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more events….People Like Us: Is Scottish Society fairly reflected in Holyrood? Saturday 18th October, 12.30-1.30pm, at the Royal George Hotel in PERTH. Engaging Online: Getting Citizens Back to the centre of democracy. Wednesday 29 October, 6-8pm, Scottish Parliament. A free seminar to discuss eDemocracy in Scotland. More info at www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blogs/hansard_society_scotland/default.aspx
Scottish Traditional Storytelling Festivalposted 01/10 by josiah.lockhart After a conversation yesterday afternoon about Scottish identity and the arts I was informed about the Scottish Storytelling Festival coming next month to the Scottish Storytelling Centre (as well as village halls around the country). What I thought was primarily a Scottish storytelling event is showcasing Scotish myths/histories along side those of its earliest immigrants/emmegrants (Norway, Iceland, Sweeden, Ireland, Denmark, Findland, and Alaska). Some of this looks very interesting, I’m hoping to see some of the Ceilidh Nights (storytelling not dancing) where a group of storytellers share similar stories. Anyone up for joining me? 24 Oct - 2 Nov Scottish Story Telling Festival 3 Comments Africa in Motion Film Festival: 23 October- 2 November 2008The Africa in Motion Film Festival returns to Edinburgh this October with showings of lots of films from African directors including Malian director Souleymane Cissé and Burkinabe director Gaston Kaboré, who will both present retrospectives of their work. 0 Comments Fleeto and knife crime in Scotlandposted 23/09 by josiah.lockhart As we have seen in the news over the past few months knife crime is alive and well in the UK, but what are people doing about? A small theatre group from Glasgow has put out its protest in the form of theatre. With Fleeto we find a play based upon the Illiad and written in an estate like dialect of Scots. This comes highly recommended by the Scotsman, the Guardian, the Herald, the List, and many an art group in the Highlands, it also incorporates local children’s theatre groups. I reccomend this to everyone despite the fact I will be away. Also, due to a large amount of ’strong language’ it is 14+ £7/£5, 8-9 October @ St. Brides Centre, 10 Orwell Terrace, EH11 2DZ (0131 3461405) Reviews: Guardian, Scotsman, List, Herald 0 Comments Stories From The JungleThere’s a great little photography and illustration exhibition by Susan Anderson called ‘Stories From The Jungle’, based on a trip to Peru with a conservation project. Currently showing in the Roseleaf, a cute wee bar in Leith. Worth calling in for a pint and having a look! 0 Comments Jemma’s Africa BlogJemma’s off to Tanzania and Mozambique for a couple of weeks doing some writing and exploring - she’s promised to keep us posted here! Check the link at the top of the page for updates! 0 Comments Reading timeWe now have a new page for the Manifesto book group (see the menu above) - just choose ‘book group’ under category when posting and it will appear there! 0 Comments The Last SupperWe’re hoping to start a monthly event soon called The Last Supper, in which we invite someone with a particular passion for something (could be a politician, a writer, a religious figure, an activist, anyone at all) for a meal, in which they can try to persuade people of the importance or rightness of their cause, and encourage discussion around the issue. There will be twelve places available at the meal, which will go to the first twelve people to sign up here on the site when announced. Simple. If anyone would like to help out getting this up and running that would be great, we need to find a venue, food, and get some people to agree to come along and nail their colours to their masts. Leave a note in the comments if you can help or if you have any ideas, or drop me an email: philharrison@themanifesto.co.uk 1 Comment Scottish Traditional Artsposted 04/09 by josiah.lockhart Being immersed in Dalry most days I constantly hear both support and angst for the Scottish Government. One big issue is the recent pulling of government funding from nearly all traditional arts groups in favour of higher profile, commercial, and income generating groups as they prepare of 2009’s Homecoming (their tourism campaign). Today a few of us went to check out the campaign and protest at the parliament for grassroots ‘indigenous’ arts groups. The campaign may interest you. Check out the petition here. There are also articles in most of the major (and some minor) papers in Scotland about the protest/developments on these local and community arts cuts. 0 Comments New linksJust a quick note to draw attention to a few new sites in the links section - this section is not editable (to stop spamming) but if you have any links just send them to me here and i’ll post them. 0 Comments |