Arts Exhibit celebrates Manitoba's rich hockey history


Hockey: The Stories Behind Our Passion shares the story of Canada’s game and its role in our culture and communities.


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ockey fever in Winnipeg reached a new level this past spring when the Winnipeg Jets went on an amazing run to the Western Conference Finals,


coming up just short of securing a berth in the Stanley Cup Final. But every summer, during the early to mid-August days, hockey fans across the province begin to come down with a case of hockey withdrawal. It usually lasts about a month or so, but it can be dreary times for the most pas- sionate of hockey fans. Well there is no need to suffer during the summer months


this year, because the Manitoba Museum opened up a pair of hockey exhibits this summer, and it is amazing. "Hockey: Te Stories Behind Our Passion" is a national


exhibit developed by the Canadian Museum of History and features some of the most historic artifacts and moments in Canadian hockey history. Located inside Alloway Hall, the exhibit covers over 5,000


square feet with over 200 artifacts on display. Visitors have the opportunity to see the evolution of equipment, includ- ing Jacques Plante’s revolutionary “pretzel” goalie mask,


Manitoba: Heart of Hockey celebrates Manitoba's rich hockey history.


the oldest known hockey stick dating back to 1835, Rocket Richard’s All-Star jersey, and skates worn by five-time Olympic Medalist Hayley Wickenheiser. Visitors are also able to try on some of the jerseys, masks, and equipment used throughout the last 100 years to get a small glimpse into what their hockey heroes felt like. Te exhibit has interactive displays throughout where visitors are able to announce some of the most famous moments in history, and look back at Peter Puck videos from the older Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts. Celebrating Manitoba’s hockey history


Te Manitoba Museum decided they would like to add


a local component to the exhibit to celebrate our prov- ince’s rich hockey history. Manitoba: Heart of Hockey is a personal look at some of the most famous Manitobans to ever play the game. Te task of putting it all together was given to guest curator Candace Hogue. Hogue says with so much history in our province, trying to fit it into such a small space was a challenge, but something we should be very proud of. “With the exhibit, we tried to represent diversity, rural


communities, the dream, and pro hockey,” says Hogue who’s also worked with the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame,


Seasons of transition A


Looking forward to the pleasures of the autumn Trudy Schroeder


new season at the WSO welcomes a new maestro and a special perfor- mance by Emmanuel Ax


Tese last weeks of August have such a


wonderful sweetness and poignancy. Our city is still in summer mode, the weather is warm, holiday plans are still in progress, and Rainbow Stage continues to delight au- diences at Kildonan Park; however, there is that gathering energy for the activities and plans of autumn. Interspersed with the last of the summer activities, one of the joys of the end of summer is planning for the fall and winter ahead. Many of us carry the excitement of the


first day of school with us well into our adult years. In so many essential ways, the fall is a more natural new year than January first. Tis is the season to plan for a healthy, happy, and productive fall. Perhaps one of the best ways to make sure that we par- ticipate in some of the great opportunities available to us in Winnipeg is to build these things into our schedules by registering for programs, signing up for a gym, enrolling in courses, and subscribing to one or sev- eral of the programs offered by Winnipeg’s wonderful arts community. A subscriber to a number of Winnipeg


Symphony Orchestra concerts has the benefit of better seat selection, a 25% dis- count, and the satisfaction of planning in advance for attendance at a great concert. Tis season, with the arrival of a new music director for the WSO, there is a lot of excite- ment around the changes that our new maestro, Daniel Raiskin, will make with


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the Hockey Hall of Fame, and the Manitoba Museum. “I’ve done hockey exhibits before, but to be able to grand-


stand a little bit and show off our own province’s success is something I really am excited about.” On display are items that blend a mix of yesterday and


today, from names that spark memories for every genera- tion, including Terry Sawchuk’s Detroit Red Wings jacket, Reggie Leach’s Flin Flon Bombers blazer, Jonathan Toews’ Olympic Medals and three Stanley Cup rings, as well as jer- seys from Bobby Clarke and referee Andy Van Hellemond. Every item on display is special, but there’s one item that is believed to have never before been seen at an exhibit that really stands out for Hogue. “One of the things I was most excited to display for our


visitors was an Olympic gold medal, jersey, and Olympic memorabilia from Kenneth Moore, who played for the Win- nipeg Hockey Club in the 1932 Winter Olympic Games,” says Hogue. “Kenneth is believed to be the first indigenous athlete to win an Olympic Gold Medal.” We’ve found the cure for your hockey withdrawal this


summer, and it’s at the Manitoba Museum. Te exhibit will run until Jan. 13, 2019, in Alloway Hall.


the orchestra. Winnipeg has a wonderful tradition of warmly welcoming new leaders of artistic, business, and sporting enter- prises. Tuesday, September 17th is the gala season opening concert for this new music director. Be part of the group that provides a generous welcome to this very talented musical leader. He leads the orchestra in Beethoven’s inspiring “Emperor” Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s fiery Fifth Symphony. Te opening concert on September 17th


also features a performance by Emanuel Ax, one of the finest pianists in the world today. He will be performing Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto. Emanuel Ax is an eight time Grammy award winning artist, who performs as a soloist and chamber musician around the globe. Many of his re- markable recordings are made with his very good friends YoYo Ma and Itzhak Perlman. Emanuel Ax also has a special connec-


tion with Winnipeg. Just after the Second World War, Emanuel Ax and his family moved to Winnipeg. Both of his parents were Holocaust survivors, and they were looking for a new start and freedom from danger. Emanuel Ax studied piano in Win- nipeg and participated in the Winnipeg Music Festival and the Winnipeg Musical Club during his time in Winnipeg. Many of the more gifted pianists in Winnipeg at the time remember being amazed and awed by the talent of the young Emanuel Ax. It was not long before opportunities to study at the Julliard School in New York drew Emanuel and his family away from our city and on to a brilliant international career. Perhaps the concert season is a natural


time to make a set “date night” with your spouse, best friends, mother or grandchil-


Daniel Raiskin is the new music director for the WSO. Photo by Marco Borggreve.


Renowned pianist Emanuel Ax is appearing at the season opener. Photo by Lisa Marie Mazzucco.


dren. Tere is something wonderful about setting aside time with special people to experience an inspiring, entertaining, and refreshing evening of music. I hope to


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see you at the concert hall regularly in the coming year. Trudy Schroeder is the executive director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.


October 2018


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