March 2011
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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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“An as-yet anonymous buyer has been found for the Forest Cafe building in Bristo...”
– Guardian Edinburgh
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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…
February 2011
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“Bad news from Edinburgh: the Forest Café, home of Forest Fringe, the most...”
– Guardian Edinburgh
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Public Meeting Relaunch: Forest Lives!
By now you’ll certainly be aware that Forest needs your help: we’re on a huge fundraising campaign drive to try and help save our home. But we don’t just need your money (though we do need that), we also need your time, energy and ideas!
4.30 - 6.30, Saturday 5th March, The Forest Café.
We’ve called this public meeting to answer your questions about the...
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The Scotsman: Last-ditch bid to save threatened... →
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The Stage: More fears raised over future of... →
“The buyers haven’t been in touch with us themselves so we don’t know who they are or what their intentions for the Forest are – but if they’re expecting us to pack up and leave quietly they’re mistaken. Potential buyers should remember that last time we had a big scare, when Eidyn Architects wanted to turn the building into private flats, objection letters from around the world forced them to...