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The third edition of the Spice Dinner Series puts breadfruit at the centre of an indulgent five-course menu by Chef Jae-Anthony Dougan-Holder, paired with cocktails by Barbados Culinary Ambassador Shane McClean and Mount Gay Rum. Spirit-free pairings are available on request.Presented by Nuola in partnership with Arinka and Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.
Join poet and spoken word artist Wakefield Brewster for an afternoon of creativity and connection, in support of Time Out Healing Society.Join us in-person for an afternoon of Writing & Wellness in Calgary's Alcove Beltline!Have you ever started to write and noticed something shift, open up, or become clearer? There is a growing body of...
Free Artist Talk & Creative Workshop with Suzanne PiechottaHave you ever walked with your keys between your fingers, changed your route home, called someone while walking alone, or asked for help because you felt unsafe?Suzanne’s work explores the quiet ways we protect ourselves when we feel vulnerable. In this free artist talk and workshop, she’ll...
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,...
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 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,...
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...
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...
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...
Take an exclusive tour backstage at Studio Bell and see music come to life in the National Music Centre’s recording studios!Catch a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the working spaces of our world-class recording facilities* and hear the stories behind notable artifacts — spanning 450 years of music innovation and technology — guided by NMC’s talented music...
Singer-songwriter Erika Mae performs for Acoustic Afternoons.Wild Rose draught beers are on special for $7 during Acoustic Afternoons!About Erika Mae:Erika Mae is an emerging singer-songwriter, born, raised, and based in Calgary, Alberta.At just 22 years old, Erika Mae is already turning heads with her textured, timeless voice and deeply honest songwriting. Drawing inspiration from Americana,...
This event features a curated selection of artwork from the top 70 selling artists who have participated in the Under $100 Shows across Alberta.Expect art of all kinds - paintings, photography, textiles, mixed media, ceramics, handmade accessories, and more.Get excited about live music, a bar, and photo booths.Walk-ins welcome after 7 p.m. on the opening...
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