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Film Screening - Arte Povera (2000) @ MK Gallery

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 08:22 AM PDT







    • Film Screening - Arte Povera (2000) dir.Sergio Ariotti & Beatrice Merz








    • 18:30









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    		A complete chronological overview of the radical Italian poor art movement that arose in the late 1960s to contest the separation of art and everyday life. The film presents archival material from all the significant group exhibitions from the three day event Arte Povera + Azioni Povere at Amalfi of 1968 to the Venice Biennale of 1997.

    Free, no booking required.




    Milton Keynes

The Sunset Lounge - Open Mic

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 08:24 AM PDT




Thursday is the new Friday!

Beanbags and cushions, lava lamps and disco balls, joss sticks, sarongs and candles.

What more could you ask for on a Thursday night?

Oh ya, loads of musicians (mostly) come and play some sweet tunes too. When you step inside the back room of the Cannon you’ll forget that you’re in one of the oldest pubs in Newport Pagnell. You'll also forget that it used to be a gay bar. Did it? Or is this just a myth?
General information
Here's how to do it...

1) Book Friday morning off work.

2) Go to the Cannon in Newport Pagnell anytime from 8pm on a Thursday (park around the back) MK16 8AQ. Go directly to the back room and look for the beardy dude! Turn up before 8.30 to guarentee a slot. Bring your electro-acoustic instrument. (We have a guitar you can borrow if you don't have one!)

3) Tune up your guitar and make sure the battery works. We need a quick change over between musicians.

4) Tell Jeff, Ade or Gareth to put your name in the 'Magical Book'. They'll know what you mean.

5) Sit back, relax and wait your turn. (Don't pester Jeff or he'll cut you........ from the list and, well, don't pester him).

6) Get on stage, have a joke ready if it's your first time at the SSL then play.

*3 songs, no medleys or longwinded stories about how you were feeling when you wrote the song.

*Acts may get more or less time on stage depending on the number of acts wanting to play. If you go overtime we'll shoot you. Or turn your music down. Which ever we're in the mood for.

Hope that's comprehensive enough for you Loungers! Now you know and knowing is half the battle!

The SSL crew.


 


 





50, The High Street, MK16 8AQ Newport Pagnell

MK Arts for Health s Spring Exhibitions Opening - Fri 19th

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 08:15 AM PDT










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    		You are invited to the opening of MK Arts for Health’s Spring Exhibitions, 6.30 pm 19 April 2013 at the Chapel, MK Hospital, Milton Keynes, MK6 5LD.
    The exhibitions will feature Shoosmiths Art Prize 2013 shortlisted artists Saliha Elhoussaini, Moya Evans, Helen Hardman, Aran Illingworth, MK Printmakers and Rosemary Wright.

    Everyone is welcome!





    MK6 5LD Milton Keynes

BAFTA Shorts 2013

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 08:28 AM PDT




Cert 15, 105 mins
Friday 19 April 2013

7pm / £5 (concessions £3)
****Free complimentary drink for advance bookers*****
Pre-book on 01908 676 900

A selection of short live action and animated films from the EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs).


List of films:

Here to Fall
Dir: Kris Kelly | Ireland | UK | 2012 | 6mins
When a girl receives a call from her father she is set on a frantic journey through a chaotic world.

The Curse
Dir: Fyzal Boulifa | UK | Morocco | 2012 | 16mins
Fatine has ventured far from the village to meet her older lover. When she is caught by a small boy, all she wants to do is go home.

Tumult
Dir: Johnny Barrington | UK | 2011 | 13mins
A tribe of Norse warriors traipse across a barren land after battle. Bloodied and wounded, their chief is near death. He is about to hand over power to his son when an army of a completely different kind descends upon them.

I'm Fine Thanks
Dir: Eamonn O'Neill | Ireland | UK | 2012 | 5mins
Are you okay?

The Making of Longbird
Dir: Will Anderson | UK | 2011 | 15mins
A behind-the-scenes look at an animator as he struggles with his character.

Good Night
Dir: Muriel d'Ansembourg | UK | 2012 | 28mins
Two teenage girls find themselves pushed to extremes on the streets of London when the boundaries between innocent play and dangerous seduction start to blur.

Swimmer
Dir: Lynne Ramsay | UK | 2012 | 16mins
The film enters the mind of an endurance swimmer on a journey through Britain's waterways, using sound and images to penetrate his thoughts, feelings, dreams, nightmares, memories, escape.





Milton Keynes

'KING KONG' 1933 (80th Anniversary Celebration)

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 08:32 AM PDT


 



MK Gallery in association with ICMK
Part of FLUX: Music and Film Events
funded by Arts Council England

With live alternative soundtrack mixed by
Musician, Producer and DJ: SPATTS (AKA Ian Allen)
Spatts has been a hip hop music producer for 25 years and events promoter
(Hip Hop owes me money), a partner in the music rights management company, 'Step Behind Me' and record label, 'Stay on Target'.
He has remixed everyone from Megadeth to Prodigy, performed at Glastonbury and toured and released worldwide under many guises, most notably 'Environmental Science' and legendary UK hip hop outfit, 'The Criminal Minds'. He has been signed to Fatboy Slim's label 'Skint' and
Aphex Twin's imprint, 'Rephlex'.
Spatts is a lover and collector of music. His eclectic tastes (folk, funk, psyche, krautrock, reggae, hip hop and early electronic soundscapes) have all fed into this re-interpretation of the 1933 film 'King Kong'.

Entry £5/£3 concessions (tickets available in advance from The Gallery)
Licensed bar - Informal setting





Milton Keynes








 

David Trent @ That Time Of The Month - Sun 28th April

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 08:42 AM PDT


Fosters award nominated David Trent returns to Newport Pagnell with his brand new 2013 show!

Made his debut at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, he uses both computer and a projector to make phenomenal comedy. Wielding a unique mix of music, video, animation & comedy, he is unlike anything you’ve ever seen at the Fringe or indeed anywhere else. His unique show defies categorisation – it simply demands that you see it to understand what everyone else is raving about.

‘Both funny and tightly put together… a swaggering debut.’ ★★★★ Guardian

’David Trent bursts on to the Fringe with ballsy, bold and intense hour of inventive, tech-heavy comedy that’s smart and dumb in equal measure.’ ★★★★ Chortle

’This stunning debut marries slick multimedia with the sort of bold, upfront attitude that usually heralds a major Fringe talent.’ Scotsman

’A comic with a natural flair for the absurd.’ Observer

‘A creator of bold, category-defying comedy.’ Stage

’One of the most talked-about people in comedy right now.’ Guardian

Advance tickets are £4, snap then up whilst you can:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/214751

£5 on the door

Doors open at 7pm sharp!





50 The High Street, MK16 8AQ Newport Pagnell





See you all there!
TTOTM x

World Party - With Karl Wallinger at The Stables

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 04:55 AM PDT


World Party

With Karl Wallinger


Date: Wed 24 Apr 2013, 8:00pm

Public Price: £25

Venue: Jim Marshall Auditorium

World Party came into being in 1986 as the solo project of former Waterboys keyboard player Karl Wallinger, carrying the torch for intelligent pop and outstanding live musicianship.

The group has amassed five critically acclaimed albums so far, including the Grammy nominated Goodbye Jumbo, (Wallinger's take on Carl Jung) which won the first ever Q Magazine "Album of the Year" award in 1990, and a series of hit singles, most notably "She's the One", written after the death of Wallinger's mother, and subsequently recorded by Robbie Williams, earning Williams a No.1 and Brit Award.

Travelling light with a violinist, David Duffy, an electric guitarist, Tristan Powell, and led by founder and linchpin Karl Wallinger, this three-piece World Party will be performing live all around the UK for two weeks.

The Stables- Lisbee Stainton - re-scheduled date.

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 03:44 AM PDT


Lisbee Stainton - re-scheduled date

Please call The Box Office for any refunds from the original date


Date: Thu 18 Apr 2013, 8:45pm

Public Price: £10 in advance, £12 on the door

Venue: Stage 2
Lisbee Stainton’s 2010 album Girl On An Unmade Bed led to widespread critical acclaim, national airplay and tours across the UK and mainland Europe supporting Joan Armatrading and Paul Carrack. As one of the UK’s brightest new songwriters, Lisbee’s latest album Go has seen her star continue to rise.

Panic Room

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 03:46 AM PDT


Panic Room


Date: Fri 19 Apr 2013, 8:00pm

Public Price: £14

Venue: Jim Marshall Auditorium

Panic Room make a triumphant return to The Stables this Spring, hot on the heels of their phenomenal success with latest album S K I N.

Led by the soaring voice and magnetic stage-presence of frontwoman Anne-Marie Helder, winner of the Best Female Vocalist Award for 2011 and 2010 (as voted for by the 50,000 readers of a major music magazine), the band are made up of 5 incredibly gifted musicians, who have played with legends such as Simply Red, Fish, Ultravox, Toto, Keith Emerson, and Robert Palmer.

Featuring all of the magical new material from 'S K I N' plus highlights from the band's first 2 albums, this is a show not to be missed. Expect music of epic grandeur, spine-tingling beauty and gutsy raw power, all delivered with the sheer passion and sense of genuine joy that has made Panic Room one of the best-loved live bands on the circuit today.

The Stables - M1 Music Night: Jimmy Brewer Band

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 03:49 AM PDT


M1 Music Night: Jimmy Brewer Band


Date: Fri 19 Apr 2013, 8:45pm

Public Price: £10 in advance, £12 on the door

Venue: Stage 2

Jimmy Brewer is a songwriter, a guitar player and a singer, but he is not your typical sad acoustic troubadour. He has the power to silence a room with little more than an intro. He captures an audience and takes them on an emotional rollercoaster ride, leaving them exhausted, amazed and fulfilled. Growing up he found inspiration amongst his parents’ record collection. His early influences such as the Rolling Stones and The Beatles are still perhaps the most important, but with the addition of the old school sounds of Nat King Cole and Fats Domino through to the more contemporary styling of Jeff Buckley, the quirkiness of David Bowie, the wit of Jerry Reed and the imagination of Tom Waits. This diverse range of influences is very much in evidence on his debut album As Time Stands Still demonstrating that the craft of classic songwriting is still very much alive and well.

Woburn Sands Band at The Stables.

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 03:57 AM PDT


Woburn Sands Band


Date: Sat 20 Apr 2013, 7:30pm

Public Price: £12 (£10 for age 16 and Under)

Venue: Jim Marshall Auditorium

The programme will run the gamut from big band sounds to classical, jazz to pop, brass band originals and arrangements of your favourite melodies - all in one show. True family entertainment from your favourite local brass band. Soloists from within the Band will be featured in this, the fifty-first concert in the Drakeloe Series.

Box Office - 01908 280800 or StablesMK.org.whatson

Brian Houston and Robert Vincent

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 04:00 AM PDT


Brian Houston and Robert Vincent


Date: Sun 21 Apr 2013, 8:45pm

Public Price: £10 in advance, £12 on the door

Venue: Stage 2

The irrepressible Brian Houston encapsulates the spirit that makes independent music so important. Never releasing the same album twice, his music is as surprising as it is honest and joyful. From its opening gospel moans and brass stabs his new album Shelter is rocked up to the limit with guitar playing to die for. Robert Vincent is a searingly honest Liverpool singer-songwriter whose mix of folk, rock and country is like a Mersey Van Morrison or a Scouse Springsteen.


boxoffice@stables.org

Albert Hammond - Supported by Holly Taymar at The Stables

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 04:29 AM PDT


Albert Hammond

Supported by Holly Taymar


Date: Mon 22 Apr 2013, 8:00pm

Public Price: £19.50

Venue: Jim Marshall Auditorium

Albert Hammond has been writing hit songs for over forty years. This is not to say that it has been forty years since his first hit; this is to say that there hasn’t been a single decade in which Albert hasn’t written multiple hit songs since he scored his first hit with Little Arrows at the age of 24. His songs have been responsible for the sale of over 360 million records worldwide including over 30 charttopping hits. Many of his most beloved songs, like The Air That I Breathe and When I Need You, have become hits multiple times with various artists, decade after decade.

Spiers & Boden: The Backyard Songs Tour

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 04:32 AM PDT


Spiers & Boden: The Backyard Songs Tour


Date: Tue 23 Apr 2013, 8:00pm

Public Price: £16.50

Venue: Jim Marshall Auditorium

Described as “the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene” and winners of the BBC Radio 2 folk award for Best Duo, founders of folk big-band Bellowhead, Jon Spiers (melodeon, concertina) and Jon Boden (voice, fiddle, guitar, stompbox) have made the genre of spontaneous, punky English folk very much their own stomping ground. Loud, proud, and with just a few acoustic instruments, they create a multitude of textures upon which they present traditional stories and dance music. For this tour fans are invited to suggest folk gems with Milton Keynes significance that John and Jon can learn and perform at the gig, whether it be a traditional song collected nearby or a dance tune associated with the area
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