Events

Saturday, April 5, 2025
2 – 4 pm
Strathcona County Library

Celebrate National Poetry Month with an afternoon of poetry, hosted by Regional Writer in Residence Anna Marie Sewell and featuring two local poets, Kayleigh Cline and Don Perkins. There will also be an open mic session for those interested in sharing their own work. This event is co-presented with the Edmonton Poetry Festival.

Registration: Free but limited. Visit scl.bibliocommons.com/events/67c7645aa8a83528000fc560 to reserve your ticket. 

Event Series: Spotlight, Open Mic

Venue:
Strathcona County Library
410 Festival Lane
Sherwood Park, AB T8A 5P7 Canada

Heist

March 22 - April 13, 2025
By Arun Lakra
Directed by Haysam Kadri
Produced in Association with The Grand Theatre

Inspired by caper films like Ocean's Eleven, Heist is a fast-paced, heart-racing play about a diamond heist gone wrong. Can this band of criminals pull off the perfect robbery? Full of diamonds, guns, lasers, betrayal and an incredible cast of characters.

Age Recommendation: 12+
Content Advisory: This production contains explicit language, gunshots, non-toxic stage haze, lasers and strobe lighting effects.

Run Time: 1 hour and 55 minutes (Act I: 50 minutes Intermission: 20 minutes Act II: 45 minutes) All timings are approximate.

Venue: Shoctor Theatre (9828 101 A Ave, Edmonton)

Accessible Performances:

Sunday, April 6 at 1:30pm - Audio Described. Learn more and buy tickets here: secure.citadeltheatre.com/8729/8769

Saturday, April 12 at 1:30pm - Relaxed and Open Captions. Learn more and buy tickets here: secure.citadeltheatre.com/8729/8774

To learn more about Accessibility including gender-neutral washrooms, the accessible seating rows, sensory kits, video tours of the building and more, please visit citadeltheatre.com/accessibility

Tickets are available at citadeltheatre.com/shows/24-25-heist or by calling Box Office at 780.425.1820

Poetry in the Gallery

Saturday, April 5, 2025
2 - 4 pm

The Southern Alberta Art Gallery is thrilled to partner with Owl Poetry Club for a special open mic event inspired by our current exhibitions. We will open the event with a poem from writer and artist Jordan Baylon, inspired by Lan “Florence” Yee’s exhibition Do Weeds Still Grow in Heaven? after which we will host readings from the Owl Poetry club members and other guests. We invite you to join us to share your work or listen to the fantastic poets of Lethbridge. 

This event is free for members and poets. Light refreshments will be provided.

For more information, contact Heather Kehoe, Program & Event Coordinator at hkehoe@saag.ca.

Jordan Baylon (they/she) is a 2nd gen Filipina/o/x artist, community worker and kapwa futurist, born and raised in Mohkinstsis (Calgary), Treaty 7. Their work emerges from the intimate stories experienced by their diasporic multongbakla [queer ghost] body orienting itself to the irresistible urge of kapwa ("we relate therefore we are"). For Jordan, kapwa is felt as a powerful treaty-making offering, integrating anti-oppressive practices that morph to meet the complexity, nuance and systemic scales of colonial existence: poetry, performance, facilitation, video, ritual, design, strategy, care-work and witnessing. 

Week 1 (ages 11 – 14): July 13-18
Week 2 (ages 15 – 19): July 20-25

Early Bird rate: $630
Regular rate: $655

Location: Red Deer Polytechnic, Red Deer

WordsWorth is a week-long sleepover creative writing residency for young artists who believe in the power of words and storytelling. Campers will be completely immersed in the creative and diverse world of writing. Guided by established and respected artist-instructors, the young artists will experience writing through fiction, nonfiction, poetry, spoken word, music, movement, and more. But the experiences don’t begin and end with the classes; WordsWorth is a place where young artists come together to celebrate writing through friendship, campfire stories and songs, concerts, open mic sessions, hikes, haiku, and semi-competitive games outside of class.

Learn more and register online: writersguild.ca/programs-services/wordsworth

Saturday, April 26, 2025 10 am to 4 pm

New this year…extended hours!

The Parkland Painting Collective (PPC) is a group of Calgary artists who meet weekly to paint together: painters who continue to produce quality artwork in a variety of painting styles and preferred media. Our group’s appetite to grow our art practices continues with new approaches, techniques and media to share with you.

Our PPC artists are delighted to share an abundance of original work in all sizes featuring fresh framed and unframed acrylic, oil, mixed media and watercolour media offerings in a wide range of styles and genres in a large, safe space. And we’ve extended our show by two hours this year to give you all the time you need to pick out some fresh art.

Come meet the artists and say hello. You’re sure to find something to elevate your spirit and your space in this latest collection. 

Admission is free to this one-day show. Enjoy light refreshments and enter a draw for a door prize.

For more information about the artists and the show, find us on:

Instagram: @parklandpaintingcollective

Facebook:  Parkland Painting Collective