What’s Hot at a Glance
- Brandon home to weekend Winter Festival
- Icelandic Finale: Johannsson and Sveinsson
- First Fridays – It’s On!
- The Fighting Days on February 9 to March 3
- He Ho! Make it a package deal for Festival
- Shaw Fest 2012 continues
- Warming Huts near completion
- The River Trail is open!
- Indie Game: The Movie
- Zoo’s polar bear centre open
- A Moon or a Button at Plug In ICA
- Manitoba Artists Join Forces for “Choose Your Charity” Concert Series
- Mrs. Warren’s Profession January 19-February 4 at MTC
- Dine at FortWhyte
- Skate at Assiniboine Park
- Trio Pass a great way to see WSO
- WSO Continues 2011-2012 Brandon Season
- New family center opens in Assiniboine Park
- Feast at the WAG
- Run away to the circus
- Mini Mondays at the Children’s Museum
- WAG exhibition redefines craft
- New Exhibit on Exciting Fossil Discovery at the CFDC
- A Fiery Saga at the New Iceland Heritage Museum
- Experience Manitoba’s Wild Places
- Assiniboine Park’s magical new Nature Playground
A Moon or a Button at Plug In ICA
Friday, January 20th, 2012 
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Michael Dumontier | A Moon or a ButtonJanuary 28 to March 25, 2012
A Moon or a Button is a solo exhibition of new and existing work made by Michael Dumontier (Winnipeg) over the past five years. Dumontier’s inventive, reductive works are at once sculpture, painting, collage, and drawing. Being unconcerned with these definitions, Dumontier makes objects that are the outcome of a playful series of improvisations with simple materials. Lines, rarely drawn or painted, are made with rough cuts of a saw blade, string, carefully extracted childrens’ drawings, or thin slivers of negative space. This exhibition, curated by Micah Lexier, is the first major exhibition of Dumontier’s work presented in a public venue.
Michael Dumontier was born in Winnipeg in 1974 and graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Manitoba. An original member of the noted Winnipeg artists’ collective, The Royal Art Lodge (founded in 1996), he also worked collaboratively on other projects creating Sound Machines with Tom Elliott, and doll works with Drue Langlois under the label Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine Present. Throughout, he maintained an independent career, producing collages, drawings, videos, installations and small sculptures. All of Plug In ICA’s exhibitions are free, and everyone is welcome. Plug In ICA is located at 460 Portage Avenue
Manitoba Artists Join Forces for “Choose Your Charity” Concert Series
Monday, January 16th, 2012 out of 5
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Eight Manitoba recording artists are banding together to raise money for charity as part of a newly-created concert series. The “Choose Your Charity” weekly series of concerts is spearheaded by organizer and musician James Struthers, and takes place at the Winnipeg Free Press News Café (237 McDermot Ave.)
During the Choose Your Charity series, each artist gets their own Thursday showcase at the News Café, and picks a charity to collect donations for. Struthers will emcee and perform an opening set for each week’s highlighted performer:
Thurs. Feb. 2 @ 7 p.m. – Katie Murphy (charity: Beyond Borders ECPAT Canada)
Thurs. Feb. 9 @ 7 p.m. – Keri Latimer (charity: West Central Women’s Resource Centre)
Thurs. Feb. 16 @ 7 p.m. – Don Amero (charity: Agape Table)
(Reading Week – series intermission)
Thurs. Mar. 1 @ 7 p.m. – Flo (charity: World Vision)
Thurs. Mar. 8 @ 7 p.m. – Thrift Store Love (charity: CancerCare Manitoba Foundation)
Thurs. Mar. 15 @ 7 p.m. – Hayley Gene (charity: W.I.S.H. Inc.)
Thurs. Mar. 22 @ 7 p.m. – James Struthers (charity: Winnipeg Harvest)
Admission is $15 at the door; or $10 with a non-perishable food item for Winnipeg Harvest. All monies raised during the evening go directly to the artist’s chosen charity.
Mrs. Warren’s Profession January 19-February 4 at MTC
Monday, January 16th, 2012 out of 5
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When Mrs. Warren’s Profession was published in 1894, it was censored due to its controversial content. When the play was first performed in 1905, chaos broke out in the audience as the nature of Mrs. Warren’s profession was revealed. Today, the play is celebrated for its insightful look at the corruption and hypocrisy of Victorian society. Armed with wicked wit and astute insight, George Bernard Shaw creates a portrait of a mother and a daughter both determined to live in the world on their own terms, but will their relationship survive the battle? Mrs. Warren’s Profession is Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre’s contribution to the 12th annual Master Playwright Festival.
Ticket prices for Mrs. Warren’s Profession range from $19.95 to $42 including GST. For showtimes and ticket info, call the MTC Box Office at 942-6537, toll-free at 1 877 446-4500 or visit mtc.mb.ca.
Under 30? A limited number of $19 rush tickets are available beginning at noon on the day of performances (ID required, in person only). For more information, visit mtc.mb.ca/rush.
Dine at FortWhyte
Friday, January 6th, 2012 out of 5
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Available dates include January 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27 and February 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24
www.fortwhyte.org/buffalostonecafe
Taxes and gratuity included.
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Sunday Brunch is back! Enjoy breakfast favourites such as scrambled eggs, French toast, sausages, fruit, salads and more! Then spend the day tobogganing or on the trails.
10 a.m.- 1 p.m.
January 8, 15, 22, 29
February 5, 19
Adults: $18, Children 10 & under: $10, Members: $15 Stay & Discover!
Buy brunch and save $2/person on admission.
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Skate at Assiniboine Park
Friday, December 30th, 2011 out of 5
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UPDATE (Tuesday, Jan. 10): The Duck Pond is open for skating and there is colder weather coming later tonight!
UPDATE (Friday, Jan. 6): Due to warm temperatures and slushy snowfall, the Duck Pond will remain closed today. Workers will be scraping and flooding the ice so that it can reopen it in good skating condition as soon as possible, hopefully this weekend.
The Assiniboine Park Duck Pond opens for skating December 30th at noon!
