November 2010
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The Skinny - Forest Fundraiser @ Pilrig Church, 3... →
A group of promoters and musicians from across disparate areas of the Edinburgh music scene and beyond will converge this Friday (3 Dec) for a charity gig at Pilrig Church in Leith…

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A Forest Victory! Eidyn Architects Withdraw...
Edinburgh City Council planning department have confirmed that the tremendous volume of objections to Eidyn Architects’ application to convert the building currently housing The Forest (3 Bristo Pl, EH1 1EY) into 10 HMO bedsits and 3 private flats has resulted in withdrawal of this application! Furthermore we just spoke to Eidyn Architects, who have confirmed that they will not be ...

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The Guardian Edinburgh: Forest Cafe made an... →
Blogger and musician Garry Lee is one of many artists to have performed at the Forest Cafe during the Edinburgh festival - here he adds his voice to a series of guest blog posts campaigning for the venue to be saved from closure…

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The Stage: Forest Cafe wins first fight against... →
The Forest Cafe in Edinburgh, home to Forest Fringe during August’s festivals, has won the first skirmish in its battle to remain at Bristo Place after a planning application to convert the building into flats was withdrawn…

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NOM Mag Online: DeFORESTation →
As some of you may or may not be aware The Forest Cafe is facing closure.
Safe havens such as this for the creative community are few and far between. Many consider this a massive loss to the city. Forest Cafe has been a space for local skaters to kick back and hide from the rain, an exhibition space for Edinburgh’s extroverted artistes and a live music venue for buskers who are hoping to “pull...

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Fourthwall Magazine: Save The Forest Café! →
A shining free beacon in the middle of an inevitably money sucking Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Forest Café is an independent social and arts centre currently located on Bristo Place. Achingly cool and run by volunteers as a charitable self-sustaining not-for-profit organisation, it has presented a refreshingly free alternative to both its artists and audience members…

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Eidyn Architects Planning Application -- Take...
Eidyn Architects have put in an application for building permission to convert the building currently housing The Forest (3 Bristo Pl, EH1 1EY) into 10 HMO bedsits and 3 private flats. If they are granted permission to go ahead with their plans The Forest would have to move, Edinburgh will lose one of its vital community spaces, and access to this heritage listed building will be private...

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Guardian Edinburgh: How I went from volunteering... →
In the next of our series highlighting the campaign to save the Forest Cafe, Dan Gorman writes in from Damascus, Syria, to say that without it, he never would have become director of the Firefly International charity or set up Reel Festivals…

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Everything must go!
CALL FOR ARTWORK! EVERYTHING MUST GO!
Art Sale at Forest Café, Bristo Place, 11th – 12th December
A5 artworks in any medium: postcards, canvas, photos, screen prints…get creative!
We’ re looking for artists interested in creating and donating A5 works for an art sale as part of the ‘Save the Forest’ campaign . Email rachel_mccrum@hotmail.com for details.
Deadline for...

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The Scotsman: Forest Cafe staff fighting to keep... →

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An appeal, then. The Roxy and the Forest are places where – rather like the...
– Andrew Eaton: the prompt - Scotsman.com Living 
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The Guardian Edinburgh: With its history of free... →
In the first in a series of guest blogs highlighting the campaign to save Forest Cafe, Abbeyhill-based artist Ericka Duffy touches on the five years she has spent working with the Edinburgh University Settlement, Roxy Arthouse, Stepping Stones and Forest to say why she can’t imagine this city without it…

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The Skinny reviews our Forest Records Presents... →
Whether you’re a patron of the place or not, the news that Edinburgh’s Forest Cafe might be on the ropes is surely cause for concern…

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December 15, 2010 – 8pm – The Golden Hour →
THE GOLDEN HOUR gets fa-la-la-la festive!
December 15th, 2010 8pm Forest Cafe, 3 Bristo Pl Free! Free! Free! (byob)
Words:
Samuel Taradash + Jarred McGinnis – Release a special…

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The List: Edinburgh arts space The Forest under... →
The collapse of the Edinburgh University Settlement charity has forced the closure of the Roxy Art House and put the Forest Café in jeopardy. Locals must fight for The Forest to stay open, argues long-term venue organiser Ryan Van Winkle…

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BIG UPS the ForPub Massive – November! →
Roll up roll up! Well done Friends of ForPub!:
- Edinburgh folk should go check out our own Magda Boreysza’s new shop (along with designers Jo Richardson and Jenny Sweetnam), …

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The Guardian Edinburgh: Forest Cafe campaign... →
Edinburgh’s arts community is working together to try to bounce back from the bankruptcy of Forest Cafe and Roxy Art House landlord EUS…

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Drowned In Sound: Edinburgh's Forest Cafe... →
This wonderful venue/cafe/arts space, volunteer run, a ton of free events ranging from chipcore festivals to fashion shows to film nights to workshops to chess tournaments and all kinds of other parties - something for everyone really, with a completely open door policy to promoters and artists of all ages and shapes - is in danger, since the landlords went into administration and are selling...

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The Guardian's Theatre Blog: Closing time at... →
Can campaigning bloggers save the home of Forest Fringe, which is under threat? Or venues elsewhere?

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November 17, 2010 – 8pm – The Golden Hour →
PLASTIC FORK versus THE GOLDEN HOUR is here!
November 17th, 2010 8pm Forest Cafe, 3 Bristo Pl Free! Free! Free! (byob)
“hard-core art-core literary event with many flashing lights video…

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OFF BEAT EDINBURGH: Save The Forest Cafe →
Forest Cafe is a number one place for alternative culture in Edinburgh and a space where everyone can put an event for free. Now due to the bankruptcy of the EUS organisation that owned this building the venue is put up for sale. This is a very sad news for people who used to meet in the Forest Cafe regularly to take part in concerts, workshops and art exhibitions, use free internet, enjoy...

1-28 November William Alexander: Nearly Dry. →

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Save The Forest Campaign mention in The Guardian →

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The Stage: Trio of Edinburgh venues at risk as... →

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The Scotsman Radar: Where next for Edinburgh's... →
Fresh venues may eventually spring up to fill the void, but in these testing times they are unlikely to be given a fraction of the artistic freedom enjoyed by places like the Roxy and the Forest…

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Song, by Toad: Here, People, is What We Do Next →

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The Scotsman: Arts venue staff draw up plan to... →
A MASSIVE fundraising drive has been launched by volunteers and staff at a city arts venue to save it from closure…

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Read This Magazine: Help Save The Forest Cafe! →

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Products of a Gaseous Brain: Bad News for the... →

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