Colinton Community Council
Wedding Season
Fashion event at QMU
Let’s Glow
The Big Toddle
Colinton Community Council meet tomorrow evening 14th May at 7:00pm in Colinton Bowling Club, Red Room.
You will find all their recent minutes here on their website. If you wish to have more news of the newest community council in the capital then contact them. Their website says: “We will also be building an email database which can be subcribed to on our Contact page. We will use this to keep the community updated.”
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There are many possible venues for weddings in Edinburgh but the Signet Library has told us they are holding a Wedding Open Day on 31st May to find out about what they offer More information here.
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Students from Queen Margaret University’s Costume Design and Construction degree are set to take the University’s annual costume showcase to new heights. This year’s event is set to dazzle with a harlequinade of outfits from the past, present and future.
Themed in black and white, the 2015 show will transform the Pleasance Theatre in Edinburgh’s old town.
Taking place on the 15th May, Costume Showcase 2015 will feature an array of costumes created and modelled by Queen Margaret University’s Performing Arts students. The breadth of work will reflect the Costume Design and Construction students’ portfolio, with the supporting exhibition featuring illustrations of costumes, masks and millinery.
The audience should prepare itself to be transported to different worlds – from the 17th century court of Charles II, stopping for a moment in an Edwardian musical hall, and reaching into the future with space aged mutants.
Sarah Paulley, Programme Leader in Costume Design and Construction at Queen Margaret University, explained: “It will be a visual rollercoaster which moves from bold black and white harlequin costumes to gloriously colourful African textiles. This year, an entire collection of costumes are themed around the Tempest, Shakespear’s mystical island, with costumes inspired by birds, fishes and spirits.
‘Costume Showcase and Exhibition’ will take place at the Pleasance Theatre Hall, 60 Pleasance, Edinburgh, EH8 9TJ on the 15th May 2015. Matinee performance, doors open at 2pm, performance followed by the exhibition. Evening performance, starts at 7.15pm, followed by exhibition.
Tickets for the show can be purchased via Eventbite at: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/preview?eid=16232491820
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Edinburgh College’s dazzling creative students are about to light up the city with a two-month celebration of their luminous talents.
The Let’s Glow festival which runs until 22 June will give Edinburgh the chance to enjoy performances and exhibitions from college students covering everything from music, theatre and dance to photography, film, art, animation, textiles and design. The programme of events will showcase the skills and talents of the students, demonstrating the work they have undertaken at Edinburgh College over the last year.
Let’s Glow includes events taking place at venues across Edinburgh – including the college’s campuses, Summerhall, The King’s Theatre, The Traverse Theatre, The Edinburgh Filmhouse and The Queen’s Hall. Photography students are also taking their work to exhibit at Brick Lane in London.
The festival will feature students from all the college’s creative industries study programmes: Art and Design; Broadcast Media and Photography; Computing; Music and Sound Production; and Performing Arts. The programme includes large-scale end-of-year shows by music, arts, photography, film and animation students; the PASS Cross Currents dance event choreographed by college staff and performed by students; an exhibition of make-up artistry; a graphic design exhibition; performances of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale and contemporary Scottish play My Romantic History; the PASS Out showcase for final-year Acting and Performance students; a musical theatre revue; and the premier of an original musical about Scotland’s most revered and most controversial instrument – the bagpipes.
The full programme of events – some of which are free – and details of where to buy tickets can be found atwww.edinburghcollege.ac.uk/letsglow.
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The Big Toddle fundraising walk for under-fives is back for 2015 and Barnardo’s Scotland is calling on nurseries, parents and child minders in Edinburgh and the Lothians to join together and arrange an event.
The theme for this year is Pirates and will see hundreds of children and adults dressing up and “walking the plank” – or a half-mile path with friends and family.
Dozens of Big Toddles are taking place across the UK between 1-12 June – but nurseries, parents, child minders and grandparents can organise their own Big Toddle at any time.
To find out more and to register to Barnardo’s Big Toddle please visit www.barnardos.org.uk/bigtoddle, follow us on Twitter @BigToddle or on Facebook/BigToddle.
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