Summer Garden Party Open Studios
This Saturday 31st July 11-6
@ 183a Kings Road, Pontcanna, Cardiff, CF11 9 DF

Come along & enjoy a free glass of pimms & 10% discount from participating designers:

Captain Kate, Fashion www.captainkate.co.uk
By Kirsty, Interior Products www.bykirsty.com
Emma-Kate Francis, Jewellery www.ekfrancis.com

& More stalls by.....

Recycled with Love- funky handmade and recycled fashion, art, craft, jewellery and accessories!!
www.recycled-with-love.com

Following the success of our last event on the 1st of May, we invite you to take part in a public reading event on Saturday June the 12th at 12 to 12.30pm, outside the Central Library in Cardiff city centre. We use our love of stories and reading to question the purpose of public spaces. To see if we can claim these places as 'ours' and not just as an area we pass through to go somewhere else, bring a story, poem or piece of writing that you think is great, find yourself one of the black blocks to sit or stand on and at midday read it out loud.

The Arcade Project

Perhaps you have noticed how many empty shops there are in Cardiff city centre at the moment? We have.

The first Arcade Project will take place in an empty shop in Castle Arcade, Cardiff on the 2nd and 3rd of July. We are looking for people to contribute their ideas, skills and knowledge to help make this project happen. We would love you to get involved.

Poets MIKE JENKINS and THAER AL-SHAYEI perform their latest work at the Poetry on Tap reading series, now in its new home, the Old Orleans, 19 Church St (off High St), on Sunday, 16 May, 2pm.

MIKE JENKINS's book Wanting to Belong was adapted for BBC Wales as a drama and for Channel 4 as a programme for schools. An award-winning writer, many of his stories have been broadcast on Radio Wales and Radio 4. His poetry collection Moor Music is forthcoming from Seren in October.

A love of stories and reading meets questions about our use of public spaces. To see if we can claim these places as 'ours' and not just as an area we pass through to go somewhere else, we invite you to attend a public reading event on Saturday May 1st at 12pm, outside the Central Library in Cardiff city centre. Bring a story, poem or piece of writing that you think is great, find yourself one of the black blocks to sit or stand on and at midday read it out loud.

The 5th Wonderwool Wales will be taking place over the weekend of 24th & 25th April 2010, at the Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys. Wonderwool Wales is the premier Wool & Natural Fibre Festival in Wales, and will be open from 10am to 5.30pm on Saturday and 10am to 4.30pm on Sunday, with free parking on site.

Poetry on Tap e-mailed us to let us know that DAVID WOOLLEY and JACKIE CORNWALL read their latest work at the new Poetry on Tap reading series on Sunday, 18 April, 2pm, at the Promised Land, Windsor Place.

DAVID WOOLLEY is the author of 'Pursued by a Bear' (Headland), his fourth collection of poetry, out in May. Originally from Devon, he is both a Member and Board Member of Academi, and is on the Board of New Welsh Review.

Pecha Kucha takes place at Chapter Arts Centre Thu 25 March from 6pm.

Devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event that encouraged young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. Since then it has turned into a massive celebration, with events in hundreds of cities around the world. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of 'chit chat', Pecha Kucha's format allows selected speakers to share their knowledge through 20 images each shown for 20 seconds.

Oriel Myrddin Gallery are playing host to a garden party on Saturday 27 March 2010 between 2 - 4 pm ...plants, cakes, beekeeping and bunting. Admission is free as part of Reap & Sew, a spring-time exhibition of craft and design.

The fourth Ignite Cardiff takes place tomorrow evening from 7pm on the Tesco Stage at the Wales Millennium Centre. The list of speakers is avaliable on Ignite's Blog and includes:

Ed Pereira, Angela Gidden, Geoff Rogers, Dan Allsobrook, Rob Phillips, Esko Reinikainen and Kristof Zoltan von Csefalvay-Bartal

Read their full bio's here:
http://ignitecardiff.wordpress.com/speakers/ignite-cardiff-4/