Welcome to our Community Billboard featuring news about upcoming events and topics of interest from our non-profit member organizations.
ACU is pleased to support the following upcoming events . . .
• Dine About Winnipeg (Feb 2-12) • Manitoba Eco-Network - 3rd Annual Reel Green Film Festival (Feb 3-4) • Fort Garry Women’s Resource Centre - Fab Fem Fundraiser (Feb 15) • Festival du Voyageur (Feb 17-26) • Food Matters Manitoba - Growing Local Conference (Feb 23-25) • Freeze Frame Annual International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages (March 5-11) • Winnipeg Youth Orchestras - Sounds of Spring Concert (Apr 10) • SMD Clearinghouse - Disability, Health & Wellness Conference (Apr 10) • Rainbow Resource Centre - 3rd Annual Gala Event (Apr 28)
Dine About Winnipeg February 2-12, 2012
Location: various restaurants across Winnipeg
Forget hunkering down for the winter. Put on your boots and bring your appetite to Dine About Winnipeg, sponsored by ACU. Dine About Winnipeg is Ciao! magazine’s annual celebration of local restaurants. For 10 days the city’s top kitchens put out their best spreads, serving multi-course meals at bargain prices.
Full menus and a list of participating restaurants will be available January 10 at ciaowinnipeg.com.
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Manitoba Eco-Network - 3rd Annual Reel Green Film Festival February 3-4, 2012
Location: West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Avenue (Friday) University of Winnipeg, Lockhart Hall (Saturday)
The Reel Green Film Festival features a showcase of environmental films and a ceremony honouring Manitobans who have contributed to the protection and stewardship of our natural assets.
To purchase tickets, contact (204) 947.6511 or info@mbeconetwork.org.
Manitoba Eco-Network is a non-profit organization that promotes positive environmental action. Their mission is to facilitate environmental awareness and expand community connections.
Fort Garry Women’s Resource Centre - Fab Fem Fundraiser Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Location: West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Avenue
The Fab Fem Fundraiser celebrates the outstanding artistic contributions women bring to our community and provides a magnificent evening of entertainment in the depths of the Winnipeg winter!
Tickets are available now, and can be purchased (via cash or cheque) directly at the centre (1150-A Waverley Street).
Fort Garry Women's Resource Centre is a not-for-profit, feminist organization supporting women to engage in healthy life choices for themselves and their families through innovative and responsive programming and excellence in service.
Festival du Voyageur February 17-26, 2012
Location: most events are at Whittier Park
Celebrate the joie de vivre of the Franco-Manitoban community at the the 43rd Festival du Voyageur, western Canada's largest winter festival. Come and share the rich historical and cultural experiences which reflect the Voyageur era.
The Festival du Voyageur offers music, workshops, traditional food, snow sculptures, artisans, historical tours, sleigh rides, a snow maze, and a host of other family-oriented activities.
Day passes are available for the following prices and can be purchased at the gate: Adult: 13 Child (6-17): $7 Toddler (5 and under): free
The Voyageur Pass (10 days) can be purchased at Safeway and the Festival du Voyageur office (233 Provencher Blvd.): Adult: $22 Child (6-17): $7 Toddler (5 and under): free
Passes go on sale soon: please visit the Festival du Voyageur website for availability.
The Festival du Voyageur Inc. is internationally renowned for its promotion of Francophone identity in Manitoba through year-round interactive historic and cultural experiences.
For more information and a program of activities for all 10 days, see the Festival du Voyageur website at festivalvoyageur.mb.ca.
Food Matters Manitoba - Growing Local Conference February 23-25, 2012
Location: Marlborough Hotel, 331 Smith Street
Now in its fifth year, the Food Matters Manitoba Growing Local Conference offers a chance to come together in plenary sessions and workshops designed to increase community capacity around food security. With increasing media coverage on issues such as the global food crisis, diet-related illness and nutrition, and food safety, more people than ever are thinking about their food, where it comes from, and who grows it.
This year there is a new Thursday pre-conference session with special speaker, Winona LaDuke.
Registration: To register for the conference and related events, visit the Growing Local Conference page.
Food Matters Manitoba is a registered charity that engages Manitobans towards healthy, sustainable and fair food for all.
Freeze Frame Annual International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages March 5-11, 2012
Every March, Freeze Frame presents an award-winning collection of international films for children and young people. During the Festival audiences both young and old enjoy:
Young people are invited to take an active role in watching and discussing films with their teachers and parents as well as through participation on the Freeze Frame Youth Jury. Jury members award a prize for Best Feature Film and Best Animated Short, meet the visiting guest artists, and participate in workshops.
Tickets are $5 per film (individual), $4 per film (family of five or more), and $20 for an individual pass, and $35 for a family pass (up to five people). Find out more information about Freeze Frame tickets on their website, or by phone: 949.9355 or toll-free at (1.866) 543.3378.
Incorporated in 1996, Freeze Frame is a not-for-profit organization and registered Manitoba charity. They provide opportunities for children and youth to develop media literacy, critical thinking skills, and the ability to express themselves through film and video—essential attributes in a world where communication in all forms is increasingly important and complex.
Winnipeg Youth Orchestras - Sounds of Spring Concert Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Location: Centennial Concert Hall, 555 Main Street
The annual Sounds of Spring concert is a collaboration of composers and members performing newly created compositions.
The Winnipeg Youth Orchestras comprise three separate orchestras: the Junior Strings, the Youth Concert Orchestra, and the Youth Symphony Orchestra. Organized in 1923, it is the oldest youth orchestra in Canada, with more than 150 musicians from 9-21 years of age and from every part of Winnipeg, as well as several outlying regions of the province.
SMD Clearinghouse - Disability, Health & Wellness Conference Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Location: Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Avenue
Check back here later for more information on the event.
Society for Manitobans With Disabilities focuses on helping people living with disabilities, which is why so many Manitobans have come to know and trust SMD for support.
Rainbow Resource Centre - 3rd Annual Gala Event Tuesday, April 28, 2012
Location: Delta Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Avenue
Support the thousands of youth, individuals and families that access the Rainbow Resource Centre every year by attending this unforgettable event! Money raised throughout the evening will go to sponsor the work of the Rainbow Resource Centre.
Keep an eye on Rainbow Resource Centre's website for ticket information.
The Rainbow Resource Centre is a non-profit organization committed to providing essential social services to the LGBTT* community of Manitoba and north-western Ontario
