Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers open 60th season by honouring their founder

When you step inside the Rachel Browne Theatre at the corner of Main Street and Bannantyne Avenue in downtown Winnipeg, you can feel the reverence that the space holds for the woman who brought contemporary dance to western Canada. 

That innovating spirit and vision will be celebrated this weekend by the ensemble that Browne founded, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers, who will open their 60th season with a tribute to Rachel Browne

Raise the Roof with Handel’s Messiah: Westminster United Church hosts first ever Sing-Along Messiah

Coming up this Saturday, November 30th at 7pm, Westminster United Church will be holding their first ever Sing-Along Messiah. This is a wonderful opportunity for anyone who loves to sing, to take part in a completely free event while at the same time reveling in Handel’s masterful music that has become such a staple of the holidays. 

'Under the Linden Trees' brings tragedy and curiousity to the stage

At face value, Under the Linden Trees is a gripping enough story to take in at Théâtre Cercle Molière: a daughter on a mission to recover the body of her brother who died while carrying out a terrorist attack. Some fifteen years earlier, her parents also were the perpetrators of a failed coup d’etat, and even though she abhors her family’s violent causes, she still sets out to retrieve her brother’s remains. 

Groovy music, AI innovations, and premieres: this week’s arts & culture roundup

Winnipeg’s arts and culture scene showcased a dynamic range this week, from drag star Thorgy Thor blending classical music and fashion with the WSO to a local church choir addressing the climate crisis through music.

Highlights also included a Canadian concerto premiere by the MCO, an AI-focused art exhibit, and the announcement of Ruby Award honourees.

 

Drag star Thorgy Thor blends music and fashion with the WSO

The audience at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra will be a mixture of classical music and drag fans. 

It’s a contrast that drag star Thorgy Thor knows all too well from her collaborations with orchestras – or, as she refers to them, Thorchestras. Speaking from her home in Brooklyn with Morning Light host Nolan Kehler, she says it’s something she loves to address. 

UKAI Projects addressing the future with AI in art

A series of workshops, conversations and presentations will culminate at the Video Pool Media Arts Centre in the Exchange District later today. The presentation, called Telling the Story of the End of the World, explores how artificial intelligence and art intersect and how artists can ethically use it as they speak to different large-scale issues in the world today, from climate change to rising authoritarianism.