Art Exhibitions l Sharing Dance l Food Events l Beer & Botany l Darcy Oake, illusionist l Chai Folk Ensemble l Architecture Tours: The Forks & Artspace l Jeff Chester l Spring Fever l Nitro Circus l CancerCare Fundraisers l Vintage Market l Father’s Day l Pet Expo & Wine Raffle l Paint Parti l The Art of Good Food l Blood Donor Clinics l Hoop Jam l Trade Party

Ekene Maduka

Ace Art, 2-290 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba

May 26 at 7 PM - 10 PM Opening
Free Admission

26 May - 9 June 2017

Annual Curated Student Exhibition

Bryn Vargas, Danielle Fenn, Carolyne Kroeker, Ekene Maduka,

Elizabeth Diamond, James Malzhan, Robyn Adams, 

Sarah Stewart, Sean Rodd, Sonia Bogaert

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June 2 at 7 PM - 10 PM Opening

2 - 30 June 2017

Cartae Open School Year End Exhibition of their work from the last eight months.

Performances and panel 

Briar Boyko, Danielle Fenn, Jennifer Ilse Black, Kelly Campbell, Sarah Epp

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RWB Founders’ Studio at 380 Graham Avenue 

FREE dance rehearsals every Tuesday from 6:30 pm-7:30 pm

Folklorama is excited to help our friends at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School celebrate Sharing Dance Day! Sharing Dance, a Canada’s 150th Project, is an initiative used to motivate Canadians to participate in FREE, healthy, fun and creative dance activities.
To register visit www.sharingdance.ca or 204-957-3467 or school@rwb.org

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Food Events

May 27 at 10 AM - 4 PM
Mary Jane's Cooking School252 Arlington St., Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G1Y8

Mary Jane's Cooking School’s 8th Annual Garden Party Fundraiser! 

JUST Community Market Co-op and Prairie Flora will be selling heirloom vegetables, annual and perennial herbs, cottage annuals and prairie wildflowers and grasses! Browse our vendor tables while listening to local music at our all ages acoustic open mic! 

Enjoy some tasty and nutritious snacks and refreshments! Attend one of the workshops! 

A family-friendly event. We'll have a kids' activity table set up and face painting too!

Mary Jane's Cooking School is a not-for-profit Registered Charity, providing education in nutritional home cooking and homemaking in harmony with individual, community and cultural traditions, with respect and care for the environment.

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June 5 - June 17 

Steinbach

Stop by Driven 2 Sew Quilt Shop, message Casia Schreyer, or comment at the Steinbach and Area Book Discussion Group to receive your recipe for our summer potluck. 

Recipes will be taken from:

Laura Reeves' Guide to Useful Plants

Recipes and Memories

Grandma June's Cook Book

Bring your dish to Driven 2 Sew on June 19 and we'll have a potluck dinner! 

We will discuss the recipes, how easy they were, and how happy we are with the results.

Laura Reeves will be there to discuss her guide to useful local plants.

All three cook books will be available for purchase.

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June 6 at 7 PM - 9 PM
Across The Board Game Café, Unit 105, 211 Bannatyne Avenue, Wpg, MB  R3B 1G5 

Tickets $39.55 (inc bowl, rocks, soil & 3 plants but not food and beverages) pre pay only

Register in person - Freshcut Downtown in Portage Place

over phone - 204-943-6514 (credit card)
or email - info@freshcutdowntown.com (credit card/e-transfer)

Beer & Botany · Hosted by Freshcut Downtown

Across the Board is a licensed, full service restaurant and coffee house that provides patrons the opportunity to play over 1100 board games.
Come check out their newly expanded space in the heart of the Exchange. 

Grab a beer (or wine/coffee/tea & food!) and join us to make a terrarium to take home! 

Check out their menu online! 

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June 6, 7 and 8

Burton Cummings Theatre, 

364 Smith St, Wpg, MB  R3B 2H2

Tickets 

It will be three evenings of illusions with llusionist and Winnipegger Darcy Oake, all while supporting a worthy cause! 

The Fundraiser will feature an evening of thrilling illusions from Oake with 100% of the evening’s proceeds going toward the building of the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre, a state-of-the-art, non-profit long-term treatment facility in Winnipeg for those suffering from addictions. The centre will be dedicated to the memory of Darcy’s brother who passed away in 2011, after battling his own addictions. 

The facility will focus on measureable outcomes that address all the dimensions of the person, with no financial barriers to entry. 

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June 7 at 8 PM - 10 PM
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, 174 Market Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0P8
Adults $45, Children/Students $36 Tickets are available at the Chai office 204-477-7497

Chai Folk Ensemble in Concert · Hosted by Chai Folk Ensemble

Ancient Roads - A Concert of World Music & Dance - will be presented in honour of Ahava Halpern & Frank Lavitt. 

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Winnipeg Architecture, 266 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0S8

Architecture+landscape tours - Free Admission / Kid Friendly

June 7 at 7 PM - 8:30 PM

Meet at Upper Fort Garry, Main at Broadway corner.

Accessible to wheelchairs, bikes and strollers.

Cyclists will have to park their bikes for the interior visit to Union Station.

Join us for a landscape and architecture tour of The Forks, led by Sheila Grover and Greg Thomas, authors of our newest publication The Forks: A Meeting Place Transformed.

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June 21 at 7 PM - 8 PM

Access to the roof requires climbing a flight of stairs. There is a lift to the lobby.

Join us for an architectural tour of Artspace, the Gault Building, including a visit to the roof for a wonderful view of the Exchange District.

The Gault Building is a good example of a Richardsonian Romanesque-style warehouse at a key intersection in Winnipeg's Exchange District, a national historic site. The substantial masonry structure, designed by George Browne to accommodate the western expansion of Montreal dry goods wholesaler A.F. Gault and Co., was among the first large warehouses built in response to Winnipeg's rise as a regional distribution centre. 

The landmark, which, with the annex, fills nearly half a city block, physically anchors three important streetscapes and functionally retains a prominent role as an arts centre containing studios, galleries, offices and a theatre.

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June 8 at 6 PM - 9 PM
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Blvd, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1V1

This Curious Object - Jeff Chester solo show opening

A show of 12 new oil paintings by Jeff Chester inside the WAG Shop. Free admission. 

The artist will be in attendance.

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June 9 at 8 PM to 2 AM
Essence event centre Winnipeg, 2100 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2V 3T9

$10 Tickets

Spring Fever - Help us raise a ton of money for Muscular Dystrophy. 

A fun filled night with amazing prizes, a silent auction, an awesome DJ and music!

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June 9 at 7 PM - 9 PM
Investors Group Field, 315 Chancellor Matheson Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 1Z2
Tickets     

Nitro Circus Live - Winnipeg · Hosted by Nitro Circus, the greatest action sports show!

Featuring 30 of the world's best extreme athletes in freestyle motocross, BMX and anything you can imagine with wheels! Plus a host of ridiculous contraptions being launched 50 feet into the air, by the crazy Nitro daredevils!

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CancerCare Fundraisers

June 10 at 7 AM - 2 PM
Assiniboine Park & Zoo, 2355 Corydon Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 2N6
Tickets   Visit http://challengeforlife.ca/ for more information.

Challenge for Life · For our tenth anniversary we are challenging ourselves to raise
$1 million with the support of 1,000 participants! 

Challenge yourself to Walk It for 20k or Work It for 200 non-continuous minutes of fitness! 

Challenge your family, friends and colleagues to a fundraising duel!

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June 10 at 7 PM - 9 PM
Academy Lanes, 394 Academy Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3N 0B8
$20 includes 2 hours Bingo Bowling, shoe rental, unlimited popcorn and pop.

Online and at Winrose Animal Hospital, 534 St Annes Road   

Family friendly event. Sorry no Pets!  

Winrose Warriors Bingo Bowling Event, Bake sale and Silent Auction

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June 10 at 12 PM - 8 PM
Old Market Square Winnipeg, Princess St. and William Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1L6

FREE event

Kick off your summer at the 2017 WildwoodRose Vintage Market! There will be over 50 vintage, antique and eclectic-styled vendors featuring jewelry, clothing, home decor, hats, soaps and so much more! Live music at the Cube Stage: 

Sol James: 2:30 - 3:30 pm

Lanikai: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Scott Nolan: 5:30 - 6:30 pm

Red Moon Road: 7:00 - 8:00 pm

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June 11 at 10 AM - 4 PM
Canad Inns Garden City, 2100 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2V 3T9

FREE Admission!

Dads R Reel-y Awesome... too - Hosted by Treasured Gifts N Things

First 50 Couples Will Receive a FREE “His & Hers” Welcome Bag!

FUN for The Whole Family! Don't forget to get your Mini Donuts!

Home & Garden - Unique Art & Crafts - Bath / Body / Beauty

Jewelry - Special Treats & Eats - Gifts for Dad’s Day

Silent Auction with proceeds to The Children’s Rehabilitation Foundation

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June 11 at 10 AM - 3 PM
St. Norbert Community Centre, 3450 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3V 1A1
Tickets $2 per person (children under 12 free)

2017 Manitoba Pet Expo

Local animal shelters, animal rescues and animal advocacy groups, pet food companies, pet supply companies, pet service companies such as groomers, dog sitters, doggy daycare, veterinarians. Local crafters featuring pet related merchandise.

Entertainment, information sessions, Sis n' Me Food Truck will be available.

Silent auction and 50/50 Draw with proceeds going to BTPRSM

Well behaved pets are permitted on leash.
Please ensure your pets are up to date on their vaccinations. 

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Wine Raffle in support of the Boston Terrier & Pug Rescue of MB

Hosted by Boston Terrier & Pug Rescue of Southern Manitoba (BTPRSM)

Draw Date: June 11 at 3 PM - 3:01 PM

Tickets are $2.00 each - email us at btprmb@gmail.com 

This is our 3rd BTPRSM Wine Raffle! 

1st prize is 25 bottles of wine

2nd prize is 15 bottles of wine

3rd prize 10 bottles of wine

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June 13 at 7 PM - 9 PM
Taverna Rodos Restaurant & Lounge, 5114 Roblin Boulevard, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3R 0G9
Tickets  Coupon code Spring35 for 35% OFF - 2 for 1 tickets available

Paint Parti in Winnipeg · Hosted by PartiLife

Please join us for an evening of laughing & creativity.

Everyone leaves with their very own 16″×20″ painting!

NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.

All supplies & instruction provided. Many colour options available!

Event is open to the public. All ages welcome

Guide: Alice Smith

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June 14 at 6:45 PM - 9 PM
Qualico Family Centre, 330 Assiniboine Park Dr, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 2N5
Tickets

The Art of Good Food - Join some of Winnipeg's most talented chefs and artists for the third annual Art of Good Food fundraiser. Enjoy some mouthwatering bites and a live art auction while supporting NorWest Co-op Community Food Centre. Our 2017 Chefs include:

Ben Kramer

Kelly Cattani - Hilton Hotel

Kristen Chemerika - Lew & Kyle Lew-Chew

Talia Syrie - The Tallest Poppy

Aaron Epp - PEG Beer Co.

Norm Pastorin - Cornerstone

Heiko Duehrsen - Assiniboine Park Conservancy

Grant Mitchell - NorWest Co-op Community Food Centre

Mandel Hitzer - Deer+Almond

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Blood Donor Clinics · Hosted by Canadian Animal Blood Bank

June 14 at 5 PM - 7 PM
Red River College, 2055 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 0J9

Please contact CABB for booking appointments - cabb@outlook.com or 204-632-2586

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June 28 at 5 AM - 7 PM
Birchwood Animal Hospital, 2595 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 0P5

Please contact clinic for booking appointments - 204-832-1368

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June 14 at 6 PM - 9 PM
Kildonan Park, 2015 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2V 2B9

Everyone is welcome to join! No experience necessary.

Free Hoop Jam · Hosted by Kurrent Motion 

Let's get our Jazz on! There will be a heap of hoops & jazzy tunes!

A Hoop Jam is great way to practice your hoops skills, meet new people or simply try hooping. You don't even need to bring a hoop! There will be plenty of extra hoops for you to use, plus hoops available for purchase. Be sure to bring Water! 

This is an outdoor event so if the weather is uncooperative we shall reschedule.

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June 14 at 6 PM - 9 PM
Sparrow Events Company, 51145 Road 4E, Oak Bluff, Manitoba R0G 1N0
Register  - It's FREE!

Spring Trade Party! Gather up all the items, bring them and set up like a garage sale - instead of selling, you will trade your items!

Bring a shareable snack or dish. We will provide water/coffee/tea.

Aid for Victims of Quebec Shooting l Petitions: Welcome Refugees & Abolish the Electoral College l Walk for Human Rights l ChristieFest benefit l Oak Hammock Marsh Events l Zumba l Comedy for K9 l Yoga l Bingo Bowl l Art Documentation l Festival du Voyageur Events l Nu Sound l I.O.U. Video Festival

Helping the families and victims of Quebec mosque shooting

Six lives were lost and eight people were injured when a gunman opened fire in a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers on Sunday. 

Let us take this opportunity to show our solidarity with the victims and encourage love, tolerance, and unity. All funds raised are going to be distributed to the families by Islamic Relief Canada. Please Donate here

Islamic Relief Canada is the largest faith-based NGO in Canada and a leading institution representing the interests and voices of Canadian Muslims. Inspired by our faith and guided by prophetic values, we stand in solidarity with marginalized communities globally and we are striving for a more just world.

Islamic Relief Canada is a Registered Charity, Tax ID 821896875RR0001

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Canadian Petition: Welcome Refugees

To Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and 
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Ahmed Hussen

Tell Trudeau: Welcome Those Fleeing Violence and Deportation Under Trump

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U. S. Petition: Abolish the Electoral College

To President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate: Amend the constitution to abolish the Electoral College. 

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February 4, 12 PM - 1 PM
The Forks, 1 Forks Market Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 4L9

Winnipeg Walk for Human Rights · Hosted by Brian Bowman

Please join me and many others as we walk in solidarity to show our support for diversity, inclusion, and human rights.

Winnipeg today is a growing, diverse city. Our compassion, diversity, and acceptance of new people and cultures are what make us strong. Now, more than ever, is a time for compassion. It is a time for us to embrace our values of openness, acceptance, and diversity, and it is a time to ensure fear does not triumph over hope and humanity.

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February 12 at 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Warehouse

Admission is by donation – suggested donation $15      

e mail for more info

As part of RMTC’s ChristieFest, this special benefit reading of A Murder is Announced will take place with 11 of Winnipeg’s best actors. And you, the audience, get the chance to sleuth along with Miss Marple.

The residents of Chipping Cleghorn are intrigued by an ominous announcement in the town gazette. Is there really going to be a murder that evening? Miss Marple, among others, cannot resist finding out. Many clues, twists, and turns later, Miss Marple solves the crime, showing that seniors can be canny mystery solvers. 

A brief intermission gives the audience the chance to guess "whodunnit" and one lucky detective will be awarded a copy of Christie's biography.

PAL Winnipeg is a not for profit, registered charitable organization dedicated to providing affordable housing and support services for older members of our community, particularly those in the performing and allied professions. 

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Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre, 1 Snow Goose Bay, MB R0C 2Z0

For more information call (204) 467-3300 or e mail: j_bourgeois@ducks.ca

February 16 - 7 p.m. 

Astronomy Night - Auroras 

Learn about the beautiful auroras,with Gerry Smerchanski from the Royal Astronomical Society of Manitoba. An indoor presentation and an outdoor observation session with telescopes. Members $5, non-members $10.

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February 18 - 1 p.m.

Birding Hour Workshop - Birds of Grenada

Naturalist Paula Grieef guides you through the avian world of this tropical island.
Workshop fee is $6 plus admission. Pre-registration required.

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February 20 

Voyageur Day

Test your Voyageur skills through Voyageur Challenge and Bannock Tossing.
Learn how to make your own delicious Bannock at 11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
Bring your skates and glide on Cattail Pond or play sponge hockey in the bay.
Sticks, nets and pucks available.
Try your hand at Snow Sculpting. Some tools will be available to borrow - 12 to 3:30 p.m.
Join an interpreter on a snowshoe walk and look for clues of activity by jackrabbits, coyotes and winter birds.

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Until February 28 or the arrival of the first goose - First Goose of the Year Contest
Guess the date and time of the arrival of first Canada Goose at Oak Hammock. 

You could win a family membership for one year!
The first goose arrives between the end of February and the end of March. Last year it was seen on March 10. To enter fill out a ballot at the Interpretive Centre. 

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February 18, 7:00 pm  (doors open 6:30 pm)

North Centennial Community Centre, 

90 Sinclair Street, Winnipeg, MB

Tickets $10   contact: Sheila: 204-979-0710 sheilacua@yahoo.ca

or Joel 204-230-4427  estradajoel@yahoo.ca

Zumba for a Cause - for Heart & Stroke Foundation

Hosted by D’Funtastic Crew

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February 18 at 7:15 PM
Rumor's Comedy Club, 190-2025 Corydon, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 0N5

Tickets are only $20 Please message us for tickets.

Comedy for K9 starring Michael Kosta!     We are supporting our rescue, K9 Advocates Manitoba, a nonprofit organization devoted to assisting rural First Nation communities with the on going problem of canine over population.

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February 18 at 4:45 PM - 7:45 PM
Yoga Public, 280 Fort Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1E5
$60 per person  Tickets   

Join Monica Angelatos and Lesley Brown for three hours of Thai Yoga Massage and therapeutic Acro Yoga. Cultivate connection, compassion and letting go as you learn to give and receive this lazy yogis practice. 

Thai Massage is a soothing practice, done fully clothed on a comfortable mat on the floor to help maintain normal range of motion and flexibility in the body. You will be guided in moving your partner through a series of yoga-like postures and Thai techniques. Both partners will have the opportunity to give and receive the sequence. The therapeutic flying of Acro Yoga uses the principles of Thai Massage along with gravity to further release and decompress the body. 

No prior experience with massage, yoga or Acro Yoga is required. Bring a partner with whom you feel comfortable being in close contact.

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February 18 at 7 PM - 9:30 PM
Alpine Bowling Lanes, 20 Alpine Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2M 0Y5

Tickets $17.00 - e transfer and e mail manitobapugrescue@gmail.com with how many tickets you need and your address. We'll send you tickets or hold them at the door.

Come to Manitoba Pug Rescue's Annual Bingo Bowl Event!

Bring your friends and family to this fun night out and help support a great cause as well!

Individuals and Teams Welcome! Silent Auction, 50/50 Draw, Food & Pop!

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February 18 – February 21
Cre8ery gallery & studio, 125 Adelaide Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3A 0W4

Fee: $17 per piece

Dave's Art Documentation Special

Drop off art: February 18 between 12-5 pm   Bring art, USB stick, and the cash or cheque in a ziplock bag or envelop with your name on it for receipt. 

Pick up art: February 21, 12-6 pm 

Thanks! jordan@cre8ery.com

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Festival du Voyageur Events

The Forks, 1 Forks Market Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 4L9

February 18 at 7 PM - 11 PM

FREE ADMISSION!  Everyone is welcome to attend!

Fierté d’hiver, presented by Festival du Voyageur and ROOM SERVICE Winnipeg, 

is a Winter Pride Celebration for Winnipeg’s LGBTTQ community!

Two-Spirited People of Manitoba will start the celebration with a traditional drum song and welcoming invocation, followed by a performance by Rylee Sandberg, a 7-year-old Anishinabe, Cree and Metis hoop dancer.

ROOM SERVICE Winnipeg has lined up a night of entertainment featuring Local DJ’s, a drag show performance by Lita Takeela! ROOM SERVICE has also teamed up with Alpha Records. Performing artists: Jerm the Worm, Fresh Fries and Farrison Hord.

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February 19 at 4:30 PM - 9 PM

FREE ADMISSION

Rendez-vous on Ice (at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers)
Discothèque sur Glace - Discothèque on Ice

An event presented by Festival du Voyageur and Alliance Française du Manitoba! 

Up and coming artists in the local pop and electronica scenes are being brought together by Alliance Française du Manitoba to share their love of French music, from Gainsbourg to Daft Punk. And with one goal: to make you dance on the ice! Line-up:

À La Mode

DJ Kasm (Balanced Records)

DJ Beekeeni Official

Monsieur Iceberg aka Damien Ferland

DJ Cédric Le Fantastik

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February 19 at 7 PM - 12 AM
Voyageur Park, Université de Saint-Boniface Portage Tent
233, boul. Provencher Blvd, Wpg, MB R2H 0G4

18+

Soirée Célibataire / Singles Night, presented by Diamond Gallery

"A canoe for two!"
Join us for a fun, romantic evening hosted by Françoise Therrien Virgnon and DJ Co-Op. 

There will be games and competitions for the love birds and those searching for love! 

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February 25 at 7:30 PM / Show: 8 pm - 11 PM
Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 boulevard Provencher, Wpg, MB R2H 0G7
$40 (plus GST and service fee)   Rushed seating   

Tickets on our website heho.ca, the Voyageur Boutique (233 Provencher Blvd) or online   

Martin Sexton’s voice comes in a hundred impossible shades. His songs are sweet and spirited and soulful. His repertoire is like a cross-country tour of the American musical vernacular. – Boston Globe.
The activity and touring behind his records laid the foundation for the career he enjoys today headlining everywhere from The Fillmore in San Francisco to Carnegie Hall… and now, Festival du Voyageur!

Justin Lacroix, along with Joël Perreault, Joel Couture and Ivan Burke, delivers folk-rock with a touch of the blues, and is known for catchy melodies and colourful lyrics.

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The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 2B9

February 19 at 8 PM - 10 PM
Tickets   

Nu Sound Series 2017: Keith Price · Hosted by Jazz Winnipeg

Nu Sounds is about bold ideas and daring creative pursuits. The results have always been incredible and have delighted, engaged, and challenged. The ensemble will put their own spin on songs by artists like The Alabama Shakes, Wilco, The Weakerthans, and Sufjan Stevens, while creating a lyrical story arc that accompanies the incredible musicianship. It’s Keith Price like you’ve never seen him.

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February 26 at 6 PM - 11 PM

The I.O.U. Video Festival is an event created for emerging filmmakers, by emerging filmmakers. The purpose of the festival is to have a place to screen the work of young filmmakers from the province of Manitoba and offer a community setting for networking.