Calgary Events

12 Week Winter Birding Course Starts Monday, January 8, 2018 Learn about the variety of bird species in Fish Creek Provincial Park and other natural areas within Calgary through the Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society’s Winter Birding Course. In the winter months, birds are much easier to see since the deciduous trees have...

One of the most exclusive exhibitions is making its final North American stop at Calgary’s science centre on January 20 – June 20, 2018! Whales|Tohorā is an interactive experience housing one of the world’s largest whale collections from the National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. This exhibition will immerse you into the biology...

“From a waterfall to a still pond, to mist, rain, floods, the ocean: from ice to snow and Tsunami, water exists in many forms. Water makes up 98 % of all living things including us. Water makes up two thirds of the earth. It is not just what we experience externally it is a large...

Calgary Home + Garden Show March 1 – 4, 2018 BMO Centre + Corral, Stampede Park Make it Yours. From paint colour to furniture, landscaping to functionality, your space is all about you. Do the homework to make your home work at the Calgary Home + Garden Show, returning March 1-4, 2018 at the BMO...

Presented by The Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.shamanism.org) Awaken your spiritual potential, engage in spiritual experiences, learn traditional shamanic healing, journeying, divination, power animal retrieval, methods to meet your own spirit helpers, and much more! Participants are introduced to core shamanism and initiated into the classic shamanic journey for awakening dormant spiritual abilities, healing, problem...

SPARQ PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the 4th Annual HOLI HUNGAMA 2018!!! This year we will be CELEBRATING FREEDOM!!! The event last year was SOLD OUT and we had to unfortunately decline a lot of people. Please book your tables early to avoid dissappointment!! THE ONLY COLOURFUL PARTY IN TOWN!!! LET’S PLAY HOLI!!!!! COME &...

Celebrate International Women’s Day at the JCC! Enjoy a special vegetarian luncheon while being inspired by leadership specialist Ruth Esau and wellness specialist Stephani Wilton. Hear them share stories and tools for empowerment, self-care, and success. Shop our vendors who will have a little something for every taste. An uplifting day to honour the amazing...

Join CARE Canada at the Calgary Zoo on Sunday March 4 to walk in solidarity with women and girls in the developing world who walk an average of 10,000 steps (6 kms) every day to collect the basics they need to survive. Your $25 registration fee includes entry for you and 3 guests into the...

Join us for the second annual Women in Work Conference to celebrate diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace. This year’s theme is Disrupting the Status Quo and participants will be encouraged to engage in critical thinking about existing workplace conditions and trends through conversations about technology, entrepreneurial thinking, mental health and engagement with Indigenous...

Network with leading employers and school recruiters; discover exciting new career options and build the meaningful rapport you need to advance your career.

Ever wonder what’s up with Alberta’s feathered friends? Discover together through staff and self-led, hands-on Investigation Stations for ages 2+. These hands-on activities are included with Discovery Centre admission. Don’t let this event fly by!

SPOTLIGHT – Taygan Crapo, Glass March 8 – April 7 Opening Reception: March 8 (5-8 PM) Alberta Craft Gallery – Calgary 2nd Floor, cSPACE – King Edward 1721 – 29 Avenue SW, Calgary SPOTLIGHT features artists who are exploring new techniques, launching or testing a new product line, or are new to the Council. A...

Join us for the largest International Women’s Day event in Calgary dedicated to celebrating, empowering and inspiring women. SHE [EMPOWERS] Market will feature local female-entrepreneurs, a keynote speech by an inspirational woman leader, and of course food and drinks! This event is in support of the Women in Need Society, which helps vulnerable women and...

On March 8, 2018, join 770 CHQR and the YWCA as we CELEBRATE women’s achievements and speak up for gender equality at the 5th annual YW CELEBRATE, an evening reception in honour of International Women’s Day. There has never been a more critical time to speak up and out to create equity and a bright...

In “The Conspiracy of NDN Joy,” Billy-Ray Belcourt examines a diverse range of texts — literary, filmic, archival and artistic — to show that wherever NDNs are, so too is the feeling of utopia. He writes in the modes of poetry, autotheory, and the speculative to argue that indigeneity potentiates in excess of the racialized...

The Calgary chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists is hosting a juried art show, “Spring into Art”, on March 9 (6-9pm) and March 10 (10am-4pm) at the Strathcona Community Hall, 277 Strathcona Drive SW, Calgary, Alberta. Admission and parking is free and participating artists will be in attendance. Bring a cash donation for the...

The Group Art Society of Calgary’s 50th. Anniversary Celebration and Sale is on Saturday March, 10, 2018 from 10 AM to 4 PM at Haysboro Community Association at 1204-89 Ave., SW. Come out for a day of art and meet the artists and have some cake, of course. Paintings in a variety of Mediums, Sizes...

Join Global News Radio's Dave Rowe at Calgary's University District on Saturday, March 10 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Call for Submission “Nocturn” PROSPECTUS The Alberta Society of Artists invites all artists in Alberta (must be 18 years of age or older) to submit to the exhibition, “Nocturn”. OVERVIEW The interpretation of the theme is up to the artist. From the MerriamWebster dictionary. “The origin and etymology of NOCTURN: Middle English nocturne, borrowed from...

Philosopher Sira Abenoza believes that most conflicts in society are due to a lack of dialogue. After putting her Socratic dialogue method into practice in Spain and Central America she travels to Northern Ireland to sit at a table with former members and sympathizers of the IRA, former members and sympathizers of Unionist paramilitary groups,...

What’s Your Risk of Heart Disease? London Drugs Pharmacists Now Offering Critical Healthy Heart Screening To help Calgarians take control of their own heart health and learn about heart disease prevention, pharmacists at London Drugs London Place West, are offering a Healthy Heart Clinic, on Thursday, March 15th 2018 from 10:00am to 6:00pm. The statistics...

Join 770 CHQR live for the Foothills Hospital Home Lottery bonus prize deadline on March 16.

Take a journey into a disaster response with us and experience the power of humanity. Our multimedia exhibit will immerse you into the current crisis in Bangladesh. Faces of Humanity tells the story of Canadian Red Cross aid workers and their international partners, from all walks of life.

Women in Business (WB) Consulting is excited to be teaming up with the Calgary Flames to offer a one-of-a-kind VIP networking event to all women in business in Calgary! Hockey ‘N Heels will be a fun ladies night out at the Saddledome on Friday, March 16, 2018. Starting at 5 p.m. sharp, this event includes:...