Touchscreen travel updates
Visitors to the city centre can now access brand new touchscreen points to get up to the minute travel information, following a move by Cardiff Council and the Welsh Government to create a sustainable transport system in Cardiff. The outdoor screens provide information and advice on bus services, taxi ranks, cycle parking and rail stations... Read More
Building starts on circus home
Contemporary circus NoFit State has begun work on a renovation for their new community home in Cardiff. Four Elms, a church hall in Adamsdown, will undergo a 12-month transformation to provide training spaces as well as offices, meeting areas and storage space. Cardiff Council, the Big Lottery Fund and the Welsh Government are among... Read More
Charity to hold rag rug workshop in Cardiff
A rag rug making workshop to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is to be run by the Wales-based charity BAWSO. The workshop will be held in the Old Library in Cardiff city centre between 11am and 3.30pm on 16 and 17 November.... Read More
Junior chef wins top pizza award
One Newport restaurant has been celebrating recently after its junior chef scooped a coveted pizza prize. Lyndon Bradford, junior sous chef at Bacaro, won the South West and Wales regional heat with his original pizza recipe. Bradford was awarded a prize at the Pizza Chef of the Year competition for his unique take on the... Read More
Record shop runs DJ classes
If you’ve ever fancied yourself a budding DJ, good news: Catapult Records is running an eight-week ‘DJ School’. Catapult, which has been based in Cardiff’s Duke Arcade since 1992, has put together a training program that aims to teach students all the skills they need to be a DJ. Those enrolled on the course will learn technical... Read More
Buffalo welcomes Bristol songwriter
Bristol singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nick Talbot will perform with The Gravenhurst Ensemble in Buffalo on 19 November. With the release of Gravenhurst’s critically acclaimed fourth album, The Ghost in Daylight, Talbot has embarked on a large scale tour spanning Europe. While he usually performs solo under the name Gravenhurst, relying only on his technically elaborate guitar... Read More
Joggers: avoid danger
Last week, a jogger was found collapsed in Penarth, without any identification on him. In light of this, we looks at the essential ways to stay safe while running in Cardiff this winter. The deputy manager of Run and Become in Cardiff, Uggiti Channing, says whenever people ask about safety she always mention identification. ‘If... Read More
Ice Cream: tastes just like chicken
Rasoi restaurant has introduced chicken tikka masala flavored ice cream to its menu. Customers (who perhaps aren’t satisfied with just a main dish of chicken tikka masala!) can now ask the staff at Rasoi to put together an ice cream dessert of the same flavour. ... Read More
Bute Park’s tits are in trouble
This Thursday Cardiff’s Naturalist Society will hold a discussion on the wildlife that inhibits Cardiff, a tradition which has remained since 1867 but calls for a younger audience to keep it alive. The meeting which will be fronted by Dr Peter Ferns who will discuss the challenges that birds face when trying to survive in... Read More
Local face painter creates Bump Art
Face and body painter Rebecca Watson wants to help expectant mothers embrace pregnancy with her unique bump pampering sessions. Rebecca has always had a keen interest in body painting and set up her own business The Face Fairy. After painting her own bump during pregnancy she discovered its relaxing properties and teamed up with local... Read More
Church hosts music festival
A group of local performers are holding a candlelit event in an unusual setting. Rumney Folk Club hosts its monthly music festival beneath the beams of St Augustine’s Church hall. The event, which features a host of local performers, is run by a community of volunteers dedicated to the celebration of folk music. A... Read More
Get your ‘tash on as Cardiff MoRun returns
MoRunning is back in Cardiff at Bute Park on 18 November, and this year there is the option of a 5km or 10km MoRun. For those who don’t know what MoRunning is, it’s an event organised by Fix UK and the fundraising run supports Movember and the Prostate Cancer Charity. Dave Krangel, Mo Running founder... Read More
Upcoming art show goes underground
A group of young artists collectively named ‘The Modern Alchemists’ are putting on their second underground art exhibition in Cardiff. The exhibition, called ‘Birth to Death and Hereafter,’ is opening on 16 November with an evening of poetry and performance in the Capitol Arcade Warehouse beneath Queen Street in the city centre. After their first... Read More
Have the time of your life in Cardiff
For the first time ever, the official production of hit musical Dirty Dancing comes to Cardiff. Inspired by the 1987 cult film of the same name, a stellar cast brings you the classic show, and features all the sing along songs that you know and love. Conrad Lynch, Artistic Director at the Wales Millennium Centre... Read More
Kids to takeover the National Museum
This month will see museums across Wales “taken over” by children and teenagers. Organised by a national charity this has been done before in England, but this is the event’s first time in Cardiff. Alice Hockey from Kids in Museums said: “The sense of ownership led one girl to stand guard at a statue as... Read More
Cardiff character: Becca Clark
Director of Green City Events talks to alt.cardiff about launching the sustainability message in the city. Being the director of a sustainable events company in the city demands astute knowledge of the field, as well as plenty of drive and unwavering passion. For Becca Clark, director of Green City Events (GCE), that’s just the grassroots.... Read More