Theatre & Arts

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Theatre

Moonlight and Magnolias
Comedy recounting the week that brought Gone With the Wind back to life, opens today, Prairie Theatre Exchange, to April 12; $35.87, students/seniors $26.52 at 942-5483.

Marilyn: Forever Blonde
One-woman play with music starring Sunny Thompson, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 8 p.m. tomorrow, 2 & 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, continues to April 12; $28 to $38 at the WAG info desk or Ticketmaster.

Doubt: A Parable
Sister Aloysius, a strong-minded nun, grows suspicious of the attentions of the progressive Father Flynn towards a new student, MTC Mainstage, to April 4; $21 to $61 at 942-6537.

Monsieur d’Eon
Period comedy that explores the life of Chevalier d’Eon, who lived at times as a man and others as a woman, presented by U of W’s Dept.of Theatre & Film, 8 p.m. Tuesday to April 4, Gas Station Theatre; admission free, reservations recommended at 786-9152.

Age of Arousal
By Linda Griffiths, wildly inspired by George Gissing’s The Odd Women, presented by Theatre Projects Manitoba, Rachel Browne Theatre, 211 Bannatyne, 8 p.m. today to Saturday with 2 p.m. matinees Saturday and Sunday; $15, $17 and $20 at 989-2400.

46 Circus Acts in 45 Minutes  
Featuring Australia’s Circa, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Canwest Performing Arts Centre, 7 p.m. tomorrow and 1 & 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, to April 5; $13.25 at 942-8898.

Simon With Two Left Feet
By Angela K. Narth, presented by Fantasy Theatre for Children, 1 & 6:30 p.m. Monday, 1 p.m. Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Wednesday, 1 and 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2 and Friday, April 3; $9 at 944-0581.

Celebrations: Thank You Mr Presley
Showcasing the fabulous of the King, Canad Inn Fort Garry, 1824 Pembina, to May 23; $51.95 Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday and $61.95 Friday and Saturday, Seniors Wednesdays and Student Thursdays only $37.95 and children $25.95 at 982-8282.

 

Comedy

Rumor’s
Todd Paul to April 2; $12 Tuesday to Thursday and $15 Friday and Saturday by calling 488-4520.

 

Lectures

Off the Beaten Track: Independent Travel Without a Tour Guide
By Bartley Kives, Free Press reporter, and author of A Daytripper’s Guide to Manitoba: Exploring Canada’s Undiscovered Provice, Music ‘N’ Mavens  Lecture Series, 2 p.m. today, Rady JCC; silver collection.

The Economy and First Nations
What role can/should First Nations play during and beyond recession? Lecture by Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, 7 p.m. Monday, U of W’s Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall.

 

Literary

Master Your Retirement
By Douglas V. Nelson,  7:30 a.m. tomorrow, Manitoba Club, 194 Broadway.

Penny Visits Oak Hammock Marsh
Children’s picture book by Carol Szuminsky, 2 p.m. Saturday, McNally Robinson Polo Park.

Who Wants This Puppy?
Children’s book by Pat Ternovetsky and Zane Belton. Nine-year-old illustrator Belton will be signing books, 2 p.m. Sunday, McNally Robinson Polo Park.

Struan Sinclair
Launches Automatic World, debut novel, 8 p.m. Tuesday, McNally Robinson Grant Park.

My Zayde and Other Memories of Growing Up Jewish
Collection of short stories and poems by Ricki Segal (Stern), 6 p.m. Wednesday, McNally Robinson Grant Park.

 

 

Films

Ballet High
Premiere screening of documentary about the graduating class of Royal Winnipeg Ballet School’s Professional Division (airing April 2 on Bravo!), 7:30 p.m. today, Globe Cinema at Portage Place; $5.

2009 Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival
Unique and critically acclaimed films from a number of countries, presented by the Rady JCC and Asper Foundation, continues until Tuesday; individual tickets $9.

 

Out and About

Piston Ring’s 35th Annual World of Wheels
Featuring Chip Foose, star of TV series Overhaulin, “King of Kustomizers” George Barris plus Candy Clark of American Graffiti, 5 to 10:30 p.m. tomorrow, 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Winnipeg Convention Centre; $9, children $3.

Festival of Fools
Clowning, magic, face painting and general tomfoolery, 1 p.m. Saturday until April 4. Presented by Winnipeg International Children’s Festival.

Butterfly Gardening Seminar
Design a garden that will be beneficial in hosting native butterflies, 1 to 2;30 p.m. Sunday, FortWhyte Alive; $10, members $6 at 989-8355; admission $6, seniors $5, children $4.

 

Museums

 Costume Museum of Canada
Inside out: a look at the intricate work of clothing construction; Nightwear: the evolution of pyjamas and sleeping garments, 109 Pacific; open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday; admission is $5, seniors, $4.50 and $3.50 for students.

Manitoba Children’s Museum
Tigers and Dragons, experience the bustle and excitement of a Chinese market, to Sept. 7.

Manitoba Museum
Dinosaur Dynasty: Discoveries from China, to April 19; Space Rocks! in the Science Gallery, meteorite display; $10, students/seniors $5 or $30 for a family pass; Gathered Treasures, some of the museum’s most intriguing artifacts; admission $8 adults, $6.50 youths/seniors, $26.50 family; visit www.manitobamuseum.ca.

Planetarium
Manitoba Skies, new live show highlighting current sky events, 1:30 & 4 p.m. weekends; Solar System Safari, the Sun, Moon and planets come alive as never before, 12:30 p.m. weekends; To Worlds Beyond, voyage of discovery to the mysterious worlds of outer space where immense starships may venture outward to worlds beyond, narrated by renowned actor Patrick Stewart, 3 p.m. weekends.

Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural & Educational Centre
Family pysanka workshops, 1:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday, 184 Alexander; $8.

St. Boniface Museum
Child’s Play: A Century of Toys, 1850 to 1950, to May 18, open noon to 4 Saturday and Sunday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, 494 Taché; $5, students/seniors $3, children free or $12 for a family.

Western Canadian Aviation Museum
Behind Closed Doors, climb into the cockpit of the Sabre and go “Behind Closed Doors” of the Restoration Shops, see the rare treasures in the Archives and speak to the people who work in these departments, plus have your picture taken in the cockpit of the Sabre, dress up as a 4Bbush or RCAF pilot or come and talk to ‘real’ 101 Voodoo pilots, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday; admission half price today; 958 Ferry Road.

 

Galleries

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Revival by Heidi Phillips and Archive by Collin Zipp, to April 9, 290 McDermot.

Artbeat Studio
The Personal is Political, solo exhibition by Laurie Green, to April 9, 62 Albert.

Assiniboine Park Pavilion Gallery
Testaments of Faith, Manitoba’s Pioneer Churches, photos by Tyrrell Mendis, meet the photographer Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m.

Birchwood Art Gallery
Works by Frank Mikuska, until Tuesday, 1170 Taylor.

Buhler Gallery
The Street/La Rue, photography exhibition on loan from the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, to April 17, St. Boniface General Hospital.

Cre8ery
Creative Mix, exhibition of artwork by students in the Creative Communications program at Red River College, one night only, 7 to 11 p.m. tomorrow; Video | Dance, works incorporating video and dance by Natasha Torres-Garner, Freya Olafson and Andrew Milne, 8 p.m. Wednesday to April 4, 125 Adelaide.

Fleet Galleries
Ground Breaking Manitoba Painters: Sheila Butler, Bill Lobchuk, Don Proch and Tony Tascona, to April 8, 65 Albert.

Gallery One One One
Revolver Downtown Three, work by Roger Crait, Andy Gamache and Sandee Moore, U of M’s FitzGerald Bldg.

Gallery 1C03
Everett Soop: Journalist, Cartoonist Activist, to April 4, University of Winnipeg.

Ken Segal Gallery
The Wildwood Suite, new work by Richard Holden, opening  reception today from 6:30 t0 8:30 p.m.,  531 Osborne.

Maison des Artistes
Travail/Work by Adrian Williams, to April 9, 219 Provencher.

Martha Street Studio
Quadrangle by Pauline Braun, Mary Krieger, Inga Torfadottir and Terrt Vatrt, to April 17, 11 Martha St.

Medea Gallery
Floral Delights, selected works by gallery artists, opens Sunday and continues to April 11, 132 Osborne.

Platform Centre for Photographic & Digital Arts
Art and Cold Cash, featuring the work of Ruby Arngna’naaq, Jack Butler, Sheila Butler, Myra Kukiiyaut, Patrick Mahon and William Noah, to April 4, 100 Arthur.

Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art
GIVN’R, solo exhibition by Terrance Houle, opening reception tomorrow at 8 p.m. with an Artist’s Talk Saturday at 3 p.m., 286 McDermot.

Punch Gallery
Jazz, colourful new work by Allan Courtney  and other gallery artists, to April 15, The Forks.

Semai Gallery
Pom-Pom Grow Op by Natalie Ferguson, opening reception tomorrow from 7:30 to 10 p.m., 264 McDermot.

Stoneware Gallery
Teaware by Anne Fallis Elliott, opens today and continues to April 30, 778 Corydon.

Urban Shaman
Winnipeg Hydro, new drawings and paintings by Ian August plus Welcome, A History in Two Parts, multimedia installation depicting the social life of a dejected bar crowd, by Steven Loft, both continue to April 25, 290 McDermot.

Wah-sa Gallery
New works by Woodland Aboriginal wildlife artist Jeff Monias, until Tuesday,  Johnston Terminal at The Forks.

Wayne Arthur Gallery
Night and Day/Norris Lake, paintings by Annette Lowe and photos by Robert Lowe, to April 1, 186 Provencher.

Woodlands Gallery
Rumour has it… new Paintings by Angela Morgan, to Saturday,  535 Academy.

Winnipeg Art Gallery
Through the Eyes of a Child, to April 19; FitzGerald in Context, a unique view of Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald (1890-1956), to May 31; Angakkuq: Inuit Shaman, shamanism in Inuit culture is examined through sculptures, prints, drawings, and wall hangings, to May 3; She Works Hard, images of women’s work, to May 3; Cabinet and Ornamental Wares: Painted Porcelain of the 19th and 20th Centuries, to June 28; WAG admission $8, students/seniors $6, children $4 or $18 for a family.

 

Past the Perimeter

Brandon University Brass Ensemble
Directed by Alan Ehnes, 7 p.m. Saturday, Kinsmen Rehearsal Hall; free.

Art Gallery of South Western Manitoba
In Essence by Heather Benning, Tyler Brett and Serena McCarroll, curated by Amber Anderson, to April 18, 710 Rosser Ave. in Brandon.