Nuit Blanche: MCC Chili Bowl Fundraiser l Basset Hound Walk l Theatre Projects Manitoba Fundraiser l Ibsen’s Ghosts l Thrill of the Kill l Hogs and Horses l Princess Ball and Fundraiser l The Albert: Tribute Band Night

September 27, 6:00 pm
Artspace Inc., 425-100 Arthur Street

$20 gets you delicious chili and a beautiful ceramic bowl to take home!

The Manitoba Craft Council is very excited to be hosting their very first Chili Bowl Fundraiser during Nuit Blanche Winnipeg.

Come early for the best selection. The chili is being supplied by The Underground Cafe!

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September 28, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Kilcona Dog Park, Norris Rd, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Boston Terrier and Pug Rescue has been invited to attend the 2014 Manitoba Basset Hound Walk. We will have our table set up with some of our cool merchandise.

All proceeds raised from this year's walk will support the BTPRSM. 

We rescued two Basset Hounds recently. Hope and Chance (now Loki) were both strays and entered our rescue with the help of Trina Gallop. We are so happy we could be of assistance.  Loki will be attending, so come and meet the Pug and Boston Terrier wannabe! 

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September 29, 7:00 pm  Doors open at 6 pm
MAW'S Eatery & Bar, 111 Princess St.

MAW'S is a funky eatery with great food, a large beer selection and shuffleboard! 

Readings from classic Theatre Projects Manitoba plays: Brave Hearts - See Bob Run - 

Live With It - The Last Man and Woman on Earth

Performances by fine TPM contributors: Arne MacPherson, Patricia Hunter, Justin Otto, 

Elizabeth Whitbread, Liam Zarillo, Christina Heathers

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September 30 - October 5
Prairie Theatre Exchange, Unit Y300 - 393 Portage Avenue PTE Colin Jackson Studio

Tickets and Reservations: 204.474.9539 or email

Adriana Theatre Collective presents Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

Directed by Jon Ted Wynne 

Megan Andres, Andrew George, Margaret Groome, Ivan Henwood, Kevin Klassen

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October 1, 8:00 pm
The Zoo Night Club, 160 Osborne Street

THRILL OF THE KILL TOUR featuring:

SUFFOKATE, YEARS SINCE THE STORM, MOUTH OF THE SOUTH, ADALIAH

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October 3 - 25

Hogs and Horses: Diana Thorneycroft & Michael Boss

October 3, 7:00 pm exhibit opening
Gurevich Fine Art, 200 - 62 Albert St.

"Some couples play bridge or rob banks, we exhibit together," says Diana Thorneycroft of her relationship with Michael Boss. Despite creating together for over 20 years their approaches to making art are in complete contrast. While Thorneycroft's work challenges us with the darkness in the human consciousness, Boss gives conviction and love as solace.

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October 5, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Canad Inns - Polo Park, St Matthews
Tickets Available  

A portion will be gifted to Mackenzie's Hope, a princess who really touched my heart. ♥ 

Get your tickets by Sept. 20 for a keepsake in the mail, addressed to your little princess.

Heather's Pretty Parties is celebrating 4 years of making dreams come true! 

Join us for a prince and princess studded wedding party with a catered lunch, performances, a dance, a fun photo booth and special treats for every guest. 

Please come dressed in your princess best!

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October 9, 9:00 pm
Royal Albert Arms Hotel, 48 Albert Street

Maiden Manitoba and their good friends The Graveyard Ducks will be tearing things up for Tribute Band Night.  Come help us welcome The Albert back to life after death.

Career Trek: Laughs for a Cause l Sargent & Victor & Me

February 27, 7:00 pm    

Doors open at 6 pm. The comedians begin at 8 pm. 

Rumor's Comedy Club, 190-2025 Corydon

Tickets are $12 and we need final numbers by February 20

E-mail us, or call the office!

The comedian for this year's Laughs for a Cause event is Baron Vaughn. 

Career Trek Inc. is happy to host a fundraiser for the Career Trek Scholarship Funds! 

By joining us for a night of laughs, you are also supporting the academic dreams of some amazing young people. 

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February 27 to March 9  

Asper Center for Theatre & Film      Get Tickets 

A world premiere, written and performed by Debbie Patterson 

(90 minutes including intermission)

Debbie Patterson’s bold new work intersects core area residents with a disabled food bank volunteer to unlock the mystery of how neighbourhoods evolve and how we cope.

Drawn from a series of first person accounts, Sargent & Victor & Me is a haunting narrative infused with a potent honesty that illuminates Patterson’s capacity to touch difficult and often dark subject matter with humour and grace.

Director: Arne MacPherson

Music & Sound Design: Christine Fellows and John K. Samson

Lighting Design: Hugh Conacher

Set Design: Andrea von Wichert

Dramaturge: Iris Turcott

Stage Manager: Michelle Lagassé

Production Manager: Hugh Conacher

Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre February Events, Valentine’s Day Candlelight Dinner l February Salon l Winnipeg Makers Market l Intro to Carved Sculpture

The Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre is located 30 minutes North of Winnipeg on highway 67 between highways #7 and #8. Call 467-3300 or email Jacques Bourgeois

February 2 

Join us as Oak Hammock Marsh proudly celebrates World Wetlands Day.
A colouring contest and special presentations will highlight the importance of wetlands.

Manitoba Merv, the weather predicting groundhog, announce the arrival of spring.
If Merv sees his shadow, a late spring will follow. 

If no shadow is seen, an early spring is on its way!

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Tiny Tots at the Marsh (For children 5 and under.)

February 6 - 10:30 a.m.

Visit this drop-in session for story time, crafts, and/or games.

Also includes free time in our interactive exhibits.

Cost is $5 per child, plus admission.

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Bluebill Decoy Carving Workshop

February 9, 16 and 23 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Pre-registration is required - call (204) 467-3300.

Workshop fee is $70 for Oak Hammock members, $85 for non-members.
There will also be a informational session to learn about Lesser Scaup biology.
Coffee and light snacks will be provided.
Bring your own bag lunch or enjoy eating in the Oak Hammock Café.

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Candlelight Dinner

February 14 - 6 p.m. 

Treat your significant other to a wonderful dinner this Valentine's Day.
Reservations are required, and tickets are available until February 10.
Members : $45 plus tax  l  Non-members: $50 plus tax
Call (204) 467-3300 to purchase your tickets.

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Birding Hour - Bird Love Workshop

February 15 - 1 p.m.
Paula Grieef discusses the tricks birds use to win the hearts of their mates.
Cost is $5 plus admission to the Interpretive Centre.

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Voyageur Day

February 17
Try our Voyageur Challenge and enjoy family friendly outdoor challenges! 

Practice your skills at Bannock Tossing and several other fun activities.
Make your own delicious Bannock at 11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.

Bring your skates and gently glide or take up sponge hockey in the bay. 

Sticks, nets and pucks are available for your use.
Join an interpreter on a snowshoe walk and look for clues of wildlife activity. 

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Astronomy Night - The Planets

February 20 - 7 p.m. 

Learn about the planets of our solar system and other objects of the night sky.

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First Goose of the Year Contest

will close on March 1 or when the first goose is seen.

Guess the date and time of the arrival of first Canada Goose at Oak Hammock Marsh.

Traditionally, the first goose arrives between the end of February and the end of March.

Last year, the first goose was seen on March 15.

To enter, fill out a ballot at the Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre.

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February Salon
February 3, 7:00 pm
The Folk Exchange, 211 Bannatyne Ave.
Admission is free for passholders and by donation for civilians.
Doors at 6:30 and cash bar all night!

Join Theatre Projects Manitoba this month as we pump up two of the Group of Seven Playwrights: TPM writer-in-residence and author of Sargent & Victor & Me,
Debbie Patterson, and newcomer, Jessy Arden.

Known for her recent plays such as Molotov Circus and many marvelous Munch adaptations, we will dig deep into the Patterson canon and entertain you with titillating titles like Baby Killer Cat Fight, The Cunning Linguist, Seven Winnipeg Children, and Gangster of Love.

Arden delighted us at 2013's FemFest with her debut, Harold and Vivien Entertain Guests.
We will be treated to a reading from her show, Jason and Medea.
Other artists will include Hannah Foulger, Eric Rae, Lia Zarillo, Christina Heather, Elizabeth Whitbread, Kevin Gabel, Brittany Thiessen, Heather Thomas and many more!

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February Makers & Market by Winnipeg Makers Market
February 7, 5:00 pm until 9:30 pm
Frame Arts Warehouse, 318 Ross (One block north of Red River College downtown)

Shop local while enjoying live music and snacks from Stella's, including vegan option.
30+ vendors will be selling everything from vintage decor to handmade beauty products to photography. All this for only a $2 Donation.

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February 9, 1:30pm-4:30pm
The Edge Gallery and Urban Art Centre, 611 Main Street
$55 (all supplies & firing costs included)

WORKSHOP: Ceramics: Intro to Carved Sculpture
Create your very own detailed ceramic sculptures. (No experience necessary.)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: February 7, 10 pm
Edge members receive a 10% discount off of workshop prices.
For more information or to register, call (204) 260-0756, or email 

We Gather to Remember our Relatives l The Miser of Middlegate l Wayne Koestenbaum l Winnipeg Roller Derby League's Party

October 4, 4:00 pm until 6:00 pm

Manitoba Legislative Building/Grounds

We are hosting We Gather to Remember our Relatives to coincide with the National Day across Canada for our Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada. An event of respect, love and remembrance, providing their families with community support. 

Host: Rosanna Deerchild

Elder Jennifer Thomas

Performances by:

Sierra D Noble

Leanne M Goose

Rhonda Head

Jade Turner

Guest Speakers:

Chief Cathy Ann Merrick

Chief Francine Meeches 

Judy Wasylycia-Leis 

Raven Migizi Hart-Bellecourt

Dana Foster (Independent Chick)

Kevin Settee

Drum Group: Keewatin Otchitchak Traditional Women Singers

Honour Song: Coco Ray Rhonda Ray Rhonda

  Candle Vigil

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October 3 to 13 

Asper Center for Theatre & Film l By Theatre Projects Manitoba

Get Tickets 

Winchell must woo his wife back so he won’t have to pay her out in divorce court, and cure his recently engaged daughter Emily of the matrimonial urge, so he won’t have to pay for a wedding – ever!  Set in modern day Winnipeg, Gray’s version of Molière’s classic satire is part sex farce and part screwball comedy. 

Nicholas Rice as Winchell – The Miser

Marina Stephenson Kerr as Mia – The wife

Shannon Guile as Emily – The daughter

Andrew Cecon as Martin – The love interest

Ryan James Miller as Richard – The butler

Set Design by Grant Guy

Costume Design by Angela Fey

Lighting Design by Scott Henderson

Sound Design by Greg Lowe

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October 4, 8:00 pm

Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, 460 Portage Avenue, Gallery 1

The event is free and all are welcome to attend

Wayne Koestenbaum will present in a multi-modal format in between lecture, reading, and performance. 

Koestenbaum has written an examination of "the erotics of male literary collaboration" (Double Talk); a study of opera and homosexuality (The Queen's Throat); the volume on Andy Warhol for the Penguin Lives series (Andy Warhol); an investigation into Jackie O's iconic status in American culture (Jackie Under My Skin); a collection of essays on "sex, stars and aesthetics" (Cleavage); a delirious, sui-generis inventory of Harpo Marx gags (The Anatomy of Harpo Marx); and a kaleidoscopic compilation of reflections on humiliation (Humiliation).  He has also authored several books of highly regarded poetry. 

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October 4, 9:00 pm until 2:00 am

The Pyramid Cabaret, 176 Fort Street

Come and party with the Winnipeg Roller Derby League! 

THE FAMILY PLANNERS playing their trademark mix of Funk & Soul! 

Dancefloor Trackers KING CABERNET & MOD MARTY spinning rawk, funk, soul & more! 

TICKETS: $10 also at

HUNGOVER EMPIRE (173 Osborne Street)

PEACH JAM SKATES (Suite 135A-25 Forks Market Road)

Craig Street Cats March Madness l MEANDERTHALS l Bashir Lazhar l Bryan Couch & The Ottomen l Heart of a Woman

489 Madison St.
Phone (204) 421-1919 or Email

Anyone who adopts 2 cats (1 year and older) from Craig Street Cats during the entire month of March will receive a Wall Perch ($32.50 value) FREE. Paid for by me, Angela Mikoluff

Craig Street Cats is a non-profit organization working to improve the lives of Winnipeg's free roaming cats.

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PTE improv company presents:
MEANDERTHALS PART 3: Humanity Achieved
March 4, 8:00 pm
Prairie Theatre Exchange, Unit Y300 - 393 Portage Avenue

Come out and have a great time with us as we test out our newly acquired humanity in the form of a domino!

-We are still Cathy, Dan, Kya, Michael and Suzanne!
-The show is still FREE!
-We’re still instructed by the wonderful and talented RobYn Slade!

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March Salon at The Folk Exchange

March 4 7:00 pm, curtain raises at 7:30 pm and the show is at 8 pm
Admission is free for Season Passholders and $5 for the general public.
Cash bar.

Theatre Projects Manitoba teams up with Théâtre Vice Versa Theatre for the FINAL SALON of our season! Please join us for French-Canadian theatre, as TVVT presents a reading of the original French script of Bashir Lazhar.
See the French version, then see the English translation later in the month!
Compare and contrast! Discuss! Laugh! Weep!

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Shannon's Irish Pub, 175 Carlton Street
Bryan Couch & The Ottomen EP Release & Show
March 7, 9:30 pm

Local group and stars of the web series invite you to an evening of good drink, good company, and great tunes.

Our new EP containing five of our original songs will be available for $5.
NO COVER CHARGE. Just drop in and have a ball!
Don't forget your dancing shoes. Let's swing!

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March 7
Winnipeg Convention Centre
A Woman's Conference of the Heart

8 a.m. - 9 a.m. Registration | 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Conference

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death for women over the age of 55.

Heart of a Woman, a day-long conference for women and their health-care providers, shines the spotlight on this critical health issue and what we can do to improve heart-health outcomes for women. An important day of learning by the Women's Heart Health Initiative you can't afford to miss.

Theatre Projects Manitoba: And Slowly Beauty

January 7

At The Folk Exchange

Tickets $5 l free to TPM subscribers

Theatre Projects Manitoba is exploring French Canadian works in translation 

and zone41 will be at our January Salon with a reading of 

And Slowly Beauty by Michel Nadeau
Translated by Maureen Labonté

Directed by Krista Jackson

When Mr. Mann wins tickets to Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters, 

he knows he must go even though he rarely goes to the theatre. In those few hours 

something unexpected stirs inside of him and his quiet yearning for happiness blossoms.

A love letter to art.

Ava Darrach-Gagnon
Paul Essiembre
Ellen Peterson
Kevin Ramberran
Heather Russell
Gordon Tanner

For more information

Theatre Projects Manitoba Season & Theatre Salon

Theatre Projects Manitoba (TPM) is thrilled to announce the Prairie premieres of two incredible plays from Quebec and to launch our Theatre Salon, where Manitoba artists and audiences can explore Quebec theatre in both official languages!

TPM’s Theatre Salon will be a monthly theatre mash up featuring performances inspired by theatre in translation and exploring Fréchette and de la Chenelière’s respective oeuvres.  Our colleagues at Le Théâtre Vice Versa Theatre (TVVT) will present readings of John and Beatrice and Bashir Lazhar in French.  We invite you to encounter the plays in their original language. 

The monthly salons will feature music and performances from la belle province.  

John and Beatrice

November 1 - 11

Rachel Browne Theatre

The season opens with an imaginative and subversive comedy written by Governor General and Siminovitch award winning playwright, Carole Fréchette and translated by John Murrell. Directed by TPM Artistic Director Ardith Boxall the production features Kevin Klassen and Tracy Penner as the couple.

Bashir Lazhar

March 14 - 24

Rachel Browne Theatre 

A poetic story of the immigrant experience by Evelyne de la Chenelière and translated by Morwyn Brebner.  This solo performance will be directed by Ann Hodges.  In 2011, Bashir Lazhar was adapted as a film entitled Monsieur Lazhar which won a Genie for Best Canadian Motion Picture and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.

Theatre Projects Manitoba, 204-245 McDermot Avenue 

Ardith Boxall, Artistic Director                                           

Rea Kavanagh, General Manager

204-989-2400 or Email

Dionysus In Stony Mountain / Justice Forum

The Rachel Browne Theatre, 211 Bannatyne at Main Street

March 29 to April 8

8:00 pm March 29 – 31, April 3 – 7

2:00 pm April 1, 7 & 8 

Theatre Projects Manitoba presents

Dionysus In Stony Mountain

Tickets: Students: $15 / Seniors: $18 / Adults: $22

email to purchase or to reserve or call 204 -989-2400

Written by Steven Ratzlaff 

Directed by Bill Kerr

Featuring: Sarah Constible & Ross McMillan

As unabashedly intellectual as it is dramatically compelling, the play erupts with Friedrich Nietzsche, exploring the binding and loosening of family ties, the warehousing of the mentally ill in Canada’s prisons, mania, and the boundaries of the patient /psychiatrist relationship, finally asking "What does it really mean to care?”

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EXPLORING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

Tuesday, April 3, 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Winnipeg Free Press Café, 237 McDermot Avenue

Moderated by Naomi Levine

Theatre Projects Manitoba (TPM) is pleased to present a panel as part of the première of Dionysus in Stony Mountain. 

The panelists are:

• John Hutton, Executive Director, John Howard Society 

• Glenn Morison, Chaplain, Winnipeg Remand Centre

• Joan Carolyn, Program Director, COSA (Circles of Support & Accountability) 

• Adam Klassen, Journey to Justice (Mennonite Central Committee) 

• Steven Ratzlaff, Playwright

• Wilma Derksen, Founder of MCC’s Victim’s Voice, Victim’s advocate

Theatre Projects Manitoba: In the Chamber

Ellen Peterson brings us The Eight Tiny Reindeer of The Apocalypse and 

the Fu Fu Chi Chi will give us a playlet in four part harmony.

December 8, 9 and 10 at 8:00 pm

The Asper Centre for Theatre & Film: 400 Colony, University of Winnipeg Campus

Theatre Projects Manitoba is preparing for the holidays, constructing a darkly comic theatrical tonic for the madness of the season, directed by Ardith Boxall.

This year our writer/performer series explores our society’s relationship to the holidays, our economy and the individual pursuit for meaning in the current economic climate.

The Fu Fu Chi Chi Choir consists of:  Michelle Boulet, Jacqueline Loewen, Sarah Constible, Janice Skene, Elizabeth Quesnel and Marina Stephenson Kerr.

We hope you can join us!

Tickets are available on Theatre Projects Manitoba website.