December 2010
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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…
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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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Guardian Edinburgh - Stream an electronic benefit... →
Chiptune musicians team up to help threatened venue’s fundraising efforts.
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
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Scotsman Radar - Musicians pitch in with Forest... →
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Jenny Steele: Everything Must Go! at Forest,... →
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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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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...