ALL MONTH
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April 27
WORKHORSE: Spoken Word Showcase
This is a joint presentation of the MayWorks Festivals in Winnipeg, Toronto and Edmonton featuring some of the best young poets from each city.
Boonaa Mohammed, Truth Is, Pip Skid, Emcee E and Rafeef Ziadah are five young award-winning poets who’ve got something to say. They will be performing original poems commissioned for the tour. Come out to hear these dynamic poets for what promises to be one of the most enthralling performances of the festival! Produced with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Proudly co-sponsored in Winnipeg by the UWSA and CKUW.
University of Winnipeg Bulman Centre
7:00 p.m. | Admission: $5
April 28
Day Of Mourning
April 28 is dedicated to those workers who been injured, killed or had their health compromised by work related illness. Events begin at 9:00 a.m. as city workers and their unions gather at City Hall. Mike Davidson, President of CUPE 500 is among those scheduled to speak. Workers of Tomorrow Leaders Walk at Noon from the Union Centre to Legislature. Manitoba Federation of Labour candlelight service at 6:00 p.m.
Room 2B, Union Centre, 275 Broadway Ave
Free
May 1
May Day March
The neo-liberal agenda has put social, economic, human and political rights on the auction block. Join with union, student, community and other activists in the annual Winnipeg Labour Council march to mark International Working Class Day and raise the demand: The World is Not For Sale! - People Not Profits!
Assemble at City Hall at 6:00 p.m.
For more information contact Glenn Michalchuk at 589-7840.
May 3
University Of Manitoba Graduation Pow-Wow
University of Manitoba Investors Group Athletic Centre
Pipe Ceremony 11:00 a.m. | Grand Entry 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Feast 5:00 p.m. - MPR (2ND FLOOR) University Centre
Open to the public (Free Admission)
For more information call the Aboriginal Student Centre at 474-8850
United May Day Banquet
Dinner will be followed by a cultural program and dance. Cash bar.
Kum Koon Garden, 257 King St.
Doors: 6:30 p.m. | Tickets: $25
For reservations and tickets contact Ken at 479-8089
May 6
RENEGADES: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War by Michael Petrou
This book by Michael Petrou, an historian and foreign correspondent at Maclean’s magazine, tells the story of the almost 1,700 Canadians who defied Canadian law and volunteered to fight fascism in Spain between 1936 and 1939. Petrou draws on recently declassified documents from the archives of the Communist International, interviews with all surviving Canadian veterans, and visits to the Spanish battlefields and villages where they fought, lived and died. Many of the volunteers were from Manitoba, including more than 150 from Winnipeg. Renegades is published by University of British Columbia Press, in association with the Canadian War Museum. This event is part of the THIN AIR Signature Series collaboration between the Winnipeg International Writers Festival and McNally Robinson.
McNally Robinson Grant Park
7:00 p.m. | Admission: Free
May 8
Canadian Anarchist History
Presentations by Paul Burrows and Travis Tomchuk on Canadian anarchist history. Discussion to follow.
Mondragon, 91 Albert St
6:00 p.m. | FREE
May Rights!
A 2008 Mayworks Labour and the Arts Festival Literary Event. Poetry of mythology and revolution by Ron Romanowski, author of Sweet Talking and The Great Buffalo Republic. Songs from the Civil Rights Movement by Liliana Romanowski.
McNally Robinson Grant Park, Travel Alcove at 7:00 p.m. | FREE
For more information contact Ron at 667-6802
Celebrating The May Days of ‘68
Presentations by members of the New Socialists, Winnipeg Group, and the I.W.W. Winnipeg Branch with feature film to follow.
Rudolf Rocker Cultural Centre, 91 Albert St
8:00 p.m. | Free, donations for the venue gratefully accepted
Radical Art Exhibit
Featuring works by many local artists at various venues including the A-Zone at 91 Albert St and the Platform Gallery Lobby in Artspace at 100 Arthur St.
Various Venues
Free - Guided tour details to be announced
May 9
Anti-Olympics 2010
Presentation by the B.C. Anti-Poverty Committee on 2010 Olympics with a screening of the documentary ‘Five Ring Circus’
Mondragon, 91 Albert St
6:00 p.m. | Free
Rock For Rights!
Ian La Rue & the Condor, the 1919 Insurrectionary Orchestra, and guests under one roof for a night of sing alongs and rock songs. Organized by the Winnipeg IWW and the Spirited Anarchy Festival.
Rudolf Rocker Cultural Center, 3rd floor 91 Albert St.
Doors 9:00 p.m. Show at 10:00 p.m.
$5 suggested donation
Radical Art Exhibit
Featuring works by many local artists at various venues including the A-Zone at 91 Albert St and the Platform Gallery Lobby in Artspace at 100 Arthur St.
Various Venues
Free - Guided tour details to be announced
May 10
Spirited Anarchy Festival - Book Fair
With many booksellers, publishers and distributors and various radical workshops plus speakers and author readings and music by the Flaming Trolleys Marching Band.
Old Market Square
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Free entry
Mostly Mandolins
The Winnipeg Mandolin Orchestra of the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians presents Mostly Mandolins with special guests the D Rangers.
Ukrainian Labour Temple, 591 Pritchard at 8:00 p.m. | $10
For more information contact Carmen at 334-7591
A-Zone Open House/Fundraiser
Special events and entertainment on all 4 levels of the Old Markey Autonmous Zone with many radical groups co-operating to support the building’s upgrades.
A-Zone Building, 91 Albert St
8:00 p.m. | Admission by donation
International Songs For The People
An evening of music and theatre depicting people’s struggle for social justice
Gas Station Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10
For more information or to order tickets email: wpglabourchoir@mts.net or phone Loa Henry at 774-8573
Radical Art Exhibit
Featuring works by many local artists at various venues including the A-Zone at 91 Albert St and the Platform Gallery Lobby in Artspace at 100 Arthur St.
Various Venues
Free - Guided tour details to be announced
May 11
Sisters In Spirit Winnipeg Chapter Annual Mother’s Day March
In solidarity with the Aboriginal Community who have “lost” loved ones to violence and racism.
Beginning at the St.Regis Hotel on Smith St. proceeding to the Forks for speeches and entertainment.
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Everyone Welcome
Radical Art Exhibit
Featuring works by many local artists at various venues including the A-Zone at 91 Albert St and the Platform Gallery Lobby in Artspace at 100 Arthur St.
Various Venues
Free - Guided tour details to be announced
May 12
Fresh Air Art Gallery
A weeklong event of open air art displays including banners prepared for the progressive movements in Winnipeg and memorabilia from our worker’s history. Show travels to a new location daily. Performances are organized at various locations from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
May 12: Central Park; Cumberland @ Kennedy
Free - For more information contact Anna at 233-7116
Mayworks Film Night
Scenes from the Class Struggle: two films by Ken Loach
Raining Stones 7:00 p.m. (1993) (90 min)
One of the movie’s characters observes: “When you’re a worker it rains stones seven days a week.” This sets the scene for Ken Loach to explore one man’s struggle with his poverty in the wider context of the problems created by the “new” British economy.
Riff Raff 9:00 p.m. (1991) (96 min)
Riff Raff is a gritty and realistic portrayal of workers dealing with the consequences of the Thatcherite revolution. It follows a group of construction workers as they convert an old hospital into luxury flats (the triumph of neo-liberalism?) depicting their struggle against low pay and dangerous working conditions with no union to fight for them.
The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne St
Admission $7 or $10 for both films
For information call 478-7275
May 13
Fresh Air Art Gallery
A weeklong event of open air art displays including banners prepared for the progressive movements in Winnipeg and memorabilia from our worker’s history. Show travels to a new location daily. Performances are organized at various locations from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
May 13: Coronation Park; Tat @ St.Mary’s
Free - For more information contact Anna at 233-7116
Falsework
The tragedy of the Second Narrows Bridge: a reading by Gary Geddes. On June 17, 1958, Vancouver’s Second Narrows Bridge collapsed while under construction and eighteen ironworkers plunged to their deaths. Critically acclaimed poet Gary Geddes’s collection of poems and photographs, Falsework, marks the 50th anniversary of the disaster through portraits of the many lives affected by the disaster.
After the presentation there will be a book signing by the author.
The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne St, 7:00 p.m.
Tickets are $10, free for students (with ID)
May 14
Fresh Air Art Gallery
A weeklong event of open air art displays including banners prepared for the progressive movements in Winnipeg and memorabilia from our worker’s history. Show travels to a new location daily. Performances are organized at various locations from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
May 14: Bonny Castle Park; Main @ Assiniboine
Free - For more information contact Anna at 233-7116
Battleship Potemkin
Sergei Eisenstein’s classic film portrayal of the 1905 Potemkin Uprising shown on the big screen with a new soundtrack! In keeping with Eisenstein’s wish that the score be constantly rewritten in order to retain its relevance to each new generation, Winnipeg sound artist Garth Hardy will provide an improvised, live musical accompaniment.
The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne St at 7:00 p.m. | Tickets: $7
For information call 478-7275
May 15
Fresh Air Art Gallery
A weeklong event of open air art displays including banners prepared for the progressive movements in Winnipeg and memorabilia from our worker’s history. Show travels to a new location daily. Performances are organized at various locations from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
May 15: Old Market Square; King @ Bannatyne with a special guest performance by musician Mike Desautles
Free - For more information contact Anna at 233-7116
May 16
Fresh Air Art Gallery
A weeklong event of open air art displays including banners prepared for the progressive movements in Winnipeg and memorabilia from our worker’s history. Show travels to a new location daily. Performances are organized at various locations from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
May 16: Revolution Park; 387 Selkirk Ave
Free - For more information contact Anna at 233-7116
May 17
Fresh Air Art Gallery
A weeklong event of open air art displays including banners prepared for the progressive movements in Winnipeg and memorabilia from our worker’s history. Show travels to a new location daily. Performances are organized at various locations from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
May 17: Memorial Park; Memorial @ Broadway
Free - For more information contact Anna at 233-7116
May 18
Fresh Air Art Gallery
A weeklong event of open air art displays including banners prepared for the progressive movements in Winnipeg and memorabilia from our worker’s history. Show travels to a new location daily. Performances are organized at various locations from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
May 18: St. John’s Park; Main @ St. John’s
Free - For more information contact Anna at 233-7116
Exploitation Is Bad Business
Presentation and Sharing Circle about the impact of mining on the world’s Aboriginal People’s, current situation in Canada and abroad and what is being done.
Kateri Church Basement, Ellice Ave. @ Home St.
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | Everyone welcome
May 19
The Price Of Sugar - Film Screening
When a priest arrives in the Dominican Republic and ventures into the plantations, he discovers thousands of dispossessed Haitians working the cane fields under backbreaking and inhumane conditions. Lacking both Haitian and Dominican citizenship, the labourers are legally invisible, and are frequently denied even the most basic human rights.
Cinemateque, 100 Arthur St. (Artspace Building)
7:00pm | Admission $7 general / $6 students/seniors / $5 Cinematheque members
Colonization And The Left
Grassroots Women Manitoba are hosting a workshop about challenges faced by Aboriginal workers. Facilitator: Leslie Spillett.
Kani Kanichihk, 455 McDermot Ave
7:00 p.m.
May 20
The Price Of Sugar - Film Screening
When a priest arrives in the Dominican Republic and ventures into the plantations, he discovers thousands of dispossessed Haitians working the cane fields under backbreaking and inhumane conditions. Lacking both Haitian and Dominican citizenship, the labourers are legally invisible, and are frequently denied even the most basic human rights.
Cinemateque, 100 Arthur St. (Artspace Building)
7:00pm | Admission $7 general / $6 students/seniors / $5 Cinematheque members
May 21
Zuken Foundation Citizen Award Evening
Presentation of the annual Citizen Award. Guest speaker: Whose Law and What Order? by Elizabeth Comack, Professor of Sociology, University of Manitoba and Research Associate, CCPA-Manitoba. Co-sponsored by the Joe Zuken Memorial Foundation and Canadian Centre for Policy Alterntives-Manitoba
Union Centre, 275 Broadway Ave
7:00 p.m.
The Price Of Sugar - Film Screening
When a priest arrives in the Dominican Republic and ventures into the plantations, he discovers thousands of dispossessed Haitians working the cane fields under backbreaking and inhumane conditions. Lacking both Haitian and Dominican citizenship, the labourers are legally invisible, and are frequently denied even the most basic human rights.
Cinemateque, 100 Arthur St. (Artspace Building)
7:00pm | Admission $7 general / $6 students/seniors / $5 Cinematheque members
May 22
S.M.I.L.E. while you D.I.E. or Eve Rae Mann’s Pursuit of Happiness
S.M.I.L.E. while you D.I.E. chronicles the life of Eve Rae Mann, a telephone customer service representative. The relentless dehumanization of the profit-seeking corporate world brings Eve to the brink of madness in this absurdly surreal dark-comedy, providing insights into the human consequence of being a cog in the corporate machine. Produced by Theatre Serendipity, Written and Performed by Rachelle Fordyce.
Ragpickers Annex, 216 McDermot Ave.
8:00 p.m. | Tickets: $10 in advance at Mondragón or at the door. For more information contact Rachelle at 474-1569.
The Price Of Sugar - Film Screening
When a priest arrives in the Dominican Republic and ventures into the plantations, he discovers thousands of dispossessed Haitians working the cane fields under backbreaking and inhumane conditions. Lacking both Haitian and Dominican citizenship, the labourers are legally invisible, and are frequently denied even the most basic human rights.
Cinemateque, 100 Arthur St. (Artspace Building)
7:00pm | Admission $7 general / $6 students/seniors / $5 Cinematheque members
May 23
Song, Satire & Solidarity
With her wicked wit and piano stylings, Adi Sara Kreindler evokes Tom Lehrer, only prettier. Join her as she skewers Alberta Oil, bourgeois hypocrisy, postmodern love, and unusual dietary options. Plus: haunting ballads and sultry jazz! Co-produced by the Winnipeg Folk Festival. Sara’s profits will go to Local Investment Toward Employment [LITE].
The Folk Exchange, 211 Bannatyne Ave.
8 p.m. | Tickets: $10 advance; $12 at the door. For tickets and information call 231-1377
S.M.I.L.E. while you D.I.E. or Eve Rae Mann’s Pursuit of Happiness
S.M.I.L.E. while you D.I.E. chronicles the life of Eve Rae Mann, a telephone customer service representative. The relentless dehumanization of the profit-seeking corporate world brings Eve to the brink of madness in this absurdly surreal dark-comedy, providing insights into the human consequence of being a cog in the corporate machine. Produced by Theatre Serendipity, Written and Performed by Rachelle Fordyce.
Ragpickers Annex, 216 McDermot Ave.
8:00 p.m. | Tickets: $10 in advance at Mondragón or at the door. For more information contact Rachelle at 474-1569.
May 24
“Mike’s Bloody Saturday” Walking Tour
Join the award-winning composer of the musical “Strike!”, Danny Schur, as he shares details about the life of Mike Sokolowski, the Ukrainian immigrant killed during the culmination of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike - Bloody Saturday. The walking tour begins at Winnipeg’s City Hall courtyard and makes its way to the site of the former Manitoba Hotel and into “Hell’s Alley.”
City Hall - 1:00 PM (rain or shine)
Duration: 2 hours, Maximum 40 people per tour
Tickets are free but reservation is mandatory. Call 227-1167 or e-mail dannyschur@hotmail.com
Labour Songs & May Days
An illustrated talk by Myron Shatulsky with the Winnipeg Labour Choir (Loa Henry, Director) and the What’s Left folk singing group.
Ukrainian Labour Temple, 591 Pritchard Avenue at 8 p.m. | Tickets: $10
For more information contact Brent Stearns at 488-1008
S.M.I.L.E. while you D.I.E. or Eve Rae Mann’s Pursuit of Happiness
S.M.I.L.E. while you D.I.E. chronicles the life of Eve Rae Mann, a telephone customer service representative. The relentless dehumanization of the profit-seeking corporate world brings Eve to the brink of madness in this absurdly surreal dark-comedy, providing insights into the human consequence of being a cog in the corporate machine. Produced by Theatre Serendipity, Written and Performed by Rachelle Fordyce.
Ragpickers Annex, 216 McDermot Ave.
8:00 p.m. | Tickets: $10 in advance at Mondragón or at the door. For more information contact Rachelle at 474-1569.
May 25
Day Of Rembrance For Mike Sokolowski And Steve Skezerbanovicz
A short ceremony organized by MayWorks at the grave site of Mike Sokolowski to honour these fallen martyrs of “Bloody Saturday” in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike.
Brookside Cemetery, 3001 Notre Dame Avenue
1:00 p.m. | Everyone welcome
“Mike’s Bloody Saturday” Walking Tour
Join the award-winning composer of the musical “Strike!”, Danny Schur, as he shares details about the life of Mike Sokolowski, the Ukrainian immigrant killed during the culmination of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike - Bloody Saturday. The walking tour begins at Winnipeg’s City Hall courtyard and makes its way to the site of the former Manitoba Hotel and into “Hell’s Alley.”
City Hall - 1:00 PM (rain or shine)
Duration: 2 hours, Maximum 40 people per tour
Tickets are free but reservation is mandatory. Call 227-1167 or e-mail dannyschur@hotmail.com
S.M.I.L.E. while you D.I.E. or Eve Rae Mann’s Pursuit of Happiness
S.M.I.L.E. while you D.I.E. chronicles the life of Eve Rae Mann, a telephone customer service representative. The relentless dehumanization of the profit-seeking corporate world brings Eve to the brink of madness in this absurdly surreal dark-comedy, providing insights into the human consequence of being a cog in the corporate machine. Produced by Theatre Serendipity, Written and Performed by Rachelle Fordyce.
Ragpickers Annex, 216 McDermot Ave.
3:00 p.m. | Tickets: $10 in advance at Mondragón or at the door. For more information contact Rachelle at 474-1569.
Nathan Rogers
With one foot planted firmly in folk music’s traditional roots and the other reaching into its dynamic future, Nathan Rogers is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, throat-chanter, percussionist, revivalist, or innovator. Whatever his skills entail, Nathan has the ability to turn the folk world on its ears.
West End Cultural Centre, 583 Ellice Ave. | 8:00 p.m.
Tickets $15 in advance $18 at the door, available at Organic Planet, Sled Dog Music, Candor Books, Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store, West End Cultural Centre, Sonus Musica, Walnut Street Music. 480-3380 ext 202.
May 30
The Triple Truth
Theatre Projects Manitoba and Native Earth Performing Arts present The Triple Truth, created and performed by the acclaimed Turtle Gals Performance Ensemble. In The Triple Truth, the history of Aboriginal people at work unfolds over 60 minutes through story, song and movement.
Circle of Life Thunderbird House, 8:00 p.m.
For more information and reservations call 989-2400
May 31
Winnipeg Labour Council Mayworks Picnic
Children attending the picnic will receive hot dogs, balloons, entertainment, inflatable rides and a entry in a free bike raffle! The picnic is open to all members of Winnipeg Labour Council affiliated unions , their families and the children of Rossbrook House, Andrews Street Family Centre and the Winnipeg Boys and Girls Club.
Freight House Park at Ross and Isabel from 12:00 Noon to 4:00 p.m.
For more information call the Winnipeg Labour Council at 942-0522 or email info@winnipeglabour.ca.