Arts & Culture

This Friday, August the 11th and this Saturday, August the 12th, there will be a very special film screening that will be taking place, which combines the two worlds of film making and art.

August is most certainly here in Winnipeg. The weather is warm, the mosquitoes are out, the BDI is open and construction abounds throughout the city. With these warm summery temperatures it is the perfect time to perhaps sit on a park bench or maybe stay inside and enjoy the air conditioning and read a good book.

Chris Hall from McNalley Robison Booksellers Stopped by our Classic 107 studios to give his book selections for What to Read for August. Here are his choices:

Folklorama is just around the corner, and to get the community excited for the only multi-cultural festival of its kind everyone is invited to join in on the kick-off event happing on Saturday.

"It's really a good opportunity for people to come and have a little taste of the festival, a little preview," says Teresa Cotroneo, executive director of Folklorama. "We've got different performers from pavilions that are participating, which is always really cool."

This week, cinephiles celebrate as the 23rd Gimli International Film Festival presents a full five-day schedule with over 90 films offered as part of the organization’s mission to inspire, educate, and empower audiences, while celebrating the art of film and the film community here in Manitoba. 

A favourite summer tradition in the city, Ballet in the Park presents audiences the opportunity to enjoy dance under the prairie sky.  

Considered to be one of the last great American crooners, singer Tony Bennett has died. 

Born in New York, New York in 1926, Bennett released his first album in 1952 and went on to win 20 Grammy Awards and sell more than 50 million records worldwide. 

The jazz and pop singer recorded with a who's who of musicians of the 20th and 21st Centuries, ranging from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga and amassed many accolades throughout his career. 

The story of King Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel is well known, and a local group, Gerauschbiest, has used it to inspire their performance for the Winnipeg Fringe Festival which begins today.

Gerauschbiest, meaning noise beast, consists of two brothers, Jesse and Thomas Krause. What sets them apart is their arsenal of homebuilt instruments made from trees, bicycles and just about anything they envision being useful and contributing to their sound.

The Winnipeg Fringe Festival is officially here!  

Running from July 19th through 30th, more than 170 local, national and international artists and companies showcase a wide array of theatrical offerings.  
 
One such work is The Dreams of Nebuchadnezzar presented by Geraüschbiest (literally: noise beast). 

"Private Parts: The Secrets We Keep" is a storytelling performance of how life events impacted performer Joanna Rannelli and she brings it to the stage for Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival.

Joanna Rannelli is a Vancouver-born performer who first brought her talent to Winnipeg at last year's Fringe Festival with her co-performer Hillary Fillier with their show "The Morning After with Pam and Paula."