{"id":329,"date":"2026-05-15T17:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ulpa\/?p=329"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:37:35","slug":"upcoming-event-ideas-store-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ulpa\/2026\/05\/15\/upcoming-event-ideas-store-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Event: Ideas Store Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"886\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ulpa\/files\/2026\/05\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-330 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ulpa\/files\/2026\/05\/image.png 627w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ulpa\/files\/2026\/05\/image-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The ULPA is sharing this event on behalf of our colleagues in the Philosophy Department:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ideas Store is a festival of ideas and culture, running May 15th to 30th at the Penny Building gallery (324 5th St S) in downtown Lethbridge, put on by the University of Lethbridge Philosophy Department and the Critical Thinking + Civic Engagement Lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be a bunch of ongoing events and attractions, which you can stop by to check out 9 to 9 every day &#8211; our art show, <em>there are rumours afloat of wonderful developments here<\/em>, a storytelling recording booth, a People&#8217;s Pad, a Curiosity Box, philosophy walks, and snacks and personal care items for whoever needs them. There will also be <em>dozens<\/em>&nbsp;of talks, screenings, performances, workshops, and other events, from a healthy mix of U of L fam and local individuals and organizations &#8211; Sage Clan, the LSCO, the Alberta Teachers Association, Antojitos, the Galt Museum + Archives, and many more. There will be sessions devoted to heavier topics like housing, substance abuse, education, and polarization, but also plenty of chill\/fun\/crafty events, too \u2013 tortilla-making, finger weaving, puppetry, dance, Feather Story, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ideas Store is 100% free and open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find a full program, with details about each event, here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ctce-lab\/the-ideas-store-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ctce-lab\/the-ideas-store-2026\/<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the Ideas Store on Instagram @theideasstorela for updates! Tell your friends, neighbors, coworkers, and enemies! Bring your favorite ideas! See you at The Ideas Store!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ULPA is sharing this event on behalf of our colleagues in the Philosophy Department: The Ideas Store is a festival of ideas and culture, running May 15th to 30th at the Penny Building gallery (324 5th St S) in downtown Lethbridge, put on by the University of Lethbridge Philosophy Department and the Critical Thinking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ulpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ulpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ulpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ulpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ulpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ulpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ulpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ulpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ulpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/ulpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}