Disco for the unemployed
Unemployment can be lonely, so one group are trying to remedy that Unemployed people in Cardiff are getting their groove back by holding discos in a Riverside restaurant. Once a month, the Rockin’ Chair hosts an unemployed daytime disco. The event, which celebrates its one year anniversary in December, was launched by musicians Adam Johannes... Read More
Cardiff University is Hacked Off
The School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies will discuss the future of the press at an open debate this Thursday Hacked Off? Reform, Regulation, Democracy and the Press will examine the recent media scandals which have made journalists one of the least trusted professions in theUK. The... Read More
Coffee craft crash courses
The Waterloo Gardens Teahouse is hosting intensive coffee making courses The Waterloo Gardens Teahouse in Cardiff is offering an intensive barista course on November 26, led by professional coffee hunter Will Corby. Will ‘The Caffeine Kid’ Corby is returning to his hometown to lead courses at the Waterloo Gardens Teahouse that will provide attendees with... Read More
The Snowman lives on with orchestra
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama performs The Snowman While The Snowman has long been a staple of the Christmas television schedule, audiences now have the opportunity to experience it with live musical accompaniment thanks to the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD). The 36-strong RWCMD concert orchestra will perform across three... Read More
Let the rap
battles commence
The new hip-hop battle event will feature a record-breaking rapper A new rap battle event is starting in Cardiff this weekend to serve the city’s vibrant hip-hop community. The battles will commence on Saturday 26 November at new underground club 48 Below in the city centre. Organiser Epic Bars have billed the event as the... Read More
Jazz group perform Miles Davis project
Ensemble take inspiration from jazz legend and Cardiff composers Notes Inégales, a contemporary and jazz ensemble from London are performing …brew at Cardiff University, a concert influenced by Miles Davis’s music . The group, who have been described as post-fusion, will be performing with composers and composer-performers at the concert influenced... Read More
Celebrating the end of Movember
Celebrate the end of Movember at 10 Feet Tall 10 Feet Tall are holding a celebratory party for those who grew a moustache in aid of prostate cancer. November sees men letting their moustaches grow for four weeks to raise money for prostate cancer. They register online and then leave their razors and shavers behind... Read More
AM supports shop-workers over Xmas
AM supports ‘Keep your cool at Christmas’ campaign protecting workers Vaughan Gething AM is urging Cardiff’s shoppers to ‘Keep their cool’ this Christmas as part of an Usdaw (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) campaign to protect shop-workers over the festive season. Usdaw research shows that in 2010, 70% of shop-workers were verbally abused,... Read More
Local composers showcased in Roath
Cardiff’s up and coming musicians bring diverse influences to classical concert St Edward’s Church will play host to Cardiff’s emerging musical talent with a concert this Friday. Cor Cyfoes, a chamber choir showcasing and developing the city’s up and coming singing and composing talent will be performing at the Roath church on 25 November. The... Read More
Men only jewellery class
Calon Yarns are asking men to get creative this Christmas A Cardiff craft studio is holding a special jewellery making workshop on Saturday 3 December, for men only. Calon Yarns holds regular courses and classes but the aim of this one is to get men to make... Read More
Brains brewery plans diverse ales
Brains will expand next year by installing an experimental brewery Cardiff pubs will have to print new drinks menus as Brains is building a craft brewery to make a wider range of beers and ales. The Cardiff-based drinks company is extending its facilities in March 2012 to include a new brewery that can concentrate on... Read More
Scratch theatre arrives at Milgi
Scratch That Itch theatre invites a new kind of audience participation A new theatre night is coming to Cardiff, starting this Wednesday 30 November at Milgi Lounge. The free event, called Scratch That Itch, gives local performers the chance to showcase new material and receive feedback from supportive audiences. Having already garnered an enthusiastic following... Read More
Occupy Cardiff is short lived
Occupy Cardiff becomes the only camp to be removed by police before it had been in place for 24 hours [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2-Y5iZBDgU[/youtube] Video: Emily Bater and Rachael Hogg Around 80 protestors joined together on grass outside Cardiff Castle on Friday 11 November to form the first Occupy Cardiff. The group, who met underneath the statue... Read More
Wales to change transplant rules
Government publish white paper outlining donor overhaul The Welsh Government’s white paper outlining plans to reform the donor card system was finally published last week. The Government’s plans would allow the removal of a patients organs after death unless the patient chose to ‘opt out’ of... Read More
New alcohol licence freeze proposed
Alcohol licences look set to be refused in two nightlife areas The new “saturation zones” would mean that there would be an automatic objection to any alcohol licence application in Greyfriars Road and Churchill Way. The aim is to reduce alcohol-fuelled violence by limiting the number of drinking establishments in those areas. Previous saturation zones, in... Read More
Carbon emission talk hits Cardiff
Experts to talk about recent developments in lowering Wales’s carbon emissions Over 16 and 17 November, Cardiff University’s Bute building will play host to The Low Carbon Research Institute annual conference. Speakers will include John Griffiths AM, Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development and Eluned Morgan, Director of Low Carbon Business Development for SWALEC. While... Read More