Category: Cultures Crossing

Lace Market Cultures Crossing 9

1/6/2019

Marysia's blog

It was another culturally diverse, eclectic evening on Wednesday 30th May at the colourful Lace Market shop, tearoom and creative space of Debbie Bryan’s. I was delighted to be able to bring our Cultures Crossing events back into the city centre for its second time this year.

Entertaining us that night were Steve Benford, Celtic guitarist, Pam Miller Fine Artist (with paper pulp demonstration), Mike Payton storyteller, Manjit Sahota poet from Poets Against Racism group, and Vina Ladwa, Indian dancer from the Manushi Dance School. Thank you ALL SO much! You were all thrilling to watch and experience!

Debbie and her team are also celebrating their 10th anniversary at this site on June 20th - Congratulations to you all!! Such a great vibrant venue! Enjoy Inna Schutts wonderful photographs of the event!

Here are a few guest and performer comments we received about the night...

"What a wonderful evening! Story telling, making pictures out of paper, guitar playing, poetry...Amazing! Very cultural evening - think I will come again! " - Margaret Rodger

"Thank you for a great night!" - Clare

"A truly marvellous celebration of people and arts! What a lovely experience to be part of and I look forward to visiting again in the future!" - Chris Wilder, Trickster @chriswildermagic

"Really enjoyed being part of CC9, demonstrating my paper pulp paintings! Thank you so much Marysia and Caron for inviting me to take part, alongside so many talented performers - particularly Vina Ladwa, who during her interactive Indian Dancing, transported me to India! Many, many thanks." - Pam Miller, Fine Artist

"Really enjoyed being part of this evening - warm, entertaining and great company!" - Mike Payton, Storyteller

"Was a pleasure to be here, an amazing evening!" - Rafe Ladwa

"It was wonderful to be able to play for you - and I loved learning to dance!" - Steve Benford

"What an enjoyable evening! Got here a bit late really. Enjoyed the poet, curious to know if he is publishing his work. Loved the dancing, would like to get involved." - Quentin Hood "Veteran of the Folk Revival 60's"

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Time for Tea and Civic Pride

20/5/2019

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PRESS RELEASE:
Lace, Tea and Civic Pride event at award-winning, independent creative retailer, Debbie Bryan.

ACT Cultures Crossing 9 set to stage in Nottingham’s Lace Market

After stepping across the border to Long Eaton for April, ACT is back in Nottinghamshire with its second city centre offering with a dollop of civic pride.

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Dawn Lindson Blog #ACTCC8 @Bennetts Long Eaton

16/5/2019

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By Anya Lee
ACT Cultures Crossing #8
photos by Inna Schutts

On the 24th April 2019 I attended another fantastic Cultures Crossing event held at the Bennetts hotel in Long Eaton.

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ACT One for Anya Lee with Cultures Crossing.

2/5/2019

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Anya Lee Blog
ACT Cultures Crossing #8
photos by Inna Schutts

On the evening of the 24th April, I attended my first ACT Cultures Crossing event hosted by Marysia Zipser at the Bennetts Bar Hotel and Restaurant in Long Eaton.

Being located at such a large venue, I was amazed at how beautifully set out it was - in such a way that made this grand hotel seem like a small, personal setting.

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ACTive Reporting - Cultures Crossing arrives in Derbyshire

29/4/2019

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Blog by Inna Schutts
#ACTCC8 @Bennetts LongEaton.

On April 24 Cultures Crossing 8 came to Long Eaton in Derbyshire and brought colourful fireworks of artistic talent. Cozy and inviting Bennetts Hotel/Bar welcomed local and international performers from Beeston and Nottingham.

The evening was filled with music, stories, and exploration of world culture. From African rhythmic drumming and poetry to Cuban energetic dancing, from Bollywood violin vibrant tunes to Venetian technique inspired mask making, to Mexican folk story telling - all these incredible talents gathered under one roof to amaze the audience.

The first artist of the night was beautiful violinist Ursula Al-Mishari. She filled the room with sound of Bollywood - Middle Eastern inspired style music, which was so refreshing and quite different from what one would expect from ordinary violin performance!

Next was Stephen Jon, fascinating mask performer and mask maker. He not only entertained guests with his extraordinary characters but also shared different techniques and approaches to the time consuming and rather complicated process of mask making.

Two amazing ladies, Victoria Mponda (from Malawi) and Florette Fetgo (from Cameroon) brought a taste of African culture and mesmerised their audience with African drumming while reading poetry, two things I never thought could go so gracefully together!

When I thought that the evening could not get any more interesting, an amazing story teller Tim Ralphs came in front of the crowd to share a Mexican folk tale. His style and stage presence captivated everyone at once. Tim’s choice of the tale was fun and taught us an important lesson - wives are much smarter than husbands!!!

The last performance of the night was by Idalberto Alcada-Rodriguez, who danced from his heart and shared his love for Cuba by means of music and movement! He surprised everyone with his skilful machete performance integrated into graceful dance! In the end Idalberto gave a dance lesson which was not only for guests of the event, but even the Bennetts’ employees could not resist and got involved! People were fully enjoying themselves, dancing to the Cuban upbeat tune, some even got out of breath as the result.

The entire evening was a very successful cultural submersion full of electrifying performances!

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Cultures Crossing the County Line

14/4/2019

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Hello Derbyshire - ACT is coming to Long Eaton

ACT’s 8th Cultures Crossing event is stepping across the county line from its home in Beeston, Nottinghamshire to Long Eaton in Derbyshire just three and a bit miles down the road for April’s ACT monthly cabaret revue style evening. Yes Long Eaton is in Derbyshire!

#ACTCC8 is being held at Bennetts Bar Hotel and Restaurant on Derby Road on Wednesday 24th April. Doors open at 6pm.

1st performance starts 7pm, last one finishes 8.30pm. All finishes at 9pm. Networking at beginning, middle & end. £5.00 on entry & sign in. Tickets and further information is on Eventbrite. http://bit.ly/actcc8apr

Read FULL press release

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ACT's March Cultures Crossing takes to the Nottingham stage

8/4/2019

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Blog by Inna Schutts #ACTCC7

Cultures Crossing 7 @Minor Oak Coworking, Sneinton Market

Sneinton market is known as the artist/artisan headquarters of Nottingham. So it was excellently suited to host one of ACT Culture Crossing events, which is full of creative people, artists, singers, poets, storytellers in one of the most inviting and welcoming venue such as Minor Oak Co-working - Nottingham’s resource for flexible work, located in the heart of Sneinton market.

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Kia Pitman blog - #ACTCC7 at Minor Oak

8/4/2019

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ACT Intern Reporting for Cultures Crossing - 27.3.19

Last Wednesday I had the pleasure of attending my last ACT Cultures Crossing event as an intern. Hosted at Minor Oak Coworking in Sneinton Market, the venue provided yet another unique and enjoyable evening. After arriving and enjoying a selection of food and drink provided by our host Dee Miller. Marysia welcomed us all and introduced the first act Iryna Muha who performed a selection of Russian songs from her home country.

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Dawn Lindson blog - #ACTCC7 at Minor Oak

28/3/2019

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ACT Intern Reporting for Cultures Crossing - 27.3.19

The Cultures Crossing 7 evening on the 27th February held at the The Minor Oak in Sneinton Market brought energy to a modern work hub.

The evening started with Iryna Muha, a talented musician from the Ukraine, who played a traditional hurdy gurdy instrument. I found it interesting to listen to something different that I had never heard before that is part of the Ukrainian culture.