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Art Works: Kit Anderson

A local artist reveals all her secrets of fusing her photographs onto ceramics...

Live: Cantaloupe, Cowtown and Fists

Hello Thor livened up a Friday night with three bands who don't get out much in Nottingham

Bang! Short Film Festival Is Calling It A Day

Short films are perfect. Perfect for the filmmaker wanting to showcase what they can do, perfect for the YouTube generation struggling to concentrate on anything for more than an hour, perfect for creating some of the most diverse film festivals out there. Bang! Short Film Festival started off small but, as the digital age took hold and their audiences got bigger, it grew into a beast of a festival. Unfortunately, after fifteen years of filling Broadway’s screens with bite-sized reels, they’ve called it a day. We get all nostalgic and look at what the festival meant to filmmakers and audiences alike...

15 Bands You Wish You'd Seen At The Bodega

As The Bodega (formerly The Social) celebrates its fifteenth birthday, we look at fifteen bands who played there before they made it big

Jim's Smokehouse

Keto

Part of the Denizen stable of musicians, the artist formerly known as Leah Sinead has been enchanting audiences since emerging a couple of years ago

Advertising Sectioned

Local adverts ripped from the pages of history, with Player's and Henry Farmer and Co

Creswell Crags and the Welbeck Estate

Creswell Crags is a limestone gorge honeycombed with caves that include neolithic paintings that date back between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago.

Art Works: Adrian Tasker

"The cardinal sin for any designer is to not research your subject"

Red's True Barbecue

Rough Trade Opens in Nottingham

A new era begins as London's favourite indie record store opens up a branch in Nottingham. Photography of the store's first day by Shaun Gordon...

Nusic #92,Nusic

A whole new selection of some of Nottingham's up and coming artists as well as those who have already won our hearts

Pick of the Week: 24 - 30 November

Whether it's art, punk rock, raving, beer or books you're into, we've got just the thing for you ducky

Safe at Last Charity Music Video

The charity who work with, and on behalf of, young people at risk through running away are releasing a song, with a video made by Nottingham's Rebel Yell

Future Session 74 - Gino

New music, live in session, from Nottingham for Nusic. The latest artist in the Nusic Future Session studio is

Phoenix Dance Theatre

A triple bill of contemporary dance proves to be charming, humorous and very intense

Anchorsong

Sounddism plays host to a Japanese loop virtuoso at The Bodega this weekend, so we grabbed him for a chat

Being Arthur

The first ever live 24 hour Twitter presentation of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning happens this weekend as part of the Being Human humanities festival

Live: OrangeFest 2014

I'm Not From London took over the Orange Tree for a day and night of live music

In Focus: Nina Smith

The soulful pop lass got snap happy when we put a few questions to her

Defending the Indefensible

Members of Fists and Cantaloupe tell us why these albums are misunderstood gems and deserved to be listened to again with fresh ears

What We Do In The Shadows

This mockumentary about a few vampires sharing a New Zealand house really needs to be seen by everyone

Music Reviews: November 2014

With Amber Run, Origin One, Separation Anxiety, Trekkah, The Madeline Rust, Rattle, Merrick's Trust, and The Wild Man of Europe

Untangling the Politics of Black Hair: Bea Udeh on Black Hair

Nottingham’s art galleries are obsessed with hair at the moment, and why on earth not? From straight to frizzy, soft curls to tight spirals, black to blonde, short to long, our hair is shaped and styled as a way to express ourselves. With the upcoming discussion at New Art Exchange, Untangling the Politics of Black Hair, Nottingham Playhouse curator and Mouthy Poet Bea Udeh talks Afro hair...

Gallery 47 All Will Be Well - A Poddingham Film

Jack Peachey has just released his second album, the perfect excuse for a short film that includes live footage from his support slot with Paul Weller