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What’s happening today
For 50 years, André Lewis has been part of the fabric of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, first as a ballet student, then as a company dancer, then finally as artistic director, a post he’s held for 30 years.
In 2023, Lewis, 70, announced he would be stepping down in 2025. The 2023/24 season was dubbed the Living the Dream season — a wink to his catchphrase whenever anyone would ask how he was doing — as a celebration of Lewis’s artistic vision and legacy.
Now, this week’s performances of Bolero With Angels in the Architecture & Hikarizatto at the Centennial Concert Hall, starting tonight at 7:30, will be the final shows of his final season. Jen Zoratti takes an in-depth look at Lewis’s career here.
André Lewis is retiring from the RWB after a long career as a dancer and then artistic director.(Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
Doing some spring cleaning? Consider donating your excess reading material to help stock prison bookshelves across the province.
Starting today, the prison libraries committee of the Manitoba Library Association is hosting a month-long book drive prior to its annual spring fundraising sale. New-ish and gently used books can be dropped off at the Millennium Library (251 Donald St.); St. James-Assiniboia Library (1910 Portage Ave.); Louis Riel Library (1168 Dakota St.); St. Vital Library (6 Fermor Ave.); Eadha Bakery (577 Ellice Ave.); and Thyme Café (268 Tache Ave.) during business hours.
Today’s must-read
Winnipeg’s councillors are reeling after the death of a popular colleague who served at city hall for more than a decade.
Mayor Scott Gillingham announced the sudden death of Elmwood-East Kildonan Coun. Jason Schreyer at a news conference Wednesday morning, saying members of council were shocked when they were informed Tuesday night.
Schreyer, 57, was first elected alongside Gillingham in 2014. He built a reputation as a strong and independent councillor who was passionate about affordability and advocating for his constituents, the mayor said. Tyler Searle has the story.
Coun. Jason Schreyer (Wayne Glowacki / Free Press files)
On the bright side
Tourist Nash Core admits he felt some fear when he and his 11-year-old son waded into the ocean off the Australian coast to help rescue a three-metre great white shark stranded in shallow water.
Three local men managed to return the distressed animal from a sand bank into deeper water after an almost hour-long rescue effort on Tuesday near the coastal town of Ardrossan in South Australia state.
“It was either sick or … just tired,” said Core, who was visiting with his family from Gold Coast in Queensland state. “We definitely got it into some deeper water, so hopefully it’s swimming still.” The Associated Press reports.
On this date
On May 1, 1951: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Korea, Allied artillery barrages, warship guns and record swarms of planes kept Communist forces from Seoul, where they had hoped to celebrate May Day. In Ottawa, the defence minister announced 7,000 Canadian troops would see action in Korea as part of a new Commonwealth division to be established there under a United Kingdom commander. In Tehran, the Iranian government nationalized the operations of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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