Theatre / Arts

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Featuring dashing heroes, dastardly villains, damsels in distress and a flute with magical powers: 7:30 p.m. today to Saturday with a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee, Centennial Concert Hall: $12 to $58 at Ticketmaster.

Theatre/Arts

Blue/Orange

Two doctors in a British psychiatric hospital argue over the fate of an enigmatic patient who claims to be the son of an exiled African dictator. Opens today, continues to Nov. 9; 8 p.m. today and tomorrow, 3 & 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. Tuesday, and 8 p.m. Wednesday, Prairie Theatre Exchange, 3rd floor, Portage Place; $28, students and seniors $19.25 at 942-5483.

The Allergist’s Wife

Presented by Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, MTC Warehouse, to Sunday, with performances at 8 p.m. today, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; $22.50 to $30 at 477-7478.

Cookin’ At The Cookery

Musical celebration of the late blues and jazz legend Alberta Hunter, who at age 60 gave up music to become a nurse, Manitoba Theatre Centre, to Nov. 1; $10.70 to $50 at 942-6537.

Encore!

Dramatic comedy by Marc Prescott, about a couple who, on each anniversary, seek to rekindle the magic of their first meeting, presented by Le Cercle Moliere, to Nov. 1, Theatre de la Chapelle, 825 St. Joseph St., performances at 8 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; $21.50, students and seniors $19.75 at 233-8053.

Mimi & Brumm

Featuring the award-winning puppetry of Switzerland’s Margrit Gysin, for 3 to 6 years of age, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, public performances at 5 & 7 p.m. today, 1:15 & 7 p.m. tomorrow, 11 a.m., 1 & 4 p.m. Saturday, and 1 & 4 p.m. Sunday, CanWest Global Performing Arts Centre, The Forks; $11 at 942-8898.

The Princess & The Pea

Presented by Fantasy Theatre for Children, Deaf Centre Manitoba, 285 Pembina Hwy; 10:30 a.m., 1:30 & 6:30 p.m. tomorrow, 1 p.m. Saturday & Sunday; $7, with group rates available for 10 or more by calling 944-0581.

I Saw Someone Killing Santa Claus

Murder at the Marlborough Mystery Dinner Theatre, 7 p.m. Saturday, Ramada Marlborough Hotel, 331 Smith St.; $46.95 at 957-7913.

Harry & Sally’s Wedding

Celebrations Dinner Theatre, to Jan. 10, 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.

Dance

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet Presents The Magic Flute

Featuring dashing heroes, dastardly villains, damsels in distress and a flute with magical powers; 7:30 p.m. today to Saturday with a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee, Centennial Concert Hall; $12 to $58 at Ticketmaster.

Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers

Dance & Chat featuring work by Peter Bingham, Rachel Browne, Lesandra Dodson and Brent Lott, plus Gabriela Rehak-Dovgoselets and Jennifer Essex perform a striking solo and duet works, 8 p.m. today to Saturday, 211 Bannatyne Ave.; $10 at Ticketmaster.

Literary

Angela Narth

Launch of Fergus, Prince of Frogs , a book for small children by the author of Simon With Two Left Feet and The Very Last Ladybug War, 7:30 p.m. today; McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Ken McGoogan

Reading from Ancient Mariner: The Amazing Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Walked to the Arctic Ocean, 8 p.m. today; McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Beyond Factory Farming: Corporate Hog Barns and the Threat to Public Health, the Environment and Rural Communities

With guest speakers Fred Tait from the National Farmers’ Union and Dr. Bill Paton from Brandon University, 7 p.m. today; McNally Robinson, Portage Place.

The Brave New World of Industrial Farming

By Stuart Laidlaw, 2:30 p.m. Saturday; McNally Robinson, Portage Place.

Pre-Halloween Mystery Night

With Catherine Hunter, author of Latent Heat and In The First Early Days of My Death, as well as Alison Preston, author of The Rain Barrel Baby and The Geranium Girls, 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday; Coles, Polo Park.

Julian Thorsteinson

Launch of the new edition Edda: Myths and Legends of the Viking Age, 8 p.m. Monday; McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Accounting for Genocide: Canada’s Bureaucratic Assault on Aboriginal People

Dean Neu, co-author with Richard Therrien, retells the history and ongoing economic marginalization of Canada’s indigenous peoples, 8 p.m. Tuesday; McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Cathy Campbell

Stations of the Banquet, an exploration of the spiritual crisis that lies beneath the persistent presence of hunger in our world, 8 p.m. Wednesday; McNally Robinson, Grant Park.

Halloween Happenings

8th Annual Boo At The Zoo

Featuring such favourites as the Dragon’s Lair, The Ents and the Fairy Forest, The Enchanted Shire, The Pirate’s Disco Inferno, and The Witches Forest, Assiniboine Park Zoo, to Oct. 30; $7 at Safeway, $8 at the gate.

Six Pines Halloween Tours

Open every weekend throughout October, including Thanksgiving Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., no reservations required, located 4 km north of the Perimeter Highway on Sturgeon Road, just minutes north of the city; for more information call 633-3326.

Manitoba Museum 8th Annual Halloween Howl

Wear a scary costume and explore the ghoulish galleries, try a variety of creepy games and activities and enjoy the spooktacular entertainment, plus all kids receive a goodie bag, 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow; $6 in advance only.

Planetarium

The Halloween Show; let Corky the Bat and the Full Moon lead you on an adventure discovering the fascinating legends of Halloween, 11 a.m., noon & 2:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; $5, children and seniors $4, family $15.

Fort Whyte Centre Pumpkin Carving Workshop

Bring in your pumpkin and use unique designs to make it a spooky work of pumpkin art, plus Aurelia, matron of Fort Whyte’s Sod House prepares for “All Hallows Eve” carving traditional jack-o’-lanterns from turnips and maybe even cooking up a pioneer treat, noon to 3 p.m. Sunday; admission is $5, $4 for seniors and $3 for children.

Fort Whyte Centre Halloween Party

Put on your scariest costume, enter the witches cave for some bubbling brew and messy goo and follow the spooky pumpkin trail, plus listen to spooky tales with a storyteller, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 30; $6, children $3; admission is $5, $4 for seniors and $3 for children.

Selkirk Marine Museum

Visit the spirits who have reclaimed the ships, 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow to Wednesday; $3.50, children $2.50, ages 5 & under $1.

Halloween Costume Party

Dance to the music of Jessie’s Girls, 8 p.m. Oct. 31, Royal Canadian Legion, 3600 DeVries.

Fall Suppers

Sturgeon Creek United Church

Three sittings at 4, 5:30 & 7 p.m. Saturday, 207 Thompson Dr.; $10, children $5, preschoolers free at 832-1000.

Immanuel United Church

4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, 755 Golspie St.; $8, children $4, or $22 for a family at 669-0220.

Holy Redeemer Parish Hall

Two sittings at 4 & 6 p.m. Sunday, 264 Donwood Dr.; $10, children $5 at 334-3533.

St. Eugene’s Parish Hall

4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, 1009 St. Mary’s Rd; $9, children $4, preschoolers free.

Shaughnessy United Church

Two sittings at 4:30 & 6 p.m. Sunday, 1493 Magnus Ave. at Railway Street; $9, teens and seniors $8, children $6 at 582-8247.

The United Church in Meadowood

4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, 1111 Dakota St.; $9, children $5.

Ukrainian Labour Temple

One sitting at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, 591 Pritchard Ave.; $10 in advance only at 783-7914.

Clipper Ice Sports

11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Golden Friendship Centre, 118 Second Ave. South, Niverville; $8, children $4, preschoolers free.

Out and About

International Toy Collectors Association Toy Roadshow

9 a.m to 7 p.m. today to Saturday, Days Inn, 550 McPhillips St. (next to the McPhillips Street Station).

Memory Lane Orchestra Big Band Dance

7:30 p.m. Saturday, St. James Civic Centre; $10.

Manitoba’s Big Fall Antiques & Collectibles Sale

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Assiniboia Downs; $4, children 12 & under free.

Straw In The Wind Christmas Craft Sale

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Crackers The Bistro, 1079 Autumnwood Dr. (behind Renn’s Auto).

Budget Travel in Africa

Slideshow presented by Hostelling International, with Arnie Hydamaka of Great Canadian Travel, who has ventured to Africa more than 20 times, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sport Manitoba Building, 200 Main St.; free.

Winnipeg Vegetarian Association Dinner

Discover the joys of Chinese vegan cuisine during World Vegetarian Month, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Affinity Vegetarian Garden, 208 Edmonton St.; $17, tickets must be purchased from the restaurant by Monday.

Antique Show & Sale

Polo Park Shopping Centre, to Saturday.

Comedy

Rumors

Emo Phillips, to Saturday; opening Tuesday, Beth Donahue, to Nov. 8; 8 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, $8.50; 8 p.m. (non-smoking show) & 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, $12 at 488-4520.

4th Annual Improv Festival

Opens today to Saturday, Gas Station Theatre; 284-9477.

West End Comedy Spotlight

With Jason Beck, Kenton Larsen, Charlie Onyske, Rob Bruneau, Kelly Loewen, Derek Jones, Matt Bernard, Chris Wheeler, David McPhail, Scott Martin and Tyler Gardiner, 8 p.m. Monday, West End Cultural Centre; $5.

Movies

IMAX

Top Speed, The Matrix Reloaded, Bears & Amazon; call 956-IMAX for times and prices.

Cinematheque

The Best of the Ottawa International Animation Festival, 7 p.m. today; The Deadpan Comedy of Finnish Master Aki Kaurismaki features Leningrad Cowboys Go America, unable to make it in frozen Finland, the Leningrad Cowboys, a talent-free pop group, head for America, 7 p.m. tomorrow; Shortie’s Independent Film Fest, 8:30 p.m. tomorrow; La Vie de Boheme (Bohemian Life), Aki Kaurismaki updates the famous story of bohemian life in Paris, immortalized by Puccini in his opera La Boheme, 7 p.m. Saturday; Masked and Anonymous, a travelling troubadour (played by Bob Dylan) is sprung from jail to headline a concert to bring peace to the country, 9 p.m. Saturday to Oct. 30; $6, students $5, seniors and children under 12 $4.50.

Museums

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; Amazing Science Show, 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. weekends.

Planetarium

Legends of the Equinox, 1 and 4 p.m. Tuesday to Friday; $5, children and seniors $4, family $15.

Western Canada Aviation Museum

Autographed items from actors John Travolta, Russell Crowe and Dan Akroyd will be the star attractions at the Out of the Blue Gala Dinner & Silent Auction on Saturday from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. with all proceeds going towards supporting the museum; tickets are $100 per person by calling 786-5503 for an evening of dining and dancing under the wings of historic aircraft.

Galleries

Ace Art

Twitch, comprised of works that animate the inanimate through electronics, audio and installation art, curated by Risa Horowitz and featuring works by Garnet Hertz, Nicholas Stedman and Kevin Yates.

Birchwood Art Gallery

An exhibition and sale of paintings, sculpture and porcelains by Rikey Ingimundar of Reykjavik, Iceland, to Dec. 31, plus paintings by Barry Burdeny, to Nov. 8, 1740 Wellington Ave., near the airport.

Bread & Circuses Bakery & Cafe

An exhibition of paintings by Jean Smallwood, to Nov. 30, 238 Lilac St.

Devisscher Studio Gallery

Contemporary Paintings, 335 Cambridge St. at Harvard Ave.; for appointment call 487-2736.

Five On Third Gallery

Intimate Reflection, an exploration of mind through body by John Roshon, opening reception tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m.

Fleet Gallery

The New You, a study of women in fashion featuring six large paintings by Cheney Lansard, to Nov. 16, 65 Albert St.

Franco Manitoban Cultural Centre

Photographs and poetry by Herménégilde Chaisson and Francis Coutellier, to Nov. 9, 340 Provencher Blvd.

Gas Station Theatre

Break Through, paintings derived from images of sidewalk cracks taken in an alley behind Grant Avenue, by Caroline Pyevich, to Nov. 8.

Gallery Lacosse

Showcase for artist/owner Terry Lacosse; also featuring new works by H. Rogue Raiders, Linda Vermeulen, Rick Heidman, Mary Alard-Tomalin and Lorraine Thorarinson.

Grain Exchange Gallery

Recollection, paintings by Margaret Switala, on display until Dec. 31, Grain Exchange Building, 6th floor – 167 Lombard Ave.

Mayberry Fine Art

Recent works by Prairie impressionist artist Terry Fenton; also on display through the month of October works by Winnipeg painter and ceramic artist Leonard Marcoe; 212 McDermot Ave.

Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery

Stories to tell, by Winnipeg artist Jean Wiens and Rhonda Harder, from Camrose, Alta., to Nov. 8, 600 Shaftesbury Blvd.

Piano Nobile

Works by Marcel Dzama, whose cartoon-like ink and watercolour drawings have been published in local and national newspapers and magazines, to Nov. 1, Centennial Concert Hall; to view during the day, call Arnold Ross at 489-2850.

Platform Centre for Photographic & Digital Arts

The Bestiary: Instincts of the Herd by Calgary artist Mireille Perron, 100 Arthur St.

Pavilion Gallery

Small sketches by the man who drew Pooh, Ernest Shepard, on display until Dec. 2; Assiniboine Park.

Posters Plus Framing Gallery

Works by Ewa Tarsia, Keith Wood, Roger LaFreniere, Mark Webb and Graydon Dyck, public opening from 7 to 9 p.m. today, 433 River Ave.

Site Gallery

Closer Distances, abstract acrylic paintings by Keith Wood, to Oct. 31; Afterview, group show featuring the work of 32 gallery members, to Dec. 12, 55 Arthur St.

Upstairs Gallery

Cape Dorset 2003 Print Collection; also on display, Changing Colours, recent watercolours and oils by Libby Weir, 266 Edmonton St.

Wah-Sa Gallery

New works by soapstone sculptor Ivan Head and wildlife artist Jeff Monias.

Wayne Arthur Gallery

Marcien Lemay’s Encaustics, to Wednesday, 186 Provencher Blvd.

Winnipeg Art Gallery

Gallery 1: The Jerry Twomey Collection featuring Inuit sculpture from the Canadian Arctic, to March 7, 2004; Gallery 2/3: States of Becoming, offers insight into the whole creative process, to Jan. 4; Gallery 4/5; Gallery 6/7/8: 150 paintings by Tom Thomson, to Dec. 7; Mezzanine: Angst – German Expressionism, opens Saturday.