Downtown Edmonton Events
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2013
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16Downtown: A Place to Call Home
Title
Downtown: A Place to Call Home
Location
Westin Hotel Ballroom, 10135 100 Street
Cost
$50 plus GST per person
Website
Description
Advance tickets are now on sale for the Downtown Business Association annual spring luncheon as we celebrate the astounding high-rise residential development springing up in downtown Edmonton. We promise a delicious lunch, as well as presentation of the annual business recognition award to an outstanding organization for its contributions to downtown.
Start Date
May 16, 2013
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23Community Connections Awards Ceremony
Title
Community Connections Awards Ceremony
Location
City Hall
Cost
Free
Website
www.communityrelations.ualberta.ca/CommunityConnectionsAwards/CeremonyRsvp.aspx
Description
Come celebrate the connectivity between the University and the communities it serves as we honour three recipients who exemplify "uplifting the whole people".
Start Date
May 23, 2013 @ 12:00:00
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24Vaughan String Quartet
Title
Vaughan String Quartet
Location
Muttart Hall, Alberta College 10050 MacDonald Dr.
Cost
Free; donations accepted
Website
Description
Founded in 2013 the Vaughan String Quartet of Edmonton brings the West Coast Premiere of Robert Rival’s Traces of a Silent Landscape alongside D. Shostakovich’s String Quartet n.8, and Mozart’s String Quartet in C Major.
Start Date
May 24, 2013 @ 19:30:00
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25Scion City Chase
Title
Scion City Chase
Location
Sir Winston Churchill Square
Cost
$150 for teams of two in the Classic City Chase
Website
Description
This ‘Amazing Race’ is Canada’s Largest Urban Adventure Race. egister now @ ScionCityChase.carnChoose from the 6-hour Scion City Chase Classic, 2-hour Scion City Chase RUSH or test yourself with the Columbia Enduro-Chase! rn
Start Date
May 25, 2013
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25City Market
Title
City Market
Location
104 Street & Jasper Avenue
Website
Description
10 am to 3 pm Come to the City Market Downtown a t its outdoor location along 104 Street. Shop for local art, handcrafted jewellery, homemade baked goods, farm-fresh meats, produce and much more!
Start Date
May 25, 2013
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26Connections Concert II
Title
Connections Concert II
Location
Muttart Hall, Alberta College 10050 MacDonald Dr.
Cost
$20 Adults; $10 students/seniors; 12 and under attend for free
Website
Description
Enjoy classical music performed by emerging talent, alumni and esteemed faculty of the Alberta College Conservatory of Music. Repertoire to include: Liszt, Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Bartok and Schubert. To be broadcast on CKUA. All proceeds in support of student scholarships.
Start Date
May 26, 2013 @ 14:00:00
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29Edmonton Jewish Film Festival
Title
Edmonton Jewish Film Festival
Location
Zeidler Hall, The Citadel Theatre
Cost
$11 per screening in advance, $12 per screening at the door, $80 for a Festival Pass,
Website
Description
The Edmonton Jewish Film Festival showcases the very best in Jewish-content cinema from around the world! Visit our website for a full Festival line-up! www.jewishedmonton.org/filmfest.aspx
Start Date
May 26, 2013 @ 19:00:00
End Date
May 29, 2013 @ 23:30:00
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28A Conversation: Ken Low and Carol Tavris,
Title
A Conversation: Ken Low and Carol Tavris,
Location
Art Gallery of Alberta
Cost
$25 adult, $15 student
Website
Description
“Mistakes were Made (but not by Me)” has long been a favourite book of Leadership Edmonton. Experience a conversation with the co-author, Carol Tavris, and Leadership Edmonton’s Ken Low. Explore self-justification in the public & private spheres and what cognitive dissonance teaches us about what it means to be alive & human.
Start Date
May 28, 2013 @ 19:00:00
End Date
May 28, 2013 @ 21:30:00
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01Dreamspeakers Film Festival
Title
Dreamspeakers Film Festival
Location
Various
Website
Description
Start Date
May 29, 2013
End Date
June 1, 2013
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31Golden Era of Broadway: Vocal Arts Festival
Title
Golden Era of Broadway: Vocal Arts Festival
Location
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre - #7 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Cost
ADVANCE TICKETS (On Sale May 1st): Adults $18, Students & Seniors $16 / AT THE DOOR
Website
Description
American Broadway was inspired by great composers (Berlin, Porter, Gershwin, Rogers) and lyricists whose outpouring of show tunes, dance numbers, novelty and love songs defined American popular music for decades. We are thrilled to bring this golden era of music theatre back.
Start Date
May 31, 2013 @ 19:30:00
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