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Kids and families can read (or be read to) and take part in virtual challenges based on Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STREAM) through the Library’s website throughout the summer. You can register any time between now and August 31 with your free Library card! All kids must register with their own Library card, and you can get a free card online.? For teens, there's the Ultimate Summer Challenge: Teen Takeover. Track your reading through the website or app and complete fun, creative challenges to earn digital badges. The more badges you earn, the more chances you have to win.??

Takes place Tuesdays & Thursdays until August 27. Session times: 10am, 11:15am, 1pm, or 2:30 pm (approximately 45 minutes). Investigate what lies beyond the cattails of the marshes! Armed with nets and buckets, prepare to get a bit muddy as you search for and identify the critters who make their home in wetlands. This programmer-led activity is a great opportunity to dive deeper and learn about the often-missed critters who make their home in wetlands. All equipment provided. Rubber boots recommended. $4 per person. Recommended for ages 4 & up (children 3 & under free with a paid adult). Youth under 12 must be accompanied by a paid adult). To safely enable physical distancing between participants, pre-registration is required. There is a maximum of 15 participants or four households (whichever is smaller) per session. To register, call 403-297-6561 or email bow.habitat@gov.ab.ca with your preferred dates, times, and number of participants.

Rediscover Calgary’s iconic treasures and explore its hidden gems at the biggest ever city-wide staycation scavenger hunt! The Great YYC Staycation is a unique opportunity to be part of something impactful and exciting while helping the local community. Participants are able to unlock a massive city-wide scavenger hunt highlighting Calgary's iconic locations, hidden gems, virtual activities, and, of course, small businesses. Participants will then have the opportunity to win tens of thousands of dollars worth of prizes supporting local businesses. The Great YYC Staycation is designed to be fun for everyone. This is a free family-friendly event with over 100 challenges and activities to partake in, regardless of your location, budget, or comfort level around social interaction. To join the hunt, visit the website. Good Luck!

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

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

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!

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.

Join for free outdoor summer performances for children aged 3 to 12 and their families. Alien Scientists from the planet Uuugo have arrived on Earth to study the human response to COVID-19. With help from their human test subjects, these aliens discover the compassion and humor required to survive a global pandemic and collectively figure out how to finally defeat the COVID monster. Performances are weather-permitting. Check the School of Creative and Performing Arts Facebook page for cancellations. All attendees (including infants and children) must be pre-registered. If you or anyone in your household has a fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose or shortness of breath, or is a close contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19, please do not attend the event.

For the first time ever, PARK (Promoting Artists | Redefining Kulture) is partnering with Destination Deerfoot City, a 1.1 million square foot outdoor shopping centre in the northeast to launch #YYCBlockParty, a 200-foot outdoor interactive art installation and patio space featuring work by local artists Leetia Lyons, Rachel Ziriada, and Mikhail Miller of NASARIMA, Rhys Farrell, and Sydonne Warren to bring this project to life. While COVID-19 continues to impact our daily lives, Block Party provides a vibrant, accessible, and safe community space where you can engage with outdoor public art and one another while socially distancing. The installation is lined by over 200 feet of pathway and walk space and will be accompanied by art adorned picnic tables, umbrellas, and benches that meet Alberta Health Guidelines for spacing and cleaning protocols. #YYCBlockParty officially launches on July 15 at the Food Lodge at Destination Deerfoot City Outdoor Shopping Centre. Follow @ourparkonline and @destinationdeerfootcity on Instagram for updates.

Wagonstage: Summer of COVID will be offered to families with children by U of C's School of Creative and Performing Arts and ContainR by Springboard Performance. They are turning pandemic to FUNdemic with all the necessary precautions to ensure safe and healthy fun. Children ages 3 to 12 and their families are welcome to enjoy a performance that will make them giggle and wiggle! This year’s short plays have been written, designed, and directed by MFA students, and will be performed by undergraduate drama students at the ContainR site and City of Calgary Parks. You can find the troupe performing at the Sunnyside ContainR (1020, 2 Avenue NW) every Sunday at 11am and 1pm and every Thursday at 10am and 11:30am from July 26 to August 30. Performances are weather-permitting. Follow along on Facebook, www.facebook.com/UofCPerformingArts/, for any cancellations. Registration for this event is required. The first 10 families to register will be guaranteed a spot. Admission is 'pay what you want' following the performance.