Free receptions on Saturday, November 21, will engage the public in “Stories of the City,” a wide-ranging exhibition that includes work from more than 35 artists, architects and designers whose practices explore the contemporary urban experience.

The show is curated by the In/Terminus Research Group and funded by EPICentre. Contributions from students enrolled in the “Curating as Cultural Practice” and “Urban Ecologies” courses in the School of Creative Arts accompany new work by faculty and alumni.

In addition to works by the Hamilton Perambulatory Unit, Detroitography and Broken City Lab, individual participants include Kiki Athanassiadis, Amanda White, Ken Giles, Taien Ng-Chen, June Pak, Shauna Janssen and Alana Bartol, Nicholas Balaisis, Leyla Munteanu, Iain Baxter&, Brenda Pelkey, Cyndra MacDowall, Sigi Torinus, Jessica Sarrazin, Mary Porter, Patricia Coates, Christopher McNamara, Jodi Green, Aaron Moran, Phil Hoffmann, Nadja Pelkey and Joey Stewart, Valerie Wolf Gang, Jennie Suddick, Troy Ouellette, Dan Bernyk, Brent Lee, Brian Brown, Anne Marie Romanko, Jeff Noonan, Dorian Moore, Ken Hudak and David Bergeron.

SB Contemporary Art, 1017 Church Street, is the site of the first reception that opens at 1 p.m. and proceeds to a 2:30 p.m. performance by Patricia Coates and a 3 p.m. stratigraphic walk led by the Hamilton Perambulatory Unit.

The evening event, from 6 to 9 p.m. at 33 University Avenue West, promises a performance by Nicholas Balaisis and food from the Carvery.