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 Four Corners Of The Globe In Bristol Film Festival |
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Wednesday, July 09 2008 @ 11:54 AM BST
Author: Dan. Views: 174
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Bristol-based cultural events organisation, Compass Film are taking an annual festival of cinema and arts in a new and mysterious direction…
Inhabiting a space at the top of Mivart St. Studios, Easton, Bristol, The Compass of Mystery Festival will transform the venue into a world of creativity, bringing the South-West an exciting month of film, poetry, visual art and theatre.
Culminating in a culturally angled programme of international cinema over the weekend of 17–19 October, this year's Compass takes in all points on the compass with an intriguing selection of films from Poland (North), Pakistan (East), Somalia (South) & Argentina (West). The filmsare made by migrant communities in Britain, as well as from the host countries themselves.
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| Shoreham Airshow |
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Thursday, August 07 2008 @ 10:35 AM BST
Author: Dan. Views: 13
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One thing that the RAFA Shoreham Airshow prides itself on is the true ‘family day out’ – and this is no different.
Unlike many of the popular sea side events, Shoreham is a real airshow with many of the aircraft being based at the airfield giving visitors the opportunity to meet the pilots and look at the aircraft from close quarters. The show takes place on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st August.
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| Calendar Girls at Chichester Festival Theatre |
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Wednesday, August 06 2008 @ 10:40 AM BST
Author: Dan. Views: 24
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The stage version of Calendar Girls will premier at Chichester Festival Theatre on 5 September.
The play features Lynda Beliingham, Patricia Hodge, Siân Phillips, Gaynor Faye, Brigit Forysth and Julia Hills as members of the Women's Institute (WI) who create a nude calendar to raise money for charity.
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| Ben & Jerry Sundae on the Common |
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Friday, August 01 2008 @ 09:55 AM BST
Author: Barney. Views: 47
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 Yet another fine display of ice cream, sunshine and pop music. Clapham Common hosts the annual Ben & Jerry Summer Sundae on the Common, and this year we have new flavours, new attractions and old men, yes, Jerry graced us with his presence as it was Ben & Jerry’s 30th birthday this year.
I had got backstage VIP tickets to meet Jerry, and it was over in a flash as he was Personally Assisted from one person to meet and greet, and on to the next meet and greet. A lovely chap, and genuinely seemed happy to be there.
Saturday’s entertainment was highlighted by Florence and the Machines, a funky punky spiky energetic and colourful lot that oozed sunshine, just in case we didn’t have enough!
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| Patti Smith & Kevin Shields - 'The Coral Sea' |
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Wednesday, July 16 2008 @ 12:14 PM BST
Author: Dan. Views: 136
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Few of her New York punk contemporaries
have sustained a career like Patti Smith.
She is one of rock 'n' rolls great
visionary geniuses, producing everything from classic gritty punk
albums to published poetry. And more recently, she has explored a
strong Sussex connection, spending time at Charleston Farmhouse, home
to the Bloomsbury artists. Like them, Smith is a true Bohemian.
'The Coral Sea' iwas written as a poetic tribute to
the great photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, a close friend of Smith,
who died of complications from Aids in 1989. Unable to perform the
poem solo, the emotion too powerful even for Smith, she has worked with
My Bloody Valentine guitarist Kevin Shields. Known for producing
loud, heavy guitar soundscapes, My Bloody Valentine were always part
rock band, part art-house experiment. |
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| Rebuild Skylon In Worthing! |
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Tuesday, July 08 2008 @ 03:47 PM BST
Author: Dan. Views: 227
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 A group of Worthing artists and businesses are backing ambitious plans
to rebuild London's Skylon - but think it would look better on Worthing
seafront than its previous home on London's South Bank.
The Skylon was the iconic landmark at the centre of the 1951 Festival
of Britain, and its 300 foot high rocket shape was a dramatic,
futuristic addition to London's post-war skyline. Architects and
artists are hoping to rebuild the Skylon to mark the 60th
anniversary of the Festival of Britain in 2011, and have launched a
national 'Rebuild The Skylon' campaign. |
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| Eliza Carthy's Dirty Dreams |
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Tuesday, July 08 2008 @ 11:02 AM BST
Author: Dan. Views: 177
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In a 15 year career, Eliza Carthy has worked with the likes of Paul
Weller, Joan Baez and Nick Cave. The daughter of folk legends Norma
Waterson and Martin Carthy, she's undoubtedly a folk superstar – with
seven BBC Folk Awards under her belt already. But she's twice been
nominated for the Mercury Music Prize without winning, and has never
quite achieved mainstream success.
'Dreams of Breathing Underwater' might win her that missing Mercury
Prize, and might just see her crack the mainstream too.
It's a staggering work – easily the best in her long career.
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| Boston, Barcelona, Berlin and Brighton on Baltic Fleet's Debut |
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Wednesday, July 02 2008 @ 09:20 AM BST
Author: Dan. Views: 193
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It's tough, being in a successful band. You have to tour the world, spending time on tour buses, planes and in hotel rooms. It's a life that's highly regimented, organised by tour managers who keep their artists to a strict schedule of travel, soundchecks, rehearsals and concerts, the timetable broken occasionally by the excitement of TV appearances, radio sessions and press interviews.
Echo and the Bunnymen keyboard player Paul Fleming turned the experience of one world tour into an album. Recording on a laptop with whatever instruments were to hand, he created an album that's as atmospheric as you'd expect from an ex-Bunnyman. It's also named after a notorious pub in Liverpool, hometown to the 80s band.
Baltic Fleet was inspired directly by that world tour, from Boston and Barcelona to Berlin and back to Brighton. It was written in moments stolen from a strict schedule, and then refined in a studio where Fleming worked with Klaxons producer Nick Terry
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| Psycho Buildings at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank |
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Wednesday, June 25 2008 @ 10:31 AM BST
Author: Barney. Views: 291
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This isn't the first time I have been misinformed by the way the Hayward markets its shows. 'Artists take on architecture' was the strap line and I expected architectural designs and models with a twist, but what we found was a poorly presented 6th Form End of Year Show (no disrespect to 6th formers intended).
There appeared to be no flow to the works, rooms filled with whatever would fit. No thought in to how these were presented or how access was to be achieved. Michael Beutler's [Awaiting Title] 2008 was paper mesh maze that looked like it's reason of existence was decided with hindsight, as opposed to a having a creative force behind it. Do Ho Suh's Staircase -V and Mike Nelson's To The Memory of HP Lovecraft looked to me as they were included due to their ability to create as opposed to their creative ability.
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| Folk legends delight at Burgess Hill |
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Friday, June 20 2008 @ 01:27 PM BST
Author: RussB. Views: 238
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Burgess Hill: Waterson Carthy, Rob Halligan, Gareth Davies-Jones, Julie Hall
It was a great coup for Fairtrade fundraisers in Burgess Hill to
attract folk supergroup Waterson Carthy to the Martlets Hall, and a
healthy crowd turned up to hear some of the classic performers from the
UK folk scene. |
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