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If you love an immersive gallery experience, you’ll want to know about Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, coming to Calgary in March and April 2022! Step into the world of Michelangelo and experience the Sistine Chapel like never before. The exhibit uses state-of-the-art technology, as Michelangelo’s masterpieces stretch floor-to-ceiling and are closer than ever. Get tickets at sistinechapelexhibit.com

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.

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!

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.

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

SuperLogic International Spring 2022 logic contest for kids 5-8 years old — Registration open Let logic rule the world! From March 30 to April 12, kids are welcome to try out for the exciting online logic contest — SuperLogic International Spring 2022. Who can take part? ? Preschoolers (Grade K) ? Grade 1 ? Grade 2 Why LogicLike contests? ? See how well your kids can tackle tricky logic tasks. ? Encourage your kids’ competitiveness in a beneficial way. ? Get an official reward for your kids' success and boost their motivation. What's in the scope? ? Patterns. Untangling and completing patterns. ? Sweet and sour math. Counting money to keep the budget right. ? Bringing order to the house. Lodging dwellers and making them best neighbors. ? Working out the truth in a pool of falsehood. White cannot be black, and must not be anything else but white. ? Trying self out as a detective: seeking for common things and reconstructing sequences. ? Rummaging in photographs. Trying to find out where the photograph was taken. ? Long live chess! Working out the moves of King, Rook and Bishop. ? The usual Sudoku in a special outfit. ? ...and all the best of the ever-popular logic classics. Are there any awards? ? Every kid will get a certificate of the participant. ? Winners will get certificates of award and the Contest Cup badges to feature in their profiles in LogicLike Rankings. Contest details ? Every school grade will have their own test. Tests will open on March 30, 8am (UTC-4) and will close on April 12, 8am (UTC-4). ? Test time is limited to 60 minutes. Kids can do their tests anytime during March 30 - April 12, but only once. ? Registration is required. Registration closes on March 30, 8am (UTC-4). ? Participation is FREE! How to register? ? Log in to your account in LogicLike or start a new account. ? Go to Contests in the menu (More >> Contests). ? Select the grade. ? Click on the Register button. Need more details? https://logiclike.com/en/super-logic-challenge See you at SuperLogic! LogicLike.com is a game-based learning platform and apps where kids develop their cognitive skills and logical intuition. There are teachers, psychologists, educationalists, engineers and designers working on the platform and apps for you and your children. Proudly inviting you to LogicLike, the product of our passion. LogicLike is a platform where we raise a generation of new thinking, support children's curiosity and create a happy and successful future together: - 3500+ different puzzles and tasks, ranging from mathematics and associations to analogies and spatial problems; - 40+ interactive courses to explore topics such as: countries and cities, animals, sea world, fantasy and much more.

WIN A GIFT BASKET JUST FOR SHOPPING AT THE MARKET! When you visit the Market to do your Easter shopping, pick up a ballot at customer information. As you shop, get your ballot stamped at any of our participating vendors. When you collect stamps in all five categories, enter to win the Easter Gift Basket! Hop to the market for an epic bunny extravaganza from 10 to 2. Get up close and personal with a fluffle of bunnies from Butterfield Acres! They’re hopping on our south lawn and hoping you’ll give them a little love. If you just can’t bring yourself to leave because the bunnies are so cute, you can consider fostering or adopting one from the Wild Rose Rabbit Rescue.

Most people wonder how they would react in an emergency. Could you rescue a swimmer if you were the first on the scene with your jet ski? Now you can test your rescue instincts in 17 different interactive situations!

Take flight with Alberta’s avian species and discover What’s Up With Feathered Friends. Flap your way through the Discovery Centre while exploring hands-on Investigation Stations with experts from the Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area and the City of Calgary.

Expert speakers will deliver timely, credible information and best-practice strategies to support the development and mental health of a child or youth in your life. Previously recorded presentations are also available for viewing: https://youtu.be/tLbDa8Vlutk

Book a personal virtual zoom meeting at your convenience. To book, email info@thethinksunpreschool.com

Takes place November 19 to January 2 (excluding November 23, 28 & 30 and December 3, 25 & 31). ZOOLIGHTS, presented by Olympia Trust Company, is back for its 25th year! This year's ZOOLIGHTS will feature exciting new themed areas and activities including a 25th anniversary Memory Lane, the Nutcracker in the ENMAX Conservatory, and an all-new “Tunnel of Light,” a tribute to Canada’s wetland, a holiday Zoo Market, and a very special “Dinos at Night” experience like you have never seen before! Of course, the Zoo is bringing back all the classic activities everyone has come to love like the Skating Rink, Fire pits, and Rival Axe Throwing. ZOOLIGHTS comes to life at night with twinkling lights at every turn, including over 200 light figurines, along with interactive and choreographed light displays. The lights are turned on at 5pm nightly and run until 9pm. It takes approximately 90 minutes to 2 hours to experience all that ZOOLIGHTS has to offer - but you are able to stay for as little or as long as you like!