Climate Change l Halloween Events l Royal Canadian Legion Events l Winnipeg Charities l Open Mic & Live Music l Trivia l FREE Movie l BAD PARENT l Craft Sales l Workshop l Max Blankstein

Climate Change

to November 10    Monday - Friday 12:00 to 4:00 pm
Gallery 1C03, The University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Ave, Wpg, MB R3B 2E9

Worried Earth: Eco-Anxiety and Entangled Grief explores how worry about climate change and ecological collapse is seeping into our lives and dreams, mixing with other fears and anxieties, and entangling with personal experiences of loss.  Artists: Connie Chappel, Laura Findlay, Natalie Goulet, Maureen Gruben, Jenine Marsh, Kuh Del Rosario, and Xiaojing Yan.
CURATOR: ERICA MENDRITZKI    ASSISTANT CURATOR: MELANIE ZURBA
Maps of the campus https://uwinnipeg.ca/maps
For more information www.uwinnipeg.ca/art-gallery

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OCTOBER 31, 12 PM – 1 PM
Millenium Library Park, 234 Donald St., Winnipeg

Zombies versus Climate Apocalypse by Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition
Winnipeg Zombies are rising up to march on banks that are financing fossil fuels and funding climate chaos. Dress up as a zombie or your favourite Halloween character.
Bring a “tombstone” that declares how what you love is being threatened.
We’ll march and chant. We’ll eat candy and meet new friends.
And we'll call on those big fossil banks to change their death-dealing ways.

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Halloween Events

OCTOBER 31, 7:30 PM – 8:15 PM
Crescent Fort Rouge United Church
No charge, donations are welcome.

Halloween Organ Concert and Costume Parade
Musician Michael Cutler will play his specially created Halloween series on the pipe organ. Children are invited to a costume parade to the music. Refreshments afterwards.

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OCTOBER 31, Doors: 8:00 p.m. / Starts: 8:30 p.m.
Club 200
Tickets · $16.93
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-rocky-horror-drag-show-at-club-200-tickets-441680687827

Come on down for a film viewing of 1975's The Rocky Horror Picture Show!
Each musical number of the film will be performed by a live drag shadowcast.

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OCTOBER 31, 8 PM
The Osborne Taphouse
Cover is $5

Ogremind & Strange Things Emporium host a Halloween Tribute to The Goth Nights of Die Maschine Cabaret. Original DM Goth Industrial DJ Nouveau with Special Guest MC Evil Cat!

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OCTOBER 31, 9:45 PM – 2 AM
The Good Will - Social Club, 625 Portage Ave
Tickets · $11.62 - $22.23  https://d80swinnipeghalloween.eventbrite.com   Door: $25-30

The Dark Eighties Halloween Party - Halloween Edition!
We'll be playing your favourite DARK 80s anthems until LATE!
We strongly encourage COSTUMES! Or leather, vinyl, lace, masks, wigs, giant hats, overly hair-sprayed 80s hair, Bowie channeling face makeup and the weird like to make this an extra special night! But we also want you to feel great, so dress however you want!

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Winnipeg South Osborne Branch #252, Royal Canadian Legion, 426 Osborne St, Winnipeg, MB R3L 2A3

NOVEMBER 1
Tickets $1 each, sold between 6:00pm and 7:00pm

Come down Tuesday nights to the Legion and try to find the Ace of Hearts! The weekly winner has a chance of winning half the total jackpot! Odds get better every week as the deck gets smaller.
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NOVEMBER 5, 3 PM – 5 PM

Weekly Saturday Meat Draws. Four draws with choice cuts from Marcello's Meats.
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NOVEMBER 11, 9 PM

Lest we forget. Today we reflect and remember those who sacrificed.
We dedicate our performance to all those heroes who courageously gave their lives.

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Winnipeg Charities

NOVEMBER 1 / Doors open 5:30PM, dinner 6:30PM
Nonsuch Brewing Co., 125 Pacific Ave
$100 ticket   perfect-pairings.square.site

Perfect Pairings offers an inviting and warm environment, along with a four course meal paired with local craft brew (or Nifty Seltzers or San Pelligrino, or a bottle of wine), a screening of the KIDS Initiative video from 2022, and some great local entertainment. This event allows us to fund our programs, and serves as a means to share the work that is being done, and highlight the ways our supporters can get involved.
Event by KIDS Initiative, a local charity focused on helping to facilitate sustainable solution in developing communities to enrich the lives of children.

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NOVEMBER 4, 8 PM – 1 AM
Franco Manitoba Cultural Centre
Tickets · $16.93
www.eventbrite.com/e/good-jeans-a-beer-social-for-a-social-cause-tickets-440480056707

Good Jeans - A Beer Social in support of End Homelessness Winnipeg
Join Barn Hammer and some of our best brewery buds for a night of dance moves, good local beers, and exciting beer-y auction prizes and grand prizes. Everything you love about your classic Manitoba social with more local beer!
It's a JEAN THEME! So expect denim décor. All-Denim-Everything Photo Booth!
Dance all night: DJ N-DEEP / DJ DAD / DJ K CHEDDA
Brewing Companies: Barn Hammer, Nonsuch, Black Wheat, Sookram's

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NOVEMBER 5, 4:30 PM
RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg
Purchase tickets at goodbear.ca/events/ice-crystal-gala/

Ice Crystal Gala by Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba
Join us for a delicious dinner, fun activities for the family, dazzling décor, auction prizes and more! All proceeds will help transform child health care and research in Manitoba.

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Open Mic & Live Music

Osborne Taphouse, 112 Osborne St, Winnipeg, MB R3L 1Y5

NOVEMBER 1, 8 PM – 12 AM

Open Mic: Hosted By Jace Bodner
Join us every Tuesday from 8-12 and show us what you’ve got! All skill levels. Sign up list starting at 8PM. The night will begin with a set by Jace. Hop on stage to perform or just simply come down, have some food/drinks and enjoy the tunes! Don’t play music or sing? Tell us a joke, juggle, recite a poem. Please bring your own instrument.
No cover, $4 PBR, $5 16oz Double Standards, 3 for $15 Jag Bombs, “9 for $9.99” appetizers
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NOVEMBER 5, 9 PM – 1 AM

Advance tickets $15 or $20 at the door, 100% goes to the bands  www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-motherfunk-feat-neighbour-andy-and-legacy-underground-violence-tickets-444317825577

Join us every Thursday, Friday and Saturday for Winnipeg’s best live bands.
A triple bill featuring The Motherfunk, Neighbour Andy and L.U.V! $10.99 Triples, $4.50 PBR’s, $5.50 pints of Double Standards, 3 for $15 Jag Bombs, “9 for $9.99” appetizers
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NOVEMBER 18, Doors at 9 / Show at 10 – 12 AM
$10 at the door.

Knife the Curious, Death Tax, and The Castagnes are returning!
We still got lots of merch and stuff to sell before the end of the year!
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NOVEMBER 25, 7:30 PM
$10 at the door.

Canadian alt rock band WHY with special guests The Bloodshots and Love Letter Writers.

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NOVEMBER 3, 7 PM – 10 PM
83 Sherbrook St, Suite 201, Winnipeg, MB R3C 2B2
$10 at the door

The Thursday Night Stomp by River City Swing - Our weekly dance. Come hang out.
Up the stairs and door to the right. Lots of street parking and parking out front!

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NOVEMBER 11 Doors at 8 / Music at 9
The Handsome Daughter

Rope Break Records presents Cheap Heat Vol. 2, now on cassette and cd.
https://ropebreakrecords.bandcamp.com/
The Sorels  https://retarecords.bandcamp.com/album/love-your-rock-n-roll
Satanic Rights  https://satanicrights.bandcamp.com/

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NOVEMBER 12, 9:45 PM
The Toad Pub, 155 Osborne

Event by Pop Vegas - Join us for music & dance!

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West End Cultural Centre
The Centre requires that patrons wear facemasks and show proof of vaccination & ID.
Accessibility/policies: https://reallovewpg.com/accessibility-and-policies/

NOVEMBER 19, 8 PM – 10:30 PM & NOVEMBER 20, 2pm
Tickets - $25 / $30 + Service Fees
www.eventbrite.ca/o/west-end-cultural-centre-17906826450

The DreamPlay Collage Concert series is the brainchild of composer/musician Glenn Buhr, the founding curator of the WSO's New Music Festival. The first concert features the songs and stories of Scott Nolan, inter-mixed with Duncan Mercredi's poems and stories set to music by Glenn Buhr, with the 15-piece Fallen Angels Orchestra, and percussionist Victoria Sparks.
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November 24 / Doors at 7:00 ~ Show at 8:00
ALL AGES!    Tickets
www.showpass.com/livinghour22  and  www.reallovewpg.com

Real Love Winnipeg presents the release of Living Hour's third LP, Someday Is Today!
Living Hour    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnFfW-g2zpY
Mulligrub   https://mulligrub.bandcamp.com/album/soft-grudge

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Trivia
No fees to join. All you need is a device with an internet browser.
Compete against other players and locations to win the title of trivia masters!
Find our locations and other info at www.endlesstrivia.com

NOVEMBER 1, 7 PM – 9 PM
The King's Head Pub - Join us for trivia night!

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NOVEMBER 3, 7 PM – 9 PM
Low Life Barrel House - Join us weekly for Winnipeg's premier trivia league!

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NOVEMBER 30, 4 PM
Drop-In Centre, 406 Edmonton Street        https://alteredminds.ca/

Altered Minds Inc Youth Drop-In is hosting another FREE movie night!
Come hangout - free snacks and good vibes included.

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NOVEMBER 2, 7:30 PM – 9 PM
Prairie Theatre Exchange
Masks are recommended
Tickets  tickets.pte.mb.ca/TheatreManager/1/login&event=0

BAD PARENT by Ins Choi, the creator of Kim's Convenience.
Every parent feels like a bad parent at least some of the time. Just when you think you have a handle on it, everything changes. An honest, funny, no-holds-barred portrait of young parents struggling to find their way. Directed by Meg Roe
https://www.pte.mb.ca/performances/bad-parent-2022

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Craft Sales

NOVEMBER 4, 10 AM – 5 PM
University Women’s Club of Winnipeg, 54 West Gate, Winnipeg, MB R3C 2E1
Admission is $3.

Christmas Market - Three floors of Manitoba baking, crafts, and giftware!

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NOVEMBER 6, 10 AM – 3 PM
St. Louis Centre, 445 Tissot St, Winnipeg, MB R2J 0C5

Craft Fair - Vendor Tables $25.  To reserve your table call 204-557-1673

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NOVEMBER 22, 7 PM – 9 PM
La Roca Mexican Restaurant
Tickets   www.freshcutdowntown.com/workshops.html
Includes the iron wreath form, 3 types of winter greens, pine cones and wires

Join us to create a fresh winter green holiday wreath!
Bring your own ribbon and we will teach you how to make a bow!

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NOVEMBER 24, 10 AM – 9 PM
RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg

Winnipeg Signatures Craft Sale by Creative Outlet Art & Sign Studio

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November 29, noon
Carol Shields Auditorium, Millennium Library, 251 Donald Street, accessible venue

Max Blankstein Architect lecture by Murray Peterson
Max Zev Blankstein (1874-1931), the first Jewish architect registered in Canada. He left a legacy of theatres, apartment blocks, houses and other buildings across the Prairies. See the Blankstein exhibit on the Main Floor of the Library.
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November 29, 7 pm
McNally Robinson Bookstore, Grant Park Shopping Centre Atrium, accessible venue
The event will also be live streamed on the bookstore Youtube channel.

Max Blankstein Architect Book Launch with author Murray Peterson
This illustrated book features a selection of the over 200 buildings designed by Blankstein, including the Uptown, Palace and Roxy theatres, Film Exchange, Talmud Torah school and the Merchant’s Hotel.
Author Murray Peterson has spent over 30 years researching and writing about Canadian history, its people, buildings and important events.
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Please contact us at waf@shaw.ca if you have drawings, photographs, printed material and copies of Canadian Homes and Gardens or the RAIC Journals from 1950-1975 which you wish to donate. Research from these collections inform our tours, exhibits and publications.

The Winnipeg Architecture Foundation is a registered charity. It is also possible to support our activities through merchandise purchases at 266 McDermot Avenue or online at: winnipegarchitecture.ca/shop

Pulse l Heather Komus & Beth Wolchock-Brown l Colleen Nelson l Susan B. McIver, Robin Wyndham & Mimi Raglan l Scott Nolan l April Book Club l Fred Wah, Poetry Round Table

April 17, 7:00 pm in the Atrium

Pulse: Revelations is a magazine of student creative work published by Miles Macdonell Collegiate. It celebrates creativity, imagination and originality. Each year students choose a theme and call for submissions of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photography, art, and comics. Submissions are blind peer-reviewed and the magazine is designed and laid out by students outside of course time and students do not earn any credits for their work.

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April 17, 7:00 pm in the Travel Alcove

The Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library invites all crafters to join in a casual environment where you are encouraged to share your craft challenges and joys.  The craftspeople are Heather Komus and Beth Wolchock-Brown - both embroidery.  They will begin the session with a 5-10 minute talk about their work.

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Colleen Nelson

April 18, 7:00 pm in the Atrium

The Fall 

Before Luke came into his life, all Ben cared about was skateboarding, and whether his father would ever remember that he was alive. Then there was Luke. The Fall charts the lives of three boys as they deal with the death of their friend and brother.

Colleen Nelson examines the consequence of choice in her novels. Her previous book, Tori By Design, was the recipient of the 2012 McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award.

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April 18, 7:30 pm in the Travel Alcove

After The Error: Speaking Out About Patient Safety to Save Lives 

with guest speaker Mimi Raglan

Medical errors kill 24,000 Canadians each year, adversely affect thousands, and cost close to two billion dollars.

After the Error is the first book to recognize what patients, families, and healthcare providers have done to prevent others from enduring similar experiences.

Susan McIver is also the author of Medical Nightmares: The Human Face of Errors. 

Robin Wyndham, R.N. worked in the areas of neonatal intensive care, surgery, psychiatry, and residential care with a special interest in palliative care.

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Record Store Day

April 20, Noon - 5:00 pm in the Atrium

Featuring a live performance from Scott Nolan

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April 30, 7:00 pm in the Travel Alcove

Joanne Kelly’s SHAW TV Book Club

The book under discussion is Cheryl Strayed’s Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail, a powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. Get in touch with Joanne or with John or by calling 453-0424, ex 227 if you have any questions.

Phone 204-475-0483

(Toll-Free 1-800561-1833)

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Fred Wah, Poetry Round Table moderated by THIN AIR Director, Charlene Diehl

April 17, 7:00 pm

Carol Shields Auditorium, Millenium Library, 251 Donald St

FREE

Everyone is welcome.

This is an opportunity to talk about our roles and responsibilities as poets: political, social, and personal. Also the barriers and frustrations we face, and strategies for handling them.

Fred Wah is Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate. Passionate, articulate, challenging, adventurous, and funny, Fred's do-it-yourself poetics has extended from his early days in the TISH movement in BC to his current position as a voice from Parliament Hill.

Bring your thoughts, and prepare for a lively conversation about poetry!

Forgotten Manitoba l Wayne Arthur Gallery: The Unexpected

Blankstein Gallery, Millennium Library, 2nd floor – 251 Donald St.

“FORGOTTEN MANITOBA”
Fine-art photography by Scott Kroeker and Federico Buchbinder
To December 29
Hours: Mon/Thu 10-9; Fri/Sat 10-6; Sun 1-5

Scott and Federico were born in opposite corners of the world, but developed a similar passion: photographing abandoned rural buildings and vehicles and turning them into authentic works of art. Their explorations take them deep into rural Manitoba's less-travelled roads, looking for derelict houses, tractors, cars and mementos of the country life that once was.  The emotional connection with their subjects is immediately apparent when viewing their dramatic images of the aging, the forsaken, and the decaying.

Contact: Scott Kroeker and Federico Buchbinder

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Wayne Arthur Gallery, 186 Provencher Blvd
The Unexpected: Annual Group Show
To December 29

Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 5 pm
For more information or call Bev at 477-5249

I have invited 50 artists to enter this art show with a work of art that is unexpected. I have asked them to submit a story as well.
Everything on the walls will be replaced with new paintings, printmaking, drawings, photographs, mixed media, and also several three dimensional works by 50 different artists.


Brenda Adams
, Anita Allec
, Tanis Bannister, 
Monica Beckmann
, Donna Blakeman Welch,
Teresa Carey, 
Evin Collis

, Allan Courtney

, Susan Crawford-Young
, 
Gloria De Neve
, 

Zeljko (Jack) Dermek
, 
Omer DeWandel

, Peter Dumans
, 
Bev Dwarika
, 
Gail Fortier
, 

Nora Fraser
, Gary Ganes
, 
Laura Gentile
, 
Naomi Gerrard

, Cheryl Gilarski
, 
Gordon Gilbey

,
Harold Grunwald
, 
Kim Gwozdz

, Dan Harper

, Laurie Harper-Winning
, 
Genevie Henderson
,

Lois Hogg
, 
Kathy Innes
, 
Steve Jorgenson
, 
Ruth Kamenev

, Eileen Kasprick
, 
Traute Klein

,
Sandi Lamont
, 
Stew McCulloch
, 
Tyrrell Mendis
, 
Bev Morton

, Stephanie Nykiforuk
, 

Luba Olesky
, 
Judith Panson
, 
Ginette Pelletier-Laforge

, Joseph Poirier
, 
Luther Pokran
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H. RogueRaiders

, Robby Simpson

, Kathy Sing
, 
Germana Stangherlin
, 
Bonnie Taylor
, 

Danielle Trudeau
, 
Dan Waldman
, 
Jean Wiens

FREE Christmas Concert l Dave Bidini l MSS Holiday Concert l Sounds of the Season

Old Fashioned Community Christmas Concert

December 5, 7:00 pm

Thompson Funeral Home's Chapel, 669 Broadway

204-783-7211

FREE.  Donations to Winnipeg Harvest are welcome.

Refreshments served.

The Bells on Broadway - Bell Choir

The Yuletide Singers: Ms. Marnie Enns, soloist

                           and Sharie Bollman, organist

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December 10, from 12:15 - 1:15 pm

Millennium Library, Carol Shields Auditorium

Join author, journalist and musician Dave Bidini as he reads from seasonal works. 

Bidini is the author of numerous books (On a Cold Road, Tropic of Hockey, Around the World in 57 1/2 Gigs, and Home and Away), has written several sports films, and has written for the New York Times, the Village Voice, and the Globe and Mail. 

For 25 years he was a member of the Canadian indie band the Rheostatics.

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December 14, 6:00 pm

Westminster United Church

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. 

Purchase from the Manitoba Schizophrenia Society on 4 Fort Street, 

McNally Robinson, Into the Music and Music Trader. 

Call 204-786-1616 for more info.

Featuring: Flo, Gentil Mis, Those Guys, The Winnipeg Glee Club, 

Queen's Brigade and Lydia Summerville. 

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For the seventh year, the Millennium Library is delighted to celebrate the

holiday season with a series of free half-hour performances by local school choirs.

Millennium Library, Lobby, at 12:15 p.m.

December 17

École Bannatyne Grade 5 Choir

December 18

Elwick Community School Choir

December 19

Clifton School Advanced Bell Choir

December 20

West St. Paul School Choir

December 21

St. Ignatius School Choir

Skywalk Concerts & Lectures - November & December 2012

FREE ADMISSION

but bring your own lunch!

Millennium Library, 251 Donald Street, Carol Shields Auditorium, 2nd floor

12:10 - 12:50 pm

Presenters are subject to change without notice. 

7 Mathematics of the Internet: Computing Page Ranks, 

           with Prof. James Currie, UWinnipeg Mathematics.

8 Papa Mambo Returns to Skywalk! with Rodrigo Munoz on guitar.

14 The Aging Mind, with Prof. Jim Clark, UWinnipeg Psychology.

15 A Classical Recital with pianist Madeline Hildebrand.

21 Neutrinos: Ghost Particles of the Universe, 

            with Prof. Blair Jamieson, UWinnipeg Physics.

22 The Brian Chipney Jazz Trio.

28 Women and the Roman Army at the End of Antiquity, 

             with Prof. Conor Whately, UWinnipeg Classics.

29 Bronwen Garand-Sheridan, oboe & Chris Kayler, piano. A classical concert.

December

5 Concussion in Sport: What We Know, 

              with Prof. Glen Bergeron, UWinnipeg Kinesiology.

6 The St. Andrew’s Handbell Choir.

Millennium Library: Deborah Danelley l Defining Moments l Folk Music l Truthiness ***** Winnipeg Folk Festival Fundraiser Festival in the City

Salvage  

to November 29

Opening Reception November 3, noon - 4

Blankstein Gallery at the Millenium Library

A mixed media exhibition by Deborah Danelley

The act of saving or rescuing condemned, discarded or abandoned property, and of materials contained therein for reuse or refabrication.

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Defining Moments Art Exhibition, to November 30

Millennium Library, second floor

The 26 winners of the Defining Moments art contest for youth 13-30, a project by TakingITGlobal and sponsored in part by Canadian Heritage.

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Winnipeg Folk Festival in the Library! 

Free Saturday workshops!  

Folk for Families with Catriona Sturton

Children’s Department, November 10 at 1:30 p.m.

Children instinctively love music. Now’s your chance to get those tiny toes a-tapping and happy hands a-clapping.

Folk Festival in the City

Reader Services Department, November 24 at 1:30 p.m.

Local and touring artists collaborate in intimate workshops like the popular festival daytime performances.

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Plato, Colbert, Truthiness, and the Role of Emotion in Public Discourse

Carol Shields Auditorium, November 13 from 12:10 - 1:10 p.m.

Join us for a panel discussion on the manipulation of emotion from Plato to Colbert, featuring presentations

Dr. Neil McArthur, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the U of M

Dr. Jason Leboe-McGowan, Assoc. Prof. of Psychology at the U of M

Dr. Tracy Whelan, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications, U of W. 

The panel is part of the Affect Project, a collaboration of researchers interested in the role of affect in culture and in lived experience.

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November 8, 6:00 pm

The Fort Garry Hotel

For tickets email or call 204-231-0096

Ever wish the Winnipeg Folk Festival happened not just once, but twice a year? 

We thought so. 

Here’s the chance to feel that warm, friendly festival magic before the new year!

Festival in the City is the theme of our gala for our education and outreach programs. 

Wear your best festival outfit and enjoy a night of food and drinks and a performance 

by our 2012 Artistic Achievement Award recipient, Sarah Harmer and Imaginary Cities!

Thanks to everyone who supported our Winter Wassail. 

This Festival in the City gala replaces the Winter Wassail. 

FREE!! Sarasvàti Productions: ‘Diss’

November 7, 6:30 pm

Millennium Library, 251 Donald Street, Carol Shields Auditorium

Diss 

by acclaimed Toronto playwright Rex Deverell

Starring: Eugene Baffoe, Lacina Dembele, John Echano, Cherrel Holder, 

Braiden Houle and Lorraine James

Directed by Hope McIntyre

Admission is free but donations are encouraged!

Seating is limited; to reserve please call Tali at 204-586-2236. 

If you would like to book the show, spaces are still available on our tour. 

Call us at 204-586-2236.

Diss tells the story of a newcomer family as they navigate through their new lives in a big Canadian city. Overwhelmed by the desire to fit in, the son soon becomes entangled in the world of immigrant youth gangs and gun violence. 

Infused with hip-hop elements, this Forum Theatre piece is sure to inspire audience to speak up and stand up for those in their communities.

Rex Deverell holds arts and theology degrees. He has been writing plays since the 1970s and his works have been translated into several languages. With a passion for empowering youth through the arts, Deverell plays have been commissioned by various performance companies throughout Canada.

Sarasvàti Dramatic Theatre Productions and Repertory Inc. (founded in Winnipeg in 2000) seeks to inspire artists and audiences through the use of theatre and to provide a pace where artists can develop, showcase their skills and celebrate their creativity.

Ruth Madeleine Hodder l Russ Gourluck l Randy Turner l Crafts with Brook Drabot & Chandra Mayor

A Requiem, Armenian Style: A Memoir

by Ruth Madeleine Hodder

October 28, 2 pm

Millennium Library, Carol Shields Auditorium (2nd floor)

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Russ Gourluck

October 28, 2:00 pm in the Atrium

Silver Screens on the Prairies: An Illustrated History of Motion Picture Theatres in Manitoba

For more than a century, Manitobans have gathered in theatres across the province to thrill to the magic of motion pictures. Movie houses have ranged from luxurious “picture palaces” to convenient neighbourhood cinemas. Most towns and villages, some with only a few hundred residents, had their own theatres or commandeered community halls. 

In the 1950s, drive-in theatres provided steamy-windowed memories that have outlived the sometimes-precarious screens. 

After a 33-year career as a teacher and principal in Manitoba’s public school system, Russ Gourluck is now pursuing writing. He is the author of The Mosaic Village: An Illustrated History of Winnipeg’s North End, A Store Like No Other: Eaton’s of Winnipeg and Going Downtown: A History of Winnipeg’s Portage Avenue as well as Picturing Manitoba: Legacies of The Winnipeg Tribune.

Russ is also signing on

November 4, 1:00-3:00 pm by the Cash Desk

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Randy Turner, Monday October 29, 6:00 - 9:00 pm  by the Cash Desk

The First Season Winnipeg Jets 2011-2012 Inaugural Season

This limited edition book highlights the Jets return to Winnipeg, from the purchase of the team to the first goal to the last game of the year. 

The First Season is written by award-winning sportswriter Randy Turner and is a true fan’s collector’s item. Behind-the-scenes photos you’ve never seen before, team and player stats and a true story, fuelled by passion.

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Sharing Craft

October 29, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm in the Travel Alcove

The Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library invites all crafters to drop in to the Travel Alcove at McNally Robinson Booksellers where you are encouraged to share your craft challenges and joys with skilled crafters from MCML. The featured craftspeople are Brook Drabot (lampworked glass) and Chandra Mayor (embroidery).

Phone 204-475-0483

(Toll-Free 1-800561-1833)

October Skywalk lectures & concerts

FREE ADMISSION

but bring your own lunch!

Millennium Library, 251 Donald Street, Carol Shields Auditorium, 2nd floor

12:10 - 12:50 pm

Presenters are subject to change without notice.

3 - From Major to Miner: Mining Development in Canada, 

with Prof. Patricia Fitzpatrick, UWinnipeg Geography.

4 - Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev, 

presented by Prof. Megumi Masaki’s Rising Stars of Brandon University. 

Kids welcome!

10 - The Kepler Mission: Searching for Extraterrestrial Planets 

with Prof. Vesna Milosevic-Zdjelar, UWinnipeg Physics.

11 - Rhythms of Africa, an interactive drumming performance with Jay Stoller. 

You can participate too!

17 - The Princess and the Goblin: TheUnexpected Hero, 

with Prof. Pauline Greenhill, UWinnipeg Women and Gender Studies, and panel.

18 - Jazz Memoirs, with the Andrew Frohlich Trio.

24 - Scratching the Surface: An Archaeological Survey of Ancient Sikyon, 

with Prof. Matthew Maher, UWinnipeg Classics.

25 - A Classical Recital, with pianist Ben Sellick.

31 - What is String Theory? with Prof. Andrew Frey, UWinnipeg Physics.

1 - haLf man haLf eLf, eclectic folk music quintet led by Alfie Mella on vocals.

Freedom to Read 2012

Sunday, February 26 Millennium Library

Celebrate the freedom to read by reading from a banned text. 

The Manitoba Writers' Guild need volunteers! 

You can either bring your own banned work or you can choose something from a cart of banned books that will be provided by the library. Readings are 10 minutes each. 

If you are interested please email the Manitoba Writers' Guild or call 944-8013. 

Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Aboriginal Writers’ Collective: Readers Night

Thursday, December 15, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Winnipeg Public Library, 251 Donald Street, and the Aboriginal Writers’ Collective of Manitoba are excited to present an evening of readings by new and emerging writers, hosted by Katherena Vermette. 

For 10 weeks this fall the Library and the Collective have hosted workshops with 

budding writers from across the city and beyond – and now it’s time for them to 

show us what they’ve got!

Funny, raw, touching, inspiring…  come and join us as we celebrate these exciting 

new talents and the work they’ve produced.

Millennium Library: Sounds of the Season

Monday, December 12

Victoria Albert Elementary School

Tuesday, December 13

Dalhousie Choir & Bell Ringers

Wednesday, December 14

Westgate Jazz Choir

Thursday, December 15

Lincoln Middle School

Friday, December 16

École Crane

For the sixth year, the Millennium Library, 251 Donald St, is delighted to ring in the holiday season with a series of free lunch-time concerts. 

The performances begin at 12:10 pm. 

Enjoy half-hour performances of live music from local school choirs.

  

Free, but non-perishable food items will be collected for Winnipeg Harvest, 

so please "Put a Tin in the Bin."

204-986-6450

João Amorim - 2012: Time for Change

FREE Film Screening!!

Friday, November 4 · 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Millennium Library, Carol Shields Auditorium, 251 Donald St.

2012: Time for Change presents an optimistic alternative to apocalyptic doom and gloom.

Directed by Emmy Award nominee João Amorim, the film follows journalist 

Daniel Pinchbeck, author of the bestselling 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, 

on a quest for a new paradigm that integrates the archaic wisdom of tribal cultures 

with the scientific method. 

As conscious agents of evolution, we can redesign post-industrial society on 

ecological principles to make a world that works for all. 

Rather than breakdown and barbarism, 2012 heralds the birth of a regenerative 

planetary culture where collaboration replaces competition, where exploration of 

psyche and spirit becomes the new cutting edge, replacing the sterile materialism 

that has pushed our world to the brink.

SKYWALK CONCERTS & LECTURES

WEDNESDAY LECTURES

Leading teachers and researchers from the U of Winnipeg will inform, engage and challenge you on topics of broad historical, political & scientific interest.

THURSDAYS CONCERTS

We present a showcase of some of Manitoba’s finest musicians from jazz to folk and classical to contemporary.

FREE ADMISSION

But bring your own lunch!

Carol Shields Auditorium, 2nd floor, Millennium Library,  251 Donald Street

12:10 - 12:50 pm

Nov 2

Prof. Danielle Gaucher, U of Winnipeg Psychology.

Overcoming Psychological Barriers to Social Change

Nov 3

Diva Knows Best - Jazz with Colleen Morrison, vocals, and Jim Partridge, keyboard

Nov 9

Prof. Amy Desroches, U of Winnipeg Psychology. 

A Glimpse into the Dyslexic Brain

Nov 10

Bola Oriyomi - African tales and dance

Nov 16

Prof. Bill Buhay, U of Winnipeg Geography.

Resuscitating a Dead Horse: The Symptoms of Excess Nutrients in a Red River Tributary

Nov 17

Red River Jig with Aboriginal fiddler Matthew Contois & Winnipeg musician Sister Dorothy

Nov 23

Prof. Jino Distasio, U of Winnipeg Institute of Urban Studies. 

Getting People off the Streets: A New Pathway to Ending Homelessness in Canada

Nov 24

The Classical Clarinet - Featuring clarinetist Colin Mehmel

Nov 30

Prof. Claire Labrecque, U of Winnipeg Art History.

Discovering Medieval Pilgrimage Through Art and Architecture: Pious Peregrinations

Dec 1

Starlight Jazz Trio

Dec 7 

Prof. Helmut-Harry Loewen, U of Winnipeg Sociology.

Neofascist Terror Networks Today: An Overview of Right-Wing Extremism

Dec 8

From Distant Shores - Paul & Susan Hammer take you to Merrie Olde England and Ireland

World Food Day Human Library

Sunday, October 16 · 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Carol Shield Auditorium, Millennium Library

Could you eat on $4 a day? 

That's how much Manitobans on social assistance have to spend on food - without having fully stocked kitchens, accessible and affordable transportation, and food skills. 

We've asked a few Manitobans to try living on $4 for food a day in the week leading up to World Food Day. They will share their experiences and then, on October 16, we will come together to talk about food issues.

At this event you will be able to check out human books who can talk to you about local and global food issues. There will be opportunities to find out more about local food organizations and what books about food you could check out of the Millenium Library. 

We hope to see you there!!

Kim Anderson: Native Women

THIN AIR: Winnipeg International Writers Festival

Carol Shields Auditorium @ Millennium Library, 251 Donald Street

Tuesday, September 20 · 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Conversation with Aboriginal elders have resulted in Kim Anderson's 

Life Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine.

Kim Anderson is a Cree/Métis educator living in Guelph, Ontario. She is the author of 

A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhood, and is the co-editor, with Bonita Lawrence, of Strong Women Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival. 

The process of “digging up medicines”—of rediscovering the stories of the past—serves as a healing force in the recovery of Aboriginal communities. 

By understanding how communities were created in the past, Anderson explains how this traditional knowledge can be applied toward rebuilding healthy Indigenous communities.

Joanne Holmes: Elements

Elements, by Joanne Holmes 

August 3 to 30 

The Blankstein Gallery 

at the Millennium Library, 251 Donald Street   

Free Admission  

Gallery Hours: 

Monday - Thursday 10:00 am to 9:00 pm 

Friday & Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Colleen Nelson & Harry Potter in Winnipeg

Tuesday July 12, 7:00 pm

Grant Park in the Atrium

Colleen Nelson sold over 100 copies of her novel Tori by Design when she launched it here in April, and lucky teen readers will be able to ask her questions about her writing and about the story itself in this up-close and personal event!

There is no charge for the evening, but teens must have read the book. 

Please register at the Kids Service Desk or call 475-0492. 

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Harry Potter Costume Party 3

We Can't Believe It's Over!!!

The last Harry Potter movie ever! 

Our local library teens are celebrating/mourning the end of an era with one last 

Harry Potter dress-up party on July 14, from 6:30 to 9:00 pm. 

There's also a blooper reel! 

Story Time at the Library

The Winnipeg Public Library, Stone Soup Stories and the Manitoba Storytelling Guild present: Stories for Today: Old and New.

Join us at the Millennium Library, Buchwald Room, 251 Donald Street, 

from 12:15 to 1:00 pm and be entertained by expert storytellers. 

Be entertained by expert storyteller’s traditional folktales, legends, 

and humourous stories during your lunch hour. 

While children are welcome, this particular series is meant to amuse adults!

Friday, May 6 ~ Folktales and Reality: Why are we still listening to old stories? 

With Mary Louise Chown & Anne Morton

Friday, June 3 ~ Spiritual Storytelling with Karen Toole & Justin Jaron Lewis

Jila Ghomeshi & Grammar Matters

Arbeiter Ring Publishing, and the Manitoba Editors’ Association are proud to present a panel discussion on Jila Ghomeshi’s Grammar Matters: The Social Significance of How We Use Language at the Millennium Library, 251 Donald Street, on Thursday, April 14, 

from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.  

What’s the matter with grammar?  

Why do some people take grammar so seriously?  

Whose grammar counts as good grammar?  

Please join Jila Ghomeshi; Morley Walker, journalist at the Winnipeg Free Press, and Bev Phillips, editor and member of the Manitoba Editors' Association, for a lively discussion and debate about grammar and the politics of language.