The Manitoba Museum presents THE STRIKE PROJECT: AN ACT OF RESISTANCE. Experience an evening of artistic interventions in Strike 1919: Divided City, a new exhibition commemorating the 100^th anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike. This immersive evening of performances will feature Manitoba-made poetry, music, contemporary dance, and stand-up comedy.

Two performance times:

June 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm / 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm

Doors open at 6:30 PM

Run time for each performance is approximately 90 minutes. The Museum Galleries will be open from 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM for your enjoyment before or after the show. There will be a cash bar and snacks available for purchase.

$15 General / $10 Members

FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY:

Chimwemwe Undi (Poet)

Emma Dal Monte & Trevor Pick (Dance Artists)

Photo Credit: Ray Demski Photography

Ron Romanowski (Poet)

If 30,000 Strikers Marched Today is avant-garde Winnipeg writer Ron Romanowski’s eighth poetry collection.  His first, Sweet Talking, was published in 2004.  His work has appeared in journals and in numerous anthologies.  His poetry has been read on national CBC Radio.  Ron continues to work with, among many other themes, contemporary politics, the vulnerability of the natural world, personal relationships, and more, in an entertaining and often humorous manner.

Steve Locke (Spoken Word Poet)

Steve Locke is a writer, spoken word poet, and arts educator from Winnipeg/Treaty One Territory. On the page, his work has appeared in CV2, Prairie Fire, The Winnipeg Review, poetry is dead, and others. On stage, he has toured across Canada and has featured at various local and national arts festivals. Partnering with educators and arts groups, he continues to foster safe spaces for youth to develop confidence in creative self-expression.

Photo Credit: Anthony Mark Schellenberg

Anjali Sandhu (Comedian)

Anjali Sandhu is a comedian, writer, actress and law student. She has performed in the Winnipeg Comedy Fest and the SheDot Comedy Festival. Her Winnipeg Fringe Festival show, “I’m Not Taylor Swift” received four stars from the WFP. Anjali’s short film, “If I Could Go Back” will be released by CBC this year. When Anjali is not in school or on stage, she spends her time desperately trying to make her cat love her back.

TWIN (Musicians)

Captivating audiences by Rivers and Roads for the past 10 years TWIN have developed a sound unto themselves ranging from deeply engaging folk story telling to heavy hitting punk anthems and everything in between. Performances swing from sweet to savage AF embodying a heaviness that is hard to shake but still cathartic. TWIN strikes at the core of human experience stringing together proverbial tunes about life, death and love. Dark Earth Folk for the Decomposing Soul.

Photo Credit: Colin Corneau