Virtual Reading with Royalty
2021-11-06 13:30 - 14:15, 2021-11-15 13:30 - 14:15, 2021-11-25 11:00 - 11:45, 2021-12-13 13:30 - 14:15 (America/Edmonton) | Online, 12 Constance Street, London, E16 2DQ
Now online via Zoom! Spark your imagination and join us for Reading with Royalty. Celebrate inclusion and diversity with this glamourous family-friendly storytime program presented in partnership with the Calgary Public Library, led by local drag performers.
Reading with Royalty celebrates diversity and encourages children to look beyond gender stereotypes and embrace exploration of self. In programs like this, participants are able to see people who interpret gender and imagine a colourful world where people can express their identity freely.
Participants can pre-register on the Calgary Public Library website using their Library card.
No library card? No problem! Get your free CPL membership at https://calgarylibrary.ca/your-library/join/.

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In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, Calgary Pride, as an inhabitant of Calgary Alberta, honours and acknowledges Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani as well as the Iyarhe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that the territory we work and live upon is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the Northwest Métis homeland.

We thank these communities for their stewardship of the land we collectively inhabit today.

Reckless Comedy
2021-07-29 20:00 - 21:30 | The Dirty Duck, 1336 9 Ave. SE, Calgary, T2G 0T3, Canada
A weekly and FREE comedy show featuring Calgary’s Up and Comers as well as some of Calgary’s best. Every Thursday at 8 pm.

Virtual Reading with Royalty
2021-12-04 11:00 - 11:45, 2021-12-23 11:00 - 11:45, 2022-01-07 13:30 - 14:15, 2022-01-15 13:30 - 14:15, 2022-01-26 11:00 - 11:45, 2022-02-08 13:30 - 14:15, 2022-02-19 13:30 - 14:15, 2022-02-28 11:00 - 11:45 | AB

High Performance Rodeo
2022-01-18 - 2022-02-07 | Arts Commons, 205 8th Avenue SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 0K9, Canada
From January 18 – February 6, 2022, One Yellow Rabbit’s 36th annual High Performance Rodeo, Calgary’s International Festival of the Arts, will make its triumphant return to stages to shake up Calgary’s audiences for three wild weeks.
For the first time in two years, audiences will be back together, live and in-person, to experience bold, cutting-edge, funny, frank, and full-of-heart work that could only happen at the Rodeo. Featuring master artists, emerging voices, drag queens, foley artists, legendary dancers, and girl scouts; this HPRodeo will welcome artists from across the country, bringing some old friends and many new discoveries to Calgary.
HPRodeo 2022 features 75+ artists in 20 productions presented in 10 venues across Calgary’s downtown, including a revival of a legendary play by the One Yellow Rabbit Ensemble, 8 visiting productions, comedy, drama, drag, virtual reality, and more.
The High Performance Rodeo is the largest festival of its kind in Western Canada and a partner of Chinook Blast. Audiences can check out individual shows or experience multiple shows with festival passes. How will you HPRodeo?
For ticketing and show information, visit www.hprodeo.ca.

YOUth Riot! Showcase
2022-02-19 19:00 - 22:00 | Online, 12 Constance Street, London, E16 2DQ
APN presents our annual YOUth Riot Showcase!
February 19, 2022 – 7pm
We invite you to attend an evening of shameless and original storytelling from young, 2SLGBTQ+ artists and creators! This presentation of selected pieces from our 2021 YOUth Riot writing group will take place on zoom. We will also discuss the details of our upcoming 2022 program and be able to answer any questions about it.
To RSVP, please fill out this google form and we will email you the zoom link to attend!
https://forms.gle/ktHCZM1dHaSQ8Rup6

80's Rock Drag Show
2022-02-20 19:00 - 23:00 | Blind Beggar Pub, 4608 MacLeod Trail SW, Calgary, AB, T2G 5E8, Canada
Big hair. Neon Clothes. Rad 80’s Rock Anthems!
Join us for our 80’s Rock Drag Show at the Blind Beggar Smokehouse on Sunday February 20th. A line-up of totally rad Queens and Kings will bring you the best of 80’s rock and more through the art of Drag! To get the party started, YYC singer songwriter, Robert Adam, will kick off the night with a special performance!
Doors 5:30 pm, Robert Adam at 7:00pm and Drag Show at 8:30pm.
Seating is General Admission or in tables of 2, 3, 4 or 6.

Cereal Offenders - a Comedy in 2 Acts
2022-02-23 19:30 - 2022-03-05 21:30, 2022-02-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Aloft Hotel, 2359 Banff Traill NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2M 4L2, Canada
Eight burned out, washed-up cereal mascots attend a group therapy session to air their various thoughts and grievances on cereal nutrition, commercialism, sexism, and rampant anthropomorphism. Hilarity and heartwarming surprises ensue as the characters discover things about each other they never knew and learn a bit about themselves along the way.
This show touches on a few subjects important to our lgbtqia2s+ community, and are handled with respect and dignity. And some raunchy humour. We would like to invite our Calgary friends to come down to Okotoks and enjoy our production. It’s something we promise you’ve never seen before!

Circus Drag Brunch
2022-03-13 12:00 - 15:00 | Honey, 1324 17 Avenue SW, Calgary
Join us at Honey, Calgary’s only carnival themed bar and lounge for their first Big Top Sunday, a Circus Drag Brunch on Sunday March 14th! Hosted by Kylee Roman, enjoy a creative circus themed brunch menu, delicious handcrafted cocktails and entertainment from your favorite local Drag Queens and Kings.
Doors open at 12:00 pm.

The Shoe Project: Standing Strong
2022-03-27 15:00 - 17:00 | Contemporary Calgary, 701 11th St SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 2C4, Canada
The Shoe Project returns to the High Performance Rodeo!
Ten women, from Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, India, Iran, Syria, Mexico, China, Nigeria, and the Philippines will share their stories of immigration and adaptation to Canada – through a pair of shoes.
This performance is a culmination of a ten-week workshop cycle where the women were instructed in writing by authors Barb Howard and Kirti Bhadresa, and voice-coached by Denise Clarke.
Shoes accompany us on all our journeys. They say who we are, where we came from and where we are going. Writing and performing their shoe memoirs allows members to be heard in the Canadian mainstream. These powerful stories are bridges carrying us all to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a Canadian.
The Shoe Project was created by novelist Katherine Govier and incubated at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto.
“I’m blown away. Those women are amazing, their stories bold and brave and filled with humour, love, and all the travails of making their journeys here. I loved the various shoes, the boots, the “slippers”. What an outstanding project!” —Catherine Mitchell, publisher

The Gold Rush REDUX
2022-04-01 19:30 - 22:30 | The Grand, 608 1St SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 1M7, Canada
You’ll never think of a silent film the same way again…
Audiences of all ages will enjoy Charlie Chaplin’s brilliant silent film ’The Gold Rush’ re-interpreted through a contemporary lens with live music, live foley sound effects, and more. Part vaudeville, part song, The Gold Rush REDUX is a joyful and heartfelt exploration that will appeal to every generation, brought to you by some of the brightest lights in Calgary’s music and theatre scenes.
Three shows only, at the legendary GRAND theatre. The Gold Rush REDUX is co-presented by One Yellow Rabbit & The GRAND, as part of the High Performance Rodeo Spring Edition. Visit https://www.hprodeo.ca/2022/gold for tickets and info.
