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Ever wonder what it is we do exactly here at Awesome Foundation - Calgary or how it all works?

Check out this super-awesome piece that recently aired in the Arts & Culture portion of TELUS Optik Local's myCalgary program, featuring August 2011 AF-Calgary Fellow (and now current AF-Calgary Trustee of Awesome) Matthew Hamel with his YYC Mobile Movies project, and AF-Calgary Founder Lori Stewart shot during the summer of 2012.  It sums it up quite nicely!

The full myCalgary episode features Calgary kayakers on the Harvie Passage, a primer on Pickleball and much more!  You can check it out at any time on Optik Video-on-Demand or here.

A BIG Thank You to Laura O'Grady from Spotlight Productions for taking time out of her day to do this piece on us.

Finally, we're still taking submissions for October's $1,000 no-strings-attached prize.  If you'd like to submit an Awesome Idea for consideration, fill out this handy-dandy web form!  The deadline for October submissions is Wednesday, October 10 at 11:59 p.m.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

YYC Mobile Movie is BACK!

August 2011's AF-Calgary Fellow Matt Hamel and winning project YYC Mobile Movie is back again this year with a FREE outdoor showing of The Goonies on the side of the historic Simmons Building in Calgary's East Village.

Timed to coincide with this year's Cyclepalooza, this month's free viewing of The Goonies will take place on Saturday, June 30 after the East Village Glow & Show, where Calgarians are encouraged to show up at 9 p.m. to ride their bikes along the RiverWalk to the Peace Bridge and back again, armed with glow sticks and more, and then stick around for the free movie.

Like last year's free outdoor viewing of Casablanca, The Goonies will be projected onto the side of the Simmons Building right after the Glow & Show, but will be proceeded first by the premiere of a 15 minute short by our friends over at Hidden Story Productions (and created by AF-Calgary's September 2011 co-winner Chris Hsuing) entitled Powered by the People, which will be entirely powered by bicycle generation.  It's anticipated that everything should begin around 10 p.m.



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• What:  Cyclepalooza:  East Village Glow & Show
• Where:  Simmons Building, 618 Confluence Way S.E.
• When:  Saturday, June 30, 2012.  Meet at 9 p.m.  RiverWalk Glow Ride at 9:30 p.m.  Free outdoor screening of Powered by the People and The Goonies around 10 p.m.
• RSVP:  RiverWalk Glow Ride on Facebook, Screening of The Goonies on Facebook.

So bring your bike, a blanket and a lawn chair and enjoy another FREE movie under the stars courtesy of Matt Hamel's YYC Mobile Movie.

And a reminder:  This month's Awesome Calgary Thousand Dollar Thursday takes place this Thursday, June 28 at Melrose Bar & Grill.  Doors open at 6 p.m. and we hope to see you there!