Celebrate First Thursdays in the Cultural District
The next First Thursday is September 2nd in the Cultural District.
September's First Thursday is part of Culture Month in Calgary. Don't miss out as we ramp up the launch of the Fall arts season with this culture crawl through the district.
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The Broken World of John Will
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The irreverent and irrepressible John Will is highly regarded as an important and influential Canadian artist. He works in a tradition of artists who are satirical, subversive and sometimes slanderous in their critique of society from Hogarth and Daumier to Ensor and William Wiley. He brings formidable wit to the subjects of sex, war, racism, religion, mortality, sport, anxiety, rock and roll, the economy, celebrity culture, the art world, bizarre events, alien landings and personal hygiene. He mixes them up in topical concoctions that can be acerbic, even rude, and labyrinthine in their narrative and conceptual complexity.
Free Dance First Thursday with Decidedly Jazz
Free Dance First Thursday with Decidedly Jazz
Free Classes, Take one or take them all !!!!!
All ages and abilities welcome.
Class schedule:
Afro Funk with Deanne Walsh – 5:30-6:30 pm
Jazz/Swing with Joanne Baker – 6:30-7:30 pm
Hip Hop /House with Corinne Vessey – 7:30 – 8:30 pm
www.decidedlyjazz.com – 403-245-3533
Flywheel
Join host Meghan Doraty for the September edition of Flywheel with local writers Rachelle Pinnow, Betty Jane Hegerat, Ian Kinney and Julia Williams!
AND don't miss our Flywheel teaser Tuesday, August 31st 8-9pm on *Writer's Block*, CJSW's weekly foray into literature. Join radio hosts Paul Kennett and Stephanie Weidmann for a special preview of some of our Flywheel readers. CJSW: Calgary's independent radio - 90.9 fm or http://www.cjsw.com/index.html
Flywheel is a monthly reading series, which runs every first Thursday at 7:30pm sharp at Pages. The series is curated by volunteers from the collective that brings you filling Station, your locally created, nationally distributed literary arts magazine. Visit www.fillingstation.ca to find out more.
First Thursday Restaurant Deals
Check out these restaurant deals. Available only on First Thursdays (the First Thursday of every month) and when you mention "First Thursday"
Breakfast/Lunch Royal Canadian Legion, 117 7 Ave SE. Huge platter with coffee $5.50, "meat draws" at 12:15pm, steak and stein lunch special $8.95
10am - 8pm The Cellar Fine Wine, Sprits & Accessories, 137 8 Ave SW. 10% discount (a few exceptions apply)
10:30 - 6:30pm *atomic, 623 1 St SW & 1306 1 St SW. 15% off any item on their menu at both locations.
11am - 2am Original Joe's, 109 8 Ave SW bottles of wine 1/2 price, wines by the glass are $1 off.
4pm - 5:30pm Pita Express, 237 8 Ave SE. $2 off any sandwich.
4 - 7pm deVille Luxury Coffee & Pastries, Art Central & Fashion Central Wine happy hour $7 per glass.
7:30 - 9:30 Piq Niq, 811 1 St SW. Complimentary wine by the glass with a $20 food purchase.
Get more deals with your Cultural District Pigeon Card
First Thursday - Tour of the Downtown Public Art Circuit
Meet us at 5:00 p.m., at the information booth, plaza level of the Municipal Building. This one-hour Downtown Public Art Circuit introduces you to Civic Art Collection pieces in and around the Municipal Building and Plus 15. This free guided tour is primarily indoors, with a short jaunt outdoors.
Historical Walk of Downtown Calgary
3 Jun 2010 - 10:00am
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First Thursday - Art Central
Shisomiso: Featuring scarves by JUMA
Swirl Fine Art: Opening Reception for Introductions: New Artists
Upper Level
OneBlueWall Gallery: Opening Reception for the Super Secret Show
The New Gallery: Opening Reception of Contours in the Crosshairs by Nancy Nisbet. An installation combining video projection, broken glass sculpture and still images. Show your Pigeon Card and get a free copy of the book Towers by Scott Rogers.
My Escape Studio Bulk Up: cards for All Occasions by Design Artist Melody Germain. Bonus specials on First Thursday.
First Thursday - Tour of the Cantos collection
View the impressive assortment of instruments represented in Cantos’ collection.
Downtown Green Market
First Thursday September 2nd
Meet up with fellow culture crawlers to explore the events of First Thursday. Start at the Glenbow Museum for The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, head to the Epcor Centre for The Wild Vibrations of Wildurban, Battleship Down, SWAP: Alberta/Yukon Video Exchange, stroll through Fashion Central, the galleries, studios and boutiques at Art Central, then hop across the alley for Theatre Junction Grand's Season Launch Alley Party. Please rsvp to art.proctor[at]gmail.com.
5pm
LIVE MUSIC
VISUAL ARTS
Endeavor Arts, 200 – 1209 1 St SW*, $10
Shisomiso: Featuring scarves by JUMA
Swirl Fine Art: Opening Reception for Introductions: New Artists
Upper Level
OneBlueWall Gallery: Opening Reception for the Super Secret Show
The New Gallery: Opening Reception of Contours in the Crosshairs by Nancy Nisbet. An installation combining video projection, broken glass sculpture and still images.
My Escape Studio Bulk Up: cards for All Occasions by Design Artist Melody Germain. Bonus specials on First Thursday.
THEATRE
PARTIES
Theatre Junction GRAND partners with the Hi Fi Club to present the second annual Season Launch Alley Party! Join us for live DJs, performances and dancing in the streets! Preview our new season and take advantage of your last chance to buy a season pass at the early bird rate.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
EATS
10am – 2pm
