You can read all about and register for our programs online here. Calgary Public Library programming is currently happening online, with plans to begin some in-person programs at select locations April 4.
The live concert industry’s biggest year was 2019 & 2020 showed no signs of slowing down. Then, everything came to a grinding halt. Join the country’s top touring leaders to talk...
Read more about "CCMA- Touring 2.0: How to Tour in the New World"Join Dr. David W. Pankeiner for a diachronic account of the ancient Chinese cosmo-political imperative to conform the human to the heavens. Beginning with archaeological...
Read more about "RASC: Chinese Astronomy and Cosmology"If you love musicals, come beat the heat with our summer movies series. Each week we will screen a classic Hollywood musical, starting with 1944’s Cover Girl and ending with the...
Read more about "Summer Movie Series- Encanto"Our skeletons capture & preserve evidence for our movement, activity, & health experiences. Bioarchaeologists & biological anthropologists employ techniques to ‘read’ bones...
Read more about "Injury & Activity Across the Empire: The BioArchaeology of How Ancient Romans Experienced Trauma"Calling all urban affairs geeks! This 75-minute conversation is all about your questions and insights, and includes book signing. It will be hosted by Druh Farrell. Use promo code...
Read more about "IMAGINARIUM by wordfest: Urban Affairs Book Hub with Leslie Kern"Ever wonder how to create a compelling character? Writers of all levels will learn how to create a character with a rich, specific internal and external life. These characters...
Read more about "Author in Residence: How to Create a Character"What does your child want to be when they grow up? A pilot? Ballerina? Doctor? This story follows a girl, whose idea of being a farmer isn't popular amongst her classmates...
Read more about "Children’s author reading: Girls can be farmers, too"New Yorker cartoonist, graphic novelist, and Instagram oracle Liana Fink makes powerful pictures. This highly visual afternoon promises a window into the profound, this 75-minute...
Read more about "IMAGINARIUM by wordfest: Making Power Pictures with Liana Finck"Reflecting on his new book of Poetry and Conflict, O’Tuama considers how poetry is an art that concerns itself with the questions of life: what’s growing, what’s not, what’s...
Read more about "An Evening with Pádraig Ó Tuama: The Iwaasa Lecture on Urban Theology"Join us for fun activities, crafts, and games.
Read more about "School's Out for Tweens"Wordfest is grateful to showcase hockey legend Bryan Trottier and his new memoir, All Roads Home. This conversation is hosted by Wordfest's Creative Ringleader (and former ESPN...
Read more about "Wordfest presents Bryan Trottier"Wordfest is delighted to present the always immensely entertaining Ian Rankin and his latest John Rebus thriller: A Heart Full of Headstones. This show, hosted by CBC Daybreak...
Read more about "Wordfest presents Ian Rankin"Tap into your artistic side and discover the fun and creativity in drawing! Gain confidence through guided drawing classes that will build your art vocabulary and expand your...
Read more about "Creative Explorers: Draw! Find Your Inner Artist (Ages 6 - 12)"Author Jill Starishevsky’s writings provide an accessible guide for empowering and educating children about their control over their own bodies. Join CCASA to discuss the benefits...
Read more about "Using Literature to Discuss Child Sexual Abuse: My Body Belongs to Me - Talking Body Autonomy"Bring your teddy and enjoy stories, songs and more.
Read more about "Teddy Bears' Picnic"