Theatre / Arts

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Carol Shields Festival of New Works

A four-day festival focusing exclusively on new Canadian plays, for complete lineup see www.pte.mb.ca, Prairie Theatre Exchange, May 12 to 15; silver collection.

Wings of Darkness

An epic, mythological play about taking responsibility for the consequences of one’s actions performed by students in MTYP’s Aboriginal Arts Training & Mentorship Program, CanWest Global Performing Arts Centre, The Forks, 1 p.m. today, 1 & 7 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday, for ages eight and up; $6 at 942-8898.

Sunday Father

Winnipeg Jewish Theatre presents this touching and humorous look at two brothers whose sense of family, faith and friendship fight to remain constant in the changing world around them, MTC Warehouse, to Sunday; $28 and $30 at 477-7478.

Seussical the Musical

Presented by the Winnipeg Youth Chorus, Gas Station Theatre, to Saturday; $15 or $8 for children at 488-2025.

Murder At The Marlborough: Reform School Reunion

7 p.m. Saturday, Ramada Marlborough; $41.95 at 957-7913.

Charlotte’s Web

Presented by Fantasy Theatre for Children, opens Monday to May 22, 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and May 20; 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday; 6:30 p.m. May 19; 1 p.m. May 21 and 22; $7 at 944-0581.

Ranchers and Rustlers

Cattle are vanishing out at the Circle M Ranch, and the ranch owner wants Pierre, the local French-Canadian sheriff, to catch the culprits, presented by Celebrations Dinner Theatre, Canad Inn Fort Garry, 1824 Pembina, to May 28; $46.95 & $56.95 at 982-8282.

Dance

Jolene Baillie of Cuppa Jo Solo Dance: Chasing Bliss

Featuring Dances For Isadora by world-renowned choreographer Jose Limon, 8 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers Studio Theatre, Crocus Building, 211 Bannatyne (second floor); $15 at 293-4656.

Manitoba Provincial Dance Festival

Sunday to May 27, various times, Pantages Playhouse Theatre, $20 festival pass, $6, $4 seniors and students, 5 and under free. 989-5260.

Rozmai Winnipeg Cymk Ukrainian Dancers

Rozmai School of Ukrainian Dance and Rozmai Dance Ensemble, 7 p.m., Pantages Playhouse Theatre; $10, $5 children 12 and under at 334-6824.

Literary

The Minotaur’s Key

A new book of poetry by Carmelo Militano, 8 p.m. today, McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Naked

A collection of erotic poetry by Kathleen Arnason, 7 p.m. today, McNally Robinson, Portage Place.

Prairie Fire Spring Wordfest

Readings by Armin Wiebe, Mary Horodyski and Joe Rosenblatt, 7 p.m. tomorrow, McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Carol Shields Festival of New Works – Short Shots

Five specially-commissioned short plays by local playwrights, presented as stated readings, noon Saturday, McNally Robinson, Portage Place.

The Gift of Dyslexia: Why Some of the Smartest People Can’t Read and How They Can Learn

A revolutionary new method of dealing with dyslexia by Gerry Grant, 8 p.m. Monday, McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Tunnels of Tyranny

By Mary Harelkin Bishop, for ages 9 and up, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Muslim Child

By Rukhsana Khan, for young readers, 8 p.m. Tuesday, McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

The Wildfire Season

By Andrew Pyper, 8 p.m. Wednesday, McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Out and About

Video Pool Media Arts Centre

Liminal video and sound installation, opens today at 5 p.m., 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Singles International Dance

8 p.m. to 1 a.m. tomorrow, Masonic Centre, 420 Corydon; $15 at 772-1637.

Magic Club of Winnipeg Family Day of Magic

Two shows at 1 & 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Muriel Richardson Auditorium, Winnipeg Art Gallery; $4.99 by calling Carey Lauder at 772-8837.

Jennifer Clarke – Prairie Celt CD Release

7:30 p.m. Sunday, Berney Theatre, Asper Jewish Community Campus; $12, or $10 at McNally Robinson Grant Park or call 256-2348, ext. 2.

Hostelling International – Manitoba & Great Canadian Travel Co.

Extreme Adventuring in The South Pacific, travel nights slideshow, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sport Manitoba Building; free.

Comedy

Rumor’s

Joe Delion, once a magician then a comedian/magician and now a comedian, to Saturday; opening Tuesday, Steve Patterson, to May 28; reservations at 488-4520.

Crosseyed Rascals: Technarian’s Revenge!

An evening of improvisational comedy, 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, Ellice Café & Theatre, 587 Ellice @ Sherbrook; $8 in advance at Hull’s Family Bookstore or McNally Robinson, Portage Place, $8 at the door.

Improv Supper Club

Featuring 204 at 10 p.m. Saturday and Outside Joke at midnight, Pulford Street Improv Palace, Augustine United Church, 109 Pulford; $10, students and seniors $5.

Improv at the Toad in the Hole

Shows at 8, 9, 10 & 11 p.m. Mondays, 112 Osborne; no cover courtesy of 101.5 UMFM.

Movies

IMAX

Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey, a celebration of the global beat and an exploration of the sights and sounds of continents and cultures guided by the internationally acclaimed stage show Stomp, Our Country Music; Rolling Stones at the IMAX; for times and prices call 956-IMAX.

Cinematheque

Born Into Brothels, a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red-light district of Calcutta where their mothers work as prostitutes, 7 p.m. today; Colossal Sensation, a clown called Slomo has twins born in a traveling circus in the early 1900’s and following in their father’s profession the children become popular circus artists, 8:45 p.m. today; Firewire – a yearly showcase of recent video work from artists in the University of Manitoba School of Art featuring experimental and animation, 7 p.m. tomorrow; Red Lights (Feux Rouges), French with English subtitles, the tension becomes unbearable as we travel with a man and his wife on their way on route from Paris to Bordeaux to pick up their kids at a summer camp, 7 p.m. Saturday to May 19; Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession starring Quentin Tarantino, the story of a unique Los Angeles TV outlet – The Z Channel, (the first movie channel in the U.S. before Showtime and HBO to show uncut movies) and the incredible programming of troubled genius Jerry Harvey who eventually killed himself, 9 p.m. Saturday to May 19; 100 Arthur; $6, all seats on Mondays only $4.

Museums

Manitoba Children’s Museum

Enjoy paint crafts with Nature Through Art at Creation Station from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with this weekend’s theme being Leaf Prints; children $6, adults $5.50 and seniors $5.

Planetarium

As the Sky Turns, a rollicking soap opera-style show that tells the stories behind constellations in the sky; Orion Rendezvous: A Star Trek Voyage of Discovery; The Sky Tonight, a live guided tour of the current night sky; $6.50, children and seniors $5, or families $20.

Planetarium at Night

Local musicians play live sets, aimed at an audience aged 16 to 45 with this week’s musical guest being alternative rock band I-Witness, 9 p.m. Saturday; $7.50; for $10, audience members can also take in the 8 p.m. show, which offers more traditional Planetarium fare.

Galleries

Aceartinc.

University of Manitoba School of Art Annual Juried Show, to Saturday, 290 McDermot.

Adelaide McDermot Gallery

Hiroshima Diary, a series of oil paintings by local artist Toki Orui, 318 McDermot.

Alliance Française

A painting exhibit by Robert Freynet, to May 31, 934 Corydon.

Annex

Stretch, Stroke, Bulge, new paintings by Jen Moyes, Janelle Regalbuto and Mia Feuer, 62 Albert.

Art City

Works of art created by inner-city youth, opens 5 p.m. Monday to May 21, 616 Broadway.

Fleet Galleries

30 pieces, selected works by Deb Schmid, opens Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. to May 27, 65 Albert.

Gallery Lacosse

Canvas and Clay by Karen Johnson, public opening tomorrow from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. plus you can “Meet the Artist” Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m.

Ken Segal Gallery

Vertical Horizons, new paintings by Keith Wood, to May 28, 433 River.

Lion & The Rose Gallery

The Colour Spectrum is Family, recent paintings by Naomi Gerrard, 875 Corydon.

Mayberry Fine Art

Acrylic paintings by Quebec artist Claude Gauthier, 212 McDermot.

Medea Gallery

New works by 23 gallery artists, to Sunday, 132 Osborne.

Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery

In God’s Image, daily-life photographs and stories by ordinary people from 17 countries around the world, inspired by the verse in Genesis that states “all” people are created in the image of God, to June 4, 600 Shaftesbury.

Piano Nobile

Works by Jolanta Sokalska, opens Saturday; to view during the day, call 489-2850.

Site Gallery

Contemporary ceramics by Martin Tagseth, Candice Ring, Wil Shynkaruk and Kelli Rey, to May 28, 55 Arthur.

St. John’s College

Japanese Buddhist Stories Through Canadian Eyes, Winnipeg artist Joan Suzuki has created a community-based art project integrating her own work with that of members of the Manitoba Buddhist Church, in honour of the 100th anniversary of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism in Canada, to June 3, Quiet Room Gallery, Room 111, University of Manitoba.

Urban Shaman Gallery

A Study of Indian-ness by photographer Jeff Thomas, to Saturday, 290 McDermot.

Wah-sa Gallery

Reprise, a backwards glance at the Wah-sa’s 2004/2005 season, opens Monday, 302 Fort.

Wayne Arthur Gallery

Now, Then and in Between, surrealist paintings by Margaret Switala, to June 1, 186 Provencher.

Winnipeg Art Gallery

Galleries 2/3: Aux Couleurs du Jour, retrospective exhibition by Rita Letendre, one of Canada’s major abstract artists for the past four decades, whose paintings are characterized by brilliant bold colours and thick layers of paint applied with brush, spatula and even her hands, to June 26; Galleries 7/8: Figure Ground Paintings and Drawings of Ivan Eyre, one of Canada’s most respected artists, ranging from detailed, intimate drawings to large 12-foot paintings, to Aug. 28; Mezzanine: Power of Dreams, to May 29; $7 or $6 for students and seniors and $4 for children; WAG admission $6, students $4, children $3, under six free or $15 for a family.

Past the Perimeter

Delta Marsh Birding Festival

Featuring van tours to different marsh habitats, guided walking tours and bird banding, and lots more, tomorrow to Sunday; for more information call 857-8637.

Lower Fort Garry Opening Day Celebrations

Featuring a parade, kids craft corner, scavenger hunt, clowns and musical entertainment, noon Sunday.