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Friday August 31, 2012


Art & Galleries

Blackfoot Beadwork

Time: - / Location: Glenbow Museum, 130 9 Ave SE
August 31, 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


Art & Galleries

Mavericks Exploration

Time: - / Location: Glenbow Museum, 130 9 Ave SE
August 31, 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


Art & Galleries

Tangled Sculptures

Time: - / Location: Glenbow Museum, 130 9 Ave SE
August 31, 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


Food & FlavourBack to Style

Tomato Festival

Time: 05:00 pm - 05:00 pm / Location: Murrieta's Bar & Grill- 808 1st Street SW
August 31, 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


Art & GalleriesBack to Style

Critical Mass

Time: 09:00 am - 05:30 pm / Location: 130 9 Avenue Southeast
August 31, 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


Sounds & Vibrations

Caravan - First Glance at New Cellar

Time: 09:00 pm - 11:30 pm / Location: WINE-OHs Bistro & Cellar 811 1st Street SW, Calgary, AB
August 31, 2012

Get a sneak preview of our new cellar and come and check out Caravan (formerly known as Bomba). We may not have all the finishing touches but it's going to be a great night!

High-Energy Latin-Jazz at its best.

Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear the regions Latin-Jazz authorities in concert. This evening is sure to be an incredible evening of Latin beats, Jazz explorations and just pure magic for both the dancer and the listener.

Featuring:

Jorge Nunez - Vocals / Guitar
Aldo Aguirre - Violin
Chris Andrew - Piano
Rubim de Toledo - Bass
Luis 'el Pana' Tovar - Congas
Raul Tabera - Drums and Timbales

$15 cover charge.

Salsa . Son . Samba . Songo . Rumba . Cha Cha Cha . Timba and more.

Website: www.wine-ohs.com/index.php/calendar/eventdetail/120/-/caravan-first-glance-at-new-cellar


Stephen Avenue Walk

NMC Street Sounds

Time: 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm / Location: Stephen Avenue Walk near the corner of 2nd Street SW
August 31, 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


Shopping & StyleBack to Style

HG2 Back to School $2500 Shopping Spree!

Time: All Day Event / Location: HG2 in the CORE
August 31, 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/


Art & GalleriesBack to Style

STEPHEN NACHTIGALL: Stack Mimetics

Time: All Day Event / Location: THE UAS +15 GALLERY - 205 8 Avenue SE, Calgary
August 31, 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/