February 2012
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Festival du Voyageur →
Runs until Sunday, February 26, 2012
Admission: See below
I’ve been to Festival for the last couple of days, and it’s been a blast! Yesterday was particularly fun taking my young nephews and playing outside in this beautiful weather. Toboggan runs, snow tubing, wagon rides, and king of the hill. Last night, the F-Holes played a great show and we danced our butts off in the crowded...
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A Night of Original Music
Thursday, February 23, 2012 @ the Folk Exchange
Admission: $2
Doors: 7 PM Show: 7:30 PM Open mic: 9:30 PM (six slots)
The Manitoba Independent Songwriters Circle presents A Night of Original Music at The Folk Exchange. Doors 7:00 PM, show 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, followed by six open mic slots to perform two ORIGINAL SONGS! Sign up when you arrive, 211 Bannatyne Ave. Cover $2 for non-performers.
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Mini-Commentary: Secret Handshake
Just had my first go-round at Secret Handshake, and it was mighty nice to see so many creative folk gathered in one room with the intent of connecting and sharing. Next time, I’ll be a little more forward and meet some full-on strangers!
The March meet-up marks Secret Handshake’s two-year anniversary!
Thursday, March 22, 2012 @ 6 PM - King’s Head Pub
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Aqua Books Announces New Incarnation →
aquabooks:
In April 2012, the New Aqua Books will be rocking our new space at 123 Princess Street. This leaner, meaner (okay I’ll try to be less mean) version of Winnipeg’s Cultural City Hall will feature a larger theatre, workshop space, books, full bar, and food service. More details will be released in the weeks to come.
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Secret Handshake →
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 @ the King’s Head Pub
littlebluerobot:
I’ve been a registered member of Secret Handshake since goodness knows when… Forever, I think. But I’ve never actually made it out to one! I’ve always made excuses, most of them legitimate. They include: “I’m too tired,” “I’ve got homework,” and the famous, “But I’m so warm and cozy!!”
But after being scolded over...
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The F-Holes, Chris Carmichael, and special Little... →
Friday, February 17, 2012 from 10 PM - 1 AM @ Times Change(d)
Tickets: $??
Great night of music for ya! Chris is kicking off the night with a not to be missed solo acoustic set, followed by the F-Holes with special Little Miss’tery guests. Keep the post Festival party going at the Times.
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Countries Shaped Like Stars →
March 14-17, 2012 @ Studio 320 (70 Albert Street)
Tickets: $18 / $14 (opening night and matinee)
One of my favourite plays from Fringe 2011!
Countries Shaped Like Stars returns to Winnipeg! a Mi Casa production A love story best heard through a tin-can telephone.
Wednesday, March 14, 8:00 pm Thursday, March 15, 8:00 pm Friday, March 16, 8:00 pm Saturday, March 17, 2:00pm...
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Five local bands to watch in 2012 | The Uniter:... →
The Blisters
Check out The Blisters live at the Edge Gallery on Tuesday, Feb. 14 for a My Bloody Valentine tribute show and Friday, Feb. 24 with Absent Sound at the Rudolph Rocker.
Visit http://www.theblisters.bandcamp.com.
Still Lights
Still Lights release the EP with a show on Friday, Feb. 17 at the Park Theatre.
Visit http://www.stilllights.com.
Softcore
Hear Softcore’s five...
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Ketchup & Soda
I’ll be at Pop Soda’s on Friday at 4pm catching up with friends if anyone wants to drop by to say hello. If you haven’t been, Pop Soda’s Coffeehouse & Gallery is a really casual space run by the former owners of Tomato Pie Co. (making for good food) and Rogue Gallery (making for an interesting space, perhaps too hipstery for some). I’ll probably stick around until...
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Spence Neighbourhood Mid-Winter Block Party
Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 5-8 PM on Spence between Ellice and Sargent
Free Event
Please bring baking or finger food to share if you can!
Roast a hotdog over an open fire
Hot drinks and homemade baking
Broomball
Snow house for decorating
Pinata for kids
Families with young children, come right at 5 PM for a kids’ broomball game and at 6 PM for the pinata
Please bring baking...
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Shane Koyczan and the Short Story Long →
Saturday, March 31, 2012 @ West End Cultural Centre Pre-sale: Friday, February 3, 2012 from 10 AM - 10 PM
Tickets: $17.50 plus Ticketmaster fees
Shane is AMAZING. Hilarious and touching. A spectrum of emotions and ideas.
They were a fan favourite at the 2011 festival, now we’re bringing Shane Koyczan and The Short Story Long back for a concert at the West End Cultural Centre on Saturday, March...
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Winter Dance Party →
Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 7 PM to 12:30 AM
Tickets: $10 advance / $15 door
The best Buddy Holly tribute show north of Clear Lake, Iowa goes down at The Park Theatre on February 4 with your perennial hosts The Scarlet Union. This year’s guests include the fabulous Smokebox (who will be playing Buddy Holly’s second album front to back!) and The Electrics. This is a grand...
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Virgil's Auntie and the Vigilantes with Flat City... →
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 from 8-10 PM
Tickets: $8 / $5 students
Two brand-spanking new groups for one low price! Fresh off of successful shows at Falcon Ridge and New Music Wednesday (respectively), Virgil’s Auntie and the Vigilantes, and Flat City Folk are ready to shake you to your roots. 8:00 Virgil’s Auntie and the Vigilantes 9:00 Flat City Folk $8, $5 students Starting...
January 2012
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Mr. Lorde Should Be Drawing: Anytime someone... →
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Last night, I was dick-deep in the doldrums. Y’know what I did? I went outside. I attended a Big Fun show at the Exchange Community Church. It was technically an after-party, so it had that sort of vibe. Raps were rapped, and people brought their own alcohol (shhhh…don’t tell anyone). People enjoyed themselves until 4 a.m. In the dead of winter – imagine that!
So...
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Retro Roll Out →
Friday, February 3, 2012 from 10 PM - 1 AM @ Wheelies
Tickets: $8 (advanced) / $10 (door) / $15 (couple)
Ragpickers Presents - Another Fantastic Roller Skate Retro Roll Out!
Good Times, Great Costumes, Absolutely Awesome people and prizes, prizes, prizes!
DJ Namowan returns with his flashback tracks…
and so close to St.Valentines’ Day - there’ll be couples prizes - get your...
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Public Consultation: Arts based development for...
Thursday, February 9, 2012 @ 10 AM Thursday, February 16, 2012 @ 7 PM
Register via email at gm@art-space.ca.
You are invited to attend a public meeting to discuss the development of the Millennium Centre at 389 Main Street in Winnipeg as an Arts Centre.
We are interested in your ideas for the potential arts related uses for this historic structure. Please join one of two public meetings:...
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Action & Activism: A Day with Hollaback! Winnipeg →
Saturday, February 18, 2012 from 11 AM - 5 PM @ Rudolph Rocker Cultural Centre
If you identify as female and are between the ages fo 14-18 as of January 1, 2012.
Free Event - Registration required
If you are between the ages of 14 & 18 as of January 1st, 2012 and identify as female, then we want you to join us for an afternoon at The Rudolph Rocker Cultural Centre!
This will be a day...
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In the City Workshops →
Last Saturday of the month @ 1:30 PM - Millennium Library
Free Admission
The festival’s famous daytime workshop format, indoors and year-round! Not your typical concert – a great way to see musicians up close and personal. 90-minute sessions.
January 28 - In Someone Else’s Shoes with Scott Nolan, TJ Blair, and Amber Nielsen February 25 - Folk Songs and Voices with Demetra Penner,...
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Snowball: Return of the Yeti
Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Noon to 4 PM @ Broadway Neighbourhood Centre
Free Event!
Featuring ice skating, outdoor fun and games, horse-drawn wagon rides, art and entertainment, fireside storytelling, hot food and beverages, and much more!
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Choose Your Charity Concert Series →
Every Thursday until March 22, 2012 (various locations)
Door: $15 ($10 with non-perishable food item)
A new weekly concert series is putting the focus on good music that goes good. Dubbed the Choose Your Charity, it features eight local artists raise money for their chosen causes. Organized by singer/songwriter James Struthers, the series kicks off its eight-show run at the Winnipeg Free Press...
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Hollaback! Part II →
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 from 11 AM - 2 PM @ Rainbow Resource Centre
Free Event
Rainbow Resource Centre, 170 Scott Street January 25, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Have you ever been yelled at, whistled at, or groped in the the street, at the mall, in the hallways at school? How do you respond? Do you respond at all? Do you wish you knew what to do?
This workshop’s for you!!
This...
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Words Allowed - Readings & Performance Poetry
Saturday, January 21, 2012 @ 8 PM - Mondragon Café
Admission: Pay what you can
Words Allowed brings together a mix of emerging and established authors for an intimate night of literary readings and performance poetry.
The night features a line-up of five artists, including Drek Daa, the award winning poet, songwriter, and CBC columnist; Chandra Mayor, author of August Witch, Cherry, and All...
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Shaw TV & McNally Robinson Book Club
Last Tuesday of every month
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 @ 7 PM Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
“Free” Event + cost of book
Want to talk books with other book lovers – but without the commitment of a regular book club? Shaw TV, Joanne Kellyand McNally Robinson Booksellers have created a new kind of book club open to everyone in Winnipeg.
We will announce a new book at the beginning of...
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Canada Reads: 5 Writers, 5 Readers, 5 Minutes
dineoutwinnipeg:
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 @ 8 PM - Prairie Ink Restaurant
Reservations are highly recommended - 204 975 2659
Paging all booklovers! On January 25th, at 8 pm, CBC Radioand McNally Robinson invite you to Prairie Ink Restaurant for an evening we’re calling 5 Writers, 5 Readers, 5 Minutes.
Canada Reads 2012 features five non-fiction titles this year, and in our regional...
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SnowTrek: 3rd Annual Winter in Motion
Sunday, January 22, 2012 from 12-4 PM
Free Admission
Everyone is welcome to take part in cross-country ski sessions, guided snowshoe hikes, and tobogganing. Bring your skates and try out our lakes too. All other snow equipment will be available for use, free of charge. Bring the whole family out and see how much fun winter can be.
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The Ice Donkey →
Sunday, February 12, 2012 from 8:30 AM - 12 PM @ the Forks
Solo: $74 + GST Team of 2: $148 + GST
Free to watch!
Join in the fun and adventure of a truly memorable winter experience! Or give the gift of excitement!
The Ice Donkey Winter Adventure is back! HOT 103 and The Assiniboine Credit Union River Trail along with Swamp Donkey Adventure Racing want you… To join in the fun at the...
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Mrs. Warren's Profession →
Until Saturday, February 4, 2012 @ Warehouse Theatre
Tickets: $19-42
Mrs. Warren has worked hard to provide a good life for her daughter. But when Vivie finds out the truth about her mother’s profession, sparks fly between the two independent working women. Armed with wicked wit and astute insight, George Bernard Shaw pits mother against daughter to expose the corruption and hypocrisy of...
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Cabin Fever: Free Films for Kids →
Every Sunday @ 2 PM - Cinematheque
Free Event
January 22 - The Absent-Minded Professor January 29 - Duck Soup February 5 - Up February 12 - The Railway Children February 19 - The Secret of Nimh February 26 - Microcosmos
(Secretly very sad that I missed out on The Wizard of Oz Sing-Along on January 8.)
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Drawn and Plastered and the Forty Thieves →
Sunday, January 22, 2012 from 6-9PM @ Opera Ultralounge
What better way to spend a frigid Winnipeg evening? Go, go! I wish I could.
The new year has come around, and we are welcoming it in with an exotic and fun theme at a elegant new venue! Come join Drawn and Plastered in the white hot urban desert at Opera Ultralounge on January 22nd from 6pm-9pm.
Artists: you will be treated to an...
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Now taking suggestions: local restaurant? outdoor activity? music or arts? board games?
Anyone up for a 21+ tumblr meet-up?
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The Fighting Days →
February 9 - March 3, 2012 @ Manitoba Theatre Centre
Tickets: $27-$65
“Never retract, never explain, never apologize – get the thing done and let them howl,” said Nellie McClung, who sets the tone for The Fighting Days, a story about winning the vote for women and finding one’s self in the process. Francis Beynon, a farm girl, comes to the big city to stay with her sister. She lands a job at a...
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Soul on Ice →
Every Sunday @ the Forks until February 12, 2012
Free Event
DJ Co-op & DJ Hunnicutt present the return of SOUL ON ICE!
A FREE weekly ice skating jam at The Forks!
For the 5th straight winter, DJ Co-op and DJ Hunnicutt bring their unique blend of hip hop, funk, disco, rock, reggae and everything else to the ice skating rink at The Forks!
Here are the dates (weather permitting):
• Sunday,...
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Sustainability and Leadership Training →
Course runs March 2 - June 30, 2012 Applications due February 15, 2012
Cost: $250
Sustainability and Leadership Training - Help your business join the Green Economy!
The International Institute for Sustainable Development is very pleased to announce a new training opportunity for young professionals in Winnipeg. The Sustainability Leaders Program is an innovative training course designed to...
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Manitoba Music - Weekly Song Feature and Free... →
New song every Thursday!
Every week, Manitoba Music offers free downloadable music track by a great local artist. Available for a limited time from Thursday to Thursday, be sure to grab these songs while you can… and to check back for more!
These songs are made available with permission of the artists/copyright holders and all rights have been acquired.
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Big Fun Indie Music Festival →
January 26-29, 2012
Big Fun is an annual indie music festival taking place in multiple venues throughout the Exchange District and surrounding area the last weekend of January. Using Winnipeg’s prairie winter as the backdrop, we will be showcasing the wealth of Manitoba’s artists alongside our historic downtown.
The goal of Big Fun is to present various genres of music and art over the course...
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Margaret Mead Traveling Film and Video Festival
January 13-14, 2012 @ Cinematheque
Free Event!
Thanks, hilarygough!
The Margaret Mead Film Festival is the premier showcase for international documentaries in Canada. This year’s includes seven films with topics ranging from artificial intelligence to globalization; from folk music to climate change. The films, along with panel discussions, will take place free of charge at the Cinematheque...
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Exciting changes to the Exchange District!
Check out what’s happening in the Exchange District! Here is a re-cap of what’s new, what’s changed and what is just plain exciting! New! Bodegoes (pronounced Bo-Day-Goes) - 98 Albert Street
Formerly The Line Up, Bodegoes will offer the same food and fresh quality taste with a renewed commitment to the community.
New! HutK - 74 Princess Street The Exchange District’s...
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Blood, it's in you to give (as long as you're not...
withmy2hands:
Tomorrow is one of the three blood drives hosted on the University of Manitoba campus this year.
I’ll be standing outside the blood drive raising awareness. (on my own, since apparently no one else in this fucking university cares enough to give a fucking hour of their time. What, you say the university queer group should care about the homophobic blood ban? Try telling them...
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Castle Boy's 2012 Halfway-to-Folk Fest FUN-raiser... →
Saturday, January 28, 2012 from 8 PM - 2 AM Silver Heights Community Club
Folk Fest wouldn’t be Folk Fest without them, so pony up, ladies and gents!
Tickets: $10 (available through Beiko 204-979-0977 after 4pm Mon-Fri or anytime weekends)
Ladies and Gentlemen, allow us to present to you the 2012 edition of the Castle Boys’ Halfway-to-Folkfest Fundraiser Social!
Featuring a wide...
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Avenue Q →
February 2-5, 2012 @ Gas Station Theatre
Tickets: $18
District Theatre Collective presents the Winnipeg premiere of AVENUE Q
Winner of the TONY® “TRIPLE CROWN” for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK, AVENUE Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart. A hilarious, witty and raunchy musical about friendship, love and finding your purpose in life.
****TICKETS ON SALE NOW!****...
December 2011
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Old Time Square Dance & Holiday Feast
Time for a rip roarin’, countrified tumblr meet-up of a good time! My friend Meghan and I will be at Pop Soda for the CPAWS fundraiser, and I think you should come dance with us! I would particularly like to meet tableclothscape, hilarygough, karapassey, wrlittle, greg2point0, ryanpaul, and davevdb. (morganscorner, too, but she’s having fun elsewhere!)
Friday, December 30, 2011 @ 6 PM...
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Acoustic Punk @ Pop Soda's Coffeehouse & Gallery
December 27, 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm
Pop-Soda’s Coffeehouse & Gallery, 625 Portage Avenue
Acoustic Punk a go go-old school Peg city edition
Pay What you can.
Get stoked !
Set times:
• 7:10-Tye Baker
• 7:30-Steve McBey
• 8:10-Chuck Midget (from the Naked Midgets)
• 8:30-Twin
• 9:00-Jared Weiss
• 9:30-Chanelle and DaveyBrat (playing mostly Brat Attack tunes)
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Snowshoe Adventure
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 @ 1 PM - FortWhyte Alive
Come with the whole family to try this exciting and calorie-burning activity. Our guides will teach you the basic techniques and take you along the lakes and forests to discover the “paths less travelled” at FortWhyte. Snowshoe sizes to fit most ages 6 and up. Register at (204) 989-8355 Program is FREE with regular admission BYO snowshoes or...
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Shirley Valentine →
January 5-28, 2012 @ Manitoba Theatre Centre
Tickets: $27-$70
For Shirley Bradshaw, maiden name Valentine, the years have gone by far too quickly, and she is now mired in an “unused life.” Unhappy in her marriage, taken advantage of by her children and ignored by pretty much everyone, Shirley jumps at the chance to escape. With wit and a colourful vocabulary, Shirley commits subtle anarchy and...