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Experience Madonna The Immaculate Collection performed by the talented musicians of Classic Albums Live, live on stage in this "Bonus Album" performance.Cementing the legacy of the "Queen of Pop," Madonna's The Immaculate Collection threw down the gauntlet with a non-stop hit list, proving that her brazenly unapologetic voice was here to stay. From the bubbling...
One hundred years ago, Harry Houdini took his final bow. On October 23, Calgary's finest magicians gather to mark the centenary of his death; an evening of sleight of hand, illusion and impossible escapes staged in his honour. The night builds to its climax with Dayle Krall, "The Houdini Girl," performing the Water Cell Escape:...
One hundred years ago, Harry Houdini took his final bow. On October 23, Calgary's finest magicians gather to mark the centenary of his death; an evening of sleight of hand, illusion and impossible escapes staged in his honour. The night builds to its climax with Dayle Krall, "The Houdini Girl," performing the Water Cell Escape:...
In Every Universe We are Improvisors: A multiverse-traversing theatrical exploration of identity. Inspired by real relationships from our audience, every night our ragtag cast of improvisors craft a brand new, improvised, character-driven, multiverse jumping, narrative play that has never been seen before and will never be seen again.
Tis Pity She’s a Whore follows the doomed tragedy of Giovanni and Annabella as the audience discovers their secrets. By the end, much like Romeo and Juliet, we are rooting for this doomed love to succeed even though in no sane world would it make sense for the two of them to end up together....
Paint your own Halloween pumpkin in our workshop.Beginner friendly! We provide all the materials and guide you step by step. Drinks and snacks are included.For this workshop, our studio will be decorated for Halloween.Choose your own Halloween design from our references (or bring yours), and paint it on a pumpkin. Make it spooky, cute, funny,...
Seven years. So many memories. One big celebration coming your way!Join us to celebrate Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation's 7th Year Anniversary - a night to look back on how far we've come and look forward to what's next.Expect performances that'll move you, an exhibition, exclusive merch, food that'll fill you up, music that'll get...
The Mystic Moonlight Masquerade Gala Ball is not your standard charity gala. It is a deconstructed, immersive celebration, part cabaret, part opera house, part rock concert, part black-tie dinner.This is an audio-visual extravaganza featuring opera, live music, dance, surprise performances, a family-style plated dinner, live and silent auctions, immersive photo booths, and a DJ afterparty...
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...
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