That’s right, be one of our first Instagram followers, tag who you’d take, and you could win two free tickets for Friday at 7:30 p.m.

There’s something charming about a birdhouse. Painted just so. Hung in the right light. Meant to be admired. And that’s the point.

In A Doll’s House, now on stage at Calgary Theatre, Nora isn’t just living in a beautiful home, she’s living like something inside one. Expected to be sweet, decorative, and just a little bit harmless.

She’s not trapped in the obvious way, there’s no lock on the door. But like any well-kept bird, she doesn’t quite belong to herself either.

Amy Herzog’s Tony-nominated adaptation tightens the focus and trims the frills by turning Ibsen’s classic into a mirror for the here and now. The birdhouse isn’t antique anymore. It’s familiar, current, and personal.

So, be one of our first followers on instagram here.

On the post titled “Win Free Tickets to A Doll’s House” tag who you would bring if you won.

And maybe you’ll land yourself two seats to the show.

(Winner will be picked randomly and sent a DM on Instagram on Thursday, April 16).

A Doll’s House
On until May 3
Theatre Calgary

Flaky, buttery, and just a little extra in the best way, Paris Baguette’s Chocolate Hazelnut Cruffin with Nutella is the kind of pastry that makes self-control feel optional.

This limited-time treat is expected to last only until the end of spring, which means now is the moment to act like the person who “just happened” to stop by for a coffee and leave with a cruffin.

But the cruffin is just the start of their Nutella love affair. Swing by one of Paris Baguette’s two Calgary locations and discover the rest.

Paris Baguette
2004 4th Street SW
11846 Sarcee Trail NW

Spring: time to edit closets, clean out inboxes, and face the fact that your bra situation stopped “sparking joy” ages ago.

Enter Body by Chai. Forget the one-size-fits-none disappointment and online sizing roulette. Because women, newsflash, are not factory-made. We’re curves, dips, and beautiful in-betweens, and Body by Chai knows exactly how to celebrate that.

These fittings are by appointment only, and they aren’t the department store kind. At Body by Chai, the whole space closes just for you. No rushed measuring, no “close enough” sizes. Just real support, expert fit, and time to actually get it right.

Chai’s magic? A friendly, professional approach that makes you feel seen, supported, and absolutely lifted, in every sense. This isn’t just bra shopping. It’s body affirmation disguised as an afternoon errand.

The spring collections of the stunning brands Chai carries won't wait around, and neither will her appointment calendar.

Body by Chai
#7, 718 17 AVE SW (2nd Floor)

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Right now, until 3:00 pm, Alforno’s cronuts are meeting cold scoops from Village Ice Cream for purchase.

And they’re also giving away free kids’ scoops while they last. Today only.

In case you didn’t know, a cronut is what you get when a croissant meets a doughnut. Properly golden and flaky in a way that makes it worth leaving the house for on its own.

The kind of thing you'll be describing to people tomorrow who didn't make it.

Village Ice Cream West District Grand Opening
Truman HQ
780 78 Street SW
April 4, 2026, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

“Artifact” isn’t the word most people use for a Saturday night, but if you’re reading this, you might. Calgary’s Artifact Film Festival is for those of us who collect moments instead of plotlines.

Who like our cinema imperfect, handmade, and just a little haunted. Clean three-act arcs or moral resolutions are okay once in a while, but if you’re attached to that, this probably isn’t your party.

Take For Once I Dreamed of You, by Kate Solar, screening Saturday. It’s described as five minutes and fifty-eight seconds of fields falling into night, a woman leaning into mystery itself, the place between map and territory, poem and silence.

You don’t watch something like that while tracking a story arc; it drifts through you.

So no, Artifact isn’t for everyone. But for the rest of us who dream in grain, flicker, and chance, or want to, it feels like coming home.

Show up for six minutes of Kate Solar’s gorgeous melancholy, or give in and stay for the whole lineup. Either way, you’re supporting the arts and taking a chance on wonder. And for that, I salute you.

Artifact Film Festival
April 2-4, 2026
Various venues, check the website for the location of your desired screening.

Why go somewhere that pumps out ‘strawberry flavour’ from a machine that’s synthetic, predictable, and nutrient-deficient when when Seed N Salt’s Pink Panther delivers the whole ripe strawberry-raspberry haul straight to a cup?

It's strawberries and raspberries with Greek yogurt, chocolate isolate whey protein, cocoa, coconut water, and a sea salt kiss, then a chocolate sauce and strawberry glaze for a cup that's equal parts wholesome and wow.

It’s creamy and sweet, only around while the berries are at their juiciest.

Seed N Salt
Three Locations in Calgary:
Mission - 2008 4st SW
Downtown - 240 4th Ave SW
University District - 4022 University Avenue NW

Monogram Coffee has added a protein milk upgrade to their menu, and it is exactly what it sounds like: a lactose-free milk option that adds meaningful protein to whatever you are already ordering.

Approximately 10g in an 8 oz, 16g in a 12 oz, and 23g in a 16 oz.

The coffee tastes like coffee. The protein is just along for the ride.

This is for the person who is already ordering a latte, and has been trying to figure out how to get more protein before noon without adding another thing to the routine.

It is also for the person who is lactose intolerant and has been quietly doing the math on every milk option at every café for years.

The upgrade is available across Monogram’s SW and NW Calgary locations.

Monogram Coffee · Available across all Monogram’s Calgary locations.

Bloom Culture is hosting a spring wreath workshop on March 28th and the short version is this: two hours, fresh seasonal materials, a finished wreath you take home, and a room full of people who also just wanted a reason to do something special this week.

The longer version is that the wreath you make is built from real greenery (think eucalyptus, variegated foliage, and small pink blooms, perhaps) selected for how they move and how they dry.

The composition is guided, meaning instructors are actually there, meaning you are not expected to already know what you’re doing.

This one is genuinely for everyone: the person who loves the emergent nature of gardening, the person who has been slowly making their home more their own, and the person who has never made anything and is simply ready to start.

The image is for inspiration. Your wreath will be its own thing. It will be shaped by what materials are available that week and the decisions you make in the room.

That variation is the nature of working with something fresh and seasonal, and also, arguably, the whole point.

Bloom Culture
1, 3131 68 St NW, Calgary
March 28th. 6:30 to 8:30 pm. $125, all materials included.

If you’re the kind of person who always likes to know when something good is happening locally, Noted Today was written for you.

Each issue documents a small number of limited releases, new offerings, and short-lived moments, so community interest in supporting local can translate into real-time action.

Most people don’t miss them by choice. They just hear about them too late. Noted Today makes them visible while they’re still available.

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Noted Today documents microlaunches as they happen in Calgary. Small drops, limited runs, and moments you don’t want to miss in food and culture.

Pretty Sweet Bakeshop has added bunny-shaped macarons to their Easter menu this season. They are sized larger than the bakeshop’s regular macarons and come as a set of three for $13.50.

Reportedly, no one has managed to set them down on a table without someone else immediately opening their camera.

Each macaron is shaped into a rounded bunny head complete with those signature tall ears that are dusted soft and slightly rosy at the tips. And of course, a delicate illustrated face painted on the shell.

The Easter menu runs for orders placed between March 17th and April 4th, with a cut-off of March 28th for Easter delivery. After that, the bunnies are gone until next year, if they return at all.

Pretty Sweet Bakeshop
536 42 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta

A cronut ice cream sandwich that’s equal parts flaky, golden, and completely fleeting. Alforno’s butter-laminated cronut meets Village Ice Cream in a collab that only exists for one afternoon, and it shows.

Hot pastry, cold scoop, powdered sugar. The kind of thing you describe to people later and watch them not quite believe you.

Free kids’ scoops (one per kid) while they last.

One day only
April 4, 2026, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Village Ice Cream West District Grand Opening
Truman HQ
780 78 Street SW.