FREE First Thursday

FREE First Thursday September 35-9 PM Join us for a creative evening celebrating Pride! Enjoy a free, all-ages evening with music from a live DJ, and hands-on art-making activities for all ages.

Please join us as we play the card game Re/Turn: A Gifting Game, conceived and developed by the Play, (Re)Design, and Learn Group at the University of Calgary.

Inspired by Ghazaleh Avarzamani's solo show Churn, Earn, Burn and then Return, Re/Turn: A Gifting Game gives players an opportunity to counter the hostile reality of imposed rules and competitive society. It's a collaborative card game where players constantly change rules and goals to gather and share resources within the community and beyond.

Centered on communication, collective decision-making, and reciprocity, the game reminds players that individual and collective actions within the community could resist and impact dominant structures. …