EVENTS
Out & About
Thin Air 2023: Winnipeg International Writers Festival • Until Oct. 18. A month-long celebration of books and ideas. Full details at thinairfestival.ca
Boo at the Zoo • Until Oct. 29, Assiniboine Park Zoo. More info and tickets at booatthezoo.ca
Witchy Wonderland — A (not-so) Fright Fest • Until Oct. 31, Assiniboine Park Zoo. Red River Exhibition Park. More info and tickets at redriverex.com
Downtown Winnipeg Farmers’ Market • Oct. 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cityplace.
Supplied photoIf…., the 22nd annual Winnipeg Improv Festival, runs this week at the Gas Station Arts Centre.
The Winnipeg Improv Festival • Oct. 19-22, Gas Station Arts Centre. More info and tickets at winnipegimprov.com
Mad About Trad Jazz Party • Oct. 20 and 21, Crescent Arts Centre. A weekend celebration of traditional jazz music, swing dancing and contour sketching classes. More info and tickets at crescentartscentre.ca
Scattered Seeds 27th Annual Craft Market: Weekend 1 • Oct. 20-22, Assiniboine Park Zoo. Red River Exhibition Park. More info and tickets at redriverex.com
Fort Garry United Church Fall Craft & Bake Sale • Oct. 21, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 800 Point Rd. Admission $2
Dagwaagin (Fall) Indigenous Arts Market • Oct. 21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Holiday Inn Airport Express, 1740 Ellice Ave.
Monster Mash Craft & Bake Sale • Oct. 21, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., ARchwood Community Centre, 565 Guilbeault St.
A Thinning of the Veil: Samhain Witches Market • Oct. 21, 4-9 p.m.; Oct. 22, 2-7 p.m. R.A. Steen Community Centre, 980 Palmerston Ave. Free admission
Tarbut Festival of Jewish Culture • Oct. 21-28. A week-long festival of Jewish music, films, art and comedy. More info and tickets at radyjcc.com
Le Marché St. Norbert Farmers’ Market • Oct. 21, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., St. Norbert Farmers’ Market
8th Annual Multicultural Tea Fest • Oct. 22, 2 – 5 p.m., Assiniboia Downs. Part of Islamic History Month. More info and tickets, info@issacanada.com
Costume Museum of Canada Volunteer Meet & Greet • Oct. 22, 1 – 3:30 p.m., 4th floor – 70 Arthur St. Email costumemuseumcanada@gmail.com or call 204-989-0072 to RSVP.
Comedy
The Basement Speakeasy & Comedy Lounge (3740 Portage Ave.) • Oct. 20-21 – Ashwyn Singh
The Handsome Daughter (61 Sherbrook St.) • Oct. 19 – Open mic, 8 p.m.
Marion Hotel (Marion St.) • Oct. 17 – Open mic, 8 p.m.
Rumor’s Restaurant & Comedy Club (190-2025 Corydon Ave.) • Oct. 20-21 – Michael Ian Black
Silver Heights Restaurant and Lounge (2169 Portage Ave.) • Sheights and Giggles Night – Oct. 21, 10 p.m. With hosts Scott Porteous, Eric Parent.
Yuk Yuk’s Winnipeg (Fort Garry Hotel, 222 Broadway) • Oct. 19-21 – Adam Richmond
Concerts
Godsmack • Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m., Canada Life Centre. With Prevail, Flat Black. Tickets at ticketmaster.ca
GBH • Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m., Park Theatre. With NIIS. Tickets at f7entertainment.com
Protest the Hero • Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m., Park Theatre. With Moon Tooth, Callous Daoboys. SOLD OUT
Tyler Hubbard • Oct. 17, 8 p.m., Burton Cummings Theatre. With Owen Riegling. Tickets at ticketmaster.ca
Randy Feltface • Oct. 17, 8 p.m., West End Cultural Centre. Tickets at ticketweb.ca
Dermot Kennedy • Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m., Canada Life Centre. With Valley. Tickets at ticketmaster.ca
Good Lovelies • Oct. 18, 8 p.m., Park Theatre. With Ila Barker. Tickets at ticketweb.ca
Dom Corleo • Oct. 19, 8 p.m., West End Cultural Centre. With Bankrol Hayden, Debstacks, FourGive, Max Winds, Dolla Milly. Tickets at ticketweb.ca
Skywalk Concert • Oct. 19, Noon, Carol Shields Auditorium, Millennium Library. Feat. Zohreh Gervais, Lisa Rumpel. Free.
Pop Punk Party 4 • Oct. 19, 8 p.m., Park Theatre. Feat. BadFriend, The 1221, Single Player Campaign. Tickets at ticketweb.ca
Supplied photoThe Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra will perform the score to the classic 1931 version of Frankenstein at a special screening on Friday, Oct. 20 at the Burton Cummings Theatre.
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra • Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m., Burton Cummings Theatre. Frankenstein. Feat. Julian Pellicano (conductor), the WSO.. The WSO performs the score to the 1931 film production of Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff. Tickets at wso.ca
Carefree Highway: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot • Oct. 20, 8 p.m., West End Cultural Centre. Feat. Sam Baardman, Gilles Fournier, Cara Luft, Lloyd Peterson, Mark Reeves, Andrina Turenne, Adam Warner. Tickets at eventbrite.ca
Gili Yayo • Oct. 21, 8 p.m., West End Cultural Centre. (in partnership with Tarbut Festival of Jewish Culture). Tickets at radyjcc.ca
The Vampire Circus • Oct. 21, 8 p.m., Burton Cummings Theatre. Tickets at ticketmaster.ca
The Watchmen • Oct. 21, 8 p.m., Club Regent Event Centre. Tickets at ticketmaster.ca
The Doobie Brothers • Oct. 22, 8 p.m., Canada Life Centre. Tickets at ticketmaster.ca
Fefe Dobson • Oct. 22, 8 p.m., Park Theatre. With The Jins. Tickets at ticketweb.ca
Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra: Trombone & Other Delights • Oct. 22, 2 p.m., West End Cultural Centre. Feat. Audrey Ochoa. Tickets at winnipegjazzorchestra.com
Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg • Oct. 22, 2 p.m., Laudamus Hall, Canadian Mennonite University. The Slavic Soul — feat. Paul Marleyn (cello), Madeline Hildebrand (piano). Tickets at wmcwpg.ca
Dance
Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers • Oct. 19, 1:30 p.m.; Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m., Rachel Browne Theatre. Everything’s Coming Up Roses – WCD’s Emerging Artist Initiative. More info and tickets at winnipegscontemporarydancers.ca
Film
Cinémental: Francophone Film Festival • Oct. 20-22 and Oct. 27-29, Salle Pauline-Boutal, Centre culturel franco-manitobain. More info and tickets at cinemental.com
Dave Barber Cinematheque (100 Arthur St.) • Closed for renovations until Oct. 24.
Galleries
Aceartinc. (206 Princess St.) • Until Nov. 9 – a bead, a breath, works by Carrie Allison. Hours: Noon-5 p.m., Weds. to Sat. More info at www.aceart.org
Buhler Gallery (St. Boniface Hospital) • Until Nov. 19 – Planet Love, works by AO Roberts, Cheryl Zubrack, Chimwemwe Undi, Colleen Cutschall, Darren Stebeleski, David Heinrichs, Helga Jakobson, Jamie Wright, Jonato Dalayoan, Moneca Sinclaire, Phil Brake, Reza Rezaï, Sarah Ciurysek, Sarah Anne Johnson, Sonny Cai, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Toby Gillies, Victoria Mamnguqsualuk, Yvonne Carlson. Hours: 1–5 p.m., Monday to Friday; Noon–4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. More info at galeriebuhlergallery.ca
CCFM Art Gallery (340 Provencher Blvd.) • Until Dec. 14 – Green Green Grass, by Chase Martin. Hours: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 2-5 p.m., Monday to Thursday. More info at ccfm.mb.ca
Cre8ery (2-125 Adelaide St.) • Until Oct. 17 – Latent Knowledge, by Bernard Ferguson, Sandra Vincent, Danielle Fontaine Koslowsky. Oct. 19 -Nov. 7 – Rehearsals, by Patrick Treacy. Hours: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday. More info at www.cre8ery.com
C2 Centre for Craft (1-329 Cumberland St.) • Until Oct. 26 – Do You Whisper a Tiny ‘I’m Sorry’, by Anne Steves. Until Dec. 31 – Just a Needle and Thread: Embroidery from the MCML Collection. Hours: Noon – 4 p.m., Wed. to Sat. More info at www.c2centreforcraft.ca
Gallery1C03 (University of Winnipeg) • Until Nov. 10 – The Undead Archive: 100 Years of Photographing Ghosts, curated by Dr. Serena Keshavjee. Hours: Mon. – Fri., Noon – 4 p.m. More info at uwinnipeg.ca/art-gallery/
Graffiti Art (109 Higgins Ave.) • Until Jan. 8, 2024 – Wet Paint, by Persue and Wane 1. More info at graffitigallery.ca
La Maison des Artistes (101-219 Provencher Blvd.)
- Galerie principale: Until Nov. 18 – Nostalgia, by Colette Balcaen.
- Galerie studio: Until Oct. 22 – Bonjour, je m’appelle…, by Denis Prieur
Hours: 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tues., Weds., Fri.; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thurs.; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sat. More info at maisondesartistes.mb.ca
Martha Street Studio (11 Martha St.) • Until Oct. 20 – Echoes, by Alana MacDougall. Hours: Tues. – Fri., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sat., noon to 5 p.m. More info at printmakers.mb.ca
MAWA (611 Main St.) • More into at mawa.ca
MHC Gallery (610 Shaftesbury Blvd.) • Until Nov. 4 – Entangled: Feat. Layered Histories: Perspective from the Chaco, by Miriam Rudolph; and Drawings by Artes Vivas Indigenous Art Collective. Hours: Mon. – Fri., 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Sat., noon – 5 p.m. More info at www.cmu.ca/gallery/
Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts (121-100 Arthur St.) • Hours: Weds. – Sat., 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. More info at platformgallery.org
Plug In ICA (1-460 Portage Ave.) • Until Dec. 17 – The Swarm, by Farah Al Qasimi; Darkroom, by Juan Ortiz-Apuy. More info at plugin.org
Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Gallery (203-290 McDermot Ave.) • Hours: Tues.-Sat., noon to 5 p.m. More info at urbanshaman.org
WAG @ the Park (Assiniboine Park Pavilion)
- Pooh Gallery (2nd floor) – “The Best Bear in All the World”: The Many Sides of Winnie the Pooh.
- John P. Crabb Gallery (2nd floor) and Ivan Eyre Gallery (3rd floor) – Until Dec. 3 – O(e)uvre: Commemorating Ivan Eyre, works by Ivan Eyre
- Community Gallery (2nd floor) – Until Nov. 23 – Negative space. The Japanese Concept of Ma through Pigment Abstraction, by Colin Edward Toews
Visit assiniboinepark.ca for more info.
WAG–Qaumajuq (300 Memorial Blvd.)
Exhibitions:
- Anaanatta Unikkaangit: Our Mother’s Stories. Until Nov. 12. Feat. artists from the Kenojuak Ashevak Morial Award short list, including Billy Gauthier, Maureen Gruben, Gayle Uyagapi Kabloona, Kablusiak, Ningiokulu Teevee
- Inter Artes et Naturem (Between Art and Nature). Until Dec. 3. Works by Grace Nickel
- Various Metals and Stones. Feat. John Greer’s Black Seeds, John McEwen’s Marconi and works by Susan Chafe, Barb Hunt, Micah Lexier, Vanessa Paschakarnis. Curated by Stephen Borys
- Colour Therapy. Until Dec. 3. Curated by Riva Symko
- Tim Gardner: The Full Story. Until Apr. 7, 2023.
- Inuit Sanaugangit: Art Across Time. Until Jan. 7, 2024
- Tarralik Duffy: Gasoline Rainbows. Works by Tarralik Duffy. Until March 17, 2024.
Hours: Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: $18 adult, $15 65+, free youth, members, Indigenous, members. Free admission Oct. 8. Visit wag.ca for more info.
Live Music
The Big “A” (1975 Portage Ave.) • Oct. 20-21 – Jukebox Heroes
ANAVETS John Osborn VC Unit No. 1 (300-1395 Ellice Ave.) • Oct. 20 – Colour by Numbers
Bahay Kubo (48 Albert St.) • Oct. 18 – Jerilyn Bulaong
Bulldog Event Centre (1374 Main St.) • Oct. 19 – Ill Manner, Suburban Hypocrites, Perception Check, Nagi, Chelsea & Dan, Chris Crossroads; Oct. 20 – Aaron Peters, Uncurable, Looking Eagle, Ivy Venin
Club Happenings (114B Osborne St.) • Oct. 17 – Village People Comedy Open Mic
Club St. B (171 Dumoulin St.) • Oct. 20 – Tannis T and Diamondback
Exchange Event Centre (292 Bannatyne Ave.) • Oct. 21 – Kuruza Sound System
Fort Garry Legion No. 90 (762 Pembina Hwy.) • Oct. 21 – Geoff Erickson & The Rockets
Friskee Pearl Bar & Eatery (191 Main St.) • Oct. 21 – DJ Spanglish, Paloma Estrella
Good Will Social Club (625 Portage Ave.) • Oct. 17 – Winnipeg Poetry Slam Open Mic; Oct. 19 – Apollo Suns, Love Letter Writers; Oct. 20 – Apollo Suns, Static Shift, Sassy Mellows; Oct. 21 – Chris Creswell
Gordie’s Coffee House (Gordon-King Memorial United Church, 127 Cobourg Ave.) • Oct. 17-18 – The Condo Down Under (a radio play by The Old Elmwood Radio Theatre); Oct. 19 – Marcel Desilets
Green Brier Inn (1611 Main St.) • Oct. 19 – Open mic w/ Jukebox Jay
The Handsome Daughter (61 Sherbrook St.) • Oct. 17 – Manitoba Music Open Mic Night, feat. Jerry Sereda; Oct. 21 – Morgue Breath, Fertilizer, Archagathus, Jug
IdeaMill (3rd floor, Millennium Library) • Make Music Night jam
Into the Music (B-245 McDermot Ave.) • Oct. 20 – Sam Fournier
Jazz at the Fort Garry Hotel (222 Broadway) • Oct. 22 – Casati: A Night of Norah
The Junxion (Cineplex Kildonan Place) • Oct. 20 – Taylor Morgan, 6 and 7 p.m.; Oct. 21 – Jace Bodner, 6 and 7 p.m.; Oct. 22 – Jeremy Koz, 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.
King’s Head Pub (120 King St.) • Oct. 20 – Jace & The Hotties; Oct. 21 – Dr. Rocktopus
McPhillips Station Casino (484 McPhillips St.) • Oct. 20 – Water & Wood (Loft 180); Oct. 21 – Damn Straight (Loft 180)
Marion Hotel (393 Marion St.) • Oct. 20-21 – Soul Seed
The Nob (3540 Pembina Hwy.) • Oct. 20 – Travis & Nazeem, 6:15 p.m.; Oct 21 – Suburban Funk Machine
Nor-Villa Motor Hotel (1763 Henderson Hwy.) • Oct. 20 – Calamity Jane; Oct. 21 – Downtown Alley
One Eleven (111 Princess St.) • Oct. 20 – Soul Supreme
Osborne Taphouse (112 Osborne St.) • Oct. 17 – Open mic w/ Jace Bodner and Joel Rivard; Oct. 19 – Jace & The Hotties; Oct. 20 – Hana Lu Lu, Meatstix, Graffiti Parks; Oct. 21 – Crush
Park Alleys (130 Osborne St.) • Oct. 17 – Jazz jam session, 8 p.m.; Oct. 18 – Open mic w/Cary; Oct. 19 – Slow Train Home; Oct. 20 – Sheena and the Sauce; Oct. 21 – M’Organ Threemen
Le Patio 340 (Salle Antoine-Gaborieau, CCFM, 340 Provencher Blvd.) • Oct. 19 – Musique de la Nuit; Oct. 20 – Vendreyay: LIM, Jaunes vs. Verts
Pony Corral Grant (400 Wilton St.) • Oct. 20-21 – Pop Vegas
Pyramid Cabaret (176 Fort St.) • Oct. 20 – Project Safe Audience fundraiser: feat. Hazw, Theo Tuzu, Upcycle, Home Cookin’, Not My Authority, Groove Bell
Raffy’s Café (1060 Ellice Ave.) • Oct. 19 – Blues Jam feat. Westside Blues Band
The Rec Room (696 Sterling Lyon Pkwy) • Oct. 21 – Saulo and Alex
The Riverside (531 St. Mary’s Rd.) • Oct. 20 – Step Bros.; Oct. 21 – Pseudo Planners
Rockwood ANAVETS 303 (341 Wilton St.) • Oct. 21 – Whoopsie Dacey
Royal Albert Arms (48 Albert St.) • Oct. 18 – Smoky and Kara
Royal George (123 Regent Ave. W.) • Oct. 17 – Songwriters’ Night w/ Three’s A Charm Oct. 18 – Jam w/ Gary Gach; Oct. 19 – Shandra Levreault & The Happy Endings; Oct. 20-21 – Oh So Popular
St. James Legion No. 4 (1755 Portage Ave.) • Oct. 20 – Vintage Groove
Shannon’s Irish Pub (175 Carlton St.) • Oct. 18 – Open mic w/ RiverCity Blonde; Oct. 20 – Tater and the Tots
Silver Heights Restaurant and Lounge (2169 Portage Ave.) • Oct. 21, 2-5 p.m. – Saturday Afternoon Jazz
Silver Spike Saloon (202 Bond St.) • Oct. 20-21 – The Holly Davidson Band; Oct. 21 – Country Round-Up Band, 4 -7:30 p.m.
Smith Restaurant ( Forks Market Rd.) • Oct. 18 – Connor Derraugh, Kasey Kurtz, 6:30 p.m.; Oct. 20-21 – Derek Robertson
South Osborne Legion No. 252 (426 Osborne St.) • Oct. 20 – The Biivers
Stella’s St. James (2727 Portage Ave.) • Oct. 20 – Guylaina & Brazilian Vibe
Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club (234 Main St.) • Oct. 19 – Brent Parkin ; Oct. 20 – Larysa Musick, Diaphanie, Sierra Noble, Mise en Scene; Oct. 21 – 8th Annual Pettyfest, feat. Damn the Torpedoes, Sweet Alibi; Oct. 22 – Big Dave McLean’s Sunday Night Jam
The Toad in the Hole Pub (155 Osborne St.) • Oct. 16 – Open mic
Trans Canada Brewing Co. (1-1290 Kenaston Blvd.) • Oct. 20 – Radio Static; Oct. 21 – The Barnyards
Westbrook Inn (64 Keewatin St.) • Oct. 20 – Night Train
The Wood Tavern (112 Marion St.) • Oct. 20-21 – Jesse Bandura
X-Cues Café & Lounge (551 Sargent Ave.) • Oct. 16 – Caravan Open Mic; Oct. 21 – Rocktober 2023: Feat. Unsilenced, Run Its Course, Kristen McKay, Simple Jack
Museums
Canadian Museum for Human Rights (85 Israel Asper Way)
Exhibitions:
- Until November 2023 – Ododo Wa: Stories of Girls in War
- Until May 2024 – Proclamation 1982: An augmented reality journey through Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Until June 2024 – Climate Justice
- Until August 2024 – Strength in Numbers: The Polish Solidarity Movement
- Permanent exhibition – Truth and Reconciliation
- Permanent Galleries – What Are Human Rights?; Indigenous Perspectives; Canadian Journeys; Protecting Rights in Canada; Examining the Holocaust; Turning Points for Humanity; Breaking the Silence; Actions Count; Rights Today; Inspiring Change.
Museum hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday to Sunday. More info at humanrights.ca
Dalnavert Museum and Visitors’ Centre (61 Carlton St.) • Oct. 18, 20, 25, 27 – Dalnavert at Night; Oct. 19, 26 – Escape from Dalnavert; Oct. 21-22 – Haunted Halloween Scavenger Hunt. Hours: Noon – 4 p.m., Weds. to Sun., More info at friendsofdalnavert.ca
Living Prairie Museum (2795 Ness Ave.) • More info at winnipeg.ca
Manitoba Children’s Museum (45 Forks Market Rd.) • Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. More info at childrensmuseum.com
Manitoba Electrical Museum (680 Harrow St.) • Hours: 1 to 4 p.m., Tues. to Sat. More info at electricalmuseum.ca
Manitoba Museum (190 Rupert Ave.) • Until Dec. 3 — If These Walls Could Talk: 50 Years of 2SLGBTQ+ Activism in Winnipeg. Planetarium now showing Legends of the Northern Sky, Aurorae; Now & Then: A Journey in Time; Perfect Little Planet. Hours: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Tues. to Sun. Visit manitobamuseum.ca for more info.
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (145 Pacific Ave.) • Until April 2024 – Fields… (Rinks, Courts, and Lanes) of Dreams/ Manitoba’s Halls of Fame. Hours: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Tuesday – Friday. More info at sportmanitoba.ca
Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Education Centre (184 Alexander Ave. E.) • The Journey Through Ukrainian Dance and Resistance. Oct. 17, 6 p.m. – Launch of Ghosts in a Photograph, by Myrna Kostash. Hours: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. More info at www.oseredok.ca
Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum (494 Taché Ave.) • Hours: Noon to 4 p.m., Tues.-Weds., Fri.–Sat.; Noon to 8 p.m., Thurs. Visit msbm.mb.ca for more info.
Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada (2088 Wellington Ave.) • More info and tickets at royalaviationmuseum.com Museum hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily.
Theatre
Manitoba Theatre for Young People (2 Forks Market Rd.) • Until Oct. 22 – Snow White. More info and tickets at mtyp.ca
Prairie Theatre Exchange (3rd floor, Portage Place) • Until Oct. 22 – Feast, by Guillermo Verdecchia. More info and tickets at pte.mb.ca
Royal Manitoba Theatre: John Hirsch Mainstage (174 Market Ave.) • Oct. 17 to Nov. 11, – Clue, by Sandy Rustin, based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn. More info and tickets at royalmtc.ca
Theatre By the River (Portage Avenue Church, 1420 Portage Ave.) • Oct. 19 to 28 – Glad to Be Here. More info and tickets at theatrebytheriver.com
Théâtre Cercle Molière (340 Provencher Blvd.) • Oct. 20 to Nov. 4 – Entre Maronne? (Si ça te dit, viens), by Gustave Akakpo. English subtitles available at all performances. More info and tickets at cerclemoliere.com
Winnipeg Mennonite Theatre (Salle Martial Caron, Université de Saint Boniface ) • Mennofest 2.0: Wherever You May Be, by Monica Reis; Refugees 1948, by Sara and Waldemar Ens. Oct. 19 to 21, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 22, 2:30 p.m. More info and tickets at winnipegmennonitetheatre.ca
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