Fresh food to boost mental health
Cardiff’s branch of the charity, Mind, is calling for local people to get involved with their allotment project promoting the idea that good food helps with a good mood. Mind’s Guide To Food And Mood explains how nutrition and diet can affect emotional and mental health. It emphasises how ensuring that you give your body the... Read More
Christmas cake workshops in Canton
Calon Yarns are to hold cake-decorating workshops as part of their festive workshop series this December. Participants can choose between two workshops, run by tutor Lisa Smith, either decorating individual cupcakes or a traditional Christmas cake. The tutorials will teach participants how to create unique Christmas motifs and decorations. Calon Yarns founder, Lynne Seymour, said,... Read More
National Portrait prize photography exhibition in Butetown
One of this years entries, ©Alison Palmer and Olivia Mann Receiving almost twice as many submissions as last year, a new exhibition has been created from the photographs rejected from the Taylor Wessing Portrait prize. Portrait Salon describes itself as ‘A form of Salon des Refusés’ – an exhibition of works rejected from a juried art... Read More
Esteemed conductor to perform Verdi
The acclaimed conductor Carlo Rizzi will be performing Verdi’s Requiem in Cardiff this week. The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) College Chorus will perform the piece at St David’s Hall on 25 November, accompanied by the RWCMD Symphony Orchestra and the Cardiff University Choir. Stephanie Corley will sing soprano. Although Rizzi is... Read More
Embrace the beat of Indian music
Raj Singh, an indian music teacher based in Cardiff, is holding dhol lessons for anyone interested in taking up a slightly more alternative musical instrument this winter. The dhol drum is a very popular folkdrum of northern India, cylindrical in shape with one side of a higher pitch than the other. With the Indian... Read More
Male choir are in fine voice
A West Glamorgan choir are making last minute preparations ahead of their annual evening of music on Saturday 24 November. Pontarddulais Male Voice Choir will be performing a variety of choral arrangements as part of this annual gala. Musical director, Clive Phillips, will be keeping a watchful eye over proceedings at Swansea’s famous Brangwyn Hall.... Read More
Historic Newport building restored
The Lysaght Institute first opened its doors in 1928 and immediately became an integral part of the community The Lysaght Institute in Newport opened its doors for the first time since 2001 following a £3 million refurbishment. The restoration, carried out by Linc-Cymru housing association, is part of a £50 million development project of Lysaght... Read More
Police warn pavement cyclists
The Cathays Neighbourhood Policing Team and Cardiff City Council’s Road Safety Department have launched an initiative to promote greater safety awareness for cyclists, after recent complaints by local residents. Residents have raised concerns about the number of cyclists riding dangerously and inconsiderately on pavements. A PACT (Partnership and Communities Together) meeting held on 7 November... Read More
Cardiff Bus appoints leading lady
Cynthia Ogbonna has had many achievements in her career. She has a MBA from Cardiff Business School, and a Royal Society of Arts Fellowship. Now she has something else to add to her CV. She has been appointed as Managing Director of Cardiff Bus, the first woman to hold the position in Cardiff Bus’s 110-year... Read More
Alun Michael is first South Wales PCC
Labour candidate Alun Michael has been elected as South Wales’s first Police and Crime Commissioner this week. After a second round count, Mr Michael was elected with 54% of the votes. Mr Michael has reiterated that the main aim of the police must be to cut crime, by targeting resources at communities to make them... Read More
Cardiff man in 5-day hunger strike
A disabled man has ended a hunger strike and vigil outside the offices of healthcare company Atos. Christos Palmer, 32, suffers from physical and mental difficulties, but was recently declared ‘fit for work’ by Atos, a private government contractor. As a result, he will have his benefits cut. In protest, Christos held a five-day vigil... Read More
Free weekend at Millennium Centre
If you’re in the bay this weekend and looking for an inexpensive day out then head to the Wales Millennium Centre, which is opening for free and offering a range of activities including a look backstage. The open weekend will start on 24 November at 10am and offers a number of free productions including walkabout... Read More
Choir fights dementia through song
The Forget-me-Not chorus is something quite remarkable. The forty strong choir, which rehearses every Monday in Rhiwbina, is made up of Dementia sufferers and carers, many of whom are in the later stages of the disease and find it difficult to communicate. Does that stop them singing? Far from it, the group belt out the... Read More
Creative Minds holds author talk
Cardiff University’s Creative Minds festival is hosting a discussion evening with the winning authors of the 2012 Wales Book of the Year award. On 22 November at 8pm, Richard Gwyn and Patrick McGuinness will be interviewed about their respective prizewinning titles, The Vagabond’s Breakfast and... Read More
Sherman Cymru stages Llanast!
Welsh-lingual plays are not common in literary circles, but the Sherman Cymru Theatre is showing its support of Welsh arts this week as it stages Bara Caws’s Llanast! The original, French play Le Dieu de Carnage, depicts the fortunes of two sets of parents that have concerns over their respective sons, and was recently given... Read More
Chapter celebrates Experimentica festival
Chapter art centre celebrates its annual best of live art festival Experimentica: Unseen. The performance art returns on the 21 November with a five-day packed programme of different works, ranging from art to theatre. The programme takes place across Chapter’s gallery, theatre, cinemas, lightbox, studios and public spaces. Chapter’s Head of Visual and Live Arts,... Read More