Five things you need to know today
Join a Choir
Join a choir taster session at Edinburgh Plyahouseon 19 December for a free sing along and a mince pie. The songs will include festive classics such as White Christmas. Participants must be over 18.
No experience is necessary and more Sing in the Playhouse sessions will be running from 9 January and every Tuesday at 2pm until 2 April.
More information and details of joining fees here.
At Edinburgh Printmakers
A new exhibition, Journey, will open at Edinburgh Printmakers on 16 December and run until 17 March 2024 showing the work of 78 artists using a variety of print mediums.
This is the third annual members’ show at Castle Mills in Fountainbridge, and the theme of Journey has been interpreted by artists in many different ways including landscapes, excerpts of travels, and a morning commute.
There are life milestones and personal experiences used as the basis for artworks and the printmaking itself using new processes and materials.
Scottish Beacon wins National Award
The Edinburgh Reporter is a founding member of the collaborative journalism project, The Scottish Beacon, which has won a national journalism award.
At Starbank Park next Saturday
Subscriptions
Please do subscribe to our monthly newspaper if you can – we deliver by mail in compostable envelopes, and the subscription helps us to keep on bringing you the news for free. So far this year we have produced twelve issues and are already working on the January 2024 edition – if you have some stories then do get in touch.