Saturday August 11, 2012
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August 11, 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 11, 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 11, 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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August 11, 2012 Olympic Plaza
228 8 Ave. S.E.
Calgary, Alberta
cjsw.com
A family-friendly concert at Olympic Plaza featuring four local bands.
The concert will be free and open to all Calgarians to introduce viewers to the city\'s all-ages music scene.
Saturday\'s lineup includes Astral Swans, GreyScreen, Chron Goblin and Tel Fyr.
For more information on the bands and the concert series, visit cjsw.com. Website: cjsw.com/event/summer-concert-series-astral-swans-greyscreen-chron-goblin-and-tel-fyr/ |
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|   | Time: 05:00 pm - 05:00 pm / Location: Murrieta's Bar & Grill- 808 1st Street SW
August 11, 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 11, 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: 09:00 am - 05:30 pm / Location: 130 9 Avenue Southeast
August 11, 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: 11:00 am - 03:00 pm / Location: Convention Centre Block, Stephen Avenue Walk
August 11, 2012 June 9, July 14 and August 11.
With a busy summer ahead, Stephen Ave Walk is dusting off their jackets and preparing for a new adventure. This is the last Saturday for Stephen Ave Walk to host our book market. Bibliophiles of all ages are welcome to attend this free event, peruse the book stands, find a good read, engage in stimulating literary conversation or relive their favorite childhood stories.
Come out this August and enjoy the last book market of the summer:
- Kid's reading area with a Special circle time guest
- Calgary Public Library's 100 Anniversary summer reading activities
- Author signings
- Book vendors including Glenbow Museum, Shelf Life Books, Owl's Nest Books, Books on 4th and many more. Website: www.downtowncalgary.com |
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| | Time: 11:00 am - 04:00 pm / Location: Along Stephen Avenue Walk
August 11, 2012 A wide variety of Food Trucks will be along the 4 blocks of Stephen Avenue Walk this WEEKEND ONLY to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the pilot project.
On Saturday you will find: Braizen, Blam!wich, H-Appy Truck, Mighty Skillet, Red Wagon Diner, Soup in a Bun, The Purple Pastry Chef, Vasili’s, YYC Shawarma, Aglio e Olio, Modern Jelly Donuts, Planet of the Crepes, Happy Day Fries, Little Jimmy’s Italian Ice
On Sunday you will find:, Food Fighter, The Noodle Bus, Alley Burger, Cheezy Business, Holy Crepe, Los Compadres, Perogy Boys, Modern Jelly Donuts
Happy Day Fries, Little Jimmy’s Italian Ice |
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| | Time: 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm / Location: Stephen Avenue Walk near the corner of 2nd Street SW
August 11, 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: All Day Event / Location: 25 Prince's Island Park, Calgary, AB T2P 0R1
August 11, 2012 This year Afrikadey! celebrates the deep roots of both the Festival and African culture in Calgary. Celebrate sun, food, drink, art, dance, and of course music for an entire day at Prince’s Island Park.
The star-studded lineup of top tier s African artists includes:
Alpha Yaya Diallo, a musician from Guinea who brings fluid melodic lines and compelling grooves to the stage with his acoustic and electric guitars
Beatrice Byakika channels her East African musical roots and fuses those sensibilities with a love of contemporary pop and R& B
Dele Sosimi, the Afrobeat luminary who made his mark in Fela Cuti’s Egypt 80 band in 1979 will bring his own Afrobeat stylings to the stage
Emmanuel Jal translates his challenging child soldier past in Sudan to rhythmic hip hop
Krar Collective unveils the traditions of Ethiopia with a contemporary edge
Oliver Mtukudzi AKA Tuku lays down his husky Zimbabwean vocals; and
Omara “Bombino” Moctar performs his electrifying jams of Tuareg resistance and rebellion
Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for youth, and FREE for seniors and children 12 and under.
Buy online or call 403.234.9110 now to get your tickets.
Website: www.afrikadey.com |
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| | Time: All Day Event / Location: Stephen Avenue Walk
August 11, 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 11, 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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