Wales

General

1 Oct - 6 Nov
WALES
BHM Listing from Wales
Thursday May 22 � 16 October

Exhibition:The Junkyard Museum of Awkward Things by �Junkman from Africa�
Presenting the un-presentable; valuing the worthless; appreciating the depreciated; taking the outcasts inside; embracing the untouchable: this is the Junkyard Museum of Awkward Things as described by its creator, the self-styled �Junkman From Afrika�.
Monday � Saturday 10am � 5pm
Oriel Mostyn Gallery, 12 Vaughan Street, Llandudno, LL30 1AB
T: +44(0) 1492 879 201, E: [email protected], www.mostyn.org



Wednesday September 15 � 2 October

Play: Speechless
Co-produced by Shared Experience and Sherman Cymru, Speechless tells the extraordinary story of identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons. Refusing to speak to adults, the twins� only relationship is their intense and turbulent bond with each other.
8pm - Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3ER,T: +44 (0) 29 2039 1391, E: [email protected] www.rwcmd.ac.uk



Sunday September 26 - 31 October

Course: The Struggle for Black Rights (1600 - 2009)
This five-week accredited course exploring the social development of Black people in diaspora (outside Africa), will cover issues such as forced migration, abolition and emancipation as well as Black Nationalism, cultural shifts and civil rights today.
2pm - 4:30pm- National Waterfront Museum, Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea, SA13RD, T: +44 (0) 1792 638950, www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/enquiries



Friday 1 � 31 October

Workshops: All Wales Black History Month Workshops
At selected venues across the whole of Wales including Bangor, Holyhead, Wrexham, Hay-on-Wye, Carmarthenshire, Aberdare, Cardiff, Newport and Swansea take part in arts & crafts, music, dance, creative writing, mc� ing, lectures & talks and much more.
Various times
T: +44(0) 2920 450068, E: [email protected], www.bvsnw.org.uk



Friday 1 � 31 October

Events and Workshops: Shared Histories � North Wales Black History Month
Yasus Afari, Performance Poet, Philosopher and Author will be launching our �Shared Histories� Black History Month celebrations in North Wales with a programme of workshops in schools as well performing in our Reggae Social event and more.
Various times
Learning Links International, M: +44(0) 7711 569 489, [email protected]




Friday 1 October
Event
Launch of Black History Month Wales �Telling Our Own Stories�
Featuring special guest speakers and musical performances including Abu-Bakr Madden Al-Shabazz - Black History Lecturer for Cardiff University, Mark Taylor - Chief Executive of the Wales Millennium Centre and Catherine Wright - Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Graduate as seen on Sky's 1 Must be the Music. - 11am -12pm - T: +44(0) 2920 450068, E: [email protected], www.bvsnw.org.uk



Friday 1 October
Event :
Traditional Gambian Party
Authentic West African music, dance, food and craft reflecting the life, history and culture of peoples of the Gambia.- 6pm - 12am - Coleg Glan Hafren, 27 The Parade Hall, Cardiff, CF24 3AD
T: +44(0) 2920 259 374, E: [email protected], www.gambianarts.com



Friday 1 - 2 October
Dance: Awakenings 2010
Awakenings is a beautiful piece of dance full of high emotion, energy and drama with 22 of the world�s finest dancers and incredible live music. Two further dance works, brand new to Llandudno audiences, will also be performed: Christopher Bruce�s uplifting Hush and the sensational, samba-inspired A Linha Curva by Itzik Galili.7:30pm
Venue Cymru, The Promenade, Llandudno, Conwy, LL30 1BB, T: +44 (0) 1492 872000, www.venuecymru.co.uk




Saturday 2- 30 October
Festival: Black History Month Newport
A month long programme of exhibitions, events, activities and celebrations for everyone taking place at various venues in Newport including Launch, Children�s Black History Festival, MC�s & Poets, Writers Corner, Storytelling, Lectures, Finale and more.
Various times
+44 (0) 1633 250 006, [email protected], www.sewrec.org.uk




Saturday 2nd October 2010
Theatre West presents - Children of Salt by Edson Burton
Across the country on the same night they struck; The Children of Salt. For thirty days they shot, hacked or beat anyone they could find. Now, years later, Kgosi and Abena have found new life in each other. But when son Ogun returns and starts to question Kgosi�s motives, doubt and paranoia begin to poison their relationship.
When you have witnessed genocide, can you ever truly find peace?
Alma Tavern & Theatre, 18-20 Alma Vale Road, Clifton Bristol. BS8 2HY
8.30pm
�9 / �7 Concessions
www.almataverntheatre.co.uk


Concert with Fidelis Mherembi - master of Mbira & Marimba
Music For All empowers the children of Zimbabwe by making music part of their lives. A night of music, film, poetry and dance - proceeds go to Matirige school to buy instruments for the children.
Pierian Centre, 27 Portland Square, St. Paul's. Bristol BS2 8SA - 7.30pm There will be a charge please contact Pierian on 0117 924 4512
Call 07814 294509 or [email protected]


AFRIfest � Festival of Culture & Heritage of Africa
Fun for all the family: Live performances, Food and drinks from Africa, Fashion Show, workshops, Stalls selling traditional African Clothing and Artifacts, bouncy castle and lots more.
Malcolm X Centre, 141 City Road. Bristol BS2 8YH
10am until late
Free



Monday 4th October 2010
Black & Minority Ethnic Voluntary & Community Service Fair
The event is specifically aimed at agencies that have a specific remit to work with and advocate on behalf of Black and minority ethnic individuals. The event is an opportunity for agencies both statutory and non-statutory voluntary and private to share their wealth of knowledge on issues that impact on Black and minority ethnic communities in Bristol. Stall holders from a range of providers of services will be in attendance all of whom will be offered an opportunity to talk about their current and future plans. The evening offers an opportunity to meet some local performers playing music that has inspired the world.
Bristol City Council, College Green. Bristol BS1 5TR
3pm until 9pm
Free
[email protected] or call 0117 922 2358



Thursday 7th October 2010 � and every Thursday for 10 weeks
10 week free IT Course
Supporting individuals to research & document their family and the varied communities for whom St Paul�s is home, using different IT techniques. Why not make a calendar for example and learn some research skills along the way! The event supported by the Family Learning Centre in the heart of St Paul�s. - St Paul�s Learning Centre, 94 Grosvenor Road, Bristol BS2 8XJ
1pm � 3.30pm
Free
Vandana Sharma on 0117 914 5477



Wednesday 13th October 2010
Bristol & South Glos People First - Black History month celebration/information day.
An information day for adults with learning difficulties and their carers. People will have a chance to find out about other cultures through art, food, music, talks and workshops.
Vassall Centre, Gill Avenue, Bristol. Avon BS16 2QQ
10am � 2pm
Free � please bring own food.
0117 941 5842



Thursday 14th October 2010
Verbalized � An evening of exceptional poetry
To celebrate Black History Month, the inaugural event for Word of Mouth at the Bristol Old Vic is Verbalized, an evening of performance by an astounding 13 poets from the UK and South Africa taking to the Studio stage for the first time together.
Bristol Old Vic, King Street, Bristol BS1 4ED
8pm - �10/�7 concessions - Bertel Martin 0117 376 3174 www.citychameleon.co.uk
Bay Lit Festival
Part of Academi's series of literature events and pre-BayLit Festival event Red poets from across the country (London, Manchester, Brighton, Leeds) meet in Wales at one of their premier venues.Daljit Nagra - Forward Prize winning author of Look We Have Coming to Dover!.Maya Chowdhry, author of The Seamstress and The Global Garment. Simon Murray author of Kill Myself Now: The True Confessions of an Advertising Genius. Monika-Akila Richards whose prize winning work appears in the Decibel Penguin Anthology - The Map of Me. - Venue: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay-Time: 7.45pm

Friday 15 October
Afrodisiac
Sound Affairs presents an innovative new music and visual art production exploring ritual and magic in African and African diaspora cultures.
University Concert Hall, Cardiff
7.30pm
�10 / �7/ �3.50 students
www.ticketsource.co.uk

TEACHINGS IN DUB � with ABA SHANTI-I feat KEETY ROOTS
Teachings in Dub is a Bristol-based roots and culture promotion. The unification of its� primary carriers came to life in early 2007 when roots radio presenter, DJ Stryda, met a group of youths from Bristol�s Universities who were members of The Bristol Reggae Society. A common levitation to the strength that resides in roots music and sound-system culture, and a shared view that roots music should consistently have the platform that it deserves to empower the people, destined that the hopes of both groups were materialised and hence, �Teachings in Dub� came forth.
Trinity Centre, Trinity Road Bristol BS2 0NW
10pm � 6am
�12
Call 0117 907 4372


Saturday 16 October
Afrodisiac
Sound Affairs presents an innovative new music and visual art production exploring ritual and magic in African and African diaspora cultures.
Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea
7.30pm
�12 / �10
www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk
01792 60 20 60

Sunday 17 October
Film - Fair Play � Sporting Isolation
This summer's World Cup held in South Africa was in stark contrast to the years of sporting isolation faced by that country as millions of people around the world opposed sporting links with the apartheid regime. Connie Field's film details the history of the sporting boycott against South Africa and how that was linked to the wider anti-racist struggle. Fair Play is put on jointly by the Pierian Centre and Bristol ACTSA (Action for Southern Africa), the successor organisation to the Anti-Apartheid Movement. The evening will feature music from Southern Africa and personal observations from this year's World Cup. Pierian Centre, 27 Portland Square, St. Paul's. Bristol BS2 8SA
7.30pm
Tickets cost �5 (concessions available)
Booking strongly recommended on 0117 924 4512 or [email protected]



Meal for Mozambique
The Meal for Mozambique is both celebrating 20 years of twinning between Bristol and Beira and also a fundraiser to support the work of the Bristol Link with Beira and projects in Mozambique that include school linking, work with women, on disability, with children, and environmental projects. The event is a 2 course sit down meal plus entertainment from Celso Paco the Mozambican musician and storyteller. The lunch is open to all.
Rose Green Centre, 65 Gordon Road, Bristol BS5 7DR
12noon - 3pm
Adult �12, Children �6
Dave Spurgeon on 0117 935 0404 or [email protected]




Tuesday 19t & Thursday 21 October 2010
Textiles Workshop � African Batiks
Two free workshops that will give you the skills to create your textile designs using the Batik cloth that has been important in Africa for nearly two thousand years. Batik is a method of applying pattern to fabric. A resist-dyeing technique, batik involves coating fabric with a dye-resistant substance and submerging the fabric in colored dye. The sessions are led by Barbara Disney who has been instrumental in providing these sessions as part of St Paul�s Carnival.
St Paul�s Learning Centre, 94 Grosvenor Road, Bristol BS2 8XJ
9.30am � 12.30pm
Free contact Learning Centre on 0117 9145470


Wednesday 20 October
Afrodisiac
Sound Affairs presents an innovative new music and visual art production exploring ritual and magic in African and African diaspora cultures.
Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold
7.45pm
�11 / �9
www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk
0845 330 35 65