Saturday August 18, 2012
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August 18, 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 18, 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 18, 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: 02:00 pm - 04:00 pm / Location: Secret Location
August 18, 2012 Join us for our first-ever Pop-Up* event, and experience The Fairmont Palliser’s Afternoon Tea like never before. Enjoy a decadent tea party, held at a surprise Calgary location on Saturday, August 18th, from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Come dressed in your Sunday best and experience a truly unique event. Now is your opportunity to dust off those fascinators, large hats and pearls once more.
In true Pop-Up form, the location of the event will be kept a secret until three days prior to the occasion.
Guests of The Fairmont Palliser’s Pop-Up Afternoon Tea will enjoy Tea at Fairmont Blended & Wellness Teas, a selection of tea sandwiches, dainty pastries, fresh fruit with Chantilly cream and traditional English scones.
$50.00 per Guest (plus tax)
For reservations, guests may call Jennifer Seguin in the Catering Office at 403-260-1222.
There is limited space available for this exclusive occasion, so be sure to reserve your seat early.
Bookings must be made by Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. and paid in full prior to the event. Attendees will be emailed details of the surprise location three (3) days prior to the event.
*What is a Pop-Up?
A Pop-Up is a one of a kind dining experience featuring secret locations, star chefs, experimental concepts and/or fascinating mixologists. They are also known as underground dining events, secret supper clubs or guerrilla dining. A Pop-Up is only open for a limited amount of time, such as hours or days. It is all about offering a unique experience, in a unique location. Website: www.fairmont.com/palliser-calgary/promotions/pop-up-afternoon-tea/ |
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|  | Time: 05:00 pm - 05:00 pm / Location: Murrieta's Bar & Grill- 808 1st Street SW
August 18, 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: 09:00 am - 05:30 pm / Location: 130 9 Avenue Southeast
August 18, 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 - 09:00 pm / Location: Eau Claire Festival Plaza
August 18, 2012 Taste of Calgary, the city's outdoor festival of food and drinks is back for it's 15th year at Eau Claire's Festival Plaza. Enjoy a mix of exotic global cuisine like Cajun, Caribbean, East Indian, and Persian.
Buy Taste sampling tickets for $1 right at the festival and use them to sample any of the food or beverage menu items. Everything is sample-sized, including the prices. Website: www.tasteofcalgary.com |
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|  | Time: 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm / Location: Stephen Avenue Walk near the corner of 2nd Street SW
August 18, 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: Various Locations
August 18, 2012 Calgary ReggaeFest isn’t just for Reggae fans! It’s a family event that transcends racial, cultural and musical boundaries. With great live performances from Canadian and international Reggae artistes, ReggaeFest’s Main Event features a beer garden, great food and atmosphere, a youth area, and plenty of arts & crafts. ReggaeFest preview events deliver incredible live entertainment in small intimate venues where audience members and performers can share musical experiences together. Calgary ReggaeFest is sure to satisfy the Rastagarian in everyone. Website: www.ReggaeFest.ca |
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|  | Time: All Day Event / Location: Millenium Park
August 18, 2012 August 15th - 18th
Calgary ReggaeFest's Main Stage event isn’t just for Reggae fans. It’s a full day family event that transcends racial, cultural and musical boundaries. With live performances from Canadian and international Reggae artistes, ReggaeFest features a beer garden, separate youth area, and plenty of arts & crafts. Or get a taste of Reggae culture from the many food vendors.
ReggaeFest is proud of its connections to the local community and has supported Boy Scouts, Brothers United Soccer Team, Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter, CJSW Radio 90.9 fm, CUSO, Elektra Dance Group, Kids Up Front Foundation, St John Ambulance and various groups with ticket and merchandise donations. Website: www.reggaefest.ca/ |
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| | Time: All Day Event / Location: Olympic Plaza - 228 8 Avenue Southeast
August 18, 2012 The 5th Annual Spaghetti Western Festival takes place August 18th and 19th, 2012 at Olympic Plaza in Calgary. Celebrating new directions in country and western music, the festival is entirely FREE and goes from 2pm-9pm both Saturday Aug 18th and Sunday Aug 19th. The Festival is sponsored by the City of Calgary, Calgary 2012 and a number of other community sponsors.
Featuring:
Saturday:
2pm - Matt Masters
3pm - No River
4pm - Brooke Wylie
5pm - TBA
6pm - The Heartbroken
7pm - Scott Cook
8pm - Dustin Bentall Outift
Sunday:
2pm - Matt Masters
3pm - T. Buckley
4pm - Treeline with Sean Brewer
5pm - Emily Jill West
6pm - Cowpuncher
7pm - Petunia
8pm - Justin Rutledge Website: www.facebook.com/spaghettiwesternfestival |
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|  | Time: All Day Event / Location: HG2 in the CORE
August 18, 2012 When you spend more than $200 or purchase any pair of regularly priced jeans at HG2 you will be entered to win a $2500 shopping spree! Website: www.hg2clothing.com/ |
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| | Time: All Day Event / Location: THE UAS +15 GALLERY - 205 8 Avenue SE, Calgary
August 18, 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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