Free This Week
Don't miss these fabulous February finds
End off your February in artistic fashion with the finest serving of free events that the Calgary arts community has to offer — from poetry to photography to artist talks. Don’t miss out!
Exposure Photography Festival
Until February 25, 2023
Various venues
Free to explore
Exposure 2023 has over 30 shows that display a wide range of narratives, subjects, practices and explorations of the photographic medium — check out this diverse program of exhibitions at various locations.
exposurephotofestival.com
The Black Experience: Tales of Triumph
February 22, 2023, 6:30 – 8pm
Stream online
Free to watch
Join Storytelling Alberta and Calgary’s Poet Laureate Wakefield Brewster for a virtual story café featuring thought-provoking poetry and stories in celebration of Black History Month.
storytellingalberta.com
Ethan Hill & Jenny Crane
February 22, 2023, 12:10 – 1pm
Cathedral Church of the Redeemer (604 1st St. SE)
Free to attend
Musician and composer Ethan Hill teams up with multi-faceted cellist Jenny Crane and mezzo-soprano Jeanine Williams for a lunch-hour concert as part of the ProArts@Noon Concert Series.
proartssociety.ca
Single Onion #190
February 23, 2023, 7pm
Online via Zoom or in-person at Shelf Life Books (1302 4th St. SW)
Free to attend or watch
The Single Onion celebrates Black History Month with an evening of poetry curated by Calgary’s Poet Laureate Wakefield Brewster, featuring poetry from Bethel Afework and Okechukwu Nnamchi.
thesingleonion.wordpress.com
Santosh Korthiwada
February 24, 2023, 5 – 7pm
Stream online
Free to watch
The Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation invites you to a virtual artist talk with Santosh Korthiwada, a Calgary-based award-winning fine art photographer and educator who explores ordinary and everyday subject matter.
icaionline.org
Tour – Marina Fischer
February 28, 2023, 12noon
Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)
Free to attend, registration required
Join curator Marina Fischer for a tour of The Birth of Portraiture: Alexander the Great & His Successors, exploring the life of Alexander the Great, his contemporaries and successors through their portraits on ancient coins.
nickle.ucalgary.ca
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