Wednesday August 8, 2012
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August 8, 2012 Our popular beading activity is back! Learn traditional Blackfoot beadwork designs by using tabletop looms to create your own beaded artwork.
Visit the Blackfoot Gallery: Niitsitapiisinni: Our way of Life to see how symbols are used by the First Nations Peoples of Alberta. Website: www.glenbow.org |
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| | Time: - / Location: Glenbow Museum, 130 9 Ave SE
August 8, 2012 Discover the pioneers of Alberta in Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta by following the clues of our exploration guide. Pick up your activity sheet in the ARC Discovery Room and trade it in once it's completed for a cool decal. Perfect for family visits! Website: www.glenbow.org |
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| | Time: - / Location: Glenbow Museum, 130 9 Ave SE
August 8, 2012 Be inspired by Shayne Dark's captivating works and create a branchy, twisted and brightly coloured sculpture. Let nature inspire the movements and shapes of your scuplture. Website: www.glenbow.org |
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|   | Time: 05:00 pm - 05:00 pm / Location: Murrieta's Bar & Grill- 808 1st Street SW
August 8, 2012 Calgary's freshest culinary celebration! A festival that encompasses eveything tomato! Join us for our annual Tomato Festival at Murrieta's. Our Chef's have prepared a unique menu, showcasing one of the industry's most under appriciated ingredient. Call 403.269.7707 or visit our website for reservations today. Website: www.murrietas.ca |
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| | Time: 05:00 pm - 10:00 pm / Location: EPCOR CENTRE
August 8, 2012 Runs August 8th - 17th
Opening reception August 9th
what is Papergirl?
Papergirl is an art project from Berlin.
It has now grown into an international worldwide art distribution phenomenon.
Art should be accessible to everyone.
That is the spirit behind Papergirl: a pedal-powered, volunteer based,
community oriented art project
Papergirl redefines “street-art”. It also questions where the value and meaning
lies in art: within the object itself, within its symbolic narrative, its
economic prowess, its historical context and so on, and so forth.
What happens in a Papergirl project?
A call for 2D artworks is made to the local community where the project is based
The artworks are collected and subsequently, every single work that was
submitted is exhibited
The works are then rolled up, and delivered by Papergirls to the unsuspecting
public a.k.a. the local community.
The Results of Papergirl?
Artists gain the opportunity to exhibit their work in a local gallery, as well
as have their work eventually given to a new collector. Papergirls get some
great exercise and smiles due to their hard delivery work. Volunteers get the
chance to work with fellow artists, and get involved in their local community.
Hundreds of people make and receive art.
It’s the art of giving away art. Website: papergirlcalgary.tumblr.com/whatispapergirl |
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|  | Time: 06:00 pm - 09:00 pm / Location: The National Music Centre
August 8, 2012 Afrikadey! started with a dream of bringing renowned Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti to a city at the foot of the Canadian Rockies. This dream was realized, and spawned a Calgarian festival that is now in its 21st year.
Get back to the roots of Afrikadey! and see where it all began: Afrobeat.
Each 3 hour session, conducted by Kuti’s Egypt 80 bandmate Dele Sosimi, explores the Afrobeat icon’s typical approach to composition and arrangement. Participants learn about the rhythm section, horn section, brass and reed interplay, phrasing, popular call and response choruses, and chants of Afrobeat.
This workshop is for musicians and Afrobeat enthusiasts with mixed musical skills and abilities. Participants will need to bring their own instruments to the National Music Centre (134 11 Avenue SE).
Tickets are only $150 per person for the 3 day workshop (9 hours of instruction) and are available by emailing info@afrikadey.com or by calling 403.234.9110.
Website: www.afrikadey.com |
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|  | Time: 07:00 pm - 09:00 pm / Location: Prince's Island Park
August 8, 2012 June 27th - August 10th (Showing Wednesday - Sunday)
Shakespeare in the Park will return to free public performances with a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Prince’s Island Park. Each year, the acting company will benefit from working with a professional director with experience working with Shakespeare. This year, the director will be Michael Shamata, the artistic director of Victoria’s Belfry Theatre, who is renowned for his outdoor productions of the Bard in Canada.
A Midsummer Night's Dream will run from June 27 – August 11, 2012. Showtimes (weather permitting) are Wednesdays – Sundays at 7:00pm, with added weekend matinees at 2:00pm (Note: June 30, July 1 only @ 7:00pm; No performances week of July 23). Admission is free. A Midsummer Night's Dream is suitable for all ages. Website: www.facebook.com/pages/Shakespeare-in-the-Park-Calgary/276613367329 |
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| | Time: 09:00 am - 05:30 pm / Location: 130 9 Avenue Southeast
August 8, 2012 July 14th - September 3
Critical Mass is an exhibition of recent sculpture by Ontario-based artist Shayne Dark, whose works exploit the tensions between the natural and the manmade with intriguing results.
The exhibit includes seven sculptures, including four freestanding works collectively known as Critical Mass. Website: www.glenbow.org |
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| | Time: 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm / Location: The Cathedral Church of the Redeemer
August 8, 2012 Beatrice Byakika offers you an intimate performance of East African inspired pop and R&B in The Cathedral Church of the Redeemer (corner of 7 Avenue and 1 Street SE).
Website: www.afrikadey.com |
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|  | Time: 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm / Location: Stephen Avenue Walk near the corner of 2nd Street SW
August 8, 2012 Each Thursday in August
In partnership with the Calgary Downtown Association, NMC sets Stephen Avenue to music with this summer busker performance program. Performing on a restored, one-of-a-kind, NMC branded piano, musicians rock 8th Avenue, providing a soundtrack for the vibrant noon-hour scene on one of Calgary's favourite promenades.
Website: www.nmc.ca |
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| | Time: 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm / Location: Near Bankers Hall
August 8, 2012 FRESH! Fitness is hosting a charity 24 hour continuous row. The event involves 24 competitors - (FRESH! staff and clients) rowing for 1 hour each from lunch to lunch Thursday to Friday. All profits go to charity |
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| | Time: All Day Event / Location: Stephen Avenue Walk
August 8, 2012 Come join us on Stephen Avenue and cheer on Team Canada! Starting with the Opening Ceremonies on July 27th, and for 17 days straight days, our Stephen Avenue Celebration Site will feature CTV’s coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games! Calgarians are encouraged to watch FREE coverage on a massive state of the art LED screen.
Capture the spirit with the Calgary International Pin Club that will be set up daily from 11:00 am to 2:00pm to trade, buy and sell collectable pins. Come and talk to a knowledgeable member about your collection.
For the complete Stephen Avenue Celebration Site broadcast schedule, daily special events and the location of the screen check out www.downtowncalgary.com/celebration.
Website: www.downtowncalgary.com/celebration. |
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| | Time: All Day Event / Location: THE UAS +15 GALLERY - 205 8 Avenue SE, Calgary
August 8, 2012 Exhibition Runs: August 8th to September 30th, 2012
Closing Reception: September 20th, 7 - 8pm
Artist Talk: August 30th at 7pm (at UAS Satellite Gallery)
Stack Mimetics enacts it’s presence through applied surfaces and expressed materiality. Exploring the cultural logic of mimesis within the sphere of sub-cultural identification, the work is manifested as selected woodland camouflage patterns, applied with specific technical processes onto composite materials and aggregated into stacks. Alluding to the notion of “fitting in”, whether it be into the terrific/terrifying natural Alberta wilderness or into the subsequent aesthetics of one’s own branded identity, Stack Mimetics presents the opportunity for reflection into how we chose to mimic the objects and entities that surround us, and the cultural logic of mimesis and camouflage as it is derived from the basis of an archaic survival process.
Artist Bio:
Stephen Nachtigall is a Calgary based artist whose work focuses on the contemporary paradox of the actual and the virtual from his point of view as a “Net Native” and also a native to the foothills of the Alberta Rockies. After studying sculpture and completing his BFA at the Alberta College of Art & Design in 2011, Stephen has been establishing his practice within the Calgary arts community, participating in group exhibitions such as BYOB Calgary, Return to The Dollhouse for the Truck Gallery, and The Works at Untitled Arts Society. His work has also seen online exposure on blogs and websites such as vvork.com. Some of his most recognized achievements include an installation entitled Electric Lettuce at Sled Island in June 2011 as well as receiving the Board of Governors award during his time at ACAD.
Website: www.facebook.com/events/341666355909490/ |
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