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Winnipeg Free Press
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
What's up: Dalnavert, Postmodern Jukebox, Lana Winterhalt, Grant's Old Mill's 50th, food tour
Are you kicking yourself for missing another First Friday? Each month, the Dalnavert Museum opens its doors for free on the Second Saturday. Built in 1895, the Victorian era manor was painstakingly restored — it's always either lovingly or painstakingly, huh? — in the 1970s before becoming a national historic site in 1990. On every second Saturday, the museum and visitor centre runs free games and craft activities while also offering a chance to explore what's considered one of Western Canada's finest examples of Queen Anne Revival architecture. — Ben Waldman Postmodern Jukebox brings its Magic and Moonlight Tour to Winnipeg on Saturday. Led by American musician, pianist and arranger Scott Bradlee, Postmodern Jukebox is a musical collective that reimagines modern-day pop hits as 1920s jazz, swing, doo-wop and Motown classics. In the early 2010s, Bradlee began experimenting with these throwback covers on YouTube — but it was 2013's 1930s jazz-inspired cover of Macklemore's Thrift Shop that first went viral. Sold-out live performances all over North America and Europe followed and now, a decade on, Postmodern Jukebox is bringing its Magic and Moonlight Tour to Winnipeg. Any genre, any era, you name it, they've (probably) done it; covers of everyone from Chappell Roan to Radiohead to Green Day to Celine Dion have all appeared on recent PMJ setlists. As Bradlee recently told the Pacific Northwest Inlander, 'You're gonna hear basically 100 years of popular music styles in 100 minutes.' Concertgoers are also encouraged to dress in their best vintage threads (any era acceptable) to achieve the full effect. — Jen Zoratti Megan Wilson photo Indie-pop artist Lana Winterhalt Megan Wilson photo Indie-pop artist Lana Winterhalt The Handsome Daughter has never been content to just sit pretty. But the freshly renovated West Broadway bar – best known as one of Winnipeg's premiere punk, hardcore and metal venues – has been getting extra experimental lately. Among its growing variety of eclectic programming it's added is Garage Days, a free two-set acoustic concert every Sunday in July. If you're not at the folk fest this weekend, consider checking out folk flavoured indie-popper Lana Winterhalt. ('Like Feist, but more self-obsessed!' reads her website.) In their glowing review of Winterhalt's latest record, Recovering Theatre Kid, the magazine Exclaim! writes: 'Pairing heartfelt lyrics with tender and memorable melodies, Winterhalt deserves a standing ovation.' Handsome Daughter's intimate patio may not accommodate a full house, but the warmth and talent emanating from last Sunday's concert drew plenty of passersby from the neighbourhood. They provided a standing ovation of sorts, cheering the performers from the sidewalk and across the street. — Conrad Sweatman SASHA SEFTER / FREE PRESS Grant's Old Mill is on the Sturgeon Creek Greenway Trail. SASHA SEFTER / FREE PRESS Grant's Old Mill is on the Sturgeon Creek Greenway Trail. The replica of a water-powered grain mill, originally built and operated by Métis leader Cuthbert Grant in 1829, turns 50 years old this year — and on Saturday Grant's Old Mill will play host to all manner of activities to celebrate a half century of the historic site. Located on Sturgeon Creek just off of Portage Avenue (in front of Grace Hospital), Grant's Old Mill is located roughly in the same spot as the original mill, which operated between about 1829 and 1832. The site now offers demonstrations on how flour mills operated, as well as historical information about Grant and his fellow Métis. The Cuthbert Grant Day celebrations kick off at 9 a.m. with a pancake breakfast that runs until 11 — get your fill for just $5. Throughout the rest of the day there will be free entertainment, including a jigging contest, a market featuring Métis and Scottish artisans, live music from fiddlers and pipers (as well as Catie St. Germain), cultural demonstrations and more. With the exception of the pancake breakfast, all events are free — bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy the green space around Grant's Old Mill all day. — Ben Sigurdson Blu Fish is a Japanese sushi restaurant on Bannatyne Avenue. Blu Fish is a Japanese sushi restaurant on Bannatyne Avenue. Ready, steady, eat your way through menus of Blu Fish, Amsterdam Tea Room and Deer + Almond during the Savour the Exchange Food Tour, which takes place every Wednesday evening throughout the summer until August 27. Dig into to maki rolls, sashimi and tempura at the Japanese sushi restaurant on Bannatyne Avenue then head to the Exchange's famed cocktail spot Amsterdam Tea Room to sample some of their best offerings before meandering down to small plate maestros Deer + Almond on Princess St. Remember to wear comfortable clothes and shoes and most imporatantly, and don't forget to bring your appetite. Advance booking required. — AV Kitching
Globe and Mail
11-06-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
A restored Queen Anne Revival mansion in Nova Scotia offers a step back in time
17 Collins St., Yarmouth, N.S. Asking Price: $649,000 Taxes: $6,165 (2025) Lot Size: 15,069 square feet Agent: Jordan Langille, ViewPoint Realty Walking into 17 Collins St. in Yarmouth, N.S., is like stepping back in time. The home, one of the only two mansions of its type in the province, is a significant part of Nova Scotia's architectural heritage, built in the Queen Anne Revival style and situated within Yarmouth's Collins Heritage Conservation District. 'Yarmouth was one of the wealthiest little towns in the world at the turn of the century, with the second busiest seaport in Canada,' said Michael Tavares, who owns the house together with his husband Neil Hisgen. 'When you own these big, grand Victorian houses, that was a whole way of life. I mean, there's a lot of ego in that. There's a lot of art in it.' Third time's the charm for 1950s-era North York bungalow that fetched over-asking price As a real estate developer specializing in adaptive reuse of historic buildings, Mr. Tavares is well aware of the home's historical significance. The residence was built between 1893 and 1895 for one of Yarmouth's more prominent citizens of the time, Charles Churchill Richards, a doctor, pharmacist and entrepreneur whose bestselling product was Minard's Liniment, an ointment used to alleviate arthritis and bronchitis. C. C. Richards & Co. was one of Yarmouth's leading businesses for over 25 years, allowing Mr. Richards to bring in the bricks, brownstone trimmings and granite for his new home directly from New England. The home was acquired by the federal government in 1942 for use as a barracks for the Canadian Women's Army Corps. In 1946, it was purchased by the town of Yarmouth and used as a public library and museum. It was 'one of Canada's first three public libraries and historical societies,' said Mr. Tavares. In 1963, it was sold and converted into a three-unit rental building. Mr. Tavares was flying back and forth from Boston to a farm that he and three friends bought in southwest Nova Scotia during the 1980s when he met his future husband and brought him to visit his homestead. The two decided to purchase a historic house in Yarmouth with plans to restore it and run it as a bed and breakfast managed by Mr. Hisgen, a professional hotelier. They became the new owners of the old house in October, 1998, living on the third floor, and opened the rest of the home to their guests in the summer of the following year until 2009. Mr. Tavares said, when they bought it, the home had been vacant for almost 10 years. 'It was condemned. … The east wall was falling off and collapsing. The water had leaked through the roof for years. … All the windows [were] frozen thawed, and cracked. It was basically a shell.' They began placing buckets around the house to catch the water leaking in. After that, they sealed up the windows and warmed up all the rooms to dry the floors and all the other wood in the house. Toronto wrangles with a simple question: What is a multiplex? It took three years to restore the house to its former glory, an effort recognized by the Nova Scotia Home Awards as Restoration of the Year in 2001 and Mechanical Award of the Year in 2003. Mr. Tavares said he thinks the mansion had remained vacant for such a long time before they bought it because no one knew how to address the serious deterioration of its masonry, among other problems. 'It was scary for a lot of people. It was a big house. But for us, and for me especially, it was just another day at the office. I just jumped in with both feet,' he said. 'If I was going to have a bed and breakfast in town, well, I wanted the best building in town.' The home welcomes visitors through a veranda that overlooks the historic district of Yarmouth. It wraps around the front of the house and connects to the entrance of the conservatory. It has decorative wooden trim, a balustrade and it has been completely restored and painted. The veranda connects to a vestibule and from there to the octagonal main hall. It has a 2½-storey hand-carved oak staircase, flanked by stained glass windows. The main floor is about 1,700 square feet and the couple used to invite the community to their themed parties every year for 15 years in a row. 'One of our themed parties was a New Year's party, where you had to come as your favourite dead movie star or celebrity. So everybody came. We had 10 Audrey Hepburns,' Mr. Tavares says with a laugh. During their first winter at their new dwelling, the couple had a Gillian Island's-themed party. 'Our first winter that we survived – we called it a survivor's party – we wrapped the whole front of the house in brown paper and shredded it like a hut. We did a shipwreck on the front lawn. … It was absolutely hysterical.' They downsized to save money and simplify their lives. Here's what they wished they'd known The main hall communicates with the front parlour, which has a huge bay window and then a pocket door that connects to the sitting parlour. A French glass door opens to a stained-glass conservatory that has floor-to-ceiling stained-glass windows and a skylit roof. Another door opens into the big dining room done in oak panelling. Doors lead to the kitchen and pantry. Mr. Tavares said the kitchen combines elements from eight different salvaged kitchens. 'I took apart and collected eight different kitchens over my career, and I adapted those elements to put this kitchen together so that it looks and it belongs to the house. It's all period 1880s, Victorian kitchen material.' On the second floor there are four bedrooms and 3½ bathrooms. The woodwork is all in sycamore and the floors are all original from the 19th century. The third floor used to be an apartment, but it has been rebuilt with three bedrooms and two full bathrooms. 'It's now been completely gutted and rewired and rough plumbed for somebody to take it and do what they want with it. … The third floor is now a clear palette to put together and finish the way you'd want,' Mr. Tavares said. Mr. Tanares said they are selling the house because they want to travel and enjoy the rest of their lives. But before that, he said he wants to 'pass the torch to the right person.' 'We want the house to have a future beyond us,' he said. 'It's not just shelter. … I want someone who wants to enjoy the opulence of the house and make it their own and give it the next 20 years.'
