Services Exodus Festival 2009
Sunday 2 August, 12 - 6pm at Urbis and Cathedral Gardens, Manchester
Congolese rumba, beat boxing and bhangra music, this one day extravaganza celebrates Greater Manchester’s diverse refugee communities and promises to be a cultural feast with live music, dance performances, workshops, craft activities and international food stalls from across the globe.
FREE EVENT- no need to book
For further information go to www.can.uk.com/exodus
Deaf School announce three dates at Liverpool Everyman
Cabaret concepts for Deaf School
3 special nights four special shows with Henry Priestman and more Special Guests over 3 nights in September.
Over the past few years fans have been treated to a series of special gigs, they performed at the opening of the Picket in 2006, and last year one night at the Carling Academy. This time it's special, the Everyman has a brand new cabaret club layout for special guests to experience the real thing. Tickets will sell out fast so find out more.
Burma VJ - UK Saffron Premiere, 14 July FACT
The Co-operative is bringing to life the film Burma VJ in the UK.
Burma VJ is a powerful and compelling first hand account of the 2007 uprisings in Burma and the subsequent harsh retaliation by the state, and includes never-before-seen footage shot illegally by video journalists, or VJs, using concealed cameras. It is a moving account of a new breed of young VJs who are prepared to risk their liberty, and even their lives, to tell their story. See: www.burmavjmovie.com.
Ghost Stories – A Night Opera
"... a shimmering, atmospheric cluster of works with a ghostly theme...superbly constructed." - Musician Magazine
A haunting and beautiful sound and visual experience is coming to Liverpool’s St. Luke’s (Bombed-out) Church on Thursday 16th July, ‘Ghost Stories – A Night Opera’ a classical composition written by Liverpool musician and composer Neil Campbell. Since its release in October 2008 on CD simply titled ‘Ghost Stories’, it has received unanimous acclaim from both the UK and International music critics. The subtle ‘A Night Opera’ was added to the title following collaboration with Bill Elms who will work with Neil to stage performances of the piece across the region with stunning visuals in unusual spaces. It is also being performed as part of the Wirral International Guitar Festival in November at Birkenhead Priory. Plans are being made to tour ‘Ghost Stories – A Night Opera’ to other cities and festivals across the UK in 2010.
City as Gymnasium, Manchester
CITY AS GYMNASIUM’ - 10th July – 3rd October 2009
Preview Thursday 9th July 6-9pm
CUBE continues to showcase cutting edge projects that explore the Urban Built Environment. Building on our well established reputation fusing together architecture, contemporary art and design.
Their forthcoming exhibition ‘City as Gymnasium’ is Inspired by London 2012 games has been granted the Inspire mark as part of the Cultural Olympiad. The projects aim to showcase ‘alternative’ ways the city is often used as a gymnasium.
The exhibition features work by Lottie Child, Neville Gabie, Peter Liversidge, MediaShed and Tsui Kuang –Yu.
Image above taken from Invisible City: Liverpool Top 9! By Tsui Kuang Yu – the film will be screened daily in the gallery
Winning ideas announced for world’s first user-generated event
On Saturday 20th June the world’s first user-generated event will take place in Ancoats, east Manchester where people are invited to come along and take part in a series of flash-mob style activities.
Following a four-week flurry of web activity that attracted 103 ideas and 1,166 people counting themselves in, the winning ideas and the confirmed line up can be announced.
People can join Inspiral Carpets and XFM’s Clint Boon in a sing-along of his favourite Manchester classics from his brand new boon army mini, compete in a space hopper race, become an author of a book, play musical statues, set off an Alka Seltzer rocket, break a world record with the longest conga line, dance at a silent disco or help the European Architecture Students Assembly build a model city out of cardboard.
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