Special Events
1st Annual Longview Music & Arts Festival
12-9pm, Centennial Park. Live bands, artwork by local artists, artisan displays, stagecoach rides and more. 403-558-3967 for info.
August 30 - 31, 2008
Movie in the Park - Nim's Island
Nose Creek Park Airdrie,$10,Fun starts 6pm, movie starts 9pm, Proceeds support "Place of Rescue", info call Lori Ann 403-807-1870
August 30, 2008
Big Bang - drop-in drum circle with Brent Van Dusen
1-3pm, free open-air drum circle.www.calgary.ca.
Olympic Plaza
August 31, 2008
5th Annual Donnie Peters Memorial Cut-A-Thon
10am-5pm, discounted haircuts with proceeds going towards AIDS Calgary's Positive Living Lunch Program. Tomkins Park, 17th Ave & 8 St SW.
September 1, 2008
Taoist Tai Chi Society's International Awareness Day Celebration
10am-2pm with community BBQ, live entertainment, Chinese dragon dance, chilsren's activities and more. 403-240-4566.
September 1, 2008
Labour Day Celebrations
Free Pancake Breakfast before 10am, games 11am & 3pm, Lord Strathcona Musical Ride 2pm, Info 403-268-8500,
www.HeritagePark.ca
Heritage Park
September 1, 2008
Engineers Without Borders Street Hockey Tournament
10am-5:30pm, Highwood Community Centre.
www.streethockeycanada.com.
September 6, 2008
Bassett Waddle 2008
BBQ, contests & raffles 12pm, Old Refinery Park, Ogden. rsvp Andrea at 403-875-7666.
September 6, 2008
Calgary Fetal Alcohol Network Circles of Community Silent Auction/Dinner
$75, 5:30pm. 403-681-2673 for info. Calgary Chamber of Commerce.
September 9, 2008
Introduction to Oriental Rugs Seminar
7pm,Admission free, reservations required, 403-270-0631
Ten Thousand Villages
September 12, 2008
Live'r Up! Fundraiser for the Canadian Liver Foundation
featuring talent show, celebrity judges and more, 7pm.
Zsa-Zsa Supper Club
September 13, 2008
Motion Specialties 2008 Life Without Limits Challenge
$35/$20 to register, walk, run or "wheel" your way to the finish line.
www.lifewithoutlimits.ca.
September 13, 2008
Canadian Music Week's - New Songwriter's Workshop
Admission Free, Register at
www.radiostar.ca
September 13, 2008 - August 13, 2008
23rd Annual Calgary Motorcycle Toy Run
9am pancake breakfast at Chinook Mall, followed by ride - rain or shine - at 11am. A new, unwrapped toy, gift certificate or cash donation to enter.
www.salvationarmy.ca/prairies.
September 14, 2008
Canadian Cancer Society's Annual Jail-N-Bail Fundraiser
8:30am-4:30pm, nominate someone to be "arrested" and bailed out of "jail" for a good cause.
www.cancer.ca.
September 17 - 18, 2008
19th Annual Chestermere Country Fair
petting zoo, pony rides, garden tractor pulls, marketplaces, live bands and more. 403-272-7170 ext 221 for info.
Chestermere Regional Rec Centre
September 20 - 21, 2008
Calgary School of Nursing Aides 1963 Reunion
Senior Citizens Centre, Lethbridge AB,$35 10am, banquet 5pm, for info call 403-328-7008 or 403-328-9488 ex 2259
September 20, 2008
Grave Gala: Seven Deadly Sins
8:30pm, $90. 403-262-7286.
Hotel Arts
October 25, 2008
Honens Wine Auction
6:30pm, $150 at 403-299-0130 ext. 132,
www.honens.com.
October 25, 2008