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Page One: Writers fest kickoff

Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Kilter Brewing Co., 450 Rue Deschambault
Free admission: register at thinairwinnipeg.ca

The return of Thin Air: Winnipeg International Writers Festival is reason enough to raise a glass to great books. And in that spirit, the fest is kicking of a month of readings, workshops and more at a local brewery tap room to help celebrate.

The in-person Page One event takes place Tuesday, Sept. 20, in the beautiful Kilter Brewing Co. tap room and will feature a variety of writers, musicians and more (like beer, for example) starting at 7 p.m.

Local author, actor and playwright Debbie Patterson and poet Laurent Poliquin will read from some of their writing, local duo Two Hip will play some tunes, and the night will end off with one of Thin Air’s most popular events — the Haiku Death Match, which sees readers and writers square off with their best impromptu short-form poetry.

Grab a glass of Kilter’s fine, adventurous brews (or a non-alcoholic option) and settle in for an evening of words and music that’s sure to be memorable. Admission to Page One is free but space is limited, and ticket holders will be given first dibs on the getting in the door.

To reserve tickets and for info on the kickoff and all other Thin Air events, see thinairwinnipeg.ca.

— Ben Sigurdson

 

Go to the farm!

Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre
Glenlea Research Station, free entry

How does a chicken say hello? According to backyardchickens.com, they say “Buh-Dup.”

Say it with me now — Buh-Dup — and get some practice in before meeting the birds at Sunday’s Discover the Farm event at the Bruce D. Campbell centre, about 15 minutes from the Perimeter on Highway 75.

In celebration of Farm and Food Awareness Week, the centre is inviting guests to learn all about the province’s food-production systems and to meet local farmers, along with pigs, cows, and chickens, up close.

While supplies last, guests can sample free brisket, cookies, ice cream, chocolate milk, and pulled pork or chicken on a bun.

How does a chicken say, “Don’t you forget about me?”

— Ben Waldman

 

Eagles welcome Winnipeg to the Hotel California

Friday, 8 p.m.
Canada Life Centre
Tickets: $173.25-$405.75 at ticketmaster.ca

It’s a rare evening that a rock group’s most famous song is the first one they’ll play in a concert.

That’s exactly what will happen Friday night at the Canada Life Centre when the Eagles take the stage and play the album Hotel California, from beginning to end, to kick off an evening of the band’s classics.

Since the 1976 record’s famous title track is the LP’s opener, and is followed by two of the album’s other big hits, New Kid in Town and Life in the Fast Lane, the wisest of Eagles’ fans should already be at their seats when the lights dim and and an orchestra and choir begin Hotel California’s first notes.

Don Henley, one of the Eagles’ co-founders, joins guitarist Joe Walsh, who joined the band prior to recording Hotel California, along with bassist Timothy B. Schmitt, who joined the Eagles during the Hotel Calfornia tour in 1977, and country superstar Vince Gill, who came aboard shortly after co-founder Glenn Frey’s death in 2017.

The Eagles were hardly a one-record band, and the rest of the show will explore the vast catalogue of hits that made them, arguably, the quintessential rock group of the 1970s; they still dominate classic-rock radio 45 years later.

— Alan Small

 

Plaskett at the Park

Monday and Tuesday; 8 p.m.
The Park Theatre; 698 Osborne St.
Tickets $29.50 plus fees at Ticketmaster

After two separate pandemic cancellations, Joel Plaskett is finally set to take the stage in Winnipeg next week (knock on wood). The Halifax-based alt rocker plays back-to-back shows at the Park Theatre on Monday and Tuesday. Tickets from his previous 2020 and 2021 attempts will be honoured at the shows.

Along with his band, the Emergency, Plaskett is joined on this cross-Canada tour with singer-songwriter and longtime collaborator Mo Kenney.

The delayed tour was originally created to support Plaskett’s 2020 album, 44, and has been expanded to include work from his 2022 release, The Window Inn Sessions — a series of experimental songs recorded over the pandemic with musical friends and supported by fans on Patreon.

— Eva Wasney