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Brian Glow is an internationally renowned illusionist who has one of the largest touring illusion shows in North America. Since 1973, his concerts have toured to over 40 different countries.
Sharon and Fonz Granger have been ghosthunting as Shadows of Manitoba since 2005. They document paranormal occurrences and promote history while helping to preserve historical buildings in and around Manitoba.
Jenny Berkel was born in the heart of Southwestern Ontario, surrounded by disappearing forests and spreading cities. From busking on the streets of Belfast to traveling across Canada with Lady o'Lakes, she brings music to each place she visits and it finds her no matter where she travels. Jenny is currently preparing to woo the heart of Winnipeg and beyond with the release of her first solo EP this summer.
Handyman Rod Kozak spent years working in the local schmatta industry before turning to a career as a handyman to fulfill his creative impulses. Rod has been Handyman-in-Residence at Aqua Books since March 2008.
Kris Bratton is an actor who was born and raised in Fort Garry. His television credits include As The World Turns, Law and Order:Criminal Intent, All My Children, The Guiding Light and Ghost Stories. He has done numerous voice-overs for television and radio. In New York, he has worked with many esteemed theatre companies including The New Group, Ensemble Studio Theatre and Naked Angels and was part of the award-winning cast of Danny Boy which premiered as part of the NY Fringe Festival. He is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Silky-voiced Ben Wytinck got his start at age nine, playing drums in his father's band at a rural Manitoba bar. He moved to Winnipeg in 2001, to play what he calls Bluegrazz (Bluegrass and Jazz). His eponymous debut CD contains ten of his finest self-penned songs.
Al Rae is a Winnipeg stand-up comic and comedy writer. He is the winner of the Just for Laughs National Homegrown Comic Competition 2000. Prior to Little Mosque on the Prairie, Al was a writer on the sitcoms Blackfly and Big Sound. He has hosted two comedy information shows for CBC Radio, That’s Capital, about finance, and Spin Off, a highly popular election satire show. His eight part comedy-drama series Monsoon House with Russell Peters aired on CBC Radio in the fall of 2006.
Dean Jenkinson has appeared on The Comedy Network’s Comedy at Club 54, CBC’s COMICS! and Global’s Comedy on Stage. CBC News viewers recognize Dean from his award winning satirical commentaries on shows like Canada Now and Saturday Report. His 1998 play How Do You Know When You’re Done co-starring Al Rae was named among the Top Ten at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival. He currently writes for This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Ryan McMahon mixes a traditional stand-up comedy sensibility with a loose improvised slacker style and he blends it all together with characters, multimedia, music and hilarity. Based out of Winnipeg, McMahon is a comedian/actor/writer that is making a name for himself as one of the most dynamic Native Comedians working in North America today. McMahon steers clear of tired, cultural stereotypes onstage, and instead, his live show combines standup, improv, and sketch comedy weaving stories and characters in an original style of comedy that he calls – Indian Vaudeville.
Whatever anyone else is doing... that's the only thing The Eardrums won't do. The band consists of three singers, songwriters and
multi-instrumentalists -- fraternal twin brothers Tim and Grant
Partridge, plus childhood friend James MacLean. Proud proponents of
the DIY tradition, The Eardrums' homemade recordings demonstrate a
genuine love of music and a keen attention to detail, while their
raucous live shows reaffirm the value of originality and simplicity in
rock and roll. They continue to reinvent themselves, even mid-show,
but their signature sound, rooted in blues and classic punk, always
shines through the beautiful noise.
Elvira Kurt is a Second City alumnus who has had many years of comedic success in Canada and the U.S. She has starred in The Comedy Network’s series’ Popcultured with Elvira Kurt and Elvira Kurt: Adventures in Comedy, and has had her comedy specials air on Comedy Central, HBO, Showtime, CTV, CBC and The Comedy Network. Kurt was voted Funniest Female Comic at the Canadian Comedy Awards and received a Gemini nomination for her one-hour special Elvira Kurt: I’m A Big Girl Now. No slouch in the writing department, Kurt contributed to the CBS pilot and HBO special for Ellen DeGeneres.
Ron Vaudry, a twenty-five year veteran of stand up comedy and is one of Canada’s top comedians. He has appeared on Open Mike with Mike Bullard, Yuk Yuk’s: The TV Show, The Arsenio Hall Show, Comedy at Club 54 and has had his own CBC Comics special. Ron has appeared at The Seattle Comedy Competition, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Just for Laughs, Funnyfest and The Great Plains Comedy Festival. He has also been a top Canadian comedy club headliner for many years.
George Westerholm
The Paperbacks are Doug McLean, Jaret McNabb, Kevin Andrechuk, Corey Biluk and Kevin McLean. Lit From Within was released in January 2010.
Michael Nathanson’s Governor General Award-nominated play, Talk, opened the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre’s 2007-2008 season and was a critically acclaimed production in Toronto in March 2010. Michael’s plays have been seen in New York, Dallas and at festivals across Canada. At home, Michael has written for Theatre Projects Manitoba, CBC Radio and the University of Winnipeg.
Michael is the Artistic Producer of Winnipeg Jewish Theatre and a member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada.
Michael lives in Winnipeg and is married to Rebecca Brask, and has two glorious children, Zevi and Naomi.
Née à Saint-Boniface (Manitoba), Lise Gaboury-Diallo est professeure de langue française et des littératures francophones au Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface (MB). Elle est l'auteure de 6 recueils de poésie : Subliminales(1999), transitions (2002), tous deux en lice pour le Prix Rue-Deschambault; Poste restante : cartes poétiques du Sénégal (2005) en lice pour le Prix Landsdown pour la poésie; Homestead, poèmes du coeur de l'Ouest(2005), oeuvre pour laquelle elle a remporté le premier prix, catégorie poésie française, des Prix littéraires Radio-Canada 2004; L’endroit et l’envers (2008) et Parchemins croisés: la Genèse en peinture et en poésie/Crossworlds: a Genesis in painting and in poetry, en collaboration avec la peintre Monique Larouche, traductions de Mark Stout (2008).
Morley Walker is the arts and entertainment columnist and book review editor of the Winnipeg Free Press. He has been observing Winnipeg’s cultural scene for 30 years.
The Milk Snake has smooth and shiny scales and its typical color pattern is alternating bands of red-black-yellow or white-black-red. Snakes have no eyelids and instead have a transparent covering that rests over their eyes called brilles to protect their eyes from dust and dirt. They also have no hands, which prevents them from writing for the Free Press. This particular snake comes from the Assiniboine Park Zoo.
Matt Ward's first album, Thrift Shopping, brims with crisp sound and personality. From his start in Oakbank, Matt has branched out personally and musically over the past 2 years, and Thrift Shopping tells a tale of transition with each track. Local legends Hugh McMillan and Cara Luft join Matt on this album, helping to expand his sound, and add rich layers to his bare singer-songwriter honesty. For Martin Sexton followers to James Keelaghan groupies, here is a young musician with the soul of a true storyteller.
Noam Gonick's film and installation work has investigated street gangs of Winnipeg, queer hippie cults, TV psychics, apocalyptic stockbrokers and prison semaphore. He has presented work at the Venice, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance Film Festivals, the Museum of Modern Art and the Serpentine Gallery in London.