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Torque celebrates seven years of beer
Saturday, Aug. 19, 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
330-830 King Edward St.
Free admission
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Matt Wolff, Torque Brewing’s operations manager
While many Manitobans might feel there’s little to celebrate about buying booze as of late, fans of the province’s craft-beer scene and its tasty output know better.
On Saturday, the folks at Torque Brewing Co. will raise a glass to seven years of pumping out some of Manitoba’s most popular craft brews with an all-day party featuring core pours and small-batch beers in a range of styles.
Torque was among the first wave of new breweries to open after regulations surrounding opening and operating a brewery were eased in 2014. As local craft breweries go, it’s on the larger end of the spectrum; fan favourites include the Red Line IPA, the What the Helles lager and the Witty Belgian wheat beer. It has also made space on its brewing system for budding contract brewers to get their start before they’ve moved on to their own digs.
In addition to plenty of beer, Saturday’s festivities will include food, vendors and live entertainment, with music by Diedra Borus, Ladywood Duo and Northern Royals.
— Ben Sigurdson
Fill up on local fun at The Forks
Saturday, Aug. 19, noon to 9 p.m.; Sunday, Aug. 20, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The Forks, CN Stage and Field
Free admission, visit streatfeast.ca for more info
MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Ketty Pichaud (left) and Yvonnick Le Lorec will be dishing up treats from La Crêperie Ker Breizh at Streat Feast at The Forks.
The Forks grounds will be abuzz with local vendors this weekend for the inaugural Streat Feast Festival.
With the tagline “loud, proud and tasty,” the outdoor two-day event promises food trucks, culinary competitions, cultural entertainment, family activities and a pop-up makers market.
Streat Feast is the brainchild of Winnipeg cousins and community boosters Lou and Lyn Alarkon, creators of Around the World in Winnipeg, a local business promotion platform, and Coffee with X, an annual celebration of the city’s coffee shop culture.
This weekend’s food vendors include Oda Best, Yuka’s Bakery, Shawarma Wrapublic, Lobster Bae, Kyu Grill, Raph’s Jamaican Joint, Casama, La Crêperie Ker Breizh and others.
The live entertainment lineup will feature performances by Mattmac, Red Lotus Korean dance group and Magdaragat Philippines, as well as zumba and cheerleading showcases.
— Eva Wasney
Final weeks to see The Art of Faye HeavyShield
Until Aug. 27
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Regular adult admission $18; visit wag.ca
MacKenzie Art Gallery Aapaskaiyaawa (They are Dancing) by Faye HeavyShield
A 40-year retrospective of Faye HeavyShield, a Blackfoot (Blood) visual artist from the Kainai First Nation in Alberta, is in its last weeks on view at the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq.
Curated by Felicia Gay — a curatorial fellow at the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina who has studied HeavyShield’s work intensively — The Art of Faye HeavyShield features her striking minimalist installations, which explore ancestral and personal memory, home and place — specifically the geography of southern Alberta.
“Welcoming Faye’s beautiful work to WAG-Qaumajuq is such an honour and a privilege,” said Marie-Anne Redhead, assistant curator of Indigenous Art, WAG-Qaumajuq, in a media release. “Her art is a materialization of love and kinship; love of her Blood culture, language and community; love of her family, ancestors, and the ones to come. I hope everyone who comes to see the exhibition is as inspired as I am by this incredible artist.”
HeavyShield arrived on the Canadian contemporary art scene in 1983, during her third year at the Alberta University of the Arts (formerly Alberta College of Art and Design) in Calgary. In 2021, she received the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Award in recognition of her indelible impression on Indigenous contemporary art as both artist and mentor.
— Jen Zoratti
Opera brings mythological twins to life
Castor et Pollux
Opens Tuesday, runs to to Friday, Aug. 25, 8 p.m.
St. Boniface Cathedral, 180 avenue de la Cathedrale
Tickets $30, $22 for students, seniors and arts workers at manitobaundergroundopera.com or eventbrite.com
The love-triangle saga of twins Castor and Pollux will take over the St. Boniface Cathedral courtyard beginning next Tuesday.
Castor et Pollux, which French librettist Jean-Phillippe Rameau wrote in 1737, is the latest Manitoba Underground Opera production that uses a notable Winnipeg location as the setting for its performances.
The twins from Greek and Roman mythology are heroic warriors and usually performed by male singers, but Manitoba Underground Opera has enlisted Winnipeg sopranos Nikita Labdon and Paulina Gonzalez to play Castor and Pollux, respectively, in the French-language production.
Also in the cast are Paul Forget (Jupiter), Hailey Witt (Telaire) and Geneva Halverson (Phebe). Melanie Dupuis plays three roles, Cleone, une Suivante d’Heve and une ombre heureuse while Wes Rambo portrays the grand priest and Mercury.
The outdoor production, directed by Adam da Ros, includes a 14-member chorus and a six-musician orchestra. Visual artist jaymez will use the cathedral’s original facade as a backdrop for projections of ancient scenes.
— Alan Small
Footloose dances back into town
Recycled Talent Productions
Today, Aug. 17, doors at 6:30 p.m., show at 7
Seven Oaks Performing Arts Centre
Tickets: $25 at recycledtalent.ca
Uproar in timid Garden City, where a rebellious theatre company has invaded the community and corrupted it with its devillish, toe-tapping, hip-swaying music.
Recycled Talent Productions are the culprits.
Tonight, the company wraps its musical production of Footloose, based on the Kevin Bacon-starring ’80s film of the same name, set in a town where, after a communal tragedy, cutting a rug can only be done with an X-acto knife in the back of the carpet store.
Philip Rogalsky, who starred as Seymour Krelboyne in this year’s fringe production of Little Shop of Horrors, takes on the role of Ren McCormack, tasked with matching Bacon’s sizzle. Maria DeFord plays the rebellious Ariel Moore, whose association with Ren frightens her parents, the town’s strict and concerned reverend (Elisèo Pineda) and his resolute wife (Kyra Giesbrecht).
— Ben Waldman
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Alan Small
Reporter
Alan Small has been a journalist at the Free Press for more than 22 years in a variety of roles, the latest being a reporter in the Arts and Life section.
Ben Sigurdson
Literary editor, drinks writer
Ben Sigurdson edits the Free Press books section, and also writes about wine, beer and spirits.
Jen Zoratti
Columnist
Jen Zoratti is a Winnipeg Free Press columnist and author of the newsletter, NEXT, a weekly look towards a post-pandemic future.
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