By fay.young on December 22, 2009
A heartwarming glimpse of multicultural Edinburgh
There is a sound people make when they are pleased to be with one another. Stan Reeves called it “the difference between false gregariousness and authentic comradeship” and this tiny clip of film gives you an idea of what that sounds like. As you can hear, there was plenty of [...]
Posted in Community art dance theatre and music, community news
By fay.young on November 26, 2009
Grassroots at Redbraes during Edinburgh Festival 2008
On a stormy winter night it’s great to get a blast of summer. The picture shows the fantastic Grassroots Theatre Company when they visited Redbraes community garden in warmer weather. Now they are back for another tour of Scotland with what sounds like perfect timing for the St [...]
Posted in Community art dance theatre and music, Swietlica
By fay.young on November 12, 2009
Great news in from the west. That’s the west of Edinburgh, where the Welcoming centre runs a terrific programme of events bringing together local communities with refugees and asylum seekers – sharing ideas and learning together through art, film, music, discussion and food. The cinema club starts again next week with an exciting list of [...]
Posted in Community art dance theatre and music, film
By fay.young on August 28, 2009
We missed the unveiling of the Burns Banner at the start of the Fringe but couldn’t resist going down to Market Street this week to try to spot the letters painted by Leith groups. See if you can pick out Ola Kasprzak’s contribution to the giant mural.
Posted in Community art dance theatre and music, public art, Swietlica
By fay.young on July 31, 2009
Give me an ‘n’, give me a ‘y’, give me another ‘n’… Ok, this is going to take too long. Add up all the letters produced by community groups all round Scotland and it spells two verses of the Burns poem A Man’s a Man for A’ That which will be unfurled as a banner [...]
Posted in africa centre, Community art dance theatre and music, Swietlica
By fay.young on July 30, 2009
Warming up: Zawadi with choir leader Rachel Milne at their first public performance in April
Great to hear the Zawadi Women’s Choir is going from strength to strength. Since their first appearance in April this year they have been collecting a growing list of requests (and some new members). If you didn’t hear them in the [...]
Posted in africa centre, music
By fay.young on June 29, 2009
Imagine you are a refugee trying to make a new life in Edinburgh. Better still, take a new look at the city with people who really are refugees. The film ‘Long Way From Home’ does just that and it is showing at Red Eye film club in Pilmeny Youth Centre at 7.30pm on Friday 3 [...]
Posted in film, Monthly diary, Red Eye Film Club
By fay.young on May 22, 2009
It is not easy for world musicians to enter Britain. So Scotland is lucky to be hearing the remarkable music of the Sufi band that survived the Taliban – and overcame obstacles to getting a visa. And we are luckier still to get the chance to hear them on our own doorstep. Thanks to Swietlica, [...]
Posted in Community art dance theatre and music, music, Swietlica
By fay.young on May 7, 2009
Zawadi Women’s Choir rehearsing for their first public appearance – membership of the choir is open to women from different ethnic backgrounds.
At one end of the hall they are preparing a banquet. At the other end the choir is warming up for their first public performance. Rachel Milne quickly gets rid of any nerves by [...]
Posted in africa centre, Community art dance theatre and music, music | Tagged africa centre, baroness amos
