This is Not My Culture – Public Exhibition
2023-09-28 17:00 - 21:00, 2023-09-29 17:00 - 21:00, 2023-10-01 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub, 381 2 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2P 0C5, Canada
Artist Xstine Cook invites you to view the results of her month-long residency and contemplate the creative potential of plastic.
Reception at 7 pm on September 28
The packaging materials for this residency were generated by Cook’s family’s normal consumption over the course of a year, and were prepared on site in the Hub, where the art was imagined, designed, and created.
By touching, manipulating, and re-purposing plastic that was intended for a single use before being thrown to Earth to process over unknown millennia, “This is Not My Culture” invites you to view this miraculous material not as waste, but as an extraordinary resource. This is Not My Culture contemplates the globe’s frantic pace of plastic generation that is at the crux of the fraught relationship between humans’ minds and hearts; our addiction to convenience, vs the interconnectedness of all life.

ABOUT XSTINE COOK
A cultural activist who uses the power of storytelling to bring unconventional stories and art forms to light, Xstine Cook operates on the core belief that all humans are art makers, and acts of radical creativity are necessary to evolve our understanding of ourselves, each other and our world.
Xstine is a visitor to the Treaty 7 area, who was raised in Calgary and in the foothills of Alberta along Dog Pound Creek. Cook is a mask maker and multi-disciplinarian. She trained at Dell’Arte theatre school in Humboldt County California, and with various masters in Indonesia, Italy, France, and the West Coast of Canada.
Xstine co-founded Green Fools Theatre where she wrote, directed, and designed many of the company’s boundary-stretching original works until she left in 2003 to start the Festival of Animated Objects, and CAOS, an interdisciplinary arts company.
Xstine is the recipient of the 2022 City of Calgary Award for Community Achievement in the Arts, the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal, the Rozsa Foundation’s Innovation Award, and countless awards for her filmmaking.
Cook recently co-wrote and produced MONSTR, an animated short by Tank Standing Buffalo for HBO Max Warner Brothers Discovery Access Animated Shorts Program.

SHIFT Book Launch Party
2023-09-28 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Edmonton) | cSPACE Marda Loop (formerly cSPACE King Edward), 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, #4th Flr, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
After five and a half years, the middle grade book I cooked has finally been published. Please join me as I celebrate the launch of SHIFT!

I’m letting the kids do the talking. A panel of 11 and 12 year olds will be interviewing me about the book, the process of writing and anything else about which they are curious. The party is happening in the RGO TREEHOUSE on the 4th floor of cSPACE Marda Loop.
It’s my immense pleasure to introduce 12-year-old Dax Masters to the world. He is smart and funny and a but weird sometimes, but his best friends Avery and Kayla love him and his passion for science. It’s his focus on science that leads Dax to a discovery that can change the planet, but he has to convince the world’s leading scientists that he’s right. But first, he has to win the science fair, get invited to the big deal Innovative Science Convention, and show his Dad he’s not imagining things.
Food and beverages will be served. Books will be available for purchase on-site (thank you, Owl’s Nest Books!)

This is Not My Culture – Exhibition – Opening Reception
2023-09-28 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub, 381 2 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2P 0C5, Canada
Join us for some snacks and some words while you view an exhibition of the masks created from recylcled plastics during Xtine Cook’s This is Not My Culture residency.

Hong Kong Mah Jong with CALL
2023-09-29 15:15 - 18:00, 2023-10-06 15:15 - 18:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
This weekly group starts Friday, September 1st and continues until the end of the year.
Sharpen your memory while having fun!
Here’s another reason to renew your CALL membership – or to join now.
Register on our website.

This is Not My Culture – Public Exhibition
2023-09-29 17:00 - 21:00, 2023-10-01 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub, 381 2 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2P 0C5, Canada
Xtine Cook, founder of the Calgary Animated Objects Society, transformed reclaimed consumer plastic into masks. View the results of the This is Not My Culture – Open Studio residency in an exhibition of the work that was created.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Xtine Cook is a Catalyst of creativity and founder of Calgary Animated Objects Society (CAOS). CAOS blends art and technology to bring imagination to life through captivating animated experiences. Enriching the arts, one animation at a time.

Banded Peak x Guardians of the Ice Speaker Series: Mount Castleguard
2023-09-29 18:30 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | cSPACE Marda Loop (formerly cSPACE King Edward), 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, #4th Flr, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Banded Peak Brewing Presents The Guardians of the Ice Speaker Series: Mount Castleguard

Banded Peak Brewing Presents: The Guardians of the Ice Speaker Series – Mount Castleguard-
H﻿OST
Jim Elzinga has been an active and influential alpinist for over 40 years. He is the founder of Guardians of the Ice, with numerous first ascents in the Canadian Rockies, the Andes, and the Himalayas. Jim received the prestigious Edmund Hillary Award for his leadership of Everest Light, a first ascent that has never been duplicated. Steve House called him “the original Canadian hard man.
FEATURE SPEAKERS
I﻿an Welsted is an accomplished Canadian climber with a long list of first ascents, big mountain climbs, and a Piolet D’or, Ian has explored and experienced the mountains as in his dreams.
Early successful solos of Yexyexéscen (Mount Robson), the tallest peak in his home range gave him the belief that anything is possible. Trips to Asia put the Rockies in perspective, as a great home and a wonderful training ground..
Most recently, his eye has been drawn to the most obvious and stunning possibilities: long massif-traversing technical routes that engage the climber in a deep multi-day sense of adventure.
While Ian continues to seek out big climbs, he is also enjoying growing his guiding business from his hometown of Golden BC, helping others achieve their own objectives and adventures in the mountains and creating new memories and friendships of their own.
For Ian, the friendships formed and memories made in the mountains are more important than any summit.
Dr. Alison Criscitiello is an ice-core scientist and high-altitude mountaineer. Criscitiello’s research explores the history of sea ice in polar regions using ice core chemistry, which involves long months of living in a tent and drilling ice cores in places like Antarctica, Alaska, the Canadian high Arctic, and Greenland. She is the Director of the Canadian Ice Core Lab (CICL) at the University of Alberta, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. Criscitiello holds a BA in Earth and Environmental Science from Wesleyan University, an MA in Geophysics from Columbia University, and the first PhD in Glaciology ever conferred by MIT. When not busy shivering for science, Criscitiello seeks out the cold for fun, whether working as a climbing ranger in the national parks or guiding expeditions to major peaks in the Andes, Alaska, and the Himalayas. 2010 she led the first all-women’s ascent of Lingsarmo (6955m) in the Indian Himalayas. She has been the recipient of three American Alpine Club (AAC) climbing awards including one for Borderski, her 2-month winter ski traverse of Tajikistan’s border in the eastern Pamirs with two other Canadian women. In 2016 she was awarded the Mugs Stump Award and John Lauchlan Award to attempt a first alpine ascent in the Indian Himalaya. Alison has been named a National Geographic Explorer, and a Fellow of the Explorers Club and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Criscitiello is the founder and co-director of Girls on Ice Canada.
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Date: September 29, 2023
Doors Open: 5:30 pm
Event Starts: 6:30 pm
Tickets: $20
Where: cSPACE Studio Theatre. 1721 29th Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta
All guests must be 18 years or older with government proof of ID. No Minors.

M﻿OUNT CASTLEGUARD BEER TASTING
B﻿anded Peak Brewer Erick Hollstedt will discuss the partnership for the series with Jim, and take the audience through a tasting of Mount Castleguard Cold IPA.

Guardians of the Ice is a non-profit organization that works to inspire dynamic environmental stewardship on behalf of the rapidly retreating Columbia Icefield, its watersheds, and the whole planet. For more info or to donate to Guardians of the Ice check out their website www.guardiansoftheice.com
Mount Castleguard Cold IPA is our 6th installment in the Guardians of the Ice Speaker Series. This beer is here to redefine the IPA game by infusing the refreshing flavours of a lager with bold citrus hops. Fermented cool and clean on a neutral lager strain, gentle pine and pineapple noted provide depth to the bright lemon and zesty grapefruit flavours. By drinking this beer, you are helping to protect one of North America’s most important water resources.
Orders can be placed online at www.bandedpeakbrewing.com, at local liquor stores across the province and at the Banded Peak Taproom.

Needle Felting Workshop
2023-09-30 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Have you ever wanted to learn to needle felt? This workshop is for you!
No previous experience is necessary in this class for absolute beginners. All you need to bring is your curiosity.
All the materials are provided and you’ll learn the basic techniques, tips, and tricks to create this adorable owl. You get to take everything with you, including enough materials to make a second owl at home.

CALL of the UKE
2023-09-30 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-10-07 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Do you enjoy singing and playing in a group setting? If so, the CALL of the UKE Interest Group is for you!
You should have an understanding of the ukulele and basic chord formations. Group participants will introduce and lead a song of their choice each week . Facilitators will assist as required.
Saturdays, 10am – 12pm
Room #310
cSPACE Marda Loop
Register on the Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners website. Free for CALL members. Drop-ins are welcome for one session.

This is Not My Culture – The Peace Pipeline Screening and Filmmaker Conversation
2023-09-30 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub, 381 2 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2P 0C5, Canada
Join us to watch brilliant satirical film Peace Pipeline and stay for a conversation and bannock with director and actor Gitz Crazyboy.

In the Peace Pipeline, comedian-activists pose as an Indigenous energy company sharing plans to reroute Enbridge’s pipeline through the wealthy white suburbs of Duluth, MN, to more fairly share the risks oil pipelines bring—with shocking and hilarious results. 24 minutes.

Gitz Crazyboy is a Denesuthine and Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot) activist and youth worker who de-colonizes indigenous studies and teaches the history of Canada’s indigenous population. Working on reservations in rural areas and in cities, he educates on the destructive nature of the development of the Tar Sands. He is an author (“The Secret of the Stars”), an actor (credits include the Darren Aronofsky film “Mother!”) and an impresario (he hosted an episode of VICE’s “Rise,” and played both himself and a comic fictional character in “The Yes Men Are Revolting”).

Tito Ybarra is an Anishinaabe and Mexican comedian, pow-wow singer, actor and activist. He is well known in Indian Country for his stand-up, and he has appeared in the TV series “United Shades of America,” the film “Injunuity,” and he played both himself and a comic fictional character in “The Yes Men Are Revolting.” He has also been featured on Funny or Die, and has worked with legendary Native sketch comedy troupe the 1491s.

Free screening of this video is presented in recognition of National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, as part of Xstine Cook’s This is Not My Culture artist residency at CSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Xstine is modifying and altering reclaimed commercial plastic packaging material into an artistic creation during the month of September.

The cSPACE Eau Claire Hub Artist in Residency program is supported by cSPACE Projects and The City of Calgary.

*Note that capacity is extremely limited.* If you sign up, please attend, or cancel your reservation so that others may.

Please consider a donation to Kids Sport Canada:

https://kidsportcanada.ca/alberta/calgary/donate/

Links of Interest:
https://www.youtube.com/user/TitoComedy

Pipeline Humour
https://www.facebook.com/APTNNews/videos/454485501866723

Star Tribune Oct 28, 2019
https://www.startribune.com/enbridge-and-its-controversial-line-3-pipeline-targets-of-hoax/563997772/

Website
https://theyesmen.org/project/peacepipeline

Dark Recess Open House with Karolina Gajewska
2023-10-03 11:00 - 18:00, 2023-10-05 11:00 - 18:00, 2023-10-06 11:00 - 18:00, 2023-10-06 16:30 - 21:30, 2023-10-07 11:00 - 18:00, 2023-10-07 13:00 - 18:00 UTC | cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub, 381 2 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2P 0C5, Canada
Experience a fully immersive art installation designed to stimulate and evoke emotional responses common to horror themes. An element of this will include a large format horror inspired silk screened installation by printmaker Karolina Gajewska.
Dark Recess is a multi-faceted arts installation, dialog incubator and arts residency that unveils the emotions of loss, grief, pain, fear, darkness and trauma and how they are expressed culturally through art and various film horror genres. Inspired by the month of October and the resurrection of things arguably left better to dead, we’ll peel back the layers of which we express Dark Recess.

Tarot Tuesdays @ Dark Recess with Karolina Gajewska
2023-10-03 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub, 381 2 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2P 0C5, Canada
Take a peek into the metaphysical realm and look into your future while analyzing your past! Join us to get your hand or cards read with Carolina Gajewska.

Medieval History – Knights and Needlework
2023-10-04 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
CALL members will enjoy hearing Dr. Alana Gowdy with another in her series on medieval history. In three sessions held Wednesdays from 10am – noon, she will present a lighthearted and enlightening look at the historical events that inspired the creation of the amazing Bayeux Tapestry!

Trivial Thursdays @ Dark Recess with Karolina Gajewska
2023-10-05 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub, 381 2 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2P 0C5, Canada
Join us to test your horror film and dark arts knowledge! From Harry Potter to The Exorcist we will are going to see if your horror trivia lives up to the hype!
Dark Recess is a multi-faceted arts installation, dialog incubator and arts residency that unveils the emotions of loss, grief, pain, fear, darkness and trauma and how they are expressed culturally through art and various film horror genres. Inspired by the month of October and the resurrection of things arguably left better to dead, we’ll peal back the layers of which we express Dark Recess.

Bring Your Own Beads – Jewellery Making Evening cSPACE Marda Loop
2023-10-06 11:30 - 15:30 (America/Edmonton) | 1721 29 Ave SW, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 1P5, Canada
Relax and have fun at “Bring Your Own Beads – Jewellery Making Evening” at Lucky Small Things gallery & classroom!

Bring Your Own Beads – Jewellery Making Evening Lucky Small Things – cSPACE Marda Loop
Join us for a fun and creative afternoon of jewellery making at cSPACE Marda Loop! Bring your own beads and release your inner child as you design and create unique pieces of jewellery. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced jewellery maker, this event is perfect for everyone who has a stash of beads that needs to get out of the house. Bring your own beads, half done projects and anything you need a hand with or second opinion. We will have a relaxed evening of jewellery making and just hanging out and discussing techniques and materials.
Date: Friday Oct 5th 2023
Time: 11:30AM – 3:30 PM
Location: 1721 29 Avenue Southwest Suite #225, Calgary, AB T2T 1P5
Don’t miss out on a fun afternoon of creativity and connection with fellow bead enthusiasts. Grab your beads and join us for a memorable day of crafting and fun!

Empty the House
2023-10-06 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Join Ammolite Opera in our opening gala in Calgary featuring Rene Orth and Mark Campbell’s chamber opera Empty the House.

Making a Coil Pot
2023-10-07 13:00 - 15:30 (America/Edmonton) | cSPACE Marda Loop – RGO Treehouse, Suite #475
Discover your artistic self through the tactile experience of coil building ceramics in this 2 day workshop. Join the Alberta Craft Gallery-Calgary and artist Darlene Swan from 10am-12:30pm on Saturday, October 7 & again on Saturday October 21 as we explore hand-building with coils, and glazing & surface decoration.
Day 1, Saturday, October 7 – Learn about shaping and molding ceramic forms through the technique of coil building. Finished pieces will be allowed to dry and be bisque fired for you in preparation for Day 2.
Day 2, Saturday October 21 – Explore glazing and surface decoration and prepare your pot for the 2nd firing. The pieces will be available for pick-up 2 weeks later after a 2nd firing.
