Events

Making Treaty 7 Talking Series
with Guests Waawaate Fobister and Marshall Vielle, hosted by our Artistic Director Justin Many Fingers.

Join us for Making Treaty 7’s first Talking Series, hosted by our Artistic Director, Justin Many Fingers, as part of our Pride programming!

Justin will be chatting with internationally acclaimed artist Waawaate Fobister, who is a well-known creator, performer and choreographer. They will also be joined by Marshal Vielle (Blackfoot), who is an emerging performance artist from Mohhkinstist (Calgary), who has been in many productions in the city and has toured the country with several productions.

Opening up conversations around Indigenous queer spaces, discussing growing up gay on the Reserves and what it means to leave the reserve in search of self-identity. We hope you join us and utilize this opportunity to share your thoughts and experiences around these hot topics!

AGOKWE – Unplugged

Written and Performed by Waawaate Fobister

Theatrical One Man Show

Agokwe (written and performed by Waawaate Fobister) is a powerful tale that explores unrequited love between teenage boys – a hockey player and a dancer – from neighboring reserves who connect through a mutual love of movement. But when tragedy intervenes, youth, distance, and isolation strive to pull them apart. This award-winning production, described as a “magnetic plea for tolerance and action” by the Georgia Straight, speaks to bullying, homophobia, unrequited love, social isolation and the lost traditions of the Anishnaabe.

Making Treaty 7 is presenting a special performance of Agokwe (Unplugged) at @thegrandyyc’s Flanagan Theatre on August 29 as part of our Pride Week celebrations.

Agokwe was developed through the Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Young Creators’ Unit and had its world-premiere at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in September 2008.

QUEER CAB FAB DRAGS – Indigenous Drag Cabaret

Featuring Argintina Hailey (Morley, AB); Levi Alizaar Foy (Winnipeg, MB); Quanah Napoleon (Vancouver, BC); Marshal Vielle (Kainai, AB); and DJ Dexter Amos (Morley, AB).

We invite you to come and celebrate Indigenous drag with performers from Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg and Morley, featuring our host DJ, Dexter Amos! This 18+ event is for everyone to come celebrate, dance and let your inner diva fly! Join us for Calgary’s FIRST EVER indigenous lead drag show, performed by Indigenous drag superstars that are sure to astonish and amaze!

The long-awaited, Charlie Chaplin-themed evening of vintage fashion, music and film is coming in September! Come to The GRAND in your best 1930’s attire for this very exciting, themed fundraiser and performance! This special production is a commissioned work, arranged by Peter Moller with his new sound design and recruited top local musicians. The unique creation features a beautiful, re-imagined score alongside the iconic Charlie Chaplin silent film. Before and after, we will be sipping cocktails in style and enjoying a themed display and an exciting draw for specialty items! Calgary will grace this historic theatre September 7th for a one-of-a-kind, reminiscent evening!

Keep a look out on our social media for your outfit inspiration!

Limited number of VIP tickets available for additional pre-show Studio event. Enjoy an intimate experience with private, vintage-themed music and dance performed among the crowd, live vintage hair styling, men’s style pop-ups, fashion and accessories displays, an entry for a special draw, and specialty food items!

In 1931, Charlie Chaplin was on a world tour promoting his “Little Tramp” film City Lights. While in London, he had a chance meeting with Mahatma Gandhi, where they discussed modern technology and its affect on the working classes. This conversation was the spark of an idea that led to the creation of Chaplin’s subsequent film, Modern Times.

Modern Times was Chaplin’s first overtly political-themed film. America was in the depth of the 1930’s Great Depression, and the film represented the skewering of what we now euphemistically refer to as the 1%. It showed the toll industrialization had brought, but always with the slapstick-comic relief that Chaplin’s Little Tramp had become famous for.

Modern Times Redux is a re-imagining of the 1935 Chaplin classic and will be presented with live music and foley as well as a new sound design by Peter Moller. The group of assembled musicians recruited by Moller represents some of the bright lights of Calgary’s theatre and music scenes; Kris Demeanor, Allison Lynch, Chantal Vitalis, Jamie Tognazzini, and Joni Brent.

VIP Event: 5:30pm-7:45pm

Doors Open: 6:30pm

Pre-event Start:7:00pm

Performance begins at 8:00pm

LYNN V. ANDREWS

World Wide Acclaimed Shaman, Healer, Teacher and Author of 19 NY Times best selling International recognized Books and Cards.

2:30pm – 4:00pm

Small group teaching with Lynn Andrews, on how to use the power deck and bring more clarity to your life.  At this time you will receive your very own power deck and have an opportunity to get them signed.  Also included in the VIP pass is your opportunity to pick whatever seat you desire for the performance.  Bonus gifts, Debbie Gibbs book, The 8th Wisdom Keeper, Chronicles of Creation and a CD with meditations by Nancy Dolan Anderson will also be included, keepsakes of the night performances.

You are Invited: For an Evening of Teachings & Experiences that will awaken parts of you that have been sleeping! You will leave Empowered, ready and motivated to Create Your Life the way you desire it, full of joy, ease and abundance.

5:30pm – 6:00pm

Drum Team Performance –  Drumming & Singing – Fun Way to Release Stress, guaranteed to make you laugh and smile.

6:00pm – 6:30pm 

Debbie Gibbs,  Owner  8^th Wisdom Keeper, Best Selling Author and Shaman,  will Guide You through a Drumming Meditation Experience – A tool to take home

6:30pm – 7:00pm

Break, to shop at market tables, get author signature on books and card sets, have a beverage and mingle. For sure, get at least 3 belly laughs in!

7:00pm – 8:45pm

Lynn Andrews – Standing at the Crossroads of Power Teaching

• Empower yourself in any relationship or situation you face
• Make Choices that benefit you
• Make Peace with the voice of your inner critic
• Find Your True Sacred Dream
• Open Q & A

8:45pm- 9:00pm

Nancy Anderson Dolan, Owner Wiseheart Wellness,  Soloist Singer – Singing Song to Inspire

9:00pm -9:45pm

Shop at the Market Tables & Book Signing

“Keeper Creations” Presents: Awaken Conversations Within!

This will be an Evening of Live Interactive Performances: (VIP Schedule has Bonus Teachings!)

Early Bird Bonus – Buy Your Ticket Prior to July 31, 2019 and receive a copy of Lynn Andrew’s Book –  “Coming Full Circle” – Ancient Teachings for a Modern World or Sacred Vision Oracle Card Deck, by Lynn Andrews. Your gift will be available at the event.

LYNN V. ANDREWS

World Wide Acclaimed Shaman, Healer, Teacher and Author of 19 NY Times best selling International recognized Books and Cards.

You are Invited: For an Evening of Teachings & Experiences that will awaken parts of you that have been sleeping! You will leave Empowered, ready and motivated to Create Your Life the way you desire it, full of joy, ease and abundance.

5:30pm – 6:00pm

Drum Team Performance –  Drumming & Singing – Fun Way to Release Stress, guaranteed to make you laugh and smile.

6:00pm – 6:30pm 

Debbie Gibbs,  Owner  8^th Wisdom Keeper, Best Selling Author and Shaman,  will Guide You through a Drumming Meditation Experience – A tool to take home

6:30pm – 7:00pm

Break, to shop at market tables, get author signature on books and card sets, have a beverage and mingle. For sure, get at least 3 belly laughs in!

7:00pm – 8:45pm

Lynn Andrews – Standing at the Crossroads of Power Teaching

• Empower yourself in any relationship or situation you face
• Make Choices that benefit you
• Make Peace with the voice of your inner critic
• Find Your True Sacred Dream
• Open Q & A

8:45pm- 9:00pm

Nancy Anderson Dolan, Owner Wiseheart Wellness,  Soloist Singer – Singing Song to Inspire

9:00pm -9:45pm

Shop at the Market Tables & Book Signing

“Keeper Creations” Presents: Awaken Conversations Within!

This will be an Evening of Live Interactive Performances: (VIP Schedule has Bonus Teachings!)

Early Bird Bonus – Buy Your Ticket Prior to July 31, 2019 and receive a copy of Lynn Andrew’s Book –  “Coming Full Circle” – Ancient Teachings for a Modern World or Sacred Vision Oracle Card Deck, by Lynn Andrews. Your gift will be available at the event.

_{SEASON PASS AVAILABLE PLEASE READ BELOW}

_{In a single, life-changing moment, lead character Garret finds himself in this middle place – in limbo between the Spirit World and the life he has known. With the stars and midnight blue sky on one side of Highway 509 and sunshine colours of the morning on the other… Garret remembers the story his grandfather told him as a young child and wonders if Napi is coming to take him to the other side.}

Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society || 2019-2020 Season Pass || Myanistyipiksiiks

To purchase Making Treaty 7’s SEASON PASS: Myanistyipiksiiks “Many Little Birds” –

You will need the call The GRAND Box Office: 403-205-2922 Ext. 212

Myanistyipiksiiks Season Pass will include the following:

• 1 General Admission to 509 – [October 10^th – October 18^th 2019]

• 1 General Admission to Tlakentli – [January 23^rd – January 26^th 2020]

• 1 General Admission to Godly’s Divinia (Love & Tragedy in Bare Rock, Manitoba) – [May 7^th – May 16^th 2020 ]

^{1 General Admission is priced at $35.00}

*Season Pass DOES NOT include the designated Sunday/Relaxed Performance Matinee Option*

Upon purchasing one general admission to each of the three performances, a 10 % discount will be applied at checkout!

Box Office Hours

Monday- Thursday: 10 AM – 4 PM

Friday: 10 AM – 2 PM

Saturday & Sunday: CLOSED

In the event we cannot come to the phone, please leave your name, number and a brief message and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

In a single, life-changing moment, lead character Garret finds himself in this middle place – in limbo between the Spirit World and the life he has known. With the stars and midnight blue sky on one side of Highway 509 and sunshine colours of the morning on the other… Garret remembers the story his grandfather told him as a young child and wonders if Napi is coming to take him to the other side.

Please be advised, this is a Relaxed Performance

Making Treaty 7 will be offering Relaxed Performances in their season, as part of Inside Out Theatre’s Good Host Program. To fall on the Sunday matinee of each production.

Relaxed performances are designed to welcome audience members who would benefit from a more relaxed environment, including those with sensory concerns, autism spectrum disorders, learning disorders, dementia; parents with small babies; or anyone for whom the regular theatre experience can be challenging. Small modifications are made to the production and the patron experience to help reduce anxiety.

This production is the first in Making Treaty 7’s 2019-2020 Season: Myanistyipiksiiks , meaning “Many Little Birds”    

SEASON PASS AVAILABLE PLEASE READ BELOW

In the heart of America, the language of the bodies follows a tortuous path. In a performance midway between dance and theatre, two Indigenous artists from Mexico, of Nahua and Mixteco descent, share with us their quest for identity by drawing on their cultures and the history of their ancestors. They present scenes of their metamorphoses through time, revealing the upheavals and constantly driven by the hope of finding themselves.

Languages and myths propel this inevitable voyage that redraws borders and casts off the hides adopted both freely and forcibly. Revealing that which unites us and that which tears us away from each other and ourselves, Tlakentli considers the issue of identity in relation to migrations and explores the myth of our original elegance.

Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society || 2019-2020 Season Pass || Myanistyipiksiiks

To purchase Making Treaty 7’s SEASON PASS: Myanistyipiksiiks “Many Little Birds” –

You will need the call The GRAND Box Office: 403-205-2922 Ext. 212

Myanistyipiksiiks  Season Pass will include the following:

• 1 General Admission to 509 – [October 10^th – October 18^th 2019]

• 1 General Admission to Tlakentli – [January 23^rd – January 26^th 2020]

• 1 General Admission to Godly’s Divinia (Love & Tragedy in Bare Rock, Manitoba) – [May 7^th – May 16^th 2020 ]

^{1 General Admission is priced at $35.00}

*Season Pass DOES NOT include the designated Sunday/Relaxed Performance Matinee Option*

Upon purchasing one general admission to each of the three performances, a 10 % discount will be applied at checkout!

Box Office Hours

Monday-Thursday: 10 AM – 4 PM

Friday: 10 AM – 2 PM

Saturday & Sunday: CLOSED

In the event we cannot come to the phone, please leave your name, number and a brief message and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Tlakentli is the second installment of Making Treaty 7’s 2019-2020 Season: Myanistyipiksiiks –  meaning “Many Little Birds”