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Calgary Unplugged is an annual family-friendly Earth Hour event. Date: Saturday, March 23, 2024 Time: 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Location: Central Library (800 3 Street SE) Join us for music, entertainment, and opportunities to experience what environmental actions you can take in Calgary. Pedal power midway games and experience how our natural world affects our daily lives. Bring personal lighting and dance to the DJ when the lights go down for the Earth Hour party! Calgary Unplugged is hosted by The Arusha Centre's Climate Program, with support from The City of Calgary and community agencies. If you can't make it to the event, turning off nonessential lights, "unplug" from electronics at 8:30 and reconnect with people, games or hobbies! After Earth Hour, share your participation with #EarthHour and #EarthHourYYC. Email programs@arusha.org with questions.

Let us show you how we empower our students to reach their full potential! Hear stories from staff, current students, and parents before learning about how you can be a part of our wonderful community. Rundle Studio is an online learning environment built to help students with diagnosed learning disabilities thrive. Let us show you how we empower our students to reach their full potential!

Weekends - April 11 to May 3. Showtimes: Saturdays, 1pm and Sundays 1 & 3pm. $12 with group rates available. For more information and to purchase tickets, contact 403-265-5682 or visit the website.

Come and enjoy an afternoon listening to stories and some of Canada’s finest musicians. Storyteller/Musician Samantha Whelan Kotkas and her friends will entertain you and your children with musical interactive tales of child-accessible hikes in the Rocky Mountains. Teach your child about courage, unity, joyfulness, and caring in an afternoon of fun and adventure. An event for the whole family that you will want to be a part of. Recommended for children aged 5 to 12, but created with the entire family in mind. Come one hour before the show & enjoy family friendly activities. Stay after to meet the performers. Created and Narrated by Samantha Whelan Kotkas Music by Tyler Hornby Puppets by Green Fools Theatre Video by Joel Goundry Tyler Hornby - Drums, Chris Andrew - Piano, Pat Belliveau - Saxophones, Aaron Shore - Guitar, Stephen Shepard - Bass

May 1, 9am to 5pm and May 2 & 3, 10am to 5pm. Spring Romp N Roll! at Kayben Farms. Introducing the newest attractions and open on Sundays! Participate in contests, take a free tractor ride, enter to win prizes and meet the new animals. For more information, visit the website.

Check out rocks and minerals! There will be dealers from around the world, exhibits, a silent auction and demonstrations.

The Musical Theatre Showcase is always the highlight of the Calgary Performing Arts Festival. Come see the best of Broadway – the old and the new! The evening features solos, duets and groups performing Broadway hits that are guaranteed to please. Tickets: Adults & Seniors: $20; Students 18 & under: $10. To purchase tickets, visit the website or tickets can be purchased at the door.

Weekends - April 24 to May 9. Fridays and Saturdays, 7pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 11am, 2 & 4pm. Bridget and Stephen are on a sleepover at their grandmother’s house, but neither can sleep. To pass the time, they decide to act out their favorite story with things found in the attic and clothes from the wardrobe. Soon, what’s real and what’s imagined blur, and the kids find themselves in the deep dark woods with a wolf tracking them down! To purchase tickets, visit the website.