Arts & Culture

Last night the Royal Winnipeg ballet started their run of one of the world’s most beloved and most well-known ballets, the ballet Giselle.  

They may seem like an unlikely pairing on the surface, but Baroque music and jazz will collide in the latest concert from beloved Winnipeg choral ensemble Canzona. After Hours, a co-production with Jazz Winnipeg, sees the longtime Baroque specialists team up with Juno nominees Erin Propp and Larry Roy to add some swing to compositions by composers like Antonio Vivaldi and J.S. Bach.  

Coming up this Sunday night at 7pm, Jazz Winnipeg will be presenting the fantastic up and coming drummer Josh Bonneteau at the Fort Garry Hotel. 

The music of Winnipeg’s African diaspora will be on display this weekend at the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain as the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra presents their latest concert, Mama Hé.

The program features musical traditions from all over the continent, as well as singing in English, French, Attié  and Wolof.

The concert’s title comes from its lead featured artist, Western Canadian Music Award winner Kelly Bado.

The first opera to grace the stage at the Desautels Concert Hall debuts this week as the University of Manitoba Opera Theatre presents The Magic Flute.  

Harmonies and hobbies collide this coming Saturday as the Incantatem Singers present Always, Forever and Now, a concert featuring the music of video games, TV shows and movies.  

For conductor Sara Jane Schmidt, it doesn’t matter whether the music comes from Inspector Gadget, Doctor Who, or Star Wars. “It really comes down to what's good music in the end,” she explained in an interview with Nolan Kehler on Morning Light.  “That's the final deciding factor.” 

This Saturday night, November 9th at the Club Regent Event Centre at 7:30pm, one of Winnipeg’s oldest folk ensembles will be celebrating 60 years of dance, music, and the joy of life. 

There's a darkness in the work of venerated Canadian war artist Bill MacDonnell, who has spent three decades travelling the world as a self-described silent witness.

MacDonnell's paintings document the impact of conflict from Bosnia to Afghanistan as well as revisiting atrocities of the past.

He has inspired other artists to follow in his footsteps, and an exhibit of his work is on display at the Military Museums in Calgary through Remembrance Day and into 2025.

The vibrancy and multiculturalism of Winnipeg’s downtown is being reflected with a new public art installation. 

Twelve banners now line the perimeter of Central Park in the heart of the city, each of them uniquely designed to reflect the different people who make up the neighbourhoods surrounding the park.