heterophobia

Date(s): Until September 11
Venue: MOTEL, EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts, 205 8th Ave. SE
Tickets: $20 adults, $15 equity/seniors/students/low income
heterophobia, a dark comedy, is a tall glass of gay with a twist of straight. In the world of heterophobia, social norms are flipped on their ears and extreme role reversal ensues. heterophobia first premiered at the 2009 IGNITE! Festival to record-breaking audiences and rave reviews. After subsequent staged readings for diverse audiences, heterophobia has been expanded into a full-length show and the new version will premiere for 13 performances during Calgary's Pride Week!
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First Thursday

Date(s): September 2
Venue: Various venues
Tickets: Prices vary, many free events
It's time again for First Thursday, Calgary's monthly arts and culture festival! September's First Thursday is part of Culture Month in Calgary. Don't miss out as Calgary's Cultural District ramps up the launch of the fall arts season. From visual arts to theatre, live music to fashion and food, there's something for everyone to try!
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Contours in the Crosshairs

Date(s): September 2 - October 2
Venue: The New Gallery, Art Central, 212, 100 7th Ave. SW
Tickets: Free
Contours in the Crosshairs is an installation combining video projection, broken glass sculpture and still images. The video presents the slow motion passage of a mountain highway from the driver’s perspective. Layered over the highway clip is another that shows the gradual erasure of the contour lines of the Athabasca Glacier. The 20 min. looping video is projected onto the frosted surface of a suspended car windshield.
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RUMORS

Date(s): September 3 - 11
Venue: Victor Mitchell Theatre, 2140 Pumphouse Ave. SW
Tickets: $17 adults, $14 students/seniors
Morpheus Theatre presents RUMORS by Neil Simon. Guests are gathering to celebrate the tenth wedding anniversary of the Deputy Mayor of New York, but the host lies bleeding in the other room and his wife is nowhere in sight. Come enjoy Simon’s farce and find out how the evening ends.
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Backwards is Sometimes Forwards

Date(s): September 3 - October 8
Venue: Stride Gallery, 1004 Macleod Tr. SE
Tickets: Free
Stride Gallery presents abstract paintings from artist Billy J. McCarroll related to a previous series of his systemic procedural layered paintings. "This trip backwards does seem to be going forward."
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FUSE Young Culture Festival

Date(s): September 4, 1pm - 6pm
Venue: Shaw Millenium Park, 1220 9th Ave. SW
Tickets: Free
Heads up - an exciting outdoor celebration of emerging Calgary youth culture is coming your way! Original art, music, dance and skateboarding will bring fresh colour and flavour to Shaw Millennium Park as C.A.K.E. Young Artists' Society presents the FUSE Young Culture Festival.
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Exclusive discount plus your chance to win tickets to KOOZA from Cirque du Soleil!

As a Calgary Culture subscriber, you can access an exclusive discount on tickets to KOOZA. Between strength and fragility, laughter and smiles, turmoil and harmony, KOOZA – a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil – explores themes of fear, identity, recognition and power. The show is set in an electrifying and exotic visual world full of surprises, thrills, chills, audacity and total involvement.

The show opens in Calgary on September 16 at Stampede Park.

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