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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.

January 2 to June 30 at Various Times; Check Website for Schedule. Drop-In Jungle Gym at Village Square Leisure Centre. The Jungle Gym is perfect for your energetic little one and open for climbers, crawlers and jumpers all on a safe and soft surface. Adult supervision required. For ages 6 and up. Call 403-366-3900 or visit the website and search ‘jungle gym drop in’ on the Village Square Leisure Centre page; it is listed under ‘preschool.’

The Calgary Performing Arts Festival is one of the largest performing arts events in Calgary, and one of the largest amateur competitive festivals in North America! For more information, performance times and to purchase tickets, 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

You do not want to miss Calgary's largest sale of quality-used kids clothes, toys and gear! Arrive early for the best selection!

There will be collectibles, books, linens, household goods, designer clothing, children's clothing, furniture, toys and much more! For more information, visit the website.

More than 225 synchronized swimmers from across Canada and the Americas will be at Calgary’s Talisman Centre for Synchro Canada’s 2016 Canadian Open Championships. The championships are the culmination of the 2016 competitive season for Canadian junior (ages 16 to 18) and senior athletes who will be competing for national crowns in 10 different events over the course of the week. It will be an exciting week of competitions and special events, including a special lighting of the Calgary Tower. For full details, visit the website.

Are you exhausted by the time it takes to sell your good quality clothing, toys and gear, and frustrated with how these outgrown items clutter your home? Interested in buying affordable items for yourself and your kids? Then check out the Nearly New Consignment Sales Event for women and kids; a two-day sales extravaganza on April 30 and May 1 at the Balzac Community Hall.

Join daily in the Creative Kids Museum to explore this season's material through hands-on creativity. These activities vary daily and are perfect for children under 9 to do with their caregivers. All activities are included with membership or admission. From texture to thickness to transparency, explore the many properties of glass. Working with glass might be new for you, but taking a risk can help build confidence and skills.

A rare glimpse into the everyday life of 1890s Calgary is presented with little seen historical images of early neighborhoods and people. Guest curated by Peter Duthie, founder of Folio Gallery, former Exposure Photography Festival Chair and educator.

The theme for the 56th Annual Show is Amber. There will be over 35 dealers, a silent auction, exhibits, demonstrations and more! Fun for the whole family!

One of the world's most groundbreaking exhibitions is coming to TELUS Spark. BODY WORLDS Vital is your opportunity to see, first-hand, the connection between body and movement. Understand the impact that healthy choices and lifestyle changes have on our physical body and wel-lbeing through this amazing exhibition.

April 9 to May 1. Shows are on Saturdays at 1pm and on Sundays at 1pm & 3pm. Loose Theatre For Kids Presents, Sherlock Junior. To purchase tickets and for more information, call 403-265-5682 or visit the website.

Join at MarketSquare's Annual Spring Fling! Local artists, artisans, food and fair import businesses from the Okotoks area, with a focus on handmade, homegrown and home-based. In the Main Hall, there will be 85+ local artisan vendors selling art, illustration, body & bath, woodworking, leather, jewelry, glass, ceramics, women's apparel, baby & kids, food, home décor and so much more!

Ever wanted to learn a fun, professionally-choreographed dance routine but never had the opportunity? Here’s your chance! Sharing Dance is an initiative motivating Canadians to participate in free, healthy, fun and creative dance activities. In partnership with Sharing Dance, Wildflower Arts Centre is offering free dance classes to encourage people of all ages and abilities to learn this year’s Sharing Dance Routine. The classes will be held from 3:30 to 4:30pm on Saturdays between April 30 and May 28. Choreographed by Kevin Ormsby, the Artistic Director of KasheDance, the routine is inspired by Afro-Caribbean culture and set to Jully Black’s Sweat of Your Brow. Participants range from 7 to 90! This is a great chance for you to get some exercise and have fun. On Sharing Dance Day, which will take place on June 3rd, you can gather your family and friends and perform with your community! Event details will be updated on the www.sharingdance.ca website. To learn more about Sharing Dance and to register, visit www.nbs-enb.ca/Sharing-Dance/Sharing-Dance-Day-2016.

The Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo (Calgary Expo) is a four-day annual festival of all things pop culture including comics, sci-fi, gaming, fantasy, horror and more held each Spring at Stampede Park. There is so much to do: guests can browse hundreds of vendor booths and exhibits, attend workshops and panels featuring iconic artists and stars, grab new art from world-class creators and even meet their favorite heroes for a photo or autograph! Calgary Expo welcomes fans of all ages - adults, families, kids - to celebrate what makes them 'nerdy.' Come as you are, tuck your superman T-shirt under your jacket or cosplay as your favorite character. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the website.

Three show times: 11am, 2pm & 7pm. StoryBook is excited to be bringing everyone’s favorite bedtime book vibrantly alive on stage in a full-length new musical. Watch as Bunny’s room magically comes alive as he dances and sings his way to sweet dreams through nursery rhyme scenes with dancing bears with chairs, the Cat and the Fiddle, the Cow Jumping Over the Moon and even a trip through the night sky with dancing constellations. Recommended for ages 3 and up. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the website.

The exuberance and beauty of children’s voices will carry you to places and times far away! To purchase tickets, visit the website.

April 22 (opening night; show is at 7:30pm) to May 8. Visit the website for all showtimes. Painted Fish Theatre Company is proud to present, OLIVER! THE MUSICAL. OLIVER! is the story of an orphan boy who runs away to join a band of London pickpockets led by an elderly mentor. With a quality cast of both children and adults, you will soon be tapping your toes and singing along with them as the story unfolds. With such musical hits such as Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself and Oom-Pah-Pah, OLIVER! was the first musical adaptation of a famous Charles Dickens work to become a stage hit. Praised by audiences alike, OLIVER! has been a worldwide success! For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the website.