Downtown Buzz Downtown events for November


News from the Downtown Winnipeg Business Improvement Zone Happy Place opens at Prairie Theatre Exchange on November 7.


Father and Son – Piolo Pascual and Iñigo Pascual October 29, Centennial Concert Hall Piolo Pascual and Iñigo Pascual are multi-talented


artists and performers popularized in the country of the Philippines who also happen to be father and son. Piolo Pascual is best known for his award-winning acting in various films and TV shows in the Philippines and is seen as one of Philippine’s biggest heartthrobs.


Vietgone November 1 - 17, Royal Manitoba Teatre Centre In this stylish mash-up, Qui Nguyen uses everything


from hip-hop to kung fu to tell the story of his parents’ escape to America after the fall of Saigon. Quang is a badass pilot who saved lives during the war but was forced to leave his family behind. Sexy and strong, Tong is excited to write her own story but finds America isn’t exactly as advertised. Nguyen smashes stereotypes as he shares the pain and triumph of two warriors forced to find a home in a temporary world.


Stone Temple Pilots and Seether November 1, Bell MTS Place Stone Temple Pilots (STP) and Seether have an-


nounced a co-headline tour, along with special guests Default and Age of Days, in Canada. STP founding mem- bers Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo, Eric Kretz, along with new lead vocalist, Jeff Gutt, released their seventh studio album, Stone Temple Pilots (2018), and just wrapped the Rev 3 tour to rave reviews.


Crafted Show + Sale November 2 - 3, Winnipeg Art Gallery Te Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba Craft Council,


Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association, and Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, are thrilled to present the fourth annual juried CRAFTED Show + Sale. Tis one-of-a-kind event highlights artists from Manitoba, plus a select number from Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, and the Northwest Territories.


An Evening of Mozart November 2, Centennial Concert Hall Te great Manitoban soprano, Tracy Dahl C.M., whose


Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker is at the Burton Cummings Theatre on November 23.


career has taken form La Scala to opposite Placido Do- mingo, performs our favourite Mozart arias. Ten, one of Mozart’s final acts of genius, the “Great” G-Minor Symphony. Plus Mozartiana – Tchaikovsky’s personal tribute of Mozart.


Happy Place November 7 - 25, Prairie Teatre Exchange From a Winnipeg-born, award-winning playwright,


this brave and touching play explores and celebrates the courage, compassion and humour of a group of women living together in an in-patient care facility for women dealing with trauma. Each has their own story, their own reasons for being there, but the community they build together has an effect beyond what any therapist can offer. Constantly moving between humour and wrenching emotion, Happy Place is a sincere and con- temporary look at mental illness and the never-straight path to healing.


Ravel, Briten, Shostakovich – In Remembrance November 9 - 10, Centennial Concert Hall Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the End


of WWI. Renowned British violinist Tasmin Little per- forms the pacifist Britten’s sublime Violin Concerto. Ravel dedicated Tombeau de Couperin to six friends fallen in WWI. Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony was intended as a grand ode to soviet victory in WWII. Instead, he delivered a delightful work reminiscent of Mozart, a rebuff to Soviet authoritarianism.


Winnipeg Santa Claus Parade November 17, Portage Avenue and Young Street Te parade has been a Winnipeg tradition for more


than a century. Winnipeg’s parade is now the second largest parade in Canada and the largest nighttime parade in the country. Presented by Manitoba Hydro the parade will start at 5:00 p.m. at Portage Avenue and Young Street and heads east down Portage Avenue all the way to Main Street ending at Westbrook Street. Remember, dress for the weather, give yourselves lots of time to get downtown, and don’t be naughty, because Santa is watching!


Great Russian Nutcracker November 23, Burton Cummings Teatre Te biggest Christmas experience of the year! Te


original, direct from Russia, Moscow Ballet’s Great Rus- sian Nutcracker! Enchant the whole family with larger than life magical props, a 60-foot growing Christmas tree and spectacular Russian-made costumes and sets. A must-see event witness the world’s best dancers on stage.


Don Giovanni November 24, 27 and 30, Centennial Concert Hall Mistaken identities, parties, and ghostly powers


combine with breathtaking music in one of the great- est works of opera. In this interpretation of the timeless classic, the legendary “Don Juan” is a celebrated mata- dor with a rock star persona. With an air of invincibility, the dashing, devilish seducer is constantly in search of a new conquest. But his incessant pursuit of women at any cost eventually earns him a dramatic punishment. Tree of his female targets join forces to wreak venge- ance on him. However, in the end its the supernatural that demands the Don’s repentance.


Empire of the Son November 28 - December 9, Prairie Teatre Exchange From the ashes of Hiroshima to modern-day Van-


couver, a funny, emotional portrayal of fathers and sons. Former CBC broadcaster Tetsuro Shigematsu and his emotionally remote father, Akira, shared the same profession, communicating with millions, but not with each other. When Akira’s health begins to falter in his old age, Tetsuro bridges the gap between them with the only object they both understood: a microphone. As he learns about how his own father was once a son, Tetsuro realizes all the ways in which he, himself, needs to step up and become a better dad. An original, multi-media presentation.


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