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From award-winning playwright David Ireland comes a dark comedy of our time. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, as long as it’s the right one. Absurd and uncomfortably familiar, Ulster American turns our obsession with identity, politics and being on the right side of history into a question of who gets to decide what anyone...
Art, imagination, and one big question. We return for the third show in the ongoing series, opening night on September 28 at nvrlnd.What does Canada Mean to Me?Every Canadian alive right now is shaping this country. Not passively — actively. Through the choices we make, the communities we build, the conversations we have or avoid,...
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
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...
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...
Taking place in the #4 spot for The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker by Moviemaker Magazine and celebrating its 27th anniversary, the 11-day Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) has grown to be the biggest film festival in Alberta and the fifth-largest in Canada.Offering over $60,000 in cash and prizes, the festival...
The biggest event of the year for Alberta moviegoers is back! The Calgary International Film Festival, presented by Servus Credit Union, is bringing the year’s most acclaimed and talked-about films—from Cannes and other leading film festivals around the world—to Calgary audiences from September 24 to October 4, 2026.Whether you’re attending a handful of screenings or...
The Calgary International Film Festival's mission is “to entertain and engage audiences by curating the most innovative and compelling films and creating remarkable festival experiences.”Achieving our mission includes hosting a large number of participating filmmakers – both locally and from abroad – and connecting them with the audience through interactive post-screening Q&As, networking, panels and...
On September 26 and 27, the National Music Centre (NMC) launches Live from the King Eddy—a new live recording series that puts you in the room as an album is captured in real time—and we’re kicking it off with The Free Label.Known for their irresistible mix of disco, funk, and soul, natural chemistry, serious musicianship,...
Padmashri Hans Raj Hans - Roohani Sham is coming to Calgary for an unforgettable evening of soulful music on Sunday, September 27 at the Jack Singer Concert Hall.
Jimmy Carr laughs funny and he wants to make you laugh by being funny. He comes to Calgary with all new material.
Tyler Hilton brings The Calling Hours World Tour to The Palace on Sunday, September 27th!
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