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THEATRE

Rent

Rainbow Stage, 8 p.m., tonight and tomorrow, Kildonan Park. Tickets $39.69 to $50.98 at 989-5261.

In Riel’s Footsteps

MOLOTOV CIRCUS: Last year’s fringe hit returns to the Gas Station Theatre, 8 p.m. tonight.
MOLOTOV CIRCUS: Last year’s fringe hit returns to the Gas Station Theatre, 8 p.m. tonight.

Theatre in the Cemetery, 7 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday; 2 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, to Aug. 29, Saint-Boniface Cathedral Cemetery. French shows: Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday: 4:00 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 9:30 p.m. Tickets, $5 to$7.

Winnipeg Fringe Festival

Opens Wednesday to July 25, at various locations in the Exchange District. Tickets $5 to $9 or $69 Frequent Fringer pass gets 10 shows;s $95 buddy pass gets 14 shows at 942-6537 or winnipegfringe.com

Menopause Out Loud

Opens Wednesday, Burton Cummings Theatre, 8 p.m. nightly to July 17 with a 2 p.m. matinee Saturday. Tickets $39.75 to $48.50 at Ticketmaster.

Night at the Museum

Celebrations Dinner Theatre. Showtimes: 6:45 p.m. Wednesdays to Saturdays; 5 p.m. Sundays, to July 31. Tickets $29.95 to $61.95 at 982-8282.

COMEDY

Rumor’s

Gilson Lubin, 8 p.m. tonight and 7:45 and 10:30 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday. Opening Tuesday, Leland Klassen, to July 24. Tuesday to Thursdays 8 p.m., $12; Fridays and Saturdays; $15 at 488-4520 or visit rumorscomedyclub.com.

Kelly Hughes Live! — Fringe Fest

Interviews with tringe performer Alex Eddington, 7 p.m., tomorrow, Aqua Books.

LITERARY

Soapbox Open Mic

Bring your fiction, memoirs, fragments, poetry, songs, and anything you’ve written, for your four minutes of fame, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aqua Books.

OUT AND ABOUT

Soca Reggae Festival

Old Market Square, 4 to 1 a.m. tomorrow; noon to 1 a.m. Saturday and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday. Tickets $5.

Lyric Theatre

Assiniboine Park, music program, Free Ride 7 p.m. tonight; Echo Park Saturday; Walle Larsson Band Sunday; The Ultimate Tribute to Rod Stewart, Tuesdsay.

Dancing on the Avenue

High Profile 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. tomorrow; the Tin Plainsmen Saturday, along Corydon.

St. Norbert Farmers’ Market

Saturdays and Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., 3514 Pembina, to Oct. 30.

Prairie Dog Central

Train Magic, Saturday; Murder Express Sunday. Train departs Inkster Junction Station at 11 a.m. Tickets $22.95 and $27.95 at 832-5259 and Ticketmaster.

Salsa Sundays

The Forks Under the Canopy, 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays.

Precious Blood Parish Tours

Tours of this architectural masterpiece run throughout the summer, 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 200 Kenny.

City Wide Garden Tours

Every Wednesday from 5 to 9 p.m., to Aug. 4. For schedule and tickets call 895-4560.

Exchange District Guided Walking Tours

Monday to Friday until August. All tours depart from Old Market Square. Call 942-6716; $5 to $7 per person.

West End Biz Mural Tours

Over 50 pieces of public art along Sargent or Ellice, Mondays through Saturdays, to Aug. 27. To book a tour call 954-7900. Tickets $2 & $5.

Hermetic Code Tour

Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 6 p.m to 7:30 p.m., to Sept. 29. Join Frank Albo, researcher behind The Hermetic Code, for an evening of magic, mystery and architectural wonder. Tickets $39.30 at 989-9630.

FortWhyte Alive

Paddle, fish, bike or hike, 1961 McCreary, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday to Sunday and holidays. Admission $4 to $6.

Cache Me If You Can

Solve a history mystery on a self-guided GPS tour. Rental price $6 per kit at Explore Manitoba Centre, The Forks until Sept 6. Call 983-6757.

Historical Haunted Winnipeg Tour

Guided tours leave the Via Rail Station Tuesdays at 7 p.m., to October. Tickets $14 and $32 at 989-9630.

MUSEUMS

Fort Gibraltar

Costumed interpreters re-enacting the life of the fur trade in 1815. Whittier Park, for info call 237-7692.

Grant’s Old Mill

Open seven days a week. Guided tours, 10 a.m to 6 p.m daily. Flapjacks served every Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., 2777 Portage. Donations accepted.

The Historical Museum of St. James- Assiniboia

Fun in the Frontier Days, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, to Aug. 27. Donations accepted.

Manitoba Museum

Ancient Seas; Natural Wonders celebrates the diversity of life; From Manila to Manitoba documents the 50-year history of the Filipino-Canadian community, to Oct. 3; Shakin’ All Over, multimedia celebration of the many facets of music in Manitoba, includes stage where a variety of acts will perform, runs to Sept. 6. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., including holidays; $8 adults, $6.50 youths/seniors, $26.50 family; visit www.manitobamuseum.ca.

Planetarium

Manitoba Skies, 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; Our Place in Space: new children’s show, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; www.manitobamusuem.ca

Manitoba Children’s Museum

Attack of the Bloodsuckers exhibition, continues to Sept. 6. The Forks; 924-4000 or www.childrensmuseum.com.

Ogniwo Polish Museum

Faces of Polonia, to Aug. 31, 1417 Main.

Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum

Part of Winnipeg’s Riel District, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, 494 Taché.

Seven Oaks House Museum

East of Main Street off Rupertsland. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Labour Day. Individual and group tours available. For info call 339-7429.

Western Canada Aviation Museum

Traces the significance of aviation in Canada’s history, 958 Ferry, 786-5503. Admission $3 to $7.50; family $18.

GALLERIES

Buhler Gallery

Healing, in various media, to Sept. 5, St. Boniface Hospital.

Cre8ery

Riviera — Diamonds on a Strand, by artist Russ Henry, opens today to July 20, 125 Adelaide.

Fleet Gallery

Raw Surfaces, new works by Anthony Steffes, to July 22, 65 Albert.

Gallery in the Park

Spring show, featuring works by Margaret Doell, plus sculpture gardens, to July 18, Altona.

Gallery of Student Art

Portraits, new work by Agnes Neufeld, to July 23, 105 University Centre, U of M.

Maison Des Artists (Galerie Communautaire) Anatomy of a Graphic Novel, exhibit by Robert Freynet, to July 27, 219 Provencher.

MHC Gallery

In the Spirit of Humanity by Manju Lodha, Isam Aboud, Ray Dirks and Dr. M.K. Sharma, to Sept. 18, 600 Shaftesbury.

Manitoba Crafts Museum & Library

From Crocuses to Grain Elevators: Celebrating Manitoba Craft, to September, 1B-183 Kennedy.

Medea Gallery

The Colour of Home, new works by gallery artists, to Aug. 30, 132 Osborne.

Outworks Gallery

Adage, works by gallery members and friends, to July 31, 290 McDermot.

Stoneware Gallery

Skimmers, dashers and pondhawks by Marusla Foster, to July 28, 778 Corydon. 

Wayne Arthur Gallery

Art on the Boulevard, paintings by the Norwood Art Group, to July 31, 186 Provencher.

Winnipeg Art Gallery

Andrew Qappik: Pangnirtung Memories, to Aug. 1. The Collection on View, to Sept. 30. WAG admission $8, students/seniors $6, children $4 or $18 for a family.

PAST THE PERIMETER

Oak Point Music Festival

Friday to Sunday, Oak Point Community Club; $10 .

Cook’s Creek Heritage Museum

Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Wednesdays. Hwy. 212 at Sapton Road. Admission $2 and $3.

Farmers’ Market

Every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to Sept. 18, Pineridge Hollow, Hwy. 59 north to Garven Rd.

Lower Fort Garry Historic Site

Guided tours run to Oct 12. Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adult $7.80, senior $6.55, youth $3.90, family $19.60. Hwy 9, 32 km north of Winnipeg.

Mennonite Heritage Village

Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, to September. Fall and winter, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday, Steinbach on Hwy 12. Admission $2-$10, family pass for $20.

Oak Hammock Marsh

Open daily to October, 20 minutes north of Winnipeg, at the junction of Hwy 67 & 220, between Hwy 7 & 8.

Philip’s Magical Paradise

Museum of magic and illusion open weekdays 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and weekends from 1 to 6 p.m., to Sept. 27. Located on the west side of Giroux, 10 km. north east of Steinbach.

V. Gross’ Doll Museum/Gift Shop

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday-Friday, to October in Warren. Admission $4.

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