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Concerts

Jason McCoy

Canadian country singer on Perfect Gift Christmas tour, Club Regent, 8 p.m.; $25 at Ticketmaster.

Billy Bragg

With Ron Hawkins, Burton Cummings Theatre, 8 p.m.; $35.

Aviv String Quartet

Israeli Concert Series, Berney Theatre, 8 p.m.; $36, students $20 at 477-7510.

Theatre

It's a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play

A new spin on Frank Capra's classic holiday film, Manitoba Theatre Centre, to Dec. 19, 4 & 8:30 p.m. today; $32 to $85 at 942-6537.

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, 3 & 8 p.m. today; $38 to $40 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.; $11, students/seniors $9.

Good Vibrations

Celebrations, Canad Inn Fort Garry, 1824 Pembina, to Jan. 9; $57.95 Thursday and Sunday and $63.95 Friday and Saturday, children $30.95 at 982-8282.

Comedy

Rumor's

DJ Hazzard, Tuxedo Shopping Centre, 2025 Corydon; for tickets call 488-4520 or visit rumorscomedyclub.com.

Out and About

Little Bear: Winter Tails

Pantages Playhouse, 1 p.m.; $23.10 at Ticketmaster.

FSX Fire & Ice Tour

Freestyle snowcross riders perform 16 different events, plus Edmonton rockers Social Code, MTS Centre, 7:30 p.m.; $32 & $42.25 at Ticketmaster.

Canad Inns Winter Wonderland

Drive-thru light show, opens today, Red River Exhibition Park, 6 to 10 p.m., to Jan. 3; $10 per vehicle in advance at Mac's and Red River Co-op or $15 at the gate.

Christkindlmarkt

Traditional German Christmas market with local entertainers, German baking, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Fort Garry Place Mall, 81 Garry.

Festival of Trees & Lights

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

Eaton's Santa's Village

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

Nightspots

Alive (140 Bannatyne): The Boom.

Academy Food, Drinks & Music (437 Stradbrook): DJ Co-op and DJ Hunnicutt.

Brooklands (8 Keewatin): After All These Years.

Cavern (112 Osborne, downstairs): The Nods & The 4fterlife.

Cowboys (Windsor Park Canad Inn, 1034 Elizabeth): Four Mile Road.

Current (Inn At The Forks): Marco Castillo.

Dylan O'Connor's (2609 Portage): Eye-2-Eye.

Green Brier (1611 Main at Rupertsland): Chocolate Pie.

Jaguars (Club Regent): That 70's Band.

Joe's Garage (Pandora Inn): Kildare.

Johnnie Fox's (414 Academy): The Judes and Vibrating Beds.

King's Head (120 King): The Solutions.

Le Garage Cafe (166 Provencher): Omegamen (Police tribute).

Lincoln (1030 McPhillips): Shoes For Dogs.

Marion (393 Marion): Damn Straight.

Mirrors (1975 Portage): Vaga Blonde.

Nicolett (632 Lafleche): Piston Broke.

Norwood (112 Marion): Heitha Forsyth.

Ozzy's (160 Osborne, downstairs): Deafwish, Ultra Mega, Employee of the Month, Blackout Brigade and Kill Katie.

Palomino (1133 Portage): Cover Girl.

Palm Lounge (Fort Garry Hotel, 222 Broadway): Walle Larsson.

Prairie Ink Grant Park (McNally Robinson Grant Park Shopping Centre): Bob Watts.

Prairie Ink Polo Park (McNally Robinson Polo Park): Those Two Guys.

Rookies (Central Hotel): DJ Barca.

Royal Albert (48 Albert): King Kahn & BBQ Show with Those Darlins.

Royal George (123 Regent West): Jack DeKeyzer and Jack Semple.

Sam's Place (159 Henderson): Derrick McCandless and L.C. Gillespie.

Silver Spike (202 Bond): Cover Girl.

Times Changed (Main & St. Mary Ave.): Jaxon Haldane CD release (7 & 10 p.m.) Whiskey Dix (436 Main): Almost Famous.

Zoo (160 Osborne): Broken, Aerocar Model Four and Red Riot.

Today in music history

In 1988, Toronto blues-rock guitarist Jeff Healey created a sensation when he made his British debut at the Borderline Club in London. Healey is known for his distinctive method of playing the guitar on his lap. The critic for the Daily Telegraph raved that reports of Healey's explosive talent were not exaggerated. Healey was in Britain to promote his first album, See the Light. Healey died of cancer on March 2, 2008.

Born this day

Berry Gordy, 1929

Hope Lange, 1933

Randy Newman, 1943

Paul Shaffer, 1949

Alexander Godunov, 1949

Ed Harris, 1950

Judd Nelson, 1959

Jon Stewart, 1962

Anna Nicole Smith, 1967

Today's Lineup

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition November 28, 2009 C11