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Think you know all of Calgary’s most frightening stories? Go beyond ghosts and hauntings and delve into the real, chilling tales of murder, executions and the history of the prisons at historic Fort Calgary. Get your true crime fix and shed light on the grim realities of the city's early days in this outdoor tour...
Fluid Fest 2026 is a celebration of dance, contemporary performance and connection unfolding across the city. Framed by the curatorial invitation, This Messy Gorgeous Love, we invite artists and audiences into the unpredictable brilliance of bodies in motion, where uncertainty and precision share the same breath, and every work unfolds as a living question and...
International equestrian show jumping returns to the heart of downtown Calgary. Competitors join from all across North America to compete for over half a million dollars in prize money.Competition runs daily in the Nutrien Western Event Centre at Calgary Stampede Park. Join us as we celebrate the Show Jumping Canada Championships!
Bouchercon is an international convention for anyone who loves mysteries. Each year, it attracts fans of crime fiction, published authors, aspiring writers, librarians, large and small publishers, editors, agents, and booksellers. Sign up to attend panel discussions, listen to presentations, and meet your favourite authors. Guests of Honour this year include Louise Penny, Kathy Reichs,...
Bouchercon is an epic mystery fan convention for readers, writers and lovers of crime fiction. It consists of panel discussions, presentations, and other programming on a wide variety of topics and allows interaction amongst readers and writers.This is an excellent opportunity to get to know your favourite authors and learn about new authors in the...
A Space That Remembers reflects my belief that places can inhabit us as much as we inhabit them. "Through painting, I seek to create spaces where observation, memory, emotion, and imagination come together—spaces that invite us to look closely, to reflect, and to consider what a landscape carries, what it has witnessed, and what we...
Newzones is pleased to present In The Pines, a solo exhibition of new work by Canadian contemporary painter, Jack Bishop.In these new paintings segments of the Trans-Canada are like a topiary, where the tree lines carve out an ornamental landscape the highway cuts through. The liminal space through the wilderness in a commute. For a...
Join us for a special edition of Forever Young: Seniors' Wednesdays at Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre. Presented in partnership with Jubilee Arts, JUNO-nominated percussionist Luis Tovar guides us on a journey through the world of Latin percussion in celebration of Latin Heritage Month.
Do you work or live downtown? Need to step away from the stress of everyday life? Looking for a quick midday reset?Clock Out! Your Creative Escape is a fun, casual monthly drop-in series open to anyone looking to pause, create, and recharge. Happening every third Wednesday, each session offers a low-pressure creative break designed to...
Shaye Zadravec, a born-and-raised Calgarian and multi-disciplined artist, continues to pursue her passion for music and live performance throughout Western Canada and beyond.It’s very likely Shaye was singing her little heart out long before being able to form full sentences as a youngster and not much has changed since then.Shaye has recorded and released two...
Burial of This Order brings together three works by Jane Jin Kaisen that underscore her ongoing interest in ritual, collectivity, capitalist critique, and the possibilities of social and political transgressions.The exhibition centres on Kaisen’s titular video installation (2022), through which the audience is invited to follow a funerary procession gathered to ceremoniously bury a world...
For over a decade, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca have developed a collaborative practice across cinema, visual arts and performance. Their videos and installations are created in dialogue with diverse artists and collectives, combining documentary strategies with narrative layers of fantasy and allegory.Through processes of listening and shared experience, direction, script, costume, and soundtrack...
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