Earth Hour 2024.
Everyday from Jan 1, 1970 - Mar 23, 2024 at 12:00 am - 9:30 pm
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.
| Location: | Location: Central Library (800 3 Street SE) |
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| Category: | Drop in & Ongoing Activities, Family Fun, Free Events, Fun for Kids, Music, Theatre & Performances, Open House & Tours, Playtime & Story Time, Talks, Workshops & Seminars, Youth Activities |
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| Link: | https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/earth-hour-calgary-unplugged-tickets-795640240377?aff=oddtdtcreator |
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Calgary Young People’s Theatre Presents, Richard III, a Steampunk Shakespeare.
Everyday from Aug 5, 2015 - Aug 9, 2015 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Check website for showtimes. Richard III is Shakespeare’s most deliciously villainous character and this summer, CYPT is setting his story of ambition and murder in a futuristic, steampunk universe! Takes place at West Village Theatre. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the website.
| Location: | West Village Theatre - 2007, 10 Avenue SW |
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| Category: | Music, Theatre & Performances |
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| Link: | www.cypt.ca |
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Calgary Pro Musica and Green Fools Theatre present 'more rocky mountain fairy tales'.
Everyday from Jan 1, 1970 - Apr 28, 2024 at 12:00 am - 4:30 pm
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
| Cost: | $15.00 |
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| Location: | The University of Calgary Rozsa Centre: Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall |
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| Category: | Family Fun, Fun for Kids, Music, Theatre & Performances |
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| Link: | https://calgarypromusica.ca/family/ |
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August 5 to 8 - Afrikadey! Festival.
Everyday from Aug 5, 2015 - Aug 8, 2015 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
August 5 to 8. Check website for schedules. A celebration of the music, food, dance, theatre, film, literature and visual arts of Africa and her descendant cultures. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the website.
Nature Drop-In at Ralph Klein Park: What Bird is That?.
Everyday from Jul 8, 2015 - Sep 3, 2015 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Nature Drop-In at Ralph Klein Park: What Bird is That? Join a Parks educator for these free, fun and interactive programs, and learn about the fascinating wildlife in Canada’s largest storm water treatment wetland! For ages 4 and up plus an adult. Donations welcome. For more information, check The City of Calgary Parks Program Guide or visit the website.
Family Pond Dipping at Bow Habitat Station.
> Thursday Aug 6, 2015 at 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Join for buckets of fun as we dip beneath the water’s surface and find out more about the critters who make their home in our marsh! This staff-led activity is fun for all ages! Dates: Thursdays in July and August, 2:30 to 3:30pm. Cost: $4 per person (children 4 and under, free).
