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This article was published 13/04/2017 (3385 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Good Charlotte

After a six-year hiatus, American pop-punk band Good Charlotte is getting back into the swing of things — the five-piece released a new record, Young Authority, in 2016 and is now touring Canada to support it, making a stop in Winnipeg at the Club Regent Event Centre Saturday, April 15. 

The quintet (fronted by twin brothers Benji and Joel Madden) was quick to find success — the first two singles from the band’s 2000 self-titled debut record were massive hits: Little Things and The Motivation Proclamation. 

Their next record, 2002’s The Young and the Hopeless, solidified Good Charlotte as one of the biggest bands of the decade — the lead single from that record, Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous, sold five million copies. It was followed with The Anthem, likely the band’s most recognizable song to date. 

In 2010, after releasing five records, the band decided to take a break; the members took time to work on other projects. Good Charlotte eventually reunited in 2015.

Tickets start at $34, plus taxes and fees, and are available at Ticketmaster and casinosofwinnipeg.com. The show starts at 7:30 p.m., and will kick off with a triple bill of openers that includes Silverstein, Palaye Royale and Movements.

— Erin Lebar

 

National Canadian Film Day 150

Call it a win-win for Winnipeggers of thrifty, cultured, nationalist disposition.

National Canadian Film Day 150 offers up a massive cross-country celebration of Canadian cinema next Wednesday, April 19, one day only.

The idea is to make Canadian movies available online and in free public screenings in honour of Canada’s sesquicentennial. (With more than 1,700 screenings all across the country, that’s a whole lotta Kenneth Welsh.)

The event is presented by Reel Canada, an organization that has made a mission out of introducing Canadian film to high school students and new Canadians since 2005. High schools all across the city will be screening films such as The Trotsky and Breakaway in their auditoriums in private, student-only screenings. But for the rest of us, free screening opportunities include:

The Saddest Music in the World, Guy Maddin’s bizarre musical melodrama screens at Forth, a hip coffee shop at 171 McDermot Ave., at 7 p.m.

Angry Inuk, a doc that argues in favour of the seal hunt from Inuit writer-director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, screens at noon at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Goon, the raucous, locally lensed hockey comedy starring Seann William Scott and Liev Schreiber screens at Agape Table, 175 Colony St., at 1 p.m.

Corner Gas: The Movie, the feature film spin-off of the beloved Canadian sitcom, screens at Rossbrook House, 658 Ross Ave., at 1 p.m.

The Rocket, a biopic of Maurice (Rocket) Richard starring Roy Dupuis screens at Beacon Hill Lodge, 190 Fort St., at 1:30 p.m.

The Triplets of Belleville, the enchanting animated feature, screens at Wolselely Family Place, 691 Wolseley Ave., at 2 p.m.

This is a partial listing. Complete listings are available online at canadianfilmday.ca

— Randall King

 

B.A. Johnston

If you’ve ever thought of penning an ode to the delicious condiment donair sauce, comedic singer/songwriter B.A. Johnston beat you to it.

I Need Donair Sauce is the lead single off his new (and 11th) record, Gremlins 3; the 20-track album also contains songs titled Alley Beers, Cat Food Fork and IKEA, I Used To Be A Man.

“It treads familiar territory, with songs about cheap beer, drinking beer in a car, and drinking so much beer that you are worried you will fall out of a canoe and drown.

“In an effort to branch out and tackle the serious issues of today, there is also a song about being high at work in a Foodland. The album title came from B.A.’s desire to be sued by someone famous,” says a release about Gremlins 3.

The “failed showman on the skids” is taking his record on the road, playing more than two dozen dates from Ontario to B.C., and he’ll be making a stop in Winnipeg Saturday night at the Handsome Daughter with local bands Blond Goth and Satanic Rights. Tickets are $10 and music starts at 10 p.m.

— Erin Lebar

 

The Bloodshots

In October 2015, local grunge rock band the Bloodshots won the chance to open for Finger Eleven after being chosen by the band themselves from a pool of five finalists.

Apart from the performance itself being one of, if not the biggest, gig the band has had to date, the contest win has been parlayed into a consistent string of other career opportunities.

“There’s a ton of bands out there, but it was like our faces are out there now, and it just helped in that way. It got us onto a lot of shows; we ended up getting onto a tour with a band from Australia called the Lazys. Emails started coming in after that contest,” says band member CJ Loane.

The Bloodshots released their first EP, The Bloodshot!, last year, and it has recently been nominated for Rock Album of the Year at the 2017 Indigenous Music Awards (formerly known as the Aboriginal Peoples’ Choice Music Awards).

They followed up the EP release with a new single, Liability, just a few weeks ago, and Loane says it will likely fall onto their next EP, which he hopes will be out later this year. The band enlisted the help of producer Dale Penner (Nickleback, Matthew Good Band) for the single and will continue to work with him this year.

“He actually took three parts of three songs and turned them into one song. It was kind neat seeing how somebody like that works and can just change everything,” Loane says of Penner.

The Bloodshots have a few local shows coming up, but your first chance to see them will be as openers for Danko Jones at Nashville’s on Monday, April 17. Tickets are $20 and doors are at 8 p.m.

— Erin Lebar

 

Taste of the Nation

Helping the community has never tasted so good.

On Monday, Share our Strength (SOS) Winnipeg will once again bring big flavours from some of the city’s top chefs as well as killer drinks to match at their Taste of the Nation event. Taking place at the Fairmont Hotel from 6 – 8:30 p.m., it’s a chance for local chefs to show off their culinary chops while donating their time and energy to a worthwhile cause.

Proceeds from Taste of the Nation — this is the event’s 24th year — are distributed by SOS Winnipeg to a number of mainly local charities in the efforts of combatting childhood hunger and its many causes. SOS Canadian president Eric Schon anticipates this year’s event will add another $65,000 to the cause which, since 1994, has raised over $2.2 million for hunger relief.

Participating this year are chefs from Bouchée Boucher, Sydney’s, Smith, the Mitchell Block, Cornerstone, Era Bistro, Mona Lisa and many more, with a wide range of wines, beer, spirits and cocktails being sampled throughout the evening as well. “It’s amazing – a number of the restaurants and beverage partners have been involved for all 24 years,” Schon notes.

“We just let the chefs showcase their great food —everybody brings their A game. You don’t often get 35 chefs in the same room, especially for such a great cause.”

The event regularly sells out; Schon noted that around 400 of the 450 tickets have already been sold. If you want tickets act fast — they’re $110 and include all food and beverage samples, and tax receipts are available. For more info, check out wfp.to/EVZ.

—Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson