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Teachers and students, get ready for LitCon! This month-long virtual festival connects classrooms with acclaimed authors, illustrators, and creators through engaging, curriculum-connected sessions - from graphic novels and manga to storytelling and creative workshops. Students will explore new ideas, hear from inspiring voices, and have a chance to win exciting prizes.
Beltline and Downtown residents can gain knowledge, experience and skills in both hand and machine sewing. Meet others in the neighbourhood while creating various projects and having fun learning. No cost, supplies and snacks provided. Registration is required, please contact Community Social Worker Silvia Ross at silvia.ross@calgary.ca / (403) 540-0160. May 7, 14, 21, 28 June 4, 11...
Need help with homework? Our free drop-in tutoring program downtown is for junior high and high school students. RSVP your spot or come in when you can. Our tutors walk around and help with English, math, and science, whether you have one small question or a lot to work on. It’s a relaxed, friendly place...
Celebrate the bold voices of tomorrow at our four-day 2026 Stage It Festival, featuring dynamic new work from Calgary’s emerging Creator-Producers Kaya Coleman, Kamika Bianca Guerra-Walker, Natalia Cortes and Evelina Groll. This vibrant spring festival includes a slate of exciting performances—music, drag, improv, and stand-up—plus an exclusive of Hunt/Peck experience, created by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, directed...
Names feel permanent — until they don’t. What happens when a community — an organization, a government, or anyone else — decides a name no longer fits the story it wants to tell? This month at Hot Dogs & Hot Takes on History, Dr. Joe Anderson explores the growing movement to rename places, landmarks, and...
Arkells brings the Between Us City Takeover to The Palace on Thursday, May 21st!Date: Thursday, May 21st, 2026 Doors: 7:00 PM 18+ only with a valid government-issued ID
Join us for an exclusive Premiere Night, where you’ll be among the first to experience the captivating mysteries of time travel as the bold and eccentric Time Machinist, Owen Mittagen Vottenberg III, invites you on an unforgettable adventure through the ages. Meet a fascinating cast of characters collected from his travels and watch the magic of...
he’s baaaaaaack—he’s funny, he’s furious, and he’s taking over. when a geneticist unleashes william shakespeare into the present day, she’s forced to contain a bard who is louder, queerer, and more outraged than ever. as shakespeare commandeers a theatre, falls in love with a drag queen, and attempts to incite an artistic revolt, what begins...
Celebrate the bold voices of tomorrow at our four-day 2026 Stage It Festival, featuring dynamic new work from Calgary’s emerging Creator-Producers Kaya Coleman, Kamika Bianca Guerra-Walker, Natalia Cortes and Evelina Groll. This vibrant spring festival includes a slate of exciting performances—music, drag, improv, and stand-up—plus an exclusive of Hunt/Peck experience, created by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, directed...
Experience the captivating mysteries of time travel, presented by Le Cirque de la Nuit, at The GRAND . The bold and eccentric Time Machinist, Owen Mittagen Vottenberg III, is inviting you on an unforgettable adventure through the ages. Will you accept it?
he’s baaaaaaack—he’s funny, he’s furious, and he’s taking over. when a geneticist unleashes william shakespeare into the present day, she’s forced to contain a bard who is louder, queerer, and more outraged than ever. as shakespeare commandeers a theatre, falls in love with a drag queen, and attempts to incite an artistic revolt, what begins...
Discover Mahler’s mighty First Symphony as the Calgary Phil perform this orchestral epic that takes you from the joys of springtime — through rustic dances to an ironic funeral march — and culminates in victory over worldly despair.
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