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worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
Join our 8-week beginner-friendly Microsoft Excel program. Learn formatting, formulas, functions, data organization, charts, and workplace reporting. Starting September 22, 2026 (Beltline location) and September 25, 2026 (Manchester location).
Dania Idriss and David Martin read Thursday, October 8th, 7 pm, at Shelf Life Books. Discussion to follow, music by Doug Waite. Hosted by Jani Krulc.
Wordfest showcases the world’s most intriguing authors (in every genre!) from January through December. For more information about this show and others coming up soon to Calgary, visit wordfest.com.
Gather at Lougheed House for a conversation with Andrew Pretty Young Man from the Siksika First Nation as he shares his knowledge of traditional Blackfoot practices of preparing fall and winter. Throughout the conversation, audience members will hear stories of Andrew’s experience and his family’s traditions and have the opportunity to ask questions in a...
This new annual initiative of talks and panels emerges out of an ongoing attempt to grapple with the state of contemporary art.Demands placed on contemporary art—for directness, spectacle, or a reduction to economic functionality—will be central to these conversations. This series is interested in thinking through how these pressures inflect not only the production of...
Get tips for maintaining your mental health in an increasingly challenging world.It's easy to feel helpless in the face of global challenges. Stressful world events like climate change, financial crises, political unrest, and information overload can have a detrimental impact on our mental health.In this discussion, hear from experts at the Calgary Counselling Centre to...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
Improv 302: StoryThis is a six week course with sessions running 7:30-9:30 p.m. on the following Wednesdays:September 9, 16, 23, 30; October 7, 14.Classes are for students aged 18+Please register with your preferred name so we know who will be in the class and what to call you!Prerequisites: Improv 101 & 201, or 30 hours...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
Join our 8-week beginner-friendly Microsoft Excel program. Learn formatting, formulas, functions, data organization, charts, and workplace reporting. Starting September 22, 2026 (Beltline location) and September 25, 2026 (Manchester location).
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
From mass murders to executions, explore true crimes from across Alberta in this dark history, outdoor tour. Ponder gruesome cases that are still unsolved today and discover how the first and last hangings in the province were eerily similar.
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
Take an exclusive tour backstage at Studio Bell and see music come to life in the National Music Centre’s recording studios!Catch a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the working spaces of our world-class recording facilities* and hear the stories behind notable artifacts — spanning 450 years of music innovation and technology — guided by NMC’s talented music...
Dive into the world of music technology and explore unique instruments from the National Music Centre’s world-renowned collection.This is your chance to see how music is made and experience one-of-a-kind instruments in action. Step beyond the exhibits as interpreters go behind the glass to demonstrate historic artifacts, revealing the mechanics, sounds, and stories that make...
Between 1875 and 1914, thousands of prisoners crossed through the Fort Calgary prisons, each with their own story and accused crime. Gin, Jail & Justice follows a handful of these stories, examining some of the most interesting and prevalent crimes and criminals of Calgary during the 39-year occupation of Fort Calgary.At Gin, Jail & Justice,...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
Take an exclusive tour backstage at Studio Bell and see music come to life in the National Music Centre’s recording studios!Catch a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the working spaces of our world-class recording facilities* and hear the stories behind notable artifacts — spanning 450 years of music innovation and technology — guided by NMC’s talented music...
Dive into the world of music technology and explore unique instruments from the National Music Centre’s world-renowned collection.This is your chance to see how music is made and experience one-of-a-kind instruments in action. Step beyond the exhibits as interpreters go behind the glass to demonstrate historic artifacts, revealing the mechanics, sounds, and stories that make...
Between 1875 and 1914, thousands of prisoners crossed through the Fort Calgary prisons, each with their own story and accused crime. Gin, Jail & Justice follows a handful of these stories, examining some of the most interesting and prevalent crimes and criminals of Calgary during the 39-year occupation of Fort Calgary.At Gin, Jail & Justice,...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
Join our 8-week beginner-friendly Microsoft Excel program. Learn formatting, formulas, functions, data organization, charts, and workplace reporting. Starting September 22, 2026 (Beltline location) and September 25, 2026 (Manchester location).
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
Improv 302: StoryThis is a six week course with sessions running 7:30-9:30 p.m. on the following Wednesdays:September 9, 16, 23, 30; October 7, 14.Classes are for students aged 18+Please register with your preferred name so we know who will be in the class and what to call you!Prerequisites: Improv 101 & 201, or 30 hours...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
Join our 8-week beginner-friendly Microsoft Excel program. Learn formatting, formulas, functions, data organization, charts, and workplace reporting. Starting September 22, 2026 (Beltline location) and September 25, 2026 (Manchester location).
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
Join our 8-week beginner-friendly Microsoft Excel program. Learn formatting, formulas, functions, data organization, charts, and workplace reporting. Starting September 22, 2026 (Beltline location) and September 25, 2026 (Manchester location).
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
Improv 302: StoryThis is a six week course with sessions running 7:30-9:30 p.m. on the following Wednesdays:September 9, 16, 23, 30; October 7, 14.Classes are for students aged 18+Please register with your preferred name so we know who will be in the class and what to call you!Prerequisites: Improv 101 & 201, or 30 hours...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
Join our 8-week beginner-friendly Microsoft Excel program. Learn formatting, formulas, functions, data organization, charts, and workplace reporting. Starting September 22, 2026 (Beltline location) and September 25, 2026 (Manchester location).
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
worlds, worlds, worlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time, weaving the material, the fragmentary, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.Central to the Contemporary Calgary presentation...
Improv 302: StoryThis is a six week course with sessions running 7:30-9:30 p.m. on the following Wednesdays:September 9, 16, 23, 30; October 7, 14.Classes are for students aged 18+Please register with your preferred name so we know who will be in the class and what to call you!Prerequisites: Improv 101 & 201, or 30 hours...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
Improv 302: StoryThis is a six week course with sessions running 7:30-9:30 p.m. on the following Wednesdays:September 9, 16, 23, 30; October 7, 14.Classes are for students aged 18+Please register with your preferred name so we know who will be in the class and what to call you!Prerequisites: Improv 101 & 201, or 30 hours...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
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