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Free booze and art

If you’re not someone who is in the habit of regularly visiting galleries in Sheffield then the Art Sheffield gallery crawl on Friday might just be for you.

It’s a free and easy way to see art and enjoy some complimentary drinks while you take it all in.

I went to the last gallery crawl, which included a visit to the Graves gallery. Even though it is right in the middle of town, I realised that I hadn’t been to the Graves since school. Of course, being tucked away on the top floor of the central library doesn’t help – but it is well worth a visit and I now won’t be waiting that long before I go again.

Friday evening’s event starts at the Site gallery and then you’re invited to move on to the Persistance works before finishing at S1 Artspace. If it is the same as last time then you can enjoy a free drink at each location.

Art Sheffield gallery crawl – book your place

…including a trip to Crookes with the Crookes

Over the last few days, MTV Canada reporter Sharlene Chiu has been visiting Sheffield.

At some stage I expect that her visit will be made into a programme and hopefully be posted online, but in the meantime you can see photos and information about her three days in Sheffield on the MTV Canada website.

Her itinerary included Sheffield FC, the Greedy Greek, the bear pit in the Botanical gardens, Granelli’s sweet shop, Yellow arch studios, the Boardwalk and a couple of pubs. Up-and-coming band the Crookes showed her round on one day – which of course included a trip to Crookes.

MTV Canada tour of Sheffield day one

MTV Canada tour of Sheffield day two

MTV Canada tour of Sheffield day three

The Old Grindstone, Crookes, Sheffield photo by jhcrawshaw and used under the Creative Commons license

Who is new?

Here are this month’s additions to the list of Sheffield people and organisations of interest on  Twitter. The full directory can be found on the Sheffield Twitter users page.

Music in the round – the UK’s leading promoter of chamber music outside of London
@MusicintheRound

Sheffield Scimitars – ice hockey club
@scims

The black dog – ‘Keeping northern electonic soul burning since Warp went south to drink shandy’
@TheBlackDog

Last Friday folk – Stocksbridge folk club
@lastfridayfolk

Simple websites
@WebsiteHQ

Kelham island museum
@KelhamIsland

TechnoPhobia – specialists in web application development
@WeTechnoPhobia

All cows eat grass music
@acegmusic

Opus independents – a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting art, music and trade
@OpusIndependent

Crown brewery
@Crownbrewery

St Thomas Crookes church
@StThomasCrookes

Yoomee – web agency
@yoomeehq

The Crookes – band
@TheCrookes

Unfortunate incident – band
@unfortunate_inc

BiscuitCase – biscuitmakers
@BiscuitCaseUK

Sheffield Wednesday – unofficial tweets about the club
@THE_OWLS

Hair kandi – Ecclesall road hairdresser
@HairKandi

Dominic Shellard – Chairman of Sheffield theatres and pro-vice chancellor for external affairs at the university of Sheffield
@dominicshellard

Mukless – mobile valeters
@Mukless

Peel and Shaw – management consultant
@PeelandShaw

Life dynamics – clinical hypnotherapist and weight loss specialist
@LifeDynamics

Thornsett – student accommodation
@Thornsett

Capland property – student accommodation
@CaplandProperty

Holmes lettings – accommodation
@HolmesLettings

Smartassess – creators of ‘realsmart’ which builds online learning portfolios
@smartassess

Third angel – makers of theatre, live art, video and photography
@AlexanderKelly

If you want to be listed on it then follow @sheffieldblog, get in touch or comment below.

Which is the best restaurant in Sheffield?

There is one more week to go before the voting closes for this year’s Eat Sheffield awards.

You can vote for your favourites here but be warned, you’ll need to fill in the form each time you cast a vote in each category. Hopefully they can make this a single form before the 2010 voting.

The awards are all part of the drive to raise the profile of Sheffield’s independent restaurants, which have improved a lot over the last few years but still have some way to go.

23 was the main winner in the 2008 awards. Which one deserves to take the top award this time?

Vote now in the 2009 Eat Sheffield restaurant awards