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February 2011

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Wonderland by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet March 9-13, 2011 - Centennial Concert Hall (555 Main Street) Tickets available through Ticketmaster. With choreography by Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award winner and former RWB dancer, Shawn Hounsell, this brand new full-length ballet will warp the lens through which we traditionally view ballet. An exercise in introspection, Wonderland explores...

Rape victim 'inviting,' so no jail →

A convicted rapist will not go to jail because a Manitoba judge says the victim sent signals that “sex was in the air” through her suggestive attire and flirtatious conduct on the night of the attack. The precedent Justice Robert Dewar is setting is outrageous. Regardless of the sentencing he wants to set, to rule in ink on paper that anyone’s choice, not just a woman’s...

$20 All-You-Can-Wear Sale @ Ragpickers →

Saturday, February 26, 2011 from 12-5 PM @ Ragpickers (216 McDermot Avenue) It’s that time of the year, folks! Come to Ragpickers, 216 McDermot, on Saturday, February 26. The annual All-You-Can-Wear Sale runs from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Be a part of history! For $20 you get 20 minutes and all you can physically put on, including shoes, hats, ties, belts, skirts, shirts, pants,...

Festival du Voyageur →

February 18-27, 2011 Join in Western Canada’s largest winter festival! The Festival du Voyageur is the perfect venue to embrace the Manitoban winter while enjoying unique entertainment. The whole family will take pleasure in meeting Fort Gibtraltar’s historical characters, admiring snow sculptures created by artists from around the world, dancing and jigging to lively music,...

Memeza Africa →

Thursday, February 10, 2011 @ 8 PM - West End Cultural Centre Tickets: $20 (advance)/$25 (door) available through Ticketmaster, Music Trader, and Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store MEMEZA AFRICA is a brilliant example of what can happen when two worlds come together in harmony. This masterful fusion of traditional African music and dance combined with spellbinding original Canadian...

Safe Night Off Winnipeg Streets

A wonderful initiative and worthy of your contribution! Find a way to help. The 4th Annual SNOW night, beginning on Thursday Feb. 17 at 7:00 pm to 9 am Friday Feb. 18, will provide a safe place to sleep, food, resources, games, crafts, make-up, manicures, hairstyling, photos, movies, gift bags and door prizes for all women and transgendered sex trade workers working in the sex trade. There...

Winnipeg Workshops →

A great resource! Winnipeg Workshops is a collection of crafty workshops offered by local artists and crafters. There’s a wide variety of workshops available, from making your own monsters with the folks at Sew Dandee to dying fabric, knitting, and needle felting. A different craft for almost every night of the week!

caitmach-deactivated20110921 asked: Hey,
Have you heard about the Social Justice Fair going on at University of Winnipeg.
Its next wednesday February 9th in Riddell Hall from 10:30-2:30 put on by Menno Simons College

Also Stacy Toews (a large founder in the Fair Trade Movement) is going to be speaking for free in Eckhart Hall from 7-9.

Exhibit Opening: The Caregivers' Project →

Friday, February 4, 2011 @ 6 PM - Urban Shaman Gallery (203-290 McDermot Avenue) Exhibit runs until March 19, 2011 @ 4 PM LIVING WITH HIV IN WINNIPEG AND REGINA: SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORTS What do the social and spiritual supports look like for people living with HIV/AIDS in the prairies? This installation provides a visual voice of those affected. HIV remains an issue in Canada with an...

August Strindberg's Flying Circus →

February 2-4, 2011 (click through for times) - Park Theatre and Movie Cafe Tickets: $12/$10 (students/seniors) And now for something completely different. Naughty Sailboat Evil Media Corporation invites you on a multimedia voyage through the mustachioed madness that is the mind of August Strindberg. Our evening promises a cavalcade of Strindbergian shorts spanning genres and art forms as we...

The King's Singers

Sunday, March 13, 2011 from 7-10 PM @ Portage Avenue Mennonite Brethren Church (Portage and Raglan) So good. My high school chamber choir sang some of their arrangements and I used to listen to their music just for the sheer pleasure of hearing beautiful voices. We [The Winnipeg Singers] are excited to host a concert by The King’s Singers, a British a cappella vocal ensemble, originally...

Lecture: A Case Study in Identity Development for...

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 @ 12:30 PM - Room 22, 2nd Floor, Bryce Hall Dr. Marlene Atleo, U of M (Education) will speak on A Case Study in Identity Development For Canadian Diversity Education: A Girl From Rodzie - A Silesian Canadian. Dr. Atleo explains: As students become aware of issues involved in my family’s history, the immigration trends into Canada and people movements globally they...