Open Auditions l Spur l Cannes Lions International Festival l Poetry Slam: Andrea von Wichert l Shakespeare's Star Wars

March 22 & 23, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
No appointment needed. Just show up between these times.
Fifth Floor, Artspace Building, 504 – 100 Arthur St.

Open Auditions for Volunteer Actors OF ALL AGES to fill roles in 5 New Plays
written by high school students, and directed by professionals.
It’s the 14th annual Scirocco Drama Manitoba High School Playwriting Contest,
produced by Angus Kohm for MAP.
The Finalists Are:
Sarah Luby, Vincent Massey Collegiate
Marcus Schneider, Ecole Selkirk Junior High
Richelle Burchill, West Gate Mennonite Collegiate
Isabella Fiorentino, St Mary’s Academy
Keira Hasenack, St Mary’s Academy
Directors: Megan Andres, Rick Caslake, Jane Walker, Kendra Jones and Tatiana Carnevale.

The plays will be workshopped, rehearsed and given full productions at the
Tom Hendry Warehouse Theatre on May 29 & 30, 2014.
Questions: the Manitoba Association of Playwrights 942-8941, or e-mail

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Events at Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Boulevard
Spur events tickets can be purchased here.

Signal vs. Noise 

Mar 20, 7 pm   $15 / $10 Students
Paul Holdengraber, George Prochnik and Arthur Schafer explore the search for meaning.

Cabaret: Wine & Words
Mar 20, 9 pm   $25
Kate Vermette, Erin Propp, Guy Maddin, Catherine Hunter, and David Alexander Robertson present dramatized readings of never-before-published works of local authors.

The North: The World in Seven Years
Mar 23, 4:30 pm, Muriel Richardson Auditorium   $15 / $10 Students
Join writer of 16 books, speaker, community activist and explorer James Raffan.

Closing Reception & Special Debate 

March 23, 6 pm
A party featuring comedians Ben Walker and Paul Rabliauskas!
FREE with ticket stub from any Spur event!

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March 25 to 27 and 29

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, is the world's biggest celebration of creativity in communications. Over 24,000 entries from all over the world. Winning companies receive the highly coveted Lion trophy. Running time is 2 hours, 2 minutes.PG
Member / Senior / Student $12  Non-member $14

Tickets are available online and at the WAG front desk.

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Events at King's Head Pub & Eatery, 120 King Street
March 26, 7:00 pm

Admission is on a sliding scale - $5 - $10
Sign up is at 7. Competition begins at 8 with your host Bruce Symaka!
Poets will compete for the top 4 spots for Slam Poetry semi-finals!

Winnipeg Slam team alum and award-winning performance artist Andrea von Wichert will take the stage as our featured poet!  Andrea is a visual artist, writer, performer, and was a member of the Winnipeg Poetry Slam Team from 2006 to 2009. In 2012 she performed as part of PAZZIA Collective’s Sensual Emergency tour of the UK. Her one-woman show Andrea von Wichert is OVEREXPOSED was nominated for the Harry S. Rintoul Award for best new fringe play.

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March 27, 7:00 pm
William Shakespeare's Star Wars    Tickets 

Join Shakespeare In The Ruins for a fun evening where we will bring to life this hilarious mash-up of the Bard and the Force!

Play for Paws fundraiser l Live Hits l Dr. Rage & The Uppercuts l Meet your Match Adoption & Fundraising l Luke Reimer CD Release l Valentine's Play Date

February 1, 12:00 pm until 4:00 pm

Heritage Victoria Community Club, 950 Sturgeon Road

Play for Paws is a family-friendly fundraiser in support of The Winnipeg Humane Society. 

Come on down, have some fun, and raise money for some loveable paws.

The event is for people only, but there will be two ambassador dogs from the WHS to greet everyone and one little puppy running the puppy kissing booth. Hope to see you there!

Win a $250 gift certificate from Wolseley Kitchen & Bath Classics!

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February 1

Doors open at 6 p.m. l Live-Hits begin at 6:30 p.m.

King's Head Pub & Eatery, 120 King Street

Tickets available at the Mercantile, 160 Princess Street for $10

Join us in determining the best student and alumni live-hit of the year at 

the final 2014 Creative Communications Media Awards fundraiser! 

Followed by music performances by Luke Reimer, Luke Jacob Thiessen, 

The Catfish, Last Relapse, December's Insurgency and Tammy Karatchuk! 

Hosts: Jared Gauthier and Wes Keeley, of Wes & The Goat morning show (Red River Radio) 

SIGN UP by EMAILING or contact Marianne Champagne or Riele L. Bailey! 

Judges Duncan McMonagle, Alana Michelle, Ryan Kessler, Laina Hughes and James Turner of the Winnipeg Free Press will determine the top three live-hits of the night.

Winners will receive bragging rights and a SPECIAL prize!

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February 1, 7:15 pm

West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Avenue

Tickets $12 in advance available at Into The Music or online

Dr. Rage & The Uppercuts’ new album is dropping in the new year.  

Join us with Scott Nolan and Calabi Yau 

Special guests Cat Jahnke, Irene Sas and Jeff Doer will be joining us on stage as well.

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February 2, 11:00 am until 3:00 pm
The Dog Loft, 245 Marion Street

"Meet your Match" Adoption & Fundraising Event in support of
Manitoba Small Dog Rescue (MSDR) and
Boston Terrier & Pug Rescue of Southern Manitoba (BTPRSM)

This is the month of Love and we hope you can fall in love with one of our adoptable dogs.
Nothing says... 'I love you' like genuine fur! Fur is available in all sizes from petite to husky!

Bring your current furry family members for a "Love Photo" in our photo booth!
Photos will be $10 and will be emailed out.

We will also have a bake sale, craft sale, 50/50 draw, silent auction and much much more.
All monies raised will be split equally between MSDR and BTPRSM.

Please contact either MSDR: Val Pankhurst, or BTPRSM: Jessica, Rena or Shaila

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Luke Reimer: debut CD Release Concert
February 8, 8:00 pm Doors open at 7 pm
The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street
Tickets are $10, available online.
For print tickets and further information, please call 204-381-1698 or email

Join Luke Reimer as he launches Miles On This Truck.
Special guests Bryce Pallister, Rhia Rae, and Shannon Patterson will be opening with acoustic performances. You won’t want to miss this country night featuring some of Manitoba’s best upcoming artists!
Come for the dance floor, a full-service bar, and your favourite music!

CD copies will also be available on-location.

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Be My Pugentine Play Date - by Manitoba Pug Rescue
February 9, 3:00 pm until 4:30 pm
The Pawsh Dog Taylor, Unit 10 - 1580 Taylor

Bring your pugs and small dogs to our Valentine's Play Date.
Food, refreshments & raffles.
Small dogs under 35 lbs are welcome to come out and have some fun!

$5.00 per person

The Winnipeg IF… Improv Festival l King's Head Pub's Free Laughs

The Festival Sampler Platter  | Free 

King's Head Pub, 120 King St.

October 1, 9:00 pm

Stephen and Lee from CRUMBS host the opening show of the 2013 Winnipeg Improv Festival by doing scenes with out of town guests and local players. 

The Festival Sampler show is a part of the ongoing Free Laughs Comedy Series that puts on free live comedy shows at the King's Head every Tuesday night. 

At The Gas Station Arts Centre, 445 River Avenue:

The Dungeons & Dragons Improv Show

October 2, 8:00 pm | $10

Evil warlocks.

Giant dice.

Bloody battles (don't worry, it's fake blood).

The show is based on the much-loved game of Dungeons & Dragons, which is a role playing game and just happens to be a perfect fit for improv. 

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CRUMBS feat. DJ Hunnicutt 

October 4, 11:00 pm | $10 

Winnipeg's CRUMBS and DJ Hunnicutt create some of the very best long-form improv on the globe.

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The Saturday Mainstage Show 

October 5, 8:00 pm | $10

• Set 1: Ensemble Cast Performance

Featuring Alistair Cook, Warren Bates, Shawn Norman, Kory Mathewson, Daniel Maslany, Lucy Hill, Fraz Wiest and Stephen Sim.

• Set 2: Outside Joke (Showcase Performance)

Outside Joke combines the genre of musical theatre with long-form improv based on audience suggestions. The ease with which they invent hilarious lyrics (while staying in key or busting out harmonies) will blow your mind. 

Buy tickets online

Outside Joke, Bucko! and GHOST JAIL

October 16, 9:00 pm to 12:00 am

King's Head Pub & Eatery, 120 King St.

Outside Joke presents: 

Bucko! and GHOST JAIL 

featuring: Decorative Gourd Contest!

It's time once again for improv. 

Outside Joke is back with some special friends for your good times.

Hosted by the inimitable FRAZ, with members of Outside Joke, and Gord Tanner.

Bucko! Is Aaron Merke and Lauren Cochrane. 

GHOST JAIL is a format developed in Toronto where improv scenes are interspersed with poems and short stories composed on the spot based on YOUR suggestions.

It's decorative gourd season, motherpunchers!

It's time for the first annual Outside Joke CHANGING OF THE GOURDS. 

Bring a decorated gourd, no larger than a standard soccer ball, for a chance to win fabulous prizes. 

Arrive early to register your gourds!

Ash Dickinson, Leif Norman & Andrea von Wichert

Spoken Word Trio Featuring Ash Dickinson

Upstairs at the King's Head Pub

Wednesday, August 24 · 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Multiple slam champ, Renaissance man and literary rock'n'roll genius from Great Britain, Ash Dickinson joins local spoken word performers Leif Norman and Andrea von Wichert for an evening of raucous, randy, and brain-tingling literary hijinks. 

$5 at the door.

Brilliantly surreal invention.. fabulous poems - Edinburgh Evening News