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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!

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

: Eggstravaganza is back with family-friendly fun designed to help you say ‘goodbye’ to winter and ‘hello’ to the warmer weather! Your kiddo gets to have some fun and enjoy seeing their favourite animals while supporting an important cause - wildlife conservation! We’re spreading the fun over four days so choose the day that works best for you and hop your way over to the zoo!?It's going to be an EGG-cellent time!? DAILY ACTIVITIES: • The Great Hatch Hunt?– Don't forget to bring your cell phone because you won't want to miss out on the fun of our?virtual egg hunt! Look for the giant egg signs around the zoo and use your phone to scan the QR code to?play along! Did we mention there's prizes to be won?! • Egg-cellent Touchtables?– while you’re out exploring the zoo grounds, be sure to stop by our egg-cellent touchtables where our volunteers will be talking about all things eggs. They will even have some biofacts to show related to egg laying species at the zoo. • Zoo Egg Photo Ops?– Be sure to hop on over to one of our fun photo ops and don your best ‘hatching face’ as you hatch from an egg! There’s four in total so try to visit them all. • Game Zone?– Bunny hop on over to the West Lawn to enjoy some lawn games fun for the whole family! • Treat Stations*?- while exploring the zoo ground, those 12 and under can visit our?treat stations for a free treat. What a sweet way to celebrate!?Be sure to check out the Easter Eggstravaganza Map below for treat station locations!? • Surprise & Delights?– be on the lookout for species receiving colourful enrichment across the zoo as our Animal Care, Health, & Welfare team treat the animals we love and care for to some Easter themed enrichment. • And More!

Enjoy a special Easter themed brunch including Easter décor, a specialty menu and desserts, and fun Easter crafts for the kids! Tickets on sale now.

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!

Help us kick-off the spring and welcome all the new baby animals to the world! What’s coming this April??….. ?Lambs! ?Baby Goats! ?Piglets! ?Calves! ?Bunnies! ?Chicks! ?Foal! ?Ducklings! ?Pony Rides ?Tractor Rides Its our busiest time of year so tickets are required! What happens at our Barnyard Baby Days? Good-times-to-remember-forever with all our spring adorables (lambs, goats, bunnies, cows, piglets, chicks…) and other fun experiences. Its spring on the farm! We will have special signs around the farm with info on specific moms and babies, lots of cute spring PHOTO OPS, the opportunity to see and maybe even help with BOTTLE FEEDING our spring babies, and some heart-warming up-close moments with some favourite farm animals! Have a safe time at the farm: your Adult/Child ratio must be 1:3 or better, and all attendees must follow all Farm Safety Rules. Make some fun spring family memories! Warning! You’ll want to come back!

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

A production written for kids, and a meal designed with kids in mind! Join us for a fun-filled morning of laughter, music and food! Visit jubilations.ca for more information and tickets.

Come check out hit Canadian play, "Kim's Convenience" by Ins Choi, on stage at Alberta Theatre Projects from April 13 - May 1! A family-friendly production (suggested for ages 14+) or a perfect parents date-night out! See the hilarious play that inspired the hit TV show! Mr. Kim, a Korean shopkeeper, grapples with both a changing neighbourhood landscape and the chasm between him and his second-generation offspring. This journey of a fractured but loving family forgiving the past, and confronting the future, is a Canadian classic. Kim’s Convenience By Ins Choi Directed by Kaitlin Williams, Assistant Directed by Soran Nakai An Arts Club Theatre Company (Vancouver) Production Based on the 2018 production by Pacific Theatre Presented by Alberta Theatre Projects