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Museum EventsAll of ManitobaManitoba Children's Museum 2/2/2008 to 9/1/2008 Contact: 204.924.4000 Email: general@childrensmuseum.com Mix and match words, phrases, scenes and sounds and discover the art of storytelling. Perform for your friends and family. Stomp your way to Mortimer's room. Get Thomas into his snowsuit. Create your own cast of characters. Be one of the first to read and hear unpublished stories. It's fiction! It's fun! It's fantastic! It's the Much More Munsch world premiere only at the Manitoba Children's Museum. For more info: www.childrensmuseum.com Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library 3/12/2008 to 8/30/2008 Contact: 204-487-6117 Email: mcml@mts.net March 12 to "The Craft in Recycling" features craft items made from recycled materials. On display will be traditional items such as hooked rugs and quilts as well as contemporary objects including a braided rug made from Safeway bags, a wooden box in the shape of a curling rock made from broken hockey sticks, and much more. For more info: www.mts.net/~mcml Winnipeg Art Gallery 4/5/2008 to 10/12/2008 Contact: (204) 786-6641, Information Line 789-1760 Email: inquiries@wag.mb.ca COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS: DAUMIER PRINTS April 5 - October 12 In a series of satirical caricatures, Honoré Daumier directed his wit against those in involved in the legal profession. For more info: www.wag.mb.ca Winnipeg Art Gallery 4/24/2008 to 7/20/2008 Contact: 204.786.6641 Email: inquiries@wag.mb.ca Winnipegt Art Gallery Exhibition delves into the many artistic styles of David Burliuk. David Burliuk has been called the father of Russian and Ukrainian Futurism, but David Burliuk was an artist who experimented with many styles. The exhibition features key works as well as newly discovered gems illustrating the artist’s journey through diverse countries, cultures, eras, and artistic styles. For more info: www.wag.mb.ca Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre 5/1/2008 to 9/30/2008 Contact: 204.822.3406 Email: info@discoverfossils.com The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre has various tour options that run from as early as May to as late as the end of September. Contact the Centre for dates, times, and prices. For more info: www.discoverfossils.com Pavilion Gallery Museum 5/1/2008 to 9/30/2008 Contact: 204-888-5466 Email: info@partnersinthepark.org A Century of Drawing; a visual survey of drawing in Manitoba form 1906 to the present focusing on drawings, etchings, wood engravings, watercolour drawings, linocuts and colour wood block prints. Ivan Eyre Gallery; acrylic paintings from the permanent collection John P. Crabb Gallery; collection of Walter J. Phillips, watercolours of Alberta and British Columbia Clarence Tillenius Gallery; oil paintings of the Canadian North and the Prairies. For more info: www.partnersinthepark.org Winnipeg Art Gallery 5/10/2008 to 9/14/2008 Contact: 204.786.6641 Email: inquiries@wag.mb.ca Over the past two decades, landscape as a subject in its own right and not merely as background, has become increasingly important among Inuit artists. The Land: Inuit Perspectives, opening at The Winnipeg Art Gallery on May 10, draws upon works from the Gallery’s collection to explore this theme. The exhibition continues until September 14, 2008. This exhibition contains interpretations of the landscape in both prints and wall hangings. Although sculpture does not lend itself easily to landscape subject matter, the WAG’s collection does contain a few, some of which will also be included. Related Program Art for Lunch | Wednesday, June 4 | 12:10pm Join Darlene Coward Wight, Curator of Inuit Art for a tour of this exhibition. For more info: www.wag.mb.ca Western Canada Aviation Museum 5/15/2008 to 12/31/2008 Contact: Program Coordinator at (204) 786-0730 Email: programs@wcam.mb.ca From May 15 to December 12, 2008 enjoy exciting nighttime adventures for children's groups at WCAM. If you're involved with a children's group, and are looking for neat events and learning opportunities for the kids, check out the Museum's new "Crashing" at the Museum program! It's an exciting nighttime adventure at the Museum. Hands-on science experiments, building an airplane out of junk, stories, and a flashlight tour of the hangar are just some of the program's highlights. Cost: $25.00 per child and $10.00 per adult 1:8 ratio of adults to children Minimum requirement: 25 children and 5 adults For more info: www.wcam.mb.ca Pembina Thresherman's Museum Inc. 5/15/2008 to 9/30/2008 Contact: (204) 325-7497 Email: ptmuseum@mts.net MUSEUM PASSPORT ADVENTURE 2008 In celebration of International Museum Day on May 18, 2008 Morden & Darlingford museums announced the launch of their Museum Passport Adventure 2008. Four area museums have joined forces and are encouraging/inviting local citizens to "stay in their own backyard" this summer. All too often, we tend to take our visitors to see places and things outside our own community when we have some of the best museums/attractions in Manitoba right here in the Morden and Darlingford area. In other words, right in your own backyard! When was the last time you played tourist in your own community? This year, for the first time, four museums from Morden and Darlingford are inviting everyone visiting or living in the Pembina Valley region to: Visit the region's 4 museums In 4 months (between June & September) And collect 4 stamps To enter 4 draws! Once you've visited all 4 museums, you can fill out the entry form and drop it off at one of the 4 participating museums: Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, Morden Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, Morden Pembina Threshermen's Museum, between Morden and Winkler Darlingford School Heritage Building & Museum, Darlingford This Museum Passport Adventure is also a geocache opportunity. You can visit these 4 museums with your GPS unit as caches are hidden at each one. The geocache coordinates are included in the passport. Geocaching is presently the fastest growing sport in the world. Passports are FREE and available at all four (4) museums & some tourist information booths in the area. Information is also available by phoning or visiting any one of the four museums. We hope you'll enjoy our Museum Passport Adventure however you choose to visit our four museums between now and September 30th. Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre 5/15/2008 to 9/30/2008 Contact: 204-822-3406 Email: director@discoverfossils.com MUSEUM PASSPORT ADVENTURE 2008 In celebration of International Museum Day on May 18, 2008 Morden & Darlingford museums announced the launch of their Museum Passport Adventure 2008. Four area museums have joined forces and are encouraging/inviting local citizens to "stay in their own backyard" this summer. All too often, we tend to take our visitors to see places and things outside our own community when we have some of the best museums/attractions in Manitoba right here in the Morden and Darlingford area. In other words, right in your own backyard! When was the last time you played tourist in your own community? This year, for the first time, four museums from Morden and Darlingford are inviting everyone visiting or living in the Pembina Valley region to: Visit the region's 4 museums In 4 months (between June & September) And collect 4 stamps To enter 4 draws! Once you've visited all 4 museums, you can fill out the entry form and drop it off at one of the 4 participating museums: Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, Morden Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, Morden Pembina Threshermen's Museum, between Morden and Winkler Darlingford School Heritage Building & Museum, Darlingford This Museum Passport Adventure is also a geocache opportunity. You can visit these 4 museums with your GPS unit as caches are hidden at each one. The geocache coordinates are included in the passport. Geocaching is presently the fastest growing sport in the world. Passports are FREE and available at all four (4) museums & some tourist information booths in the area. Information is also available by phoning or visiting any one of the four museums. We hope you'll enjoy our Museum Passport Adventure however you choose to visit our four museums between now and September 30th. For more info: www.discoverfossils.com Darlingford School Heritage Museum 5/15/2008 to 9/30/2008 Contact: (204) 246-2015, (204) 246-2353 Email: bobnbettyac@cici.mb.ca MUSEUM PASSPORT ADVENTURE 2008 In celebration of International Museum Day on May 18, 2008 Morden & Darlingford museums announced the launch of their Museum Passport Adventure 2008. Four area museums have joined forces and are encouraging/inviting local citizens to "stay in their own backyard" this summer. All too often, we tend to take our visitors to see places and things outside our own community when we have some of the best museums/attractions in Manitoba right here in the Morden and Darlingford area. In other words, right in your own backyard! When was the last time you played tourist in your own community? This year, for the first time, four museums from Morden and Darlingford are inviting everyone visiting or living in the Pembina Valley region to: Visit the region's 4 museums In 4 months (between June & September) And collect 4 stamps To enter 4 draws! Once you've visited all 4 museums, you can fill out the entry form and drop it off at one of the 4 participating museums: Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, Morden Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, Morden Pembina Threshermen's Museum, between Morden and Winkler Darlingford School Heritage Building & Museum, Darlingford This Museum Passport Adventure is also a geocache opportunity. You can visit these 4 museums with your GPS unit as caches are hidden at each one. The geocache coordinates are included in the passport. Geocaching is presently the fastest growing sport in the world. Passports are FREE and available at all four (4) museums & some tourist information booths in the area. Information is also available by phoning or visiting any one of the four museums. We hope you'll enjoy our Museum Passport Adventure however you choose to visit our four museums between now and September 30th. Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame/Museum 5/15/2008 to 9/30/2008 Contact: (204) 822-4636 Email: mbbbhof@mts.net MUSEUM PASSPORT ADVENTURE 2008 In celebration of International Museum Day on May 18, 2008 Morden & Darlingford museums announced the launch of their Museum Passport Adventure 2008. Four area museums have joined forces and are encouraging/inviting local citizens to "stay in their own backyard" this summer. All too often, we tend to take our visitors to see places and things outside our own community when we have some of the best museums/attractions in Manitoba right here in the Morden and Darlingford area. In other words, right in your own backyard! When was the last time you played tourist in your own community? This year, for the first time, four museums from Morden and Darlingford are inviting everyone visiting or living in the Pembina Valley region to: Visit the region's 4 museums In 4 months (between June & September) And collect 4 stamps To enter 4 draws! Once you've visited all 4 museums, you can fill out the entry form and drop it off at one of the 4 participating museums: Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, Morden Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, Morden Pembina Threshermen's Museum, between Morden and Winkler Darlingford School Heritage Building & Museum, Darlingford This Museum Passport Adventure is also a geocache opportunity. You can visit these 4 museums with your GPS unit as caches are hidden at each one. The geocache coordinates are included in the passport. Geocaching is presently the fastest growing sport in the world. Passports are FREE and available at all four (4) museums & some tourist information booths in the area. Information is also available by phoning or visiting any one of the four museums. We hope you'll enjoy our Museum Passport Adventure however you choose to visit our four museums between now and September 30th. For more info: www.mbhof.ca Winnipeg Art Gallery 6/5/2008 to 8/28/2008 Contact: 204.786.6641 Email: inquiries@wag.mb.ca After three decades The Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Jazz on the Rooftop concert series has become a staple of the city’s summer music scene. Situated on the Gallery’s rooftop, with spectacular views of downtown, surrounded by flowers and sculpture, with the evening sunset reflecting in the pool, it has always been the perfect venue for Winnipeg’s hottest jazz musicians. This summer’s six-concert lineup features artists who have been playing Jazz on the Rooftop almost from the beginning, like Knut Haugsoen and Ron Paley, and newcomers like Amber Epp and Keith Price. This summer’s line-up is: Thursday, June 5: The Ministers of Cool Thursday, July 3: Knut Vikrama Haugsoen Thursday, July 17: Big Dave McLean Thursday, July 31: Steve and Anna-Lisa Kirby and Friends Thursday, August 14: Amber Epp, Keith Price, Curtis Nowosad, Will Bonness, Julian Bradford, and Neil Watson Thursday, August 28: The Ron Paley Big Band Doors open and the BBQ starts at 6:00pm with performances beginning at 7:30pm. There's limited, informal seating. Cash bar and BBQ, by Brio, is extra. In the event of rain, concerts will be held in the Muriel Richardson Auditorium. Tickets on sale now. $17 Gallery members | $18 adults | $17 seniors and students. Includes admission to the Gallery the day of the concert. Tickets available in person at the WAG and through all Ticketmaster outlets (extra fees apply to all phone and Internet orders). For more info: www.wag.mb.ca Winnipeg Art Gallery 6/5/2008 to 8/17/2008 Contact: 204-786-6641 Email: inquiries@wag.mb.ca Nineteenth-century photography and Romantic painting, colonial portrayals of Aboriginal peoples, and Hollywood films and television have all presented a damaging and inaccurate stereotypical representation of First Nations' art and history. It is these misconceptions that inform the work of Kent Monkman, whose exhibition Kent Monkman: The Triumph of Mischief will have a free public opening at The Winnipeg Art Gallery on Thursday, June 5 from 7:30 to 10pm. The exhibition will be on view from June 6 to August 17, 2008. Of Irish/English and Cree ancestry, raised in Manitoba and now living in Toronto, Monkman uses video, photography, painting, installation, and performance art to construct new stories that take into account the missing narratives and perspectives of Aboriginal peoples. His work re-invents the past as a way of challenging one-dimensional representations of First Nations people and changing the way we think, not only about specific histories, but about the construction and authority of capital H history itself. This exhibition is a collaborative project between the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, and the Art Gallery of greater Victoria. Sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts and The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation. MEDIA PREVIEW with the artist: Wednesday, June 4, 2pm. Free Public Opening: Thursday, June 5, 7:30 to 10pm Celebrate the opening of the exhibition with artist Kent Monkman. Musical performance by Les Six Croches. Related Program Artist Talk: Saturday, June 7, 2pm Join Kent Monkman as he discusses his work that invites viewers to question the stereotypes, racism, violence, and power struggles upon which the New World was founded. Included with Gallery admission. For more info: www.wag.mb.ca Western Canada Aviation Museum 6/18/2008 to 8/31/2008 Contact: 204-786-5503 Email: info@wcam.mb.ca CT-33 Silver Star on display until August 31, 2008. Famous 'T-bird' or 'Silver Star' lands at the Museum for a summer-long appearance... Don't miss it! Easily recognizable by the large fuel tanks carried on each wingtip, the Silver Star is the longest serving aircraft in the Canadian Forces. For more info: www.wcam.mb.ca Mennonite Heritage Village 6/26/2008 to 11/30/2008 Contact: (204) 326-9661, Toll Free: 1-866-280-8741 Email: info@mhv.ca Wednesday, June 26 - November 30, 2008: "Honey" - The Story of Bee Keeping on the Canadian Prairies exhibit For more info: www.mennoniteheritagevillage.com Winnipeg Art Gallery 6/28/2008 to 1/4/2009 Contact: (204) 786-6641, Information Line 789-1760 Email: inquiries@wag.mb.ca INTO OUR COLLECTION: PART I June 28, 2008 to January 4, 2009 An eclectic range of works from the WAG’s 24,000 piece collection selected by WAG staff. Using a wide variety of media, this outstanding roster of 27 Winnipeg artists reveals a complicated picture of where we live and work. For more info: www.wag.mb.ca Fort Dauphin Museum 7/1/2008 to 9/7/2008 Contact: 204-638-6630 Email: fortdphn@mts.net Here are the events for the Museum for the 2008 Season: Pancake Breakfast at the Fort, July 1 from 9:30 am to noon. Local Garden Tours on July 23 & 24 at 6 pm, tickets available at the Fort Street Fair on July 31, all day (9 am to 11 pm) Rendezvous (closing day) on September 7, from 1 pm to 4 pm For more info: www.dauphin.ca Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre 7/2/2008 to 8/29/2008 Contact: 204-467-3300 or 1-888-50-MARSH (62774) or 204-467-3299 Email: ohmic@ducks.ca Camp is a great way to gather precious memories and build special friendships that will last a lifetime! The Interpretive Centre offers camps for kids of all ages during the summer. We have a variety of age- appropriate camps to choose from throughout July and August: Cattail Camp: ages 5-7 - Animal detective, puzzle hunt, crafts, games, tasty snacks and more! Blackbird Camp (optional 1 night sleep over): ages 8-10 - games, scavenger hunts and a cool craft, don't miss out! Harrier Camp (2 night sleep over): ages 11- 13 - compass scavenger hunt, survival skills, canoeing, and geocaching! (3 days, 2 nights - meals included) For more info: www.oakhammockmarsh.ca Transcona Historical Museum 7/2/2008 to 8/29/2008 Contact: 204-222-0423 Email: transcon@istar.ca The THM is once again pleased to present our Kid’s Quest Program. It’s a fun scavenger hunt that leads children, from grades Kindergarten to grade 6, throughout the Transcona Historical Museum and then into the community to learn fun and interesting facts. The Quest ends right back at the museum. Once a participant has completed the Quest they receive a prize and are entered into our grand prize draw. Kid’s Quest runs from July 2nd until August 29th, Monday to Saturday 10am-4pm and is only $3.00. For more info: www.transconamuseum.mb.ca Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba 7/10/2008 to 8/23/2008 Contact: 204-727-1036 Email: director@agsm.ca IN THE MAIN GALLERY: Lin Xu: UTILITY/OBJECT REFLECTIONS Through her most recent work, ceramicist Lin Xu will allow the viewer to experience one of the earliest mediums used by humankind in a contemporary way that truly reflects the breadth of ceramics today. Xu’s sculptures represent the impermanent traces the human body leaves as it passes through the world: its shadow, fingerprints or an indentation in a pillow. Lin Xu lives and works in Brandon, Manitoba where she is a ceramics professor in the Visual Arts department at Brandon University. IN THE COMMUNITY GALLERY: Ruth Stewart Looking at Earned Beauty This year marks the 125th anniversary of many surrounding local towns and municipalities. These anniversaries serve as a time to reflect on and celebrate the past, present, and future possibilities of these places and their people. Thus it seems fitting that Ruth Stewart presents an exhibition of abstract paintings that are a response to the “hand-me-down” stories of farmwomen, both past and present. The works capture the fleeting moments of beauty that can be found in everyday life; whether weeding the garden, taking a walk, or creating a scrap quilt. As Stewart explains; “The paintings in this exhibition are meant to give us a sense of the way that beauty appeared to these women – in small flashes.” Stewart is a recent graduate of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at Brandon University. Xu’s exhibitions will continue until August 23, 2008 and Stewart’s will continue until August 09, 2008 Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba 710 Rosser Avenue Brandon, Manitoba R7A 0K9 Hours: Monday to Saturday, 10 AM-6 PM-open Thursday nights until 9 PM Admission Free Media Contact: Amber Andersen 204.727.1036 www.agsm.ca For more info: www.agsm.ca Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba 7/10/2008 to 8/9/2008 Contact: 204-727-1036 Email: director@agsm.ca IN THE COMMUNITY GALLERY: Ruth Stewart: Looking at Earned Beauty This year marks the 125th anniversary of many surrounding local towns and municipalities. These anniversaries serve as a time to reflect on and celebrate the past, present, and future possibilities of these places and their people. Thus it seems fitting that Ruth Stewart presents an exhibition of abstract paintings that are a response to the hand-me-down stories of farm women, both past and present. The works capture the fleeting moments of beauty that can be found in everyday life; whether weeding the garden, taking a walk, or creating a scrap quilt. Stewart is a recent graduate of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at Brandon University. Admission Free For more info: www.agsm.ca Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre 7/17/2008 Contact: 204-467-3300 or 1-888-50-MARSH (62774) or 204-467-3299 Email: ohmic@ducks.ca July 17 - 8:00pm Astronomy Night - The planets Learn about the planets of our solar system and find out how to recognize them. A rooftop observation session will follow the presentation. For more info: www.oakhammockmarsh.ca Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame 7/17/2008 Contact: 1.204.728.3736 Email: agrifame@mts.net Join us for a Celebration Honouring the 2008 inductees to the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame Inc.; The Face of Agriculture Date: July 17, 2008 @ 1:30 p.m. Place: William Glesby Centre (11 - 2nd Street NE o Portage la Prairie MB) Refreshments, Bring a Friend, RSVP before July 3, 2008. For more info: http://www.mts.net/~agrifame/ Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre 7/19/2008 to 7/20/2008 Contact: 204-467-3300 or 1-888-50-MARSH (62774) or 204-467-3299 Email: ohmic@ducks.ca July 19 and 20 Festival of Dragonflies Participate in a dragonfly safari, admire beautiful displays and make a dragonfly craft. Many activities for the whole family throughout the weekend. For more info: www.oakhammockmarsh.ca Margaret Laurence Home Committee 7/20/2008 Contact: 204.476.3612 or 204.476.5880 (Yellowhead Hall) Email: mlhome@mts.net Neepawa's 33rd Annual Antiques and Collectibles sale will be held on Sunday, July 20 in the Yellowhead Hall (175 Mountain Ave.). The proceeds from the sale will go to support Margaret Laurence Home. Admission is $3.00. Children under 12 are FREE. Coffee and lunch are available. For more info: http://www.margaretlaurencehome.ca/ Watson Crossley Community Museum 7/20/2008 Contact: 204-546-2661 Watson Crossley Museum's Museum Day will take place on Sunday July 20. A special event taking place will be the dedication of the Authentic Burrows Lumber Phoenix Steam hauler exhibit. There also will be threshing exhibition done with 2 machines & live steam engine plus much more. Living Prairie Museum 7/27/2008 Contact: 204-832-0167 Email: prairie@winnipeg.ca Our first annual Monarch Festival July 27th 12PM-4PM Celebrate the magnificent monarch butterfly this summer at our first ever Monarch Festival. Learn how to create your very own butterfly garden by participating in our hands on workshop, pick-up some caterpillar food at our milkweed plant sale, and help judge our butterfly gardening photocontest! Take part in a fun-filled afternoon of activities including guided hikes, face painting, and games for the whole family. Admission is by donation. For more info: www.winnipeg.ca/publicworks/naturalist/livingprairie Mennonite Heritage Village 8/1/2008 to 9/1/2008 Contact: (204) 326-9661, Toll Free: 1-866-280-8741 Email: info@mhv.ca Friday, August 1 - Monday, August 4, 2008 Pioneer Days: Relive our Mennonite past through pioneer activities, steam powered threshing, music, and lots of good food! Our biggest event of the year! For more info: www.mennoniteheritagevillage.com Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre 8/2/2008 to 8/4/2008 Contact: 204-467-3300 or 1-888-50-MARSH (62774) or 204-467-3299 Email: ohmic@ducks.ca August 2 to 4 Hazy Days of Summer Enjoy a relaxing canoe ride and visit the tall grass prairie to look at some of the summer's wildflowers or to the artesian spring for a nice refreshing toe-dip. For more info: www.oakhammockmarsh.ca Rossburn Museum 8/2/2008 to 8/3/2008 Contact: 204.859.2795 Email: gphelps@mts.net August 2 & 3 is the Museum's Fair and 100th Anniversary celebrations. For more info: www.town.rossburn.mb.ca/ukrainian_heritage.htm Trembowla Cross of Freedom Museum 8/3/2008 Contact: (204) 638-9641, (204) 638-9047, (204) 638-4609 Held in conjunction with National Canada Ukrainian Festival, which takes place from August 1 - 3. Contact the Museum for more information. Trembowla Cross of Freedom Museum 8/3/2008 Contact: 204-638-6630 Email: fortdphn@mts.net August 3, 2008 annual service honours pioneer Ukrainians at site with lunch & entertainment to follow For more info: www.city.dauphin.mb.ca Swan Valley Historical Museum 8/6/2008 to 8/8/2008 Contact: 204-734-3585 Swan Valley Centennial Celebrations are August 6,7,8, 2008. Alex Robertson Museum 8/8/2008 to 8/10/2008 Contact: 204-767-2101 Email: alonsacd@mts.net The Alonsa homecoming is August 8-10th Winnipeg Art Gallery 8/11/2008 to 8/22/2008 Contact: 204-786-6641 Email: inquiries@wag.mb.ca Summer is a great time for kids. Without school and homework, they have more time to relax and do fun things like art programs at The Winnipeg Art Gallery. Whether it’s a one and a half-hour morning class or an intensive two-week program, the WAG offers a variety of classes for children and adults. Summer art classes for children run from Monday, August 11, to Friday, August 22, with two-week morning or afternoon classes in clay, animation, and other media for children ages 5 to 15. Teens 16 years and over are invited to register for the adult classes. The young students will visit the Gallery’s exhibitions and work with artist-instructors to explore a wide range of art-making activities and materials. Class time runs from one hour for the younger children up to two hours for the older ones. The WAG’s Studio Programs has several programs for adults including a two-week photography course which will run from 9:30am to noon, August 11 to 22. Week-long workshops run from 10am to 4pm August 11 to 15 and 18 to 22. Topics include drawing and oil and acrylic painting. The watercolour and collage workshop offers both studio and en plein air painting in Assiniboine Park as weather permits. You can find more information on summer classes at wag.mb.ca. Call Studio Programs at 789-1766 for details on registration and fees. If you run a summer camp or day care centre, consider bringing the children to the WAG for one and a half-hour art programs that allow them to creatively stretch their imaginations. Programs can be booked for morning or afternoon, in English or French, for ages 4 to 15. The age-specific programs have children using movement to explore lines and shapes, composing stories based on artwork, exploring Inuit art and culture, and painting their own pictures. Cost for these programs is $2.50 per child. One adult is admitted free of charge for every 10 youths. Additional adults pay full adult admission of $6. You can find more information on the programs offered on wag.mb.ca or call 789-1762 (English) or 789-1763 (French). For more info: www.wag.mb.ca Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre 8/14/2008 Contact: 204-467-3300 or 1-888-50-MARSH (62774) or 204-467-3299 Email: ohmic@ducks.ca August 14 - 8pm Astronomy Night - Star Party Meet some members of the Royal Astronomy Society of Canada! Enjoy a great night of sky watching with fellow stargazers and share their passion for this fantastic hobby. For more info: www.oakhammockmarsh.ca Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre 8/16/2008 to 8/17/2008 Contact: 204-467-3300 or 1-888-50-MARSH (62774) or 204-467-3299 Email: ohmic@ducks.ca August 16 and 17 Tall-Grass Prairie Days Explore one of the last remaining pieces of land where bison used to roam free. Visit the Tall Grass Prairie this weekend and learn about this fragile ecosystem. For more info: www.oakhammockmarsh.ca Alex Robertson Museum 8/23/2008 Contact: 204-767-2101 Email: alonsacd@mts.net On August 23 the Museum will hold an ATV Poker Derby. Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre 8/30/2008 to 9/1/2008 Contact: 204-467-3300 or 1-888-50-MARSH (62774) or 204-467-3299 Email: ohmic@ducks.ca August 30 to September 1 Labour Day Weekend Adventure Visit the marsh as we prepare for the migration. Take in crafts, face painting and a treasure hunt. Horse-drawn wagon rides on Monday from 12:30-4:30 p.m. For more info: www.oakhammockmarsh.ca Swan Valley Historical Museum 8/31/2008 Contact: 204-734-3585 Swan Valley Historical Museum The Museum will be celebrating their Harvest Festival on the last Sunday in August with threshing, baking bread, spinning. There will also be food and much more. Mennonite Heritage Village 9/1/2008 Contact: (204) 326-9661, Toll Free: 1-866-280-8741 Email: info@mhv.ca Monday, September 1, 2008 Fall on the Farm: Experience harvest work, hearty food, corn on the cob, music, hog butchering, and pioneer demonstrations. For more info: www.mennoniteheritagevillage.com Living Prairie Museum 9/7/2008 Contact: 204-832-0167 Email: prairie@winnipeg.ca September 7th 12PM-4PM we will be having our 14th Annual Spirit of the Prairie celebration. This is our year end event which celebrates everything prairie. For more info: www.winnipeg.ca/publicworks/naturalist/livingprairie Fort Dauphin Museum 9/7/2008 Contact: 204-638-6630 Email: fortdphn@mts.net Rendevous Day & official flag lowering for season September 7 For more info: www.city.dauphin.mb.ca Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre 9/19/2008 to 9/20/2008 Contact: 204.947.1782 or 1.866.747.9323 Email: training@museumsmanitoba.com Our annual conference, September 19 & 20 in Morden, is going to have a rather intimate theme this year. Things will start to get friendly on Thursday, September 18, as the pre-conference workshop will have us Dating the Decision Makers while later in the conference we'll be talking about Wooing the Web. After breaking the ice the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre will be sending a warm invitation to conference delegates asking them to get to know the Centre a little better during a wine and cheese reception. Intimacy will continue during the conference as we discuss how to court and develop lasting and rewarding partnerships and how making connections using the internet should be encouraged. The plans for Friday include a cozy lunch at the Pembina Threshermen's Museum followed by tour options. One of the options will include a geo-caching adventure! After the tours delegates will re-group for our always warm, wild and fun banquet and auction. The location of the banquet hasn't yet been determined. Saturday will have more sessions regarding making meaningful connections with others, the AGM, and a group encounter designed to foster open and frank discussion about the AMM, its goals, and what direction our members want to take their relationship with the organization. Delegates can also look forward to some fantastic local entertainment while enjoying the company of other AMM members. Watch your mail for more information and the registration form. Keep checking the website for updates. Please note that these are events that are currently being planned for. Changes may have to be made. One activity taking place will be geo-caching! More details will be posted as they become available. For more info: www.museumsmanitoba.com Mennonite Heritage Village 11/8/2008 Contact: (204) 326-9661, Toll Free: 1-866-280-8741 Email: info@mhv.ca Saturday, November 8, 2008 MHV craft sale: Call now to reserve your table. For more info: www.mennoniteheritagevillage.com Whitemouth Municipal Museum 11/11/2008 Remembrance day service with a 32 wreath ceremony from the 4H club St. Vital Historical Society/St. Vital Museum 11/11/2008 Contact: 204-255-2864 Email: svhs@mts.net For more info: www.svhs.ca Mennonite Heritage Village 11/23/2008 Contact: (204) 326-9661, Toll Free: 1-866-280-8741 Email: info@mhv.ca Sunday, November 23, 2008 Grey Cup Dinner: Celebrate the Grey Cup as the MHV auxiliary prepares a delicious buffet. For more info: www.mennoniteheritagevillage.com Mennonite Heritage Village 12/5/2008 to 12/6/2008 Contact: (204) 326-9661, Toll Free: 1-866-280-8741 Email: info@mhv.ca Friday, December 5 and Saturday, December 6, 2008 Touch of Christmas/Nativity: Experience the true meaning of Christmas as the story of old is presented by an outdoor nativity play with live animals in the stable, and choirs of angels. Enjoy home baking, sleigh rides, marshmallow roast, fire pit, and activities for the whole family. For more info: www.mennoniteheritagevillage.com - Home - Main Events page
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