Theatre/Arts

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Just sit right back and you’ll hear the story of a fateful trip that started in a tropic port aboard a tiny ship, Celebrations Dinner Theatre, to Oct. 11, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday; $45.95 Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, $55.95 Friday and Saturday; children $19.95; for reservations call 982-8282.

Muddy Water Tours

Murder, Mystery & Mayhem Tour, 7 p.m. Friday; Brookside Cemetery tour, 7 p.m. Monday; starts at 123 Main; $4 to $8; for reservations call 997-TOUR (8687).

Literary

Barry M. Ho

Launch of Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N’ Roll: A Smart Teenager’s Guide, 7:30 p.m. today; McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Poetry Slam

8 p.m. Tuesday, Academy Coffee Company, 414 Academy.

Laurence Wilmot

Reading and signing Through the Hitler Line: Memories of an Infantry Chaplain, a compelling story of a man of peace in battle fatigues, 8 p.m. Monday; McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Daniel Stone

Jewish Radicalism in Winnipeg, 1905 to 1960, by this professor of history at the University of Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Tuesday; McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Robert M. Gignac

Rich is a State of Mind: Building Wealth and Happiness — A Blueprint, co-authored with Michael Townsend, basics of personal financial planning, 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, McNally Robinson, Portage Place; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Out and About

World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions

The Dancing White Stallions take you back to a time when the horse was a symbol of grace and majesty, 2 & 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Winnipeg Arena; $25 & $30, children $23 at Select-A-Seat.

Antique Walk

Explore the Exchange District and discover treasures from the past in antique shops in Old Market Square, 1 p.m. every Saturday until Sept. 27, tours start at the Information Booth in Old Market Square at King & Bannatyne; $8.

Paddlewheel Riverboat Cruises

The Paddlewheel Queen and the River Rouge take sightseeing luncheon cruises from 1 to 3 p.m. daily, with dinner and dancing cruises from 7 to 10 p.m. daily, and moonlight dance cruises every Friday and Saturday from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.; $13.75 at 942-4500.

St. Norbert Farmers’ Market

Outdoor market of fresh produce, preserves, baking and crafts, beside the St. Norbert Community Club on Pembina, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.

Victory Lane Speedway

Canadian Classic, 6 p.m. Saturday; eight kilometres south of Winnipeg on Highway 75; $15.

Live Thoroughbred Racing

7 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday (Family Fun Day), Assiniboia Downs; free general admission and parking.

Assiniboine Park Zoo

The Things They Do At The Zoo, an interpretive program, runs daily 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., except for Wednesdays; zoo admission $3.75, seniors $3.50, students $2.15, children under 12, $1.60.

Comedy

Rumor’s

Adam Growe, to Saturday; opening Tuesday, Ben Creed, to Sept. 20; 8 p.m. (non-smoking) & 10:30 p.m. tomorrow, $12; 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Saturday, $12; 8 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, $8.50 at 488-4520.

Movies

IMAX

The Matrix Reloaded, Bears, Dolphins, Amazon and Heartland; call 956-IMAX for times and prices.

Cinematheque

Morvern Callar, a stockmarket stock clerk awakens to a shocking discovery that will transform her life, 9 p.m. today; An Unforgettable History of Chile, recent documentaries, 7 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday and Monday to Sept. 11; Filmmaker Forum, moderated by CBC Radio host Claudia Garcia de la Huerta, public can ask questions of filmmakers Leopoldo Gutierrez, Victor Dobchuk and Cecilia Araneda, 2 p.m. Sunday; Chile, Obstinate Memory, filmmaker Patricio Guzman returns to Chile 23 years after the coup, 7 p.m. Sunday and 9 p.m. Tuesday; Missing, based on the real-life disappearance of writer Charles Horman in Chile, 9 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday; $6, students $5, seniors and children under 12, $4.50.

Museums

Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame & Museum

Baseball history in Manitoba, 5th floor of The Bay Downtown, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Mondays; donations; group tours by appointment at 774-0002.

Manitoba Museum

Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends; $6.50, children and seniors $5, family $20.

Science Gallery

More than 100 hands-on exhibits, same times as Manitoba Museum.

Planetarium

Red Planet Mars, live updates from the Mars expeditions, 1 & 4 p.m. daily; The Super Sky Show, 11 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. weekends; The Sky Tonight, noon weekends; Search for Life in the Universe, noon daily; $5, children and seniors $4, family $15.

Marion & Ed Vickar Museum of Jewish Heritage

Mame — Loshn: Yiddish in Winnipeg, a millennium of Yiddish evolution, to Dec. 31, Asper Campus.

Martyrs Shrine & Museum of Blessed Bishop Velychkovsky

Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, and Sundays noon to 3 p.m., in St. Joseph’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, 250 Jefferson; 338-7321.

Naval Museum of Canada

Photos, uniforms and ship models, at 1 Navy Way, south end of Smith Street, open Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.

Galleries

Ace Art

Cowboys and Indians (And Metis?), by David Garneau, an exhibit on the meaning of the Metis identity, opening reception and artist lecture at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, 290 McDermot.

Alliance Francaise

Legends of the Road, 100 Years of the Tour de France (in French only), to Sept. 13; 934 Corydon.

Five On Third Gallery

Six, featuring sculpture by Elaine Baril, an installation by Ray Molinski, drawings by John Roshon and paintings by Jordan Miller, Brian Pollreis and Lou Valcourt, opening reception 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow; 290 McDermot, third floor.

La Maison des Artistes

Artist’s Choice, works by Colette Balcaen, Joel Bouchard, Robert Freynet, Simone Hebert Allard, Marcien Lemay, Helene Lemay, Evelyne Mangin Mauws, Marco Montess, Michelle Moreau and Gaetanne Simone Sylvester, to Sept. 15, 219 Provencher (former St. Boniface city hall).

Pool of the Black Star

Manitoba Society of Artists new members juried show by Ruby Bennett, Ken Hildebrand, Samuel Lam, Chris Larson, Caroline Pyevich and Luther Pokrant, Legislative Building.

Manitoba Crafts Council Exhibition Gallery

Clay exhibit Game On explores the game of hockey, to Sept. 27, 237 McDermot.

Medea Gallery

A Fancy For Goldfish, paintings in mixed media by Ruth Chodkiewicz, opens Sunday, to Sept. 20, 132 Osborne.

Piano Nobile

Printmaking works by Karen Cornelius, to Oct. 4, Centennial Concert Hall; to view during the day, call Arnold Ross at 489-2850.

Urban Shaman Gallery

Everyday Light, an exhibition of First Nations family photographs, to Sept. 13; 233 McDermot.

Winnipeg Art Gallery

Gallery 1: The Jerry Twomey Collection featuring Inuit sculpture from the Canadian Arctic, to March 7, 2004; Gallery 2: States of Becoming, offers insight into the whole creative process, opens today; Gallery 3: Works by Danish Canadian silversmith Carl Poul Petersen (1895 to 1977), to Sept. 25; Gallery 4: Marion Tuu’luq, whose vibrantly-coloured wallhangings are rooted in a legacy of Inuit skills and imagery, to Oct. 12; Galleries 6, 7 & 8: A Thousand Hounds, a walk with dogs through the history of photography, to Sunday; Mezzanine: Qiviuq, A Legend In Art, featuring drawings, prints and sculptures illustrating the centuries-old Inuit tales of Qiviuq and his Odysseus-like quests, to Oct. 19; Art For Lunch: Christo In Paris, video, about environmental artist Christo who wraps Paris’ Pont Neuf Bridge in golden sandstone-coloured fabric, a work of art walked over and touched by over three million people, noon Wednesday.

Past the Perimeter

Old-time Harvest Hoedown

Featuring The Westwinds, a fixture on the Interlake entertainment scene for over 25 years, 1 p.m., Sept. 11, Teulon Rockwood Centennial Centre; $4, includes coffee and tea.

Wasagaming Community Arts

The Fact, The Fictitious, The Fantastic by Riel Benn; A Forty-Year Retrospective Show by David Quilliams aka The Artist Man; Clear Lake, Riding Mountain National Park.

Philip’s Magical Paradise

Museum of Magic and Illusion, with visiting magicians most Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m., on the west side of Giroux, 10 kilometres north of Steinbach, turn east at Hwy. 12 and PR 311 East; 7 to 9 p.m. Monday to Friday and 1 to 8 p.m. weekends; for special tours call 1-204-326-5575.

V. Gross’ Doll Museum & Gift Shop

More than 3,000 dolls on display, Warren, three kilometres north of Highway 67 on Golf Course Road; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday to Friday or by appointment at 1-204-322-5346; $4.

Coming Up

The Secret Garden

Dry Cold Productions, Sept. 12 to 14, CanWest Global Performing Arts Centre; $25, 12 and under $15 at 942-8898 or 257-4859.

Rusalka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble

40th Anniversary Gala Performance, Sept. 12 & 13, Centennial Concert Hall; $20 to $40 at Ticketmaster.

Oktoberfest

Featuring entertainment by Three Dog Night, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Stampeders and Prism, Sept. 18 to 27, Winnipeg Convention Centre; 957-4535.

The Rat Pack With Frank, Sammy & Dean

Sept. 24, Burton Cummings Theatre; $49.50 at Ticketmaster.

Magic of the Dance

Oct. 22, Pantages Playhouse; $45 at Ticketmaster.

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