| Brookfield Music Centre, Gloucestershire Youth Sinfonia, Gloucestershire Youth Wind Orchestra, Gloucestershire Youth Brass Band, First Access Music Centres Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:25 AM PST 18 Mar Mar 18, 6pm at Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham.  |
| Archaeology In Action Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:25 AM PST See students from University College London's Institute Of Archaeology help to survey and maintain the condition of the mosaics. 16 Apr–20 Apr Apr 16–20, 10am–5pm at National Trust: Chedworth Roman Villa, Cheltenham.  |
| Arwyn Quick Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:24 AM PST Contemporary landscape paintings depicting the Derbyshire countryside and Peak. 1 Mar–2 Mar Feb 28, Mar 1 & 2, 10am–5pm, Feb 29, by appointment only, ends Mar 2 at Leabrooks Gallery, Alfreton.  |
| Word Up, 1 March Posted: 23 Dec 2011 12:52 PM PST With some of the world's hippest young poets, spoken word artists and grime artists rubbing shoulders with editors, music producers and promoters in Frontiers Café Bar, Word Up! is establishing itself as the place to see and be seen on the Midlands poetry scene. So shake off those winter blues and head to the Word Up! sessions who knows, you might meet a special guest like D.bi Young or Kat Francois, Deci4life or Sic'nis as well as performing your own work in front of an appreciative audience.  |
| Surface Festival, 1 March Posted: 07 Jan 2012 02:47 PM PST Surface Festival 12, is working in association with Zimbalam, PMT, UK Guitar Shows, Ents24, Marshall, D'Addario, Jumbocruiser, Tama, Ashdown, Sziget Fest, Zildjian, Evans, Last.fm, Ibanez, CheckMineOut, Gig The Nation, Monkey Week, Michael Brydon Photography, Planet Waves, Ritter, Univibe Audio, SEO it right, Quite Great PR, Audio Rokit and Access to music to develop alternative ways for band and artists to gain exposure and develop their fan base.  |
| Courses | Clay portrait modelling with Katherine M Waters Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST WHO: Anyone WHERE: West Midlands - Banbury, Oxfordshire DEADLINE: 7 March 2012  |
| PDArtisans: PDA Spring Showcase @thehaddonhall 24/25 March. Today's highlighted exhibitor is Liz Wellby - http://t.co/EiUTgSqW Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:05 AM PST PDArtisans: PDA Spring Showcase @thehaddonhall 24/25 March. Today's highlighted exhibitor is Liz Wellby - http://t.co/EiUTgSqW  |
| Bethink_Arts: RT @little_kingdoms: As of next week, come down to Lee Rosie's, Nottingham for a cup of tea and to see some of my recent print work! htt ... Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:43 PM PST Bethink_Arts: RT @little_kingdoms: As of next week, come down to Lee Rosie's, Nottingham for a cup of tea and to see some of my recent print work! htt ...  |
| 29 Mar 12 Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:57 AM PST 29 Mar 12
Art of Destination Conference
 Creative tools for transforming spaces, engaging communities and inventing new kinds of destination.
Organiser: Mid Pennine Arts
Venue: new floating village at Brockholes
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| Short Story Competition Celebratory Event Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:42 AM PST  Thursday 19th April
6.45pm – 8pm/ Free
Toye, Kenning & Spencer
77 Warstone Lane
Birmingham, B18 6NL Join us and our sponsors, Toye, Kenning & Spencer, to congratulate the winners of this year's Birmingham Book Festival's Short Story Competition, which was on the theme of 'Clocks'. The winner and two runners up will join judge Judith Allnatt to share their stories and receive their prizes. Judith Allnatt is an acclaimed short story writer and novelist. Her latest novel, The Poet's Wife, was shortlisted for the East Midlands Book Award. Judith's first novel, A Mile of River, was shortlisted for the Portico Prize for Literature. Her short stories have featured in the Bridport Prize Anthology, the Commonwealth Short Story Awards and on BBC Radio 4. How to Book: Places are free but limited so please reserve your place by emailing joanne[at]writingwestmidlands.org.  
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| Writer Networking Meeting Posted: 29 Feb 2012 07:37 AM PST  Saturday 26th May
2pm – 4pm/ Free
The Old Stables, Lichfield Cathedral
19A The Close, Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS13 7LD A free networking afternoon for writers. With guest speakers Anna Lawrence-Pietroni (Writer, Ruby's Spoon) Fiona Stuart (Director, Lichfield Festival), Alex Davis (Independent literature producer) and Jonathan Davidson (Chief Executive, Writing West Midlands). How to book: Places are free but limited so please email joanne[at]writingwestmidlands.org to book yours.   |
| Write On! Awards Posted: 29 Feb 2012 07:27 AM PST 
Thursday 12th June 6pm – 7.30pm/ Free Deloitte Room, mac (Midlands Arts Centre),
Cannon Hill Park, Edgbaston
Birmingham
B12 9QH Join us to celebrate the progress and achievements of young people participating in Write On!, our in-school creative writing programme. The awards recognise development and creativity and are awarded by a professional writer working on the programme. Award winners are nominated by their schools and the writers they have worked with. How to Book: Places are free, but please reserve by emailing joanne[at]writingwestmidlands.org   |
| Writers in Schools Skill Sharing Day Posted: 29 Feb 2012 06:25 AM PST |
| An Evening of Persian Poetry Posted: 28 Feb 2012 07:08 AM PST Wednesday 9th May 6.30- 8pm/ £10 (£5 concessionary price)
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TS Persian poetry is often described as one of the greatest of literature's treasures and Birmingham will be able to experience this at first hand as The Barber Institute is one of the venues for the 2012 Persian Poets' Tour organised by the Poetry Translation Centre (PTC). The PTC was founded in 2004 by the poet Sarah Maguire to translate non-European, contemporary poetry into English to a high standard. The month long tour presents five exceptional poets from Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan together with their translators, two of which will appear in Birmingham on Wednesday 9th March at 6.30pm at The Barber Institute. You will be able to enjoy the poems in the poets' native language first and then experience the readings of their translations, which will be followed by discussions about the translation process as well as an opportunity for Q&A from the audience.
The two poets appearing in Birmingham on the 9th May are Afghan poets Partaw Naderi and Shakila Azizzada.
Partaw Naderi was born in Badakhshan, Afghanistan in 1953 and graduated from the Faculty of Science at Kabul University. He was imprisoned for three years by the Soviet-backed regime in the 1970's and escaped to live in exile in Pakistan, where he worked for the BBC World Service. He returned to Afghanistan in 2002, where he is working as a civic education manager for the Afghan Civil Society Forum and is president of Afghan PEN. His poetry is mainly about his love for nature, rural life and the mountain people, with recurring images of poverty, imprisonment, drought, Taliban-style tyranny and obscurantism, destruction and death. He is described as "one of the leading modernist poets in Afghanistan" by the PTC and has furthermore published a large number of articles on political, social and literary topics. Sarah Maguire was born in West London in 1957, is Naderi's translator and the founder as well as director of the PTC. She has published four highly celebrated poetry collections and was the first writer to be sent to Palestine and Yemen by the British Council. Furthermore, she is the only living English poet with a book in print in Arabic. Her poetry is mainly influenced by her involvement in the women's movement in the 1970's as well as an interest in gender issues, global politics, literary and cultural theory. Shakila Azizzada was born in Kabul in 1964 and studied Law at Kabul University as well as Oriental Languages and Cultures at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, where she still lives now. Her tales, short stories, plays and poems are regularly published and her poems are characterised by an uncommon frankness and delicacy, especially considering topics such as intimacy and desire, which are seldom addressed by Persian women writers. Mimi Khalvati was born in Tehran in 1944 and grew up on the Isle of Wight. She is Azizzada's translator and has been working as an actress and director in the UK and Iran. Furthermore, she is the founder of The Poetry School and has co-edited its anthologies of new writing. She is a tutor at The Arvon Foundation and has taught creative writing at American and British universities and colleges. This event is part of a year round programme of events organised by Writing West Midlands, who also run the Birmingham Book Festival. Tickets: £10 (£5 concessionary price)
Book Online through our online box office. Tickets will also be available on the door on the evening of the event.   
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