Wednesday September 26, 2012
|   | Time: - / Location: Art Central -100 7th Ave SW
September 26, 2012 Opening reception with artists in attendance, Sept 6th from 6 to 8 pm.
Recent work by ACAD graduate Jean Day addressing the issues of environment and wildlife conservation as well as the human impact that is unique to Canada.
Rather than creating imitations or impressions of nature scenes, Jean utilizes natural materials found in her environments to provide the authenticity of what she is portraying, allowing the viewer to experience the natural textures, smells and values of the materials. She also uses man-made materials such as silk plant leaves and mosses to juxtapose a level of artificiality with the natural components and lend a false and ironic sense of "life".
In the series "Aviora Natura" Jean also plays on the expression "to preserve" through the use of taxidermy as well as focus on wildlife and ecological conservation. Website: www.artcentral.ca/tenants/88-studio-intent |
|
|  | Time: - / Location: Mulitple venues
September 26, 2012 The Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) is a 11-day celebration of visual arts and cinema, screening over 200 multi-genre films from around the world and highlighted by a series of gala events, awards ceremonies, and special presentations. Website: https://www.calgaryfilm.com/ |
|
| | Time: - / Location: The Studio at Vertigo Theatre, 161, 115 9 Ave SE
September 26, 2012 Tickets: Starting at $21.50
Troubled by his father's death and his mother's swift remarriage, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is haunted by a ghostly courier bearing an uninviting message of murder and revenge. The young prince is driven to the brink of madness as he struggles to comprehend the situation in which he finds himself and to do his duty. Many others, including Hamlet's beloved, the innocent Ophelia, are swept up in his tragedy. Shakespeare's most famous play remains one of the greatest stories in Western literature and The Shakespeare Company is honoured to bring it to our Calgary audience. Website: www.vertigotheatre.com/main/ |
|
| | Time: - / Location: Studio Space, Theatre Junction GRAND, 608 1 St SW
September 26, 2012 Tickets: $25 adults, $20 students
Theatre BSMT presents Natalie Mesiner\'s play Pink Sugar: A Dark Tale of Love, Betrayal and Stolen Body Parts. This play is the trajectory of a stolen kidney, from unwilling donor to black-market buyer. It is a darkly comic story that winds into a place where ethics and morals blur.
Website: www.theatrejunction.com/event/pink-sugar-theatre-bsmt/ |
|
| | Time: 07:30 pm - 10:00 pm / Location: 115 9 Avenue Southeast Calgary, AB T2P 1K1, Canada
September 26, 2012 September 8 to October 7th
Vertigo Theatre Presents
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
By James. M Cain
Adapted for the stage by David Pichette & R. Hamilton Wright
Directed by Craig Hall
September 8 – October 7, 2012
In this new stage adaptation of James M. Cain’s classic noir novel, a smooth talking insurance salesman and a gold-digging housewife cook up a scheme to murder her husband for a tempting double-indemnity payout from his policy. But when plans start changing and events spiral out of control it’s hard to know who to trust…or who is really in control.
Contact the Ticket Office at (403) 221-3708 for more information or to purchase tickets. Website: www.vertigotheatre.com |
|
| | Time: 07:30 pm - 10:00 pm / Location: 220 9 Ave SE Calgary, AB T2G 5C4, Canada
September 26, 2012 Experience a powerful portrait of love and courage as a family struggles to take care of themselves through their mother’s mental-illness. Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and one of the most talked-about Broadway musicals in recent years. A triumphant, heartbreaking and thrilling musical experience.
-
You’ve come to expect the unexpected at Theatre Calgary. Now, we kick off our season with one of the great, new, award-winning, rock musicals. This powerful show will seep into your bones – its ideas will make your heart race, and relating to these characters will bring you to tears. Website: theatrecalgary.com/plays/next_to_normal/more_info/ |
|
|  | Time: 09:00 am - 01:30 pm / Location: Near Winners
September 26, 2012 This September, the Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta is joining children's cancer groups across North America to draw attention to the tragedy of childhood cancer. We’re inviting YOU to join us in this growing movement to raise funds and awareness for children with cancer.
Many individuals and businesses in Alberta have already stepped up and joined the movement. They’re holding golf tournaments and yoga-thons and eating Jelly modern donuts. They’re volunteering their time, shaving their lids for kids, signing on as monthly donors and cycling in the National Inside Ride. Others are sending messages of hope to Alberta children with cancer on sidewalks and on Facebook and Twitter. |
|
| | Time: 09:00 am - 02:00 pm / Location: Near Winners
September 26, 2012 Smart Betty is very proud to be partnered with Kids Cancer Care. Smart Betty is one of the fastest growing social shopping companies anywhere. Smart Betty emails you great discounts anywhere from 50-90% off on products and services. Another benefit is that Smart Betty understands the importance of charitable donations. For every dollar you spend purchasing Smart Betty vouchers, Smart Betty will donate 10% of our earnings back to great organizations like Kids Cancer Care. Smart Betty will donate $0.50 each for everyone one signs up during the month of September. Sign up today and spread the word to support Kids Cancer Care . Website: kccf.smartbetty.com/ |
|
|  | Time: 11:30 am - 01:00 pm / Location: Fairmont Palliser Hotel, Crystal Ballroom -133 9 Ave SW
September 26, 2012 The Enbridge Famous 5 Speaker Series profiles extraordinarily successful women.
Elisabeth Fayt - \"Paving It Forward\"”
Ten years as Private Assistant to Canada’s Tim Hortons Coffee King, billionaire Ron Joyce, Elisabeth Fayt traveled the world working alongside global business leaders, learning how to “think big”. This experience, combined with 18 years of study with the Masters of India has given Elisabeth a unique foundation for the teachings she shares in her best-selling book, “Paving it Forward”.
Her profound message bridges the gap between spirituality and business, illustrating the practicality of implementing spiritual principles in the material world. A well-respected Calgary entrepreneur, Elisabeth is the Owner/Founder of RnR Wellness a Canadian wellness success story, with a Spa in the Fairmont Palliser Hotel and over a dozen satellite spa locations in Calgary’s finest hotels. Fayt attributes the success of her business to having a strong spiritual foundation.
Today she lives her dream as an international speaker and spiritual luminary, sharing her message to the world with other world thought leaders. She is a featured teacher in The Opus movie and appears regularly on TV and radio. She is the recent recipient of Global TV’s Woman of Vision award, celebrating her philanthropic contributions to the community. Website: www.famous5.ca |
|
|  | Time: 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm / Location: Stephen Avenue Walk
September 26, 2012 Come down and enjoy random entertainment along Stephen Avenue Walk showcasing our great entertainment scene.
Each Wednesday in September is a new experience:
Sept 5th: U of C Improv
Sept 12th: James Jordan Carnival Magician www.fuzzyhair.net
Sept 19th: Dirty Laundry
Sept 26th: High Performance Rodeo presents DJs on Stephen Ave |
|
| | Time: 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm / Location: Cathedral Church 218-7 Ave SE
September 26, 2012 FREE EVENT featuring dancers and musicians from the Calgary International Flamenco Festival ! Website: www.proartssociety.ca/category/schedule |
|
| | Time: 12:00 pm - 01:15 pm / Location: Lunchbox Theatre, 160 - 115 9th Avenue SE
September 26, 2012 The Bob Shivery Show
A World Premiere Comedy
by David Sealy
September 10 - 29, 2012
When the girl of Bob Shivery’s dreams moves to Alberta to take up with an oil man, Bob decides to win her back, fair and square, and heads out on a dangerous and magical journey.
SHOWTIMES:
Monday to Saturday at 12:10 pm
"Happy Hour" Fridays at 6:10 pm
"Date Night" Saturdays at 7:30 pm
Website: www.lunchboxtheatre.com/the-bob-shivery-show.html |
|
|  | Time: All Day Event / Location: THE UAS +15 GALLERY - 205 8 Avenue SE, Calgary
September 26, 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/ |
|
|
