Happy Christmas Folks!

Have a Creative Christmas Folks!

LINCOLN CEILIDH

LINCOLN CEILIDH

 

Regular barn dance events

with great live music

Suitable for all ages and abilities

At IMPart, 39b High Street, Lincoln, LN5 8AS

(behind Musson’s Tailors Shop)

Wednesday 1st January 2014

Friday 7^th February 2014

Friday 7^th March 2014

Friday 4^th april 2014

Friday 2^nd may 2014

Entrance £4 (£3 concessions)

For more information contact

01522 560 163 liam@minimorris.co.uk

We also organise monthly tune sessions and shanty singing event!

New Phil Cosker Novel Out In Time For Christmas.

Want a new book for Christmas? The latest Phil Cosker Novel 'Cabal' (a sequel to 'The Apostles') is out now in paperback at £10 + £1.60 p&p Cabal”  a sequel to “The Apostles”  is now out in paperback.

Sam Ticks, the central character finds herself in the midst of a complex intrigue.

It can be purchased direct from the author. If you’re interested  please send Phil a direct message on Twitter @philcosker and he will tell you where to send your cheque or cash and you can tell him where to have the book delivered.

As soon as it’s available as an e-book on Kindle / Amazon we will let you all know.

Details of all Phil’s work (& much more) can be found at...

http://philcoskerwriter.com

Harold Pinter's Betrayal Lincoln Drill Hall

Converse Theatre: Betrayal Lincoln Drill Hall

 

Tuesday 26 Nov–Saturday 30 Nov 2013   7.45pm (Tues - Fri) 2.30pm & 5pm (Sat)

Harold Pinter’s astonishing masterpiece of love and deception is told in reverse chronology. Converse Theatre, a professional company working with experienced amateur actors, here revisits its 1995 production, using the original cast and an additional actor to restage this extraordinary play. This is a powerful and intimate performance and has been especially designed for the Room Upstairs and due to high levels of interest we have added a sixth performance on the Saturday at 5pm

Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions) 01522 873894 boxoffice@lincolndrillhall.com

http://www.lincolndrillhall.com/events/converse-theatre-betrayal-n

Lincoln Drill Hall Free School Lane Lincoln LN2 1EY

Jeronimoo Music; Spanish Music Website

Jeronimoo Music - Music is our way  

Jeronimoo has exciting news for this season, new artists, new talents and a lot more.

We invite you to visit our new web page for further updates, news, and happenings.

Jeronimoo Music was born of the union of a group of professionals from the music world with the aim of promoting, providing and representing artists and musicians of jazz, soul and blues music. We have a variety of musical offerings of high quality and prestige.

www.jeronimoomusic.com (website is in Spanish)

Enquiries to Beatriz Ortega  +34 615964897

Archaeology For The Frivolous

 The Archaeology For The Frivolous The Collection Lincoln

9 Nov 2013 - 31 Dec 2013

 

David Kirshner's exhibition interprets the events surrounding a tram incident in St. Petersburg 1915 which has been lost in time.

Kirshner's work is usually a 'commentary' on an artist or period in art history. This usually encompasses the 18th century, the Baroque and Modernism. For this exhibition Kirshner will be focusing on St. Petersburg 1915. As revolutionary fervour reaches breaking point throughout Russia, a group of artists led by Kasimir Malevich and Natalia Goncharova mount an exhibition of their work at 73 Nevsky Prospect under the banner ‘The First Futurism Exhibition, Tramway V’.

The private view for this exhibition was a lively affair, incurring mostly negative comments from critics as the work displayed was futurist; a style which was still disregarded. The title to the show alone encouraged negative attitudes as there is no Tramway in St. Petersburg with that name. This however was the intent of the artists. After the private viewing there was an incident on a tram further along the boulevard. Possible victims and perpetrators have been lost in time, only Malevich’s two drawings survive of the incident.

Kirshner’s exhibition at the Courtyard gallery is both an interpretation and a frivolous commentary on a night when passions ran high, and political events scattered the protagonists around a Europe never to be the same again.
Kirshner uses a variety of media from wood and metal to printing and photography within his work.

Full details at...

This Web Link

 

Literature Talk with Dr Jane Mackay: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Friday 29 Nov 2013 12pm @ Lincoln Drill Hall

 

Literature Talk with Dr Jane Mackay: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Dr Jane Mackay: “With the festive season fast approaching we offer a new look at Dickens’ most famous Christmas book. This still topical tale changed society’s view of the poor and began a tradition of Christmas customs that would otherwise have been lost.”

Tickets: £6.50 from 01522 873894

www.lincolndrillhall.com

Lincoln Drill Hall Free School Lane Lincoln LN2 1EY.

‘Fine Art Exhibition’ by James Relf and Rosie Ablewhite

Lincoln Art Works Presents ‘Fine Art Exhibition’ by James Relf and Rosie Ablewhite

‘Fine Art Exhibition’ by James Relf and Rosie Ablewhite will be at Lincoln Art Works 13th November – 30th November 2013. You can read about ‘Fine Art Exhibition’ by James Relf and Rosie Ablewhite on...

This Link

There will be a special preview of the work on Friday the 15th November, 7pm- 9pm. Festive refreshments will be provided.

 

Jonathan Meades: why I went postal

Jonathan Meades: why I went postal … and turned my snaps into postcards

 

In Britain, we still send millions of postcards every year. The writer and presenter explains why he is putting his unique stamp on this most democratic of artforms.

See the full report on the Guardian Website...

Here!!!

Revolution In The Bedroom @ The Hub

 

 

NCCD first ever to celebrate golden age of British video game industry

Revolution in the Bedroom, War in the Playground: Video Gaming 1979-1989
19 Oct 2013 to 5 Jan 2014 at The Hub in Sleaford
Our brand new exhibition will be the first ever to celebrate and explore the rise of the British video games industry. "Revolution" takes a unique starting point - home based or "bedroom" programming. We highlight the importance of the hardware and the creativity of the early pioneers of video gaming and the industry's importance to the arts and creative industries.
You can even go hands on with some of the exhibits and get gaming!
We focus on the golden years of '79 to '89. The gaming art form pioneered during that time is finally being recognised as a genuinely new form of aesthetics and storytelling. These British games wove a rich and diverse 8-bit tapestry full of working class heroes, political satire, and infuriatingly complex puzzles, and the narrative devices and internal physics they pioneered still stand out as innovative and utterly ground-breaking.
Our curators have brought together objects which capture the achievements of the British bedroom programming generation, and the material and promotional artwork that articulates the rich and creative culture that grew around the industry. We have working models of the Sinclair ZX81, ZXSpectrum, Commodore 64, BBC Micro and the Amstrad, arcade games, video game titles, manuals, user guides and popular fanzines of the time such as CRASH.
Some of the most influential, iconic or ground-breaking British video games from the era, such as Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy are profiled - have a go at Atic Atac, Ant Attack, Manic Miner, The Hobbit and The Wild Bunch. Four newly commissioned films show a series of interviews with never-before seen footage, featuring significant games designers telling their stories directly.
Original artwork and reproductions by iconic designer Oliver Frey are included, and a new commission from Turner Prize nominee Simon Patterson, who is producing a major new wall-based work in the exhibition space, will add a highly contemporary view point to the exhibition. The exhibition closes with a profile of some of the current games designed from the bedroom.
For full details and directions etc. see... www.nationalcraftanddesign.org.uk

Scenes in The City: The music of Charles Mingus

Saturday 16 Nov 2013 8pm @ Lincoln Drill Hall, New Jazz 5 presents...

Scenes in The City: The music of Charles Mingus

Scenes in the City, led by bassist Arnie Somogyi, combines the talents of some of the UK’s finest jazz musicians in an all-star line-up, playing the music of the great composer and bassist, Charles Mingus. Expect a concert packed with the freedom of interpretation and drive that characterised one of the most important and colourful figures in jazz.

JazzJam performance in the cafe bar before the show from 7pm – 8pm

Tickets: £14 (£12 concessions / £7 students) from 01522 873894
www.lincolndrillhall.com

Jez Lowe at Spalding Folk Club.

Spalding Folk Club Present Jez Lowe 6th Nov  at the South Holland Centre Spalding.
Jez's songs are performed by people all over the world.  The Daily Telegraph, no less, says: "profoundly impressive...among England's finest contemporary songwriters. "

 

Jez Lowe has built an enviable reputation as a songwriter and performer in the world of acoustic music, and as a recognised musical ambassador for his native North East England, with more than a dozen albums and countless live performances around the world over the last twenty years.
Among those who have recorded their own versions of Lowe’s songs, are Fairport Convention, The Dubliners, The Tannahill Weavers, Cherish The Ladies, Gordon Bok, The McCalmans, The Black Brothers, Liam Clancy, Bob Fox and literally hundreds of others. Songs like BACK IN DURHAM GAOL, THE BERGEN, GREEK LIGHTNING and THESE COAL TOWN DAYS have generated scores of cover versions around the globe, and are now classics of their kind.

Further information from…

www.spaldingfolkclub.co.uk

Conversation by Raimi Gbadamosi and Kimathi Donkor @ The Collection, Lincoln 22 November

A talk with Raimi Gbadamosi, curator of 'What's Going On?' exhibition at the Usher Gallery and Kimathi Donkor one of the featured artists of the show on 22 November 2013.

 

 

Professor Raimi Gbadamosi is the second guest artist/curator to create a new hang of Lincolnshire's permanent collections in The Usher Gallery. By working with guest curators to change the displays on a regular basis we aim, in addition to bringing out rarely seen works, to encourage and challenge visitors to see and think about the collections in new ways. Raimi Gbadamosi's selection of works from Lincolnshire County Council’s collections is complemented by loans from other collections and from contemporary artists including works by Kimathi Donkor.

Raimi Gbadamosi is an artist, currently based in South Africa, whose work questions the origins of racial and cultural identity; he brings his own perspective to Lincolnshire’s distinctive collections.
In his paintings Kimathi Donkor explores political and social narratives about race, power and colonialism through the use of conventions in traditional western art.

What's Going On? Gallery tour with curator Raimi Gbadamosi will start at 11 am
The conversation by Raimi Gbadamosi and Kimathi Donkor will follow the schedule below:
1.30 Refreshments
2.00 Introduction- Maggie Warren
2.05 Short presentations by Kimathi Donkor and Professor Raimi Gabadamosi about their respective practices
2.35 Conversation –Raimi Gbadamosi and Kimathi Donkor
3.10 Questions from the floor
Finish 3.40

ADMISSION FREE
Please e-mail thecollection@lincolnshire.gov.uk or phone 01522 550965, The Collection reception to book places for the events, PLACES ARE LIMITED.

NEW NETWORKS FOR NATURE

NEW NETWORKS FOR NATURE

Living on the Edge An exhibition about the natural environment by nationally known artists, to coincide with Annual symposium of New Networks for Nature.

Venue Stamford Arts Centre

When Tue 12 Nov – Thu 28 Nov

Since 2009, New Networks for Nature have organised a series of events designed to explore new perspectives in our cultural and creative responses to birds, nature and wildlife, and to challenge certain narrowly defined but prevailing views on the environment. The meetings draw together a wide cross-section of individuals and institutions, whose professional work and private lives draw inspiration from the natural world.

Our 2013 event, Nature Matters in Time and Place, again takes place in the beautiful Lincolnshire town of Stamford, at the Stamford Arts Centre and Theatre. Lively, entertaining and thought-provoking sessions are spread over three days, from Thursday 14th to Saturday 16th November 2013.

Tickets are available for individual or combined sessions. Ticket prices are as follows:

Thursday evening only
Chris Packham and Bill Oddie ‘in conversation’£15

Day ticket Friday (9am – 5pm) £45
includes refreshments (tea/coffee & lunch)

Day ticket Saturday (9am – 1pm) £15
includes refreshments (tea/coffee)

Two day (Friday and Saturday) £50
includes refreshments (tea/coffee & lunch)

Details and bookings...

01780 763203          www.stamfordartscentre.com

Ravens and Lullabies – Gordon Giltrap & Oliver Wakeman

The Terry O’Toole Theatre Presents…

 

Ravens and Lullabies – Gordon Giltrap & Oliver Wakeman

Thursday 31^st October 7.30pm

Guitar legend, Gordon Giltrap and next generation keyboard wizard Oliver Wakeman [Son of Ric!], join forces!

Together, with their collective histories and talents to draw inspiration from, they bring an evening of beautiful compositions, wit, charm and virtuosity.

www.terryotooletheatre.org.uk   

www.oliverwakeman.co.uk

www.giltrap.co.uk

Tickets: £12 / £10 U18s £6 from 01522 883311

Terry O’Toole Theatre North Kesteven Centre Moor Lane, North Hykeham LN6 9AX

 

WIFE: The Grey Ones @ Lincoln Drill Hall.

WIFE: The Grey Ones @ Lincoln Drill Hall Wednesday 23 Oct–Friday 25 Oct 2013

 

 

WIFE, A Trinity of Illusory Performance Makers, is a visceral theatrical experience born of three Los Angeles based artists, Jasmine Albuquerque, Kristen Leahy, and Nina McNeely. Her creations combine surrealist animations via projection mapping, sculpture, original music and costumes, using movement and dance as the vehicle for storytelling. WIFE harnesses old and new technology (magic) to illuminate mystical phenomena and archetypes that resonate throughout humankind’s collective unconscious.
Inspired by ancient myth, organic matter, decay, and transcendence, The Grey Ones explores the use of projection mapping on moving bodies and statuesque and saintly gestures to tell a story of the beginning of time.
The film will be running in the auditorium from 10am – 6pm
10 minute performances will be held at: 12pm, 3pm & 6pm

Tickets: Free!

Lincoln drill Hall, Free School Lane, Lincoln. LN2 1EY.

01522 873894

www.lincolndrillhall.com

Lincolnshire Sings!

Lincolnshire Sings!

Putting community singing on the map in Lincolnshire

Community choirs and choral groups across Lincolnshire are invited to contribute to a mapping project which will enable opportunities for people to sing for fun to be identified and signposted.

Choral ensembles, glee and folk clubs, social singers, barbershop choruses and amateur operatic groups in addition to church, gospel and community choirs are all invited to join the ‘Lincolnshire Sings!’ register, which is being managed by soundLINCS on behalf of Lincolnshire Music Service. Participating organisations are simply asked to complete a short questionnaire: the mapping and dissemination of the information provided is then monitored by the soundLINCS team in accordance with the guidelines of the Data Protection Act.

‘We’re looking forward to hearing from hundreds of choirs from all over Lincolnshire!’ says soundLINCS CEO Nikki-Kate Heyes. ‘Their feedback will enable us to build a resource which will not only show how much singing goes on in our communities, but which may ultimately influence funding decisions, encourage new singers and help identify performance opportunities. It could even lead to choirs sharing their enthusiasm with others, whether by working with local schools or with other music-making groups.’

The initiative is an extension of the ‘Lincoln Sings’ project (see group Facebook page) which has already established that there are more open choirs than supermarkets in Lincoln city alone.

For more details on ‘Lincolnshire Sings!’ and a copy of the questionnaire, please e-mail jill@soundlincs.org

Movember is Back in Black at Lincoln Drill Hall!

Movember is Back in Black at Lincoln Drill Hall!

It's time. In 2013 The Brothers at Lincoln Drill Hall are taking to the streets, inspiring change, and motivating others to join the good fight. THEY are letting the world know Generation Moustache is here. There is strength in numbers and, unite...d under one flag, THE BROTHERS will battle for change. Crank up the volume, make some noise and join them. This is Movember. You are Generation Moustache. They are Gen Mo.

The Brothers are hoping that all Friends of Lincoln Drill Hall and staff, who have the ability and desire to grow facial hair are again up for the challenge that folk like to call Movember.

You are invited to grow a moustache during the month of November and help raise funds to help fight that old baddie known as testicular cancer.

If you are up for the challenge just email keith@bluecrowmusic.co.uk   and you will be contacted with more exact details later.

Please feel free to invite anyone who might like to be included to take part..

 The Brothers can’t afford to let Dan win again or else he will become completely intolerable!

October Half Term @ The Collection Lincoln

October half term is almost upon us and The Collection in Danes Terrace Lincoln have  plenty on offer for all the family.

The have free films showing Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, two storytimes, and their 'Autumn Colours of the Medieval Forest' family activity and craft day on Tuesday 22nd.

There will also be another of their popular themed trails running all week.

For furtherdetails etc...

01522 550965

www.thecollectionmuseum.com

Lincoln Shakespeare Schools Festival

Lincoln Shakespeare Schools Festival is at Lincoln Drill Hall from Tuesday 15 October to Thursday 17 October

The Shakespeare Schools Festival (SSF) is the UK’s largest Youth Drama Festival. Open to all ages from 8 -18, this year it will be working with 1000 schools in 120 theatres in what promises to be the biggest festival yet.

Family and friends are invited to celebrate an evening’s professional entertainment with four youthful half-hour productions of different Shakespeare plays, performed by schools in the local community.

‘I can honestly say that their performance was the proudest moment of my career – they absolutely and completely pulled it off. It was everything I hoped it would be, and more!’ Participating Teacher

Tickets: £8.50 (£6.50 concessions)

Details of participating schools and their performance day can be obtained from the Box Office (01522 873894 or online @...

http://www.lincolndrillhall.com/events/shakespeare-schools-festival-n

Lincoln Drill Hall, Free School Lane, Lincoln. LN2 1EY

Lincoln Inspired 2014

Lincoln Inspired 2014

 

Lincoln Inspired – an innovative festival for all ages where arts, music, books, theatre, comedy and conversation come together at venues across the historic city of Lincoln.

The Second Edition of Lincoln Inspired will take place from 6-11 May 2014, with fringe fun beginning at the end of March.

Full Details @...

http://www.lincolninspired.co.uk

The Haunters @ Sleaford Playhouse!

The Haunters

Saturday 19 October, 2013 @ Sleaford Playhouse

 

 

No-one ever stayed in the dark, brooding house for very long. There was something very wrong. A brilliant doctor takes up residence only to die violently. What is the terrible secret hidden behind the doors of the house by the river?

Full details @...

http://www.sleafordplayhouse.co.uk/whats-on

Colour-Love Exhibition @ The Collection, Lincoln

Colour-Love Exhibition @ The Collection, Lincoln 28 Sep 2013 - 02 Jan 2014

The artists in this exhibition use colour in an elemental way; colour is the subject, material and the primary medium of communication in the works.

Full deatails @...

http://www.thecollectionmuseum.com/?/exhibitions-and-events/view/colour-love  

Red Herring Comedy Club Festival Show

Red Herring Comedy Club Festival Show

Saturday 05 Oct 2013 8pm @ Lincoln Drill hall 

Red Herring Comedy Club’s regular Monthly gig has brought some of the biggest names to Lincoln in it’s 9 years existence, often before they became the household names they now are including the likes of Sarah Millican, Russell Howard, Daniel Kitson, Stewart Lee, Rhod Gilbert, John Bishop, Jason Manford, Jon Richardson, Russell Kane and plenty more.

Tickets: £9 in advance (£10 on the day)

This gig will feature 4 fantastic acts, and who knows, you may be about to watch the next big name TV performer. Check the venue for full line up details.

Tickets 01522 873894 www.lincolndrillhall.com

The Big Draw @ The Hub, Sleaford

The Big Draw @ The Hub, Sleaford

Saturday 5th October 11am-4pm

Get Drawing!

Six designers, six design studios: we’re transforming our Main Gallery for The Big Draw! Meet the designers in the Main Gallery to gain an understanding of just how integral drawing is to the design process. Examine current craft and design practice across textile, graphic, fashion, architecture, product and furniture design. Do your own drawings, imagining what the world will look like in 10 or 100 years. We’ll provide a range of fantastic materials to make your creative ideas a reality from speed and collaborative drawing to large and small scale drawing. (Our shop stocks more drawing materials and sketchbooks). The annual Big Draw festival runs each October in over 1000 organisations in the UK and twenty other countries. It has one aim: Get everyone drawing!

Free, everyone welcome Full details at...

 

http://www.nationalcraftanddesign.org.uk/events

SHOPPING & F***ING @ LPAC

SHOPPING & F***ING

      

Lulu needs a job. Robbie needs someone to love. Mark needs to get off heroin. Brian needs someone to sell ecstasy. Gary needs a father and a very special kind of lover. In turns gripping, horrifying and hilarious, Mark Ravenhill’s play rocked the 90s and shocked a nation – performed by recent graduates from Lincoln School of Performing Arts. Start time: 7:30pm Tickets: £10 Full // £8 Concessions // £5 Students & Under 26s

Full Details @ http://lpac.co.uk/whats-on/

Earthfall: Chelsea Hotel @ Lincoln Drill Hall

Earthfall: Chelsea Hotel @ Lincoln Drill Hall 8th October

 

Check in to Chelsea Hotel, where every room has a story to tell…
Earthfall presents a dance-theatre piece which blazes a trail from Andy Warhol to Jack Kerouac, from Dylan Thomas to Patti Smith. Several stories, true and false, interplay through dance, live music and film, capturing significant and extraordinary moments in the history of the famous hotel that became a rebel artist mecca. Last time Earthfall was at the Drill Hall it was with its sell out hit At Swim Two Boys and we are delighted to welcome the company back with this brand new production.

Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions / £8 students) from 01522 873894

http://www.lincolndrillhall.com/events/earthfall-chelsea-hotel-n

Lincoln Art Works Presents ‘Shifting Sands’ by Julia Law.

Lincoln Art Works Presents ‘Shifting Sands’ by Julia Law

‘Shifting Sands’ by Julia Law will be at Lincoln Art Works 25th September – 5th October 2013. You can read about ‘Shifting Sands’ by Julia Law on our site. Julia is having an evening preview of her work on Friday 27th September at 7pm. Hope to see you there!

 

www.lincolnartworks.com