Plans for MayWorks 2026: Celebrating Labour and the Arts are underway.  This yearly festival honours and promotes cultural expressions produced by artists depicting working class life and aspirations as well as by workers interpreting their own lives, work and struggles to build a better world. 

The Festival takes place in and around May.  Artists, performers, writers, dancers, filmmakers, actors, comedians or others who have an exhibit, a performance, a project or an event that will take place in that time frame, please submit a description of your event to info@mayworks.org by March 15, 2026.  MayWorks will promote your organization and event in our online and print calendar.

MayWorks is a non-profit organization established in 1997, inspired by events surrounding the 75^th anniversary of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. 

Longtime MayWorks supporter and presenter Ron Romanowsi is singing with Flipside Opera:

July 16, 2025

7:00 – 8:30 pm

Little Brown Jug Brewing Co.
336 William Avenue
Accessible location

Opera by the Pint REPERTOIRE: 

Ainsley Brennan – What Good Would the Moon Be

Meagan Reimer – Lost in in the Stars/Carceleras

Ana Toumine – Come Scoglio, Pleurez mes yeux

Duet: Ana/Meagan – Via Resti Servita – Nozze

Kayla – So Anch’io Virtu Magica/Taylor the Latte Boy

*Ron Romanowski – O What a Beautiful Morning

Lara Secord Haid – Poison Aria/ Saper Voreste

Peter Steur – She Love’s Me/Why I don’t Keep a Gun in the House

It’s fun and FREE!

You know it, you love it – Opera by the Pint is back for another year! We can’t wait to connect with you again on the LBJ patio, where a fresh batch of singers will offer their favourite arias, musical theatre tunes, art songs and more – all with AD Judy Oatway to guide you through. As always, OBTP is completely free to attend, with a “pass the pitcher” offering to help support our singers!

Featuring DJ Hunnicutt (& others)
Organized by the Canada-Palestine Support Network (Winnipeg)
Join us for an evening of dinner and #DDTW20 ‘Get Down for Gaza’ dancing!
Saturday, May 31
6:00 pm & 8:30 pm
Ukrainian Labour Temple - 591 Pritchard Avenue

Doors: 5:30PM | Dinner: 6:00PM (includes cultural program) | #DDTW20 Dance Party: 8:30PM (beer & wine served during evening’s dance portion)

For tickets contact: canpalnet.winnipeg@gmail.com

$50 (dinner & dance) / $15 (dance only); dance tix also available at door
Proceeds towards direct funding relief and supports for Palestine

Save Gaza! Stop the Genocide! Free Palestine! End Israeli Apartheid! 

Marianne Cerilli - Change Agent, Peace Alliance Winnipeg 
Friday, May 30 
7:00 PM
Register at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HLDJMZQ

Follow up to the Watch Party of The Invisible Doctrine Gas Lit Nation - media and democracy for peace, will examine the ethical journalism framework by Norwegian sociologist Johan Galtung, and define democracy needed for peace based on work on The Politics of Unity, work by Ken Cloke and others. Workshop participants will be given a chance to learn about evolving our democracy for peace, explore media coverage of military escalation and write something for publication, from an opinion editorial to a poem. A guide for writing a good opinion editorial will be shared and some peace poetry. Other resources available with the price of admission.