Do a culture crawl

By: Staff Writer

• A Victorian Afternoon and Late Night Scavenger Hunt, Dalnavert Museum, 61 Carlton St., Sunday, 12-4 p.m. and 8 p.m. to midnight. Open house at Sir Hugh John Macdonald’s former residence featuring tours and croquet with a scavenger hunt at night.

• Wordplay with the Manitoba Writers’ Guild, Artspace, 218-100 Arthur St., Saturday, 1-4 a.m. Add to an ongoing story, make a custom notebook, pull a poem out of a band and more word fun.
• MTC Warehouse Tour, 140 Rupert Ave., Sunday 1-4 p.m. Self-guided tours of the Tom Hendry Theatre.
• Nuit Blanche at the WAG, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Blvd., Saturday and Sunday, 6 p.m.-6 a.m. All-night party featuring live bands, exhibition openings, films, Jolene Baillie dance work, flash mob, video games and more.
• Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers Variety Show, Rachel Brown Theatre, Crocus Building, Saturday, 7:30-11 p.m. Dance, music and poetry.
• Art Tours of Manitoba Hydro Place, Manitoba Hydro building, Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tours of the new Hydro building and the art within. Advance registration required.
• Landscape Dancing, The Forks, Friday, 1-2 p.m. Dancing moves from studio to outdoor setting.
• Nuit Blanche at Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Plug In ICA, 1-460 Portage Ave., Saturday and Sunday, 7 p.m.-6 a.m. All-night party featuring exhibitions and a new installation by Sandee Moore.
• Dance Downtown, 380 Graham Ave., Sunday 1-4 p.m. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet throws block party with live performances, lectures, creative movement classes for children and open house.
• The Culture of Knitting and Crochet, Ram Wools, 989 Portage Ave., Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Showcase of local fibre artists, info about history of knitting and crochet and advice about your projects.
• Big Animation Station, The Forks, Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Animation workshop with opportunity to try your hand at stop-motion animation.
• Art / Sound project with Pixel, Gas Station Theatre, Saturday and Sunday, 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Project exploring improvisation music inspired by colours and projected imagery by artists known as Pixel.
• DIY DJ — Community Radio Open House, CKUW, University of Winnipeg, Room 4CM11, Friday, 4-8 p.m. The public is invited to play their favourite music and tour the campus/community station. Advance registration required.
• Soirée musicale à la Cathédrale, Saint-Boniface Cathedral, 190 Avenue de la Cathedrale, Saturday, 6-11 p.m. Live entertainment including choirs and classical music.
• Nuit Blanche at the Manitoba Museum, 190 Rupert Ave., Saturday and Sunday, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Mad Men-inspired "mocktail" party with live jazz bands, vintage 1960s decor and bar. Tours included.
• Graphic design and screen printing, Jumbo Show Posters, 419 Graham Ave., Unit D, Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Demonstration of techniques used to design and create concert posters and T-shirts.
• Mike’s Bloody Saturday film première, City Hall courtyard, 510 Main St., Saturday 7-8 p.m. Danny Schur (Strike!) shows his new documentary about the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike.
• Aboriginal Art Exhibition, Urban Shaman gallery, 203-290 McDermot Ave., Friday and Saturday, 12- 5 p.m. Showcase of works by aboriginal artists.
• Engaging Connections: Exhibition at Buhler Gallery, St. Boniface Hospital, Friday to Sunday, 10 a.m.- 8 p.m., Friday, 12-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The first public art gallery to open in a Canadian hospital shows off new exhibition by three Manitoba artists.
• Stained Glass and Fused Glass Basics, Prairie Stained Glass, 587 Sargent Ave., Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free glass-cutting demonstrations and hands on workshops in techniques used to make stained glass.
• Introduction to Bellydance, Au Set Bellydance Emporium, 1045 St James St., Unit N, Friday and Saturday, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Friday, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday. Zenobia shows off basic steps and simple choreography for people of all ages. Bring a scarf.
• The Burn Crew, Cre8ery Gallery & Studio, corner of William Avenue and Adelaide Street, Friday, 7-11 p.m. Exhibition of wood-fired clay works as part of an international exchange project.
• Madonny Exhibit, Ogniwo Polish Museum, 1417 Main St., Friday to Sunday. Madonny — Polish for Madonnas— is an interpretation of the Virgin Mary through photo manipulation.
• Carne Viva, Estudio Luna, 220 McDermot Ave., Saturday 8-11 p.m. Food-focused art exhibit by Alejadro Moras. There are several activities taking place at the artist-run gallery over the course of the weekend.
• Aboriginal Music Week’s Songs & Square Dancing, The Forks, Saturday 2-4 p.m. A preview of music scheduled for this year’s Aboriginal Music Week in November.
• Cyborg Cinema, Creswin Media Panel. 201 Portage Ave., Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Outdoor screening of performance art collaboration by Wafaa Bilal and Andrew Milne as they literally get attached to machines.
• Chocolatier Constance Popp open house, 1853 Portage Ave., Saturday 1:30-3:30 p.m. Popp will show how she makes concoctions from start to finish.
• Bruce-O-Rama, Aceart Inc., 2-290 McDermot Ave., Saturday, 12-11 p.m. An audiovisual interactive installation allowing you to be engaged in Bruce Lee fight footage from his movies via floor pressure sensors.
• Chinese Line Dance, Chinese Cultural Centre, 180 King St., Saturday 12-1:45 p.m. Workshop teaching you choreographed moves popular in China.
• Action: Directing Culture, The Forks, Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Film Training Manitoba workshop with camera, monitor, script and storyboards for hands on workshop about filmmaking.
• Performance Hive, 318 Ross Ave., Friday 8-11 p.m. Actors, musicians, photographers, dancers poets, painters and performance artists invited to create improvised live performance.
• Ladies of the’ 80s Sing-along, Cinematheque, 100 Arthur St., Saturday 9-10:30 p.m. Mass karaoke with a 1980s theme with lyrics to music by artists such as Cyndi Lauper, Tiffany, Bananarama and Madonna displayed on movie screen.
• Guy Maddin’s Hauntings, Platform Gallery, 100 Arthur St., Saturday, 11 p.m.-midnight. Closing party of Guy Maddin’s Hauntings film with performance by surf noir band This Hisses.
• An Afternoon in the Folk Exchange, Folk Exchange, 103-211 Bannatyne Ave., Saturday, 1- 5 p.m. Festival photo exhibit — The Festival Campground at Night — and live music by Demetra Penner, Sweet Alibi and Zoppa.
• Storytelling Day at Central Park, Central Park, Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Local storytellers and community organizations tell stories dealing with universal subject matter.
• Aerial Dance Class, Monica’s Danz Gym, 4-25 Scurfield Blvd., Saturday 1:45-3 p.m. Learn the basics of aerial dancing: spinning, floating and swinging above the ground on aerial fabric.
• Let’s Unite by Lantern Light, The Forks, Friday 6:30-7:30 p.m. Three community art centres collaborate to illuminate The Forks with homemade lanterns.
• Ask an Architect, The Forks, Saturday, 12- 5 p.m. Winnipeg architects offer to help the public with architectural assessments and advice on their projects.
• Southern Exposure: South Point Douglas tour, South Point Douglas Millionaires’ Club, 48 Annabella St., Sunday 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Walking tour of historic area of Winnipeg.
• Half Pints Brewery Tour & Open House, 550 Roseberry St., Saturday 9 a.m-5 p.m. Learn how local micro-brewery Half Pints makes beer. Mmmmm, beer.
• Colony Street Party, Saturday and Sunday 8 p.m.-2 a.m. CBC-organized street party on Colony Street between the Winnipeg Art Gallery and Plug-In.
• Culture Days Market, Old Market Square, Saturday, 11 a.m. -6 p.m. Arts and crafts market.