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Calgary’s Taste of Italy Festival is an annual celebration scheduled for Sunday, September 8th, 2024 from 11 am - 7 pm. This free event is a vibrant showcase of Italian culture, featuring delicious Italian food, captivating dancers, and lively musical performers. There will be fun contests, free glitter tattoos, and a pasta craft tent for kids! If you’re passionate about Italian culture and cuisine, join us!

Come join us in Calgary at Canada's largest Halloween Festival this fall! • All NEW Pumpkin Displays • Celebration of all things Halloween • Live pumpkin carving demonstrations • Fall treats & sweets • Fun for the entire family! • Instagram-worthy photo ops Tickets: https://www.showpass.com/pumpkins-after-dark-2024-yyc/

Join us at Southcentre Mall from June 3rd to 23rd for our fourth annual Indigenous History Month celebration in partnership with Authentically Indigenous. This month-long event will foster understanding, appreciation, and celebration of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples. Experience educational activities, cultural displays, and storytelling sessions that connect both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. The celebrations will include: Full-Size Tipi: Step inside a tipi adorned with tapestries representing decades of Indigenous contributions to Calgary’s culture. Storytelling: Be moved by traditional stories from elders, delight in puppet shows by Indigenous authors, and explore virtual reality experiences by the Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth. Artisan Market: Discover the vibrancy of Indigenous creativity at our artisan market on June 7th and 8th. Enjoy music, dance, and locally crafted goods. Educational Information Walls: Learn and engage with displays that provide deeper insights into Indigenous culture.

Join us on Good Friday, March 29th when thousands of colourful eggs filled with a prize token and dog treat will be "hidden" all over the south field beside Calaway Park. Participants (dogs with the assistance of their humans) will collect eggs and retrieve prizes from the eggs. Get a "hop" on your fundraising to collect prizes. All monies raised support National Service Dogs' award-winning service dog programs

The Scientific Teen, the world's largest youth-run STEM magazine, and Codingal, brings CodeGenius Hackathon - an online hackathon competition. Join in and earn yourself a prestigious STEM accreditation participation certificate! Plus, the top performer will seize an exhilarating prize worth $100! Why should you join? ? FREE and solo participation! ? Grade specific themes. ? Scratch, Code.org, Thunkable, HTML, C, C++, Java, or Python! The format is simple: Register ?? Build Project ?? Submit

Head on in to the Cherry Tree Corral for free games, crafts, snacks, and a mini photo booth! Craft supplies are available at any time, but if you'd like to be guided on your art making visit us from 11am–2pm on these days: Monday, July 8: Make Your Own Bolo Tie Wednesday, July 10: Horseshoe Decorating Sunday, July 14: Make Your Own Paper Banjo This is a drop-in event that is free and open to all.

How do you get up when you're down? A play about boxing, Parkinson's, and what they can teach us all. Check us out on instagram @foofighterplay or search for "Foo Fighter Play" at www.eventbrite.ca for tickets ?? The Artist Lounge 1840 20th Ave NW September 17 at 7:30 pm (wheelchair accessible). Doors open at 6 pm for charcuterie and coctails. For tickets, e-transfer $27 to Foofighterplay@gmail.com The Attic 1413 9th Ave SE (second floor) Sept. 18, 24, 25 at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 6 pm for award winning dishes and curated cocktails. No entry

Celebrate the spooky season with many 'eeeks' and howls! Join in the festivities all weekend long with Halloweeekend this Fall from Oct. 25 - 27. Trick or Treat Downtown, Pumpkin Palozza, Halloween Artisan Market, Let the Ghoul Times Roll Trivia Night & Dance, and Boo at the Creek.

The weather outside may be frightful, but the Library is still delightful! The Library's annual Winter Wonderland will feature seasonal fun during the month of December. It will kick off with the Mayor's Holiday Storytime at Central Library on Saturday, December 7, with plenty of more family-friendly fun during the weeks to follow including movie screenings, sing-a-longs, time with special guests, and more.

One of the most popular productions in ATP’s history, E.B. White’s heartwarming classic about the unlikely friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a spider called Charlotte is returning to the Martha Cohen stage this holiday season. This delightful adaptation follows Wilbur from his beginnings as a scrawny piglet who’s spared from becoming pork chops by a young girl named Fern. But as he grows and begins to cost his owners a fortune in feed, it will take help from all his new farmyard friends to save his life again, including the miraculous talents of a very special grey spider. A beautiful, knowing play, Charlotte’s Web is a timeless tale that has enchanted audiences of all ages for generations. Through the endearing characters of Wilbur and Charlotte, this cherished story illustrates the enduring power of friendship and promises to capture the hearts of audiences again and again. Age Recommendation: From 5 to 105 (and beyond)!

Free Online Coding Workshop for Grade 1-12 Students Daily starts at 18 PM Dive into the magical world of coding with personalized guidance from expert mentors! What Will You Learn? Game Development Animation Website Development App Development Book a free coding session: https://cdg.al/iVf5P Session Highlight: 1:1 live online session Hands-on, learning with an expert mentor STEM.org-accredited certification for participation

A Wicked Throwback Halloween Party for the 35+ crowd! All in support of AARCS (Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society) This Party has EVERYTHING! Old school Halloween games, Scavenger Hunt, burlesque performances, dancing to hits from 70's to 90's. Win 2 tickets anywhere Westjet flies!

Join the Ultimate Summer Challenge, Calgary Public Library’s largest program for readers and learners of all ages! The challenge is simple: read every day this summer. With free access to books and resources at the Library, it is something all Calgarians can participate in. Plus, you’ll be eligible for incredible grand prizes, including KiwiCrate subscriptions, iPads and more! Registration opens June 1, 2024, and the Challenge runs July 1 – August 31, 2024.

Join Inn from the Cold for a Traditional Powwow to Celebrate Neighbour Day If you’ve never experienced the sounds and colours of the Traditional Powwow, this is your chance. Be part of the dance and feel the heartbeat of the drum! Free BBQ for the first 500 attendees

On May 26, Montreal rapper Socalled will present the Calgary debut of a program of Yiddish songs with string quartet that has been presented internationally in cities such as Venice, London, New York, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Paris, and more. The all-Jewish string quartet will demonstrate the historic instruments from the Violins of Hope collection. The evening will include a mix of lively and heart-wrenching Yiddish arrangements of art songs, folk songs, and klezmer music, featuring Socalled on vocals, piano and accordion. The Violins of Hope exhibition runs at Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, from May 3 to June 16, 2024, showcasing a collection of historic string instruments from before and during the Holocaust. The restored instruments once belonged to victims and survivors of the Holocaust and now share the story that wherever there is music, there is hope. To purchase tickets to the concert please go to: https://www.studiobell.ca/whats-on/event/violins-of-hope-socalled-with-strings/

Come and enjoy an afternoon listening to stories and some of Canada’s finest musicians. Storyteller/Musician Samantha Whelan Kotkas and her friends will entertain you and your children with musical interactive tales of child-accessible hikes in the Rocky Mountains. Teach your child about courage, unity, joyfulness, and caring in an afternoon of fun and adventure. An event for the whole family that you will want to be a part of. Recommended for children aged 5 to 12, but created with the entire family in mind. Come one hour before the show & enjoy family friendly activities. Stay after to meet the performers. Created and Narrated by Samantha Whelan Kotkas Music by Tyler Hornby Puppets by Green Fools Theatre Video by Joel Goundry Tyler Hornby - Drums, Chris Andrew - Piano, Pat Belliveau - Saxophones, Aaron Shore - Guitar, Stephen Shepard - Bass

BTWD brings together like-minded Calgarians to promote cycling as a viable means of transportation, reduce inner-city traffic congestion, and reduce pollution in the air. Cycling is a great addition to a healthy lifestyle and can be very cost effective – not to mention how much time is saved by not sitting in traffic. BTWD promotes a sense of community; we welcome families to get out on their bikes and join us! With the effects of climate change weighing on our shoulders, biking to work or anywhere is a simple way to reduce carbon emissions and our environmental impact. Our event features Energy Pit Stops throughout downtown supported by Calgary’s bicycle retailers with swag and free bicycle tune-ups, a free pancake breakfast, prizes, and numerous vendors down at the hub of BTWD at Delta Gardens. Our hope is that by having our event early in the season that participants will enjoy the experience and it will inspire them to continue to ride their bicycles all year long. In order to inspire more participants, Lonny Balbi pledges to donate $1 for every participant to charity.

Calgary Unplugged is an annual family-friendly Earth Hour event. Date: Saturday, March 23, 2024 Time: 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Location: Central Library (800 3 Street SE) Join us for music, entertainment, and opportunities to experience what environmental actions you can take in Calgary. Pedal power midway games and experience how our natural world affects our daily lives. Bring personal lighting and dance to the DJ when the lights go down for the Earth Hour party! Calgary Unplugged is hosted by The Arusha Centre's Climate Program, with support from The City of Calgary and community agencies. If you can't make it to the event, turning off nonessential lights, "unplug" from electronics at 8:30 and reconnect with people, games or hobbies! After Earth Hour, share your participation with #EarthHour and #EarthHourYYC. Email programs@arusha.org with questions.

Rebellion is nigh in Matilda JR., a gleefully witty ode to the anarchy of childhood and the power of imagination! This story of a girl who dreams of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the "revolting children" who are out to teach the grown-ups a lesson. March 14 & 15 at 7:00pm and March 16 at 2:00pm & 7:00pm. Tickets are $10 each with reserved seating. 75 minute run time with no intermission. Small Time Theatre is a non-profit, children's community theatre organization. Based out of South Calgary, children and youth in grades 1 - 9 are able to participate in annual stage productions learning music, dance, stage presence, and backstage processes.

Announcing the third annual Calgary Artists Studio Tour! The tour will take place on Friday, May 3: 2 pm - 8pm Saturday, May 4th: 10 am - 4 pm Sunday, May 5th: 10 am - 4 pm This year our tour has expanded to over 80 local artists participating across our beautiful city and surrounding areas. This is a self-guided tour where you get to meet each artist in their home or shared studio space, and you can plan your visit at your own pace. The Calgary Artists Studio Tour is a unique, informal, connected art experience for both the public and the artists. You are invited into artists studios to see beyond their finished work; to have an opportunity to learn more about their creative processes, inspirations and personal stories. Ask questions, sign up for a raffle, purchase art if you like and most of all, enjoy building connections with your local artists. Admission is FREE! We are also pleased to announce that the Calgary Artists Studio Tour is now featured in the FREE hand-held app, Toureka, that can be easily downloaded onto your phone for easy directions to artists’ studios here: https://link.toureka.app/CAST Our map is also on our website. The artists participating are a diverse mix and you will find visual art, sculpture, fibre art, photography and more! You will encounter a wide range of styles from realism to abstract and everything in-between. You will discover art in multiple mediums - choose what YOU want to see and learn about. We welcome the conversation!

Looking for resources to keep your kids entertained during March break? Visit one of 12 Calgary Public Library locations to find an Early Learning Centre or one of six locations with a Questionarium where kids can move, play, and find answers to big questions. Plus, our Students section has lots of ideas for activities, book recommendations, and digital resources to keep hands and minds busy. Please check the website to find an Early Learning Centre or Questionarium near you!

The National Music Centre proudly hosts Violins of Hope at Studio Bell from May 3 to June 16, 2024. Violins of Hope is a poignant collection of string instruments dating from before and during the Holocaust. These meticulously restored instruments once belonged to Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Today these instruments stand as enduring symbols, serving to educate and memorialize those affected by one of history’s darkest chapters through concerts, exhibitions, and other commemorative projects. The instruments were donated or purchased from survivors and descendants or recovered from remnants of ghettos and concentration camps. Each instrument stands as a monument to survivors and victims and serves as a reminder of the hope that music can bring even in the darkest moments. To purchase admission to Studio Bell and learn more about the exhibition please go to https://www.studiobell.ca/exhibitions/violins-of-hope.

For the first time since before the pandemic, Cinco de Mayo lands on a weekend, and to celebrate the two-day festivities, Mucho Burrito will be offering $6.99 burritos beginning Saturday, May 4th. Flavour-pack your weekend with Mucho Burrito’s tasty, fresh and high-quality burritos. Whether you’re throwing a fiesta or in the mood for an easy Mexican meal, Mucho Burrito is the perfect place to discover traditional dishes with a modern twist and celebrate the double-header Cinco de Mayo. Find your nearest location: https://locations.muchoburrito.com/en-ca/locations-list/

Let us show you how we empower our students to reach their full potential! Hear stories from staff, current students, and parents before learning about how you can be a part of our wonderful community. Rundle Studio is an online learning environment built to help students with diagnosed learning disabilities thrive. Let us show you how we empower our students to reach their full potential!

Welcome to The Market at cSPACE Marda Loop. Calgary’s newest inner-city outdoor market features live music, free kids’ activities led by the artists and teachers of Jube School, and Calgary’s favourite market vendors. Join us for launch day on Saturday May 25th from 10am-2pm. Additional market days: June 15, June 29, July 13, July 27, August 10, August 24, September 14, September 28. cSPACE recognizes the generous support of the Rozsa Foundation and Jube School.

For the first time since before the pandemic, Cinco de Mayo lands on a weekend, and to celebrate the two-day festivities, Mucho Burrito will be offering $6.99 burritos beginning Saturday, May 4th. Flavour-pack your weekend with Mucho Burrito’s tasty, fresh and high-quality burritos. Whether you’re throwing a fiesta or in the mood for an easy Mexican meal, Mucho Burrito is the perfect place to discover traditional dishes with a modern twist and celebrate the double-header Cinco de Mayo. Find your nearest location: https://locations.muchoburrito.com/en-ca/locations-list/

IIT Kanpur Antaragni, in partnership with Codingal, the #1 coding platform for kids and teens, presents the "Code Clash Championship" Hackathon. An online hackathon competition for students in grades 1-12 to collaborate and innovate with the best minds. You can participate individually or as a team of up to 3 members. Register for the competition: https://cdg.al/YESzs Prizes & Scholarships Three winners will be selected in each category to receive a 'Winner Certificate' from the prestigious IIT Kanpur Antaragni and Codingal. Additionally, every student who submits a completed hackathon project will receive a coveted 'Certificate of Participation'. Scholarships open doors to amazing opportunities! 20% off all Codingal coding classes for every participant. 40% off for the top 20 rankers in each grade on all Codingal classes. Themes and Projects Grade 1-4: Wildlife Wonders Description: Create an interactive game or animation showing animals in their habitats. Design characters, animate movements, and share fun facts. Choose your platform: Scratch & Code.org (block-based) Grade 5-8: Deep Sea Discovery Description: Develop an interactive app or animation exploring ocean life, shipwrecks, and underwater volcanoes. Include marine biology education. Choose your platform: Scratch, Thunkable (Block Based), HTML, Java (for advanced features) Grade 9-12: The Energy Innovators Description: Create a website or app proposing smart city solutions. Focus on sustainability, transportation, and technology with interactive maps. Choose your platform: HTML, Java, JavaScript, CSS, Python (Text Based) Register for the competition: https://cdg.al/YESzs

Every Friday, join us for exciting story times, age-appropriate crafts, colouring and more for youngsters aged 0-5! Tickets include the program and admission to The Confluence Cultural Centre so you can make the most of your day out.

Every Friday, join us for exciting story times, age-appropriate crafts, colouring and more for youngsters aged 0-5! Tickets include the program and admission to The Confluence Cultural Centre so you can make the most of your day out.

Every Friday, join us for exciting story times, age-appropriate crafts, colouring and more for youngsters aged 0-5! Tickets include the program and admission to The Confluence Cultural Centre so you can make the most of your day out.

A solo trilogy of cities (Montreal, Barcelona and Calgary) of significant impact. A work of live performance and projected film. Learn more at decidedlyjazz.com.