URBAN WANDERERS
every Wednesday at 7pm
Every Wednesday evening for one hour, the communities of Crescent Heights and Renfrew (Regal Terrace) will become mobile as we collectively wander the streets, parks, back alleys and forgotten spaces of the community. Like archaeologists who look for the past in the present, we will stumble across places that hold significance for one person or another—a park, an old friend, or a house. These sites or people will spur stories and conversations that will help us to map the community while on the move.
ASK AN EXPERT
Is there that one question that you keep asking yourself over and over again? Why doesn’t my girlfriend call me anymore? What kind of trees can I plant in Calgary? What should I buy my granddaughter for her birthday? Then come Ask An Expert! During this summer long question and answer series community members are invited to eat a snack, drink some tea and engage in dialogue with a selected local resident who will answer any question you might need answers to. A whimsical, but critically aimed activity, Ask An Expert seeks to establish a temporary site where personal, social, or cultural conundrums might be resolved.
TELL IT LIKE IT ISN’T!
A public lecture series that invites a local resident to address topics that pertain to their own cultural practices and experiences of the neighbourhood. Lecture topics will range from personal biographies, how to garden in Calgary, where one sleep when the snow falls, or how our neighbourhood children perceive the community.
TAPPA TAPPA
free tap dance classes from Kris Kelly, tap dancer extraordinaire! This event is open to all experience levels, and kris comes accompanied by a suitcase full of various sizes of tap shoes for those who don’t have their own.
VEGGIE POTLUCK
Sharing food with other people is one way to make eating not only more enjoyable, but also to show that you care and trust the people you are eating with, regardless of who they are or where they come from. At Veggie Potluck, you can bring your favourite meat-free dish to eat and share with others! We will sit down and eat it all together. Be creative – anything goes!
SHOW AND TELL
We know! Show and Tell is so elementary school. But is it really? We spend much of our time explaining the significance of objects to our friends (new phones, rings, coffee mugs, family photographs, etc.) We do this because these objects hold meaning and memories–they are autobiographical. So bring something interesting you’d like to share? It can be a piece of information, an old relic, something cool you own, or something you found on the way over. Once assembled we will take turns talking about whatever we brought.
MICHAEL JACKSON APPRECIATION NIGHT
In honour of his unbelievable dance moves and seriously catchy pop tunes, we are going to dance all night. any one who’d like to contribute remixes, covers, paintings, whatever, bring ’em!! dress in yer best MJ attire, and bring your true love of the man.
CLOTHING SWAP/TAKE MY VHS TAPES
June 14th, noon
Liam’s dad gave him 1600 VHS tapes. He really doesn’t want them. Do you? Come take them away, for FREE! He’s also bringing clothes he doesn’t want that you might. Come bring some to trade in!
Liam’s dad gave him 1600 VHS tapes. He really doesn’t want them. Do you? Come take them away, for FREE! He’s also bringing clothes he doesn’t want that you might. Come bring some to trade in!
SCARY JAZZ NIGHT
June 13th, 7m
Huh? Exactly, you’ll be asking yourself the same thing. What are scary jazz movies? Well come and find out (hint: there will be a master’s class video with Cecil Taylor). Following the screenings there will a free jazz jam. So bring your noise makers.
Huh? Exactly, you’ll be asking yourself the same thing. What are scary jazz movies? Well come and find out (hint: there will be a master’s class video with Cecil Taylor). Following the screenings there will a free jazz jam. So bring your noise makers.
DANCE WITH DAD
June 12 7pm
This is for real people! Even we are bringing our dads and they are (kind of) old. Consider this an early fathers day activity. Don’t just get your dad another Bill Cosby paper back, get him a sweet, sweet tie to wear to “Dance with Dad!” Young. Old. Everyone!
This is for real people! Even we are bringing our dads and they are (kind of) old. Consider this an early fathers day activity. Don’t just get your dad another Bill Cosby paper back, get him a sweet, sweet tie to wear to “Dance with Dad!” Young. Old. Everyone!
Music To Our Ears
May 22, 8 p.m. – midnight
Musicians from the neighbourhood perform with their various projects! Come listen, dance, and drink soda pops. Playing will be: Great Speckled Fritillary nice folk stomps featuring Maria who works next door; Lesssound and Secret Brothers ambience and glitchy beats from Aaron MacInnis who lives down the street; and Ryan B’s new band a musical surprise attack from Ryan! (he’s our neighbour). Event is free and all ages!
May 22, 8 p.m. – midnight
Musicians from the neighbourhood perform with their various projects! Come listen, dance, and drink soda pops. Playing will be: Great Speckled Fritillary nice folk stomps featuring Maria who works next door; Lesssound and Secret Brothers ambience and glitchy beats from Aaron MacInnis who lives down the street; and Ryan B’s new band a musical surprise attack from Ryan! (he’s our neighbour). Event is free and all ages!
Kids Talk Sharks
May 30, 2 – 3 p.m.
Kids from the neighbourhood discuss various topics they’ve been researching, starting with sharks and ending up wherever. Adults are welcome, too, and are encouraged to listen and ask questions of these young enthusiasts. There are still spots available, so if you’re a kid (or you know one) who’d like to “talk sharks”, contact us!
Postings: A discussion of Collaborative Drawing
Saturday May 23rd – 4-7pm
6 Local designers/artists have been putting together a traveling show through support from the AFA and the Grand Prairie Art gallery. We have been exploring collective drawing as a dialogue generator. The use of drawing as a thinking tool and a communication tool between interdisciplinary groups. The outcome has been a series of large collective murals/drawings and paintings created in response to discussions we have been having about marginalization in the city. The show is scheduled to begin touring next fall and as part of the preparation for that tour we are putting together a catalogue. Part of that catalogue is going to be a record of how other artists/citizens/children/experts respond to the imagery in the canvases. (Imagine Chris Cran and a 4 year old having a discussion about issues of homelessness inspired by a painting).
Saturday May 23rd – 4-7pm
6 Local designers/artists have been putting together a traveling show through support from the AFA and the Grand Prairie Art gallery. We have been exploring collective drawing as a dialogue generator. The use of drawing as a thinking tool and a communication tool between interdisciplinary groups. The outcome has been a series of large collective murals/drawings and paintings created in response to discussions we have been having about marginalization in the city. The show is scheduled to begin touring next fall and as part of the preparation for that tour we are putting together a catalogue. Part of that catalogue is going to be a record of how other artists/citizens/children/experts respond to the imagery in the canvases. (Imagine Chris Cran and a 4 year old having a discussion about issues of homelessness inspired by a painting).
hosted by Kris Kelly
OPENING NIGHT PARTY!
May 8th, 7pm
An all ages event with plenty of free refreshments, snacks, and a selection of neighbourhood DJs! Come and hang out, shake a leg, cut a rug, or just dance! (Wallflowers welcome)
IMAGINARY ORDINARY 