If you're looking to add a little Christmas joy this holiday season, we suggest hoping in your car to check out the beautiful light display at 3514 Rosser Ave. The address is home to an amazing light show featuring 10,000 lights, 18 different songs, and 2 short skits from The Griswolds Christmas movie. The songs are alternated daily. Home owner Jeff Miller told bdnmb.ca that the family has been decorating the house for many years now. "We have been decorating our house for the holidays since 2010.  Started with traditional lights and blowups and expanded every year.  I had always wanted to do a light show to music but could never find the time to learn how to do one.  When Covid hit and we were in lockdown I figured it was a good time to learn" said Miller. "In early 2020 I bought some individually addressable LED lights and started learning how to sequence them. It wasn’t till last year we did our first light show to music at Halloween and again at Christmas". Each year Miller estimates he spends 100s of hours working on the display. He works on it all year long and he has already starting to build and plan stuff for next year. It’s a lot of work but it’s a great hobby and he really enjoys it. The Christmas display starts just around the first weekend after Remembrance Day each year and goes till about a week after New Years.  5pm - 10pm weekdays and 5pm - 11pm on weekends. In addition to the Christmas show, the family also has a Halloween show that runs each year for about 3 weeks ending on October 31st. "My wife and I have 3 young boys who love Christmas/Halloween just as much as we do. They get excited to decorate every year.  It makes us all happy. We also do it to bring joy to others" concluded Miller.

The Wheat Kings are excited to announce that they are partnering with the Victoria Inn to bring back the long-time Brandon staple, Bump City Social, as part of the Next Level Night Out New Years Party. Brandon’s newest New Years event begins when the Wheat Kings take on the Moose Jaw Warriors at 5 p.m. on December 31, 2022.  This Next Level Night Out game will feature live music, an early New Years celebration for our younger fans, and post game fireworks. After the game the party moves to the Victoria Inn Grand Ballroom where the Great Canadian Dueling Pianos will provide an unforgettable night of entertainment to ring in the New Year! Tickets for this one-of-a-kind event are only $99.00 which includes your ticket to the game, and the Bump City New Year’s social, and can be bought at through the WHEAT KINGS TICKETMASTER PAGE Season Ticket holders, no need to feel left out, social only tickets are available exclusively to you as well. We want to ask Season ticket holders, Next Level Night Out tickets holders and any other ticket holder for the December 31st game to pop by the Wheat Kings office to get their Bump City Social tickets if they want to join the postgame social. Don’t wait to purchase your tickets, this event is sure to sell out quickly. GREAT CANADIAN DUELING PIANOS Great Canadian Dueling Pianos is the brainchild of Joel Lightman and Cody Fenwick, two musicians with decades of international touring experience. From the world’s largest stages to more intimate clubs and theatres, they are both veterans of thousands of shows and imbue their professionalism and musical talent into the ethos of Great Canadian Dueling Pianos. Great Canadian prides itself on the quality of its musicians and provides corporate and event entertainment all over Canada. With hundreds of the finest musicians in the country on their roster Great Canadian has made a name for itself with its uncompromising approach to ensuring each event is a spectacular musical success.

City of Brandon Parks & Recreation Services is pleased to inform the public that the sparkling display of holiday lighting at the Manitoba Hydro Power Smart Waterfall of Lights will officially be turned on for the 2022-2023 winter season tonight at 5 p.m. The Power Smart Waterfall of Lights is located immediately west of the City of Brandon’s Parks Services Complex on 2020 McGregor Avenue. As of tomorrow evening, the displays will be turned on and remain lit from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. nightly through the winter season. Seasonal lights have also been turned on at City Hall, Hanbury Hill and in downtown Brandon. City Hall is located at 410 – 9th Street, Hanbury Hill is located just off Braecrest Drive in Sir Winston Churchill Park, and downtown Brandon includes city streets from 1st Street to 18th Street on Rosser Avenue and Princess Avenue. No public vehicles are allowed in the direct area of the Power Smart Waterfall of Lights display. The public is encouraged to park in designated areas on McGregor Avenue or Hilton Avenue and walk through the area to view the lights. The City of Brandon asks all members of the public to enjoy the lighting displays at a safe distance and not to walk in areas where power cords are present. Preparation of the public skating oval around the Power Smart Waterfall of Lights has begun. Please respect all signage and barricades in place and stay off the ice surface until it is ready for public use. For more information about the Power Smart Waterfall of Lights, please contact the City of Brandon’s Parks & Recreation Services at 204-729-2148. (City of Brandon PSA)

The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba is preparing an exhibition of recent work by its members, which will be exhibited in the Main Gallery from December 1 until December 17, 2022. The AGSM has hosted an annual members exhibition since 2004, making this the 18th installment of the popular, community-driven event. Limited only by wall space, this exhibition is built from an open submission for anyone with an AGSM membership that was in good standing as of October 31, 2022. As artwork continues to arrive, over 90 works of art from local Brandon and Westman area artists will be featured in this yearly popular exhibition. First time participant, Dhairya Vaidya said, “A kid goes to an art gallery thinking ‘I wish I could one day create such amazing artworks’. The Annual Member’s Show is an opportunity for that kid’s dreams to come true. To have my artwork exhibited is exactly what I hope inspires others in our community, especially kids, to one day participate in a similar way.” Two artist talks will be held in a hybrid format through the AGSM’s online platforms on December 9th and December 16th. A reception will be held on Thursday, December 1 at 7:00PM, which will celebrate the unveiling of the Members Show as well as Pathway to Change, an exhibition of works by incarcerated adults and youth, which has been open to the public since October 27 and will run through December. Supplemental events are supported by the generosity of the Whitehead Foundation. Where artists have opted to sell their work, they will be on sale starting on December 1.

Assiniboine Community College is celebrating the end of fall with the second annual Farewell to Fall culinary event happening at the Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts (MICA) on the college’s North Hill campus on December 1. Tickets go on sale November 17 at 10 a.m. “We are looking forward to the college hosting another outstanding culinary event inspired by seasonal ingredients, and connecting our talented students to our community.” said Tim Hore, Dean, Russ Edwards School of Agriculture & Environment. “We’re consistently in awe of the work that our MICA students put into our events, and the creative fall flavours that get pulled together in the Farewell to Fall menu.” 2022 marks the second year for this exciting addition to MICA’s sought-after culinary events. Farewell to Fall includes a multi-course dinner, fused with self-serve appetizer and dessert action stations. The event promises a 5-star dining experience with the flair of flambé and other culinary show techniques. Along with dinner, guests will have the opportunity to peruse an evening market with seasonal products such as jams, jellies, preserves, and other seasonal delicacies created by the students. “The excitement in the kitchen, dining room and bake shop is contagious as plans for Farewell to Fall are underway,” says Karen O’Gilvie, Academic Chair of Field to Fork, Russ Edwards School of Agriculture & Environment “As a Red Seal Chef and Academic Chair, I could not be prouder to see the College’s vision of the Field to Fork initiative come alive during this event filled with creativity and tantalizing flavour profiles.” Guests attending the Farewell to Fall event will experience the work and talents of Culinary Arts, Baking Foundations and Hotel and Restaurant Management students. The evening event will have three available seating times. Tickets are $60 and must be purchased in full table allotments of either two or four. Visit assiniboine.net/farewelltofall for more information. To purchase tickets, call 204.725.8738 or 800.862.6307 ext 6516 starting at 10 a.m. on November 17. (ACC Release)