Spring Fundraising Luncheon: Winnipeg Modern- A Part of Our Heritage
Friday, March 30, 2012 noon – 1:30pm, Fort Garry Hotel, Provencher room Tickets are now available for purchase at HW office. $ 65.00 for members and $ 70.00 for non-members (tax deductible receipt provided).
Come and join us to support the work that we do at Heritage Winnipeg. Enjoy a hot lunch and get to know more about Winnipeg’s Modern Architecture with a presentation by Herbert Enns. He is a professor of Architecture at University of Manitoba. Click here to see the invitation.
HW's 27th Annual Preservation Awards
Heritage Winnipeg is holding our 27th Annual Preservation Awards at the historic Barber House, 99 Euclid Ave., on National Heritage Day and Louis Riel Day, Monday, February 20, 2012 commencing at 2:00 pm. This is a free public event. Click here to see invitation.
Disposable Buildings or Modernist Gems?
A panel discussion Wed. 22 February at the WFP News Cafe.Please click here to see more details of this event.
Winnipeg 50's 60's 70's
Take a trip back in time to Winnipeg to the 50's 60's 70's. Click here to enjoy.A NFB Presentation: 100-Year-Old Union Station in Winnipeg
A National Film Board of Canada presentation on the 100-year-old Union Station in Winnipeg, enjoy some great shots of Winnipeg.
Click here to view.
Historic Home Fundraiser A Great Success!
Heritage Winnipeg was very pleased to hold our annual fall fundraiser at the Moss/Kantor House. The evening was a great success!
President: Penny McMilan (centre)
Celine Kear
Dancers
A special thank you to the owner of Moss/Kantor House for allowing us to hold our event there.
Many thanks to Storm Catering for the wonderful food, Stephanie Ballard’s Landscape Dancing and her dancers from Drive Dance Company and piano player Bert Johnson for the entertainment. Also our tour guides Megan Wells, Celine Kear and Herbert Stewart.
Thank you to everyone who attended this evening and supported Heritage Winnipeg.
Heritage Winnipeg would like to thank Alpha Masonry Ltd., for their generous sponsorship of this event and their support of Heritage Winnipeg.
Alpha Masonry Ltd. is involved in construction, restoration and repair. They have been operating in Winnipeg since 1960. Over the years, they have been involved in many heritage projects.
MONEY TALKS: Tales from Bankers’ Row
Greg Agnew from Heritage Winnipeg presented a visual presentation of Winnipeg’s “Bankers’ Row” at noon on December 5, in the Carol Shields Auditorium at the Millennium Library.
By the turn of the century, between City Hall and Portage and Main there existed over 20 banks and financial institutions. Greg dressed in period costume and entertained his audience with tall tales of this vibrant historic area.
Thank you Greg for a great presentation and to the Millennium Library!
A Christmas Carol at Dalnavert Museum
Wednesday, December 7 to Friday, December 23, 2011, 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm). Dalnavert Museum, 61 Carlton St.Tickets $20 (adult) and $10 (youth).
See the poster here.
There will be three upcoming performances of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at the Manitoba Historical Society Dalnavert Museum from December 7-23. This year, they are very pleased to have Ron Robinson, Ian Mozdzen, and Celeste Sansregret join them once again, bringing this story to life in their own unique ways. For more information on the performers, please visit their website. Tickets for this event are $20 (adults) and $10 (under 18). Guests will be invited to tour the Museum and hear carols from the Pot-Pourri Singers prior to the show. Refreshments will follow the performance. Purchasing tickets is a great way to support the Dalnavert Museum and its programming and a terrific way to start the holiday season.
Call to reserve your tickets soon, as tickets always sell out quickly for this popular holiday presentation. Reserve by calling Dalnavert Museum at 204-943-2835. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for youths.
For more information, visit the Manitoba Historical Society's upcoming events page here.
Heritage Winnipeg products available online!
Heritage Winnipeg is proud to announce that we are now offering our products in our online store.Visit the online store to browse Streetcar '356' t-shirts, our historic map of Winnipeg, and Randy Rostecki's history of Armstrong's Point.
Also, check out Robert Sweeney's sketches in our online store.
Airport Terminal Memories: Two CBC Videos
CBC has put up two great videos about the 1964 Winnipeg air terminal on their website.Here is a look back at memories of the terminal, including an interview with Bernard Brown, one of the original designers, and excellent archival footage of famous landings at the airport. The video is about 3 minutes.
Here is a documentary CBC did on the airport when it first opened in 1964. About 12 minutes long.
