All by Alex Bonyun
At nearly 40 years old, the Jack Singer Concert Hall escalators have done more than their fair share of work. Operating well over their natural lifespan, Arts Commons has oiled, cleaned, and repaired them time and time again - unfortunately, that couldn’t last forever.
Called “a fantastic display of ridiculous talent” by The Voice magazine with “jaw-dropping feats of strength, agility, dexterity and bravado” (Play To See), 360 ALLSTARS is an all-ages show that has been making waves around the world. Their formula of high-octane urban artistry combined with the best parts of a circus performance makes for a show that’s both mesmerizing and fresh.
Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and Dolly Parton are trailblazers in the truest sense of the word. Each played their part in revolutionizing country music, paving the way for a generation of talent to follow in their footsteps.
The answer is National Geographic Explorer Kakani Katija. The intrepid intellect spent her youth doing triple axels and dreaming of journeying to the stars, an unlikely start for the now principal engineer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Kakani Katija earned her master’s degree in aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology with her goal firmly set on exploring space. She quickly became enamoured with the scientific applications of fluid dynamics but it wasn’t until she had the opportunity to collaborate on a research project studying the fluid dynamics of jellyfish that she found her true calling.
Arts Commons has established a tradition of giving summer a final send-off with a free concert of epic proportions. It was seems only fitting, that in this last summer before Olympic Plaza has it’s dramatic makeover, that we bring Alberta-born Emerson Drive on their farewell tour to rock the night away. Arts Commons invites you to join us on Olympic Plaza for an all ages event celebrating the best of Albertan country music that you won’t want to miss.
Last Wednesday, Arts Commons was thrilled to welcome the Calgary community to celebrate in a landmark announcement with the largest known philanthropic gift to the performing arts sector in Canadian history. With immense gratitude for this historic donation, Arts Commons will invest the $75 million gift towards construction costs, create the Dave Werklund Education Wing, as well as establish four funds to support the sustainability of the following institutional priorities: education, accessibility, operations, and an ongoing endowment to rename Arts Commons as Werklund Centre in perpetuity, starting in the 2025-26 season.
It’s finally here! The warmth, the flowers and green, the sun (and rain, we love you too!) There are so many great ways to experience the arts this summer, inside and out! Check out these five and you won’t be disappointed.
From Tony Award-winning epics to light-hearted comedies, world-renowned composers to classical masterpieces, the 2024-25 season of the performing arts at Arts Commons has it all! Read on to learn about the amazing line-ups that the resident companies of Arts Commons - Alberta Theatre Projects, Arts Commons Presents, Downstage, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, One Yellow Rabbit, and Theatre Calgary - have in store!
