When Heidi Werschler talks about epoxy compounds, resins, and tints, it sounds like complex chemistry. But the entrepreneur and owner of All About Resin, a Winnipeg-based company, explains that these products are easy to use and allow for a lot of creativity as an artistic medium.

A local photography company is offering a fresh take on family photos. The Little Things is owned and operated by Kayla Hoskins from Niverville, although she offers her services to clients in a broad region throughout Winnipeg and the rural southeast.

On October 7, hundreds of people will flock to Roland, Manitoba to see a showdown between the province’s avid pumpkin growers. The Roland Pumpkin Fair has been around since the 1970s, and this year both the pumpkins and the fair promise to be bigger and better than ever—and that’s saying something, given that last year’s winning pumpkin was a whopping 1,338 pounds!

Welcome Week at Providence University was full of fun activities this year, including a free concert. The concert, open to the public, featured well-known bands The Color and Scribe. 

It’s been ten years since the local band Soul Purpose released their debut album. This fall, they will be releasing their second outing. The Christian contemporary album has 12 songs, including three originals: “Come on Home,” “At the Cross,” and “For All You’ve Done.”

On September 16, author Sylvia St. Cyr is set to launch her first book, Love vs. Fear, at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg. The event kicks off at 7:30 p.m. Regular readers of The Citizen will know St. Cyr from her extensive writing as coordinator of the paper’s Arts & Entertainment section.