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  • OPEN MIC IS BACK!

    The Unicorn 223 8 Ave Sw, Calgary, Ab

    Join us for Open Mic hosted by Earl Morgan every Wednesday from 8 PM to 11 PM.

  • Dolly Wiggler Open Mic Cabaret Jam

    The Dirty Duck 1336 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Aspiring Dolly Wigglers are recommended to give it a go! Practice always, sometimes, mostly makes perfect and we invite you to try your act out to prepare for the Dolly *big time.*Drop by Pat Mack’s weekly Wed night open mic at the Dirty Duck in Inglewood where Dolly Wiggler is joining his roster the first...

  • Ship Hop Fall Showcase 2026

    The Ship & Anchor 534 17 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    Ship Hop is a quarterly hip-hop showcase that not only highlights upcoming Calgary acts but also provides a platform for those who want to sharpen their pen through open mic or test their freestyle skills during our rap games and cypher.This month's artists are Bayja, Jackie Art and ZENONAdmission is free and there are prizes...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Performing November 2: Mark Christopher

    Comedy Cave 1020 8 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta

    Mark Christopher is an old-school comic with a modern sensibility (meaning he tells jokes but not the "dad" type). His meticulous writing ensures that each performance is packed with ingenious twists and turns that keep the audience guessing (and of course laughing).Mark is from Miami, but he started his comedy career in San Francisco, where...

    $17.11 – $63.48

  • Voices Across Borders

    Shelf Life Books 1302 4 St Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    What happens when a story crosses a border? It changes. It travels. It survives. Voices Across Borders is a multidisciplinary evening bringing together film, storytelling, poetry, and community participation around migration, identity, belonging, resilience, and cultural memory.Emi Laará: Little Stories to DreamA storytelling and film experience for children and families rooted in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba...

  • November | Open Studio for 55+

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    Join Contemporary Calgary at our drop-in Open Studio Session for 55+ on Wednesdays in November.During this informal art-making drop-in session, participants are invited to bring their own projects along with any art and craft materials they are currently using. This time can be used not only for creating but also for connecting with other artists,...

  • Piano Project YYC: Anthony D’Alessandro & Kate Stevens

    CORE Shopping Centre 324 8 Ave Sw, Calgary, ab t2p

    Join JUNO-nominated pianist Anthony D'Alessandro and seven-time YYC Music Award-winning vocalist and radio host Kate Stevens for their return to the Honens stage presented in partnership with JazzYYC, performing a mix of jazz & soul by the likes of George Gershwin, Oscar Peterson, Edith Piaf, and more!The performance takes place inside the CORE Shopping Centre...

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Spirit of Ukraine

    The Cathedral Church of the Redeemer 604 1st St Se, Calgary, Alberta

    “Spirit of Ukraine” returns to ProArts@Noon by special request, featuring vocalists Stephania Romaniuk and Lyudmyla Heath, violinist Anastasiia Lykhosherstova, pianist Olesia Voloshchuk Gural and members of Korinnya and Pereveslo Ukrainian choirs of Calgary.This non-traditional vocal recital that recounts through music the two months before, and the two months following, the fully fledged invasion of Ukraine....

  • Jack Bishop: In The Pines

    Jack Bishop: In The Pines
    Newzones Gallery Of Contemporary Art 730 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Elzbieta Krawecka – A Space that Remembers

    724 11 Ave SW #100 724 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Otipemisiwak Fantasy

    The New Gallery 208 Centre St S, Calgary, Alberta

    In Otipemisiwak Fantasy, Riel Starr explores Métis culture through an Indigiqueer perspective. Starr unapologetically conceptualizes Métis futurism through traditionally crafted contemporary objects in order to honour their own personal connection to their culture, the land, and the survivance of historical Two-Spiritness.Opening reception: October 23rd, 2026, from 6:30 to 9 pmRiel Starr will give an exhibition...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Performing November 2: Mark Christopher

    Comedy Cave 1020 8 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta

    Mark Christopher is an old-school comic with a modern sensibility (meaning he tells jokes but not the "dad" type). His meticulous writing ensures that each performance is packed with ingenious twists and turns that keep the audience guessing (and of course laughing).Mark is from Miami, but he started his comedy career in San Francisco, where...

    $17.11 – $63.48

  • Knitting & Crochet Club by Carya Village Commons

    Carya Village Commons 610 8 Avenue Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    A vibrant weekly club meant for both first-time fabric artists and veterans. Bring your project and chat with out knitters and crocheters, or join us for an introductory lesson!Who We Are Carya is a social impact agency that has been responding to the evolving social needs of the Calgary community since 1910. Today, with over...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jack Bishop: In The Pines

    Jack Bishop: In The Pines
    Newzones Gallery Of Contemporary Art 730 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Elzbieta Krawecka – A Space that Remembers

    724 11 Ave SW #100 724 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Canadian Jazz Festival

    Various Venues Calgary, Alberta

    Canadian Jazz Fest brings established voices and rising talent to Calgary for six nights of homegrown jazz.The festival honours Canada’s jazz heritage and showcases the artists defining its sound today.

  • Otipemisiwak Fantasy

    The New Gallery 208 Centre St S, Calgary, Alberta

    In Otipemisiwak Fantasy, Riel Starr explores Métis culture through an Indigiqueer perspective. Starr unapologetically conceptualizes Métis futurism through traditionally crafted contemporary objects in order to honour their own personal connection to their culture, the land, and the survivance of historical Two-Spiritness.Opening reception: October 23rd, 2026, from 6:30 to 9 pmRiel Starr will give an exhibition...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Performing November 2: Mark Christopher

    Comedy Cave 1020 8 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta

    Mark Christopher is an old-school comic with a modern sensibility (meaning he tells jokes but not the "dad" type). His meticulous writing ensures that each performance is packed with ingenious twists and turns that keep the audience guessing (and of course laughing).Mark is from Miami, but he started his comedy career in San Francisco, where...

    $17.11 – $63.48

  • The Workshop Open Mic Night

    Comedy Cave 1020 8 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta

    The Workshop is Calgary’s most dynamic Monday night comedy show — a curated open mic blending the polish of seasoned professionals with the raw energy of fresh new voices.Each week features a professional headliner, surprise sets from touring comics, and a rotating cast of local comedians trying out new material — including the occasional brave...

    $17.11 – $24.85

  • Monday Rap Night by Tribe Cypher

    Werklund Centre 205 8th Avenue SE, Calgary

    Every MondayTime: 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Location: Werklund Centre, formerly Arts Commons, 205 8 Ave S.E.Room: Arts Learning CentreAge: 18+Cost: FreeSchedule:5:00-5:30 p.m. - Snack, Chill, Network5:30-6:00 p.m. - Smudge6:00-6:30 p.m. - Mini Workshop6:30-7:30 p.m. - Cypher

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Otipemisiwak Fantasy

    The New Gallery 208 Centre St S, Calgary, Alberta

    In Otipemisiwak Fantasy, Riel Starr explores Métis culture through an Indigiqueer perspective. Starr unapologetically conceptualizes Métis futurism through traditionally crafted contemporary objects in order to honour their own personal connection to their culture, the land, and the survivance of historical Two-Spiritness.Opening reception: October 23rd, 2026, from 6:30 to 9 pmRiel Starr will give an exhibition...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • November | Drop-in Art Making

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    Embrace creativity and explore worlds, worlds, worlds by Curtis Talwst Santiago in our extended Weekend Drop-in Art Making Program this November! Join us every Saturday and Sunday throughout the month from 1–5 PM in the Flanagan Family Gallery. Materials and light instruction are provided.Our program encourages people of all ages to connect with modern and...

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Puppy Yoga

    812 16 Ave SW 812 16 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    Join a puppy yoga class in the Beltline. Each class lasts 60 minutes: 30 minutes of gentle, beginner-friendly yoga, then 15 minutes with the puppies roaming free on the mats and 15 minutes of cuddles and photos. Mats are provided and no experience is needed. Our team supervises the puppies the whole time.

    $49

  • Otipemisiwak Fantasy

    The New Gallery 208 Centre St S, Calgary, Alberta

    In Otipemisiwak Fantasy, Riel Starr explores Métis culture through an Indigiqueer perspective. Starr unapologetically conceptualizes Métis futurism through traditionally crafted contemporary objects in order to honour their own personal connection to their culture, the land, and the survivance of historical Two-Spiritness.Opening reception: October 23rd, 2026, from 6:30 to 9 pmRiel Starr will give an exhibition...

  • Carly’s Angels Drag Show Season 27 at The Attic Bar & Stage

    1413 9 Ave SE 1413 9 Avenue Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    Join us for the legendary Carly's Angels Drag Show every Saturday night performing on the same stage for the past 26 years!Carly’s Angels – 27th Season at The AtticCarly’s Angels have been dazzling audiences here for 25+ years, and they’re back for another spectacular season! Join us for a night of glamour, laughter, and unforgettable...

    $32.71 – $55.07

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • The Inner Gallery: Creating a Visual Deck of the Parts Within

    Canopy Studios 1723 9 St Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    We are all made up of many parts.There may be a part of us that takes care of everyone, a part that strives to get things right, a playful part, a creative part, a part that worries, or a part that longs for something more.The Inner Gallery is a monthly creative series inviting you to...

    $65

  • The Oratory: Live at Kipling Square!

    Kipling Square 10 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    With joyful urgency, we have co-imagined and co-designed an experience for curious minds seeking deeper connection to themselves, to one another, and to the world around them, through the inviting and transformative embrace of the arts.Together, we explore the questions we're often afraid to ask, but suspect everyone else is quietly wrestling with too. Think...

    Pay what you can

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jack Bishop: In The Pines

    Jack Bishop: In The Pines
    Newzones Gallery Of Contemporary Art 730 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Elzbieta Krawecka – A Space that Remembers

    724 11 Ave SW #100 724 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Puppy Yoga

    812 16 Ave SW 812 16 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    Join a puppy yoga class in the Beltline. Each class lasts 60 minutes: 30 minutes of gentle, beginner-friendly yoga, then 15 minutes with the puppies roaming free on the mats and 15 minutes of cuddles and photos. Mats are provided and no experience is needed. Our team supervises the puppies the whole time.

    $49

  • Otipemisiwak Fantasy

    The New Gallery 208 Centre St S, Calgary, Alberta

    In Otipemisiwak Fantasy, Riel Starr explores Métis culture through an Indigiqueer perspective. Starr unapologetically conceptualizes Métis futurism through traditionally crafted contemporary objects in order to honour their own personal connection to their culture, the land, and the survivance of historical Two-Spiritness.Opening reception: October 23rd, 2026, from 6:30 to 9 pmRiel Starr will give an exhibition...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jack Bishop: In The Pines

    Jack Bishop: In The Pines
    Newzones Gallery Of Contemporary Art 730 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Elzbieta Krawecka – A Space that Remembers

    724 11 Ave SW #100 724 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Art on 9th Inglewood Pop Up

    1020 9 Ave SE 1020 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    New art. New shows. New pop ups.For more than a decade, Art on 9th has been popping up in great spaces and filling the walls with original work by talented Western Canadian artists. Art on 9th heads back to Inglewood with 26 artists and more than 250 pieces of original art.

  • Otipemisiwak Fantasy

    The New Gallery 208 Centre St S, Calgary, Alberta

    In Otipemisiwak Fantasy, Riel Starr explores Métis culture through an Indigiqueer perspective. Starr unapologetically conceptualizes Métis futurism through traditionally crafted contemporary objects in order to honour their own personal connection to their culture, the land, and the survivance of historical Two-Spiritness.Opening reception: October 23rd, 2026, from 6:30 to 9 pmRiel Starr will give an exhibition...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jack Bishop: In The Pines

    Jack Bishop: In The Pines
    Newzones Gallery Of Contemporary Art 730 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Elzbieta Krawecka – A Space that Remembers

    724 11 Ave SW #100 724 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Otipemisiwak Fantasy

    The New Gallery 208 Centre St S, Calgary, Alberta

    In Otipemisiwak Fantasy, Riel Starr explores Métis culture through an Indigiqueer perspective. Starr unapologetically conceptualizes Métis futurism through traditionally crafted contemporary objects in order to honour their own personal connection to their culture, the land, and the survivance of historical Two-Spiritness.Opening reception: October 23rd, 2026, from 6:30 to 9 pmRiel Starr will give an exhibition...

  • OPEN MIC IS BACK!

    The Unicorn 223 8 Ave Sw, Calgary, Ab

    Join us for Open Mic hosted by Earl Morgan every Wednesday from 8 PM to 11 PM.

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • The Inner Gallery: Creating a Visual Deck of the Parts Within

    Canopy Studios 1723 9 St Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    We are all made up of many parts.There may be a part of us that takes care of everyone, a part that strives to get things right, a playful part, a creative part, a part that worries, or a part that longs for something more.The Inner Gallery is a monthly creative series inviting you to...

    $65

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jack Bishop: In The Pines

    Jack Bishop: In The Pines
    Newzones Gallery Of Contemporary Art 730 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Elzbieta Krawecka – A Space that Remembers

    724 11 Ave SW #100 724 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Otipemisiwak Fantasy

    The New Gallery 208 Centre St S, Calgary, Alberta

    In Otipemisiwak Fantasy, Riel Starr explores Métis culture through an Indigiqueer perspective. Starr unapologetically conceptualizes Métis futurism through traditionally crafted contemporary objects in order to honour their own personal connection to their culture, the land, and the survivance of historical Two-Spiritness.Opening reception: October 23rd, 2026, from 6:30 to 9 pmRiel Starr will give an exhibition...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Knitting & Crochet Club by Carya Village Commons

    Carya Village Commons 610 8 Avenue Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    A vibrant weekly club meant for both first-time fabric artists and veterans. Bring your project and chat with out knitters and crocheters, or join us for an introductory lesson!Who We Are Carya is a social impact agency that has been responding to the evolving social needs of the Calgary community since 1910. Today, with over...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jack Bishop: In The Pines

    Jack Bishop: In The Pines
    Newzones Gallery Of Contemporary Art 730 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Elzbieta Krawecka – A Space that Remembers

    724 11 Ave SW #100 724 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Otipemisiwak Fantasy

    The New Gallery 208 Centre St S, Calgary, Alberta

    In Otipemisiwak Fantasy, Riel Starr explores Métis culture through an Indigiqueer perspective. Starr unapologetically conceptualizes Métis futurism through traditionally crafted contemporary objects in order to honour their own personal connection to their culture, the land, and the survivance of historical Two-Spiritness.Opening reception: October 23rd, 2026, from 6:30 to 9 pmRiel Starr will give an exhibition...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Monday Rap Night by Tribe Cypher

    Werklund Centre 205 8th Avenue SE, Calgary

    Every MondayTime: 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Location: Werklund Centre, formerly Arts Commons, 205 8 Ave S.E.Room: Arts Learning CentreAge: 18+Cost: FreeSchedule:5:00-5:30 p.m. - Snack, Chill, Network5:30-6:00 p.m. - Smudge6:00-6:30 p.m. - Mini Workshop6:30-7:30 p.m. - Cypher

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Otipemisiwak Fantasy

    The New Gallery 208 Centre St S, Calgary, Alberta

    In Otipemisiwak Fantasy, Riel Starr explores Métis culture through an Indigiqueer perspective. Starr unapologetically conceptualizes Métis futurism through traditionally crafted contemporary objects in order to honour their own personal connection to their culture, the land, and the survivance of historical Two-Spiritness.Opening reception: October 23rd, 2026, from 6:30 to 9 pmRiel Starr will give an exhibition...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Puppy Yoga

    812 16 Ave SW 812 16 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    Join a puppy yoga class in the Beltline. Each class lasts 60 minutes: 30 minutes of gentle, beginner-friendly yoga, then 15 minutes with the puppies roaming free on the mats and 15 minutes of cuddles and photos. Mats are provided and no experience is needed. Our team supervises the puppies the whole time.

    $49

  • Otipemisiwak Fantasy

    The New Gallery 208 Centre St S, Calgary, Alberta

    In Otipemisiwak Fantasy, Riel Starr explores Métis culture through an Indigiqueer perspective. Starr unapologetically conceptualizes Métis futurism through traditionally crafted contemporary objects in order to honour their own personal connection to their culture, the land, and the survivance of historical Two-Spiritness.Opening reception: October 23rd, 2026, from 6:30 to 9 pmRiel Starr will give an exhibition...

  • Carly’s Angels Drag Show Season 27 at The Attic Bar & Stage

    1413 9 Ave SE 1413 9 Avenue Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    Join us for the legendary Carly's Angels Drag Show every Saturday night performing on the same stage for the past 26 years!Carly’s Angels – 27th Season at The AtticCarly’s Angels have been dazzling audiences here for 25+ years, and they’re back for another spectacular season! Join us for a night of glamour, laughter, and unforgettable...

    $32.71 – $55.07

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Ninth Avenue Band live at the Ironwood Stage and Grill

    Ninth Avenue Band live at the Ironwood Stage and Grill
    Ironwood Stage & Grill 1229 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Hailed as one of Canada’s best big bands, Ninth Avenue Band consists of 18 full-time members, and performs live in Calgary, Alberta, and across Canada. The band has a wide range of repertoire suited for audiences of all ages and musical tastes, from traditional jazz charts to funk, R & B, and Latin.The band’s members...

    $17 – $35

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jack Bishop: In The Pines

    Jack Bishop: In The Pines
    Newzones Gallery Of Contemporary Art 730 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Elzbieta Krawecka – A Space that Remembers

    724 11 Ave SW #100 724 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Puppy Yoga

    812 16 Ave SW 812 16 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    Join a puppy yoga class in the Beltline. Each class lasts 60 minutes: 30 minutes of gentle, beginner-friendly yoga, then 15 minutes with the puppies roaming free on the mats and 15 minutes of cuddles and photos. Mats are provided and no experience is needed. Our team supervises the puppies the whole time.

    $49

  • Otipemisiwak Fantasy

    The New Gallery 208 Centre St S, Calgary, Alberta

    In Otipemisiwak Fantasy, Riel Starr explores Métis culture through an Indigiqueer perspective. Starr unapologetically conceptualizes Métis futurism through traditionally crafted contemporary objects in order to honour their own personal connection to their culture, the land, and the survivance of historical Two-Spiritness.Opening reception: October 23rd, 2026, from 6:30 to 9 pmRiel Starr will give an exhibition...

  • Leopard Lounge at The Attic Bar & Stage

    Leopard Lounge at The Attic Bar & Stage
    1413 9 Ave SE 1413 9 Avenue Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    Comedy sketch show on the last Friday of every month hosted by Karla MarxHarken back to the glory days of Hollywood, Vegas, and pop culture from the 60s to the 90s ... and then hear an old drag queen tell you Tall Tales about the way things *really* were!Don't miss this camp, comedy sketch show...

    $20 – $25

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jack Bishop: In The Pines

    Jack Bishop: In The Pines
    Newzones Gallery Of Contemporary Art 730 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Elzbieta Krawecka – A Space that Remembers

    724 11 Ave SW #100 724 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Otipemisiwak Fantasy

    The New Gallery 208 Centre St S, Calgary, Alberta

    In Otipemisiwak Fantasy, Riel Starr explores Métis culture through an Indigiqueer perspective. Starr unapologetically conceptualizes Métis futurism through traditionally crafted contemporary objects in order to honour their own personal connection to their culture, the land, and the survivance of historical Two-Spiritness.Opening reception: October 23rd, 2026, from 6:30 to 9 pmRiel Starr will give an exhibition...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jack Bishop: In The Pines

    Jack Bishop: In The Pines
    Newzones Gallery Of Contemporary Art 730 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Elzbieta Krawecka – A Space that Remembers

    724 11 Ave SW #100 724 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Damien Eagle Bear: when you see it

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    How do we see the world and how do we come to understand it? The significance of Indigenous knowledges and their deep relationship to the land should come as no surprise. However, the appreciation of these ancient sciences and ways of knowing continues to be minimized despite having been the backbone of survival on this...

    $12

  • OPEN MIC IS BACK!

    The Unicorn 223 8 Ave Sw, Calgary, Ab

    Join us for Open Mic hosted by Earl Morgan every Wednesday from 8 PM to 11 PM.

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jack Bishop: In The Pines

    Jack Bishop: In The Pines
    Newzones Gallery Of Contemporary Art 730 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Elzbieta Krawecka – A Space that Remembers

    724 11 Ave SW #100 724 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Knitting & Crochet Club by Carya Village Commons

    Carya Village Commons 610 8 Avenue Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    A vibrant weekly club meant for both first-time fabric artists and veterans. Bring your project and chat with out knitters and crocheters, or join us for an introductory lesson!Who We Are Carya is a social impact agency that has been responding to the evolving social needs of the Calgary community since 1910. Today, with over...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jack Bishop: In The Pines

    Jack Bishop: In The Pines
    Newzones Gallery Of Contemporary Art 730 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Elzbieta Krawecka – A Space that Remembers

    724 11 Ave SW #100 724 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Monday Rap Night by Tribe Cypher

    Werklund Centre 205 8th Avenue SE, Calgary

    Every MondayTime: 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Location: Werklund Centre, formerly Arts Commons, 205 8 Ave S.E.Room: Arts Learning CentreAge: 18+Cost: FreeSchedule:5:00-5:30 p.m. - Snack, Chill, Network5:30-6:00 p.m. - Smudge6:00-6:30 p.m. - Mini Workshop6:30-7:30 p.m. - Cypher

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Devilled Legs Drag Brunch at The Attic Bar & Stage

    Devilled Legs Drag Brunch at The Attic Bar & Stage
    1413 9 Ave SE 1413 9 Avenue Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    Join Calgary icon Carly York Jones and a rotating cast of fabulous special guests every month for outrageous performances, hilarious comedy, fierce lip-syncs, and the most unapologetically fun Sunday you'll have all month.Whether you're celebrating a birthday, planning the ultimate bachelorette party, rounding up your brunch crew, or simply looking for a Sunday Funday you'll...

    $18.18

  • Carly’s Angels Drag Show Season 27 at The Attic Bar & Stage

    1413 9 Ave SE 1413 9 Avenue Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    Join us for the legendary Carly's Angels Drag Show every Saturday night performing on the same stage for the past 26 years!Carly’s Angels – 27th Season at The AtticCarly’s Angels have been dazzling audiences here for 25+ years, and they’re back for another spectacular season! Join us for a night of glamour, laughter, and unforgettable...

    $32.71 – $55.07

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • PlayLab: Feet to the Beat

    PlayLab: Feet to the Beat
    National Music Centre | Centre National de Musique 850 - 4 Street SE, Calgary

    Turn up the music and shake it out! Join us in PlayLab where we'll be moving and grooving to a new style of dance each session.---11:00 am and 1:00 pmFree admission on Level 1---About Kym Butler:Kym has been a dance educator/movement instructor for almost 40 years. If it involves moving the body, then she has...

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jack Bishop: In The Pines

    Jack Bishop: In The Pines
    Newzones Gallery Of Contemporary Art 730 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • PlayLab: Feet to the Beat

    PlayLab: Feet to the Beat
    National Music Centre | Centre National de Musique 850 - 4 Street SE, Calgary

    Turn up the music and shake it out! Join us in PlayLab where we'll be moving and grooving to a new style of dance each session.---11:00 am and 1:00 pmFree admission on Level 1---About Kym Butler:Kym has been a dance educator/movement instructor for almost 40 years. If it involves moving the body, then she has...

  • Elzbieta Krawecka – A Space that Remembers

    724 11 Ave SW #100 724 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Eco Arts Book Club

    Eco Arts Book Club
    Canopy Studios 1723 9th St SW, Calgary, Ab

    You’re invited to the Eco Arts Book Club! Read, reflect & create with natural materials. Slow, inspiring evenings at Canopy Studios.Join artist and facilitator Andrea Merredew at Canopy Studios for a slow, spacious, and inspiring monthly practice that blends reading, reflection, and art‑making.Each workshop begins with a conversation about the book we’re exploring together. From...

    $38.61 – $256.93

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Elzbieta Krawecka – A Space that Remembers

    724 11 Ave SW #100 724 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Elzbieta Krawecka – A Space that Remembers

    724 11 Ave SW #100 724 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • OPEN MIC IS BACK!

    The Unicorn 223 8 Ave Sw, Calgary, Ab

    Join us for Open Mic hosted by Earl Morgan every Wednesday from 8 PM to 11 PM.

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Classics & Crafts

    Classics & Crafts
    The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland 750 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Fuel your creativity with movies on the big screen at Classics and Crafts! Bring your current craft project and join us for a nostalgic trip down memory lane with beloved classic films in the Burnswest Theatre. Meet fellow makers, enjoy the cinematic vibes and tackle your work-in-progress with us! Whether you’re a die-hard movie fan...

    $12

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Evil Dead The Musical

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8th Avenue Se, Calgary, Ab

    Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto...

    $30 – $130

  • Knitting & Crochet Club by Carya Village Commons

    Carya Village Commons 610 8 Avenue Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    A vibrant weekly club meant for both first-time fabric artists and veterans. Bring your project and chat with out knitters and crocheters, or join us for an introductory lesson!Who We Are Carya is a social impact agency that has been responding to the evolving social needs of the Calgary community since 1910. Today, with over...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Alberta Theatre Projects’ 2026-27 Season: At The Edge of Being

    Martha Cohen Theatre 215 8 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Alberta Theatre Projects is proud to unveil its 2026-27 Season, At the Edge of Being, a vibrant and engaging lineup of productions that explore identity, transformation, and the many ways we experience change through story and performance. Presented at the Martha Cohen Theatre, this season celebrates Canadian voices through original works and adaptations that reflect...

    $29 – $100

  • Monday Rap Night by Tribe Cypher

    Werklund Centre 205 8th Avenue SE, Calgary

    Every MondayTime: 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Location: Werklund Centre, formerly Arts Commons, 205 8 Ave S.E.Room: Arts Learning CentreAge: 18+Cost: FreeSchedule:5:00-5:30 p.m. - Snack, Chill, Network5:30-6:00 p.m. - Smudge6:00-6:30 p.m. - Mini Workshop6:30-7:30 p.m. - Cypher

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Carly’s Angels Drag Show Season 27 at The Attic Bar & Stage

    1413 9 Ave SE 1413 9 Avenue Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    Join us for the legendary Carly's Angels Drag Show every Saturday night performing on the same stage for the past 26 years!Carly’s Angels – 27th Season at The AtticCarly’s Angels have been dazzling audiences here for 25+ years, and they’re back for another spectacular season! Join us for a night of glamour, laughter, and unforgettable...

    $32.71 – $55.07

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • OPEN MIC IS BACK!

    The Unicorn 223 8 Ave Sw, Calgary, Ab

    Join us for Open Mic hosted by Earl Morgan every Wednesday from 8 PM to 11 PM.

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Knitting & Crochet Club by Carya Village Commons

    Carya Village Commons 610 8 Avenue Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    A vibrant weekly club meant for both first-time fabric artists and veterans. Bring your project and chat with out knitters and crocheters, or join us for an introductory lesson!Who We Are Carya is a social impact agency that has been responding to the evolving social needs of the Calgary community since 1910. Today, with over...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Monday Rap Night by Tribe Cypher

    Werklund Centre 205 8th Avenue SE, Calgary

    Every MondayTime: 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Location: Werklund Centre, formerly Arts Commons, 205 8 Ave S.E.Room: Arts Learning CentreAge: 18+Cost: FreeSchedule:5:00-5:30 p.m. - Snack, Chill, Network5:30-6:00 p.m. - Smudge6:00-6:30 p.m. - Mini Workshop6:30-7:30 p.m. - Cypher

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Carly’s Angels Drag Show Season 27 at The Attic Bar & Stage

    1413 9 Ave SE 1413 9 Avenue Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    Join us for the legendary Carly's Angels Drag Show every Saturday night performing on the same stage for the past 26 years!Carly’s Angels – 27th Season at The AtticCarly’s Angels have been dazzling audiences here for 25+ years, and they’re back for another spectacular season! Join us for a night of glamour, laughter, and unforgettable...

    $32.71 – $55.07

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

    Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Arthur Jafa is an artist and filmmaker. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images,...

  • Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds, worlds, worlds

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...

  • Brendan Fernandes: Other Moves

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    Brendan Fernandes is an internationally recognized Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual art. Based in Chicago, his practice explores race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Seeking to create new spaces for agency and belonging, Fernandes’ work often takes hybrid forms; part ballet, part queer dance party,...

  • Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: “Swinguerra”

    Esker Foundation 1011 9 Ave Se, Calgary, Alberta

    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...

  • Jane Jin Kaisen: Burial of This Order

    Contemporary Calgary 701 11 Street Southwest, Calgary, Ab

    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...