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SUMMARY:BLACK MOUNTAIN JAZZ SESSION feat. Hot Club Gallois
DESCRIPTION:Conjuring up the swirling dance halls of 1940’s Paris!\nAt this month’s Black mountain Jazz Session\, we are delighted to feature Hot Club Gallois\, who combine a heady mix of Django Reinhardt classics\, swing-flavoured jazz standards and Hot Club Gallois originals. \nHot Club Gallois bring you the hottest pics of the swing era. An irresistible mix of fiery violin\, lyrical vocals\, virtuosic guitar and stomping bass\, you won’t want to stay in your seat! \nTickets Available from blackmountainjazz.co.uk
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/black-mountain-jazz-session/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:community,Event,music
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SUMMARY:Abergavenny Film Society - Bangla Surf Girls
DESCRIPTION:Bangla Surf Girls\n29 March 2023 Rating 15\nScreenings: 4:30pm\, 7:30pm\nGuest Tickets £5\nBengal (2021) 86 minutes\nDirector: Elizabeth D. Costa\nElizabeth D. Costa’s Bangla Surf Girls shows us the struggle with being pressured into conforming to tradition despite your aspirations and the resilience in young women to push against the social tide. At times brutal with its honesty\, this beautifully compelling documentary is fantastic. Shobe\, Aisha and Suma break away from the drudgery of their lives by joining a surf club in Cox’s Bazar\, Bangladesh. The girls fight family pressure and social judgement for a few hours on the waves. They gain confidence as their natural skills and prowess gain attention and praise. Soon they are poised to make history as the first women surfers in Bangladesh. The odds are stacked against them but the girls refuse to give up. Balancing the freedom of the waves with the restrictive realities of their circumstances\, we experience the thrill and struggle of coming of age in a developing country.\nVancouver Asian Film Festival 2022 – Best Feature \nClick here to view trailer
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/abergavenny-film-society-bangla-surf-girls/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:film
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SUMMARY:Tai Chi
DESCRIPTION:Beginners Tai Chi\nMonday evenings 7 – 8pm\nA great way to start the new year!  This practice helps to improve and maintain strength\, balance\,\ncoordination\, flexibility\, concentration and breathing. \nThe Li Style Tai Chi is also known as the “Square Yard Short Form” Style\, as it’s actions can be performed within a\nsmall confined area\, making it very accessible for all.  In this style\, movements are performed slowly\,\ngently and smoothly\, immediately helping to improve health and mental wellbeing. \nAll enquiries to Keith on 01873 831241 or email leefamilyarts@gmail.com \nClick here for more information
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/tai-chi/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:wellness
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SUMMARY:THE ABERGAVENNY LIP READING GROUP
DESCRIPTION:An opportunity to develop your lip-reading skills\, gain confidence and spend the morning with like-minded language enthusiasts.\nTuesday’s 10am – 12pm (termtimes)\nA wonderful chance to help yourself and others around you with hearing difficulty.\nContact Angela Lewis on 07798 517695
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/the-abergavenny-lip-reading-group/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
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SUMMARY:TRAM LINE BLUES feat. Howlin' Mat
DESCRIPTION:INTERNATIONALLY TOURING BLUES MAN\, HOWLIN’ MAT HEADS TO THE MELVILLE\nA BLUES musician who has performed everywhere from the Arctic Circle to the Sahara Desert. \nHowlin’ Mat – a singer\, guitarist and storyteller who travels thousands of miles a year playing the music he loves joins us in the Melville Bar on Thursday 13th April 2023. \nMat performs up to 200 shows a year and his escapades include him opening for the Happy Mondays\, spending an evening with Led Zeppelin legend John Paul Jones on an Island 130 miles inside the Arctic Circle in the middle of winter and having a birthday party with a notorious biker gang. \nArmed with his guitars and a slide on his finger\, Mat follows in the footsteps of his musical heroes such as Mississippi Fred McDowell and Muddy Waters and onstage he combines his musical talents with hilarious tales of his time on the road.
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/blues-feat-howlin-mat/
LOCATION:Melville Centre Cafe-Bar\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:music
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SUMMARY:Advanced Welsh Classes
DESCRIPTION:Develop your Welsh speaking\, writing and listening classes in this advanced class hosted by Learn Welsh Gwent.\nWednesday’s 8:30am – 12pm (term times)\nFor those learners who have completed the intermediate level course and also for those who are familiar with the main language patterns\, this is an opportunity to come together and enhance your language skills.  Classes are informal and fun and hosted by tutor\, Rhys Jones\nFor info\, visit learnwelsh.cymru
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/advanced-welsh-classes/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:workshops
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SUMMARY:Writing For Fun
DESCRIPTION:3rd Thursday of the month\, 10am – 12pm (20th April\, 18th May\, 22nd June)\nExplore your Creativity with words.  It’s an opportunity to get writing in a friendly and supportive group.  Suitable for all\, come and try some writing exercises and practice with oodles of encouragement!  New members welcome!\nContact Pat Smail on 07977 116876
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/writing-for-fun/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:workshops
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SUMMARY:Spoken Word Open Mic - Part of Abergavenny Writing Festival
DESCRIPTION:As part of Abergavenny Writing Festival we’re celebrating inclusivity and diversity in the world of writing in Wales.\nThe Writing Festival kicks off social proceedings with an accessible spoken-word open-mic event here in the cosy and easy to access bar area.  The event will be hybrid so both audience and participants are able to join either in person or via a zoom link.  There will be closed captioning and BSL interpretation for the performance.\nThis event is delivered with the support of write4word through its ‘Press Speak Not Delete’ project\, creating a hybrid of physical performance and digital channels to develop a more diverse and accessible arts sector. \nThe open-mic programme is limited to 8 participants in the physical venue and 8 participants on-line. Performance slots are 4 minutes in length. \nGeneral entry £5\, entry for participants is also £5 but includes an additional complimentary ticket for a friend or family member. Please contact dominic@write4word.org to book a slot. \nClick this link to buy tickets
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/spoken-word-open-mic-melville/
LOCATION:Melville Centre Cafe-Bar\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:comedy,community,Event,music,Poetry,storytelling,talks,theatre
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SUMMARY:Abergavenny Writing Fest - Events for Young People
DESCRIPTION:Events for Young People\n\n\nAll events take place on Saturday 22nd April 2023 at Melville Centre for the Arts.Tickets are per child\, accompanying adults are free (parents / carers – you are welcome to join your child or wait in the nearby café area) \n\n10:15 – 11:15 – Illustration with Max Low \nTickets are £4.34 (including booking fee) and can be purchased here (link opens in new tab) \nJoin Max in an exploration of illustration\, and how you really don’t need to be good at drawing to be a good artist (which Max has spent a career demonstrating).Max Low is an illustrator\, animator\, writer\, photographer\, teacher and occasionally washes the dishes. Max loves un-perfect things\, absurdity and imaging what an Alien would think if they had just landed on Earth. He is most known for illustrating The Mab\, a retelling of the Welsh saga The Mabinogion\, but is also the author and illustrator of the Ceri & Deri series. \nSuitable for age 4 +  \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n\n11:30 – 12:30 – Magnificent Mash-Ups with Claire Fayers\nTickets are £4.34 (including booking fee) and can be purchased here (link opens in new tab) \n \nCan you imagine Cinderella in space? Who’d win in a fight between unicorns and dinosaurs? Mash-ups are great fun to write and can send your imagination off in all sorts of strange directions. Claire Fayers has made a career of mixing different genres and stories in her books. Join her for a wild and wacky session creating your own mash-up masterpieces.\nClaire Fayers grew up in South Wales where\, thanks to her local library\, she developed a lifelong obsession with myth and magic. Her previous books include the award-winning Accidental Pirates duo\, Storm Hound\, and Welsh Fairy Tales\, Myths and Legends\, nominated for the Carnegie medal. When she’s not writing\, she spends her time visiting schools and libraries to share her love of stories. Recommended for ages 7-12 (please note this is only for guidance) \n  \n  \n  \n\n13:00-14:00 –  Dreigiau Drwg a Bwystfilod Barus gyda Huw Aaron\nTickets are £4.34 (including booking fee) and can be purchased here (link opens in new tab) \nDewch i chwilio am Boc y ddraig\, hela angenfilod gyda Gwil garw\, a chreu bwystfilod doniol a direidus eich hun gyda’r arch-ddwdlwr ei hun! Dewch â phensil! (Oed – 4 – 10) \nWedi ei leoli yn Nghaerdydd mae’r awdur\, y darlunydd a’r cartwnydd Huw Aaron. Mae Huw wedi dwdlan a sgriblo ar draws cannoedd o wahanol lyfrau – fel arfer gyda chaniatad! Rhai o’r ffefrynnau yw cyfres ‘Ble mae Boc’ a ‘Sbarc a Seren. \nHuw Aaron Dreigiau Drwg a Bwystfilod Barus  (Bad Dragons and Greedy Beasts)\nCome to search for Boc the dragon\, hunt monsters with Gwil garw and create funny\, mischievous monsters with the arch-doodler himself! Bring a pencil! (Age 4 -10) \nCardiff-based author\, illustrator and cartoonist Huw has doodled and scribbled across the pages of hundreds of books – usually with permission! Favourites include the Find the Dragon series\, and Seren a Sbarc. \n\n  \n  \n\n14:15-15:15 – The Power of Poetry with Connor Allen\nTickets are £4.34 (including booking fee) and can be purchased here (link opens in new tab) \nCome and discover the power of poetry and words as Children’s Laureate for Wales Connor Allen makes poetry cool again and empowers you along the way.\nConnor is the current Children’s Laureate of Wales. Since graduating from Trinity Saint David as an Actor\, has worked with companies such as Sherman Theatre\, Tin Shed Theatre and National Theatre Wales. He is a member of National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and was also the winner of Triforce’s Cardiff MonologueSlam\, representing Wales at the London winners edition.\nAs a writer he was a member of the BBC Wales Welsh Voices and The Welsh Royal Court writing groups and has written for BBC Wales\, BBC Radio 4\, Sherman Theatre\, Literature Wales and Dirty Protest. Connor’s work is heavily inspired by elements of his own life such as grief\, love\, masculinity\, identity\, and ethnicity. Most recently he wrote and starred in the Wales Millennium Centres production The Making of a Monster\, Won the Rising Star Wales Award 2021 and was a Jerwood Live Work Fund recipient. He is associate artist of his hometown theatre The Riverfront in Newport. Recommended age range 10+  \n  \n15:30 – 16:30 – Family Singing Session with Tanya Walker \nTickets are £4.34 (including booking fee) and can be purchased here (link opens in new tab) \nAn opportunity for all ages to have fun singing songs in harmony from all over the world!  Inclusive\, inspirational\, connecting singing sessions for the whole family. Includes fun voice & body warm ups & tips on how to look after & find your most natural self-expressed voice. Songs will be taught by ear and participants will build the confidence and freedom to sing in beautiful harmony with other voices as well as leaving the session feeling inspired and uplifted!Tanya is a professional choir & singing workshop leader\, musician and singer-songwriter/performer with over 38 years of experience\, based in Brecon. She leads five community choirs in Wales and also works as a vocal and performance coach and singing workshop leader for all ages. Her choirs & amp sessions are for EVERYONE who loves to sing and no experience is necessary!\nAs well as sessions being an opportunity for participants to learn fun\, engaging body and voice warmups & learning to sing as a group\, Tanya’s workshops utilise music and singing as a way of enhancing feelings of wellbeing\, health\, happiness\, self-acceptance & confidence in participants. \nSuitable for all ages. 
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/abergavenny-writing-fest-events-for-young-people/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:Poetry,storytelling
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SUMMARY:Abergavenny Writing Festival
DESCRIPTION:A whole day of workshops and performance at The Melville\n\n10:00 – Noon. Place and Landscape in Your Fiction – workshop with Katie Munnik & Tyler Keevil.\nTickets are £16.26 (including booking fee) and can be purchased here (link opens in new tab)\nMany writers see plot as paramount\, while others claim character is the key. The importance of setting in writing fiction is often overlooked\, or viewed as secondary. In this two-hour prose fiction workshop\, award-winning Welsh-Canadian authors Katie Munnik and Tyler Keevil will examine the ways place and landscape can enhance our stories.  Through sharing examples from favourite works\, and reflecting on their own writing practice\, they will encourage participants to consider how they use place in their writing\, and offer advice on making it more effective.  The workshop is open to aspiring and emerging writers of all levels and experience – and it only requires a pen and notebook\, and some creative enthusiasm!Katie Munnik is a Canadian writer living in Cardiff\, UK. In 2017\, she won the Borough Press Open Submission\, and her debut novel The Heart Beats in Secret was a USA Today Bestseller. Her second novel The Aerialists was published in April 2022 by HarperCollins.\nTyler Keevil grew up in Vancouver\, Canada and moved to Wales in his twenties.  He is the author of several novels and the short story collection\, Burrard Inlet.  He has received a number of awards for his work\, including the Wales Book of the Year People’s Choice and the Writers’ Trust of Canada Journey Prize.  He lives in Abergavenny and is the director of the Creative Writing MA at Cardiff University.  His most recent books are No Good Brother (The Borough Press) and Your Still Beating Heart (Myriad Editions). \n10:30-11:15am – Hamed Amiri’s Journey: from Afghanistan to Cardiff\, a bestselling book & theatre production\nTickets are £5.42 (including booking fee) and be purchased here (link opens in new tab) \n \nHamed Amiri is the author of the bestselling book and the theatre production of The Boy With Two Hearts. Hamed will share his story of fleeing Afghanistan with his family when he was just ten years old and their perilous journey to seek refuge in the UK in an attempt to prolong his brother Hussein’s life. Why he was driven to write about this and the subsequent adaptation of his bestselling book to theatre production.\nMaking a promise to his brother has been Hamed’s new mission in life. To share the story with the wider audience and showcase diversity in a truly unique version\, while ensuring his late brother’s legacy lives on through the journey and reliving his contribution to the NHS.\nCurrently working as a senior leader in the tech sector while an influencer in the education sector. Hamed has learned the key ingredients to break down the perception in society and has become a role model to the younger generation\, which was recognized when he was awarded “Inspiring the next generation.” \nAll ticket proceeds for this event will be donated to https://daringtodream.wales/ Supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of patients in Wales \n12:15 – 13:15 – Amser Cinio gyda Lowri Haf Cooke\nTickets are £7.59 (including booking fee) and be purchased here (link opens in new tab) \n \nYmunwch â Lowri am sesiwn fywiog o flasu a sgwrsio am bopeth yn ymwneud â bwyd.  Ar y fwydlen\, bydd sôn am wahanol flasau\, nostalgia\, atgofion\, teithio\, gramadeg bwyd a chyfle i ofyn  unrhyw gwestiynau fel adolygydd bwyd.Ar hyn o bryd\, mae gan yr awdur o Gaerdydd nofel\, a dau lyfr bwyd ar y gweill ac mae hi hefyd  yn gwneud gwaith creadigol gyda gwahanol ysgolion. Hi oedd golygydd cyntaf a sefydlwr y cylchgrawn Taste/Blas. Mae hi hefyd yn ysgrifennu i gylchgrawn Barn\, Y Dinesydd a Croeso Cymru/ Visit Wales.\nLlyfr diweddaraf Lowri yw Bwytai Cymru (Gwasg Gomer) dathliad o’r 50 bwyty gorau yng Nghymru. Hi hefyd yw awdur Canllaw Bach Caerdydd –  llyfr sydd yn tywys y darllenydd o gwmpas Caerdydd. Ei llyfr arall yw Caffis Cymru adolygiad o gaffis gorau Cymru.\nAr ôl ennill gradd mewn Daearyddiaeth a Chymraeg ym Mhrifysgol Aberystwyth aeth Lowri ymlaen i ennill M.A ym maes Theatr\, Ffilm a Theledu.\nMae Lowri hefyd yn wyneb a llais cyfarwydd ar S4C a Radio Cymru yn adolygu ffilmiau. Felly dewch a’ch tips sinema ynghŷd a’ch chwant bwyd i’r sesiwn hwn! \n13:30 – 14:30 – Comedy Writing with AberLaugh \nTickets are £7.59 (including booking fee) and be purchased here (link opens in new tab) \n \nHave you ever wanted to try stand-up comedy but no idea where to start? Join local comedians Huw Davies and Mike Reed for a short workshop/discussion where you can learn more about the South Wales Comedy Scene\, how to get started and even have an opportunity to try some of your own material.Huw Davies has been performing and compering for several years across South Wales and runs a popular monthly stand-up comedy night (Aberlaugh) at the Kings Arms Hotel in Abergavenny.\nMike Reed is a British Comedian of the year semi-finalist and has gigged all over the UK\, from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to Hawthorn Community Centre. \n  \n\n15:00 – 17:30 – Finding a Voice – Creative Writing Workshop for Women \nTickets are £16.26 (Including booking fee) and can be purchased here (link opens in new tab) \n \nLiz explains what to expect from the session: “I welcome those with some writing experience and those new to writing. Working with a group\, I use a creative process which starts with your individual experience and develops this into writing which resonates with others. The session will include creative exercises to stimulate and develop your writing and shared examples from different published writers to inspire you. This workshop builds on previous sessions\, but is equally valuable as a stand-alone session.”\nAbout Liz Pearce\nLiz has over 30 years’ professional experience as an actor\, writer and facilitator\, working in education\, the community\, theatre\, TV and radio. Her work is diverse\, due to her drama background\, and she writes drama\, prose\, poetry and poetic monologues. She also facilitates creative writing workshops\, encouraging writers to find a unique voice of their own.\nFor further information please visit www.elizabethpearce.co.uk \n\n15:30 – 16:30 – Readings from Where the Birds Sing Our Names \nTickets are free but pre-registration is required – register for tickets here (link opens in new tab) \n \nEditor Tony Curtis is joined by contributors Rhian Edwards and Chris Meredith to read from Where the Birds Sing Our Names\, the remarkable anthology of poems about childhood\, parenting and birds\, published in support of the Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice in Sully which serves the whole of south Wales. All the proceeds of this book go directly to the charity and copies will be on sale at the reading.\nwww.tyhafan.org/ \nRhian Edwards   www.rhianedwards.co.uk/ \nChris Meredith   https://christophermeredit9.wixsite.com/website \nTony Curtis         http://tonycurtispoet.com/ \n\n16:30 – 17:30 – Illustrating text with Adam Hayes\nTickets are £7.59 (including booking fee) and can be purchased here (link opens in new tab) \n \nJoin Adam Hayes for a workshop on developing an image from a short piece of text. As an illustrator\, Adam often only receives plain text [from an author or agent] which he then needs to read and work out for himself what the accompanying image should be. The session will be based around; reading the text and working out how best to apply an image to enhance it. Adam will give examples before the group gets started. Participants will be invited to pick a piece of text\, perhaps just a sentence or a paragraph – some very simple & some more challenging – all of them plain text and without much context\, think about which part of the text you want to illustrate and sketch out as many different ideas as you can on separate sheets of paper. Pick out your favourite ideas and create your final illustration!\nAdam Hayes is a typographer and illustrator. He works on a broad range of projects from quick editorial illustrations to large-scale international campaigns. Since his graduation from the Royal College of Art in 2006 he has developed a solid roster of clients that include Apple\, Google\, Honda\, Ikea\, Shake Shack and Whole Foods – whilst also devoting time to personal projects. \nhttps://mrahayes.com/info \n  \n17:45 – 18:45 – Memoir Writing in an Hour with Jude Rogers\nTickets are £7.59 (including booking fee) and be purchased here (link opens in new tab) \n\nWant to turn your life story\, or someone else’s\, into a compelling narrative? Where – and how – do you start? How do you give shape to your experiences? How do you make the past come alive?Critically acclaimed memoir writer and journalist Jude Rogers is here to help with a lively hour of tips\, lessons learned and short exercises to help you make your writing breathe and sing.\nJude Rogers is the author of the acclaimed memoir about music\, memory and growing up\, The Sound Of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives\, published by White Rabbit Books (“Fascinating” – Ian Rankin; “What a joy” – Ruth Jones). A teacher of memoir writing for the Arvon Writing Foundation\, she is also a busy freelance journalist regularly working for The Guardian\, The Observer and BBC Radio 4. She lives in Monmouthshire with her husband and son. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/abergavenny-writing-festival/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:storytelling
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SUMMARY:Abergavenny Writing Festival Finale Night
DESCRIPTION:Writing Fest Finale Night! Comedy\, music and words\nTickets are £13.01 (including booking fee) and can be purchased here (link opens in new tab) \nStarting with some ‘Wordplay Cabaret’ from Mark Blainey; poetry\, songs and stories from Alex Wharton and lo-fi alt-Indie music with Folk and Americana influences from Rona Mac. Join us for an entertaining and inspiring evening with our stellar finale night line-up! Each performance will be punctuated with a break and the opportunity to share the buzz with fellow audience members in the Melville bar. \nMark Blayney\nWordplay Cabaret: Yoga for seagulls! Michael Caine! The world’s first poetry magic trick! A quickfire blast of comedy\, poetry\, poetry-comedy and comedy-poetry from the award-winning MARK BLAYNEY. Einstein! A vicar who loves Kylie! The poet laureate goes to the zoo! Get your seat early\, because otherwise\, someone else will sit in it.\n‘I laughed – then frowned as I realised none of these poems rhyme’ – JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH\nMark Blayney is a writer and performer based in Cardiff. His work spans comedy\, fiction and poetry. Mark writes fiction\, poetry\, scripts and journalism. His novella Two kinds of silence won the Somerset Maugham Prize\, his poetry has been longlisted for the National Poetry Competition and my journalism won a Wales Media Award. \nAlex Wharton\nAlex Wharton is an award winning writer and performer of poetry for adults and children. His First Book of poetry for children ‘Daydreams and Jellybeans’ was shortlisted for the Wales Book Of The Year Award 2022\, The North Somerset Teacher’s Book Awards\, The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards and was named as a National Poetry Day recommended read.\nHe is widely published in the sector and has collaborated with Literature Wales\, Cadw\, The National Dance Company Of Wales\, Welsh Government\, British Council of literature\, Welsh Libraries and many schools\, trusts and festivals including Hay Festival and Edinburgh International book Festival.\nIn 2021 Alex was commissioned by Hay Festival to create a poem with children that would be read to Her Royal Highness\, Queen Consort at a ceremony held in Hay-On-Wye.  Alex’s second collection of poems ‘Red Sky At Night: A Poet’s Delight’ will be published with Firefly Press in 2024. \nRona Mac\nRona Mac is a trailblazer for expression within music. She is a queer Singer-Songwriter bringing us lo-fi alt-Indie with Folk and Americana influences\, crafted in her caravan home-studio in west Wales. Her music comes raw and unfiltered\, aching with the kind of nostalgia that comes with rural\, rugged places. She weaves satisfying guitar-driven riffs with hooky melodies and she shows the ability in her sophisticated lyricism to reach out to people and make them feel. Her strive for depth and grit evokes the singer-songwriter movement of late 90’s as well as contemporaries such as SOAK\, Marika Hackman and Holly Humberstone.\nDespite music composition and performance being prominent in her life from a very young age\, Rona Mac’s project as a solo musician began in 2020 and she has since released a DIY Debut Album ‘Sheelah’ and EP ‘Shades Of Ham’\, exhibiting her captivating talent with music production. Her personal highlights of 2022 are plays on primetime BBCRadio1\, BBC6Music and Radio Wales\, performing at 6music Fest and Boomtown\, and getting featured in Clash magazine. Funded by PRS foundation Women Make Music and Help Musicians UK\, she will be releasing a new album in 2023\, as well as collaborations with artists Dan Bettridge\, Minas and Wil Owen.\nhttps://www.ronamacmusic.com/ \n  \nEvents take place at Melville Centre for the Arts\, Abergavenny\, NP7 5UD. Plan your journey here (link opens in new tab)
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/abergavenny-writing-festival-finale-night/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230520T220000
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SUMMARY:Open Micers Life Stories
DESCRIPTION:A series of evenings delving into the histories of our local musicians presented by Richie Rich\nSat 29th April\, 6th\, 13th & 20th May.  7pm.  £4\nIn this series\, The Melville Theatre will welcome popular performers seen around venues over the years.  Hosted by local personality\, Richie Rich\, this series will give everyone the chance to find out the musical journeys of local musicians.  Performers will be showcasing material as well as participating in an Q&A. \n“I am intrigued\, as many other people will be\, to uncover the origins of these musicians.  This promises to be a great series of entertainment for all!” – Richie Rich
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/open-micers-life-stories/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230430T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230430T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152444
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Greenham Common: A Craftivism and Memory Share Coffee Morning
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Craftivism & Memory Share Coffee Morning hosted by Greenham Women Everywhere and Scary Little Girls!\n\nDrop in to the cafe area between 9.30am – 1pm for a relaxed session sharing memories and stories from Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp.\n\n  \n\n\nWe will be joined by local Greenham Women\, Greenham Child Rebecca Mordan and local crafter Pat Besson from Stop and Stitch\, who will be running a radical stitching workshop. \n\nAll materials and vegan refreshments provided.  \n  \nAccessibility: \nThe Melville has disabled parking space\, rear door for wheelchair access (please call if required 01873 853167)\, and a disabled toilet. \n\n\nIf you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email hello@greenhamwomeneverywhere.co.uk
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/celebrating-greenham-common-a-craftivism-and-memory-share-coffee-morning/
LOCATION:Melville Centre Cafe-Bar\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:wellness
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230430T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230430T223000
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SUMMARY:Black Mountain Jazz Session - YETii
DESCRIPTION:BMJ welcome ‘Yetii’ for this very special one off gig.\nYetii are an acoustic jazz trio playing original compositions. The music combines flowing melodies with expansive group improvisations\, interlocking grooves and evolving soundscapes. \n\n“instinctive and impressive ★★★★” The Jazz Mann\n“a trio of fluent and wildly inventive improvisers” London Jazz News\n“this is music that becomes like a friend as you journey with the trio through contrasting moods\, textures\, and tonal colours” At the Barrier (Album of the Year)\n“their own impressive brand of improvisation-rich\, acoustic\, Scandi-flavoured jazz” Bristol247\n\nExpect an intimate set featuring several brand new compositions as the band look forward to their second album release later this year. \n\nAlex Veitch – piano\nAshley John Long – double bass\nAlex Goodyear – drums\n\nFind out more here \nDoors at 7:30pm.  Performance begins at 8pm
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/black-mountain-jazz-session-yetii/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230512T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230512T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152444
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SUMMARY:FOLK TALES - Race The Rain
DESCRIPTION:Race The Rain are a Brecon-based band\, playing powerful and uplifting indie folk.\nLed by Rose Segal\, Race The Rain came together in the Black Mountains and conjure the magic of the landscape through ethereal vocals\, driving bass and earthy percussion. \nDrawing influence from both obscure sources and more renowned acts\, such as Ben Howard\, expect a passionate and engaging evening of powerful music! \nRose Segal – Vocals\nMatt Lodge – Guitar\nJack Segal – Double Bass\nJon Pilgrim – Keyboard\nShane Healey – Percussion\nJamie Langford – Drums\n\nInstagram – racetherain_music\n\nFacebook – Race The Rain
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/folk-tales-race-the-rain/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230516T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230516T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152444
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SUMMARY:Poetry Upstairs
DESCRIPTION:Established Monthly Poetry Session in the Melville bar\, hosted by Ric Hool.  Bringing local and international poets to Abergavenny to celebrate the art of words and the story of our time that is expressed by current poets.  £5\nThis Months Guest Poets:\nXavier Panadès has produced a striking bilingual collection of poetry that explores the world of Catalan exile\, where the themes of the environment and belonging mix with intensely personal experiences and wider political reflections. \nCatalan born Xavier Panadès I Blas was brought up in a peasant family and educated to the revolutionary values of solidarity\, justice\, and freedom. This led to Xavier to have been involved in social-political and environmental movements since the mid-1980s. \nXavier has been instrumental in the internationalisation the culture of the Catalan Lands. He has been stunning audiences for the last 20 years with his explosive performances in Catalan around the globe. \nHe is known for his passionate performances of poetry and stories.He is the author of the book of poetry in The Ear of Eternity (Francis Boutle: 2019)\, and his work is regularly published in international journals.  Xavier is also a great interpreter of poetry in Catalan\, Castilian\, and English and his live interpretations are often backed with music. \nKelvin Corcoran lives in Brussels.  He is the author of numerous books of poetry\, including New and Selected Poems\, For The Greek Spring from Shearsman\, and most recently Facing West\, 2017\, the Medicine Unboxed sponsored Not Much To Say Really\, 2017\, Article 50\, 2018\, Below This Level\, 2019 and The Republic of Song\, Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press\, (America) 2020\, and Orpheus Asymmetric\, 2020.  2023 will see the publication of his Collected Poems and Transparent Blue of Everything\, a collaboration with the artist David Rees. \nThe sequence ‘Helen Mania’ was a Poetry Book Society choice and the poem ‘At the Hospital Doors’ was highly commended by the Forward Prize jury 2017.  His work is the subject of a study edited byAndy Brown\, The Writing Occurs as Song\, 2013 and is discussed in The Return of Pytheas: Scenes from British and Greek Poetry in Dialogue\, Paschalis Nikolaou\, 2017.  Kelvin Corcoran has also edited an account of the poetry of Lee Harwood in Not the Full Story: Six Interviews with Lee Harwood\, 2008.  He’s the co-editor with Robert Sheppard of The New Collected Poems of Lee Harwood. \nJonathan Richards is a former general practitioner and Health Board Clinical Director. He has been writing poems for twenty five years. He participated in the Masters in Writing course at the University of South Wales in 2015-2017. \nHe was commended by the Hippocrates Poetry Competition in 2019 for his poem ‘Rapids’. \nHis poems have appeared in anthologies including Red Poets\, These Are The Hands\, The Saccharin Poetry collection Vol 1 and Onward/Ymlaen. \nHis first collection was River Days\, a collaboration with an artist Ruth End. Published in 2019.  His second\, published in June 2022\, is Fall\, Falling\, Fallen.
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/poetry-upstairs/
LOCATION:Melville Centre Cafe-Bar\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:storytelling
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230521T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230521T223000
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SUMMARY:Black Mountain Jazz Session - Jonny Bruce Organ Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Brilliant trumpeter Jonny Bruce and his new Organ Quartet\n\n\nJonny Bruce is a superb trumpeter\, based in Bristol but with a national reputation. He is fluent in the whole history of jazz trumpet as he demonstrated some years back in his Trumpet Kings project\, in which he covered pieces from Louis Armstrong through to Freddie Hubbard.  For this Hammond organ based line-up Jonny has put together a more hard-bop and Blue Note style set\, including tunes from Horace Silver\, Roy Hargrove and Stan Getz.\n\n\nJoining Jonny in the front-line is the highly rated tenor saxophonist Greg Sterland who will be playing at the club for the first time. The line-up is completed by two young musicians who make a big impression; the superb keyboard player Guy Shotton and on drums it’s Alex Goodyear\, who is becoming one of the most in demand players on both the Bristol and Cardiff scenes.\n\nTickets available from The Black mountain Jazz Box Office
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/black-mountain-jazz-session-jonny-bruce-organ-quartet/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230523T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230523T120000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Social group for beginner Poets\nFor beginners – this is a chance to come and spend some time with words; find your voice\, share ideas and develop your work.\nWe encourage you to bring along poems that you are working on as well as those by other authors\, which inspire. \nThis is a group where people come together\, simply for the love of poetry! \nPrice: Donation to cover cost\nTeas and coffees available to buy
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/poetry-cafe/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:storytelling
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230526T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230527T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152444
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SUMMARY:Suitcase Theatre presents The Good Person of Szechwan
DESCRIPTION:Suitcase Theatre presents The Good Person of Szechwan by Bertolt Brecht in a version by Tony Kushner.\nSuitcase Theatre Company presents Bertolt Brecht’s classic exploration of the clash between money and morals.\nHow is it possible to be good and survive in a society where everybody is out to make a fast buck?\nPerformed in a new version by the American dramatist\, Tony Kushner (best known for “Angels in America”).\nThursday May 25th\nFriday May 26th\nSaturday May 27th\n \n£11  \nEntry by pre-booked tickets only\, available via the Company’s website: \nwww.suitcasetheatrecompany.com \n  \n 
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/suitcase-theatre-abergavenny-presents-the-good-person-of-szechwan/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:Event,theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230604T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231001T180000
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SUMMARY:BMJazz Katz Big Band Workshops
DESCRIPTION:BMJazz Katz is a new project which aims to give young people the opportunity to play together in a big band.\nIt is open to those who play any instrument\, including voice\, to a ‘reasonable level’ for their age. With some flexibility\, BMJAZZ KATZ is open to those aged 12 to 19 years.  Each BMJAZZ KATZ project will last for one year\, with a brand new project starting the following year.  The 2023/24 programme will start with a workshop on Sunday 4th June 2023 (4pm to 6pm) and thereafter two per month. \nIt is accepted that some workshop dates will not work for everyone but Sunday 1st October will be an important one\, as it will include a performance at the 2023 wall2wall jazz Festival! \nThe workshops will be run by three great young established musicians\, overseen by Jack Mac\, with guest tutors joining the programme during the year. \nDATES:\nSunday 4th June\, 4 – 6pm\nSunday 25th June\, 4 – 6pm\nSunday 9th July\, 4 – 6pm (followed by a performance)\nSunday 6th August\, 4 – 6pm (followed by a performance)\nSunday 3rd September\, 4 – 6pm (followed by a performance)\nSunday 1st October – WALL2WALL JAZZ FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE \nSpaces are £8 per workshop. \nFor more info and to reserve your spot\, please email us info@blackmountainjazz.co.uk\nPlease include: age\, instruments played and a contact phone number. \nWe can’t wait to get started!
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/bmjazz-katz-big-band-workshops/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230608T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230705T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152444
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SUMMARY:Corinna Nicoll Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition of seascapes and street scenes that show the beauty in the ordinary.\nWelsh artist Corinna has been painting since she was a teenager.  Now also a practicing reflexologist\, she believes that through both art and reflexology she can bring something of herself to others\, and hopefully inspire feelings of happiness and calm.\nCorinna has always been very drawn to certain colours\, sunset oranges and reds\, and blues and turquoises.  She feels colour is what makes the world alive and beautiful.  Colours to her represent variety and difference\, and many tones of colours together make a rich and diverse world. \nShe is passionate about the energy and feelings of colours and moments of joy that come from feeling connected to life.   Moments in life contain beauty in many forms\, be it visual beauty\, the beauty of togetherness\, laughter\, fun\, new ideas\, synchronicities\, different elements coming together in harmony. \nLearn more about Corinna here. \nGallery Opening Times: \nMonday: 11am – 3pm\nTuesday: 1pm – 3pm\nWednesday: 1pm – 3pm / 6pm – 8pm\nThursday: 1pm – 3pm\nFriday: 1pm – 2pm
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/corinna-nicoll-exhibition/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:art
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230610T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230627T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152444
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SUMMARY:Finding Your Voice
DESCRIPTION:Following the positive feedback from Workshops held at Aber Writing Fest 2023\, we are delighted to host 2 more ‘Finding Your Voice’ sessions with writer\, Liz Pearce \nJoin us for these next two sessions where will be continuing to work through a fun and creative process and building our collection of writing work\, towards a performance and display at the Melville next autumn. \nSat June 10th  – 2.00pm – 5.30pm\nTuesday June 27th  – 6.00pm – 8.30pm \nTo secure a place on both or either of these dates\, please email lizapearce@hotmail.co.uk
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/finding-your-voice/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:Poetry,storytelling
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230617T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230617T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152444
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SUMMARY:Abergavenny Arts Mini Festival 2023
DESCRIPTION:Let there be art!  Watch\, join in\, and most of all\, Enjoy!  And it’s all FREE!\nCome down to The Melville and enjoy a massive variety of creative activities – for free!  There will be performances in the theatre and bar from a variety of local solo performers and groups\, as well as print making\, pottery\, embroidery and mask making.  Click here for the full programme!\nAbergavenny Arts Festival will celebrate the arts in their broadest sense and aims to be as inspiring\, inclusive and affordable as possible. The Festival has always showcased amateur and professional artists from the vibrant local arts scene as well as inviting some exciting artists and art practitioners from further afield. \n 
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/abergavenny-arts-mini-festival-2023/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:art
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230617T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230617T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152444
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Opera & Song
DESCRIPTION:Simon Pratt and Ben Teague present an evening of opera and song as a fundraiser for Abergavenny Pride.\n\nAlongside some of the best known classical composers\, they will also present music from composers who were part of the LGBTQ+ community\, including Benjamin Britten\, Aaron Copland\, and Reynaldo Hahn. Simon and Ben have performed extensively in concert around South Wales\, and are looking forward to supporting Abergavenny Pride in this concert.\n\nTickets available at \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-night-at-the-opera-tickets-636560628977?\n\n\nPlease note: Under 18’s must be accompanied by an adult.
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/an-evening-of-opera-song/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230618T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230618T223000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152444
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SUMMARY:Black Mountain Jazz Session - Chris Cobson's African Jazz Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Infectious African Rhythms blended with Western Jazz.\nThe fabulous guitarist Chris Cobson draws on his Ghanaian roots to create a show blended of tantalising rhythms.   We have Chris on guitars\, Phil Dawson – second guitar\, Paul Jefferies – basses and Richard Olatunde Baker on percussion creating a kaleidoscope of colour\, atmosphere and pace. Chris was one of the original members of Courtney Pine’s Jazz Warriors and he has performed with Osibissa\, Ghanain jazz ensemble Baraka and many more national and international musical ensembles. He has now formed this quartet who brilliantly showcase the musical amalgamation of African and Western jazz sounds. Not to be missed! \nTickets available from the Black Mountain Jazz Box Office
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/black-mountain-jazz-session-chris-cobsons-african-jazz-quartet/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230622T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230622T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152444
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SUMMARY:Join us for an evening with Rachel Dawson\, author of Neon Roses\, in celebration of and by association with Abergavenny Pride!
DESCRIPTION:Thursday 22nd June at 7.30. \nTickets are priced at £7 for admission only or £20 with a copy of the book.\nClick here to book \nA portion of ticket fees will go to support Abergavenny Pride. \n\nFrom the Valleys to the nightclubs of Cardiff\, London and Manchester\, a funny\, heartwarming and a little bit filthy queer coming-of-age story with a cracking ’80s soundtrack\, from an exciting new voice in Welsh fiction. \nEluned Hughes is stuck. It’s 1984 in a valley in south Wales: the miners’ strike is ravaging her community; her sister’s swanned off with a Thatcherite policeman; and her boyfriend Lloyd keeps bringing up marriage. And if they play ’99 Red Balloons’ on the radio one more time\, she might just lose her mind.\nThen the fundraising group Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners comes down from London\, and she meets June\, a snaggle-toothed blonde in a too-big leather jacket. Suddenly\, Eluned isn’t stuck any more – she’s in freefall. \nJune’s an artist and an activist\, living in a squat in Camden. With June\, Eluned can imagine a completely different – and exciting – life for herself. But as her family struggles with the strike\, and her relationship with her sister  eteriorates\, should she really leave it all behind? \n\nRachel Dawson is a lesbian\, working-class Welsh writer. In 2020\, she was awarded a bursary by Literature Wales\, which enabled her to write her debut novel\, Neon Roses. She was born in Swansea and has done a variety of jobs\, including selling sausage rolls and vibrators (not at the same time)\, and volunteering for an MP. She now works in the third sector and lives with her wife in Cardiff.
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/join-us-for-an-evening-with-rachel-dawson-author-of-neon-roses-in-celebration-of-and-by-association-with-abergavenny-pride/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:storytelling
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SUMMARY:Gospel Singing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:After a hugely successful Gospel workshop at the 2022 wall2wall Jazz Festival – BMJ bring you 2 further sessions on 25th June & Sunday 23rd July.\nWe are delighted to welcome Tanya walker back to lead the workshops.  Tanya has worked within music for over 30 years and has been a natural voice practitioner/vocal and performance coach and choir leader for over 10. \nTanya is the leader and founder of the 60 person strong Alive and Kickin’ Community Choir\, Brecon.  She also leads the Merthyr Aloud World Music Choir\, the Whiterose Singers in New Tredegar and the lunchtime uplift choir sessions at Theatr Brycheiniog. \nCome and join us\, make friends\, make music\, laugh-out-loud and enjoy yourself! \nReserve your spot here!
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/4277/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:workshops
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SUMMARY:Poetry Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Social group for beginner Poets\nFor beginners – this is a chance to come and spend some time with words; find your voice\, share ideas and develop your work.\nWe encourage you to bring along poems that you are working on as well as those by other authors\, which inspire. \nThis is a group where people come together\, simply for the love of poetry! \nPrice: Donation to cover cost\nTeas and coffees available to buy
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/poetry-cafe-2/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:storytelling
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SUMMARY:Draw Off
DESCRIPTION:Sharpen your sharpies and get ready for some overhead projector fun.\n\nCome down and have a go in Aber’s first open mic for artists. Children and adults will be encouraged to draw in response to music\, or watch from the side lines and soak up the multi sensory atmosphere.  Live DJ’s and bar open.It’s free! \n\n\n\n\nDonations are welcome toward a future afterschool art club.\n\nDon’t forget to bring the kids and bring a sharpie if possible!
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/draw-off/
LOCATION:Melville Centre Cafe-Bar\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:art
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SUMMARY:Poetry Upstairs
DESCRIPTION:Established Monthly Poetry Session in the Melville bar\, hosted by Ric Hool.  Bringing local and international poets to Abergavenny to celebrate the art of words and the story of our time that is expressed by current poets.  £5\nThis Months Guest Poets:\nPeter Hughes lives on the northern margins of Snowdonia where he runs Oystercatcher Press. He also teaches\, and has been Judith E. Wilson Visiting Fellow in Poetry at Cambridge University. Shearsman published Peter’s Selected Poems alongside a volume entitled ‘An intuition of the particular’: some essays on the poetry of Peter Hughes. His other poetry publications include innovative versions of Petrarch\, Cavalcanti and Leopardi. His most recent books are A Berlin Entrainment (Shearsman)\, and Arrangements (Aquifer)\, a collaboration with Eléna Rivera. \nLesley Burt lives in Christchurch\, Dorset. Her poetry has been published in magazines such as Tears in the Fence\, Prole\, Sentinel Literary Quarterly and Dreich\, and online\, including by The Poetry Shed\, The High Window\, The Blue Nib and Ink\, Sweat and Tears. She is a long-standing member of the Tears in the Fence Workshop and Festival groups. \nHer first pamphlet\, Mr & Mrs Andrews Reframed\, is published by Templar Poetry in their Iota Shots Series. It was a winner in the 2022 iOTA Shot Pamphlet Awards. \nPhilip Rush lives in Stroud where he runs a small poetry press. Yew Tree Press of Stroud prepares and publishes pamphlets by local and not-so-local poets which accompanies readings in the town\, usually at the Museum in the Park. His own poems have been in many British and Irish magazines and in anthologies from Carcanet\, Bloodaxe and Seren. Philip thinks that poems help us to see the world in new ways and that the best poems help us to see ‘into the life of things’. The means at any poem’s disposal to achieve this end are almost infinitely broad.
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/poetry-upstairs-3/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:storytelling
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