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Ragpickers Anti-Fashion Emporium, Nov 2 2011

Ragpickers 216 McDermot Ave, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Winnipeg’s famous vintage fashion shop in the Exchange District has been around since 1984 and is undergoing some changes. I figured…

Antiques & Funk, Oct 27 2011

Antiques & Funk (Antiques and Funk) have been selling cool vintage stuff in Winnipeg since 1986 and have been at 474 Main street since 1997. This building used…

Winnipeg Stadium under construction, Oct 21 2011

stuart olson dominion Construction Management takes care of the new Winnipeg Stadium at the University of Manitoba. Mike Clynes, project manager, kindly invited me down to the site…

Warren Carther Winnipeg Airport Sculpture Installation, Oct 3 2011

“Aperture” a glass sculpture by Warren Carther commissioned for the new Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson Airport How to describe it: It’s a carved and sandblasted blue glass sculpture…

Autumn Riverwalk, the Forks, Honey Show, Manitoba Legislature, Oct 2 2011

The trees are changing colours to lovely autumn shades in Winnipeg. The Assiniboine River Walk was under five to ten feet of water all summer, and in early…

Warren Carther Winnipeg Airport Sculpture Installation, Sept 27 2011

“Aperture” a glass sculpture by Warren Carther commissioned for the new Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson Airport How to describe it: It’s a carved and sandblasted blue glass sculpture…

Railway Days, The Winnipeg Railway Museum, Sept 17 2011

The Winnipeg Railway Museum (and some old streetcar tracks from Winnipeg’s history) In the VIA Rail Station (Union Station) at 123 Main street, Winnipeg A collection of excellent…

Warren Carther Winnipeg Airport Sculpture Installation, Sept 9 2011

“Aperture” a glass sculpture by Warren Carther commissioned for the new Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson Airport How to describe it: It’s a carved and sandblasted blue glass sculpture…

Parlour Coffee (actually open) Sept 3 2011

Officially Open!     (I was there twice today) bzzzzzzzzz PARLOUR COFFEE 468 Main St. Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Winnipeg’s newest, bestest coffee shop.  Parlour Coffee Website Parlour Coffee Tumblr…

Parlour Coffee (nearly open) Aug 28 2011

PARLOUR COFFEE 468 Main St. Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Winnipeg’s newest, bestest coffee shop. Parlour Coffee Tumblr          Parlour Coffee Website Parlour Coffee in Winnipeg It’s…

Inner-City Community Garden Tour, Aug 25 2011

April and Shawn were biking across North America, and wrote in their blog about the evening.                        …

Powerland Computers, HP Experience Store Launch, Aug 25 2011

The HP TouchPad Frenzy:   Leif got up earlier than usual; at 7am. There he discovered a whole world full of activity. Who knew? Powerland Computers got a…

“Artistic Licence Bureau” A Performative Installation by Glen Johnson

Artistic Licence Bureau  A Performative Installation by Glen Johnson Exhibition 4-26 August 2011 Opening Reception Thursday 04 August, 7PM Hours Tuesday-Saturday, Noon-5PM “PLATFORM centre for photographic + digital arts is relatively…

Vintage Glory’s (old and soon to be new) location, Aug 2011

Doug Shand’s amazing vintage store on 88 Albert street (Winnipeg) is moving, about 20 feet to the south. He has been there since about 2008. Actually it turned…

Winnipeg Art Gallery; Stand up Comedy on the Roof

Organized by Anna Wiebe: The Comics of the evening were: Hosted by Aisha Alfa Tim Gray John B. Duff Ryan Ash Matt Nightengale Ben Walker Keener Jordan Welwood…

Debbie Patterson promotional shoot for now (núna)

Sargent and Victor Avenue, Winnipeg. Premiering at the now (nuna) festival in Iceland in the Fall of 2011, Debbie is working on a Theatre Script about this neighbourhood…

The Gimli Airfield and awesome old airplanes, July 29 2011

This used to be a fully fledged Airforce Base with two runways large enough to land the largest bombers. Gimli Cadets still use it, along with speed freaks…

Gimli Manitoba; long weekend, July 28 2011

The Icelandic Festival starts tomorrow. I prowled around looking for Skandahoovian influences.                                …

Richardson College for the Environment and Science Complex

Grand Opening for the Richardson College for the Environment and Science Complex. There used to be an old Roller Rink and used car lot here and now there…

Driving from Winnipeg to Tofino, May 8 2011

Swift Current to West of Calgary. Foggy morning in Swift current. It rained ALL DAY. So we listened to funny British people on BBC the whole time. Stopped…

Driving from Winnipeg to Tofino, May 7 2011

From Winnipeg to Swift Current, or Speedy Creek as the witty folks say.              

Road Trip (way out West)

From Winnipeg to Tofino; Camping all the way.

The Winnipeg Comedy Festival; Cathy Jones at the Free Press Cafe

Brad Oswald interviews Cathy Jones about life, love and the early Codco years.

4Play Sports Bar, Winnipeg, Jan 23 2011

For Dowse Marketing and Design

Phantasmagoria at Dalnavert, Oct 23 2010

This was the first time this event was held at Dalnavert. Click here for 2011                          …