Event Directory Search for upcoming events Picks and Previews Plan ahead to check out these not-to-be-missed events All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free Celebrate Black History Month with Poet Laureate Wakefield Brewster | Photo: Courtesy of Wakefield Brewster Feb. 22, 2023 - Feb. 28, 2023 Free This Week Don't miss these fabulous February finds Haider Ali Location Various Venues Price Free End off your February in artistic fashion with the finest serving of free events that the Calgary arts community has to offer — from poetry to photography to artist talks. Don’t miss out! Exposure Photography Festival Until February 25, 2023 Various venues Free to explore Exposure 2023 has over 30 shows that display a wide range of narratives, subjects, practices and explorations of the photographic medium — check out this diverse program of exhibitions at various locations. exposurephotofestival.com The Black Experience: Tales of Triumph February 22, 2023, 6:30 – 8pm Stream online Free to watch Join Storytelling Alberta and Calgary’s Poet Laureate Wakefield Brewster for a virtual story café featuring thought-provoking poetry and stories in celebration of Black History Month. storytellingalberta.com Ethan Hill & Jenny Crane February 22, 2023, 12:10 – 1pm Cathedral Church of the Redeemer (604 1st St. SE) Free to attend Musician and composer Ethan Hill teams up with multi-faceted cellist Jenny Crane and mezzo-soprano Jeanine Williams for a lunch-hour concert as part of the ProArts@Noon Concert Series. proartssociety.ca Single Onion #190 February 23, 2023, 7pm Online via Zoom or in-person at Shelf Life Books (1302 4th St. SW) Free to attend or watch The Single Onion celebrates Black History Month with an evening of poetry curated by Calgary’s Poet Laureate Wakefield Brewster, featuring poetry from Bethel Afework and Okechukwu Nnamchi. thesingleonion.wordpress.com Santosh Korthiwada February 24, 2023, 5 – 7pm Stream online Free to watch The Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation invites you to a virtual artist talk with Santosh Korthiwada, a Calgary-based award-winning fine art photographer and educator who explores ordinary and everyday subject matter. icaionline.org Tour – Marina Fischer February 28, 2023, 12noon Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW) Free to attend, registration required Join curator Marina Fischer for a tour of The Birth of Portraiture: Alexander the Great & His Successors, exploring the life of Alexander the Great, his contemporaries and successors through their portraits on ancient coins. nickle.ucalgary.ca Have a free event that’s not listed? Email us at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com or fill out this form.