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Winnipeg Highlights Festival du Voyageur (pages 27 & 36) –
Feb. 17 - 26 The grandest winter festival in the west, this celebration of francophone culture recalls the joie de vivre of the fur-trade era. Historic Fort Gibraltar is transformed into Voyageur Park, with an international snow sculpting contest, a snow bar, rustic French cuisine, live music, jigging and boisterous games. The bonhomie spreads throughout the French Quarter of St. Boniface and spills over to "trading posts" across the city. You'll quickly discover why it's known as the world's largest kitchen party. Bon Festival!
p: 204-237-7692 w: www.festivalvoyageur.mb.ca
MTS Centre (pages 31 & 33-39)
Go Jets Go! is the rallying cry at the home of the Winnipeg Jets during the National Hockey League's comeback season in Winnipeg. In fact, it's not unusual to hear the cheer at musical events when MTS Centre rolls up the ice for major league concerts. Coming soon: Deep Purple, Lady Antebellum and Pink Floyd's Roger Waters.
p: 204-987-7825 w: www.winnipegjets.com www.mtscentre.ca
All the city's a stage in winter. Canada's oldest English-language regional theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, (pages 33-35 & 37-39) presents master playwright festival Shawfest, with 16 George Bernard Shaw productions at 13 venues, Jan. 19 - Feb. 5. In April, Michael Gauthier's L'Hypocrite plays at Canada's oldest French theatre, Le Cercle Molière (pages 28, 34, 35, 38, 40). Hit musical comedy Altar Boyz lands at Prairie Theatre Exchange (pages 33-39) Feb. 22 - Mar. 11. And Winnipeg Jewish Theatre (pages 35, 38 & 39) mounts Pulitzer Prize-winner Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Mar. 21 - Apr. 1.
MTC
p: 204-942-6537 w: www.mtc.mb.ca
Le Cercle Molière p: 204-233-8053 w: www.cerclemoliere.com
PTE WJT
p: 204-942-5483 w: www.pte.mb.ca
p: 204-477-7478 w: www.wjt.ca
Compiled by Pat St. Germain
with thanks to Chantal Sturk-Nadeau TOURISM WINNIPEG
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