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What's On Today:
Historical Walk of Downtown Calgary
Venue / Location:
Meet inside the Calgary Telus Convention Centre, in front of the Glenbow Museum entrance
Repeats every week until Thu Sep 30 2010 .
3 Jun 2010 - 10:00am
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- 3 Jun 2010 - 10:00am
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- 26 Aug 2010 - 10:00am
- 2 Sep 2010 - 10:00am
- 9 Sep 2010 - 10:00am
- 16 Sep 2010 - 10:00am
- 23 Sep 2010 - 10:00am
Ticket Price:
Free
Event Description:
So you think Calgary has a short history, compared with longer-in-the tooth locales such as Cairo or Kyoto? Well, you have to look back, way back, to find our beginnings.
Know the secrets behind the Tribune building on Stephen Avenue? Guide Hugh Main isvsure to tell you some stories you're not to forget and won't believe!
Celebration of the Bow River 2010
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12 Jun 2010 (All day)
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Event Description:
From June through September, six Public Art events in Calgary will give citizens and visitors the opportunity to celebrate and reflect upon the precious Bow River. Each event will feature a different artist and provide an artistic opportunity to experience the Bow River and think about its importance as a life-sustaining resource. This beautiful project celebrates the Bow River as our life source and as our communal gathering place for people living and visiting in Calgary. Calgary’s past and future is tied directly to the health of the Bow and Elbow Rivers and the surrounding streams and creeks that feed them. Celebration of the Bow River 2010 includes six public art events and installations, each featuring a different artist who highlights our connection to the river and creates opportunities for citizens to further appreciate and protect this resource.
June 12
Event: Passages
Artist: Peter Von Tiesenhausen
Description: 100 hand-carved wooden boats were released into the Bow River.
Event: Passages
Artist: Peter Von Tiesenhausen
Description: 100 hand-carved wooden boats were released into the Bow River.
July 6-26
Event: The Museum of Bow
Artist: Lewis and Taggart with TRUCK Contemporary Art
Description: A camper trailer was transformed into a museum collecting artifacts and stories sourced from the Calgary Bow River site.
Event: The Museum of Bow
Artist: Lewis and Taggart with TRUCK Contemporary Art
Description: A camper trailer was transformed into a museum collecting artifacts and stories sourced from the Calgary Bow River site.
July 17 - September 13
Event: I Am the River
Artist: Derek Besant
Description: A series of photo-based water portraits of local Calgarians. The portraits will appear on outdoor billboards, Calgary Transit vehicles and LRT stations across the city.
Event: I Am the River
Artist: Derek Besant
Description: A series of photo-based water portraits of local Calgarians. The portraits will appear on outdoor billboards, Calgary Transit vehicles and LRT stations across the city.
August 3-20
Event: The Observatory
Artist: Jose Luis Torres with TRUCK Contemporary Art
Description: Sculptural installations provide lookouts to the Bow River
Event: The Observatory
Artist: Jose Luis Torres with TRUCK Contemporary Art
Description: Sculptural installations provide lookouts to the Bow River
August 14-20
Event: Sources: River of Light
Artist: Laurent Louyer - Creatmosphere Studio
Description: For seven nights, three-foot illuminated floating spheres will be located along the Bow River
Event: Sources: River of Light
Artist: Laurent Louyer - Creatmosphere Studio
Description: For seven nights, three-foot illuminated floating spheres will be located along the Bow River
August 21 (dusk)
Event: Sources: River of Light
Artist: Laurent Louyer - Creatmosphere Studio
Description: 500 inflated, illuminated spheres will be launched from various sites along the river
Event: Sources: River of Light
Artist: Laurent Louyer - Creatmosphere Studio
Description: 500 inflated, illuminated spheres will be launched from various sites along the river
September 8-27
Event: Letter Performences
Artist: Cecile Belmont with TRUCK Contemporary Art
Description: Performance art exploring the relationship between the city, it's people and the Bow River
For information on all six events, visit www.calgary.ca/bow
I am the River
Venue / Location:
15 Aug 2010 (All day)
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Ticket Price:
Free
Event Description:
Artist: Derek Besant
Besant has created a series of photo-based water portraits of local Calgarians. Besant uses his imagery as a metaphor for humans' relationship with the life-sustaining Bow River. The larger-than-life water portraits will appear on Calgary Transit vehicles and outdoor billboards throughout the city. Besant worked with project partners, The Pattison Outdoor Group and Calgary Transit to realize this project across the city.
From June through September, six Public Art events in Calgary will give citizens and visitors the opportunity to celebrate and reflect upon the precious Bow River. Each event will feature a different artist and provide an artistic opportunity to experience the Bow River and think about its importance as a life-sustaining resource.
For information on all six events, visit www.calgary.ca/bow
Windows to Creativity
Venue / Location:
EPCOR CENTRE Window Galleries (across from Max Bell Theatre)
2 Jul 2010 (All day)
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Ticket Price:
Free
Event Description:
EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts is thrilled to present Kristina Millar, Cameron D. Ansorger and Tharrie Zietsman, exhibiting over the summer months in its Window Galleries. All three artists incorporate history and narrative within their painterly/illustrative work and were selected for their artistic quality and appeal to all ages, promoting artistic dialogue within our city.
As part of its mandate, EPCOR CENTRE provides visual arts opportunities to the Calgary art community and showcases a wide variety of Visual and Media art forms with artists from diverse backgrounds.
Battleship Down
Venue / Location:
The +15 Window Space located on the second level of the EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts at 205-8 Avenue SE
5 Aug 2010 (All day)
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Ticket Price:
Free
Event Description:
TRUCK Contemporary Art presents:
Battleship Down
SHOWCASING WORK BY
Randy Niessen (Calgary, AB)
Randy Niessen’s site specific installations are formal explorations created through a hybrid of painting, print media, and sculpture. These installations play with the tension between art and environment, materials and space, as well as reality and illusion. In the abstract of a sinking ship, Battleship Down is an explosive scene of geometric shapes and colour. Fire, water, and light are represented by paint and string erupting around an abstract dreadnought engulfed in its own environment.
Closing Reception: Thursday, September 16, 2010 @ 7:00 PM at the Window Space
The closing reception for Battleship will run from 7 to 8 PM at the window space.
First Thursday - Art Central
Venue / Location:
Art Central - 100 7th Ave SW
Ticket Price:
free
Event Description:
Join us for the First Thursday for exhibition openings, live music by Bigfoot Rocketship, and happy hour on wine, cheese, and beer at deVille.
Main Level
Micah Gallery: Featuring authentic Cowichan sweaters made by Emily Modest, handmade masks and wall plaques by artist Alfred Crocker, and spirit boxes of various totem animals.
Shisomiso: Featuring scarves by JUMA
Swirl Fine Art: Opening Reception for Introductions: New Artists
Shisomiso: Featuring scarves by JUMA
Swirl Fine Art: Opening Reception for Introductions: New Artists
Upper Level
Collage Gallery: New Works by Jim Etzkorn, Hayley Erza, and Phaedra Vandenbrun
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.
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.
Panagakos Gallery: Opening Reception of Metallica by Shannon Gillette
Lower Level
Heather Brewster Studio: Closing Sale! Come and enjoy some great art at reduced prices and get a sneak peek at "The Red Road" - assemblage art reflecting her journey with kidney disease and dialysis.
My Escape Studio Bulk Up: cards for All Occasions by Design Artist Melody Germain. Bonus specials on First Thursday.
My Escape Studio Bulk Up: cards for All Occasions by Design Artist Melody Germain. Bonus specials on First Thursday.
Calgary Arts Development: Let's dream big for Calgary 2012! Calgary is bidding to be named the Cultural Capital of Canada in 2012, and we are looking for your ideas about how we should celebrate! Join us in a discussion about culture in Calgary and dream big! RVSP to suzanne.boss@calgary2012.com by Tuesday, August 30, 2010.
Downtown Green Market
Venue / Location:
located on Stephen Avenue Walk between Centre St and 1st St SE (outside the Telus Convention Centre)
Ticket Price:
free
Event Description:
Offering up local baking, produce, organic products and handmade goodies. Stop by and pick up ingredients for dinner on your way home – or just grab a bite for lunch! On top of food vendors, there will be people selling clothing, jewellery, artwork and many other treasures.
SWAP: Alberta/Yukon Video Exchange
Venue / Location:
EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts, 205 - 8th Avenue SE
3 Aug 2010 (All day)
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Ticket Price:
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Event Description:
EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts is pleased to partner with the Yukon Arts Centre to present a selection of short films, animation and video from 10 sensational Alberta and Yukon artists. This exchange is an opportunity for artists to showcase their artwork outside of their region. As part of the Video Exchange, The Yukon Arts Centre has facilitated these works to be showcased in the Yukon for the month of August. Join us in supporting our local artists and the arts and culture community.
On EPCOR CENTRE’s three video monitors:
▪ +15 near CKUA; Second level of Jack Singer Concert Hall west end
▪ West end of Jack Singer Concert Hall main floor foyer
▪ Near Baraka Café and the stained glass window
As part of its mandate, EPCOR CENTRE provides visual arts opportunities to the Calgary art community and showcases a wide variety of Visual and Media art forms with artists from diverse backgrounds.
http://www.epcorcentre.org/
Wildurban: A Multichannel Soundscape Installation
Venue / Location:
EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts, 205 – 8th Ave. SE
1 Sep 2010 (All day)
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Ticket Price:
Free
Event Description:
EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts is proud to present Wildurban: A Multichannel Soundscape created by locally and internationally recognized sound artist Charles Fox.
The soundscape for Wildurban was composed from multichannel surround sound recordings made in wilderness locations in various parts of Saskatchewan. The recording locations reflect a diversity of ecological communities that include waterfowl, songbirds, insects and mammals, communities which are fast disappearing from the Canadian Prairies and Boreal forests.
Through this arrangement, Wildurban invites those who encounter the resulting soundscape to listen in on the wild world, to consider both the origins and potential of human interaction when exploring these natural forms of relationships and communication found in the wild urban soundscape.
Join us in supporting media arts in the Prairies.
For more information, visit www.epcorcentre.org.
First Thursday September 2nd
Venue / Location:
Throughout the Cultural District, various venues
Ticket Price:
Various. Most events free or discounted.
Event Description:
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.
Go to one event or many and hop your way through some of the Cultural District's most interesting venues.
TOURS
10am
Meet inside the Calgary Telus Convention Centre, in front of the entrance to the Glenbow Museum, 130 9 Ave SE, free
So you think Calgary has a short history, compared with longer-in-the tooth locales such as Cairo or Kyoto? Well, you have to look back, way back, to find our beginnings.
4:30
Meet in the lobby of the Glenbow Museum, $5
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
Meet at the information booth, main floor level, Municipal Building, 800 Macleod Tr SE, free
This Downtown Art Circuit introduces you to the Civic Art Collection downtown in and around the Municipal Building and the Plus 15. The free guided tour is primarily indoors with a quick jaunt outdoors. You can also download the podcast or Iphone app at www.calgary.ca/publicart
6pm
Cantos Music Foundation, 134 11 Ave SE
Tour the Cantos Music collection at 6.00pm, free
View the impressive assortment of instruments represented in Cantos’ collection.
LIVE MUSIC
7:30pm
John Hiatt & The Combo with Los Lobos
Jack Singer Concert Hall, EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts, 205-8 Avenue SE, $59.85, tickets at epcorcentre.org
After 35 years together, Los Lobos still knows how to mix Mexican roots with rough rock, and guitarist Cesar Rosas remains a truly spectacular blues soloist.
8pm
bbmusique Sound Sessions Presents: XIBIT 7 “Live” Improv Electronica Ambient meets World Musique in The OuterRealm.
Cantos Music Foundation, 134 11 Ave SE
Doors 7.30pm, $5 cover
VISUAL ARTS
All day
The +15 Window Space, 2nd level, EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts, 205-8 Avenue SE, free
Randy Niessen’s site specific installations are formal explorations created through a hybrid of painting, print media, and sculpture. Battleship Down is an explosive scene of geometric shapes and colour. Fire, water, and light are represented by paint and string erupting around an abstract dreadnought engulfed in its own environment.
All day
Video monitors throughout EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts, 205 - 8th Avenue SE, free
Short films, animation and video from 10 sensational Alberta and Yukon artists.
All day
The +15 Soundscape, 2nd level, EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts, 205-8 Avenue SE, free
A Multichannel Soundscape created by locally and internationally recognized sound artist Charles Fox. Open your eyes and ears to the Saskatchewan wilderness and the diversity of the ecological communities of the Canadian Prairies and Boreal Forest that are disappearing before us.
1pm – 8pm
Art Therapy
Endeavor Arts, 200 – 1209 1 St SW*, $10
Endeavor Arts, 200 – 1209 1 St SW*, $10
Art therapy is the opportunity for the left side of your brain to take a vacation and to allow the right side to come out and play. Bring something from your closet and bring it to life by turning it into a work of art or create a masterpiece on a t-shirt or a coffee cup provided to you by Endeavor Arts. *Within walking distance of the Cultural District
9am – 5pm
Glenbow Museum, 130 9 Ave SE, $18 Adult, $9 Student
The Baroque World of Fernando Botero is the first retrospective exhibition of Botero's work since 1974 and is Calgary's first-ever exhibition of this celebrated artist's work. The exhibition consists of 87 paintings, drawings and watercolours, 10 small sculptures and three monumental sculptures.
5 – 9pm
100 7 Ave SW, free
Join us for the First Thursday for exhibition openings, live music by Bigfoot Rocketship, and happy hour on wine, cheese, and beer at deVille.
Main Level
Micah Gallery: Featuring authentic Cowichan sweaters made by Emily Modest, handmade masks and wall plaques by artist Alfred Crocker, and spirit boxes of various totem animals.
Shisomiso: Featuring scarves by JUMA
Swirl Fine Art: Opening Reception for Introductions: New Artists
Shisomiso: Featuring scarves by JUMA
Swirl Fine Art: Opening Reception for Introductions: New Artists
Upper Level
Collage Gallery: New Works by Jim Etzkorn, Hayley Erza, and Phaedra Vandenbrun
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.
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.
Panagakos Gallery: Opening Reception of Metallica by Shannon Gillette
Lower Level
Heather Brewster Studio: Closing Sale! Come and enjoy some great art at reduced prices and get a sneak peek at "The Red Road" - assemblage art reflecting her journey with kidney disease and dialysis.
My Escape Studio Bulk Up: cards for All Occasions by Design Artist Melody Germain. Bonus specials on First Thursday.
My Escape Studio Bulk Up: cards for All Occasions by Design Artist Melody Germain. Bonus specials on First Thursday.
THEATRE
8pm
MOTEL theatre at the EPCOR CENTRE for Performing Arts (across from Big Secret Theatre) 205 - 8 Ave SE, $20 adult, $15 equity/senior/student/low-income
Heterophobia, a dark comedy, is a tall glass of gay with a twist of straight. In the world of heterophobia, social norms are flipped on their ears, and extreme role reversal ensues. Being gay is the norm, and being straight is the ‘deviance’.
PARTIES
5 – 10:30pm
Back Alley, Theatre Junction GRAND, 608 1 St SW, free
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.
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
6 - 7:30pm
Calgary is bidding to be named the Cultural Capital of Canada in 2012, and we are looking for your ideas about how we should celebrate! Whether it’s acknowledging Calgary’s cultural history, experiencing everything this city has to offer or something entirely new, no idea is too big, no act is too small. The ideas YOU suggest will be the basis for Calgary’s bid. Join us in a discussion about culture in Calgary and dream big! RVSP to suzanne.boss@calgary2012.com by Tuesday, August 30, 2010.
6 – 7:45pm
Drop-In Career Coaching
Calgary Public Library, Central Branch, 3 Fl. Technology Discovery Centre, 616 Macleod Tr SE, free
Drop in for one-on-one help and feedback on resume writing, job searching skills and cover letters. Bring a disk or USB.
6 - 8pm
Aboriginal Writers’ Circle
Calgary Public Library, Central Branch, 4 Fl. Meeting room, 616 Macleod Tr SE, free
Join in on this exploration of the written word and oral storytelling.
EATS
10am – 2pm
Located on Stephen Avenue Walk between Centre St and 1st St SE (outside the Telus Convention Centre)
Offers up local baking, produce, organic products and handmade goodies. Stop by and pick up ingredients for dinner on your way home – or even just grab a bite for lunch! On top of food vendors, there will be people selling clothing, jewellery, artwork and many other treasures.
