Exeter

Adoption information event

Event Date: 
01/03/2014 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Families for Children, Southgate Court, Buckfast

Just a reminder that our next Adoption information event is being held on Saturday 1t March 2013 from 10am to 12 noon at Families for Children, Southgate Court, Buckfast.

Anyone who is considering adoption is welcome to come along and talk with our specialist adoption social workers and experienced adoptive parents about all aspects of adoption.

10am - 11am Presentation with the chance to hear from one of our adopters 11am - 12 noon Staff and adopters available for individual questions and discussion

Tea/coffee and biscuits will be available.

You can book a...

Artist Rooms: Gilbert & George

Event Date: 
15/06/2014 - 10:00am to 22/06/2014 - 4:15pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

RAMM is delighted to be presenting the art of Gilbert & George as part of the national ARTIST ROOMS programme in 2014.

Gilbert & George are among the most celebrated artists to have emerged from the art scene in the late 1960s.

Gilbert (b Dolomites, Italy, 1943) and George (b Plymouth, Devon, 1942) met in 1967 as students at St Martin's School of Art, London. By 1969 they were reacting against approaches to sculpture then dominant at St Martin's, which they regarded as elitist and poor at communicating outside an art context. Their strategy was to make themselves...

RAMM Friends Art Auction

Event Date: 
19/03/2014 - 6:30pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Join RAMM’s Friends for an evening reception and auction to raise money towards the purchase of a portrait of the Devon artist Francis Hayman by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

The evening starts with with music from well known Jazz Trio Douce Ambiance followed by the auction at 7.30pm conducted by Bearnes, Hampton & Littlewood. #

The artworks have been donated by local artists and can be viewed beforehand online and in Gallery 20 on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 March, 10am to 5pm.

Bids can be placed online by emailing Sue Temple, in Gallery 20 when viewing in the days...

Friends lunchtime lecture: The Birds of Aotearoa - feathers, folklore and an uncertain future

Event Date: 
19/03/2014 - 1:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

RAMM’s Curator of Natural History, Holly Morgenroth, will give an insight into the biology and cultural significance of New Zealand’s birds and shed some light on how RAMM, a museum 12,000 miles away, came to have rare and extinct New Zealand birds in its collections.

Tickets: £5

Tickets £6/£4 www.rammuseum.org.uk

Promenade performance: Encounter the Enthusiasts

Event Date: 
14/03/2014 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Keep your eyes peeled for the collectors and fanatics of the Victorian past. Our steampunk enthusiasts – inspired by the Sladen Collection – will be roaming the galleries, keen to share their fascinating discoveries, fabulous creatures and incredible machines. Share your curiosity with these emerging young performance artists.

In partnership with the University of Exeter Drama department.

Drop in, free.

www.rammuseum.org.uk

Economics Lecture by Geoffrey Dicks MBE

Event Date: 
13/03/2014 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Geoffrey Dicks will give a one hour lecture on “Is the recovery sustainable” looking at the general economic situation, including the forthcoming Budget. This will be followed by a Q&A session and an informal drinks reception.

Geoffrey Dicks MBE Geoffrey Dicks was chief UK economist at NatWest Markets, RBS Global Banking and Markets and worked with Sir Alan Budd at the Office for Budget Responsibility as one of the three-man committee. From 2008 until last year Geoffrey was chief economist at Novus Capital Markets. In 2011, Geoffrey was awarded an MBE for services to...

Stiff Little Fingers

Event Date: 
31/03/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
The Exeter Daily Auditorium, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter

Support from The Godfathers

Stiff Little Fingers take things ‘up a gear’. The band will be touring the UK in March and are currently recording their as yet untitled 10th studio album set for release in 2014.

Stiff Little Fingers were formed in 1977 in Belfast, Ireland. Along with the likes of the Clash, Sex Pistols, The Jam, Buzzcocks, Undertones, Sham 69, Stranglers, et al – Stiff Little Fingers were at the forefront of the punk movement. They wrote initially about their own lives, growing up at the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, in songs like Suspect Device...

Hospitality

Event Date: 
29/03/2014 - 9:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

FRED V & GRAFIX – ALBUM LAUNCH

On March 29th, the Hospital Records family will be taking over the hometown of our favourite Devonshire duo Fred V & Grafix, for a celebratory launch of their debut LP.

The Exeter Phoenix will play host to a selection of some of the finest talent from the Hospital roster, both in terms of breakthrough acts as well as more established names.

Tickets for this one-off spectacular are priced at just £10 for Early Birds, so don’t sleep and make sure you’re a part of it.

Camo & Krooked Fred V & Grafix London...

Salsa Celtica

Event Date: 
28/03/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
The Exeter Daily Auditorium, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter

The combination of Scotland and Ireland’s leading Celtic musicians with a stellar group of international salseros, ensures that Salsa Celtica are always a potent blend of virtuosity and energy.

The group’s unique synthesis has been rapturously received around the globe, from the village halls of Scotland to the world’s greatest music festivals and concert halls.

With their long awaited new studio album The Tall Islands due to be released, 2014 is going to be a huge year for Salsa Celtica.

There has never been a better time to catch one of the world’s most exciting...

TCHA Limberger's Budapest Gypsy Orchestra

Event Date: 
27/03/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
The Exeter Daily Auditorium, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter

With his beautiful voice and violin playing, Tcha Limberger is recognised as one of the most prominent and important figures in the music of the Carpathian Basin. His orchestra, in true Hungarian gypsy band style, bursts with a passion and technical virtuosity that is astounding.

Tcha Limberger and his incredible six-piece band perform Csardas, verbunk and laments from the Budapest Magyar Nota Gypsy orchestra tradition of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Includes a pre-concert talk.

Tickets £14 (£12)

www.exeterphoenix.org.uk Box office: 01392 667080

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