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• IF: 2012 Festival Programme...
• Preview of <b>Oxford</b> Brookes University Fine <b>Art</b> show
• <b>Dance</b>-off delivers top festival thrills
• <b>Milton Keynes</b> Embarks On A Summer Of Culture
• Secklow Sounds GrooveLounge at The Cannon every 2nd Wed
• Local Poet Goes National
• Audio Described Exhibition Tour

IF: 2012 Festival Programme... Posted: 03 May 2012 02:28 AM PDT 2012 Festival Programme in Campbell Park and Centre:MK - tickets now on sale! La Compagnie Carabosse: The Boat Project The Stables Spiegeltent Phare Ponleu Selpak with Compagnie Ubi: Rouge   Duke Special The Horne Section The Cabaret of Ideas Enfila't: Plecs + Maz O'Connor (support) Ensemble 360: Warm Up For The Olympics Workshop  Ensemble 360: Bolt From The Blue   Phill Jupitus: You're Probably Wondering Why I've Asked You Here The Unthanks + Guests Tom Baxter Flap!   Jon Richardson L'Orchestre D'Hommes-Orchestres performs Tom Waits Au Cul du Loup: Score SilentArena: Silent Disco  Bowjangles: Bowlympics The Fitzrovia Radio Hour James Hunter The Gilded Lili Variety Revue featuring The Boy with Tape on His Face IF at The World Picnic   Hardeep Singh Kohli's Indian Takeaway The Raghu Dixit Project + Support: Byron Johnston & Anna Phoebe http://www.ifmiltonkeynes.org/2012-festival-programme.html

Preview of <b>Oxford</b> Brookes University Fine <b>Art</b> show Posted: 02 May 2012 04:29 PM PDT All 42 students whose work will be on show at the Headington Hill campus of Oxford Brookes University between May 12 and 19 are worthy of mention. I recommend you visit the exhibition website to access their names and examples of their work and I'll ... See all stories on this topic »

<b>Dance</b>-off delivers top festival thrills Posted: 02 May 2012 04:27 PM PDT DANCERS are set to take to the stage for a big dance-off at this year's Raunds Music Festival. The Raunds Music Festival is set to get under way tomorrow and will run until Sunday. The dance-off will take place on Saturday at Saxon Hall in Raunds. See all stories on this topic » Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph

<b>Milton Keynes</b> Embarks On A Summer Of Culture Posted: 02 May 2012 04:22 PM PDT The Milton Keynes Summer of Culture, which is being supported by Milton Keynes Council and using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, will run from May to September. It will feature more than 35 events across the summer ... See all stories on this topic » AboutMyArea

Secklow Sounds GrooveLounge at The Cannon every 2nd Wed Posted: 02 May 2012 03:36 AM PDT If you enjoy relaxing to the sounds of smooth jazz and soul, then come down to GROOVELOUNGE at THE CANNON, NEWPORT PAGNELL, High Street on the 2nd wednesday of each month, between 8-11pm. Presented in association with SECKLOW SOUNDS community radio, &nbsp;Andrew Ackerman will be playing the best in classic soul, smooth jazz, fusion and funk, with a little latin thrown in for good measure! Entry is free, but donations to Secklow Sounds will be gratefully received.&nbsp; Begins 9th May GROOVELOUNGE radio show will be back on Secklow Sounds soon. http://www.facebook.com/smoothsecklowsounds www.secklowsounds.org

Local Poet Goes National Posted: 02 May 2012 03:55 AM PDT &nbsp; Milton Keynes' Poet Laureate, Mark Niel will soon be heard by a national audience on BBC Radio 2 after being asked to be the "Bard of 2Day". 2DAY is all of Radio 2 in one day. Things sound a bit different to normal as all their presenters take to the air across the day, along with some amazing guests and artists. Mark will be soaking up the atmosphere and penning a poem as he goes along to be broadcast in the afternoon. Mark said: "I'm really excited about the opportunity to see and be part of national radio. The schedule for the day is amazing and I hope I can do justice to it by writing a poem in such a short time". The opportunity came after Mark was commissioned to write a poem for the Diamond Jubilee weekend which has been recorded by Imelda Staunton and will be broadcast on Sunday 3 June as part of the station's Holiday Weekend celebrations. Mark was honoured to be asked but has to keep the content close to his chest. "It was a privilege but also a challenge to try and strike the appropriate tone to celebrate such a fantastic royal milestone. Fortunately, the producers seemed happy with the poem and I look forward to hearing the recorded version on 3 June". These events have been very timely for Mark as he recently went full time as a poet and performer following redundancy after a twenty year career in Financial Services. Mark decided to take the opportunity to build on his growing reputation as a performance poet after making his debut as a poet at a Poetry Kapow! event at Madcap in Wolverton just four years ago. He has won many poetry "Slam" competitions and he has been booked to perform at the prestigious Latitude Festival later this year. ENDS &nbsp; For further information please contact Mark Niel mark@akickinthearts.co.uk 07972 131333 Website: http://www.akickinthearts.co.uk/ Blog: http://pawhouseboy.blogspot.co.uk/ Twitter names:&nbsp; @GlamourSlammer and from 1st May @MKPoetLaureate &nbsp; Notes For editors &nbsp; Mark is a performance poet based in Milton Keynes. Mark is aged 48 and married. Mark was appointed as the first Milton Keynes Poet Laureate in May 2011 by the then Mayor, Debbie Brock Poetry Slams are live performance competitions where poets have three minutes to perform their poem and are immediately scored by judges, usually chosen from the audience. Most feature two or three rounds and are decided by a "head to head" final. Mark writes to commission, conducts workshops at festivals and in schools. Mark performs at gigs, festivals and at private functions and can be contacted through his website &nbsp;

Audio Described Exhibition Tour Posted: 02 May 2012 05:02 AM PDT Monday 21.5.2012 Exhibition Events Audio Described Exhibition TourMonday 21 May / 2pm / Free This exhibition tour for visually impaired visitors will be audio described by artist Emma Wilde, a regular and experienced audio describer for MK Gallery Access Tours. To register an interest call Emma Fry, Head of Learning at MK Gallery on 01908 558 305. Find out more about the exhibition

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