Theatre/Arts

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Dry Lips Oughta Move To Kapuskasing

By Tomson Highway, presented by Red Roots Theatre, starring Ryan Black and Tracy McCorrister, a play set in the mythical Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve about seven men and the game of hockey, opens today, to April 24, 8 p.m. daily and 7 p.m. Sunday, University of Winnipeg’s Convocation Hall; $20, students $12.50 at 786-9957.

The Other Side of the Closet

Hard-hitting story of five high school friends and what happens when four of them discover that their classmate is gay, presented by Manitoba Theatre for Young People, CanWest Global Performing Arts Centre, for teens, 7:30 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday; $11 at 942-8898.

Princess Ida

When a bright and beautiful Royal teaches her university girls to hate and avoid all men, is that the end of procreation? Presented by The Gilbert & Sullivan Society, 8 p.m. today to Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Pantages Playhouse; $20 & $25, students $15 at Ticketmaster.

Literary

Manitoba Writing & Publishing Award Readings

By writers shortlisted for the 2004 Awards, 7:30 p.m. today, McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

The Jewel Box Garden

In his sequel to Shocking Beauty, garden guru Thomas Hobbs, proprietor of Vancouver’s Southlands Nursery, shows you how to transform your garden into a jewel box full of beautiful plant treasures, Assiniboine Park Conservatory, 7:30 p.m. today; $5.

The Amelia Read-In 2004 Edition

Discuss the Canadian children’s books short-listed for this year’s Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Medal in Illustration, with special guest illustrator Janet Wilson, whose work includes Solomon’s Tree, Jasper’s Day and No Two Snowflakes, 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Louis Riel Library, 1168 Dakota; $25, includes lunch and refreshments; call 475-3755 to register.

Opera Café

Manitoba Opera presents an informal interview of three artists featured in the upcoming performances of Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci, two of the most famous one-act operas also known as “The Ham & Eggs of Opera,” 4 p.m. Sunday, McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Manitoba Book Week Events

Manitoba Book Week Launch

Help tear open the package that contains Manitoba Book Week!, 10:30 a.m. Monday, St. Boniface Library.

Brian Drader

Launch of Breakout, an anthology of plays by young emerging playwrights, edited by Drader, as well as Liar, his new play, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Colin Jackson Studio, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Portage Place, third floor.

Patti Grayson

Launch of Core Samples, a debut collection of short stories, 8 p.m. Monday, McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Armin Wiebe

The 20th anniversary of the re-launch of his prairie classic The Salvation of Yasch Siemens, 7 p.m. Tuesday, McNally Robinson, Portage Place.

Franco-Manitoban Author Readings

In the newly restored Maison Gabrielle-Roy, 375 Deschambault, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday

Ken Loomes

Launches Mother Margaret and the Rhinoceros Café, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Whodunit? Mystery Bookstore, 165 Lilac.

Stealing Mercury

Poetry collection by Lori Cayer, 8 p.m. Wednesday, McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Out and About

From PLO Terrorist to Ardent Zionist

The Asper Foundation Lecture Series presents Walid Shoebat, 7:30 p.m. April 15, Canad Inn Polo Park; $10 at 477-7510, students free.

The Big Picture Art Auction

Featured artists include Leo Mol, Halia Stolar, Tom Andrich, Deb Schmid, Arthur Adamson and many more, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Young United Church, 222 Furby; tickets $10 each or 2/$15.

Singles International Dinner & Dance

7 p.m. Saturday, Masonic Hall, 420 Corydon; $20 at 772-1637.

Singles Club 78 Dance

9 p.m. Saturday, Masonic Hall; $15 at 237-9424.

Body, Mind & Spirit Show

Over 30 exhibitors of healing therapies such as ear candling, bio-aura therapy, acupuncture and Chinese massage, plus motivational speaker Lou Wolfe talks about “Living in the Present Moment” and much more, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Southdale Community Centre, 254 Lakewood; $2 admission.

Buffalo Days at Fort Whyte Centre

Come celebrate bison and the prairies, make a bison mask and sample some pemmican and bison meat, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday; $5, seniors $4, students and children $3.

Comedy

Rumor’s

The Surreal Gourmet from Food TV (a.k.a. Bob Blumer) will be demonstrating several items as seen on his show, incorporating them into a gourmet meal for the entire audience, followed by headliner Ryan Belleville, who recently appeared on CBS’ Late Night With Craig Kilborn, 8 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, $10.25; reservations at 488-4520.

Winnipeg Comedy Spotlight

Featuring Jason Beck, Mike Iwankow, David McPhail, Tracy Szumlak, Darrin Wright, Blair Paul, Darcy Taves, Kelly Loewen and Derek Jones, 8 p.m. Monday, Rumor’s; $5.

Movies

Midnight Movie Resurrection

Taxi Driver, midnight tomorrow, Globe Cinema, Portage Place, 3rd floor; $5.

Cinematheque

The Same River Twice, about a group of free-spirited friends who take a month-long trip down the Colorado River, 7 p.m. today to April 22; Words of My Perfect Teacher, follows three students on a quest they hope will lead to wisdom, 9 p.m. today; Black Christmas, 9 p.m. tomorow; The Reincarnate, midnight tomorrow; Shivers, 9 p.m. Saturday; Cannibal Girls, midnight Saturday; Eyes of Hell, 9 p.m. Sunday; 100 Arthur, $6.

Museums

Manitoba Museum

Step back in time with the Fifties Forever exhibit, 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.

Planetarium

Mysteries of the Solar System, 1 & 4 p.m. weekends; The Sky Tonight, experience the night sky with an experienced tour guide, noon weekends; The Great Space Treasure Hunt, come along on a magical trip through our solar system, 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. weekends; $5, children and seniors $4, family $15.

Galleries

Aceartinc.

Undone, a sculptural installation by Montreal artist Mariela Borello, who attempts to speak of the way we experience the world through opposing notions like outside and inside, order and chaos, to May 1, 290 McDermot.

Alliance Francaise

Paintings by Mark Kosatsky, to May 14, 934 Corydon.

Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre

A Pictographic Diary by Jacques Clément, to May 9, 340 Provencher.

Gallery Lacosse

New landscapes by Terry Lacosse, Wolseley portraits by Karen Johannsson and a spring bracelet collection by Linda Vermeulen, 169 Lilac.

Ken Segal Gallery

Without Borders, works by Mark Webb, Cheney Lansard, Fran Visscher, Keith Wood, Roger LaFreniere, Ewa Tarsia, Richard Palanuk, Sasha Kucas, Jill Brooks and Lisa Horne, 4-433 River.

A Label for Artists

Nevermind, The Bollocks, a punk art show featuring works by Paul Butler, Derek Dunlop, Freya Bjorg Olafson, Michel Saint-Hilaire, curated by Kegan McFadden, to April 24, 510 Portage (across from the University of Winnipeg).

Main/Access Gallery

The Circus of Oddities, sculpture, painting and video works by Gord Wilding, opens tomorrow, 100 Arthur.

Mayberry Fine Art

Absract works depicting edgy, urban Winnipeg scenes and surreal suburban images by Peter McConville, 212 McDermot.

Medea Gallery

Recent works in watercolour by Noni Kling, 132 Osborne.

Piano Nobile

Landscapes by Heidi Murray as well as sculptural works by Jeff Unruh, Centennial Concert Hall, to May 1; to view during the day, call Arnold Ross at 489-2850.

Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art

From<To, curated by Doug Lewis, to May 8, 286 McDermot.

Photo Central

Watercolour art show featuring works by Melaney Robins and her students Joan Cormie, Val Goodridge, Wendy Harris, Pat Kozak, Deborah Lane, Margie Martin, Shirley Schmidt, Wilma Taylor and June Wieler, meet the artists, 6 to 10 p.m. tomorrow, 499 Notre Dame & Isabel.

Site Gallery

Blown to Bits, new works by Andrew Giffin, as well as Pentimento, works by Richard Holden, Angela Luvera, Fay Jelly and Andrew Lacovetsky, 55 Arthur.

Upstairs Gallery

Paintings, prints and sculptures by Tony Tascona, Wanda Koop, Aganetha Dyck, Shelley Rusen, Alicia Popoff, Caroline Dukes, David Thauberger and more.

Wah-Sa Gallery

Two new Ray Baptiste art cards will be introduced as well as three new giclée prints, opens 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 302 Fort.

Wayne Arthur Gallery

New works by Lois & Darryl Hogg, to April 28, 186 Provencher.

Winnipeg Art Gallery

Gallery 1: Through the Eyes of a Child, to May 16; Galleries 2/3: Young at Art, Visual Stories, works from the WAG’s permanent collection centre on the theme of the narrative in art, to June 13; Galleries 4/5: Robert Archambeau: Ceramic Artist, Teacher, Collector, to May 30; Mezzanine: Angst — German Expressionism, to April 25; Galleries 7/8: Post-Impressionist Masterworks by Van Gogh, Cézanne and Gauguin, from The National Gallery of Canada, to May 9; Clothing of the Post-Impressionist Period, Glenda Peterson of the Costume Museum of Canada in Dugald presents a talk on fashions from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 2 p.m. Saturday; admission: $6, students $4, children 6 to 12, $3, under 6 free or $15 for a family.