art, dance, music, events, therapies, workshops
FEBUARY 2015
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This February at Hamilton House there’s a whole array of enticing events to get you off the sofa including that wonderful time of year ‘Valentines Day’. Love it or loath it the 14th Feb is deemed as the most romantic of days, and If you haven’t met your special someone yet why not come along to ‘Pulled’ a unique speed dating cookery class for singles presented by the Garlic Farm Field Kitchen.
14 Feb
Also on offer this month are two diverse exhibitions in our gallery space (check pg8 for ‘Pulled’ the ‘Given To Live Fundraiser’ and ‘Ornithology’ Speed Dating Cookery Class exhibitions, or overleaf for a feature on the Includes a cocktail, 2 course gallery space itself). meal and the possibility of meeting your As always there are lots of other wonderful match! things, visit our listings section pages 8-11 for 7.00pm - 10pm, £20 more details.
Artist of the month... Ben Goodman In 2006 Ben bought a 150 year old Albion printing press and established the Mill Hill Press.
Reception is open 9-8.30pm Mon to Fri & 9-4.30pm on Sat/Sun. Find us on Facebook and Twitter @ CoexistCIC
He now concentrates on wood engraving, but also produces the odd etching and woodcut.
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Hamilton House 80 Stokes Croft Bristol BS1 3QY
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If you’re interested in volunteering and contributing to the overall development of Coexist, email: reception@coexistuk.org
Find us on Facebook and Twitter @ CoexistCIC Reception is open 9-8.30pm Mon to Fri & 9-4.30pm on Sat/Sun.
Even if you fall on your face you’re still moving forward - Victor Kiam
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Calling all artists, why not fully embrace 2015 and put on your own exhibition in our dedicated gallery space. The Hamilton House gallery is an ideal place to show your artwork or host an exhibition of any kind. We’ve had a variety of artworks and exhibtions on display here from professional artists and photographers to collectives of the non-art kind, and even a tipi show! Hamilton House Gallery strives to support emerging artists throughout the community of Stokes Croft, Bristol and the wider world, and also to bring the world of fine art to the world of stokes Croft.
Think Tank
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We’re also extremely pleased to say Hamilton House now boasts a new room for hire. The Think Tank is a flexible and inviting space for exploring solutions creatively, blue sky thinking, problem solving, book readings, drop in sessions and group debates. We’d like to hear how you want to use the space.
Interested? Ready to book, or want to find out more? Visit our wonderful website
hamiltonhouse.org or call our lovely fron of house team on
0117 924 9599
A Bike Shop With A Difference We offer repairs, refurbished used bikes and quality accessories We also run award-winning community programmes aimed at getting people from all walks of life out on two wheels.
07983 417231
hello@thebristolbikeproject.org
thebristolbikeproject.org 7 City Road, St Pauls, BS2 8TH Mon-Fri 9am-6pm
The Bristol Bike Project is a registered Community Interest Company 07579755
If you love bikes, check out our Volunteer Programme, Earn a Bike, Women’s Night, Bike Kitchen, Maintenance Courses, Bike Hire, Mobile Mechanic and Young People’s Programme. Open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm plus evening workshop sessions.
Donate Your Unwanted Bicycle Have you got a bike collecting dust in your shed? Then why not bring it along to the project where we will find it a good home!
Low Cost Wednesdays For all those who are on a low income and need some healing help. the Wellbeing Therapy centre has the answer. Come & see one of our experienced therapists £20-£30 per hour dependent upon income. Book early to avoid disappointment! is a collective of complementary therapists in the heart of Stokes Croft. Please ring reception for more information: 0117 924 9599 (or check out our website)
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12-8pm every week @ Wellbeing
FEBRUARY MUSIC SUN
1 MON
2 TUE
3 WED
4 THU
Catlow & Hawes - Here Sheelanagig's demonic fiddle and guitar players turn their backs on the Balkans and head for old-time country in search of moonshine and bluegrass.
Canteen Jazz Sessions - 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). Iron Eye - Radical dance music combo with 2 saxophones, breakbeat drums, clever arrangements and an in-your-face attitude all filling out the sound very nicely.
Screaming Miss Jackson & The Slap Ya’ Mama Big Band
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- Splendidly shambolic 8-piece jug band including the great Howlin' Lord, suitcase drums, a washboard and the occasional scream.
FRI
Ushti Baba - They took their name from a Macedonian wedding dance tune, but Ushti Baba
6 SAT
7 SUN
have more tricks up their ten sleeves than you might expect.
Wormfood Ft. Colin Samurai - They don't make the right words to sum up this bunch of crazy carnivalising jazzers with their wailings and tootings and big fun beats.
Mr Dowlands Midnight - This is something special, a rare mix of Early Music,
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Middle Eastern flavours and jazz with Knud Stuwe (guitar), Simon Leach (oud) and Jake McMurchie (saxophones).
MON
Canteen Hip Hop Session - Guest MCs and musicians join the rhythm section of the ultra-funky DeCyphers collective for a monthly exploration of all things hip (and, indeed, hop).
9 TUE
10 WED
11 THU
Hodmadoddery - Beguiling duo of first generation folk-hippies who play acoustic guitars with highly skilled fingers and sing traditional and contemporary folk songs.
Daan Temmink Trio - Did you know we had an award-winning Dutch film composer living in Bristol? And that he's also a pretty nifty jazz pianist in his own right? Now you do.
Explosive Nzakomba - Soukous-based grooves from these African Dance favourites.
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Expect a whole new injection of Congolese energy and sizzling guitar from charismatic Daniel Isakongo.
FRI
Regime - Young fivesome making live 'heavy hip-hop from Bristol Town' - so that means definite dub wise flavours and a general commitment to keeping it nice and bass-y
13 SAT
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Jazz Disaster - Fast-paced and rootsy renditions of good-humoured classics from jazz's sleazy origins as the all-night dance party music of New Orleans whorehouses. MON – THU LIVE MUSIC FROM 9.30PM
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FRI & SAT BAN
AT THE CANTEEN SUN
15 MON
16 TUE
17 WED
18 THU
19 FRI
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Nasrudin - This super quintet of well-known Bath folkies tell their own captivating tales in beautiful arrangements of tunes from the Middle East and Central Europe. Canteen Jazz Session - An open jazz jam session for seasoned players to join the house trio and others in exploring classic jazz & latin tunes.
Mambo Jambo - There's something from every corner of the globe in the Mambo Jambo tune box and this lively and entertaining folk duo deliver it all.
Paper Moon - With singer Lucy Moon heading up this sizzling quintet, these seasoned jazzers eyes are firmly on the dance floor, as yours will be too!
Dakhla Brass - Uniquely fabulous (or fabulously unique) acoustic drum & brass outfit that summons the spirit of Balkan wedding bands and New Orleans marching hip-hop.
Decyphers With Horns - Their live hip-hop sessions at Canteen have become a regular treat and this specially selected supergroup is taking it to another level.
SAT
21 Free live music! - Check the website for details.
SUN
22 MON
23 TUE
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Railroad Bill - Lonnie Donegan says they're ‘bloody good' so don't miss this excellent skiffle band and expect the best punky folk-blues music of the 50s.
Leonie Evans - Lovely-voiced vocalist from Rae and other bands reveals her own idiosyncratically blues-inspired material. Jimi & Cuffy - This dazzlingly accomplished duo bring a rich contemporary 'mestizo' mix of Spanish, Latin and African music to Bristol with their shared love of flamenco.
WED
25 Free live music! - Check the website for details.
THU
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Amadou Diagne & Group Yakar - Eclectic 4-piece outfit Group Yakar dabble their toes in all sorts from blues to Afrobeat, rock'n'roll to M'balax.
FRI
27 Free live music! - Check the website for details. SAT
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United Vibrations - Here's something special heading straight from Inner Space… Four ‘cosmodelic afro-punks' making a big noise with brass, bass and drums plus vocals.
NDS & DJS FROM 9.30PM
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SUN LIVE MUSIC FROM 4PM
What’s on this month 17 & 24 Feb
11 Feb
Beyond Right & Wrong
Tots and Tales Kids Workshop
People who are passionate about peace and reconciliation are invited to watch Lekha Singh’s powerful documentry and particpate in workshop based on the film.
Tots & Tales brings stories to life in an hourlong session of dynamic games, songs, art and activities all based around well-known stories for children aged 2-6 years old. Each session we will explore a new story, learning, playing and creating together. With an art project each week, as well as handouts for parents with ideas for creative play, you can bring the magic back home with you!
7-8.30pm, Donation
4-5pm, £5 per child
Film Screening & Workshop
3rd Feb (Every Tuesday)
26 Jan - 15 Feb
Full Power Palak
Our Nuclear Future
Indian Vegetarian Cooking Course
Talks, Workshops & more
In this 6 week course, experience the magic of North Indian Vegetarian Cookery. Exploring spices and masala mixes to equip you with everything you need to know to cook up a real indian feast. You will learn a range of techniques to prepare fragrant and complex main dishes, chutneys, raitas, indian breads, snacks and desserts and you will get to taste all of them along the way.
CoResist (Coresist.org. uk) are curating a collection of talks, workshops, performances, installations, happenings and research, specifically looking at Our Nuclear Future.
Tuesdays, 6-9pm, £150
Various dates & times.
For more infomation visit: hamiltonhouse.org/category/events-workshops
21 - 26 Feb
13 - 19 Feb
Ornithology
Given to Live
Exhibition
Exhibition Given to Live are live music project based in bristol, aiming to make live music accessible to all regardless of situation or circumstances.
Katy Christianson is a resident artist at the Drawn in Bristol studios at Hamilton House. Her work features wildlife from the British Isles and local areas. In her first solo exhibition Katy will aim to create 100 bird illustrations highlighting the diversity of British wildlife.
They will be putting on an art exhibition to help raise funds for their cause.
9am-9pm, Free
9am-9pm, Free
14 - 20 Feb
26 - 27 Feb
19 Feb
National Youth Theatre
‘17’
Triple Divide
Theatre
Film Screening & Q+A
Kiner:G Theatre presents “17”, an amalgamation of theatre and music. By students, for students.
TRIPLE DIVIDE is hailed as the “best documentary on fracking”. Exploring the contentious & ecologically damaging process of gas & oil extraction.
7.30-10pm, £7
6-8.30pm, £5/donation
Auditions Applications at nyt.org. uk are now open for NYT Auditions and Interviews for students aged 14-25 in Bristol at Hamilton House! Deadline: 31st January. 10am-6pm, £35
Telephone: 0117 924 9599
Courses / Classes
Bike Project Cycle Maintenance
Brazilian Samba Dance
Fitness Kings
A cycle maintenance course over two Saturdays, tailored around your bike. Covering the most common repairs and the deeper workings of the bike.
A high energy class that will take you on a tour of Brazil from Rio to Salvador. Exploring movement styles from, Samba no pe, Afro Brazilian, to Samba Reggae.
Fitness Kings is a unique fitness/dance class which combines Zumba, Cubatone and Insanity moves to provide a cardio, toning, and resistance full-body workout.
Saturdays, 11-12.30pm, £5
Saturdays, 10-11am, £5
Most Saturdays, 10am Booking required.
monday ** nlp, eft & life coaching 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 6.30-8pm * beginners african dance * chakra meditation (every other mon) 7-8pm * lgbt fitness class 7-8pm 8.15-9.15pm * tai chi for beginners * capoeira 8.15–10.15pm
tuesday
** hypnotherapy & past life regression * learn to meditate effectively
12-4pm 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 ** 6.30-8pm * intermediate african dance * hatha yoga 7.30-9pm * spanish class 7.30-9pm 7.45-10.15 pm ** five rhythms dance (ongoing group)
* course/
class
** therapy * workshop ** booking required
Listings correct at time of print.
** 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 /hoopdance 8.15-9.15pm * hula hooping
thursday
** counselling 10-1 / 3-6pm ** bengali massage 2-9.30pm
* ballates 6-7pm * afrobics 6-7pm
* french lessons 6-8pm ** counselling 6-9pm 6-9pm ** massage & aromatherapy
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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
friday
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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
saturday ** bike project cycle maintenance
10am 11am-12.30pm * samba de roda dance classes * fitness kings 10-11am
sunday ** sunday club screenprinting
10am-4pm * balanced view 11.30am-12.30pm 5-8.30pm * contact improvisation dance
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* nia dance 9.15-10.15am * qi-gong 10.30-11.30am * counselling 10.30-1.30pm * tai chi for beginners 11.45-12.45 acupuncture, massage, reflexology 3-6pm **
at www.hamiltonhouse.org/calendar you’ll find the latest up-to-date
wednesday
information including descriptions, prices and contact details - or call
8.15-9.15pm 9.30-10.30pm
our reception at: 0117 924 9599
* global improv bellydance * tribal fusion bellydance
Space for Hire Hamilton House has a variety of creative, educational, event, exhibition, meeting & studio spaces to hire throughout the year, for more information see below:
Creative Spaces
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 Bookings Visit
0117 924 9599 bookings@coexistuk.org
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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