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Calgary Boat and Sportsmen's Show
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February 9th, 2012 |
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February 12th, 2012 |
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BMO Centre Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta,
> View Telephone Number(403) 45-9008
The Calgary Boat & Sportsmen's Show is Southern Alberta's largest outdoor extravaganza!!
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| Calgary Upcoming Events from February 1st, 2012 to March 4th, 2012 |
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Seasonal Waves
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October 1st, 2011 |
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August 29th, 2012 |
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205 8th Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2G 0K9
> View Telephone Number(403) 294-7455
Seasonal Waves explores collaborative sound-making at several levels: the artists performed the instruments through direct engagement in live performance, and the instruments performed themselves through sympathetic resonance and excited systems.
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Messe pour Saint Sulpice
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October 20th, 2011 |
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April 19th, 2012 |
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7th Av/1st St SE, Calgary, Alberta,
> View Telephone Number(403) 269-1905
On Sunday, November 20 at 10:30 am, the choir of the Cathedral Church of the Redeemer will perform
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The Last Concert: Buddy Holly and Friends
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November 19th, 2011 |
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February 5th, 2012 |
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1002 - 37th Street SW, Calgary, Alberta, T3C 1S1
> View Telephone Number(403) 249-7799
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This Is My City Festival
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January 5th, 2012 |
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May 3rd, 2012 |
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Central Library,, Calgary, Alberta,
This Is My City Festival, January 5th to May 3rd, 2012. An interdisciplinary festival of art from the margins. Featuring exhibits, panel discussions, theatre, walks and tours, music and more.
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Window Galleries - History and Heritage
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January 6th, 2012 |
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March 23rd, 2012 |
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EPCOR CENTRE, Calgary, Alberta,
The new works showcase a beautiful balance between traditional and non-traditional drawing, painting, sculpture and installation art practices resulting in thought-provoking themes of identity, heritage and history.
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Window Galleries - Kib Sreng
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January 6th, 2012 |
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March 23rd, 2012 |
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EPCOR CENTRE, Calgary, Alberta,
The new works showcase a beautiful balance between traditional and non-traditional drawing, painting, sculpture and installation art practices resulting in thought-provoking themes of identity, heritage and history.
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Window Galleries - Cassandra Paul
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January 6th, 2012 |
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March 23rd, 2012 |
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EPCOR CENTRE, Calgary, Alberta,
illustrating heaps of human waste in hard edged, bright, saturated colours, along with fragments of the skeletal remains of wildlife.
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Window Galleries - Emma Sacco
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January 6th, 2012 |
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March 23rd, 2012 |
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EPCOR CENTRE, Calgary, Alberta,
I explore the intersection of the personal and social realm with impermanent installations that include large drawings directly on the wall and floor, and small shrine-like interventions.
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Window Galleries - Michael Leeb
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January 6th, 2012 |
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March 23rd, 2012 |
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EPCOR CENTRE, Calgary, Alberta,
Michael Leeb is a visual artist, writer, and fine art photographer. His works include drum making and works in leather; papermaking and a variety of art on paper including: printmaking (etchings, rubbings & pochoir); drawing; ink paintings and photography.
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Window Galleries - Neil McClelland
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January 6th, 2012 |
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March 23rd, 2012 |
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EPCOR CENTRE, Calgary, Alberta,
The wall represents a web of relationships, an exploration of connection. In creating this wall I am moving the everyday domestic process of collecting and displaying family photos to a fine art context.
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Window Galleries - Sarah Clark
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January 6th, 2012 |
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March 23rd, 2012 |
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EPCOR CENTRE, Calgary, Alberta,
I use translucent glazes and monochromatic layers to further deepen each piece into a three dimensional space.
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Big Rock Eddies - How to make a Winning Eddie
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January 11th, 2012 |
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March 14th, 2012 |
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Big Rock Brewery - 5555 76th ave se, Calgary, Alberta,
> View Telephone Number(403) 720-3239
Learn how to make a Winning Big Rock Eddie.
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Fascinating Ladies
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January 12th, 2012 |
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March 24th, 2012 |
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160 115 9th Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 0P5
As they explore their grandmother’s life through song, their own hopes, fears, and secrets are revealed as well. A delightful journey through a life and decades of music.
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Dad's Piano
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January 12th, 2012 |
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March 19th, 2012 |
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160 115 9th Avenue, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 0P5
Monday to Saturday at 12:10 pm Friday 'Happy Hour' at 6:10 pm Saturday 'Date Night' at 7:30 pm Sponsored by Irene Besse Keyboards
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The 39 Steps
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January 26th, 2012 |
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April 1st, 2012 |
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727-42Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 1Y8
"The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft,
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Enron
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January 31st, 2012 |
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February 19th, 2012 |
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205 8th Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2G 0K9
> View Telephone Number(403) 294-7455
“How can something be worth a million dollars in the morning and nothing by the afternoon?”
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The Compassionate Eye of James Bannerman
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February 1st, 2012 |
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March 31st, 2012 |
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Epcor Centre for the Perfroming Arts, Calgary, Alberta,
The Compassionate Eye of James Bannerman is being presented as part of the This Is My City Festival, an interdisciplinary festival of art from the margins.
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Gallery of Alberta Media Arts: John Price
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February 3rd, 2012 |
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April 29th, 2012 |
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EPCOR CENTRE, Calgary, Alberta,
They are a childlike exploration of the world, through the eyes of the camera and its subjects, that sees everything as magical, dreamlike, and surprising.”
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Deep Ancestry with Spencer Wells
205 8th Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2G 0K9
> View Telephone Number(403) 294-7455
Take an epic global journey in search of the secrets of our distant past. Since 2005 Spencer Wells, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and director of the Genographic Project.
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Jennifer Akkermans: Meet the Morphoids
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February 8th, 2012 |
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March 31st, 2012 |
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UAS EPCOR Center , Calgary, Alberta,
Meet the Morphoids is an overview of the Institute of Morphoid Research, and the creatures it studies. The Morphoids are unusual creatures, identified by the distinct peeling quality of their skin.
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Calgary Winter Festival
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February 9th, 2012 |
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February 18th, 2012 |
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CALGARY, Calgary, Alberta,
In early February, this celebration commemorates the 1988 Winter Olympics and all the fun that can be had in winter.
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Ledge Gallery - Sandra Vida
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February 10th, 2012 |
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April 21st, 2012 |
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EPCOR CENTRE, Calgary, Alberta,
This new installation depicts the delicate balance between destruction and creation, offering a moment of contemplation between past and future. The figures portray a feeling of powerlessness by setting a scene in which opposing forces are held in equilibrium.
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Down The Rabbit Hole
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February 10th, 2012 |
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April 7th, 2012 |
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117 8th Ave. SW, Calgary, Alberta,
Down The Rabbit Hole. This contemporary group show features artists Eric Louie, Pilar Mehlis, Landon-Jon Ference and Heather Watts and probes the delightfully weird, wacky and whimsical world of Pop Surrealism.
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Danone Superskills
555 Saddledome Rise SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 2W1
> View Telephone Number(403) 777-4646
$10.00 at Calgary Co-op Stores. $12.00 at Ticketmaster, plus convenience charge and order processing fee
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I. Me. Mine.
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February 15th, 2012 |
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March 17th, 2012 |
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212 Art Central, 100 - 7th Ave. SW, Calgary, Alberta,
“Nothing is to be clung to as I, me, or mine.” Colby Jones’ piece Twin is a series of photographs that illustrate a struggle for identity between identical twins throughout their lives.
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Only Love Knows Love
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February 15th, 2012 |
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March 30th, 2012 |
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Cantos Music Foundation, Calgary, Alberta,
The lovely and soulful chanteuse Onalea Gilbertson and acclaimed composer and passionate pianist David Rhymer team up to perform a gallery of songs from his 30 years of theatrical composition.
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South Calgary Artist Network
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February 16th, 2012 |
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July 20th, 2012 |
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11161 Bonaventure Drive SE,, Calgary, Alberta,
The Artist Network is informal and all encompassing. We encourage you to bring business cards and pen and paper. If you want to stay in contact with someone, or jot down information that you learned - its all up to you.
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Rita Chiarelli
205 8th Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2G 0K9
> View Telephone Number(403) 294-7455
Once in a lifetime you hear a voice so blue it makes the angels weep… that voice is Rita Chiarell.
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PCL Acoustic Blues series presents: Rita Chiarelli
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February 17th, 2012 |
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June 24th, 2012 |
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205 8 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 0K9
> View Telephone Number(403) 294-9494
Chiarelli is undeniably a gifted songwriter and entertaining performer, but it is her towering three octave voice that sets her apart from her peers and often inspires tears in those who sit in awe and watch her weave her magic on stage.
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Find It, Burry It
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February 23rd, 2012 |
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March 30th, 2012 |
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1004 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary, Alberta,
Narrative titles such as, You, You’re a Luminous Being, set a conversational tone to invite participation and infuse abstract, ambiguous forms with personal meaning.
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Calgary Kiwanis Music Festival
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February 27th, 2012 |
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March 17th, 2012 |
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Suite 201, 4014 Macleod Trail South, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 2R7
> View Telephone Number(403) 283-6009
Admission to view classes is free. Three sessions Monday – Saturday.
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SHIRLEY VALENTINE
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February 28th, 2012 |
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March 25th, 2012 |
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829 Macleod Trail SE., Calgary, Alberta,
> View Telephone Number(403) 294-9494
Deep within Mrs. Joe Bradshaw, the former Shirley Valentine is longing to escape. Now an ordinary, middle-aged, Liverpool housewife, she shares her deepest thoughts with a kitchen wall.
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The Collaboration Project 2012 - Koos de Jongh
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March 1st, 2012 |
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March 31st, 2012 |
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Suite 200, 1209 First Street SW, , Calgary, Alberta,
Arts Gallery with an opening Reception on March 1 from 5-9pm with wine & cheese.
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Why is Calgary My City?
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March 1st, 2012 |
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April 3rd, 2012 |
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616 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary, Alberta,
These works were first shown on Stephen Avenue during the 2009 Calgary Stampede during a program that included an interactive footprint map created in performance by homeless participants and the general public.
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Vintage to Volt
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March 1st, 2012 |
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1900 HERITAGE DR SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2V 2X3
> View Telephone Number(403) 268-8500
Get a close-up look at a 1916 Milburn electric car, a century ahead of its time, and compare it to today’s sophisticated Chevy Volt.
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negativeSPACE
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March 2nd, 2012 |
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April 15th, 2012 |
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1327 9 AVE SE , Calgary, Alberta,
Rather than framing which would contain the pieces forcing them to be one; with installation and use of negativeSPACE each piece remains as individual while working as a whole.
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RACE by David Mamet
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March 2nd, 2012 |
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March 16th, 2012 |
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The Studio at Vertigo Theatre Centre, Calgary, Alberta,
Ground Zero Theatre (GZT) and Hit & Myth (H&M) present RACE by David Mamet at The Studio at Vertigo Theatre Centre (115-9th Avenue SE, Base of the Calgary Tower)
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Vintage to Volt: A Century of Chevrolet
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March 3rd, 2012 |
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May 19th, 2012 |
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1900 Heritage Drive SW, Calgary, Alberta,
, a century ahead of its time and compare it to today's sophisticated Chevy Volt. Limited time exhbit, open daily in Heritage Park's Gasoline Alley Museum.
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