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Check out this show from our friends at @swallowabicycle!
Four maverick artists grapple with how anonymous systems shape their identities and relationships, and how those shifting landscapes play out in logic-defying Alberta. Be sure to check it out!
December 3 – 11, 2021 | Learn more cada.at/3pbNTl3. #yycarts @swallowabicycle
Se Pa Ra Ti Sm opens tonight!!
Four maverick artists grapple with how anonymous systems shape their identities and relationships, and how those shifting landscapes play out in logic-defying Alberta. Be sure to check it out!
December 3 – 11, 2021 | Learn more cada.at/3pbNTl3. #yycarts @swallowabicycle
The recent wave of state-sanctioned violence against Black and Indigenous people has prompted the Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre team to sit in grief, anger and discomfort.
Follow this link for a rundown of the initial actions we’re taking in response: swallowabicycle.com/ibpoc-le…
In less than ONE HOUR, tune in to Words In Progress YYC, featuring our Outreach Coordinator, Kris Vanessa Teo Xin-En, along with other cherished members of Swallow-a-Bicycle's extended family, Sleman Aldib and Geoffrey Simon Brown. facebook.com/events/30760083…
Event (Online): Words In Progress returns Aug 25th - New plays and conversation with outstanding local artists! ow.ly/yOZq50B2XeL @words_yyc #abtheatre #yyctheatre #abplaywrights
This Wednesday, tune in to the Calgary BIPOC Circle Discussion, a two-hour, ASL-interpreted conversation between a group of incredible artists about their experiences in Calgary's theatre and arts communities.
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The Black Lives Matter Vigil is today, starting at 4 pm on Olympic Plaza. The organizers have been working incredibly hard to follow COVID-19 guidelines... and if you can't attend for any reason, it will be livestreamed on the FB event page. facebook.com/events/25264697…
{Asian Heritage Month} This week, we'll be interviewing a handful of exciting Asian artists to get to know them, their artistic practice, & what it means to them to be Asian in Canada. First up on MONDAY (tmr) 25th May, is Monica Ogden at 2pm MT!
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{ #asianheritagemonth } We've got AHM programming coming at you next week. We recognize it's a weird time to be celebrating AHM in the midst of this complex and anxious time, so we surveyed as many Asian folx as possible, to find out what the needs are now. Stay tuned! #yycarts
{IndigArts Takeover} Starting tomorrow (Thursday), @PaprikaFestival is hosting an extremely cool IndigArts Takeover Weekend, four days of live performances, storytelling, and panels featuring Indigenous and Métis artists! Not to be missed. facebook.com/events/16836676…
{Long Distance Art} As part of The Social Distancing Festival's Long Distance Art, local artist Simone Saunders teamed up with Tekikki Walker (Cleveland) to create "This Ain’t No Video Game, We Want Outta This Circus", a border-crossing collaboration. socialdistancingfestival.com…
Submission deadline is tonight at midnight, Mountain Time!
{Auditions} Last call for actors for this year's Provocation Series! Emily Parkhouse is looking for three more non-Equity performers to participate in a staged (digital) reading of The Odds & Sods Cabaret. Apply by Sunday night; details here: swallowabicycle.com/call-for…
{Fairy Tales Goes Digital!} @QueerArtsYYC's 22nd Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival is on now! Join their digital flock for a sizzling selection of features, documentaries, shorts, animation, historical, political, scary, sexy and queer, queer, queer content.
fairytalesfilmfest.com/
{Auditions} Last call for actors for this year's Provocation Series! Emily Parkhouse is looking for three more non-Equity performers to participate in a staged (digital) reading of The Odds & Sods Cabaret. Apply by Sunday night; details here: swallowabicycle.com/call-for…
Call for emerging trans*, non-binary, genderqueer actors! Two IGNITE! Festival shows - SoulSwap & Shellfish Eucharist - are holding auditions tomorrow (Tuesday), 5:30-7:30 pm Calgary time. More info here: sagetheatre.com/index.php/ig…
Mentorship opportunity! As we gear up for next month's IGNITE! Festival, its sibling festival in #YEG - @nextfestartsco - is doing the same. Applications for their one-on-one virtual mentorship program are due TODAY! Apply here: nextfest.org/nextfest-2020-v…
Looking for arts mentorship? Nextfest 2020 is accepting applications for it's inaugural virtual mentorship program. Here's your opportunity to chat with and learn from some of #yeg's industry professionals.
Learn more and apply: bit.ly/3cNPGFa #yegarts #yegmentorship
{AWAKEN FESTIVAL} The first edition of @GwaandakTheatre's Awaken Festival is in full swing! Celebrating the beginning of spring, Awaken offers a series of Indigenous-centred workshops and performances. Schedule and more info here: gwaandakawakenfest.com/
{Edmonton Artist Call} From July 2-5, our daring #YEG colleagues at @CommonGroundArt are putting on FOUND FESTIVAL 2020: REIMAGINED! Edmonton artists are invited to imagine digital or socially-distanced art. Deadline: May 24, 11:59 pm! buff.ly/2xCQJsx
Practice Progress is offering a 4-week course, LISTEN IN, "anti-racist body-based Zoom gatherings", with both a White Working Group and a BIPOC Affinity Space, starting on May 13! Apparently it's filling up fast, so if you're interested, get in touch ASAP. buff.ly/2xFJP5W
