ar t . dance . music . events . therapies . workshops
MARCH 2015 FREE
Welcome
Welcome to the March edition of the Hamilton House programme. This month we’re looking forward to the spring equinox and have a whole range of new events, workshops and courses to inspire you through the change of the seasons. On the 19th March, cook with wild plants and herbs to create a tasty and nourishing meal using locally gathered ingredients from allotments and gardens with Amanda, From Plot To Pot (page 8). Treat youself to a therapy; Wellbeing’s newly established Graduate Clinic offers Massage, Shiatsu and Reflexology, it’s run by newly graduated therapists and takes place every Sunday (page 10). Learn how to dye your own clothes with local wild dye plants, organic farm produce and recycled food waste with Native natural dyes (page 10).
Hannah Bailey Artist of the month Hannah Bailey’s distinct and beautiful illustrations feature on the front cover of our programme this month. Her delicate drawings and paintings have a focus on flora and fauna, intricate diagrams, maps and mazes. A resident of Bristol, she has been a free-lance illustrator & designer since graduating from Brighton in 2010. You can see her work exhibited in the Canteen during March. cargocollective.com/hannahrbailey
If you’re interested in volunteering & contributing to the overall development of Coexist, email: reception@coexistuk.org
Hamilton House 80 Stokes Croft Bristol BS1 3QY
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CoResist : working through the ar ts for environmental and social change CoResist is a dedicated and innovative collective that facilitates discussion, raises awareness and takes action on issues that affect our environment and community. They have been working in partnership with Coexist here at Hamilton House to create and curate transformative arts projects in the building and beyond. Operating collaboratively, the collective has an egalitarian ethos and a non-hierarchical structure. It operates as an open platform, seeking to help people to address the issues they feel passionate about. CoResist works with an ethos of community and cooperation, uniting in resistance against social and ecological threats such as fracking, and actively supporting external campaigns that fall within its values. Last month the collective collaborated with local environmental campaigners who took to the treetops to protect Stapleton allotments against the controversial Metrobus development. So far this year CoResist has already held screenings and discussions for the feature documentaries ALUNA and Triple Divide, and more captivating film nights are to follow. During February, the collective curated a range of workshops and installations where artists and the public converged to discuss and explore the topic of Our Nuclear Future. This month: get involved with the 24 Hour Charity Panto (20th-21st March), or come and explore the Museum of Love: in Bristol for one night only (27th March). Explore a museum full of artefacts donated by Bristolians which explain what love means to them. Is your love for a place, a family, an occupation, a cause, something more spiritual? More info: www.coresist.org If you have an idea for a project and would like to collaborate with CoResist, please get in touch with info@coresist.org
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Phil King
- Commencing the “Fringe” for the Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival what better way than Phil King's way with words (and music) that makes his highly original material instantly memorable.
Canteen Jazz Session
- An open jazz jam session for seasoned players to join the house trio and others in exploring classic jazz & latin tunes.
Twelve Months of Summer - Monthly showcase of the best acts from the acoustic scene pulled together by the sparkling Miss Rosina Buck (who is one such herself).
Nicholas Dover’s Fault Lines
- Casting a shrewd eye over the classic jazz repertoire saxophonist Nicholas Dover injects a fresh life into with some cracking arrangements.
Occasional Brass Ensemble - Catching the street band sound of New Orleans, bunch from Cardiff pitches into all kinds of jazz and soul numbers with modern beats and old style enthusiasm.
The 45s
- Breezy as anything rock and soul covers band with the fresh honesty of a Nuggets-era beat combo and the advantage of Mr Bobby Anderson on guitar, vocals and all round charisma.
No Go Stop
- The big big sound of Afrobeat coming straight outta Bristol and boiling up dance floors wherever they go full of energetic brass, soul-stirring beats and impassioned vocals.
International Women’s Day
- A collection of female musicians and artists celebrating female empowerment featuring Hannah Griffith, Lily McCauley, Leo Wood, Chikaya & Geanie Marie.
Canteen HipHop Session - Guest MCs and musicians join the rhythm section of the ultrafunky DeCyphers collective for a monthly exploration of all things hip (and, indeed, hop).
Too Strong Lollipop
- Hailing from Hungary, Jamaica and Spain expect influences from Manu Chao's sizzling mestizo to The Congos dreamy reggae via Balkan breakdowns.
Victoria Klewin
- There aren't many vocalists who sit as comfortable in a swing band as a dubstep studio but Victoria Klewin does just that, for this expect one of her jazzier outings.
DMAC Showcase
- We're always intrigued by the goings on upstairs at Hamilton House and so we've got the wonderful Dance Music Arts Collective to come on down and give us a chance to appreciate what they get up to. Expect anything, including African Dance, Capoeira, Ballet, Street Dance, Samba, Salsa, Hoopdance, Flamenco, Tango, Bellydance and more.
Rebekah/Slow Revolt
- Peckham-based Joe Mirza's Slow Revolt delivers lyrical soundscapes with grabby analogue basslines, while Rebeka, retro electronic Europop merchants hit you with with classic four-to-the-floor beats and breathy vocals that recapture that epic 80s feel.
Wormfood Canteen.
Wormfood are back, with guest bands and dis for their monthly residency at the
Inu - A collective of seasoned folksters from the Bath scene whose rich arrangements of traditional music reflects the carefully gathered fruit of their many meanderings.
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Canteen Jazz Session
- An open jazz jam session for seasoned players to join the house trio and others in exploring classic jazz & latin tunes.
Dreamers
- Its Paddy's night and what better way to celebrate that this trio of fine traditional musicians with enthusiasm explore the world of traditional folk tunes with a nod to the emerald isle!
The Little Unsaid
- Singer, poet, film maker and musician John Elliott makes a surprising amount of music for a multi-tasking man, much of it an original blend of classic acoustic songstrelsy.
Free live music! - Check the website for details.
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Brass Junkies
- The Brass Junkies are a dynamic 8 piece brass band inspired by the funky Mardi Gras sounds of the New Orleans street bands
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Slimline Henry Blues Session
- Blues harmonica doyen Henry Slim is a well-connected man on the local scene so expect some tasty friends to pop into his blues session.
Robin Mitchell - This singer-songwriter seems determined to outwit whatever you might expect from
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lo-fi music: he bandies the term about but in truth his tasteful guitar playing and crisp vocals is as good as it gets.
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Hermigervill - Reykjavik-based multi-instrumentalist Hermigervill plays ‘Icelandic Pop Classics' on a
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mish-mash of analogue synths and other bits and pieces. Think Giorgio Moroder on a runaway reindeer.
Molly & The Kings
- Miss Molly Miranda King knows a thing or two about jazz singing - you can tell as much from the swing of her vocals and also by her fine band of local jazz aficionados.
Los Mercenarios
- Let's talk heavyweight funk with jazz attitude. Or dub. Or Latin, likewise? This well-established outfit delivers remorseless rhythm with all the jazz credibility it needs.
The Stiff Joints
- Two-tone ska-meisters from Kidderminster playing infectious punked up ska that The Specials brought in the 70's & 80's making their original tunes are something you wont stop dancing to!
Mamadou Cissokho - Hailing from Senegal, Modou's roots lie in the Griot family traditions that shows whether he's singing, drumming or playing mesmerising music on the kora.
Canteen Jazz Session
- An open jazz jam session for seasoned players to join the house trio and others in exploring classic jazz & latin tunes.
The Stringbeans
- The Stringbeans classic string quartet gets waylaid by the pop allure of Madonna and Michael Jackson and the classic sounds of he Beach Boys for a epic bowed treat.
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What’s on this month 24 hour charity panto A revelrous supper 5th Mar, 7pm-12am, £35 Experience the magic of a New Orleans Style feast with a delicious four course meal. A fundraiser for The Coexist Community Kitchen’s outreach collaboration with The Bristol Drugs Project.
Performance: 8pm Saturday 21st March, Hamilton House Events Space, £5 (Participants gather: 7pm Friday 20th March). This equinox we have 24hrs to create a spectacle of incredible hilarity and pantomime mastery, and we need your help! There are lots of opportunities to get involved - from acting, singing & dancing; to set-making, costume-making and stage-management; to outreach, bar-tending and fund-raising. Our aim is to host a collaborative, creative project which builds community and raises some money for charity, which will be voted for by the audience at the end of the evening. We will be based in the building for 24hrs, and have sleeping/rest space for participant & refreshments.
Inspired by women 7th Mar, 9pm-1am, £2 Clara D is bringing you a night of live music, big tunes and an exhibition of portraits inspired by tenacious women; from black panther heroines to empowering poets alongside a musical line up not to be missed. Get your fill of Reggae, Ska, Soul & Hip Hop with an ensemble of female acts including Rat Bag, The Piratones, Kimberley Newell and Mumma Marv. Held in the event space, on floor 3.
Raimbows from hell
Native natural dyes
17th-21st Mar, 9am-9pm, Donation A grunge art exhibition that features the collaborative output of two artists works, in an expression of dark emotion and an explosive colour palette.
19th Mar, 7-9pm, £25/£20 Learn how to dye your own clothes with local wild dye plants, organic farm produce and recycled food waste. As part of a chemical-free, zero-waste, textile design process.
For more infomation visit: hamiltonhouse.org/category/events-workshops
Opening a new chapter 28th Mar, 2-4pm, FREE
From plot to pot
The project aims to gather the lesbian, gay,
19th Mar, 6pm-9pm, £25
area and create a permanent online archive in
Working with Amanda, a gardener and cook,
collaboration with the University of Bristol and
you will use locally gathered fresh ingredients
Bristol City Council. This event is your oppor-
from allotments and gardens.
tunity to learn about this exciting new project
Learn the joys of using wild plants and herbs
and find out how you can get involved – oral
to create a tasty and nourishing meal. At the
history interviewing, research in local archives
end of the session we shall all eat together to
or online, helping digitize material for upload
enjoy the food we have created.
to our website.
bisexual and trans (LGBT) stories of the Bristol
Creative challenge programme
In the shadow of a gold mine 26th Mar, 6.30-7.30pm, FREE (+ week long photography exhibition in gallery space 23rd-31st, 9am-9pm) A screening of the documentary ‘In the Shadow of a Gold Mine’ by Kenyan journalist Zahra Moloo, which explores the lives of those who live in the shadow of the Geita gold mine, North West Tanzania. Followed by a talk by Roger Moody, who edits the Mines and Communities website, which exposes the social, economic and environmental impacts of mining, particularly as they affect indigenous and traditional communities.
Telephone: 0117 924 9599
Open Evening: 13th Mar, 6-8.30pm, FREE. This weekend long exhibition, held by WECIL, is a celebration of the art work produced at the Creative Challenge Sessions and by members of the peer support group held at the Trinity Center since February 2014. These monthly drop – in sessions are open to any disabled adults who live in or around Bristol. WECIL is a charity that support independent living. 13-15 Mar, 9am-9pm.
Cour ses & Classes mond ay
course/class therapy workshop booking required
three principles therapy...................................................................................................12-3pm hatha flow yoga........................................................................................................1.15-2.15pm bengali massage.................................................................................................................2-5pm kid’s capoeira...........................................................................................................4.30-5.30pm counselling...............................................................................................................4.30-8.30pm energy healing.........................................................................................................5.15-8.15pm bellyfit......................................................................................................................5.45-6.45pm womens bike night.............................................................................................................6-9pm beginners african dance...............................................................................................6.30-8pm chakra meditation (every other mon)...............................................................................7-8pm lgbt fitness class.................................................................................................................7-8pm tai chi for beginners.................................................................................................8.15-9.15pm capoeira.................................................................................................................8.15–10.15pm
t ues d ay counselling/psychotherapy & bodywork..............................................................9.15-12.30am hypnotherapy & past life regression..............................................................................12-4pm learn to meditate effectively.............................................................................................1-2pm sports & deep tissue massage................................................................................1.30-4.30pm counselling..............................................................................................................2.15-4.15pm counselling..............................................................................................................5.30-9.30pm morning chorus.......................................................................................................5.45-7.15pm hatha Yoga with lioba..............................................................................................5.45-7.15pm acupuncture & holistic therapy.........................................................................................6-9pm intermediate african dance..........................................................................................6.30-8pm hatha yoga.....................................................................................................................7.30-9pm spanish class.................................................................................................................7.30-9pm five rhythms dance (ongoing group)...................................................................7.45-10.15pm global improvisation belly dance............................................................................8.15-9.15pm tribal fusion bellydance.........................................................................................9.30-10.30pm
wedn e s d ay low cost healing..........................................................................................................12-8pm spanish with marta.................................................................................................6-7.30pm drumming....................................................................................................................6-8pm beginners tango...........................................................................................................7-8pm spanish with marta.................................................................................................7.30-9pm new lines poetry (fortnightly)......................................................................................8-9pm salsa............................................................................................................................8-10pm hula hooping/hoopdance....................................................................................8.15-9.15pm
afrobics drop in sessions
Afrobics is a new exciting way to keep fit. It uses African movements with a fusion of street dance to exercise through the whole body. working on stamina and muscle toning. The music is upbeat a mixture of African rhythms to R’n’B making the class vibey and fun. Thursdays, 6-7pm, £5
t h u r sday
counselling................................................................................................10am-1pm/3-6pm bengali massage......................................................................................................2-9.30pm
ballates........................................................................................................................6-7pm afrobics.......................................................................................................................6-7pm french lessons..............................................................................................................6-8pm counselling.................................................................................................................6-9pm therapeutic massage, deep tissue & aromatherapy..................................................6-9pm bike kitchen..............................................................................................................6-10pm adult ballet.................................................................................................................7-8pm spanish with marta...............................................................................................7-8.30pm fitness pilates...................................................................................................7.30-8.30pm capoeira .........................................................................................................8.15-10.15pm
fr iday nia dance.................................................................................................................9.15-10.15am qi-gong..................................................................................................................10.30-11.30am counselling.............................................................................................................10.30-1.30pm tai chi for beginners.............................................................................................11.45-12.45pm acupuncture, massage, reflexology.....................................................................................3-6pm after school bikes...........................................................................................................3.30-6pm flamenco dance class...........................................................................................................6-7pm street/jazz/hip hop dance........................................................................................6.15-7.15pm spanish with alberto......................................................................................................7-8.30pm five rhythms dance (drop-in class)..............................................................................8-10.30pm
s a turd ay bike project cycle maintenance.........................................................................................10am samba de roda dance classes.............................................................................11am-12.30pm fitness kings..................................................................................................................10-11am
sunday sunday club screenprinting......................................................................................10am-4pm balanced view................................................................................................11.30am-12.30pm graduate clinic- low cost therapy....................................................................................12-4pm contact improvisation dance.......................................................................................5-8.30pm
hamiltonhouse.org/calendar
C R E AT I V E S P A C E S Hamilton House has a variety of creative, educational, event, exhibition, meeting & studio spaces to hire throughout the year.
On the 3rd floor at Hamilton House we have several ideal spaces for getting creative. If you’re running an event, cookery course, arts and craft workshop, or language course why not give them a try? With a capacity range from 5 - 120 people and a budget to fit all our creative spaces are a perfect place to hold your event. Call our bookings team now to get a quote...
Call......................................................................................0117 924 9599 Bookings..................................................................................bookings@coexistuk.org Visit........................................................Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3QY
(reception is open 9-8.30pm Mon to Fri & 9-4.30pm on Sat/Sun)
General Enquiries............................................................................................................info@coexistuk.org Events......................................................................................................................bookings@coexistuk.org Offices/Studios..............................................................................................................space@coexistuk.org Hotdesking.....................................................................................................................space@coexistuk.org Meetings..................................................................................................................bookings@coexistuk.org Exhibitions...........................................................................................................exhibitions@coexistuk.org Kitchen.....................................................................................................................bookings@coexistuk.org Wellbeing.................................................................................................................wellbeing@coexistuk.org Dance Studios..........................................................................................................bookings@coexistuk.org
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