Get to know the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG) as the second annual SAAG social returns to the gallery Nov. 3 from 7-10 p.m.

 there will  live music and the return of the Owl Acoustic Lounge poutine bar, ice cream samples from Milkman Milk Bar, Flamingo Floss cotton candy courtesy Urban Studio Interior Design, beverages from Last Best Brewing and Distilling,  a silent auction, 50/50 raffle and more.

“ We really enjoyed seeing Festival square across the street from us during the summer. It brought a lot of energy back to the downtown, which we’re hoping to carry forward into the Fall and Winter,” said SAAG communications co-ordinator Jeremy Franchuk.

“ We started it last year in the wake of the pandemic. It’s a fundraiser for the SAAG, but it\s also about bringing the community together,” he said.

“We have our annual art auction, but this is a change for people to get together  in a more informal  setting,” he said.

 There will be live music by folk/ roots musician Steven William Foord. Performing musician, poet and teacher Jess Tollestrup loops piano. vocal harmonies, guitar, mouth percussion into  haunting compositions.

 Lolly Willowes is a synth /pop duo featuring Tess Mitchell and Ross Kilgour who create intimate, haunted soundscapes with reverb soaked synth and guitar.

“ It’s also a chance to see our exhibits (Jin-Me Yoon’s “Here Elsewhere Other Hauntings and Jude Griebel ‘s ‘Next World Emissaries’ and Emily Promise  Allison’s Futility Index’) before we take them down ,” he continued.

“ It’s going to be a good time so come on down,” he said.

Admission is $20 for SAAG members $45 for non-members, which includes an annual membership.

— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor