Après Ski Hits the WAG February 25!

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The Winnipeg Art Gallery’s annual fundraising party Art & Soul is hitting the slopes in 2012 with its newest installment, Birchwood BMW Art & Soul: Après Ski on February 25!

Hosted from 8 p.m. until 2 a.m. at the WAG, Après Ski features interactive experiences on all four levels of the gallery, live entertainment, access to art exhibitions, themes and music on every floor, costumes, exquisite beverages, live art creations, and more.

Art & Soul events have sold out in the past. Tickets are available at http://artandsoul.wag.ca . Keep up to date with news and announcements from Art & Soul on Facebook or Twitter.

All proceeds support the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Broadway Rocks WSO

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 The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) welcomes two Broadway stars as well as an American Idol finalist for the upcoming Broadway Rocks concerts March 16-18.

LaKisha Jones (2007 American Idol finalist) and Doug LaBrecque will perform alongside Broadway star and Tony Award-nominated Christiane Noll for three concerts at the Centennial Concert Hall.

LaKisha Jones is best known to millions of TV viewers as a top four finalist during the 2007 season of “American Idol.”

Doug LaBrecque is one of the most prolific concert performers of his generation, and has been a soloist with some of the world’s finest symphony orchestras.

Christiane Noll was nominated for both a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award and won a Helen Hayes Award for her portrayal of Mother on Broadway in the Kennedy Center Revival of Ragtime.

Pops
Broadway Rocks
March 16-17, 8 p.m.
March 18, 2 p.m.
Centennial Concert Hall

Tickets at Ticketmaster: 1-855-985-ARTS or www.ticketmaster.ca or at the WSO Box Office, (204) 949-3999 or www.wso.ca.

Extraordinary film shows life in 1920 Northern Canada

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A rare collection of Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) films has been returned to Canada from England and has been added to the permanent holdings of the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives in Winnipeg.

“These extraordinary films bring to life records already held at the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives and help create a more complete picture of HBC’s long history in the Canadian North,” said Culture, Heritage and Tourism Minister Flor Marcelino. “The motion pictures provide a unique glimpse into Inuit and First Nations communities and HBC operations across northern Canada from 1919 to 1939.”

The bulk of the donation consists of what was once part of a two-hour silent film called Romance of the Far Fur Country. The film was commissioned in 1920 by the Hudson’s Bay Company to celebrate its 250th anniversary.

The original full-length feature film premiered in May 1920 in Winnipeg’s Allen Theatre, known today as the Metropolitan, and was also shown in movie theatres across Western Canada.

Copies will soon be available for researchers, film makers and anyone interested in Canadian history. The fragile originals are carefully protected in the Archives of Manitoba storage specifically designed for film records.

Screenings of a selection of the footage to celebrate this new acquisition for the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives will take place on three consecutive Wednesday evenings, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. at Cinematheque, 100 Arthur St. and Feb. 22 and Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. at the Archives of Manitoba, 200 Vaughan St. For more information please contact the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Archives of Manitoba, 204-945-4949 or hbca@gov.mb.ca.

Hop on the bus to Asessippi this Saturday

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And now I'm flying like an angel to the sun
Ski Asessippi with the Winnipeg Free Press! Every Saturday from now to March 5, hop on a bus from Winnipeg via Beaver Bus Lines to Asessippi Ski Area & Resort.

Included in your day on the slopes:

  • Morning paper and coffee
  • Ski rental
  • Lift tickets
  • Lunch
  • Dinner on the ride home

All for only $129 + taxes! Receive a $5 discount if you have your own skis or board. Lessons available for an additional $10.

To register, call Christa at 697-7064. Space is limited.

Events mark Diamond Jubilee

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Manitoba will join Canada’s other provinces and territories in marking the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II’s reign as Queen.

The unveiling of a Diamond Jubilee ice sculpture and aspecial architectural lighting display of the building will honour the occassion.

A commemorative book of celebration for the public to sign to congratulate Her Majesty and the Royal Family, and a special royal visit photo exhibit will be set up in the foyer of the Legislative Building where they will remain for three months. A special commemorative book will also travel to several communities throughout the province later in the year. In addition, a page on the provincial government’s website (www.manitoba.ca) will be available beginning so people can offer congratulations online.

As part of the anniversary preparations, the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa is striking 60,000 Diamond Jubilee medals, which will be awarded to civic-minded Canadians throughout 2012. Around 900 Manitobans are expected to receive this honour.

Queen Elizabeth II is the second-longest reigning monarch in British history after Queen Victoria, who reigned for more than 63 years.