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September 28 to October 22. Check website for show times. This story of a feisty princess and her hapless prince has captured the hearts of readers young and old around the world! Rated ages 6+. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the website.

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.

Check website for show times. Y Stage Theatre Series Presents, Soulpepper’s Alligator Pie, at Vertigo Theatre. Alligator Pie brings the celebrated children’s poems of Canada’s Father Goose, Dennis Lee, to vibrant theatrical life. For ages 3+. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the website.

Discover, learn and have fun at Kayben Farms in Okotoks! There are farm animals, a corn maze, pedal karts, the Munchkin Meadow indoor play area and much more! For more information and hours of operation, visit the website.

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!

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

Takes place October 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29. Discover the lure of fishing together as a family! This program is designed for families with kids ages 6 and up. The best part? All fishing equipment is provided, and a fishing licence is not required for participants! To register, all 403-297-6561. Cost is $15 (plus tax) per person.

Strathcona Square is having a Pumpkin Festival! There will be a pumpkin pie contest, a carving contest (for ages 7 to 13), prize packages donated by various merchants, as well as delicious food trucks on-site to enjoy. Bring the whole family.

The smell of Fall is in the air, and Amazearts loves any excuse to light a pumpkin spice candle. Come create your very own Emoji Pumpkin! Amazearts will provide a pumpkin and all of the paint materials. They will help sketch out your emoji and then you can fill it in! For ages 5 to 15 years. Cost: $40. Sibling discount: $5 off. Call Amazearts to pay and reserve your spot.

No guts, no glory in this session! This session incorporates activities designed to enhance nutrition knowledge for youth. You’ll move around the room to a number of different stations, each designed for a specific nutrition activity. Get fired up for this session. Nutrition Boot Camp works your head so you’ll be ready for anything life brings. Students welcome to participate 13+.

Join Double Treble Ensemble and special guest James Chen on the piano for their “Double Double Toil and Treble” concert just in time for the scariest night of the year! Beautiful medleys will heighten your sensations with songs that are familiar but rearranged in true Double Treble style including “Defying Gravity,” ”The Hanging Tree,” “Mountain Nights,” and more! And if you come in costume, you’ll receive a $5 discount at the door!

One-Man Star Wars Trilogy plays October 18, 20, 22*, 23*, 26, 28*, 29*. One-Man Lord of the Rings plays October 19, 21, 22*, 23*, 25, 27, 28*, 29*. *Two-show double feature. Canadian actor and uber geek, Charles Ross, brings his solo madcap creation One-Man Star Wars Trilogy to the stage in this mind-bending whirlwind of a show. Ross retells the classic trilogy in 60 minutes - all the characters, the music, the ships, and the battles. I One-Man Star Wars Trilogy runs in rep (alternating evenings, some double-features) with One-Man Lord of the Rings at Pumphouse Theatre, October 18 to 29. One Man Star Wars Trilogy performed with permission of Lucasfilm Ltd. All ‘Star Wars’ elements property of Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved.

October 18 to 29. There are some double-feature evenings. One-Man Star Wars Trilogy plays October 18, 20, 22*, 23*, 26, 28*, 29*.One-Man Lord of the Rings plays October 19, 21, 22*, 23*, 25, 27, 28*, 29*. *Two-show double feature. Pumphouse Theatre Presents: One-Man Star Wars Trilogy & One-Man Lord of the Rings. One ring to rule them all, and one man to perform the entire Lord of the Rings adventure in one night! Canadian actor and uber geek Charles Ross, known for his worldwide hit "One-Man Star Wars" brings the one-man treatment to Lord of the Rings. Watch as he recreates the enchanting world of Middle-earth with nothing more than elbow pads and his outrageous imagination. Be prepared to journey through the trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King in 3,600 seconds of unbelievable kinetic entertainment! Booming special effects, riveting stage fights and harrowing rescues - this gifted performer does it all in this engaging, epic one man show. The Lord of the Rings and the characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises. All rights reserved.