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Tickets on Sale Now! Events take place April 13 & 14 and April 19 & 20. The Legendary Easter Hunts at Butterfield Acres. Bring the family out to help the Easter Bunny, visit with all of the Spring farmyard babies, and kids will partake in a fun springtime craft! Afterward, all the kids head home with a little treat from the Easter Bunny to say thanks for helping! Buy tickets soon as they sell out quickly. To purchase tickets, visit the website.

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.

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!

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

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!

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.

Takes place April 13 & 14. Canada's Largest Model Train Show. Over 60,000 square feet of operating layouts, garden railways, hobby shops, manufacturers, ride-on trains, photo exhibits, railroad artists, Thomas & Lego Children's Play Area, face painter, beginner clinics and demos, and much more!

Law Day 2019 is a free event for all ages! Be entertained and educated about Canada’s legal system and the legal profession. Join on April 13 for live mock trials featuring favorite storybook characters and local celebrities, free 20-minute legal consultations, courtesy notarizations, courthouse tours, and 30+ booths and exhibitors! *Note: All attendees will be required to go through security prior to entering the event.

The 11th Annual Tiny Tots Sale offers gently-used children's clothing, books, toys, and baby gear for sale to savvy shoppers at a fraction of retail prices. Early birds get the worms - this is a great jump on Spring and Summer items for the little ones and there are lots of items for babies on up to grade schoolers. This event is free to attend.

Takes place April 5 to 19. Come down to Granary Road Market for an Easter Egg Hunt! Like and follow Granary Road on Facebook for your clues, then visit the Market and find all 12 eggs and enter in a draw for $300 in prizes!

Over the top FUN, clue solving, yummy food and treats, delicious beverages, family time, a race and AMAZING prizes?? That’s what we call THE RABBIT RACE!! The Rabbit Race is a family friendly dash where you and your loved ones will visit specially selected shops, fun places and restaurants that have all kinds of exciting adventures and experiences waiting for you! Come for the laughter and frivolity or come to win – whatever works for your family – we have ALL kinds of prizes to give away at the end. Sign up today and enjoy some time with your kids celebrating Easter & Rabbits in a completely different way and discover lots of amazing local businesses at the same time! The Rabbit Race Saturday April 13th from 10am-2pm!

This is a great opportunity to donate gently-used books, CDs, and DVDs for the annual book sale to raise funds to support RESET Society of Calgary (Rapid Exit from Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking).

Mad Science Slippery Science Workshop. Brought to you by The Calgary Public Library, presented by Mad Science. Learn that science can be slippery, squashy, stretchy, and slimy. Experiment with squishy putty to discover why some materials stretch and some break, see if a needle can pass through a balloon without bursting and stir up some Mad Science Slime to take home. Suitable for ages 6 to 12. Spaces are limited. To register, visit the Calgary Public Library website.

April 13 to May 5. Performances take place on Saturdays at 1pm & on Sundays, 1pm & 3pm. The Loose Moose Theatre for Kids Presents, The Further Adventures of the Three Mooseketeers. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the website.

Performances at 2pm & 7pm. Created by the Original Artists of Making Treaty 7. Co-production with Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society. Two girls, one Indigenous and the other non-Indigenous, notice their differences and wonder if they can be friends. A Trickster arrives and shares the ancestral history of Southern Alberta. After hearing the Trickster’s story, will they choose to pursue a path of friendship? Told with Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists through songs, prayers, creative movement and puppetry, the play's intent is to promote healing and to inspire positive relationships across cultures and generations. Suitable for ages 8 and up. The show runs approximately 50 minutes.