What you can do to support culture in our city As you may have heard Museums Sheffield (which runs Millennium Gallery, Graves Gallery and Weston Park Museum) was dealt a devastating funding blow this week when it failed to get Renaissance funding from the Arts Council. Not getting this funding means a 30% cut in [...]
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Help save Museums Sheffield
Posted by Sheffield blog on 27 January, 2012
http://sheffieldblog.com/2012/01/27/help-save-museums-sheffield/
Pub Scrawl 2012
Beer, art and pubs The inaugural Pub Scrawl event is taking place this Friday, and it looks like being one not to miss: For one night only in January Pete McKee brings you art in pubs… a pub crawl like no other. Pub scrawl 2012 will showcase ten of Pete’s favourite artists with ten of [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 18 January, 2012
http://sheffieldblog.com/2012/01/18/pub-scrawl-2012/
In search of the Sheffield carols
A festive tradition that’s right on our doorstep I love a local tradition, and the Sheffield carols is one of our best. It’s still going strong since it started in the late eighteenth century, when singers and musicians would gather in north west Sheffield pubs during November and December to sing Christmas carols. The carols [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 28 December, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/12/28/in-search-of-the-sheffield-carols/
DIY summer at the Site gallery
Those summer nights If you think that everything grinds to a halt in Sheffield over the summer with the students away then think again. Tonight the Site gallery hosts the launch of DIY summer, a series of workshops, talks and events hosted by some of Sheffield’s most creative folk. It runs from 23 August to [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 23 August, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/08/23/diy-summer-at-the-site-gallery/
The Nichols building
Arts, crafts and antiques all under one roof This week I paid a visit to the Nichols building in Sheffield. It is a large former grocery wholesalers near the Shalesmoor roundabout, dating from around 1854, which has been converted into a boutique shopping emporium. There are over 30 units inside, mainly based on the first [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 12 August, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/08/12/the-nichols-building/
What I liked about Tramlines 2011
Some of my festival highlights So it is all over for another year. In terms of numbers, Tramlines is now around the size of Glastonbury, attracting an estimated 150,000 people over the weekend. The crowds were treated to the usual mix of musical genres, with most tastes catered for in some shape or form. I’ve [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 1 August, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/08/01/what-i-liked-about-tramlines-2011/
Tramlines 2011 is here
Making the most of a weekend of free live music So Sheffield’s busiest weekend of the year is here in the form of Tramlines. If you haven’t already then have a look at the listings to find out who is performing and when. There are 70 venues so there is plenty to see, however it [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 22 July, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/07/22/tramlines-2011-is-here/
Our favourite places Sheffield – second edition
An expanded travel guide for curious folk Last May the first edition of Our favourite places – Sheffield was released and it quickly became the guide of choice to Sheffield for not only visitors to the city but also the people who live here. It contained a hand-picked selection of fifty of our best-loved places, [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 13 July, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/07/13/our-favourite-places-sheffield-second-edition/
Vex at Portland works
Live electronics, music, screenings and performance art There was a big boost last month for the campaign to save Portland works when the planning application to convert the grade II* listed building into flats was withdrawn. People are now being invited to help purchase the building in order to bring it back into the hands [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 9 June, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/06/09/vex-at-portland-works/
Magic lantern film club
Pop-up screenings and cinema events in Sheffield This new community film club is hosting monthly showings of rare, unusual and sometimes classic films over coming months in Sheffield. They’ve already put on three films at the Old junior school in Sharrow, and although the focus for now is in and around S7, in due course [...]
Posted by Sheffield blog on 9 May, 2011
http://sheffieldblog.com/2011/05/09/magic-lantern-film-club/
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- Sheffield news – The Star
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