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Local news, reviews and updates by Family Fun Calgary bloggers.

Enter to win tickets to see the Harlem Globetrotters in Calgary

Harlem Globetrotters

Want a fun-filled experience for the entire family? You can’t go wrong with The Harlem Globetrotters. Combining basketball with crazy antics, hilarious jokes and amazing basketball skills, you will be entertained for hours. Full of high energy and incredible tricks, you and your children will leave feeling fully entertained. Harlem Globetrotters Details: When: Wednesday, February 15th [...]

Vertigo Theatre’s n00b by Christopher Duthie (Feb 4-11)

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  n00b: (noun) an inexperienced and/or unskilled player in video games. Written and performed by emerging Calgary artist Christopher Duthie, n00b is an exploration of a young man’s struggle to find balance in an increasingly virtual world. Inspired by a real life tragedy, the story follows a 16 year old boy as he runs away [...]

3 Billy Goats Gruff presented by the Loose Moose Theatre

Loose Moose Theatre for Kids

  Producing children’s theatre since 1978, the Loose Moose Theatre presents stories in a unique style that is accessible, participatory, and fun for the whole family. Theatre For Kids presentations are based on classic children’s stories that are interpreted and brought to life on stage. And in that tradition, they are bringing the 3 Billy Goats [...]

Cutie-pie Penguins Arrive at the Calgary Zoo

Calgary Zoo Penguins

It’s fast approaching – the opening of Penguin Plunge at the Calgary Zoo! The four species of penguins that will make Penguin Plunge their home are King, Gentoo, Humboldt and Rockhopper. Visit the Calgary Zoo’s Facebook page for updates! Here is a video of the penguins’ arrival at the Calgary Zoo!

A Quiet Calgary Zoo Day

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We haven’t been for a “real” visit to the Calgary Zoo in a while and I wanted to get in a visit before we head off to Montana for a week and say goodbye to January. And boy are we ready to say goodbye to that cold weather! Surprisingly, there was almost no one at [...]

Burton Canadian Open Snowboard Championships at COP

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The 4th Annual Burton Canadian Open is taking place at Canada Olympic Park. A family friendly event that is free, it will showcase international calibre athletes like Kelly Clark and Hannah Teter competing in our own backyard. There will be a lot of great spectator activities including new and improved halfpipe and slopestyle courses. The [...]

YouTube | Awesome children’s theatre at the Y-Stage

This clip highlights the show AGA-BOOM which was one of the best shows I have ever seen in my life. My 6 year old loved it and my body was aching from laughter fits by the end. It was spectacular. The live theatre presentations at the Y-stage, found at the base of the Calgary Tower, [...]

Free LEGO Fun at the Library

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Do your kids love lego? Do they love to build and create and use their imagination? Then LEGO club at the Calgary Library is for them. Fish Creek and Shawnessy Library locations are offering a free event to kids and teens to come out to build, create and explore. All LEGO is provided. While the [...]