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Mass rituals have been performed in the US as witches and opponents of Donald Trump cast a spell of magic resistance in a bid to remove the President from office.
A Facebook group devoted to the ritual has attracted over 10,500 likes, coining the hashtag #magicresistance, and an online document stating how the ritual is carried out has been widely shared online.
Submissions for Pride in London Festival 2017 are now open! The Festival, now in its third year, showcases inspiring talent, hosts fully inclusive and accessible events and celebrates diversity within London’s sparkling LGBT+ community.
The Festival will host theatre, dance, talks, conferences, sporting events, LGBT+ tours, art exhibitions, screenings and much more held in venues across London during the 2-week Festival.
Splice Festival, London’s audiovisual performing arts festival taking place 25–28 May, is accepting submissions from artists.
The Open Call welcomes artists working with image and sound, from AV performances to VJ sets. In the past, they have hosted performances from Plaid, Cassetteboy and Sculpture – this is a fantastic opportunity to perform at a forward-thinking artistic showcase.
For more info on how to apply, take a look at their website.
The International Festival of Experimental Film and Video 25 FPS Festival is inviting new film makers to apply for its 2017 international competition, taking place in Zagreb between September 28th and October 1st.
Unite for Europe
National march to Parliament
March 25th 2017 11am
Park Lane / Hyde Park
London
http://www.uniteforeurope.org/
• What's the message?
We want to remain in the European Union!
We value the peace, friendships, relationships, rights, business & academic collaborations, economic prosperity and outward-looking attitude that European Union membership delivers; it's best for the UK.
This guide from the Green Party's Sian Berry is for all Londoners, including local renters’ groups, who want to take action to improve renting in our city. It will help you better understand the current rules for letting agents, including the Mayor’s own London Rental Standard, and help you do a ‘secret shopping’ exercise to find out if letting agents in your area are doing their jobs properly.
After a tempestuous few years for London’s night time economy, it seems the climate could finally be changing for music venues.
As Village Underground revealed on Monday that it had been granted a new 15 year lease on its premises, iconic Islington music venue The Garage also announced it would be relaunching in February.
Writer, cultural theorist and music critic Mark Fisher has died. His long-running blog, k-punk, examined pop culture with theoretical rigour, an entertaining and illuminating look at the world we live in.
He wrote beautifully on sound, underground culture, mental health, and radical politics, and was a contributor to Wire, Sight & Sound, The Guardian, as well as a lecturer in the Department of Visual Culture at Goldsmiths.
An opportunity for a curator beginning their career in the visual arts to work with one of the UK’s most adored cultural venues.
Barbican and Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) are launching a joint curatorial traineeship programme, which is an excellent opportunity to gain an insight into working for two arts organisations of different scale with separate programmes, where you will acquire practical skills to support your qualifications and inform future career choices.
Tegan and Sara, the Canadian sisters, artists and LGBTQ activists, have announced they will launch their own foundation for women and girls.
According to its mission statement, The Tegan and Sara Foundation will work with similar groups to support “economic justice, health, and representation for LGBTQ girls and women,” based on principles of “feminism and racial, social and gender justice”.
