Free This Week
Celebrate the long weekend with these great events
- Price: Free
Hit up a literary reading or see new work from recent Alberta College of Art + Design grads—May long weekend is here and with these free events, you can spread your dollar further. Here’s what we’re checking out this week:
ProArts@Noon Presents MRU Vocal Academy Student Recital
May 17, 2017, 12:10 – 12:50pm
Cathedral Church of the Redeemer (604 1st St. SE)
Free
The Academy Program for Young Artists’ Vocal Academy is a comprehensive training program for singers aged 13 to 19 years who exhibit a sincere desire and the vocal talent to become a classical singer. This special ProArts@Noon Concert features classical repertoire as well as some musical theatre compositions.
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Woolf’s Voices
May 17, 2017, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Shelf Life Books (1302 4th St. SW)
Free
Woolf’s Voices celebrates the feminine spirit in this fun-filled evening of readings, music, and art including a special presentation of Wise and Wilful Women by TALES.
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Single Onion #141
May 18, 2017, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Shelf Life Books (1302 4th St. SW)
Free
Head to Shelf Life Books as the Single Onion presents award-winning Edmonton poet Lisa Martin, as well as its fourth annual youth poetry night featuring Simi Butchko, Emily Firmston, Alex Kelly, Adrian Ongteco, Victoria Vatne, Maddy Welte, and The Rogue Poets.
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Grad Show 2017
May 18 – 27, 2017
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art + Design (1407 14th Ave. NW)
Free and open to the public
View the work of Alberta College of Art + Design’s class of 2017 and discover nearly 200 graduating artists and designers. An opening reception takes place at 4:00pm on May 18.
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Yvonne Blomer, Micheline Maylor & Emily Ursuliak
May 23, 2017, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Shelf Life Books (1302 4th St. SW)
Free
Yvonne Blomer, Micheline Maylor, and Emily Ursuliak speak about poetry and memoir from their new books—Sugar Ride, Little Wildheart, and Throwing the Diamond Hitch.
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