecologist was fresh out of her OB/GYN training at the University of Western Ontario, having completed medical school at the U...

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Jill Wilson@dedaumier.bsky.social · last yr.

This year @winnipegfolkfest.bsky.social celebrates 50 years; @evawasney.bsky.social has the story and the lineup, which includes Ani DiFranco, Lake Street Diner, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Mavis Staples and Gillian Welch. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Winnipeg Folk Fest marks 50 years with lineup including Mavis Staples, Begonia, Gillian Welch, Leonard Sumner, Ani DiFranco, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

The Winnipeg Folk Festival has released the highly anticipated musical lineup for its 50th anniversary event, which takes place July 10 to 13 at Birds Hill Provincial Park. This year’s program aims to...

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Jill Wilson@dedaumier.bsky.social · last yr.

University of Manitoba grad Eloge Butera can lay claim to inspiring one of the characters in the Oscar-winning #ARealPain. @benwaldman.bsky.social talks to the survivor of the Rwandan genocide about his conversion to Judaism and meeting Jesse Eisenberg. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Academy Award-nominated film A Real Pain's connection to Winnipeg

Early in the film A Real Pain, the spiritually detached David and emotionally unpredictable Benji settle into their hotel lobby to meet their fellow rememberers. There’s a retired couple, a lone divor...

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Jill Wilson@dedaumier.bsky.social · last yr.

The latest in the Free Press's ongoing heath series Silenced Symptoms looks at Raynaud's, one of the many conditions that affects predominantly women.

Eva Wasney@evawasney.bsky.social · last yr.

February is Raynaud's Awareness Month and a time of year Winnipeg sufferers are acutely aware of the condition — which causes blood vessel spasms due to cold or stress. Despite affecting an estimated ~20% of women, Raynaud's is understudied and few treatments exist. @winnipegfreepress.com

Jill Wilson@dedaumier.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm fascinated by the way social media has replaced traditional media (talk shows, HBO specials) as a means to find comedy success: Internet famous www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Internet famous: Social media helping launch real-life comedy careers

When COVID shut the world down in 2020, Laura Ramoso did what a lot of creative people did: she downloaded TikTok and started making short-form video content. “That opened up a whole other world for m...

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