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Hips Don’t Lie: we hear from belly dancer Marija Zinkevica about the upcoming Belly Dance Festival and building connection with the body through dance
Sat 15 Feb 2025After a career in computer science, Marija Zinkevica swapped life behind the screen for days onstage: teaching belly dance in Nottingham and performing in competitions around the world. Ahead of the first Belly Dance Festival at the start of March, we caught up with Marija to hear how this ancient dance can build confidence, community and a deep connection with the body.
We hear from The Sherwood People’s Forest who are bringing the greenery of our northern woodlands a bit closer to the city
Fri 14 Feb 2025“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit,” so goes the Greek proverb. Nottingham is a county known worldwide for the leafy Sherwood Forest, but for several years plans have been afoot to create the Sherwood People’s Forest to bring the greenery of our northern woodlands a bit closer to the city. Organiser Sarah Manton tells us more…
Nadia on... the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Wed 12 Feb 2025Nottingham East Labour MP Nadia Whittome talks about the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Ahead of Light Night 2025, we chat to Nottingham-based dancer Tom Dale and digital artist Barret Hodgson about their Council House collaboration
Thu 06 Feb 2025Promising to shine brighter than ever, Light Night 2025 will feature dozens of spectacular light installations, family-friendly activities and live performances across the city centre. Among these is a new collaboration called Primal Future, a dance and digital crossover which will be projected onto Nottingham’s Council House at the event. Created as a collaboration between Nottingham-based dancer Tom Dale and digital artist Barret Hodgson, we asked them to reveal more about their work…
We chat to Swedish indie-rock group Girl Scout ahead of their gig at The Bodega
Wed 05 Feb 2025On the heels of their latest EP titled Headache, Swedish indie-rock group Girl Scout are gearing up for a tour of the UK and Europe, new music, and lots of fun. We caught up with front woman Emma Jansson ahead of their gig at The Bodega later this month.
We speak to Broadway, Arc and Savoy Cinemas about the future of cinema in Nottingham
Tue 04 Feb 2025Last month we learned that Cineworld cinema in the Cornerhouse will be closing, to be replaced by Vue cinema later in the year. The last few years have seen plenty of change for the cinema industry, so we put some questions to the figureheads at our three other local picture houses; Mark Gallagher at The Arc Cinema, Lucy Askew at Broadway Cinema and Paul Scotton at Savoy Cinema…