Three to Watch on Friday: George Littlechild, Story of Convergence and VE Day

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Here I am, can you see me? : Curated by MJ Belcourt Moses, George Littlechild’s new exhibition at the Alberta Art Gallery is emotionally heartbreaking … and a must-see, from the haunted looks on children’s faces to the cold ferocity of the nuns. He explains: “This work includes a series of 22 drawings of First Nations children who died while attending a residential school in Maskwacis, AB. I want to give remembrance, recognition, honor and validation to the thousands of innocent children that no one is able to recognize while they are among their residential school mates in the photographs, almost forgotten in the museum’s archive collections. In this way, I seek to legitimize their lives and restore a minimum of dignity and importance to their short existence in the world ”.

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George Littlechild's drawings are in the Art Gallery of Alberta.
George Littlechild’s drawings are in the Art Gallery of Alberta. Photo by Fish Griwkowsky /Postmedia

Details : 11 am – 5 pm at AGA (2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq.), $ 14 for full gallery admission

Convergence : Good Women Dance Collective returns after a year-long performance freeze with a new showcase. The postponed “how many emails does it take to do a dance piece?” by Montreal’s Sasha Kleinplatz will move audiences through a dancer’s collection of choreographies, performances, and experiences learned from the first dance class onward. This is Rebecca Sadowski’s first live Métis performer, choreographer and instructor as the latest addition to the GWDC. Graceful Saddle Lake Cree Nation dancer Dustin Stamp is also on the show, as well as a new solo performance from Montreal’s Karen Fennell.

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The Good Women Dance Collective Convergence is at La Cité Francophone Theater until Saturday.
The Good Women Dance Collective Convergence is at La Cité Francophone Theater until Saturday. Photo by Marc J Chalifoux /supplied

Details : 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at La Cité Francophone Theater (8627 91 St.), $ 28 at fringetheatre.ca

The liberation of the Netherlands in World War II : Military Historians David O’Keefe and Ted Barris Revisit Current Accounts of Canadians in Operation Market Garden; Black Friday in Woensdrecht, Groningen; the Door-Knocker campaign; Operation Manna to end the “winter of famine” and how Canadians secured the German surrender on May 5, 1945, with the help of the young translator George Molnar. Be part of a proper EV Day celebration because the pandemic was delayed.

George Molnar, seated second from right, helps translate the German surrender to the Canadians on March 4, 1945.
George Molnar, seated second from right, helps translate the German surrender to the Canadians on March 4, 1945. Photo provided by

Details : 7:30 pm at Festival Place (100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park), $ 34.75 at ticketmaster.ca

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