Posted by Sarah Klein

Aspiring models looking to break into the modelling industry will have the chance at an open call at Portage Place Shopping Centre next month.
Panache Management will host the Panache International Model & Talent Search on Saturday, April 17. Females aged 12 to 22 and males aged 16 to 25 are invited to [...]

Freeze Frame 2010 is holding an “Acting for Animators” workshop on Wednesday with animator Marieke Von Middlekoop.
The evening session will focus on the differences between stage acting and acting for animators. The connections between thought, emotion, action, scene construction, characters and story telling will also be examined.
The workshop runs from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz

Over 100 pieces of art is on display at Portage Place Shopping Centre until March 31 created by Winnipeg top graphic artists.
The Downtown Winnipeg BIZ organized the display, which included holding two banner competitions to solicit the masterpieces.
The winners were chosen to create new art for Main Street and Chinatown, but there [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz
Since Portage Place Shopping Centre put out the call for new and used book donations in January, about 425 have been dropped off so far.
“We’ve set a goal of collecting 1000. Getting even more would show that Winnipeggers live up to our reputation as giving, caring people,” said Brittany Leschasin, Marketing Coordinator.
The [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland
A local Winnipeg shopping mall has partnered with LiteracyWORKS to provide adults and youth with valuable reading material.
Portage Place Shopping Centre and the non-profit organization are accepting new or used books now until February 19. For every donation made, a free movie pass for four to the classic family film “The NeverEnding [...]

You have five more days to enter to win a chance to step inside Portage Place’s Holiday Blizzard Cash Cube. The contest has been running in partnership with ChrisD.ca since November 13 and has awarded four tokens so far.
On Friday, a fifth and final token will be drawn for, giving the winner a chance to [...]

Everybody loves free prizes. That’s why Portage Place Shopping Centre has teamed up with ChrisD.ca to give you, the readers, a chance to step inside the mall’s Holiday Blizzard Cash Cube.
The cash cube — which will be on the second floor of Kennedy Court by the fountain — will be filled with gift cards, free [...]

Between 12 noon and 1:30 p.m. today, the newly-opened Bento Sushi Express at Portage Place Shopping Centre will be giving away free sushi boxes.
The restaurant is similar to the one already located in Polo Park, which constantly has a lineup during lunch hour.
Head on down there and get your sushi fix. Limit one box per [...]

Art and antique aficionados will want to mark September 25 and 26 on their calendar. That’s when the British Artiques Roadshow invades Portage Place Shopping Centre.
This will be the roadshow’s first ever stop in Manitoba, as they kick off their Western Canadian tour.
Their team of expert appraisers have already uncovered over $52 million worth of [...]

The winner of this season’s “Canada’s Next Top Model” and proud Winnipegger, Meaghan Waller, will be meeting with her fans on Saturday afternoon.
Portage Place Shopping Centre is hosting a meet and greet from 1 to 3 p.m. in Edmonton Court.
This will be the first time Meaghan’s fans will have the opportunity to interact with the [...]