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A meditation on missing role models
WHAT It Is: A photograph by Ottawa-based artist and curator Jeff Thomas, snapped in an alley off Winnipeg's Albert Street in 1990. This tough but strangely tender black-and-white image anchors Father's Day, a show of Thomas's photo-based works now on view at Urban Shaman.
What It Means: What
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Animatronic dragons set to soar at MTS Centre
Fire-breathing, flying animatronic dragons will soar through the MTS Centre Nov. 21-25 in a live spectacle based on the animated movie How to Train Your Dragon.
The touring show features 23 dragons, some with wingspans of up to 14 metres, as well as actors playing Viking warriors and circus...
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Curator to discuss links to Arctic printmaking
IT might sound unlikely, but Japanese printmaking had an important influence on printmaking in the Canadian Arctic.
Norman Vorano, curator of contemporary Inuit art at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, will give a talk on the cross-cultural link at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on May 30 at 12:10
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Heffel's spring auction of Canadian fine art tops $14 million in sales
VANCOUVER - This spring's Heffel auction of Canadian post-war and contemporary art far exceeded organizers expectations with sales totalling $14.6 million.
Before the bidding began the auction house had said it expected sales in the $9 to$12 million range.
The painting "La plage am�ricaine" by
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Plans for ambitious modern art museum in Warsaw off track after city fires architect
WARSAW, Poland - Officials have fired the Swiss architect tapped to design an ambitious museum of modern art in Poland's capital, throwing the whole project off track.
Warsaw development official Pawel Baranski said Friday that the city had cancelled an agreement with Christian Kerez because he
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Famed art collection completes controversial move to Philadelphia; bitterness lingers
PHILADELPHIA - The Barnes Foundation is no longer the greatest art collection you'll never see.
Art aficionados and academics might never stop debating whether Dr. Albert C. Barnes' jaw-dropping cache should have been uprooted from its cozy confinement in suburban Merion and transplanted to a
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Artist George Grosz's series capturing Dallas in 1952 goes on exhibit at museum
DALLAS - Twenty paintings from 1952 that capture Dallas as more skyscrapers went up and the city began to sprawl away from downtown, are going on exhibit together for the first time in more than a half-century.
"Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas," a series of works by the German
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Bajon moves to MTYP year after leaving RMTC
LESS than a year after retiring as the longtime general manager of Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Zaz Bajon has been appointed executive director of Manitoba Theatre for Young People.
Bajon left RMTC after 30 years of helping to establish the regional theatre as one of the most financially
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Curator to discuss links to Arctic printmaking
It might sound unlikely, but Japanese printmaking had an important influence on printmaking in the Canadian Arctic.
Norman Vorano, curator of contemporary Inuit art at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, will give a talk on the cross-cultural link at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on May 30 at 12:10
Categories: Arts
Animatronic dragons set to soar at MTS Centre
Fire-breathing, flying animatronic dragons will soar through the MTS Centre Nov. 21-25 in a live spectacle based on the animated movie How to Train Your Dragon.
The touring show features 23 dragons, some with wingspans of up to 14 metres, as well as actors playing Viking warriors and circus
Categories: Arts
Who's your Mamma? ABBA musical coming to city
MAMMA mia, here we go again.
A touring version of the hit stage musical Mamma Mia! will play the Centennial Concert Hall for three performances on July 28 and 29.
The feel-good show incorporates the songs of the Swedish pop group ABBA into the story of a young woman who invites three of her
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Broadway's 'Death of a Salesman' with Philip Seymour Hoffman recoups its investment
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The revival of "Death of a Salesman" might be terribly sad, but producers are very happy.
The production revealed Wednesday that it will recoup its $3.1 million capitalization this week. The show, which has netted seven Tony Award nominations, stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Linda
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Quiara Alegria Hudes's Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Water by the Spoonful' to land in New York
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Quiara Alegria Hudes's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Water by the Spoonful," about an Iraq war veteran struggling to find his place in the world, will land in New York in December.
Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre said Wednesday it will produce the work as part of its next
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'Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical' to close on Broadway next month
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The wild — and exuberant — ride of "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" is coming to an end on Broadway.
Producers said Wednesday that the musical, adapted from the 1994 film comedy, will close June 24 after 23 previews and 526 performances.
The show is about three drag performers
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Uncle Kracker in Winnipeg June 19
Uncle Kracker fans have reason to smile: the former Kid Rock DJ is coming to town.
The singer-songwriter will play McPhillips Station Casino on June 19 in support of his forthcoming album, Midnight Special. Tickets go on sale Friday for $35 and $40 (plus service fees) at Ticketmaster.
Uncle
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Stage musical of 'Bring It On' leaps to Broadway for a 12-week stand starting in July
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Cheerleaders are coming back to Broadway.
Producers announced Wednesday that "Bring It On: The Musical" will form a complex pyramid in New York as part of the show's 13-city national tour. Its new 12-week stand at the St. James Theatre is set to begin July 12 with an official
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Listen, all y'all
Since he died of throat cancer on May 4, the tributes to the late Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys have been flowing online faster than his raps. One of the most unique/amusing is the re-creation of the Sabotage video by Portland filmmaker James
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Cheerleading musical 'Bring it On' heads from Toronto to Broadway
TORONTO - Cheerleading spectacle "Bring it On: The Musical" is about to cartwheel from Toronto to Broadway.
The stage show, about a high school cheerleading squad, is currently playing at the city's Ed Mirvish Theatre.
Mirvish Productions says it's due to begin previews at New York's St. James
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Move over, P.T. Barnum; see ya, Shrine
The circus is coming! The circus is coming... along?
"We're getting there," says Grant Guy, the ringmaster in the middle of a two-year development project of The Circus of Objects.
Wednesday at 7 p.m. Guy is presenting the sixth workshop performance of The Circus of Objects, this time at Pop
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Musical of Cinderella story 'Ever After' to charm Broadway with help from Kathleen Marshall
NEW YORK, N.Y. - There will apparently be back-to-back Cinderella stories on Broadway in the coming seasons.
Producers announced Tuesday plans to bring a new musical based on the Drew Barrymore film "Ever After" in the 2013-14 season under the direction and choreography of Kathleen
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