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Strike Site: Exhibition Curator Sacha Craddock Talks Unreality and Insistent Physicality

Thu 22 Mar 2018

Strike Site is an exhibition which attempts to create the contradictory yet palpable sense of the temporary that comes with an exhibition of arts. Now in it's second manifestation, after being previously exhibited at Pi Artworks London, curator Sacha Craddock worked closely with the Nottingham Refugee Forum to explore notions of displacement, movement, freedom and barriers...

Exhibition Review: STRATA:1 at Surface Gallery

Mon 05 Mar 2018

STRATA is a series of exhibitions that explore the "raw medium of paint". In STRATA:1, the first exhibition of the series curated by Sarah Cunningham, the artists use paint to explore the entwining theme of nature and humanity. The styles of the five artists are vividly juxtaposed, creating a startling but effective exhibition that, as a whole, seems to highlight how much humans impact our natural landscape...

Magic Moments: An Afternoon with Global Wordsmiths at Defining Moments Launch

Mon 26 Feb 2018

One of the fresher faces on Nottingham's publishing scene, Global Wordsmiths have made a name for themselves of late by working with writers from all walks of life. Their latest publication, Defining Moments: Stories from a Place of Recovery, is a collaboration with local addiction support charity Double Impact. We sent our Chloe Campbell down to the launch event for the book to get the low-down on the book, and the remarkable people who have contributed to it.

Live Music Review: The Orielles at Rough Trade

Fri 23 Feb 2018

The Orielles appeared at Rough Trade in Nottingham in front of a select audience on the day that their debut album, Silver Dollar Moment, comes out...

STRATA:1 – A Painting Exhibition at Surface Gallery

Thu 15 Feb 2018

This month sees five Loughborough Fine Art graduates take over Surface Gallery with the raw medium of paint, featuring Joshua Browitt, Philip Clarke, Martin Clarkson, Sarah Cunningham and Adam Waghorne. Here, we've been treated to a small selection of their landscape wares. Enjoy duckeh

Talent, Talks and Tapes at Five Leaves McGregor Launch

Wed 14 Feb 2018

Not content to take it easy, author, storyteller, and long-time friend of the mag Jon McGregor has just released his new collection The Reservoir Tapes, hot off the heels of their initial airing on BBC Radio 4. Last Tuesday he made an appearance at Five Leaves Bookshop to launch the collection, so we thought we'd send our Chloe Campbell down to see what he had to say for himself.

THiNK are Running an Album Art Competition for their Spring Open Exhibition

Tue 13 Feb 2018

Have you ever looked at an album cover and thought “I could gi’ that a go”? If so, then you can show off your artistic prowess at THiNK’s Spring Open Exhibition. Whether you’re an established artist or just interested in trying something new, between Thursday 29 March and Sunday 29 April, you can have your artwork hanging in a proper gallery. With no entry fee and the competition open to all ages, there is only one rule: all works must be original pieces.

Live Music Review: Gallery 47 at The Bodega

Tue 23 Jan 2018

To celebrate the launch of his new album, Young World, Jack Peachey returned to his Notts roots...

Nottingham's Homeless Community Create Photography Exhibition

Fri 08 Dec 2017

Student-led community interest company, People of the Streets, handed out disposable cameras to Nottingham's homeless community. The end result? An incredible photography exhibition, Stories of the Streets, that provides us with an insight to what life is really like when you don't have a house to call your home. We sent our own photographer, Tom Morley, down to the exhibition in Broadmarsh, to provide us with a very meta photo gallery of a photo gallery.

Finding Headspace - Review of Making Headway's latest book launch

Sat 18 Nov 2017

Living with a brain injury is a difficult and oftentimes raw experience. However, the writers and editors involved in the creation of the newest Global Words Press book Making Headway: Living with Brain Injury are willing to share their stories and inspire us all to live better and braver lives.

Exhibition Review: Collected Words at Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Wed 15 Nov 2017

A celebration of Nottingham’s literary wares, past and present...

Art Review: Sounds Like Her at New Art Exchange

Wed 08 Nov 2017

Seven women, from a variety of different backgrounds, have brought their work together to create Sounds Like Her the New Art Exchange. They’re using their voices, language, noise, textures, music, sonic structures and non-sonic materialisations of sound all to grab your attention and make you think about things from new perspectives...

Gone Feral: Punk and Poetry at Low-Light Magazine launch

Tue 07 Nov 2017

Who doesn't love a bit of punk? Hi-Vis are back with their DIY dazzlers, and we went down to the Chameleon to see what they had to say for themselves.

Archive Exhibition London’s Calling Highlights Eccentric Fashion from the Eighties

Sat 28 Oct 2017

Bonington Gallery Vitrines played home to an exhibition which captured the excitement of a unique time in British fashion.

The Raincoats 33 1/3 Book Launch at Rough Trade

Wed 25 Oct 2017

Rough Trade hosts the launch of the 33 1/3 book on the eponymous debut album by The Raincoats. Author Jenn Pelly was joined by band members Ana da Silva and Gina Birch and friend of the band Shirley O'Loughlin who was at Rough Trade when they released the album...

Photography Exhibition States of America at Nottingham Contemporary

Fri 13 Oct 2017

The Nottingham Contemporary is currently playing host to a new photography exhibition – States of America – and it’s a real thinker. Covering thirty years of American history, the collection introduces the audience to the realities of post-war North American society and leaves us reflecting on the world we live in today...

Folky Finesse and Lyrical Larks at Oyster Launch

Wed 20 Sep 2017

With the launch of his new book and a nation-wide tour underway, it's clear that for Michael Pedersen, the world is his oyster. Last week we sent Chloe Campbell out to Rough Trade to check out his folk-infused Nottingham launch party.

The Artist Who Makes Famous Faces Out Of Cans

Wed 13 Sep 2017

Kelly Ann Holmes is a self-taught mixed media artist specialising in the use of recycled drinks cans. She’s a homegrown Nottingham gal, and draws inspiration from the vibrant scenes our city has to offer. She won the first Open Exhibition at THiNK in Cobden Chambers, and is gearing up for her first solo show, Wasted Talents and Glorious Tragedies: an exhibition in portraiture based on fame and glamour, touching on the topics of mental health and substance abuse...

Homeless: A Photography Exhibition

Sat 09 Sep 2017

Local photographer Dan Hughes is hosting a photography competition – Homeless – alongside the organisation that helps our community’s most vulnerable: Emmanuel House. Here, Dan tells us all about the hows and whys of the project...

Live Music Review: Acoustickle Gods and Goddesses Themed Launch Party at Saltbox

Mon 28 Aug 2017

A new home for the jazz, soul, poetry and hip hop night...

Nottingham 2023 European Capital of Culture Bid Launch at Sneinton Market in Photos

Wed 16 Aug 2017

Ayup Notts, it’s possible that we’re about to become the next tourist hotspot for all them tourists looking to get a little more creativity in their lives. Nottingham’s Cultural Strategy Partnership (CSP) announced its bid to become a European Capital of Culture 2023… in a giant light-up inflatable structure – otherwise known as a luminarium – no less...

New Bar MOJO Nottingham Launch in Photos

Wed 02 Aug 2017

There are new boggers on the block. More specifically, on Thurland Street. We got down to take a few snaps of the latest bar to hit the city...

Dinosaurs of China Roam Wollaton Hall

Mon 10 Jul 2017

Wollaton Hall is set to welcome some rather large guests to its grounds this summer. From Sinraptors to the mammoth Mamenchisaurus, the skeletons of never-before-seen dinosaurs will be making their way from China to Hoodtown to form the Dinosaurs of China exhibition. We sat down with curators, Adam Smith and Wang Qi, to learn all about it...

The Particle Beast book launch at the Nottingham Writer’s Studio

Thu 29 Jun 2017

Nottingham based author, Ian Douglas, explores life on Mars in the third instalment of his teen sci-fi adventure. We headed down to the book launch at NWS, where Douglas spoke about what’s in store for Zeke Hailey in this gripping nigh-apocalyptic tale…

A Smoking New Exhibition Over At Nottingham Contemporary

Mon 19 Jun 2017

If you’ve been wondering what the bob is going off down Weekday Cross, don’t worry. There’s no fire. We repeat, no fire. There’s no Vape Nation kid chonging on his latest modified piece, and the clouds did not trip over a rogue sock on the stairs to land up in a heap at the bottom. Actually, there’s a new exhibition on at Nottingham Contemporary, and the plumes of water vapour are part of a new public commission that’s left us gritting our teeth with metaphor envy…

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