March 2011
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April 20, 2011 – 8pm – The Golden Hour →

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Want to Volunteer? Tentracks & Festivals
We had another cracking fundraising get-together yesterday, with a bunch of enthusiastic new
people lending their energy and ideas to the campaign. It’s always exciting to meet new folk: there are dozens of people working on this campaign on all sorts of different levels. Minutes of that meeting are available on request, with important messages below: an opportunity to help out with our...

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Guardian Edinburgh: Forest ordered to leave by... →
Edinburgh arts space volunteers vow to raise enough money to stay at Bristo Place…

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Guardian Edinburgh: Why the Forest Fringe is free →
Ahead of Wednesday’s Edinburgh International Festival programme launch, Deborah
Pearson, co-direcor of Forest Fringe, shares her story and tells us why keeping venue
free is integral to its success and spirit…

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PRESS RELEASE: Lease Terminated But The Forest...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
25 MARCH 2011
The Forest, 3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh
http://www.theforest.org.uk
FOREST CAFE LEASE TERMINATED BUT THE CAFE VOWS TO STAY OPEN
The Forest Cafe, Edinburgh’s independent arts and community centre, has been told it must leave its current premises at 3 Bristo Place by 31 August, in a letter received this week from the Trustees of Edinburgh University...



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March 23, 2011 – 8pm – The Golden Hour →

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The Forest live on Leith FM
A live interview on Leith FM’s Talk Show with Harry from the Save the Forest campaign, chatting about what’s happened so far and how you can get involved.
Big thanks to our friends at Leith FM for having us in to Leith Talk with Cuddly Dudley yesterday. It was fantastic to be able to share the news from the _Save the Forest _campaign, and better still to be part of another...

Big Ups! March MADNESS →

Jim Howieson: Dead Rubber: Lucid Intervals... →

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A Save Forest Update: Happening, Press, Beyond!
Amazing news of events in London, a thrilling splash of press coverage, and a special announcement about the total raised so far — and what you can do to help hit the target of £50,000 by June 1st.
The Happening
The night of Friday 11th saw exceptional goings on in old London town, as long-lost friends of Forest gathered together to celebrate everything that is wonderful about this...

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Over £1100 Raised! Campaign Relaunch a Huge...
Huge thanks are due to everyone involved in making the Thursday 3rd’s Spring Fling a glorious party and a massive fundraising success — and to everyone who came and made it the fun celebration that it was. We raked in over £1100, which has put the campaign pot over the £17,000 mark — well on the way to our target of £50,000 by June 1st, though we’re still going to have to...

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The Happening * Forest Fundraiser * Fri 11th March
Live Music / Performance / Video / Installation
Entry by donation, 9pm - late
At a secret location in Hoxton
Arctic Circle (Bristo), Fueldiva (Edinburgh), Konstruct (London), What They Could Do They Did, Kohoutek, Mal Voyage, Maybe Myrtle Tyrtle, Spectres
Visit http://lostintheforest.info/ for more details

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Inky Fingers READEASY
6 – 9pm, THURSDAY 10th MARCH
Free!
We’ve set up the READeasy Writers’ Group to be a safe and encouraging
space for writers to meet up, hear their words read, and get
constructive critical feedback. The third open session is at the
Forest Cafe,3 Bristo Place, 6 – 9pm, Thursday 10th March.
It’s open to writers of any style, experience, identity and genre —
but places each month are limited. To...

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Guardian Edinburgh: Forest Cafe spring fling... →
A host of local performers have waived their fees to support Bristo Place’s Forest Cafe, which faces being forced out of its venue. Kat Corbett, one of the charity’s fundraising volunteers, tells us about Thursday’s Alice in Wonderland themed evening…

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An as-yet anonymous buyer has been found for the Forest Cafe building in Bristo...
– Guardian Edinburgh
February 2011
31 posts

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Bad news from Edinburgh: the Forest Café, home of Forest Fringe, the most...
– Guardian Edinburgh