Pollock's Hardware Co-op is so excited to announce our 100th Anniversary Speakers Series: North End Stories. We’ll be hosting FREE events on the people and places of the North End of Winnipeg and Pollock’s place within it, in honour of our 100 years!
Events at the Ukrainian Labour Temple start at 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:30 pm. Books and Pollock’s 100th Anniversary merchandise will be available for purchase and refreshments will be available for purchase from our good neighbours Modern Coffee Winnipeg.
We can’t wait to see you there!
May 24, 7 PM
www.eventbrite.ca/e/pollocks-100th-anniversary-speakers-series-main-street-merchants-registration-308884530947
Pollock's 100th Anniversary Speakers Series - Main Street Merchants
As a Heritage Officer & City Historian, Murray Peterson has unique insight into Winnipeg and its history. Murray will take us on a journey up Main Street and relay how this street reflected the history of Western Canada
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JUNE 7, 7 PM
www.eventbrite.ca/e/pollocks-100th-anniversary-speakers-series-the-peoples-co-op-registration-308891000297
Pollock's loves co-ops so we're thrilled to have Jim Mochoruk talk about one of the most iconic North End co-ops: The People's Co-op! Join us to hear about how this co-op was a force in business and a social institution.
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JUNE 21, 7 PM
www.eventbrite.ca/e/pollocks-100th-anniversary-speakers-series-luxton-early-history-registration-313938236717
The lands where we live and work have been settled for thousands of years. Anne and Maureen will talk about early history of the Luxton area. We will also celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day!
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MAY 28, 2 pm - 5 pm
Only 7 people per tour. It’s 18+ as we make three lounge stops en route.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/winnipeg-downtown-skywalk-tour-tickets-317912513887
Winnipeg Downtown Skywalk Tour with tour guide is local history columnist and blogger Christian Cassidy, (West End Dumplings, Winnipeg Places).
This tour takes you through Winnipeg's downtown Skywalk system from the Convention Centre to the Richardson Building. Find out how the downtown south of Portage Avenue transformed from a leafy residential neighbourhood into the city's Central Business District in less than a century.
Three sit-down discussion stops where you can purchase a soft drink, coffee, or beer (Elephant and Castle Lounge, True North Square Food Court, and happy hour in Hy's Lounge).
Admission is FREE thanks to the sponsors, Downtown Winnipeg BIZ and the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation. You are responsible for cost of your beverages. It is strongly suggested that you bring a mask and proof of vaccination.
The tour is entirely indoors, so don't dress too warmly! A cheap option for indoor parking where you can leave your jacket in your trunk is below ground at Portage Place. The rate is around $10 for the entire afternoon.
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MAY 28 and 29 http://doorsopenwinnipeg.ca
Doors Open Winnipeg
This is an free opportunity to visit buildings and learn about their history. Consult the website for buildings, times and any registration requirements.
From our windows - photographs by David Firman has been extended for the month of May.
Visit the foyer at 266 McDermot to see the display.
https://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/from-our-windows-photographer-david-firman/
May 29 - Join tour guide Matt Cohen and walk the Exchange District in search of ghost signs. Discover the area’s fading promotional signage and learn more about the companies that called these warehouses home.
http://doorsopenwinnipeg.ca/event/ghost-signs-walking-tour/
Ghost Signs, an Exchange District Walking Tour by Matt Cohen, and Osborne Village an architectural tour by Susan Algie and James Wagner are available at McNally-Robinson, Whodunit books and Small Mercies as well as from WAF in-person or online: winnipegarchitecture.ca/shop/
The theme of this year’s event is “Celebrating Neighbourhoods”, expressing our excitement over the progress of heritage conservation districts in Winnipeg.
http://doorsopenwinnipeg.ca/walkingtours/#
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MAY 28 (11 – 4) & MAY 29 (1 – 4)
Manitoba Genealogical Society, Unit E – 1045 St. James Street
Where Did our Ancestors Live? Celebrate their Stories & Neighbourhoods.
Let us help you explore records and how to use them to research your family history and genealogy. Ask how to start, where to look, what resources are available. Tour or browse our extensive collection of city and community histories, and explore our extensive database with over 1.5 million records of Manitoba names.
Take a tour of our resources or you can dig right into your research.
We’ll have a kid friendly wee house art project. There’s plenty of free parking and dining choices adjacent to MGS.
Mask and vaccine policies are in place to attend.
www.mbgenealogy.com or 204-783-9139
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Pride Events
MAY 28, 9 PM – 2 AM
Tickets · $15 via Eventbrite
Pride Kicks off at The Good Will Social Club, 625 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, R3B 2G4
Be'TLV and The Prizmah Project are kicking off Pride! Hosted by Dov the DJ, you'll be dancing all night long to the hottest Pride anthems. With amazing performances by Toronto's Dmanda Tension, MJ Tigerstar, Lady Valenciaga, and the amazingly talented Lady Quinnzarr!
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JUNE 5, 12 PM
Manitoba Legislative Building
The Winnipeg Ghostbusters are proud to be participating in this year's Pride Parade. We can't wait to see everyone there!
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JUNE 5, 12 PM – 4:30 PM
The Forks
Any questions, please email g.u.ycollective5@gmail.com
The G.U.Ys and Rose Mortel at the Pride Festival
12:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Rose Mortel and Ruby Chopstix are hosting the Pride Children's Stage
1:15 PM: The G.U.Ys perform on Pride Children's Stage
3:45 PM: The G.U.Ys perform on Pride Main Stage
Our group was created in 2020 during the pandemic with a group of BFFLs. Their love of Drag and performance motivate everything they do. They are committed to creating shows of high caliber and giving you memories. The G.U.Ys have had multiple sold-out shows, including their first Drag Brunch at The King's Head, The Lady Gaga Ball at Club 200, and the Britney Freed Show at The Good Will. They were also featured in Pride Winnipeg's Digital Pride 2021.
Drag Performers:
Sylv / Rose Mortel / Ruby Chopstix / Jolean Ground Beef / Peppermint Phattie
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Events at The Forks
JUNE 2, 6:30 PM
The Forks, Room 201 (second floor, just down from Coal & Canary)
Tickets · $22.23
www.eventbrite.ca/e/thrive-clothing-swap-tickets-339942877297
To support our free programming at @thrivecommunitysupportcircle
Thrive Thrift Shop Clothing Swap
Purge some, take some! Bring your friends and your gently worn, unwanted clothing items (all sizes!). Search for new-to-you pieces in sizes 0 to 22! Brand names include Calvin Klein, Joe, Vera Moda, Club Monaco and so much more!
The Thrift Shop aims to empower families and individuals by providing access to good quality clothing and household items at affordable prices. Our store is run by volunteers, our resource centre offers free programming for the West End community including parenting programs, men's and women's sharing groups, counselling, baby supplies and emergency food.
Check us out at www.thrivecommunitysupportcircle.com
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JUNE 9, 9:30 AM – JUN 12 AT 5 PM
The Forks
$11.50 - $40 www.eventbrite.ca/e/kidsfest-2022-tickets-320710001247
Kidsfest, a.k.a. Winnipeg International Children's Festival, is back!
Full details and tickets available at www.kidsfest.ca
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Writers’ Events
MAY 29, 2 pm to 4 pm
Beaches Community Centre (formerly Victoria Beach Community Centre)
Calling all Ladies of the East Beaches!
Please join us for our annual Ladies Day, brought to you by the Merry Makers.
Open to all women in the East Beaches area, cottagers and permanent residents alike.
Enjoy dainties, fruit, coffee, tea or lemonade and the company of friends, old and new.
Raffle Prizes – Raffle in support of the purchase of picnic tables for the BCC playground
Presentation by Louella Lester, VB born and raised author of Glass Bricks,
the story of Lester’s experience working both traditional and
non-traditional jobs. Sometimes raw and often humorous, Lester share
stories about learning to work, working and moving on.
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JUNE 2, 7 PM – 8 PM
Please review details of how to attend physical events before arriving as masking and proof of vaccination will still be required:
https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-attendance?fbclid=IwAR2xRnX_5o850IvUw8eKR4rGvRvEsRvFbI8unTZgL21_gzHvrqD4Wy9gDpA
Join author Dora Dueck, in conversation with Mary Ann Loewen, for the launch of Return Stroke: essays & memoir, live in the Atrium of McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park and also as a YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR1iVcEsiEQxlQvTKTjGz8aQcZCkLvQjgoMvFylcay5r6xVaHCqV_4JCsQI&v=XMd9aUipGpk&feature=youtu.be
These personal essays lyrically engage with a wide range of ideas. The collection’s final section is a probing and moving memoir of the author’s time in Paraguay in the 1980s. Dora Dueck’s creative non-fiction seeks to tell the truth, and tell it well.
Dora Dueck is the author of four books of fiction. This Hidden Thing was Book of the Year at the Manitoba Book Awards, while What You Get at Home won the High Plains Award for short fiction.
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JUNE 8, Doors Open: 6:00 pm / Show Time: 7:00pm - 10:00 pm
Gas Station Arts Centre, 445 River Ave.
$16+ tax Tickets www.wildernesssupply.ca/races-events/reel/paddling-film-festival-22-tickets-winnipeg
Wilderness Supply Winnipeg’s 17th Annual Reel Paddling Film Festival 2022 World Tour
Since 2006, the Paddling Film Festival World Tour has been showcasing the very best paddling films to live audiences. You'll be inspired to explore rivers, lakes and oceans, push extremes, embrace the paddling lifestyle and appreciate the wild places.
Draw and Prizes! Your ticket stub or email printout gets you $10 off your next purchase of $50 or more! Expires July 30.
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JUNE 9 and 10
Crescent Arts Centre, 525 Wardlaw Avenue
The Inclusion - Community Art Fest
Variety Show | Art Display | Workshops
“Open to people of all abilities”
JUNE 9: Inclusion Arts Performance & Art Display
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Tickets $10. Kids Free!
A Variety Show including the Inclusion Players. Catch our Art Display and purchase some original Art. Proceeds will support the Inclusion Arts Programs. Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/inclusion-arts-fest-variety-show-june-9th-night-workshops-june-10-day-tickets-340837884287?fbclid=IwAR0Euo3WzhDqUanPa-zNTGvBROprKHKpK3IcrPzBrQZ5Jl3ZrLBDf58TIVQ
JUNE 10: Arts Workshops
Morning workshops (9:30—11:30 am) / Afternoon workshops (1—3 pm)
$10 per person. Space is limited to the first 30 registrants.
Workshops on puppet making, improv, and musical theatre. Donations are welcome. Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/inclusion-arts-fest-variety-show-june-9th-night-workshops-june-10-day-tickets-340837884287?fbclid=IwAR1k6WZcG85mJDqWzpvlKdGbOY_HpKf18k408RA7PxcpNlqEOO2LmCPdcy8
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JUNE 12, 2 PM – 4 PM
Admission free Please RSVP to lostexpressionist@gmail.com
Meet in the Manitoba Museum’s new Festival Hall for a talk followed by a Q&A and a guided tour. Hosted by Seema Hollenberg, Director of Research, Collections and Exhibitions, Manitoba Museum.
Talk & Tour with curator, Celia Rabinovitch, PhD, MFA - "The Lost Expressionist – Nick Yudell, A Photographer Discovered". This exhibition reveals a vibrant world in Manitoba from the Jazz Age through the Great Depression to the rise of World War II. Through dramatic portraits, experimental shots, and images of play, place, and self, The Lost Expressionist captures the feeling of life in Manitoba’s urban, rural, and Jewish communities.
The exhibition offers a prism of one young man’s life, Nick Yudell, who enlisted in 1940 and became a Canadian World War II hero - an RAF pilot who perished in 1943 during the North African campaign.
Light refreshments will be available.
https://manitobamuseum.ca/archives/exhibition/the-lost-expressionist-nick-yudell-a-photographer-discovered?fbclid=IwAR0u_bhPrx0Zg5ou0y8D9VbrzfyHTEPGD8mCWkZ3jqatJ9oFqXTbBAUpUTw
