Cardiff ATRiuM: Glamorgan Philosophy Student 'Welsh Super Mom' Kirsty Davies Runs for Llandaf Council

Today ATRiuM Intelligent Media: AIM salutes a University of Glamorgan student named Kirsty Davies.

From time to time we feature interviews or stories about students in this international online forum, who have overcome obstacles, displayed incredible enthusiasm about learning and growing, or who have work hard to create excellence in their lives.

In our opinion Kirsty Davies is a career-oriented mother and mature student who has done all of these. Kirsty is a second year Philosophy commuter student is Treforest, and she also volunteers each week to work in the office of a Welsh Assembly Government minister.

And as if that’s wasn’t enough, now her deep sense of social justice and commitment to her local community has motivated her to run as a Lib Dem candidate for the local council in Llandaf, a suburb of the Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.

We couldn’t be any prouder of this student, and without favoring any political view, we thought it was important to tell this Welsh Super Mom in public, ‘Well done!’ (And ‘Good Luck’ Kirsty, with the upcoming election!)



Questionnaire:

1. Where were you born, grow up, went to school? Is born in Cardiff, grew up in Llandaff and went to school there.

2. Where have you traveled? I haven’t traveled that much, I miss my home but I have been to Yugoslavia, Vienna, Italy, Spain, Germany and this year I am going to America to my brothers wedding.

3. What are you studying? (UK, Europe, etc.?) I am studying at the University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK

4. What is your age? I am 32

5. What music do you like? I like all sorts of music, classical, rock, pop, lately I'm into Morrissey.

6. Who are your heroes? Men/women, real / fictional; Hmmm, hard one, Gandhi definitely, David Lloyd George, Kirsty Williams (Lib Dem AM) because she has the family, the politics, the job, and is still like one of us. My fictional hero is Gandalf, he is so wise!

7. What did you want to be when you grow up? A dispatch rider just like Rocky on Boon.

8. What are you currently studying? The University of Glamorgan, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Treforest campus in Pontypridd.

9. What issues concern you? local/national/world Local issues, community centre for Danescourt, better street lighting at Danescourt Station so that people feel safe at night, continued opposition to 24hr liquor licensing and tackling anti social behavior by working proactively with the kids who don’t have anything to do, identifying their interests and developing their skills. Nationally, I strongly oppose I.D cards and am passionate about the environment. Education is also an area of interest, I think its time to put education at the top of the agenda, committing more public funds to education and less on expensive white elephants like the I.D Card. Globally I am interested in peace and pray for and end to world hunger, there is no need for anyone to go hungry, it makes me sad that we still allow it.



10. Why are you running for office? Because I care about my community and our children, I care a lot that the area I live in is becoming run down through lack of facilities. I believe that I can do a lot to help my community if elected.

11. What office are you running for and where? I am running for the council in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales.

12. Do you currently work or intern? Yes, I am currently interning for Kirsty Williams, AM.

13. Favorite color, and anything else you'd like to say: Black for clothes, red for flowers, brown (for chocolate!) and yellow, of course.

14. Pets and Hobbies? I have three cats, one who is officially mine and two who decided to move in a while ago that I never got round to chasing out. In my spare time I like to spend time with my family, read, eat out, and try to play guitar, mostly unsuccessfully.

For additional info please contact Dr. Mark Leslie Woods at mwoods[at]glam.ac.uk

AIM: ATRiuM Intelligent Media

Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff

Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries

mwoods[at]glam[dot]ac[dot]uk

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Welsh-American Family Genealogy, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Welsh Music, Film, and Books Symposium, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Celtic Cult Cinema on the World Wide Web.

Visit the UK Film Studies and World Cinema and Music Import Showcase

© 2008 Dr. Mark Leslie Woods

Smart & Sexy? Your Queer Advantage is waiting!

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Queer Advantage, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Mordechai Razing Ziggurats, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Mordechai's Post-Evangelical-Granola on the World Wide Web.

© 2008 Dr. Mark Leslie Woods

Cardiff ATRiuM 'Rocks Out' This Weekend with Battle of the Bands, Roland Music Academy Launch Events April 4-5

What is The Music Academy ?

The Cardiff School of Creative a& Cultural Industries and Roland UK have come together in a strategic partnership to launch ‘The Music Academy’.

The Academy’s aim is development and delivery of world-class music education and training, both nationally and internationally.



Academic programmes will be run in association with a range of partner colleges through the national qualifications framework, and will provide students with pathways through to degree level.



Professional programmes and short courses will be available on a both part time basis, and are intended for industry professionals, practising musicians and members of the public who are seeking to develop expertise in use of Roland music technology.

Roland Music UK

Finally, real and immediate benefits accrue to current and future CCI students in the use of the latest Roland musical equipment as available through the course of their studies at the ATRiuM.



The Music Academy Launch - Friday 4th April 2008

To celebrate the launch of The Music Academy, Mr Ikutaro Kakehashi, the Founder of Roland (please see attached biography in article to follow below) will be awarded an Honorary Professorship from the University of Glamorgan at a special ceremony held in Cardiff on Friday 4th April.



The Professorship will be conferred by the University Vice-Chancellor Professor David Halton, and is in recognition of Mr Kakehashi's unique contribution to music technology.

This will be followed by Mr Kakehashi’s inaugural lecture.


[Pictured above: University Vice-Chancellor Professor David Halton.]

We expect upwards of 150 invited guests to attend. The official opening of The Music Academy will be formalised when Mr. Kakehashi unveils a commemorative plaque following the conferment ceremony.



Battle of the Bands - Saturday 5th April 2008

To celebrate the launch of The Music Academy, CCI and Roland are running an inaugural Battle of the Bands competition.

This competition is sponsored by Rockschool. Over 60 entries were received.



The finals competition will feature 8 short-listed bands performing live before the general public and a team of industry experts.



The winning act will receive £3000 worth of Roland equipment, and there will cash prizes for the top three acts courtesy of our sponsors Rockschool.

ROCKSCHOOL

Doors Open at 11am, and the first band will be taking the stage at approximately 12pm.

In addition to the Battle of the Bands competition, the day will also feature a number of master classes and performances run by Roland UK music professionals.

Admission is FREE and all Faculty colleagues and music students are welcome to attend.



Related story: Cardiff ATRiuM Names Ikutaro Kakehashi Roland Music Corp Founder Honorary Professor at Ceremony 4 April 2008


March 7, 2008

Ikutaro Kakehashi, founder of the Roland Corporation, is to be honoured in recognition of his legendary contribution to both the music industry and music education.

During his forthcoming visit to the UK, Mr Kakehashi will receive an Honorary Professorship from the University of Glamorgan at a special ceremony held in Cardiff on 4th April.

The ceremony includes Mr Kakehashi’s inaugural lecture to an invited VIP audience and coincides with the official opening of the Roland Music Academy at the University’s new multi-million pound ATRiuM facility.

Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1930, Ikutaro Kakehashi’s story is remarkable. Orphaned at the age of 2 and nearly losing his own life to tuberculosis at 20, Kakehashi began his working life repairing watches and building radios before discovering his love of music and his true vocation in 1958.

“It was 1958. I was 28 years old, and I decided I would find a way to make electronic musical instruments my life’s work.” Ikutaro Kakehashi – I Believe in Music (2002).



This led to the development of products for the music industry, including organs, which Kakehashi sold through his own company before linking up with Hammond to form Hammond Japan.

In 1972 Kakehashi founded the Roland Corporation. By this time, his impact on the music industry was already significant, but his most important contribution came in 1982 as he initiated discussions between electronic musical instrument manufacturers with a view to creating a standard method of communication.

This resulted in the MIDI specification. Over the following decades, with Kakehashi at the helm, the Roland Corporation continued to flourish. Advances in research and development made it a market leader in the production of synthesizers, organs, pianos, electronic drums, samplers, music workstations, amplifiers, and guitar effects.



The last 10 years saw further business expansion with the addition of video and visual performance products to the Roland Corporation portfolio.



At the same time, Roland’s international profile developed with the establishment of its joint venture companies worldwide and its additional investment in companies such as Boss, Rodgers, Edirol, Cakewalk, RSS and Roland DG, who are all part of the Roland family.



“Mr Kakehashi’s impact on the music industry has been colossal,” says John Booth, Managing Director of Roland UK.

“In addition to being the driving force in the design of cutting-edge music technology, he has also been influential in shaping the sound and style of music itself.



His achievements will influence generations of musicians for years to come. The award of an Honorary Professorship recognises his amazing contribution to the music industry and education.”



Professor David Halton, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glamorgan commented,

"It is with great pleasure that we honour Mr Kakehashi with an Honorary Professorship of the University of Glamorgan."



"ATRiuM will be home to the first university-based Roland Music Academy in the UK and we are delighted that Mr Kakehashi will visit the faculty in person to mark the launch of this forward-looking project."



For additional info please contact Dr. Mark Leslie Woods at mwoods[at]glam.ac.uk

AIM: ATRiuM Intelligent Media

Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff

Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries

mwoods[at]glam[dot]ac[dot]uk

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Welsh-American Family Genealogy, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Welsh Music, Film, and Books Symposium, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Celtic Cult Cinema on the World Wide Web.

Visit the UK Film Studies and World Cinema and Music Import Showcase

© 2008 Dr. Mark Leslie Woods

Smart & Sexy? Your Queer Advantage is waiting!

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Queer Advantage, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Mordechai Razing Ziggurats, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Mordechai's Post-Evangelical-Granola on the World Wide Web.

© 2008 Dr. Mark Leslie Woods

Cardiff ATRiuM: £1,000 Bursaries to Cannes Film Festival for Skillset Screen Academy Wales Students Deadline 31 March 2008

[Pictured above: Sexy Starlet with photographers - Cannes Film Festival (probably taken in 1979). This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons.]

Comment peut dire 'sexy' dans votre langue?

Welsh Film Students, have you made your application to attend Cannes Film Festival 2008?



Deadline: 5pm 31st March

To receive an official form and to make applications please act QUICKLY and contact: sara[at]screenacademywales[dot]org

There are three festival bursaries of £1,000 each available to current MA Film (UWN), MA Film Producing and Business Management (UoG) and MA Moving Image (UoG) and Animation students for the Cannes Film Festival 2008.

Cannes Film Festival



"The festival is where the film industry meets to do business. Every year hordes of producers, directors, buyers and sellers and unknown hopefuls descend on the seaside town all eager to make the deal of a lifetime."

"Many of them will spend their time wheeling and dealing in hotel suites across Cannes, and will leave with contracts and contacts but without having seen a single film in the competition."

BBC NEWs -- Why Cannes counts

The bursaries are to cover accreditation, travel, accommodation and mentor expenses.

SSAW will organise the accreditation of those attending and will discuss travel and accommodation arrangements with those chosen.



The Deadline is the:

31st March. You can e-mail your application but please mark it CANNES.

For those of you who have completed films and you are wanting to submit for a place -- Then please drop those off at the Screen Academy Wales office.
 
PLEASE NOTE: The pitching session – where you will be required to pitch your film or a film idea to a panel of industry professionals will be Wednesday 2nd April from 11 – 4 p.m. but you will be notified of your time before the day.


 
Please also note that we are opening the application to graduated MA students – who graduated in the last year – so do send an application in if possible -
 
This is a fantastic opportunity and not to be missed!

Film Festival de Cannes

Payment of bursary

If you are awarded a bursary, costs will be reimbursed to you on production of original receipts.

Credit/debit card receipts must be accompanied by till receipts.



Receipts must be submitted within two weeks of return from the festival to:

Sara Herritty at SSAW, University of Wales, Newport, PO Box 179, Newport, Gwent NP18 3YG. Your bursary will be paid by cheque within two weeks of receiving receipts.



This could be the chance of a lifetime -- So what are you waiting for, an engraved invitation?

Skillset Screen Academy Wales

Additional info:

You will need to compose a brief statement containing -- Your Reason for attending Cannes Film Festival:

Please indicate in 300 words (max) statement why SSAW should support you to attend, what you expect to gain from the experience and how you see it relating to your development on your course.

A panel of designated mentors will assess your application and you will then be invited to a pitching workshop.

For those students that have made a film, please submit this with your application to the Screen Academy office address indicated above

You will then be asked to attend a pitching workshop that will be taking place Wednesday April 2nd 2008.



[Pictured above: Sexy Welsh actress Catherine Zeta Jones is frequently seen 'on the redcarpet' at festivals around the world, including Cannes! Photo: Getty Images]



For additional info please contact Dr. Mark Leslie Woods at mwoods[at]glam.ac.uk

AIM: ATRiuM Intelligent Media

Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff

Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries

mwoods[at]glam[dot]ac[dot]uk

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Welsh-American Family Genealogy, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Welsh Music, Film, and Books Symposium, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Celtic Cult Cinema on the World Wide Web.

Visit the UK Film Studies and World Cinema and Music Import Showcase

© 2008 Dr. Mark Leslie Woods

Smart & Sexy? Your Queer Advantage is waiting!

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Queer Advantage, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Mordechai Razing Ziggurats, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Mordechai's Post-Evangelical-Granola on the World Wide Web.

© 2008 Dr. Mark Leslie Woods

Cardiff ATRiuM: Storytelling Symposium in the Welsh Capital 18-19 March 2008

[Pictured above: George Ewart Evans (1909–88) was a pioneering oral historian. He published a series of books examining the disappearing customs and way of life of rural Suffolk, the best know of these is Ask the Fellows who Cut the Hay. He was also an accomplished story writer and wrote short-stories, novels and poems. George Ewart Evans was born and raised in the mining community of Abercynon, a stone’s throw from the University of Glamorgan where the George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling is based.]

George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling Annual Lecture and Symposium 2008 - Storytelling and Authenticity

Event Date March 18, 2008 10 a.m. – March 19, 2008
Location – Atrium

The George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling annual lecture and symposium takes place on Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th March. This year we are holding the event in our new ATRiuM building in the centre of Cardiff.

Final details are still to be confirmed but so far we are pleased to be able to announce the following sessions

George Ewart Evans Lecture and Reception Tuesday 18th March 2008

Professor Richard Bauman will present his keynote lecture on Tuesday evening, this will be followed by a reception and dinner in the newly opened Atrium building of the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Glamorgan.

The dinner will be followed by story and music performance by Guto Dafis.

Professor Richard Bauman The Remediation of Storytelling: Narrative Performance on Early Commercial Sound Recording
Professor Richard Bauman, Distinguished Professor and Chair in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, has published widely on the ethnographic study of language and performance.



He has served as president of the Semiotic Society of America, the Society for Linguistic Anthropology, and the Society of Fellows of the American Folklore Society. Among many other professional activities, he has been chair of the Folklife Advisory Council of the Smithsonian Institution, editor of the Journal of American Folklore, and a member of more than 15 editorial boards.

He has also been a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Folklore Fellow of the Finnish Academy of Sciences, and twice holder of National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships.

Professor Bauman’s keynote lecture will focus on narrative and development of sound recording. The years between 1895 and 1920 represented a formative period in the commercial development of sound recording in the U.S. as nascent recording companies attempted to create a consumer market for phonograph records and the machines on which to play them.



As recording companies sought to discover what might attract consumers to purchase records, they drew heavily upon traditional performance forms, such as storytelling, oratory, and religious sermons, and upon popular entertainments, such as minstrel shows, early vaudeville, medicine shows, tent shows, and Chautauqua, all of which had proven themselves attractive to popular audiences.

The adaptation of these traditional and popular performance forms to phonograph records involves the process of remediation, specifically, the rendering of embodied, face-to-face performance forms through the mediation of another communicative technology, sound recording.



In this paper, I explore what happens when we render oral storytelling, formerly experienced live, in situations of copresence, when the immediacy of copresence is transformed into a mediated experience.

Chair: Professor Mike Wilson

Symposium Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th March 2008

This two day symposium will examine issues raised in the keynote lecture and the implications for storytelling and authenticity. The symposium is structured around a series of keynote ‘provocations’, with maximum time allocated for debate and discussion on the issues raised.

Tuesday 18th March 2008

Tale-Enders: Gathering the Narrative Heritage of Welsh Cricket Launch

We are proud to be able to launch this project which brings together the George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling and Glamorgan Cricket to explore the use of storytelling and technology to populate the new Museum of Welsh Cricket at Sophia Gardens as part of the current £9.6 million redevelopment in advance of hosting an Ashes Tests in 2009.

The launch will be followed by a free buffet lunch.

Susie Pratt and Lisa Heledd Digital Storytelling

Susie Pratt (Research Fellow, George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling) and Lisa Heledd (Capture Wales, BBC Wales and Postgraduate Researcher in Digital Storytelling, George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling) will run a digital storytelling workshop.

This session will explore the latest developments in digital storytelling and present some of the current research being carried out by members of the George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling team.

Joseph Sobol The Razor’s Edge: The American Storytelling Movement in 2008

Joseph Sobol (Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University), author of The House Between Earth and Sky: Harvesting New American Folktales and The Storytellers' Journey: An American Revival, will present a lecture and workshop exploring issues raised in the American Storytelling movement and the resonances they might have for people working in Wales and the UK.



The American Storytelling movement has matured in certain unmistakable ways—and not in others.

This mixed development has placed major stresses on the organizational base and on those working in the field.

This talk will identify some of the stresses—organizational, artistic, and economic--and suggest some avenues of potential evolution and relief.

Wednesday 19th March 2008

Dick Leith “Authenticity” and “Ownership”: How to Shut People Up

Academic and storyteller Dick Leith will explore his own recollections of the 1950s and 60s folk revival in Britain and how issues raised during that period are resurfacing today.



He will examine notions of the authentic voice and questions regarding how this concept has been used both to silence and to empower. Chair: Susie Pratt (Research Fellow, George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling)

Professor Hande Birkalan Gedik Uses of Authenticity: Responsibility, Re-presentation and Re-contextualization of Folklore Performances

Professor Hande Birkalan Gedik (Associate Professor, Yeditepe University, Istanbul) will aim to bring light to the concepts of “authenticity” and “authority” in folklore performances in selective examples from Turkey.



She will be discussing these concepts primarily as a “native” woman and as a folklorist with an educational up-bringing in the American folkloristics. Chair: Joseph Sobol (Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University)

Neil Lanham 'Who is the truly educated man: The one who can grown onions or the man who can spell them?' - (George Ewart-Evans P.17 'The Horse in the Furrow 1960). A view from the onion grower's perspective

Neil Lanham was born in 1938 into a rudimentary small farm way of life. He observed early in his life that culture came from the spoken word of the indigenous vernacular people around him.

He has recorded both mentally and physically oral idioms ever since. This paper will investigate concepts of authenticity and indigenous voice. Chair: Hamish Fyfe (Co-Director, George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling and Professor of Arts in the Community)

Venue: Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries, ATRiuM, University of Glamorgan, Adam Street, Cardiff Cost:

Lecture is FREE but booking is essential. Dinner and story and music performance: £30/€40 Symposium: £60 /€80 organisation, £40/€55 individual waged, £25/€35 individual unwaged

To book your place at this event call 01443 3668631 or email storytelling@glam.ac.uk

For additional info please contact Dr. Mark Leslie Woods at mwoods[at]glam.ac.uk

AIM: ATRiuM Intelligent Media

Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff

Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries

mwoods[at]glam[dot]ac[dot]uk

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Welsh-American Family Genealogy, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Welsh Music, Film, and Books Symposium, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Celtic Cult Cinema on the World Wide Web.

Visit the UK Film Studies and World Cinema and Music Import Showcase

© 2008 Dr. Mark Leslie Woods

Smart & Sexy? Your Queer Advantage is waiting!

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Queer Advantage, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Mordechai Razing Ziggurats, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Mordechai's Post-Evangelical-Granola on the World Wide Web.

© 2008 Dr. Mark Leslie Woods

Cardiff ATRiuM Names Ikutaro Kakehashi Roland Music Corp Founder Honorary Professor at Ceremony 4 April 2008

March 7, 2008

Ikutaro Kakehashi, founder of the Roland Corporation, is to be honoured in recognition of his legendary contribution to both the music industry and music education.

During his forthcoming visit to the UK, Mr Kakehashi will receive an Honorary Professorship from the University of Glamorgan at a special ceremony held in Cardiff on 4th April.

The ceremony includes Mr Kakehashi’s inaugural lecture to an invited VIP audience and coincides with the official opening of the Roland Music Academy at the University’s new multi-million pound ATRiuM facility.

Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1930, Ikutaro Kakehashi’s story is remarkable. Orphaned at the age of 2 and nearly losing his own life to tuberculosis at 20, Kakehashi began his working life repairing watches and building radios before discovering his love of music and his true vocation in 1958.

“It was 1958. I was 28 years old, and I decided I would find a way to make electronic musical instruments my life’s work.” Ikutaro Kakehashi – I Believe in Music (2002).



This led to the development of products for the music industry, including organs, which Kakehashi sold through his own company before linking up with Hammond to form Hammond Japan.

In 1972 Kakehashi founded the Roland Corporation. By this time, his impact on the music industry was already significant, but his most important contribution came in 1982 as he initiated discussions between electronic musical instrument manufacturers with a view to creating a standard method of communication.

This resulted in the MIDI specification. Over the following decades, with Kakehashi at the helm, the Roland Corporation continued to flourish. Advances in research and development made it a market leader in the production of synthesizers, organs, pianos, electronic drums, samplers, music workstations, amplifiers, and guitar effects.



The last 10 years saw further business expansion with the addition of video and visual performance products to the Roland Corporation portfolio.



At the same time, Roland’s international profile developed with the establishment of its joint venture companies worldwide and its additional investment in companies such as Boss, Rodgers, Edirol, Cakewalk, RSS and Roland DG, who are all part of the Roland family.



“Mr Kakehashi’s impact on the music industry has been colossal,” says John Booth, Managing Director of Roland UK.

“In addition to being the driving force in the design of cutting-edge music technology, he has also been influential in shaping the sound and style of music itself.



His achievements will influence generations of musicians for years to come. The award of an Honorary Professorship recognises his amazing contribution to the music industry and education.”



Professor David Halton, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glamorgan commented,

"It is with great pleasure that we honour Mr Kakehashi with an Honorary Professorship of the University of Glamorgan."



"ATRiuM will be home to the first university-based Roland Music Academy in the UK and we are delighted that Mr Kakehashi will visit the faculty in person to mark the launch of this forward-looking project."



For additional info please contact Dr. Mark Leslie Woods at mwoods[at]glam.ac.uk

AIM: ATRiuM Intelligent Media

Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff

Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries

mwoods[at]glam[dot]ac[dot]uk

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Welsh-American Family Genealogy, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Welsh Music, Film, and Books Symposium, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Celtic Cult Cinema on the World Wide Web.

Visit the UK Film Studies and World Cinema and Music Import Showcase

© 2008 Dr. Mark Leslie Woods

Smart & Sexy? Your Queer Advantage is waiting!

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Queer Advantage, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Mordechai Razing Ziggurats, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Mordechai's Post-Evangelical-Granola on the World Wide Web.

© 2008 Dr. Mark Leslie Woods

Cardiff ATRiuM Free Admission for Five Day Theatre Festival 10-14 March 2008

FINALS THEATRE PRODUCTIONS – A WEEK LONG FESTIVAL OF THEATRE

Just a reminder that next week sees the first ever week of finals theatre shows in the ATRiuM.

If you are able to make time we would very much like to welcome you to the theatre and studios here. There are three shows every day, at 11, 3 and 7 and each lasts between 30 and 60 minutes.

Mon10th
11am Birdsong – Main Theatre, CB4
Laura Newman, Jen Price, Lara Buck

3pm 4:48 Psychosis – Studio Theatre, CB 414
Bethan Grech, Rosemary John, Matthew Spill

7pm In Sunshine and in Shadow – Studio Theatre CB 218
Sam Bizley, Charlotte Sproul, Amy Theaker, Tegan Waites

Tues 11th
11am Estella’s Fire
Emily Birch, Jaclyn Skinner – Studio Theatre CB414

3pm Alice - Studio Theatre CB 218
Dan Jones, Laura Morgan, Rosemary Parrish, Rhiannon Williams

7 pm Gormenghast - Main Theatre, CB4
Sean Connell, Emily Holmden

Wed 12th
11 am Simply Dorothy Parker - Main Theatre, CB4
Robert Bell, Ruth Majeed, Christina Masters

3pm A Long Way Down – Studio Theatre, CB 218
Ian McAndrew, Julian Richards

7pm To Be Announced - Studio Theatre, CB 414
Chris Norman, Alan White

Thurs 13th
11am Reservoir Bitches - Main Theatre, CB4
Rhiannon Philips, Dawn Sheldon, Rhea Wooten

3pm Killing For Company - Studio Theatre, CB 218
Laura Goldsmith, Nick Markwell, Ceri Davies

7pm Room 2 Let - Main Theatre, CB4
Oli Jones, Peter Sheward


Fri 14th
11am Switch - Main Theatre, CB4
Rebecca Lewis, Nia Morgan, Matthew Picton

3pm Do Not Disturb - Studio Theatre, CB 218
Richard Beamish, Rachel Clement, Bridey Smith, Dan Thomas


7pm Too Much ( _ ) Not Enough - Main Theatre, CB4
Claire Batten, Clare Jones


ALL WELCOME. ENTRANCE IS FREE. ALL PRODUCTIONS IN THE ATRIUM.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT ATRIUM MAIN RECEPTION ON 01443 668543




For additional info please contact Dr. Mark Leslie Woods at mwoods[at]glam.ac.uk

AIM: ATRiuM Intelligent Media

Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff

Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries

mwoods[at]glam[dot]ac[dot]uk

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Welsh-American Family Genealogy, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Welsh Music, Film, and Books Symposium, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Celtic Cult Cinema on the World Wide Web.

Visit the UK Film Studies and World Cinema and Music Import Showcase

© 2008 Dr. Mark Leslie Woods

Smart & Sexy? Your Queer Advantage is waiting!

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Queer Advantage, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Mordechai Razing Ziggurats, on the World Wide Web.

Click here to go directly to my personal blog page called Mordechai's Post-Evangelical-Granola on the World Wide Web.

© 2008 Dr. Mark Leslie Woods

Free Film Screening at International Women's Day at the University of Glamorgan on Saturday 8 March 2008

[Pictured above: Zanzibar Soccer Queens, Dir Florence Ayisi, UK/Tanzania, 2007]

There will be a day conference to mark International Women's Day at the University of Glamorgan on Saturday 8 March 2008.

The event is free and all are welcome.

International Women’s Day,
March 8th 2008.
University of Glamorgan, J132/234/237
Provisional Schedule

9.30 Opening remarks: Christine Chapman, Assembly
Member for Cynon Valley; Chair of the All-party Group on Women and Democracy.

9.40 Keynote speakers: Politics and the history of feminism
➢ Prof June Hannam (University of the West of England, Bristol)
➢ Kat Banyard (The Fawcett Society)

10.40 TEA/COFFEE

11.00 Presentations: Feminist activity today
➢ Kim Griffiths (Women’s Aid)
➢ Lindsay Hannigan (Trustee of the China Centre)
➢ Dilys Jackson (Women’s Arts Association)
➢ Dr Mair Rigby (Mind the Gap)



[Pictured above: Professor June Hannam]

Followed by a round-table discussion facilitated by Dr Kath Holden (University of the West of England, Bristol)

12.30 -1.30 LUNCH

Women's Archive of Wales

1.15-2.45

➢ Archif Menywod Cymru/ Women’s Archive of Wales

2.45-4.45

➢ A screening of the acclaimed film, 'Zanzibar Soccer Queens', followed by a short discussion with Florence Ayisi, the director.

A provocative and timely portrait of Women Fighters, a team of Zanzibari women playing soccer, and defining new roles and identities for themselves, in a predominantly Muslim society.
Dir Florence Ayisi, UK/Tanzania, 2007, 83 mins

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND ALL ARE WELCOME

Ffi: Contact Fiona Reid, freid1[at]glam[dot]ac[dot]uk; (01443 482815)



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AIM: ATRiuM Intelligent Media

Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff

Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries

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