At 242 Manitoba Ave., there’s no honorary plaque on the white stucco wall that says so, but the one-time synagogue and current ministry in the North End is an important landmark in the city’s ongoing history of dedicated queer spaces. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * At 242 Manitoba Ave.
, there’s no honorary plaque on the white stucco wall that says so, but the one-time synagogue and current ministry in the North End is an important landmark in the city’s ongoing history of dedicated queer spaces. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? At 242 Manitoba Ave., there’s no honorary plaque on the white stucco wall that says so, but the one-time synagogue and current ministry in the North End is an important landmark in the city’s ongoing history of dedicated queer spaces.
Built in 1921, the building just west of Main Street became in the 1970s the first permanent home of Happenings Social Club, a members-only gay bar and dance club started by an organizing body called the Mutual Friendship Society. Didn’t know that? Don’t worry — until last fall, neither did Devin Slippert. MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS Devin Slippert of the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation sits at 242 Manitoba Ave.
, the former home of gay dance club Happenings. After starting with the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation as its programming and outreach co-ordinator last September, Slippert, 22, quickly sought out .
