WEEKLY ARTS LISTINGS
MUSIC
The Appleseed Cast: Thursday. At Dickens Pub, 1000 9th Ave. S.W. Doors, 7 p.m. $17.50. eventbrite.ca.
Country Thunder: Friday-sunday. With Miranda Lambert, Jake Owen, Jason Aldean, Tanya Tucker, Lauren Alaina, Terri Clark, Lindsay Ell, Jordan Davis and more. At Prairie Winds Park, 223 Castleridge Blvd. N.E. Three-day admission, $179 — $600; single day, $75 — $300. countrythunder.com.
Dervish: Friday. At Irish Cultural Society, 6452 35th Ave. N.W. 8 p.m. $35. eventbrite.ca.
Double Shot: Friday-saturday. At Riverstone Pub, 773 Northmount Dr. N.W. 8 p.m. 403-509-1560, riverstonepub.ca.
Dr. Zeuss: Friday-saturday. At Stage Bar, Grey Eagle Casino, 3777 Grey Eagle Dr. 9 p.m. 403-385-3777, greyeagleresortandcasino.ca.
Jazz at the Lake: Friday-sunday. With Laila Biali, Johnny Summers Little Big Band, Jack Semple, Gabriel Palatchi, and more. Various venues around Sylvan Lake. $10 — $30. jazzatthelake.com.
Krank’d: Friday-saturday. At King’s Head Pub, 9116 Macleod Tr. S. 403259-0111, thekingsheadpub.ca.
Rondel Roberts: Friday-saturday. At Vintage Chophouse, 322 11th Ave. S.W. 10 p.m. 403-262-7262, vintagechophouse.com.
Steve Mcqueen: Friday-saturday. At Big Al’s Bar, 1915 31st St. S.E. 403272-3477, bigalsbargrill.ca.
Vinyl Trax: Friday. At Elbow River Casino, 218 18th Ave. S.E. 9:30 p.m. elbowrivercasino.com.
Wonderland Sculpture Performance — Music is a Mind Builder: Friday. Presented by The Royal Conservatory. Featuring 40 music students from Alberta who auditioned to perform inside Jaume Plensa’s Wonderland Sculpture. Plus special guest performance by Thomas Yu. At The Bow Building, 500 Centre St. S. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 403-613-9367, rcmusic.com.
Cabot Crossing: Saturday. At King Eddy, 438 9th Ave. S.E. 9 p.m. $15 — $20. 403-476-1679, kingeddy.ca.
Gravity: Saturday. At Elbow River Casino, 218 18th Ave. S.E. 9:30 p.m. elbowrivercasino.com.
HAVEN Vanguard with Calgary South Sudanese Gospel Choir: Saturday. Part of Saturdays in C-square. At C-square, 7th Avenue and 4th Street S.E. 1-4 p.m. nmc.ca.
Honeyfest: Saturday. One day music festival marking the launch of Calgary indie label Electric Honey Records. At Containr, 1020 2nd Ave. N.W. 3-9 p.m. $20. eventbrite.com.
Pistol Noon: Saturday. At Strathmore Hotel, 135 3rd Ave., Strathmore. 8 p.m. 1-403-934-3155.
COMEDY
Comedy at the Tea House: Thursdays. At Tea House, 1213 1st St. S.W. 7 p.m. $10. teahouseyyc.com.
Comedy Monday Night: Mondays. Western Canada’s longest running open mic. At Broken City, 613 11th Ave. S.W. 8 p.m. $5. comedymondaynight.com.
Comedy Tuesday Night: Tuesdays. Run by the same crew that runs Comedy Monday Night. At Blind Beggar Pub, 4608 Macleod Tr. S.W. 8 p.m. $5. 403-212-1180, blindbeggarpub.com.
Crash Test Comedy: Tuesdays. At Vern’s, 622 8th Ave. S.W. Pro/am showcase, 8 p.m.; show-up-go-up open mic, 10 p.m. $5. facebook.com/ crashtestcomedy.
Handcuff Comedy: Sundays. At Juliet’s Castle, 440 16th Ave. N.E. 7 p.m. Admission by donation. facebook. com/handcuffcomedy.
Jupiter Comedy: Wednesdays. One of Calgary’s hottest open mics. At Oak Tree Tavern, 124 10th St. N.W. 8 p.m. $5. facebook.com/jupitercomedy.
Loose Moose Theatre: Fridays until Aug. 30: Maestro Impro; performers are randomly chosen to improvise scenes that are awarded points by the audience. After each round the lower scoring performers are eliminated. Saturdays until Aug. 31. Improvarrama; A variety of improv shows including Love Story, Double Feature, Director’s Challenge, and Puppetprov. At Loose Moose Theatre, 1235 26th Ave. S.E. 8 p.m. $12 — $15. loosemoose.com.
the tiny comedy show: Thursday. With headliner Pete Zedlacher, MC Cory Harding, and feature act Neil Melrose. With comedy performances from Ryan Butterfield, Bradley Trauzzi, Kelsey Funk, Wojciech Wojtowicz, Caroline Brookfield, and as usual, Don Filipchuk. At Scarpetta Italian Eatery, 1003 9th Ave. S.E. 8 p.m. $8 — $10. Reserve your table at 403-455-4248. scarpettaeatery.com.
Brett Forte: Friday-saturday. At
Yuk Yuk’s, 218 18th Ave. S.E. 8 p.m. $19.95. yukyuks.com.
Tom Segura: Sunday. At Jack Singer Concert Hall, Arts Commons. 7 p.m. $45.75 — $75.75. 403-294-9494, artscommons.ca.
UPCOMING
Alberta Craft Gallery: Until Aug. 24. Portraits; from traditional beading by Sharon Rose Kootenay Cherweniuk to Micah Adams’ intricate metal work involving the delicate manipulation and reconstruction of coins from around the world, this exhibition delves into the broader definition of the portrait. Mackenzie Kelly-frere — Spotlight; Kelly-frére’s woven cloth boarders on the intersection of natural phenomena and cultivated landscapes. 1721 29th Ave. S.W. 587-391-0129, albertacraft.ab.ca.
Alberta Printmakers: Until Sept. 6. Futurology — A/P’S 30th Anniversary Portfolio Exhibition & Fundraiser; Alberta Printmakers is celebrating 30 years providing a space for artists and the public to showcase, create, and connect through printmaking. Exhibition features a portfolio of works by 25 print-artists who were selected to each produce limited editions exploring the theme of “Futurology,” or imagined futures. 4025 4th St. S.E. 403-287-1056, albertaprintmakers.com. Canmore Art Guild Gallery: Until Tuesday. Adventures in Travel; feature artist Claudia Schellenberg along with local Bow Valley artists present works based on their travels. 700 Railway Ave. canmoreartguild.org.
Christine Klassen Gallery: Until Saturday. Chroma; annual group show celebrating colour and the diversity of gallery artists, featuring intimate drawings from well-known photographer Diana Thorneycroft, innovative large-scale paperworks by Carl White, pattern exploration from Michael Schreiner, and experimental mark-making by Verna Vogel. Jennifer Weihmann — In Between and the Resolve; Weihmann’s extreme close-up images of decomposing leaves, mushrooms, moss sprouts, and petals hearken back to a childlike wonder in the smallest of details.
200, 321 50th Ave. S.E. 403-2621880, christineklassengallery.com.
Contemporary Calgary: Until Sept 1. Brutal Visions; acknowledging the iconic Centennial Planetarium, the new home of Contemporary Calgary, its vital role as a science centre and planetarium, and its existing transformation into Canada’s newest modern and contemporary art gallery. Clemens Gritl — A Future City from the Past; large-scale architectural photographs which mine the esthetics and ideologies of the past to adopt a critically optimistic lens in imagining our future. 701 11th St. S.W. 403-770-1350, contemporarycalgary. com.
The Edge Gallery: Until Sept. 3. Martin Schatz and Ted Rinkel; work by the Alberta folk artists. 1416 9th Ave. S.E. 403-233-7490, edgegallery.ca.
EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society: Until Sept. 13. Eveline Kolijn — The Ocean Inside; for the past five years, Kolijn has filmed underwater video footage, mostly in the Caribbean and around coastal shores, capturing the beauty and degradation in the ocean and the human impact on reefs and seashores. This footage is projected onto a translucent veil that is hand-printed with reflecting mica in a 4×4’ relief-cut tiling pattern, depicting a network of plankton that represents the web of life. Closing reception, Sept. 13, 7-10 p.m. 2005 10th Ave. S.W. 403-263-2833, emmedia.ca.
Esker Foundation: Until Aug. 30. Among All These Tundras; contemporary art by Indigenous artists from around the circumpolar world. Channel 51 — Igloolik; the first large-scale tour of Igloolik Inuit video art from the Isuma and Arnait Women’s Video Collective. Until Oct. 20. Kablusiak — Qiniqtuaq; the exhibition invites viewers to peer through a multi-eyed ghost sheet to witness a looping projection of a video collage screened in front of a piece of oil-stained cardboard. 1011 9th Ave. S.E. 403-930-2490, eskerfoundation.com.
The Founders’ Gallery: Until Sept. 2. Keepsakes of Conflict and Red Cross Quilts; quilts knitted during the First World War in support of soldiers and the war effort and over seventy artifacts from collections across the country including a story robe, knitted sweaters, carved footlocker and more from the First World War. At The Military Museums, 4520 Crowchild Tr. S.W. 403-410-2340, themilitarymuseums.ca.
Gibson Fine Art: Until Aug. 24. New Works by Gallery Artists; gallery artists in a range of mediums. 628 11th Ave. S.W. 403-244-2000, gibsonfineart.ca.
Glenbow: Ongoing. Kent Monkman — The Rise and Fall of Civilization; and On Location — Artists Explore a Sense of Place. Until Sept. 15. Second Skin; and Kent Merriman — One New Work. Until Sept. 22. Ed Pien — Our Beloved; flowers photographed at gravesites at a cemetery in Santiago, Chile which is the final resting place for many political dissidents and victims of the murderous reign of dictator Augusto Pinochet between 1973 and 1990. Nick Cave — Feat; this major touring exhibition features the artist’s signature soundsuits — human-shaped sculptures which Cave originally created in response to racial profiling in the wake of the beating by police of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King in 1992 — as well as dazzling installation works and a mesmerizing video projection of a soundsuit in motion. Until Jan. 5. Albertine Crow Shoe; and Ladylikeness — Historical Portraits of Women by Women. 130 9th Ave. S.E. 403268-4100, glenbow.org.
Herringer Kiss Gallery: Until Aug.
31. Cache; this exhibition, curated by Kevin Kanashiro, will shine a light on a group of talented, well established artists that are not necessarily familiar to the public eye. 101, 1615 10th Ave. S.W. 403-228-4889, herringerkissgallery.com.
Jarvis Hall Gallery + Fine Frames: Until Aug. 31. together but apart; summer group exhibition featuring new works by Robin Arseneault, Laura Findlay, Larissa Tiggelers, Patrick Dunford, Corri-lynn Tetz, Mark Dicey, Rachel Macfarlane, Jeff Nachtigall and many more. 333B 36th Ave. S.E. 403-206-9942, jarvishallgallery.com.
The Ledge Gallery: Until Aug. 30. Mohkinstsis & Gathering Places Today Visual Arts Residency; presented by Making Treaty 7 and Arts Commons, this residency begins with an exhibition by artists Autumn Whiteway and Brenn Royal, then elders and knowledge keepers from Treaty 7 nations share their knowledge of the meeting place that is Mohkinstsis (Calgary) which will inspire Whiteway and Royal to create new works. At Arts Commons. 403-294-9494, artscommons.ca.
Leighton Art Centre: Until Sept. 22. Bobbi Dunlop — Adagio; adagio is a term from music but it also describes the quiet pace of Dunlop’s paintings, how they evolve, and the process of creating/building an abstract visual idea on canvas. In the Open Air; group exhibition that honours the practice of creating art outdoors, in both landscape and urban settings. 282027 144th St. W., Foothills. 403-931-3633, leightoncentre.org.
Newzones: Until Aug. 24. Freshfaces; invitation group show highlighting new and exciting artists including
Erin Armstrong, George Byrne,
Sarah Gee Miller, Jean-francois Provost, and Janna Watson. G’ddy Up; artists — including Dianne Bos, Cathy Daley, Sophie Defrancesca, Casey Mcglynn, Susannah Montague, Don Pollack, Kevin Sonmor and Samantha Walrod — explore contemporary cowboy culture in various media.
730 11th Ave. S.W. 403-266-1972, newzones.com.
Paul Kuhn Gallery: Until Aug. 31. Summer 2019; works by Tanja Rector, John Goetz, Patrick Thibert, Walter May and Jesse Stilwell. 724 11th Ave. S.W. 403-263-1162, paulkuhngallery. com.
The Peanut Gallery: Until Sunday. Chris Brooks — Water Features; Brooks’ most recent work inspired by experiences with the Bow and Elbow Rivers. At John Fluevog Shoes, 304 8th Ave. S.W. 403-585-2557, chrisbrooks.art.
Plus-15 Soundscape: Until Aug. 30. Vivek Shraya — Angry Redux; reimagining of Angry EP, best described as a protest album on how racialized people are expected to compartmentalize their anger. At Arts Commons. 403-294-9494, artscommons.ca.
Stride Gallery: Until Sept. 1. Halie Finney — Smokey Dogs. As the hazy, piquant air becomes a more recurring event in southern Alberta, and the engulfing fires impact hundreds of people near the evacuation sites, Finney questions our relationships with the image of smoke and social responsibility. 1006 Macleod Tr. S.E. 403-262-8507, stride.ab.ca.
Trépanierbaer: Until Aug. 24. Alexander, Carl, Herzog, Stevenson; an exhibition of recent works by four distinguished Canadian artists: photographers Vikky Alexander and Fred Herzog, and sculptors Sarah Stevenson and James Carl. 105, 999 8th St. S.W. 403-244-2066, trepanierbaer.com.
Vivianeart: Until Aug. 29. Hand Pic’d; celebration of emerging artists and recent graduates within the local Calgary arts community including Alyssa Ellis, Adriane Vant Erve and Jessie Fraser. 1114 11th St. S.W. 587349-2014, vivianeart.gallery.