December 2010
32 posts

El Bosque - Forest-inspired Event in Santiago,...
El Bosque (The Forest) is a non-profit social and cultural artistic event taking place on Tuesday 28th December from 3pm…
The Clearest Way into the Universe
Is through a Forest Wilderness
El Bosque (The Forest) is a non-profit social and cultural artistic event taking place on Tuesday 28th December from 3pm. There will be activities, workshops, happenings and performances...

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Ben Lancaster's Golden Hour Christmas Message
…and here is his 2009 message:
Golden Hour - Christmas 2009 from Benjamin Lancaster on Vimeo.

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Save The Forest Cafe -- Holiday Update
The level of support for The Forest has been absolutely awesome! The fight is not over yet. We are waiting to see what is happening with regard to the building sale and actively trying to figure out the best way to make the forest alive either in Bristo Place or another location.
How much have we raised? We’ve raised about £15,000 so far through fundraising events and donations. We are still...

Cleaning Day! Sunday 2nd January @ Noon
Forest is having a cleaning day on Sunday 2nd January, to clean up after NY parties, do kitchen prep before re-opening the cafe on the 3rd, mop places that we don’t usually mop, etc. Come along at 12 noon and volunteer!

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The Forest celebrated a decade of anarchy as an arts café and held the biggest,...
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Massive thank you to the Drum Club
The Forest Cafe is sending out a massive thank you out to the Drum Club for the amazing Fundraiser they’ve organised for the Save The Forest campaign on Friday night!
Thank you, thank you, thank you:
The Edinburgh Uni Drum Society Waa Sylla The Edinburgh Samba School The BEASTIESxxx The Winter Drummers/Beltane Processional Drummers + all the dancers
You are awesome and we love...

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The Guardian Edinburgh: Four years of independent... →
In the next of a series of guest blog posts about the campaign to save the Forest Cafe, New Orleans-based hyperlocal blogger Benjamin Morris tells how the venue’s ‘sheer gut-busting why-the-hell-can’t-it-be-done spirit’ inspired Forest Publications…

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The estimable Forest Cafe in Edinburgh – which many of you will know from Forest...
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The Guardian Edinburgh: Forest Cafe's fundraising... →
Forest volunteers host punk, Gameboy music, a ceilidh, indie-folk and an art auction…

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Scottish Chip musician Edward Shallow performs at the Forest Cafe.

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Guardian Edinburgh - A chance meeting at... →
In the latest of a series of guest posts highlighting the campaign to save the Forest Cafe, Anna Mitrovic Kotuckova shares her memories of how the venue made her feel accepted…

BIG UPS the ForPub Massive – December →
Wahay! Some rad events to check out in December!
- Tuesday 7th December, 6 – 9pm. FOREST CAFÉ, 3 BRISTO PLACE. READeasy WRITERS’ GROUP. Inky Fingers has arrived in Edinburgh! We’re really…

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Ultrachip vs. Forest Closure Compilation (2010)
Ultrachip vs. Forest Closure Compilation Release date: 30 November 2010 Tracklisting: 1. Sycamore Drive - Save 2. Firebrand Boy - Forest Dub 3. Enfant Bastard - Spiralling Out Of Control 4. arcadecoma. - Metropolitan 5. The Tinfoil Hat Brigade - Cheeky Bugger (The Edinburgh Incident) 6. an-cat-max - Nyanko Rainbow Period 7. Fueldiva - Animals Eat Me 8. Jellica - Safafa BCF d3 9. Comptroller...

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Drum Club ~ Forest Cafe fundraiser →
Come revel in the sounds of summery and wintery beats coming together and mashing up in one live drumming extravaganza. Dance to the rhythms of: Edinburgh Uni Drum Soc Beasties X The Edinburgh Samba School Waa Sylla Winter Drummers All for just £5 (£4 concessions) - tickets available on the door. All proceeds go towards the Save The Forest campaign!
Photo ID is compulsory - this is a house...

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UK Indymedia - Edinburgh's Forest Cafe under... →

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Musicians pitch in with Forest Café fundraiser →
Good words for the Fundraiser this Friday at Pilrig Church in Leith!
The picture is a bonus!

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Guardian Edinburgh - Stream an electronic benefit... →
Chiptune musicians team up to help threatened venue’s fundraising efforts.

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Edinburgh Evening News: Compilation album to raise... →
MUSICIANS who have performed in an under-threat city venue have joined forces to produce a fundraising album in a bid to save it from closure…

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The Scotsman - Saving two key Edinburgh arts... →
Tonight Andrew Dixon, chief executive of Creative Scotland, will argue that investing in creativity is vital to Scotland’s cities. Saving two key Edinburgh arts venues would be a good start…

20th December -9th January Three Piece Suite:... →
The Three piece Suite have used the theatrical “Green Room”, as a point of reference, drawing comparison between the activity of rehearsal for actors and the navigation of events in…
November 2010
53 posts

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Guardian Edinburgh: 'Small victory' as Forest... →
Reprieve for grass-roots arts space after huge movements online and offline; Volunteers ‘deeply touched and utterly thrilled’ by support.

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Jenny Steele: Everything Must Go! at Forest,... →

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Scotsman Radar - Musicians pitch in with Forest... →