Enter the warming huts Each year, juries select designs for ar-
tistic shelters from submissions that pour in from all over the world. For 2015, two huts and one art installation are from in- ternational submissions, one is the win- ner of a competition at the University of Manitoba, and one is designed by a solic- ited architect. Te opportunity to see internation-
al artists’ interpretations of functional warming huts along the frozen Red and Assiniboine Rivers is truly one-of-a-kind. Skate rentals are available from 10 a.m.
to 10 p.m. all winter from Te Forks Mar- ket Atrium for just $3 for children and seniors, and $5 for adults. Arctic Glacier Winter Park
Winnipeg really is “the winter city,” and
Te Forks may be the biggest proponent of its charms.
Not only does it link to the longest skating trail, but it turns into a full-on arctic park for the season. For easy pleasure skating, a canopy near
Te Forks Market lets you enjoy music while you circle its rink. Programming on the weekends sometimes includes popular DJs providing the beats under the canopy. An Olympic-sized skating rink is lo-
cated next to the Festival Park Stage for pleasure skating and pick-up hockey games, plus hockey and curling can be played on the river trail rinks. You can also take in all the elements of the winter park by following its 1.2 km of trails that link most of its components together. If skating isn’t your thing, a snowboard
park features a variety of jumps, table tops, fun-boxes and rails. A toboggan hill backs off the Inn at Te Forks offering sliding good times. Curling bonspiels, winter biking rac-
es, Festival du Voyageur programming throughout February (another must-do in Winnipeg) and ongoing events take place at Te Forks to make it one of
the city’s top winter destinations. Visit
theforks.com/events for a list of available programming.
Dinner on the river If you work up an appetite, there is also
the pop-up restaurant located on the fro- zen river. RAW:almond is open to the public for breakfast on weekends, and has multiple dinner seatings each night dur- ing its three-week run. Te idea came from local chef and own-
er of deer + almond, Mandel Hitzer, and Joe Kalturnyk of RAW:Gallery of Archi- tecture & Design, and brings Winnipeg’s most celebrated chefs together to provide a fine dining experience like no other. Tickets fly for this event – the first-of- its-kind anywhere. In January 2015, the winning design for
the restaurant by British studio OS31 will take shape where the Red and Assini- boine Rivers meet. Walk or skate up from Te Forks to take a peek at the structure, or grab tickets for the coveted five-course meal at a communal table on the historic confluence of the rivers.
Ice sculptures popping up around Winnipeg are a sure sign that it’s time for Festival du Voyageur.
The Hub
Winter 2014 • 27
Photo by Gayl Punzalan.
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