I think we’ll need a bigger hole. 123 Princess, 6.5.12

I’m not the first person to ever run out of steam here at 274/276 Garry Street. Check out Christian Cassidy’s history of what is now Winnipeg’s Cultural City Hall.

The new stage at Aqua Books, created by Handyman Jay (12.20.10)

GPOYW: I Don’t Know Who This Is Edition

(Some kids did a photoshoot over here at Winnipeg’s Cultural City Hall on July 31/10, but I dunno who this is.)

GPOYW: 2010 Jazz Fest Edition (photo Duncan McNairnay)

GPOYW: Writer-in-Residence Edition

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My little space at Aqua Books
Day 1 Writing

Mammoth by Larissa Andrusyshyn on the arm of the chair.

GPOYW: Day Late/Dollar Short Edition

This lovely young lady wrote a lovely review of EAT! bistro, calling us “one of the most impressive Winnipeg restaurants”.

GPOYW: New Fishtank in the Women’s WC Edition

(An old ’50s watercooler converted into a home for comets. Just finished this week.)

GPOYW: On Air Edition Part 2

I bought this from MTC’s production of It’s a Wonderful Life. I’ve got it hooked up to a remote flasher. (Oh yeah.) It makes its debut at Friday night’s Kelly Hughes Live!, appropriately enough in support of MTC’s Churchill Fest.

GPOYW: On Air Edition Part 1

This is also from MTC’s production of It’s a Wonderful Life. It lights the way to Winnipeg’s Cultural City Hall and lets everyone know when we’re live with an event upstairs.

GPOYW: Sweet Light Edition

We bought this light in Stillwater, Minnesota last month. It’s from an old church and we had to use a little ingenuity to mount it without the original brackets and hardware. In addition to having my electrician re-wire the fixture itself, I ended up mounting it with a styrofoam ceiling medallion (that I bought at the Habitat restore for $5), plywood, eight giant hooks, one giant washer, and a plumbing fitting.

Google Street View now live for Winnipeg

GPOYW: Sparkly Edition

Our Ruth Maendel original light fixture is now wired and shining. Ruth’s latest exhibition of work opens in Winnipeg on November 20, 2009 here.

Hugo-winning SF writer Robert Charles Wilson and his wife Sharry just walked into Aqua Books. Bob’s here for THIN AIR 2009, and Sharry is researching an article on Winnipeg son Neil Young.

Kelly Hughes Live! September 11/09