Arts & Culture

This Sunday, November 20th, at 3:00pm at the Lutheran Church of the Cross, the Mennonite Community Orchestra will be presenting a concert they are calling “The Power of Love.” This concert is a collaboration with the Mennonite Disaster Service.

Ray Dirks is ready to portray his final large project which contains his paintings that depict people he has met to showcase how diverse yet similar all of humanity is.

An Abbotsford, British Columbia-born artist will be showcasing his final project at Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery on Friday, November 19 titled Thankful: moments, memories and some art.

For more than a century composers have conceived of the idea of a total work of art. One that combines, sound with light, colors, movement and images; what musicians sometimes refer to as  gesamtkunstwerk.

This Friday, November 18th at 7:30pm at Crescent Fort Rouge United Church,  The Fresh Blood Project in conjunction with Winnipeg’s GroundSwelll will be presenting Fresh Blood Project 3.

Living a varied and broad musical life, composer/musician Glenn Buhr has returned to Winnipeg. Best known in the city for his work as co-frontman of Winnipeg’s New Music Festival, Buhr’s latest brainchild is a magical mix of theatre and music, that welcomes a singer-songwriter, poet and special guest musicians to collaborate together in DreamPlay.  

On September 30th Decca Records released the latest album from Grammy Award Winnipeg composer Christopher Tin. 

Celebrating its 13th year, The Forks is proudly announcing the winners of the Warming Huts competition which will be on the river trail.

October 4 marked the submission deadline for the Warming Huts v.2023: An Arts + Architecture Competition on Ice. A total of 122 submissions were received from 33 countries. Six winning designs were selected and will be joining old favourites on the Nestaweya River Trail and around The Forks site this winter.

This Sunday, November 13th at 2:30pm at Chapel Lawn, the “Ring Out” Hand bell Quartet will be joined by the “At Last” vocal quartet in a concert they are calling “Bells and Voices.” This is a concert that will feature traditional favorites such as Simple Gifts and Amazing Grace, as well as some less familiar selections performed by each of the quartets.

Polycoro is back with RE:VISIONS – the first concert in their 2022/23 season which aims to present new works for a new world.  

A thought-provoking program endeavouring to explore themes of truth and reconciliation through music of Indigenous composers.  

"Artists commenting on art through art,” explains Zohreh Gervais, executive and creative director of Polycoro. The concert title, a play on words, referencing not only an artist’s vision and what they present through their music and creation but also revising colonial history through an Indigenous lens, says Gervais.  

Manitoba Opera (MO) is marking their 50th season this year and what better way to begin the celebrations than with a ball?