FAMILY & COMMUNITY
Picnic at the Park This free event, presented by the Visionary Centre for the Performing Arts, will feature bands, family entertainment, food trucks, bouncy castles and a marketplace, the Street Eats Food truck, Da Vinci’s Gelatto, KaBao Bun Truck, Bouncin’ Around & Capes & Crowns. When: Monday, Aug. 1, noon to 4 p.m. Where: Lions Park, St. Albert Tickets: Free Information: Carolina Del Rio, 780-807-8300 Public Mini Paintball The hottest birthday party in Edmonton, a public event with no minimum group size. Come play mini paintball with other kids aged 8-12 and their parents. That’s right, adults can play too, when accompanying a child. When: Monday, Aug. 1, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Edmonton Paintball Centre, 10010 107A Ave. Tickets: $29, eventbrite.ca Information: edmontonpaintball.ca/ mini-paintball.php Seniors Get-together Bonnie Doon Community League offers a monthly get-together for seniors to watch a National Film Board production and stay for a light lunch. River of Life features eight breast cancer survivors who race against other teams on the Yukon River in a large canoe. When: Thursday, July 28, 10:30 a.m. Where: Bonnie Doon Hall, 9240 93 St., wheelchair accessible Tickets: No cost to attend the NFB Film; $2 for a light lunch Information: social@bonniedoon.ca Yard Gallery: A garage sale for art It’s like a garage sale and an art gallery had a beautiful litter of kittens. Round 2 of our Yard Gallery events — more sun, more lemonade, more art. At least 10 artists represented. When: Saturday, July 30, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday, July 31, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: 10986 128 St. Tickets: 780-920-0386 Information: facebook.com/ events/1030898700280237/ Devonian Garden Come visit the Devonian Garden for half-price admission. When: Tuesday, Aug. 2, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Where: Devonian Botanic Garden, 51227 Highway 60 Parkland County Tickets: Half price Information: devonian.ualberta.ca Date Night — Craft Beer and Croquet Night The croquet mallets are lined up, the grass is green, the flowers are blooming and the craft beer is chilled. Gather your date or your gang and head out. When: Thursday, July 28, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Where: Devonian Botanic Garden, 51227 Highway 60 Parkland County Tickets: Advance registration recommended to reserve your croquet tee time, online or 780-987-3054 ext. 2223. Information: devonian.ualberta.ca Magic the Gathering planeswalker Academy Avalon Knights is pleased to announce a new event happening weekly in the shop, It happens every Saturday with the intention to invite new players to learn and practise the Magic game with other people of similar skill levels. This is a free event. Prizes will be given based on number of games played. Help build the next generation of the Magic community. When: Saturday, July 30, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Where: 16524 111 Ave. Tickets: Free
Information: Shawn, 780-803-2676
DANCE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT DANCE Live Music The Satellites. Dance 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Cash bar. Dinner at 5:30 p.m., by reservation only. When: Wednesday, Aug. 3, 6:30 p.m. Where: Northgate Lions Recreation Centre, 7524 139 Ave.
Information: 780-496-6969, nesa1.ca
GALLERIES & MUSEUMS
ACACA Alberta Wide Art Exhibit Provincial winning art pieces from three zone shows. Until Aug. 14. Where: 590 Broadview Blvd., Sherwood Park. Information: artsoc@telus.net ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection The young and audacious artists who called themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood revolutionized the British art establishment of the 19th century with their medievalist esthetic. Featuring more than 120 drawings, the exhibition encompasses the entire Victorian era. Until Nov. 13. Jason De Haan: Grey to Pink In this project, fossilized shells (clam, snail, brachiopod, ammonite) perch, sphinx-like, on the individual vapour spouts of a number of ultrasonic humidifiers. Many of these specimens, ranging in age from tens of thousands to hundreds of millions of years, were found in the fossil-fertile landscapes of Alberta and South Dakota. Until Nov. 13. Allora & Calzadilla: Echo to Artifact The first major exhibition in Canada of the work of internationally renowned artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla. Until Aug. 28. A Parallel Excavation: Duane Linklater & Tanya Lukin Linklater An exhibition of new works by internationally known artists Duane Linklater and Tanya Lukin Linklater, exploring notions of excavation in relation to intellectual, environmental and cultural resources. Until Sept. 18. The Unvarnished Truth: Exploring the Material History of Painting Brings together discoveries made by an international team of nearly 30 scholars of applied radiation sciences, anthropology, art history, biomedical engineering, from the collections of the McMaster Museum of Art. Until Sept. 18. Where: 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square Information: youraga.ca/exhibit/ beautys ART GALLERY OF ST. ALBERT Parallel Topographies Immerse yourself in the complex, site-specific sculptures and captivating environments of artist Etty Yaniv. Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, Yaniv now works as a full-time artist from her studio in Bushwick, N.Y. Until Saturday. Pharmakon by Brad Necyk Using an interdisciplinary approach encompassing photography, video and performance, St. Albert artist Brad Necyk examines his experiences with mental illness and medicine and their effect on personal identity. Opening reception and artwalk, Thursday, Aug. 4, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Continues to Aug. 27. Where: 19 Perron St., St. Albert Information: artgalleryofstalbert.ca BUGERA MATHESON GALLERY Backroom Upfront by select gallery artists Backroom Upfront gives you handson access to gallery artwork. This rare showcase only happens once a year. Until Aug. 5. Where: 10345 124 St. Information: info@bugeramathesongallery.com, 780-482-2854 LANDO GALLERY July Group Selling Exhibition Our July Group Selling Exhibition features works by gallery artists Holly Burghardt, Shirley CordesRogozinsky and Michele Holland. Until Saturday. Where: 103, 10310 124 St. Information: landogallery.com MILNER GALLERY Anti-Portrait: Mixed media works by Justina Smith. Monday to Aug, 31. Where: Stanley A. Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq. Information: epl.ca/art-gallery MUSEE HERITAGE MUSEUM Satisfaction Guaranteed Showcasing more than a century of local signs, newspaper ads, posters, packaging, slogans and celebrity endorsements, all designed to separate you from your hard-earned paycheque. Until Sept. 11. Where: St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne St., St. Albert Information: 780-459-1528, museum@artsandheritage.ca MUTTART CONSERVATORY Form 30: 3 Decades of the Sculptors’ Association of Alberta. Until Aug. 24. Information: info@sculptorsassociation.ca PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF ALBERTA Marlena Wyman: Illuminating the Diary of Alda Dale Randal. The exhibit of artist, former archivist and third-generation prairie woman Marlena Wyman. Until Aug. 20. Where: 8555 Roper Road Information: culture.alberta.ca/paa SCOTT GALLERY Pat Service Totems and Marianne Watchel Penumbra, Until Saturday. Where: 10411 124 St. Information: scottgallery.com/ current-exhibitions STRATHCONA COUNTY ART GALLERY@501 A Question of Faith Paul Bernhardt’s work investigates the relationship between churches and cellphone towers, religion and technology. Bernhardt’s paintings focus on machines, both historic and contemporary in relation to communication. Until Aug. 28. UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BRUCE PEEL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS George Baxter, Master Colour Printer A milestone in the art of colour printing, George Baxter’s patented process used oil-based, coloured inks to produce engraved prints of extraordinary detail and beauty. Until Aug. 19. Where: B7 Rutherford South Information: 780-492-5998, bpsc.library.ualberta.ca VASA STUDIOS AND GALLERIES Drawing on Life Like nature, life drawing is raw and energetic. It is immediate, demanding, hands-on, and meditative. Each member of this group also brings their own dynamics and energy into this collaborative exhibit. Until Aug. 19. Where: 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave., St. Albert Information: 780-460-5990, vasa-art.com WEST END GALLERY Canadian Landscapes Explore our country’s vast landscape through the romance, colour and texture of work by Richard Cole, Brent Laycock, Ron Parker, Peter Shostak, Guy Roy, Bev Rodin, W.H. Webb, Gordon Lewis, Robert Genn (1936-2014), Raynald Leclerc, Ken Faulks, Steven Armstrong, Shi Le, and Rod Charlesworth. Until Saturday. Where: 10337 124 St. Information: art@westendgallery. com, 780-488-4892