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BY JANET DAVIE, BREANNA MROCZEK, AND AGATHA ZARZYCKI

PAINT AND SIPYou don’t have to be an artist to enjoy the fun and creative atmosphere of a wine and paint night at Vin Gogh. The approximately 80 paintings available for visitors to re-create tend to keep the beginner painter in mind and an artistic instructor provides step by step instructions. “It is not an art lesson, but an art experience,” says Debi Baldwin, an art teacher at the studio. The two-hour sessions run Tuesdays through Saturdays at 7 pm (Saturday mornings are for ages 10+ and include coffee or tea) and include art supplies plus one glass of wine. Drop in beforehand and pair one of seven wines with a sharable plate like their exceptional beet, goat cheese, and candied pecan flatbread. 7004 Macleod Tr, 403-475-4644, vingogh.ca — A.Z.

NEW UNIVERSEMAY 27 – JUNE 12The new DJD Dance Centre is the home of Decidedly Jazz Danceworks (DJD), a contemporary jazz dance company, as well as a place for community dance workshops and performances. If you walk by the stunning glass building, you might just get a glimpse of the dancers rehearsing. To christen the new space, DJD is performing New Universe, a show comprised of nine dancers who mix genres of contemporary dance for a powerful, upbeat performance. The original music is performed live by a four piece jazz band and conducted by William Parker, a legendary composer of the New York jazz scene. 111 - 12 Ave SE, 403-245-3533, decidedlyjazz.com — B.M.

THE GREAT ESCAPEThink you’ve got what it takes to survive a zombie apocalypse? Were you a pirate or a cowboy in your past life? Do you just like to solve puzzles? One of Calgary’s escape room attractions, The Locked Room, offers guests the opportunity to travel back in time or into a different universe for an incredibly fun and challenging experience. Players are locked into a room of their choosing, where they must work together to figure out clues and solve puzzles in order to escape, all within a time limit. Each room consists of a fun theme and corresponding story line. At their newest location, you can battle mythical beasts from Ancient Greece in “Lair of the Minotaur,” race against the clock to show up on your wedding day by piecing together clues of the hazy night before in “Hipster Hangover” (an adults-only, 18+ room), grab the gold aboard a wild west locomotive in “The Great Train Heist,” or try and tackle Alberta’s largest escape room in “The Sinister Study,” where you’ll need at least four people to solve the clues about what’s haunting the room. $24.95 per person per game. 9937 Fairmount Dr SE, 587-387-2337, thelockedroom.ca; see page 32 for more locations. — J.D.