What’s up: mixtape concert, clothing swap, historic tour, Kilterpalooza and more

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A Trinnipeg Live Mixtape Concert

• WAG-Qaumajuq Rooftop, 300 Memorial Blvd.
• Saturday, 7-10 p.m.
• Admission $20 or pay what you can

Don’t miss the final event of Threads of Kin and Belonging: A Trinnipeg Live Mixtape Project, a multi-format exhibition at WAG-Quamajuq that centres — and celebrates — Black and Indigenous voices and perspectives.

Co-curated by Nestor Wynrush, a Winnipeg-based MC, writer, organizer, workshop facilitator, and Julia Lafreniere, head of Indigenous Ways & Learning at WAG-Qaumajuq, programming for Threads of Kin and Belonging was launched during Black History Month and will wrap up on National Indigenous People’s Day with a rooftop concert featuring poets, performers and producers who will create new collaborations built on a hip-hop/R&B foundation.

Artists include Juno-winning rapper Shad, Parliamentary poet laureate Chimwemwe Undi, 2oolman of electronic/hip hop outfit the Halluci Nation (formerly known as A Tribe Called Red), the all-women family drum group Kind Hart Women Singers, and many more.

Admission is pay what you can, with a suggested donation of $20.

On Sunday from 1 to 3:30 p.m., Trinnipeg Live Mixtape will host a workshop with Shad, 2oolman, and Kimmortal for a casual afternoon where emerging musicians, writers and producers can connect. Admission is free.

Threads of Kin and Belonging, the exhibition, will remain on view at WAG-Qaumajuq until the fall.

— Jen Zoratti

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Plus-Size Clothing Swap

• Tara Davis Studio Boutique, 246 McDermot Ave.
• Sunday, 12-3 p.m.
• Free

Looking for a summer closet refresh? Winnipeg retailer Curvy Chic Shop is popping up in the Exchange District on Sunday with hundreds of mid- and plus-sized garments labelled large and up.

Founded during the pandemic by hairstylist Annalisa Zanella, Curvy Chic started out of Zanella’s own closet and on Facebook Marketplace before expanding to consignment services and community swaps. “Shopping as a full-figured woman is very hard and can be mentally draining,” Zanella writes on her website. “It’s discouraging walking into the mall and having very limited options.”

In the days ahead of Sunday’s free clothing swap, participants or donors are invited to drop off freshly laundered summer attire in good condition during Tara Davis’s daily hours (11 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) All leftover clothing will be donated to the North End Women’s Centre and the Up Shoppe.

— Ben Waldman

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Brass Queens, NYOH, Carl Mayotte and Vox Populi

• TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival
• Old Market Square
• Saturday, 7:30 p.m.-1 a.m.
• Free

The brains behind “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” the New York Times’ slogan, surely never worked in a newspaper arts department during summer festival season.

With more than 50 concerts, this year’s Jazz Fest is spilling over with noteworthy local talent. But if you’ve only got a few hours to sip from this slow-flowing firehose, this Saturday night at Old Market Square is a good place to drink up under the setting summer sun.

Start at 7:30 p.m. with female-led, NYC-based Brass Queens, whose sound vibrates somewhere between the Big Easy and the Big Apple – Dixieland meets new school New York R&B stylings.

After drinking something else local at one of the adjoining beer gardens, come back for 9 p.m. to mainstage for NYOH (Not Your Ordinary Hooligans), the young Winnipeg nine-piece flipping hip hop and R&B hits with jazz finesse.

Carl Mayotte, one of Quebec’s most famous jazz musicians, plays at 10:30 p.m., and the night closes out with locals Vox Populi at midnight.

Led by jazz pianist Carter Graham, the band delivers originals in the tradition of Stevie Wonder and Bill Withers – soulful earworms harkening back to a pop era when harmony still reigned supreme.

— Conrad Sweatman

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Postcard Time Machine Tour – Downtown

• Union Station, Via Rail, 123 Main St.
• Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
• Free to attend

As part of the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation’s summer tours season, photographer Leif Norman and historian Susan Algie will explore the present through the past with the help of historic postcards.

Those who join the free-to-attend photo walk downtown will view present-day buildings and learn about their history on the fully accessible route.

This is the second of the foundation’s summer tours. The next tour, on July 23, will be a stroll through Winnipeg’s first designated historic district, Armstrong Point, where walkers can take in the architecture in the residential area, which dates from the 1880s to the present.

Keep an eye on the foundation’s website, winnipegarchitecture.ca, for details of upcoming tours.

— AV Kitching

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Free summer fun at the park

• The Leaf, Assiniboine Park
• Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Free admission

Assiniboine Park’s Summer Entertainment Series kicks off this Sunday with music and cultural programming at The Leaf in celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day.

Watch drumming, powwow and Métis jigging demonstrations at the outdoor performance garden, followed by family sing-alongs and storytelling with Miranda Currie, a northern Indigenous children’s entertainer.

Summer Fisher, an Anishinaabe educator from Nipissing First Nation, will be sharing teachings about sweetgrass and earrings and leading a bannock-making workshop in the Tannis M. Richardson Classroom.

Visitors can also take part in outdoor teachings, garden tours and face painting. There will be a bouncy castle and food trucks on site.

The park’s Summer Entertainment Series runs until Aug. 31 with free concerts, ballet performances, movies and wellness activities running throughout the summer.

Visit assiniboinepark.ca for more information.

— Eva Wasney

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Kilterpalooza

• Kilter Brewing Co., 450 Rue Deschambault
• Saturday, noon-11 p.m.
• Free admission

Kilter Brewing Co. celebrates seven years of beers with the return of the St. Boniface brewery’s annual festival, now bigger and better than ever.

Kilterpalooza kicks off at noon, with an expanded backyard area to house some of the festivities, including live music throughout the day from DJ Dad, Jasmine Henry, the Band at the Bottom of the Sea and Gary Gach with the Kings Ransom. A vendor market also gets started at noon, featuring wares from, among others, Bead ‘N Butter, Victory Pints, Vintage Stun, Rachael Kroeker Ceramics and a booth featuring Kilter’s own merch.

Activities for Kilterpalooza-goers of all ages include corn hole, ladder ball and oversized yard games such as giant Jenga, Connect 4 and tic-tac-toe. There will also be face painting from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., a temporary tattoo stations, a Kilter merch tie-dye station and more.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a brewery birthday bash without beer, and Kilter will roll out a number of new brews, including some smaller-batch offerings. What better way to wash down the hot dogs, tacos and other food offerings on hand? (For more on the birthday beers and available food options, keep an eye on Kilter’s social media pages.)

Admission to Kilterpalooza is free, and the party’s open to guests of all ages. The brewery will also have a bike valet from 2:30 p.m. onwards.

— Ben Sigurdson

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