Community choir recruiting singers for New Year’s Day
The line up for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay’s free event, First Footin’, on 1 January 2025 has been announced – and singer Karine Polwart needs you for her event Come Away In. She is looking for singers to become part of a 200 strong community choir who will perform in St Giles’ Cathedral on New Year’s Day.
First Footin’ will include performances by Karine Polwart, The Vaselines, Valtos, Dead Point and many more.
Read all about the line up here.
Looking for something different this New Year’s Day? @IAMKP is recruiting 200 people to join a community choir to sing in @stgilesHighKirk with her at the First Footin’ event Come Away In pic.twitter.com/lBFykvc8Gg
— Edinburgh Reporter (@EdinReporter) November 13, 2024
Zoo calls for action to ban fireworks
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has called for tougher rules on fireworks, following the death of a baby red panda at Edinburgh Zoo on Bonfire night.
Veterinary experts at the wildlife conservation charity believe that three-month-old kit, Roxie, died due to stress caused by fireworks being let off in the city centre.
Bikes for Refugees – 3,000th bike
The charity which upcycles bikes which it then donates to refugees who have come to live in Scotland has just donated its 3,000th bike.
This is an amazing milestone. Also the charity has announced that it has enough bikes for now but appeals for cash to pay for repairs and essential bike accessories for children and young people. Click on the image below to make a donation.
Nicola Coutts – work included in a new exhibition which opens today
Artist Nicola Coutts work is included in a new exhibition opening today at The Atelier Gallery, 5 Howard Street EH3 5JP.
Following a part-time course in Printmaking at Leith School of Art, Nicola has recently shifted her focus to oil painting on gesso panels, characterised by high colour intensity and enriched mark-making. Her inspiration comes from the wildness and vibrant colour palettes of both her own and local gardens.
More information about the exhibition which includes work by a range of artists here
New app for Library of Mistakes
Money Talks, Money Walks – Edinburgh’s Finance Story is a new app to walk to.
Join the Keeper of Edinburgh’s Library of Mistakes, Russell Napier, author of The Rise And Fall Of The City Of Money, Ray Perman and comedian and historian Susan Morrison for a walking tour of the city’s financial past.
On the tour learn about Scotland’s highly innovative early financial institutions as well as some astonishing frauds and failures.
Supported by wealth managers RBC Brewin Dolphin and brought to you by the Library of Mistakes. Money Talks, Money Walks is an audio-guided walk through the history of the Scottish capital’s relationship with money. The tour will lead a walk from Canongate Kirk to Charlotte Square – for so long the financial district of Edinburgh but which is now the headquarters of charity, The People’s Postcode Lottery.
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