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Tour Stampede Park, take in all the stories.Where else can you travel through time, lift the curtain on a legacy, and see how a legend was born?With BTS: Behind The Stampede, you’ll explore over a century of history, thrills, spills, characters and champions. Starting off at Sam Centre, this two-hour tour will take you on...
The Bloom Market is a locally curated, summer pop-up series that reimagines the flea market as a vintage block party for Calgary’s makers, artists, and collectors.
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...
Join us for a thrilling celebration of the arts, with performances by a wide variety of multicultural performance ensembles based right here in Calgary. Bring the whole family and travel the world in an afternoon.An Alberta Culture Days Event Supported by the Government of Alberta
Newzones is thrilled to present Off the Beaten Path, an upcoming solo exhibition of new work by Albertan contemporary artist Samantha Walrod.Off the Beaten Path considers how humans view and interact with wildlife in the Canadian wilderness from a “close” distance. Motorists and hikers observe animals from cars and trails while the animals watch in...
River Hall YYC ☀️ Free open air community events along the Bow River 🎶 Entertainment • Activities • Wellness & more! 💫 Family + Dog friendly 🐾 📍 Lot 6, 311 8 ST SW Hours ✨ Thursdays & Fridays: 5–10 PM ✨ Saturdays & Sundays: 11 AM–10 PM Enjoy the best of summer...
The Calgary Cat Festival & Market is a fun, family-friendly celebration bringing together cat lovers from across the city for a weekend dedicated to all things feline.Explore a vibrant marketplace of local vendors, connect with local animal rescues at Adoption Alley, and enjoy a variety of cat-themed activities and experiences.Festival highlights include Ravensburger puzzle tournaments,...
Free. All ages and abilities welcome.Please register.Participants are invited to create a short scrapbook focusing on a memorable social event/party they attended, with the guidance of the artists and participating peers. We will share stories as we create the books, swap crafting tips, and support the making of the books as small event time capsules.
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.Kym has been a dance educator/movement instructor for almost 40 years. If it involves moving the body, then she has facilitated the body moving. She has worked with figure skaters,...
Join us for a charming morning concert that brings Jean de Brunhoff’s The Story of Babar to life. Children and families are welcomed into Babar’s world in this charming, accessible introduction to classical music and storytelling.Registration is $5 per group. To eliminate financial barriers, we will refund your $5 registration fee when you attend the...
Join us for a charming morning concert that brings Jean de Brunhoff’s The Story of Babar to life. Children and families are welcomed into Babar’s world in this charming, accessible introduction to classical music and storytelling.Registration is $5 per group. To eliminate financial barriers, we will refund your $5 registration fee when you attend the...
Please join host Ashley Frerichs for the next Calgary Coffee & Chat, a place for YYC writers to get together and gab about all things writing! Come enjoy some coffee (and Timbits!) and share your recent successes, struggles, and/or bounce ideas and questions off other writers in the community.About Coffee & ChatCoffee & Chat sessions...
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