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Points on a Curve: Inga Torfadottir

Soul Gallery, 65 Albert St.

Opens today, 6-9 p.m.; runs to July 11

Free

A retrospective celebrating the 30-year career of printmaker, ceramic artist and educator Inga Torfadottir opens tonight at Soul Gallery in the Exchange District.

The Reykjavik-born, Winnipeg-based artist has worked in a variety of media since completing her studies at the Icelandic College of Arts and Design and Reykjavik College of Fine Art before immigrating to Winnipeg in 1976 and pursuing a career as a ceramic artist and instructor at the Stoneware Studio. She became a member of the Manitoba Printmakers Association in 2000, and has taught workshops at Martha Street Studio.

This exhibition will feature a selection of linocuts, monoprints and acrylics from throughout her career, including her works inspired by the sagas of Iceland and Scandinavia, which she rediscovered after the death of her father in 2000 sparked a renewed interest in her ancestors.

Tonight’s opening reception will feature an artist introduction at 7 p.m., live music and refreshments. Points on a Curve is on view until July 11.

— Jen Zoratti

Boniface and Prairie

on the WAG Rooftop

Today, 7 p.m.

Admission $25

Every seat is in the nosebleeds tonight on the rooftop of WAG-Qaumajuq.

With good reason, the top storey of the downtown gallery has recently become one of the most memorable places to take in live music on a summer night in Winnipeg, with eclectic artists performing under the cover of moody Prairie skies.

Tonight, the rooftop series draws Boniface, the expansive pop project of Winnipeg’s Michele Visser, a songwriter with an uncanny knack for seizing the moment. For a sense of Visser’s wide-ranging inventiveness, dive into the self-titled Boniface LP from 2020 or check out her 2023 single ymmfnc and bleed 4 u, a collaboration with Peter Harder.

Opening for Boniface is relative newcomer Prairie, a band that plays music at the comfortable crossroads of slowcore and grunge. Moss Queen is on vocals and guitar, Val Podlesnaia is on bass, Dawson Reynolds is drumming, and Ian Tata is on lead guitar.

On July 18, Winnipeg’s JayWood returns from Montreal to play the rooftop with openers Fencing, an art-rock band well-suited to play atop the province’s largest gallery.

— Ben Waldman

What’s the Tea?

Amsterdam Tea Room (103-211 Bannatyne Ave.)

Sunday, noon

Tickets $45 at Eventbrite

Celebrate the end of Winnipeg Pride Month at the Amsterdam Tea Room with Spill the Tea. Hosted by Orion Sbelt, the founder of the House of Constellations known for their captivating stage presence, this event promises an afternoon of drag performances by Kymera, Waaseyaa Haze and Aria Zero, along with an array of cocktails.

Tickets include one cocktail and a one-ounce shot. Additionally, $5 from every ticket sold will go to Reaching Out Winnipeg (ROW).

ROW is a grassroots, volunteer-based organization that supports individuals seeking sexual orientation/gender identity asylum and resettlement in Winnipeg by providing financial and social support for a year.

Spill the Tea is an 18+ event. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.

— Thandi Vera

Galivanting Summer Business Crawl

Tito Boy’s Restaurant (730 St Anne’s Rd.)

Saturday, 4-9 p.m.

Tickets $65 at allevents.in

Hop on a bus and get ready to go on a mystery ride around town with the Manitoba Filipino Business Council.

The organization’s first-ever Business Crawl bus will make stops across a number of locations dotted around Winnipeg on a whirlwind tour of the city’s best Filipino-owned businesses, none of which will be revealed until the day itself.

Starting off at Tito Boy’s restaurant at 730 St Anne’s Rd., riders will hear stories from successful Filipinx entrepreneurs in Manitoba, savour Pinoy dishes at each stop, dive into cultural presentations and snag products from the businesses they visit as the zip across town.

The four-hour extravaganza ends at 9 p.m. but celebrations continue into the night with an after-party at an, yes, you guessed it, undisclosed location.

— AV Kitching

Downtown breweries deliver chills and chuckles

Devil May Care Brewing Co. (155 Fort St. — comedy) and Little Brown Jug Brewing Co. (336 William Ave. — ghost stories)

Tonight, 7 p.m.

Free

A pair of downtown breweries are hosting events sure to either tickle your funny bone or scare you senseless.

Devil May Care Brewing Co. hosts Devil May Chuckle III: The Devil’s 3rd Joke, an open-mic event featuring comics Christina Peabody, Brennan Lumsdon, Myles Taylor and Louis, the latter of whom will also serve as host. Those in attendance are encouraged to get up and deliver their tightest five — doors are at 7 p.m., the laughs start at 7:30 and admission is free.

Over at Little Brown Jug Brewing Co., they’ve gone the spooky route, partnering with Raven’s End Books, the Giving Up the Ghost podcast and the Winnipeg Paranormal Group for another Spirits with Spirits ghost story night. It’s an open-mic event where people can share real-life paranormal experiences, ghost stories and more. Fill out the form at wfp.to/y0q to secure your spot at the mic, or take your chances on-site (time permitting). The free event gets underway at 7 p.m.

— Ben Sigurdson

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