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38 Watt's up? everybody gets a big charge out of the vintage displays at the Manitoba Electrical Museum and Education Centre (www.hydro.mb.ca), near Winnipeg's Grant Park Shopping Centre. The museum houses an electric street car, a giant robot built from household appliances and hands-on educational exhibits. In December, trip down memory lane when the museum plugs in its annual holiday light display, covering trends in Christmas lights from 1880 to the present. Admission is free. WE WANT YOU ...to learn about electricity! FREE admission and parking Walk-ins welcome or book a guided tour Open Monday to Thursday 1 pm to 4 pm Call 204-360-7905 for details www.hydro.mb.ca/museum 680 Harrow Street, Winnipeg, MB ManiToba eleCTriCal MuseuM and eduCaTion CenTre Feature attractions What do Buster keaton, ella fitzgerald and felix the mind-reading duck have in common? They all graced the stage at Winnipeg's Pantages Playhouse Theatre (www.pantagesplayhouse.com). The refurbished 1914 vaudeville house is a charming venue for concerts, comedy and community events in the theatre district. Winnipeg's Burton Cummings Theatre (www.mtscentre.ca), formerly the Walker Theatre, was built in 1906-07. Along with music and merriment, it was the scene of a famous 1914 mock play in which suffragettes led by Nellie McClung debated whether men should have the right to vote, two years before Manitoba women became the first in North America to claim voting rights. A bronze bust of McClung stands outside the Manitou Opera House, a busy venue for live theatre and dance productions built in 1930. In northern Manitoba, catch a flick at the Lido Theatre in The Pas (www.lidotheatre.ca), Western Canada's first movie house built specifically to accommodate "talkies." ManiTou oPera house