Bread and Roses Tonight

Aqua Books, 247 Garry Street
New and selected poetry by Ron Romanowski and John Baillie
Songs of bread and roses by Liliana Romanowski
Featuring Ferruccio Moscarda on guitar
Free admission
For more information, call Ron at 667-6802

Spring Concert

Ukrainian Labour Temple, 591 Pritchard Avenue
AUUC School of Folk Dance, Yunist Dancers and other AUUC performing groups.

Admission $10.

For additional information, call Brent Stearns at 488-1008

CANCELLED. MayWorks learned of the cancellation after our printed programme went to press.

An Evening with Cuba

Mondragon Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 91 Albert Street

Join us for an evening of information on the current situation in Cuba and a celebration of Cuban culture organized by the Manitoba-Cuba solidarity committee.
The program includes short presentations on this year’s Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade, the Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan, and an update on the recent political and economic developments in Cuba.
Cuban and other progressive songs performed by Hugo Torres, Grupo Amistad with Victor Bustamente, and a presentation by a group of young, local Cuban children.
Sample some of the Cuban specialties, on the menu for this evening only, such as Cuban soup and congri.
Free admission, but we will pass the hat for contributions towards both the Brigade and the Caravan.
For further information, call Diane at 783-9380.

General Strike Bus Tour and Sokolowski Memorial Service
Union Centre, 275 Broadway

Join our tour guides on a chartered bus as they share details about the life of Mike Sokolowski, the Ukrainian immigrant killed during the culmination of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike on “Bloody Saturday”, June 15th, as well as many other sites of interest that have direct connections to that tumultuous time. The tour begins at the Union Centre and makes it’s way to the Vulcan Iron Works where it all began. You will have a chance to see and feel Hell’s Alley where many of the marchers were beaten on that fateful day. You will also bear witness to a memorial graveside service for Mike Sokolowski at Brookside Cemetery before returning to the Union Centre.

Tickets $10 (limited seating, buy early)
Tickets available at the Workers’ Organizing Resource Centre, Mezzanine–280 Smith Street, 947-2220 or at Mondragon bookstore and Coffeehouse, 91 Albert Street, 946-5241

Winnipeg Labour Choir presents
The Best of the Left: From 1994 to 2009
Gas Station Theatre, 445 River Avenue
Free Admission
Featuring: Karen Dana and Harry Havey,
Patrick McGuire, Michael Desautels
Joseph and Michael Warbanski
For information and free tickets, phone: 774-8573