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Image: Harbour Lights, 2005 (details) by Margarita Martynuik
Community Gallery
The new Community Gallery opened a few months ago and is giving groups and individuals from Oldham Borough the opportunity to show their work. Anyone who is interested in submitting an exhibition proposal for consideration should contact Joy Thorpe Tel. 0161 770 4653 email: joy.thorpe@oldham.gov.uk
Community 07
22 September - 20 October 2007
Pupils and staff at Grange School have worked in many different media with a wide range of organisations in Oldham and Manchester to create this exciting and varied exhibition.
Memories
27 October - 17 November 2007
Margarita Martynuik's paintings explore human memories and include both abstract and representational styles.
Oldham Open
1 December 2007 - 26 January 2008
The popular Oldham Open returns once again! The exhibition is a great opportunity to see a wide variety of artworks by artists from around Oldham Borough. Many will be for sale.
Previous shows have included portrait and landscape painting and photography, sculpture, stained glass, pottery, jewellery, quilting and embroidery, demonstrating the wide variety of skills and talents in the Borough.
Artists who live or work in Oldham Borough are invited to submit work. Anyone who is interested should get in touch with Gallery Oldham by phone on 0161 770 4653 or by email at galleryoldham@oldham.gov.uk for further details and a submission form.
People, Places and Plot - Oldham Literature Festival 2007
October sees a packed month of performance, poetry and readings as Oldham Literature Festival 2007 explores the universal theme of Identities to discover ‘what makes us who we are?’
We’ve a great line-up of big name guests - including Linton Kwesi Johnson, Zahid Hussain and Melvin Burgess - fun events for kids, and the chance to unearth your past and explore identity at a personal level by tracing your family tree.
There’s something for everyone as we examine the people and places that shape our lives at venues across the Oldham borough.
Internationally renowned reggae-poet and inspirational wordsmith Linton Kwesi Johnson is one of the world’s most celebrated black poets. A member of the Black Panthers in his teens, Linton has engaged generations of audiences with his politically charged brand of words and music. Don’t miss the chance to witness this living legend in the intimate surroundings of The Performance Space.
Zahid Hussain is a British Asian writer, born and raised in nearby Darwen, Lancashire. His first novel The Curry Mile is a beguiling tale of modern life within the Manchester Asian community. Set in the heart of the city’s cut-throat restaurant trade, Zahid’s work speaks volumes about the experiences of migrant communities in the UK today.
Talented thriller writer Chris Simms visits Uppermill, and ‘the scene of the crime’, for his latest detective novel Savage Moon, set amid the moors of Saddleworth. While Chadderton’s high-flying entrepreneur and author Lisa Tse takes time out from her Sweet Mandarin restaurant to talk about the novel of the same name - a gripping tale of three generations of Chinese women that spans the globe.
Teenagers will be thrilled to hear that Melvin Burgess is in town. With over twenty bestselling novels published, Melvin knows the hearts and minds of Britain’s young adults like no other writer. He will be reading excerpts from some his most pivotal, and notorious, works including Junk and Doing It and taking part in a Q&A session.
Elsewhere, there’ll be plenty of clowning around at Circus at Central when Oldham Library comes alive for a fun-packed morning of circus skills and story telling, and an opportunity for budding performers to get up and have-a-go at our Poetry Slam.
And our two Who Do You Think You Are? sessions will give budding genealogists the opportunity to delve deep into their family past. With a talk and workshop from the experts we’ll give you the tools you need to start tracing your family tree and discover who you really are.
We take off our dust jacket and open the Festival pages to the public on Thursday 4 October with a fitting celebration of Oldham’s rich and diverse cultural identity. Get Together sees children from schools across the borough coming together to share their own poetry from a specially commissioned new book Get Together: One World of Folk.
For more information pick up a copy of the Identities - Oldham Literature Festival 2007 brochure from libraries, arts venues and Tourist Information Centres across the borough, call 0161 770 8016 or click on www.oldham.gov.uk/libraries
Identities - Oldham Literature Festival 2007
Events Listings
Thursday 4 October 6pm
Get Together
During the summer 14 primary schools in Oldham came together to share poetry and drawings that celebrated the borough’s rich cultural diversity. A selection of these works is now available in a special booklet - Get Together: One World of Folk. Children involved in the project will reunite to read from the publication.
Gallery Oldham (the Old Gallery space),
Cultural Quarter, Greaves Street, Oldham
FREE event
Tel: Punam Ramchurn on 0161 770 8016 for bookings & more info
Thursday 4 October 7pm
Poetry Slam
A night dedicated to encouraging you to share your writing with others in a welcoming ambience, hosted by Write Out Loud. If you want to join in or just watch some poetry in motion - come along!
The Performance Space - Oldham Library and Lifelong Learning Centre,
Cultural Quarter, Greaves Street, Oldham
FREE event
Tel: 0161 770 8016 for bookings & more info
Friday 5 October 8pm
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Known and revered as the world’s first reggae poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson has toured the globe with his unique storytelling. Don’t miss this master wordsmith, musician and living legend.
The Performance Space - Oldham Library and Lifelong Learning Centre,
Cultural Quarter, Greaves Street, Oldham
Tickets: £12
Bookings: 0871 424 4444 or www.ticketline.co.uk
Thursday 11 October 10am
Circus at Central
Come and celebrate Family Learning Week with a fun-packed morning of circus events for schools, children and families. There’ll be plenty of clowning around, plus story telling, face painting and the latest instalment of Max and Laura’s adventures.
Oldham Library and Lifelong Learning Centre,
Cultural Quarter, Greaves Street, Oldham
FREE event
Tel: 0161 770 8041 for bookings & more info - please ask for Circus at Central
Tuesday 16 October 5pm
Who Do You Think You Are?
Get help from the experts on how to trace your own family tree. A talk and workshop will help you to discover who you really are. This session is devised specifically for Oldham’s BME communities.
Oldham Local Studies and Archives, Union Street, Oldham
FREE event
Tel: Punam Ramchurn on 0161 770 8016 for bookings & more info
Wednesday 17 October 1.30pm
Melvin Burgess - Junk
Melvin is regarded as the Godfather of Young Adult Fiction. Junk is the definitive tale of teenage heroin addiction and a work that earned him the Guardian Prize and the coveted Carnegie Medal. Melvin will be talking about his books, with a Q&A session straight after.
The Performance Space - Oldham Library and Lifelong Learning Centre,
Cultural Quarter, Greaves Street, Oldham
FREE event
Tel: 0161 770 8041 for bookings & more info
Wednesday 17 October 7pm
Lisa Tse - Sweet Mandarin
One of three sisters from Chadderton, Lisa is the brains behind Manchester’s innovative Sweet Mandarin restaurant. As well as being a talented businesswoman, Lisa contributed to the novel Sweet Mandarin, and will be reading from this gripping tale of three generations of Chinese women and their sweet and sour lives.
Lees Library, Thomas Street, Lees
Tickets: £2
Tel: 0161 633 5764 for bookings & more info
Thursday 18 October 4pm
Who Do You Think You Are?
Get help from the experts on how to trace your own family tree. A talk and workshop will help you to discover who you really are. This session is open to all communities.
Oldham Local Studies and Archives, Union Street, Oldham
FREE event
Tel: Punam Ramchurn on 0161 770 8016 for bookings & more info
Wednesday 24 October 6.30pm
Chris Simms - Savage Moon
Chris was recently nominated by Waterstone’s as one of the ‘25 Authors for the Future’ destined to make a big impact in British writing in the next 25 years. Exploring his love for wild and windswept places, Chris’s latest thriller Savage Moon takes DI Spicer up to Saddleworth as he hunts a killer striking terror into the local population.
Uppermill Library, St. Chad’s, High Street, Uppermill
Tickets: £2
Tel: 01457 872777 for bookings & more info
Thursday 25 October 7pm
Zahid Hussain - The Curry Mile
The Curry Mile is Zahid’s first novel and a bold viewpoint of life within the Manchester Asian community. Set amid the cutthroat restaurant trade, Zahid’s work speaks volumes about the experiences of migrant communities in the UK today.
Chadderton Library, Middleton Road, Chadderton
Tickets: £2
Tel: 0161 665 2225 for bookings & more info
For more info on the Festival and literary activities happening throughout the Oldham borough contact Punam Ramchurn on 0161 770 8016 or click on www.oldham.gov.uk/libraries
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