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8
March 1999
Want
to know what's happening on the Smithfield Site
I Never promised You a Roof garden..(NQ
Conference)
Radio Space
Northern Quarter Cup
University of the Northern Quarter
Childcare in the NQ
New Management Committee
Newcomers:Newton Street Gallery and
Studio
"In the Streets men and cats are
equal" - The Annual Programme -2nd exhib.Smack leg
- Apologies to those voluntary organisations...
Want
to know what's happening on Smithfield Site?
Well, actually, nothing at the moment
- AMEC Developments and Crosby Homes are still in the process
of finalising the agreement with the City Council, currently projected
to be completed by April. In the meantime,
the developers will be hosting an open-day:
Friday 19 March, 12 - 6.30 pm @ Mackie Mayor Building, 39-45 Swan Street.
You are invited to drop in to give your views on the development and
meet the people behind the companies. And it's a chance
to see inside a beautiful, if neglected, building.
I
never promised you a roof garden ...
In association with Manchester Institute for
Popular Culture and North West Arts Board, NQA is organising a Conference
on the future of the Northern Quarter:
Wednesday 24 March, 2-6pm @ MANCAT, 65 Lever
St
The Conference will focus on the areas: urban
design, cultural animation, living in the city, and the creative industries.
Speakers include a range of professionals involved in urban regeneration,
including keynote speaker, Colin Mercer, who until recently was Associate
Professor in Cultural Policy and History in Brisbane and is currently
working as a consultant with Comedia. Contact
the NQA office if you would like to attend
- limited
places available.
Radio
Space
Good news!! Sarah Rowland's almost all-night
vigil working on an ERDF funding bid has paid off with an agreement from
Eastside Regeneration to fund Radio Space for a two
year project. The scheme includes five
one-month temporary licences at different venues
in N/4, training for volunteers, and the eventual aim of establishing
a small community enterprise in its own right. Matching funding
still needs to be raised, but this will be easier now core funding is
assured. Any businesses
interested in being involved, either by sponsorship,
training or as a venue please contact Sarah
on 834 5143 as soon as possible! The
Radio Space Steering Group will also now start meeting again.
The
Northern Quarter Cup
Local madcap slaphead, Johnny Woodhams, has
organised a Six-a-Side (yes, six) football tournament open to all N/4
footballers. Teams already booked include boys and girls from the Craft
Centre, dolphins [it's hard to
imagine them playing football] from Fred Aldous,
and lots of djs and solicitors. There is a limit of 20 teams,
so if you're interested, get in touch with us soon! [Either
Lorna @ NQA 834 5143, or Johnny on 839 0100 (day) or 445 8775 (evg).]
The
University of the Northern Quarter
The Association gets lots of enquiries from
students. In an effort to improve efficiency [that is, to avoid
saying the same things three times n a week], NQA is launching a new
scheme which we hope will be of benefit to the student population.
On a Wednesday afternoon of each month (during term time), there will
be an information session for students. Dates
booked so far are: Wednesday 17 March 2pm and Wednesday 5 May, 2pm,
at NQA offices. Please
ring Lorna to book (834 5143).
Childcare
in the Northern Quarter
The Play and Child Care Initiative Project, based
at the Family Service Unit and funded by Eastside Regeneration, covers
the area of Miles Platting, Ancoats and the Northern Quarter, and aims
to: support existing play provision, assist local people to develop new
play and childcare provision, and research local childcare needs.
For more information, contact: Alison Jones
on 205 7402.
New
Management Committee
At the NQA AGM in February the following were
elected to the
Management Committee:
Ian Croal (Band on the Wall) Kevin
Poulter (local resident) Liam Curtin (Majolica
Works) Sarah Rowland (NQA)
Joel Fildes (Joel Fildes Photography) Dominic
Sagar (Sagar Stevenson Architects) Janine
Hague (Hub Marketing) Paul Shambrook (M/cr
Business Consortium) John Henley (Bar Fringe)
Kath Smethurst (Castle Pub)
Wendy Jones (Majolica Works) Michael
Trainor (Pop Empires) Philip Lloyd (Band
on the Wall) Elaine Walsh (Afflecks
Palace) Mokshapriya (Buddhist Centre) Grant
Windridge (Hemisphere Design) Ewa Norman
(Manchester Craft Centre) Helen Woodcock
(MERCi)
At
their first meeting, the new Management Committee elected
the following officers:
Grant Windridge (Chair), Mokshapriya
(Deputy Chair), Philip Lloyd (Treasurer)
and Kevin Poulter (Secretary).
It was also agreed to co-optMartin Furber (Bar Centro) and Sue
Vanden (5/4 Partnership) onto the Committee.
After
three years of devoted and inspired work for the Association, Michael
Trainor had decided not to seek re-election. He intends to spend
more time with his plastics collection and cooking up more bonkers urban
art schemes. The Association thanks him for a job well done, but we
won't miss him, because he's not going anywhere!
Newcomers:
Newton Street Gallery & Studio
Both a working studio and exhibition space for
the seven resident artists, the opening exhibition Fete is planned for
27 March - 9 April, 11 am till 5pm, Monday to Saturday and work on display
will reflect the diversity within the studio, from traditional methods
such as painting and photography to the more contemporary, including installation,
intervention and performance. Newton
Street Gallery & Studio, 50 Newton St; tel & fax:
224 0405; email: sara@speedstar.demon.co.uk
"In
the city streets, men and cats are equal"
Newcomers to the Northern Quarter, the Annual
Programme are hosting their second exhibition
at their space at 31 Tib St. Jim
Medway, inspired by the area round Tib Street, has created a specially
commissioned drawing, occupying an entire gallery wall. He says
"we fear the city because we fear young men. They colonise and
patrol the public spaces of the city, and on Friday and Saturday nights,
they are the drunken laughing kings, the
overnight securicam stars" His drawings
of youths have the faces of pussy cats, but, far from being storybook
characters, his cats leer at passers-by, wear Hilfiger, smoke spliffs
and drink alcopops. Exhibition
open 12 March to 4 April, Thur to Sun, 12 noon to 5pm. Furtherinformation:
835 2325.
Smack
Leg
Apologies to those voluntary organisations that
I managed not to include in the Bugle's list of voluntary organisations.
How could I!
Northern Actors' Centre,
30 St Margaret's Chambers, 5 Newton St, M1
1HL;tel: 236 0041 Run workshops on a wide
range of acting techniques, open to Equity members,
drama students and other theatre professionals.
North West Playwrights,
18 St Margaret's Chambers, 5 Newton St, M1
1HL; tel & fax: 237 1978 Aim to encourage
and support new playwrights in the North West, through a
programme of awards, workshops and a script reading
service.
Drake Music Project,
MANCAT, 65-67 Lever St, M1 1FL; tel: 236
6330; fax: 236 7420 Enables disabled people
to make music through technology.
Manchester Jazz Festival,
Ducie House, Ducie St, M1 2JW; tel 228 0662;
fax: 228 0663. Organises a two-week
festival of jazz gigs in June each year and a programme of concerts throughout
the year, aiming to promote jazz talent in the North West.
This
Bulletin: Goes out first week of every month. If you've
got an event or news item you want included, send to Lorna by the end
of previous month. We can also send out leaflets (not too heavy) in
our mailing to over a
hundred Northern Quarter Association members.
Also, contact us if you would like more copies of this bulletin.
northern
quarter assocation
1st & 2nd Floor, 100-102 High Street, Manchester
M41HP;
tel: 834 5143; fax: 819 1430;
e-mail: Sarah.NQA@good.co.uk; www.nqn.org.uk
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