What’s up: Aviation day, revel in winter, Astronomics, Trouser Mouth, Super Elite

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This article was published 20/02/2025 (610 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

National Aviation Day

• Royal Aviation Museum of Canada, 2088 Wellington Ave.
• Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Tickets: $9.50-$16 at royalaviationmuseum.com

You won’t have to fly anywhere to celebrate Canada’s aviation heritage on Sunday.

Visitors to the Royal Aviation Museum will gain access to the cockpits of five aircraft — Lockheed L-10A Electra CF TCC; Canadair CL-84 Dynavert; Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer; Mini 500 Helicopter; and Vickers Viscount — plus get a peek at the museum’s new model exhibit to commemorate the first powered flight in Canada.

Aspiring engineers take note: as part of Boeing Engineering week, experts from the company will be on hand to share their knowledge and answer questions in their interactive booth.

Delve into the world of aerospace engineering, take a closer look at real airplane parts and hear about the advances in aviation technology.

Derek Wrigley, who donated the Mini 500 Helicopter to the museum, will be available throughout the day to share details about the unique aircraft.

— AV Kitching

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Revel in winter at The Forks

• The Forks Market
• Saturday and Sunday
• Free

With the mercury finally set to rise above long-lingering, painfully low temperatures, this weekend is the ideal time to check out The Forks Market’s Learn to Winter events — particularly as some programming wraps up at the end of February.

Events slated this weekend include:

• guided tours of the warming huts on the Nestaweya River trail (Saturday, 1-2 p.m.),
• ice basketball with Winnipeg Sea Bears (Sunday, 1-4 p.m.),
• storytelling and drumming in the teepee led by elder Barbara Nepinak (Sunday, 1-4 p.m.),
• music by DJ Konjo under the canopy (Sunday, 1-4 p.m.),
• and skating and snowshoeing lessons by Kendrick’s Outdoor Adventures (Sunday, 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.).

A winter wellness session will be held outdoors at CN Field on Sunday beginning at 1 p.m. — the theme is “calm” and will feature a yoga flow class. For a complete list of programming and to reserve spots, see theforks.com.

— Ben Sigurdson

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The Astronomics and Jordie Ouellet

• Park Alleys, 730 Osborne St.
• Friday, 9:30 p.m.
• Admission $15

“Gotta lock in,” reads a caption under a recent Instagram post by the Astronomics.

The video shows band singer Jasmine Henry rehearsing while watching the video game Subway Surfers. If this sort of very online humour — look up “Overstimulation Videos” on Know Your Meme — flies like a Z-shaped boomerang over your head, the music will still be familiar to those 30-plus with a memory for the best of 1990s R&B music.

The Astronomics perform mostly neo-soul with jazz-school chops and are a vital piece of the growing R&B scene in the city.

They perform Friday with opener Jordie Ouellet, a Winnipeg trumpeter and rapper.

—Conrad Sweatman

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Trouser Mouth

• King Cob Market Pub, 580 Ellice Ave.
• Saturday, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
• Free

Leave your newborns at home.

Local punk trio Trouser Mouth celebrates the 20th anniversary of its album Kissing Hands and Shaking Babies on Saturday, by playing the 17-track record in its entirety twice during two sets at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. at King Cob Market Pub on Ellice Avenue.

Trouser Mouth — guitarist-vocalist Zip R Head, bassist-vocalist Pantonio Tubesock and drummer TS Beats — formed in Winnipeg in 1998 and have released four albums, with a fifth, A Saucer Full of Shitheads, set for release in the summer prior to a planned European tour.

The anniversary show is the band’s first live gig in two years. The pub’s capacity is about 50, so people are advised to get there early if they want to squeeze in. Ugly T & the Unmentionables will open. Admission is free.

— Rob Williams

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The Super Elite

• The Garrick Hotel Bar
• Saturday, 9 p.m.
• Tickets: $25 here

Saturday sees the fourth instalment of the Super Elite, a dive-bar cabaret at the Garrick Hotel hosted by DJ Son of Dave (a.k.a. musician/songwriter Ben Darvill) playing vintage 45s from an eclectic collection that includes everything from jazz, polka and ska to calypso, rock-steady and Afrobeat.

The evening also features two musical acts — electro sensation French Class and local bluesman Billy Joe Green — as well as a “burlesque pierogi” starring Miss Char Danae, installations by multimedia artist and designer James Culleton and projections by Der Michael.

Cash bar only.

— Jill Wilson