Showbits

Concerts

Naturally 7

New York a cappella group, Burton Cummings Theatre, 8 p.m.; $35 at Ticketmaster.

Theatre

5 O'Clock Bells

Ottawa thesp Pierre Brault pays homage to late Winnipeg guitar legend Lenny Breau with this one-man drama, MTC, 8 p.m. today, continues to Saturday; $13.65 to $40.95 at 942-6537.

Souvenirs

A father and daughter divided by a generation are joined by the redemptive power of love and family, Prairie Theatre Exchange, to Oct. 25, 3rd floor, Portage Place, 7 p.m. today; $38 to $40, students/seniors $28 to $32 at 942-5483.

Le périmetre (Restraint)

A couple navigate the tempestuous waters of separation, presented by Le Cercle Molière, Théâtre de la Chapelle, 825 Saint-Joseph St., to Oct. 31, 8 p.m. today; $25.71, students/seniors$23.33 at 233-8053.

Literary 

John Toone

Launches two new books for kids, Catch That Catfish and In Hope and the Walleye, McNally Robinson Grant Park, 8 p.m.

Soapbox Open Mic

Featured reader is Prairie Fire writer-in-residence Kate Bitney, Aqua Books, 274 Garry, 7 p.m.

Films 

Not Evil Just Wrong

Documentary takes aim at Al Gore and others who call for reduction in carbon emissions, presented by The Frontier Centre for Public Policy, Millennium Library, 7 p.m. Free admission.

Ran

Akira Kurosawa's 1985 masterpiece, (Japanese with English subtitles), 6:30 & 9:15 p.m., Ellice Theatre; $5.

Halloween Happenings

Boo at The Zoo

Assiniboine Park Zoo, to Oct. 30; $7.50 at Safeway. Gates open at 6 p.m. on weekdays and 5:30 p.m. on weekends; closed Mondays.

Winnipeg Ghost Walk

See some of Winnipeg's most haunted buildings. Tours depart from the park across from the Burton Cummings Theatre (Smith Street and Notre Dame Avenue) nightly at 7:30 p.m. until Oct. 31; $10, students/seniors $8.

Nightspots

Centre culturel franco-manitobain (340 Provencher): Heitha Forsyth.

Le Garage Cafe (166 Provencher): Debra Lyn Band.

Palm Lounge (Fort Garry Hotel, 222 Broadway): Joanne Gustave.

Whiskey Dix (436 Main): DJ Dow Jones and D-Low.

Today in music history

IN 1977, three members of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd were among six people killed in the crash of a privately chartered plane near Gillsburg, Miss. The band, best known for its 1974 hit Sweet Home Alabama, was travelling between shows at Greenville, S.C. and Baton Rouge, La. when the plane went down. Killed were lead singer, Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and his wife Cathy, a backup vocalist. The crash occurred just three days after the band's LP Street Survivors was released. The album pictured the group standing in flames and included an order form for a Lynyrd Skynyrd Survival Kit. The LP was quickly recalled and a new cover substituted. Lynyrd Skynyrd was re-formed in 1991, and the group has since released a number of albums and toured extensively.

Born this day

Bela Lugosi, 1882

Mickey Mantle, 1931

Jerry Orbach, 1935

Tom Petty, 1950

Viggo Mortensen, 1958

Snoop Dogg, 1971

Today's Lineup

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition October 20, 2009 C3