John Waters: My City's Still Breathing

John Waters, the pioneer filmmaker whose movies have gone from art-houses to the big screen to Broadway, will be in Winnipeg to deliver a public address at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Muriel Richardson Auditorium on November 4 at 7:00 p. m. 

Musical guest is John K. Samson, Poet/ Publisher/Front man for The Weakerthans.

The event will help kick off My City’s Still Breathing, a symposium, running from November 4 to 7, exploring the arts, artists and the city . 

Local, national and international experts will gather in Winnipeg to debate the relationship of art and design to city-making, and the relationship between artists and their cities.

Topics include: City as Generator, Performing the City, Cultural Cities, Uncovering the City, and Art in Discounted Spaces.

Michael Van Rooy will be speaking at the Discounted Spaces Panel.

My City’s Still Breathing is FREE for students!!

Tickets are $25
Individual days are $175
Group rates are available
and are available at 

The Winnipeg Arts Council at 103 - 110 Princess Street in the Fairchild Lofts Building.
Call (204) 943-7668

Cash only.

  

Conference Registration: $350

For information, or to purchase tickets through PayPal visit artsforall.

John Waters will talk about his life, career and the city that helped shape him.

A life-long Baltimorean, Waters’ movies are all set in Baltimore, Maryland, where he still lives.

"John Waters is an artist whose work is so influenced by his city.  And in turn the city he lives in has been influenced by his work.  He is a perfect example of the symbiotic and essential relationship between culture and city-living,"  says Executive Director Carol Phillips.

Have a great day.  How can you miss - you're in Winnipeg!

Kelly Hughes Live! On the Barge

As part of The Forks River Barge Festival, on Wednesday, August 25 and Thursday, August 26 at 3:00 p. m., Winnipeg's only live talk show, Kelly Hughes Live! will bring you everything you've come to expect from a television talk show: comedy, music and celebrities. 

The only difference is that  - with the exception of a few ringers like Kids in the Hall's Kevin McDonald and Hugo-nominated writer Nick DiChario - it's all local heroes.  

On Wednesday host Kelly Hughes will interview Vancouver comic Sam Easton, who has been doing movies and TV, including 5 episodes of The L Word.  There'll be music by Jaxon Haldane of the D.Rangers.

On Thursday Kelly will be bringing you Arts Ambassadors Michael Van Rooy and Debbie Patterson, with music by Ben Wytinck.  Michael Van Rooy has written 3 books in the critically acclaimed Monty Haaviko thriller series set in Winnipeg.  Debbie Patterson is a Winnipeg playwright, director, actor and a founding member of Shakespeare in the Ruins (SIR).  Silky-voiced Ben Wytinck will play what he calls Bluegrazz (Bluegrass and Jazz). 

Other guests like Tina Keeper, Fred Penner, Al Simmons, Brian Glow, Margaret Sweatman and Robert Enright will be joined onstage by stellar Winnipeg musicians The Paperbacks, Todd Hunter, Ingrid Gatin and Rollin Penner and the Traveling Medicine Show. 

Bookstore Owner Kelly Hughes has worked as an actor (Pacific Theatre), a pre-teen TV star (Let's Go!), an arts administrator (Winnipeg Cultural Alliance), and an operations manager (WHERE Winnipeg). He founded Aqua Books a decade ago, and is writer of This Week at Aqua Books. 

Have a great day.  How can you miss - you're in Winnipeg!

The River Barge Festival

Check out the full festival schedule of The Forks River Barge Festival!!! 

Winnipeg has been designated 2010's Cultural Capital of Canada.  From August 25 to 29 The Forks will be hosting an enormous variety of live entertainment provided by the cream of Winnipeg's cultural community.

And it's all free!

The River Barge Festival Schedule

Aug 25 - Roots on the River

12:00       The Crooked Brothers

1:00         Jessee Havey and the Quirks

2:00         The D. Rangers

3:00         Kelly Hughes Live!

4:00         J.C. Campbell & Tracy Bone

5:00         Johnny Cajun

6:00         The Romi Mayes Band

Aug  26  -  New Sounds / Old Friends

12:00      Noma Sibanda & the Guerrillas of Soul

1:00        Matthew Contois

2:00        Christine Fellows

3:00        Kelly Hughes Live!

4:00        Flying Fox & the Hunter-Gatherers

5:00        Greg Lowe & Jack Semple

6:00        Trio Bembe

Aug 27 -  Gala Evening

Hosted by Marcy Markusa and Janet Stewart

6:00        Opening ceremonies / remarks

6:30        Papa Mambo

7:45        Chic Gamine

9:15        The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra & Sierra Noble

Aug 28 - Red River Gumbo

12:00      Manitoba Theatre Centre presents: The History of Manitoba from the Beginning of Time to the Present in 45 Minutes

1:30        Darrelyne Bickel

2:30        The Scarlet Union

3:30        Les Surveillantes

4:30        Greg MacPherson

5:30        Magnum K.I.

6:30        Imaginary Cities

8:00        Digging Roots

9:30        Luke Doucet and the White Falcon

Sunday, August 29 - Family Day

Hosted by:        Al Simmons

12:00      Manitoba Theatre Centre presents: The History of Manitoba from the Beginning of Time to the Present in 45 Minutes

1:30        Rocki Rolletti and the Junior Noodle Wave

2:45        Jazz On Wheels

4:00        Fred Penner

Have a great day.  How can you miss - you're in Winnipeg!