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- Derbyshire Literature Festival 2012
- Tour of the medieval library at Worcester Cathedral
- Global music producer thanks Pelsall for first gig
- WalsallLibrary: Steve Jenkins event on the 26th April 2.30pm at Walsall Central Lib not to be missed: 01922653121
- ArchitectureWM: RT @BirminghamArch: #BAA2012LectureSeries THURSDAY 26th April: URBAN SPLASH - JONATHAN FALKINGHAM at MADE's offices 6-8PM http://t.co/V ...
- Centre Stage
- Tales and Ales Storytelling Session, 25 April
- The Venue at Park Hall hosts a charity Jazz night – 26 April 2012
- Ambache Prize For The Performance of Music By Woman Composers, 24 April
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- <b>Centre Stage</b>
- <b>What's on in Stoke-on-Trent</b> and Staffordshire
- Should theatres and rubbish mix?
| Derbyshire Literature Festival 2012 Posted: 23 Apr 2012 03:31 AM PDT Critically-acclaimed Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin and BBC TV presenter Evan Davis are among the big names appearing at this year's Derbyshire Literature Festival. | ||
| Tour of the medieval library at Worcester Cathedral Posted: 12 Feb 2012 08:59 AM PST After our exploration of libraries in the 21st century at our February meeting, we thought it would be interesting to explore a library dating back to medieval times. Perhaps there's something we can learn from a library that's been open for centuries, or perhaps you'd just be enchanted to see some of their illuminated manuscripts. The Very Reverend Peter Atkinson FRSA has kindly offered to host us for a glass of wine at the deanery after the tour, so that we have an opportunity… Time:April 24, 2012 from 6:15pm to 8pm Location:Worcester Cathedral City/Town:Worcester Phone:07904 389889 Export to Outlook or iCal (.ics) | ||
| Global music producer thanks Pelsall for first gig Posted: 22 Apr 2012 08:22 AM PDT If it wasn't for Pelsall Community Centre, Steve Jenkins might never have embarked on a career in the music industry, writes Jayne Howarth. For Jenkins, who went on to help discover such global superstars as Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake and headed up Jive Records, took his first tentative steps towards becoming a global music mogul there.  Steve Jenkins with Britney Spears It was 1972 and he put advertisement in the Walsall Observer, which simply said: "Mobile DJ requires work." The paper came out on the Friday and the following Monday, a call came from Pelsall Community Centre, asking him to DJ that week. "I was 19 and I'd saved money for two or three years to buy a rig, two massive speakers, turntable microphone and headphones," he recalls. "They phoned me to see if I would do the Saturday disco. As I unloaded the equipment there, I don't think I was nervous about being on stage because I knew I'd feel comfortable being on the stage, but I was worried about what would happen if the rig went off as I had no idea how to fix it! "That was the scary part." The disco went well – so well that he was given an extra £2 on top of his £6 fee and was rebooked for the following Saturday. "Without doubt that was a big moment in my career," he says earnestly. Pelsall Community Centre didn't rebook him after his second gig ("They're tough down there!" he laughs), but instead he was hired to DJ at Pelsall Youth Club on Monday nights. The story is just one of the dozens that are in Jenkins' autobiography The Future is in the History, which he is launching in Walsall this Saturday (April 28) at the New Art Gallery.  Steve Jenkins The book charts his rise from mobile DJ to MD of Jive Records. His phenomenal trajectory in the record industry began in 1973 when he worked at Nems and Immediate Records as a regional promotion manager. He worked at Chrysalis Records, MCA Records, and Mountain Records before he started his own company, Impulse Promotions in 1983. In 1989, he became managing director of Jive Records, a label that by 1999 was the largest independent record label in the world with such artists Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys, R,Kelly, Nsync, Steps and Justin Timberlake. The top music producer, who worked with Peter Waterman, has been responsible for more than 260 platinum, gold and silver discs. It was a life he never thought he'd achieve – and neither did his teachers at Joseph Leckie School, who didn't take his dreams of working as a radio broadcaster (something he still would like to attain) or within the music industry seriously.  Steve Jenkins with long-time collaborator Pete Waterman "They didn't think I'd do well," explains Jenkins, a dedicated Walsall FC fan – and the reason why Pete Waterman became a Saddlers supporter. "Joseph Leckie thought I was difficult and uncontrollable. There were a lot of reasons for that." He says the school dismissed his desired career, but he says music was "somewhere in my soul". Jenkins is proud of Walsall, visiting his family every few weeks, and it is why he has chosen his hometown to launch his book. "All things in my life have started in Walsall and I knew it was where I wanted to launch the book. It feels the right thing to do," he says. He said the book examines his life in Walsall, how he embarked on a career in the music industry and rose to head up a globally successful label, as well as how Jive Records discovered talent and nurtured them. "People have always asked me about how I helped sign Britney Spears and what it was like to work with Pete Waterman, for example. This book tells them and lots of other things," says Jenkins. "But I'd also like people to be inspired to follow their own dreams like I did."
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| Posted: 20 Apr 2012 03:44 AM PDT WalsallLibrary: Steve Jenkins event on the 26th April 2.30pm at Walsall Central Lib not to be missed: 01922653121 | ||
| Posted: 20 Apr 2012 01:20 AM PDT ArchitectureWM: RT @BirminghamArch: #BAA2012LectureSeries THURSDAY 26th April: URBAN SPLASH - JONATHAN FALKINGHAM at MADE's offices 6-8PM http://t.co/V ... | ||
| Posted: 22 Apr 2012 08:15 PM PDT Cat's Cradle is at Audley Theatre from April 25 to 28 at 7.30pm. Tel 01782 720708/721588. Also next week, Newcastle Players present Lucky Sods, John Godber's dark comedy about a couple who hit the Lotto jackpot but fail to find the wonderful new life ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tales and Ales Storytelling Session, 25 April Posted: 11 Dec 2011 02:09 AM PST 25 April at The Lamp TavernStorytelling sessions are a platform for local tellers to tell in easy-going surroundings with a small audience. So anyone is welcome whether you are teller or audience. Tellers vary from first timers to international tellers. | ||
| The Venue at Park Hall hosts a charity Jazz night – 26 April 2012 Posted: 22 Apr 2012 08:15 PM PDT
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| Ambache Prize For The Performance of Music By Woman Composers, 24 April Posted: 01 Apr 2012 12:57 PM PDT 24 April - ClassicalThis special prize aims to raise the profile of the music of women composers. Open to both undergraduate and postgraduate, solists and ensembles, this competition invites wonderful variety in both the competitors and their repertoire, as they perform programmes made up entirely of works by female composers. | ||
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| Posted: 22 Apr 2012 05:38 PM PDT HAVING charmed and amused audiences with Barefoot In The Park and the panto Jack & The Beanstalk, Audley Players have turned to crime for their spring presentation. They are reviving Cat's Cradle by Leslie Sands, the story of a police inspector trying ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| <b>What's on in Stoke-on-Trent</b> and Staffordshire Posted: 22 Apr 2012 05:38 PM PDT SHOW: Sara Coward and Sunny Ormonde, who play two of The Archers' most popular characters Caroline Sterling and Lillian Bellamy, bring Wicked Women to the New Vic Theatre tonight. The pair present an evening of sketches, poetry, and anecdotes ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Should theatres and rubbish mix? Posted: 22 Apr 2012 05:38 PM PDT CENTRE STAGE: Former Allo Allo stars Arthur Bostrom and Vicki Michelle at the Crewe Lyceum, inset left, back in 2007. But reader Margaret Taylor says amateur actors have not been asked for their views on the future of the venue. See all stories on this topic » |
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