Free This Week
This week, check out an intriguing Nickle at Noon talk with curator Wayne Baerwaldt, attend an evening of student films with NUTV at The Globe, take in (or step up to) a couple of open mics for the literary-heads, and more!
Nickle at Noon — Ydessa Hendeles on Post-Holocaust Trauma
October 10, 2024, 12 – 1pm
NIckle Galleries (435 Campus Lane NW.)
Free to explore
This talk by independent curator Wayne Baerwaldt at the University of Calgary explores aspects of his most recent curatorial composition, linked to issues of trauma and resilience.
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October Sip & Sketch
October 10, 2024, 7 – 9pm
Sparrow Artspace (36 4 St. NE)
Free to explore
Join Panel One Comics for their Sip & Sketch session. It’s a relaxing creative night where you can chat with fellow comic creators and let the ideas flow in a casual and inspiring atmosphere. Bring an underway project, start something new or sketch out a fun idea that hits you in the moment!
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Shelf Life Books Birthday
October 12, 2024, 11am – 6pm
Shelf Life Books (Suite 100, 1302 4 St. SW)
Free to attend
Join Shelf Life Books to celebrate the store’s 14th birthday! There will be giveaways happening all day as well as a coffee pop-up by Kaffeeklatsch.
shelflifebooks.ca
Poetry Parlour
October 15, 2024, 7pm – 9:15pm
Pachamama Soul Flavour Emporium (Suite 2110, 380 Canyon Meadows Dr. SE)
Free to attend
Join host Ashley Frerichs at the next Poetry Parlour. The featured reader for October is the witchy and magical Ashley-Rae Carter-Wells. Open mic slots are filled on a first come, first served basis.
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CASSA Musical Arts students performance
October 16, 2024, 12:10 – 1pm
Cathedral Church of the Redeemer (604 1 St. SE)
Free to attend
This Cassa Musical Arts concert features two outstanding emerging artists who have attended Cassa Piano for many summers. You will enjoy their musical maturity and youthful exuberance while they perform advanced classical, romantic and modern piano pieces in ProArts@Noon concert!
proartssociety.ca
Student Film Festival
October 16, 2024, 6:30pm
Globe Cinema (617 8 Ave. SW)
Free to attend
Look out! The Student Film Festival is back for its sixth year! Join NUTV for a night of Alberta-made student films and be among the first to see the films made by this year’s Summer Film School students.
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Queer Open Mic
October 16, 2024, 6:30pm
Shelf Life Books (Suite 100, 1302 4 St. SW)
Free to attend or participate
Queer Writers of Calgary is hosting its third queer open mic! Come listen to a bunch of local queer writers divulge their secrets and expose their souls in under eight minutes. Mediums include prose, poetry/spoken word, and comedy.
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