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Inky Fingers has well and truly arrived in Edinburgh: we’re really happy that a writing community already seems to be forming around our wee events. And we’re not just about providing a space to perform: we also care about developing Edinburgh writers. So our second main series of events is the READeasy Writers’ Group, set up to be a safe and encouraging space for writers to meet up, hear their word read, and get constructive critical feedback. The second open session is at the Forest, Bristo Place, 6 – 9pm, Tuesday 7th of December.
It’s open to writers of any style, experience, identity and genre — but places each month are limited. To secure a slot, e-mail inkyfingersedinburgh AT gmail DOT com in advance with your name and a piece of your writing attached — and then just come along on the night with cake and a ready mind. See the Writers’ Group page for full instructions (including length limits).
Save The Forest Concert
Friday, December 3rd 7.30-10.30pm
BYOB
8 pounds entrance - all money to the Forest Cafe.
at Pilrig St Paul’s on Leith Walk
Friends of the Forest wanted a tangible way of helping out so they called in some favours from some beautiful musicians who want to help keep the Forest Cafe alive and thriving for generations of musicians. They are having a concert and you should come!
Musical talent for your pleasure:
Aaron Wright & The Aprils -Aaron Wright has had a big year. A triumphant set at Glastonbury was quickly followed by The Hop Farm, on the bill with Bob Dylan. Aaron Wright & The Aprils released their debut e.p Beyond a Pale Horse featuring members of Teenage Fanclub, Camera Obscura and Belle and Sebastian.
William Douglas - frontman of bands House of La and The Wheel will show you the best of what the Edinburgh alt-folk scene is all about.
Hailey Beavis - current contender for best singer-songwriter in Edinburgh? That’s our opinion. Fans of Julie Doiron, Joanna Newsom, & Cat Power will swoon at Hailey’s elaborate word play and unique songwriting. Her band The Sea, The Sea played Nick Cave’s reading at the Roxy Arthouse, and she recently supported Willy Mason at the same venue.
Finn Andrews - enigmatic frontman of The Veils comes to play a solo show for the Forest Cafe. Geoff Travis of Rough Trade has referred to Finn as “A young but maturing real artist in the vein of Nick Cave and David Bowie”. A rare performance. Not to be missed.
Toby Mottershead - immensely talented frontman of Black Diamond Express, perhaps the best underground rock and roll blues band this city has to offer will play some lovely songs for you and maybe some blues songs that may make you weep, a bit.
& Special guests
Advance tickets available at here
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 submissions: Wed 8th December.
Artwork can be dropped into the Forest Café: please mark ‘Everything Must Go!’ and let the volunteers know what it is. Or post to Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 1EY. And sign them. We want to know who you are…
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GET A TABLE! There are also opportunities to run a table as part of an Arts & Crafts sale on Saturday 11th December. Contact events@theforest.org.uk, marking your email ‘FAO Stephen’
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WATCH THIS SPACE – ART AUCTION 2011
There will be a high profile auction of contemporary artworks early 2011. Contact auction@theforest.org.uk for further information.
The Forest is… a registered charity, an arts and community project space, an art gallery, a café, a performance space, recording studio, rehearsal room, darkroom, screen printing studio and publishing venue. Powered by the enthusiasm and dedication of hardworking, generous and committed volunteers, it’s been a vivid, vibrant part of Edinburgh’s creative scene for over a decade. It continually offers grassroots support for the arts and creative projects, as well as a place for people to meet, talk, listen, watch, share ideas, make stuff, argue. And eat great burritos.
It is essential that places like the Forest exist in our cities.
EUS (Edinburgh University Settlement), the previous landlord of the current Forest venue was recently declared bankrupt. This led to the immediate and devastating closure of the Roxy Art House. The Forest doesn’t want to go the same way. An awesome fundraising campaign has begun to buy the current building for the Forest, and to continue to run it as an autonomous art space. Supporters of the Forest across the city, the UK and internationally, are mobilising to organise events and ensure that the Forest continues.
For further information and an opportunity to donate to the Forest Fund: http://forestcafe.tumblr.com/
GOLDEN HOUR
December 15, 2010 8pm!!!
Samuel Taradash + Jarred McGinnis – Release a special double chapbook, boom!
Jason Morton - the annual roar
Tim Turnbull —- Beware the tinselled Succubus
Ben Lancaster —- Live from Canada with Holiday Tidings.
Music From:
Pockets & Alex — Fantastic Uke Boogies!!!
Forest Choir — A full chorale opens their lungs.
John Langan Band —- Do you like the party?
The Writing Laboratory Performance
Sunday December 5th from 8pm
The creative writing workshop students will talk about the healing power of therapeutic writing as well as read and perform some of the writing work they have created during the course.
Special guests: Scottish songwriter Calum Carlyle and writer Peter G. Mackie reading from his book ‘The Madhouse of Love’
Artists, Writers, Artisans and Crafters alike – we need you!
Please help us to make the most awesome collaborative DIY Handbook of arts, crafts and any other unsolicited activities, for the Forest Cafe in Edinburgh.
We are looking for any submissions of ‘how to’ guides and example sheets for whatever art, craft, game, activity or technique you spend your time doing, or know a bit about, and would like to share with others.
All we are asking for is a one sided A4 sheet which describes the method, materials and processes involved in that activity, art or craft – in whatever form you would like. You know, a kind of ‘how to’ or step-by-step guide but with writing, images, cut-outs, games, scratch ‘n’ sniff…whatever is necessary and you can add. On the other side of this sheet will be a basic profile about the chosen activity and a little bit about yourself. This should help to tell people a bit more about it and where to find out more and about yourself.
From all these entries we will be creating an online, downloadable book for people to buy containing all these different activities as a Forest DIY Artisan’s Handbook. Everyone involved will be credited directly through their own profile, and the project will run totally non-for-profit to help with fundraising for The Forest.
Please do help with this; It is something that can last for a long long time – and if successful will not only help support the Forest fundraising but will become an artisan’s craft menu at the Forest Cafe alongside the food menu. Any input is more than welcome – anything from Bookmaking to clay modelling, creative writing techniques, making a woodburner, crochet patterns, kinetic sculpture, hatmaking, homemade instruments, basic illustration, songwriting, origami animals, knot tieing, Lino cutting, drying herbs, fingerknitting, forraging, storytelling games, Qi Gong steps, shadow puppetry, frame-making, eyebrow trickery…etc…you get the idea. It’s as open as you can make it.
What next?:
Choose your art, craft, activity – start making your sheet and hand it in here or send it in to the Forest (3 Bristo Place, EH1 1EY) or to willowords@gmail.com
The Forest Is what you Make it.
Oh YES! FRIDAY 19th Nov
Upstairs @ Forest 8pm-1am
its COCOPSYCHOSIS, COCOAPSYCHOSIS, CACOAPSYCHOSIS
Time to get chocolaty and mental,
dance all night to the Sounds of Chandra on the Ngoni, Nomen Luni, Manje with Asazi and the phenomenal Diddley Squat!
get crazy off your face on Live Hot Chocolate from the Palace of Woodcote and a stall from The Chocolate Tree
visuals from Accidental and silly dance from One SP & Mandy
Don’t forget DJs CatFace & Psy-Sy’s Hi-Fi!
See ya there!
Don’t forget this is a Forest Fundraiser, there will be a Corkage Charge and Donations would be great and we will raise loads of cash to help Forest! for details of why Forest needs help look here: www.theforest.org.uk
Who is online? Why don’t you tell em to go dancing on friday?
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 games 8-bit noises and many a bleep bleep bloop” (or something like that!)
Featuring:
Ewan Morrison – Gets his malls out
Jon Stone + Kirsten Irving – Go from 8bit to 32bit and back
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And much much more!
A Battle ROYALE!
