• Re-sieving the News: How to Glean the Gold from the Gravel

    Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall - Central Library 800 3 Street Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    Join a panel of leading international scholars to explore how people engage with news across cultures, countries, and media systems.How do we decide which news sources to trust? How do our media habits shape the way we understand the world around us? And how can we navigate an information landscape where reliable journalism, opinions, and...

  • CPL Musical Artist in Residence: Electrifying and Capturing DIY Instruments

    Memorial Park Library 368 13 Ave Sw, Calgary, Ab T2r

    Join the Musical Artist in Residence Easy HD in a 2-part workshop for anyone interested in DIY music making. Part 1: Participants are invited to bring recycled materials that will be turned into electronic noise machines. Part 2: Discuss and experiment with various ways of capturing and recording these new instruments using affordable means.

  • 2026 Author in Residence Talk: Serendipity

    Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall - Central Library 800 3 Street Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    Join Eugene Stickland for a lighthearted reminiscence: Serendipity can be defined in a positive sense as the things we find when we are looking for something else. Happy accidents. Random events that change the course of lives. Hear how a series of unlikely events shaped his life, transforming him from an aspiring pianist to an...

  • AMA: A Road Well Travelled — Step into 100 Years of Stories!

    Central Library, Level 3, Room 3-16B level 3 room 3-16b 800 3rd Street Southeast, Calgary, Alberta

    Discover the Alberta Motor Association’s first 100 years, from its Calgary and Edmonton roots in 1926 to its evolution into a trusted member and community organization. Featuring archival photographs, stories, and Centennial highlights, this presentation explores AMA’s history and its impact on Alberta’s roads, travel, driver safety, and roadside assistance.

  • Hindu Heritage Month at the Library

    Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall - Central Library 800 3 Street Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    Celebrate Hindu culture at Central Library. Experience breathtaking art, music, and dance, learn about travel to India, traditions and customs, and enjoy sari draping demonstrations, delicious samosas, and free mehndi.

  • Ideas in the City: Travel and Adventure

    Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall - Central Library 800 3 Street Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    Join Mount Royal University’s Faculty of Arts in discussion of the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Creative Arts.For some, to travel is to invite change and difference. For others, to travel is to indulge and find the familiar. For some, adventure is to look, to seek, to engage. For others, adventure is to escape, to forget,...

  • Black Dimensions: History, Science, Literature, Spirit

    Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall - Central Library 800 3 Street Southeast, Calgary, Ab

    Moderated by Sue-Shane Tsomondo.Join Bertrand Bickersteth and fellow writers Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, Samantha Jones, and Wakefield Brewster for a conversation celebrating Black excellence, creativity, and storytelling. Inspired by Bickersteth’s book Numinous Animal: Tracing the Afrofuturism of Black Cowboys, the discussion explores the overlooked history of Black cowboys on the Prairies and the intersections of Black...