Showbits / Today's Lineup

Concerts

Matthew Good

Vancouver rocker touring in support of album named after his home city. With Mother Mother, Burton Cummings Theatre, 7:30 p.m.; $25 and $39.50 at Ticketmaster.

Swollen Members

Vancouver hip-hop group on comeback trail. With Big B., Bliss & Eso, Common Market and Dirtball, Pyramid Cabaret, 10 p.m.; $21.

Wil

With Sunparlour Players, Park Theatre, 8 p.m.; $15.

Zemlinsky String Quartet

Czech string quartet, U of W's Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, 8 p.m.; $29, students $10 at 786-9000.

John Pizzarelli Quartet

With jazz violinist Adam Weinstein, Berney Theatre, 8 p.m. today and 2 & 8 p.m. Sunday; $35, students $20.

Living With Lions

With Brighter Brightest and Common Lives, Ellice Theatre, 587 Ellice Ave. 7:30 p.m.; $10.

Theatre 

East of Berlin

A young man steels himself for a fateful encounter with his estranged father, MTC Warehouse, to Dec. 5, 3:30 & 8:30 p.m. today; $13.65 to $40.95 at 942-6537.

Bordertown Cafe

A teenager living with his mom on the Alberta-Montana border must decide if he should uproot his life, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Portage Place, to Nov. 29, 8 p.m. today; $38 to $40, students/seniors $28 to $32 at 942-5483.

L'inscription

The meeting of new neighbours can be a thing of joy... or not, presented by Le Cercle Molière, Théâtre de la Chapelle, 825 Saint-Joseph St., to Dec. 5, 2 p.m. today; $25.71, students/seniors $23.33 at 233-8053.

Departures & Arrivals

U of M's Black Hole Theatre Company presents Carol Shields' first play, 8 p.m., continues to Nov. 28; $11, students/seniors $9 at 474-6880.

An Illustrated History of the Anishnabe

With Ian Ross (a.k.a. Joe from Winnipeg), Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Canwest Performing Arts Centre, 7:30 p.m.; $15.75 at 942-8898.

Hansel and Gretel

Fantasy Theatre for Children, Deaf Centre Manitoba, 285 Pembina, 1 p.m. today and Sunday; $9 at 944-0581.

Olive and Hilary

Comedy with a dark twist by the Tara Players, Dinner Theatre, Irish Association, 654 Erin, 6:30 p.m.; $45, reservations at 774-8272.

Films 

Still Bill: Bill Withers Documentary

The reclusive soul singer of such hits as Ain't No Sunshine and Lean on Me, Aqua Books, 274 Garry, 7 p.m.; admission by donation.

La Vida es Silbar (Life Is to Whistle)

Three Cubans' lives intersect on the Day of Santa Barbara, Cuban Film Festival, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2 p.m.; included with gallery admission of $8, students/seniors $6, children $4 or $18 for a family.

Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival

Over 50 screenings of feature films, documentaries, shorts, and experimental films, plus workshops and panels, Garrick Centre, to Sunday; single screening $4 or $40 for a Festival Pass. For more info visit www.aboriginalfimfest.org or call 774- 1375.

Comedy

DJ Hazzard

Rumor's, until Nov. 28, Tuxedo Shopping Centre, 2025 Corydon; for tickets call 488-4520 or visit rumorscomedyclub.com.

Out and About

Festival of Trees & Lights

Assiniboine Park Conservatory, continues to Dec. 6; free admission.

Signatures Craft Show

Winnipeg Convention Centre, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday; free admission.

Christmas Ornament Sale

Handmade ornaments and decorations by local craftspeople, Manitoba Crafts Museum & Library, 183 Kennedy, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Heritage Needle Arts Sale

Dalnavert, 61 Carlton St., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Eaton's Santa's Village

Winnipeg holiday tradtion includes 15 fairy-tale vignettes, Manitoba Children's Museum, until Jan. 10.

Manitoba Museum

Robots + Us, to Jan. 17; Cretaceous Life includes dinosaur fossils; Gathered Treasures, open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and closed Monday; admission $8 adults, $6.50 youths/seniors, $26.50 family; visit www.manitobamuseum.ca.

Nightspots 

Alive (140 Bannatyne): The Boom.

Bella Vista (53 Maryland): Keith Dyck.

Brooklands (8 Keewatin): Wizards of Wolseley.

Cavern (112 Osborne, downstairs): Sean Brown and Gram of Hash.

Current (Inn At The Forks): Larry Roy & Steve Kirby.

Green Brier (1611 Main at Rupertsland): Pop Vegas.

Jaguars (Club Regent): The Incredible Boris with Crackin Foxy.

King's Head (120 King): Imagine (John Lennon/Beatles tribute).

Level Two Niteclub (575 Portage): DJs Bunny and Massive.

Lincoln (1030 McPhillips): Traffic Control.

Marion (393 Marion): Permission to Land.

Mirrors (1975 Portage): Marc Labossiere.

Nicolett (632 Lafleche): Storm-X.

Norwood (112 Marion): Suzanne Mariani.

Palomino (1133 Portage): Cover Girl.

Palm Lounge (Fort Garry Hotel, 222 Broadway): Luisa D'Abramo.

Prairie Ink Grant Park (McNally Robinson Grant Park Shopping Centre): Marguerite's Mood.

Prairie Ink Polo Park (McNally Robinson Polo Park): Lois Gillespie.

Rookies (Central Hotel): DJ Barca.

Royal George (123 Regent West): Chris Bigford.

Shannon's Irish Pub (175 Carlton): Blind Mule.

Sam's Place (159 Henderson): Penny Buhr Johnson.

Silver Spike (202 Bond): All That.

Times Changed (Main & St. Mary Ave.): Big Dave McLean and Doc MacLean.

Vivid (1931 Pembina): Chocolate Pie.

Windsor (187 Garry): bluessmyth.

Whiskey Dix (436 Main): Eye-2-Eye.

Zoo (160 Osborne): Amid Valhalla, WearYourWounds, Perfect Scar and Deadbox.

Today in music history

In 1968, the Beatles' self-titled double album, often referred to as the White Album because of its plain white cover, was released in Britain and North America. The album was a return to a more simple and melodic Beatles, a sharp departure from the electronic style of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The content, ranging from Paul McCartney's pop melodies to John Lennon's introspective songs, also showed that the Beatles' musical partnership was beginning to come apart. Final worldwide sales were about seven million copies.

Born this day

Jean François Voltaire, 1694

Foster Hewitt, 1902

Marlo Thomas, 1938

Dr. John, 1940

Harold Ramis, 1944

Goldie Hawn, 1945

Nicollette Sheridan, 1963

Björk, 1965

Jena Malone, 1984

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition November 21, 2009 C7