Farm Job Mixer l The Tourist Company l Peer Forum l PLATFORM Members' Exhibition: Sand in the Bellows l alterNatives l Heart Medicine Work

March 14, 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Almost Urban Vegetables, 3893 Pembina Ave.
RSVP by March 8   email

Host farmers Bruce Berry and Marilyn Firth are thrilled to host this event on their farm, which is located just south of the St. Norbert Farmer's Market grounds. 

Rides are $3/person. Please indicate in your RSVP if you need transportation.

There will be a van leaving from Organza Market (Confusion Corner) at 3:30 pm. 

Our fifth Potluck Dinner / Mingling and Sock Hop (BYOB) will be a Mixer to match up our member farms with suitable summer farm helpers!

Come and learn more about what being an intern or farm hand is all about. Small farmers have a bounty of knowledge and experience to share!

For a list of current openings, visit our Job Board

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March 18, 9:00 pm
The Pyramid Cabaret, 176 Fort Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1C9
$10.00 at the door

The Tourist Company

With special guests: Adam Hanney & Co. and Odanah

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March 18, 10 am to 2 pm
Crossways in Common, 222 Furby Street, Winnipeg

Wheelchair accessible, and there is free childminding provided.

The 595 Prevention Team and KaNi Kanichuik are proud to present Peer Forum, a fun day designed by Peers, for Peers. 

Hourly door prizes, All activities are free, and no registration!

A day of sexual health and harm reduction education, empowerment, and fun!

10:10 Peers Share Experiences and Benefits of Being Community Activists

10:30 Red Thread Playback Theater Improv (theme: community, activism)

11:30 HIV and the law - Cecile Kazatchkine of The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network

12:00 Lunch and Sexual Health games

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March 18 - March 21
PLATFORM centre for photographic + digital arts121-100 Arthur St, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1H3

PLATFORM is very excited to announce a call for submissions for our upcoming in-gallery members' exhibition. Sand in the Bellows showcases their artwork - recent or old, and for PLATFORM to celebrate the different art practices from our diverse and talented community.

Exhibition: 18 - 21 March, 2015

Opening Reception: Friday 20 March | 7PM

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

- the members' show is not curated and is open to all active PLATFORM members

- to participate in the show, drop by the gallery and become a member

- membership prices range from $15 (Associate Member) to $30 (User Member)

- work can be dropped off at the gallery between March 3 - 14 

- One work per Artist, in any media up the size of two by three feet.

- Artwork must be ready to hang. Packaging must be labeled.

- Artists must pick up their artwork from March 24 - 28 

- Please contact the gallery at 204.942.8183 for more information.

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March 19 - March 28
Irish Association of Manitoba, Tara Players theatre, 654 Erin Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba

March 19 – 21, 27 & 28 Evening Performances at 7:30 p.m.

Dinner Theatre (March 21) at 6:00 p.m. - performance is after dinner

Tara Players presents alterNatives, by Drew Hayden Taylor

Written by Drew Hayden Taylor / Directed by Ray Cloutier 

Angel, an urban Native science fiction writer, and Colleen, a Jewish intellectual who teaches Native literature, host a dinner party.  alterNatives is both hilariously funny and thought provoking, and packs some serious social punch.

Angel Wallace - Aqqalu Meekis

Colleen Birk - Anita Daher

Dale Cartland - Tim Webster

Michelle Spencer - Suzanne Maryse

Bobby Rabbit - Jack Morales

Yvonne Stone - Ashley Chartrand

$15 per person  Contact 204.774.TARA(8272) or email 

March 19: 2 for $20, $15 for individuals 

Dinner Theatre (March 21): $55 per person

Theatre & Live Music night (March 28): $20 per person 

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March 20, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Registration: 8:30 am (Pipe & Water Ceremony)

Underground, paid parking available in the United Health & RecPlex

Heart Medicine Work

Free - REGISTER BY MARCH 13 - email TASHA SPILLETT

Niteh Maskihikiy: Reclaiming Indigenous Women’s Knowledge to End Violence Against Women

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: First Nations Grandmother, Josephine Mandamin, from Manitoulin Island, made a sacred walk around each of the Great Lakes, and then traveled from Kingston, Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean along the St. Lawrence River.

Hosted by: Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc.

 Kookumisag Odanakiitaanaawaa Mino Bimaadiziwin 

Fallen Angels l Pop Nuit: Wall of Sound & Prince Achmed l Krista Jackson & Rod Beilfuss l Poemss, Ghost Twin & Slattern l Siloam: Michael Turner l Live Music is Better l Craft Sale l Tonight At Eight l Mongrel Media l Valentine Dinner and a Movie

Elena Anciro

January 29 - February 8
Tara Players Theatre Company, 654 Erin Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G 2V9
No Wheelchair Access

Fallen Angels
by Noel Coward for 2015 RMTC Cowardfest
90 minutes (plus intermission)

Julia and Jane are the best of friends and both are happily married. When they were single they each had a brief, torrid affair with Maurice, a charming, handsome Frenchman.
Guess who’s back in town and requesting the ladies’ company while their husbands are away for a day of golf?

Directed by Rob Kwade
Cast:
Elena Anciro as Julia
Jessina Cheffins as Jane
Kevin P. Gabel as Fred
Glenn Odero as Willy
Jazmyn Shell as Jasmin aka Saunders
Richard Thomas as Maurice Duclos

January 29 and January 30 • 7:30 pm
January 31 • 6:30 pm (Dinner theatre)
February 1 • 2 pm
February 4, 5, 6 and 7 • 7:30 pm
February 8 • 2 pm
Box office opens one hour before showtime
Door $15 Cash/CowardPass / Advance call 204 774 8272 or email
Dinner theatre performance (January 31): $55

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West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1Z8

Tickets: Music Trader, Ticketmaster, Folkfest Music Store, The WECC box office

Pop Nuit is a grittier subset of the New Music Festival, running February 5 and 7, 2015.

February 5, Doors: 7:15 / Music: 8:00

Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
20 Guitar Circular Wall of Angelic Sound

This unique surround sound experience was curated by Winnipeg musician, Robert G. Menard (Absent Sound, SoHoly HeadCase, Room 237) back in 2005. The Circular Wall enlists 20 guitarists from various local bands of all genres to bring the event to life.

Audience members are set up in a circle in the middle of the room facing out, while the 20 players set up in an outer circle around the audience. The players are split into 4 groups and each group has key roles and designed parts to perform at specific times.  

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February 7, 8:00 pm

The Adventures of Prince Achmed 

with Live Score Composed and Performed by Julia Ryckman and JP Perron.

A German animated fairy tale film from 1926, the oldest surviving animated feature film. The film tells the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse and sends the rider off on a flight to his death. But the prince foils the magician’s plan, and soars into a series of wondrous adventures.

Julia Ryckman is a classically trained opera singer and piano player formerly of post-punk rockers This Hisses. She is involved in her solo project Slattern, and experimental duo Triunfo Do Gato. 

Supporting act is The Electric String Quartet, performing interpretations of Bach and other composers on electric guitars/keys.

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February 5, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Manitoba Theatre Centre, 174 Market Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0P8
FREE - RSVP to confirm your attendance by emailing or phoning Wren 204-586-2236

Theatre Lives: Q&A with Krista Jackson & Rod Beilfuss
Both have worked and studied outside of Manitoba, and founded their own theatre companies. Krista is the director of Royal MTC’s Private Lives; she has also worked with the Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival, MTYP, her own company zone41 as well as last year’s The Seagull at Royal MTC.

Rod is one of the founding members of Theatre by the River. 

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February 6, 10:00 pm
The Good Will - Social Club, 625 Portage, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2G4
$10

Poemss  -  Ghost Twin  -  Slattern 

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February 6, 5 pm

Arts Junction, 312 William Avenue (east side - loading dock entrance) ‏

An Encaustic Evening - This is going to be a great event that showcases Michael Turner, one of Siloam Mission’s extremely talented artists.

Michael has filled our art room and office floors with his encaustic and acrylic paintings and has been an encouraging member of our community. 

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February 7, 8 pm

St. James Anglican Church Hall, 195 Collegiate (Happy Mike’s Coffee House)

$5 & a tin for the bin

18th Annual Live Music is Better Coffee House in support of Winnipeg Harvest.

Emma Clooney, Glen McCabe, Paul Plouffe, Tim & Phil Veldhuis, Peter Goguen

and Peter Paul Van Camp

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February 7, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Grace Point Church, 137 Euclid. Ave

Free (Donations Welcome)

Announcing the second annual

♥ Point Douglas Is Still For Lovers - A North End Craft Sale ♥

Featuring Crafters, Artists, Bakers, and all types of Creators!

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February 7, (Box office/doors open at 7:45 pm)  8:00 pm  ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY
RAW:Gallery of Architecture and Design, 290 McDermot Avenue

$15 + the roll of a six-sized-dice! Tickets cash at the door only. 

Reservations email or call 204-894-2111    CowardPass accepted.

From Kendra Jones and Stephanie Plaitin Tonight At Eight o'Clock is an interactive theatrical experience where you can tempt fate, play games, and be surprised.  You never know who you might see around the table.

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February 7 - February 12

Winnipeg Cinematheque, Main Floor - 100 Arthur Street

Find Tickets

Founded in 1994 by Hussain Amarshi, Mongrel Media is a leading Canadian independent film distributor focused on bringing the best of local and world cinema to Canadian audiences. Cinematheque presents a tribute to their success:

Into Great Silence

A Girl Is A Girl

Only Lovers Left Alive

The Passenger

The Great Beauty

The Lunchbox
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Feb 12, 7:30 PM

Cinematheque and Peasant Cookery present a romantic evening full of great cuisine and film. Beat the rush of Valentine’s Day and enjoy this special evening with your loved one a few days before!
Price: $90 includes dinner for two, wine and the film The Lunchbox.
Menu to be determined . Please call 204-925-3456 ext 106 or visit.

Empty Bowls Soup-er Day l Tara Players' Season Launch l The Masquerade l McNally’s November Music l Laughing for Lives l Geekery and Glam l Arch Enemy, Kreator, Huntress l The Sadies w/ NQ Arbuckle l 50/50 Art Show & Fundraiser

October 30, 2014
Tickets $10

Order a bowl of the feature soup at participating restaurants and ALL PROCEEDS will go to support Winnipeg Harvest!!  SOUP-ER DAY is city-wide extension of their popular SOUP-ER LUNCH event at the MTS Centre.

For a complete list of restaurants taking part

Serving HOPE one bowl at a time!

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October 30, 7:30 pm - 12:30 am
Irish Association of Manitoba, 654 Erin Street

This event is FREE, FUN and Open to all!
Come celebrate the Tara Players' Season Launch!
Find out what plays we have and what new changes are happening this season.

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October 31,  Doors open at 7, show starts at 8
Cercle Molière, 340 boulevard Provencher, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2H 0G7
Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door.
For more information, contact Rory at 204.942.8941 or visit

The Masquerade - Come celebrate the Winnipeg Theatre Community!
Entertainment by Outside Joke, Soul Station, and some of our funniest playwrights.
Featuring the presentation of the Reg Skene Emerging Artist Award.
This is the Halloween party to be at, brought to you by the Manitoba Association of Playwrights and Theatre.
Dress to the nines, or come in costume, or just show up!

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McNally Robinson Booksellers Grant Park,  1120 Grant Ave.

Phone 204-475-0483    (Toll-Free 1-800561-1833)

Paul Plouffe

Saturday November 1, 8:00 pm

R&B/Soul/Funk

Mark Harrell

Friday November 7, 8:00 pm

Jazz/Blues

Bob Watts Trio

Saturday November 8, 8:00 pm

Jazz

Robert Burton Trio

Saturday November 15, 8:00 pm

Jazz

Raine Hamilton

Friday November 21, 8:00 pm

Folk/Acoustic

Kelly Bado
Saturday November 22, 8:00 pm
R&B/Pop/Soul/Afro-Jazz

Lindsey White
Friday November 28, 8:00 pm
Groovy Folk Rock

Brian Zimmerman & Chloé  Plamondon
Saturday November 29, 8:00 pm
Classical/Jazz

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November 1, 7:15 pm  Doors open at 6

Rumor's Comedy Club, 190-2025 Corydon

Laughing for Lives

Spend the evening with us in support of animal rescue! 

Tickets are $15 each - call 204-471-3392, or by emailing 

Hosted by Funds for Pets, a volunteer run, registered not-for-profit animal rescue organization dedicated to helping homeless animals in need. While in our care all animals receive complete vetting, quality food, and support for any behavioural or medical issues they may have.

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November 1, 9:30 pm - 2:30 am

Fame Nightclub, 279 Garry Street

Geekery and Glam - C4's biggest official after-party

Not only can we geek out, but we can also glam up!

With special VIP Guests PAUL AMOS and RICK HOWLAND of Lost Girl!

Costumes more than welcome.

DJ: KING CABERNET

Event Photography Bradley Mazur 

LIVE ART! Finished pieces to be auctioned off for charity at C4 Sunday

K-POP DANCE! With Team X-Men

HENNA AND BODY ART With Kim Brennan 

BELLYDANCE With Accalia of Deep Roots ॐ Strong Dance, 

Erinne Bartel Roth and Tara Cole Mccaffrey; Patron of Dreams

FASHION SHOW With The Foxy Shoppe 

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November 1, 6:00 pm

Garrick Centre, 330 Garry Street, Winnipeg

VIP ticket packages available; Into the Music, Music Trader and online 

Ninjacat Productions and Mages Guild Merch are proud to present:

ARCH ENEMY / KREATOR / HUNTRESS

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November 1, Doors 7:15 pm | Show 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1Z8

Tickets: $25 advance at the WECC, Ticketmaster, Music Trader and the Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store.

The Sadies thrive by a simple rule: if you make a mistake in the studio, you do it over – but you don’t make mistakes onstage. Neville Q Arbuckle is the unassuming band nudging its way to the bar of great Canadian music.

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November 2, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Edge Gallery and Urban Art Centre, 611 Main Street

50/50 ART SHOW & FUNDRAISER

ART AUCTION • LIVE MUSIC • FOOD & DRINK • CERAMIC SALE 

AMAZING RAFFLE PRIZES • FRIENDS • GOOD TIMES

FREE ADMISSION! • ALL WELCOME!

Artists donate work to be auctioned off and receive 50%. The other 50% goes directly to support studios and community programs at The Edge Gallery & Urban Art Centre.

If you would like to submit an art piece, check out our website 

Martha Street Studio: Generated Line and Maps l Tales from the Neighbourhood l ChekhovFest: Uncle Vanya ............ About Love & Champagne

Martha Street Studio, 11 Martha Street

(204) 779-6253  or email

All events are free and open to the public.

January 17 – March 1, 2014

Opening Receptions: Friday, January 17, 5 - 8 pm

Generated Line explores the connections between traditional media and how it interfaces with digital technologies specifically aimed at the growing vocabulary of print based processes - Shawn Reynar.  The brochure includes a response by Steven Leyden Cochrane.  

Artist Talk: January 18, 3 pm                                    

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Maps is a series of 12 prints that considers the month-by-month psychology of living in Winnipeg.  cam bush’s work frequently investigates locality, human relationships, and language and communication, and has been exhibited in galleries, festivals and alternative exhibition spaces across Canada.                    

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January 23, 7:00 pm

TALES FROM THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Winnipeg Cinematheque, Main Floor - 100 Arthur Street

In a special collaboration with MTS Stories from Home we present the first of four quarterly screenings of new recent documentaries, with eIntroduced by the directors.

May We Grow, dir. Erika Macpherson, 2013, 22 min

Following the illness and removal of a boulevard elm tree, the residents at 10 Ruby Street develop an extraordinary relationship with the remaining elm. Original music by Christine Fellows and John K. Samson.

Cooking the Revolution, dir. Dodie Graham McKay, 2013, 31 min

Harry Paine, Winnipeg’s elder statesman of social justice, gourmet food and folk music, arrived in Canada at 17. He co-founded the Winnipeg Folk Festival and the West End Cultural Centre. Music by Greg Macpherson. 

Perogy, dir. Tammy Marlowe Johnson, 2012, 19 min

These eatable potato-pinched pockets of starchy goodness have transcended their humble Ukrainian beginnings. This fun documentary explores the unknown quality that makes a perogy, and the important bonds between family, tradition and food. 

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ChekhovFest/Master Playwright 2014

Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov / translated by Brian Friel

Irish Club, 645 Erin Street

January 23 until February 2 

by Tara Players Theatre Company, 654 Erin Street

Vanya and Sonya have managed the finances on her father’s estate for most of their lives. When her father, Professor Serebryakov, and his young bride, Elena, visit the estate, the possibility of change soon affects everyone’s complacent lives.

Angela Rajfur as Sonya

Rob Kwade as Uncle Vanya

Megan Andres as Elena

Pete Hudson as Prof Serebryakov

Bruce Michalski as Telegin

Erik Fjeldsted as Dr Astrov

Peggy Barker as Marina

April Gregora as Maria

Dana Martin as Irina

DIRECTOR: Ray Cloutier

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/STAGE MANAGER: Lynne Williams 

Tickets: $15 │ $45 Jan 25 Dinner Theatre show* │ 2 for $15 Opening Night

At the door: Cash/ChekhovPass (Pass not eligible for Dinner Theatre show)

Box office opens 1 hour before showtime. 

For ticket reservations please email 

Thur Jan 23 and Fri Jan 24 • 7:30 pm

Sat Jan 25 • 6:00 pm (Dinner Theatre show)

Sun Jan 26 • 2:00 pm

Thur Jan 30, Fri Jan 31 and Sat Feb 1 • 7:30 pm

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ChekhovFest 2014: About Love & Champagne

Inspired by Chekhov's short stories

Ace Art, 2-290 McDermot Avenue, 2nd floor

Written and performed by Rod Beilfuss

Produced by Stephanie Ray Plaitin

TICKETS $10 available at brownpapertickets and rodrigo-beilfuss.squarespace

or by calling 204-894-2111. Also available at the door.

Thu Jan 23, Fri Jan 24, Sat Jan 25 8:00pm

Sun Jan 26 2:00 pm

Thu Jan 30 8:00 pm, Fri Jan 31, Sat Feb 1 8:00 pm

Sun Feb 2 2:00 pm

Wed Feb 5, Thu Feb 6, Fri Feb 7, Sat Feb 8 8:00 pm

Halo l Rodrigo Prade: ADENTRO l Boston Terrier & Pug Rescue Reunion l MWR Reading: Dianne Warren and Joan Thomas

March 21 to 24 

Tara Players Theatre Company, 654 Erin Street

Halo by Josh Macdonald presents questions about faith, life and love, with a dose of humour. An image of Jesus appears on the side of a Tim Hortons restaurant in Nately, Nova Scotia, and life for the town residents will never be the same. 

Is it a miracle, an accident or perhaps a hoax? 

Alayna Fender

Sami Desiree

Tiffany Sawatzky

Justin Fry

Tim Nhlazane

Erik Fjeldsted

Shannon Whitehead

Pete Hudson

Directed By Ray Cloutier

Stage Manager Lynne Williams

March 21 & 22 (8 p.m.), March 23 (dinner theatre – doors open 6 p.m.), 

March 24 (matinee – 2 p.m.). 

For tickets, contact Cara Campbell at 204-774-8272 or email.

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March 22 to March 28

The Edge Village and Gallery, 611 Main Street

ADENTRO: LEVEL INTRO

Solo Art Show. New works from Rodrigo Pradel

Opening Reception:  March 22, 7 pm 

Free Admission, Come as you are, Bring whoever you wish!

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Boston Terrier & Pug Rescue of Southern Manitoba (BTPRSM)

 4th Anniversary & Reunion

March 24, 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm

Sprockett's Doggy Day Camp, Unit 7- 975 Thomas Ave

Come out to help us celebrate our 4th Anniversary, 

and meet some of the dogs who found their forever homes with us in the past four years.

Refreshments for humans, 50/50 draws and more doggie fun than you can wag a tail at!

We plan on having a photographer available to take photos of all the attending families 

with their furry friends who they have adopted from BTPRSM.

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In Dialogue Reading with Dianne Warren & Joan Thomas

By Manitoba Writers Guild

Winnipeg Free Press News Café, 237 McDermot Avenue

March 25, 7:30 pm

Single Tickets – $10 sold at the door. 

As seating is limited, advance reservations are encouraged by emailing, but not required. 

Dianne Warren is a playwright, and fiction author. She is the two-time winner of both the Western magazine Award for Fiction and the City of Regina Writing Award. Her play Serpent of the Night Sky was short-listed for a Governor General’s Award for Drama in 1992. She was the recipient of the Writer’s Trust Marian Engel Award. 

Her novel Cool Water garnered her the 2010 Governor General’s Award for Fiction.

Joan Thomas is currently Writer-in-Residence at the Winnipeg Public Library, and is the author of two novels, Curiosity and Reading by Lightning.