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			Music Doc presents New York Doll Film Screening Thursday 30th April 5.30pm SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA A recovering alcoholic and recently converted Mormon, Arthur “Killer” Kane, of the rock band The New York Dolls, is given a chance of reuniting with his band after 30 years. Music Doc is a series of screenings selected and presented by Harvey Brook covering the often elusive and intriguingly complex underground music networks and movements, from grass roots and downward. Tickets: £3 on the door

			Andy Holden and Secluded Brontë host the John Street Social Club Friday 1st May 7-11pm SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Secluded Brontë (Bohman Brothers with Richard Thomas) with Andy Holden (The Grubby Mitts) present a concert of live music from the work in progress film, Brontë Country. Secluded Bronte is a trio featuring Adam Bohman, Jonathan Bohman and Richard Thomas. Their performance art is an idiosyncratic form of musical theatre: a kaleidoscopic collage of found texts, brute sounds, and musique concrète. Their debut album. Secluded in Jersey City has just been released on New York’s esteemed Pogus imprint. The Bohman Brothers are renowned performers in the improvisation scene and the authors of two highly regarded albums and recently contributed sound to and appeared in Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio. Richard Thomas is an artist/musician/writer and formerly the commissioning editor at Resonance FM. He has collaborated with artists as diverse as Derek Bailey, Squarepusher, and Robert Ashley. He writes a regular column for The Wire magazine. Andy Holden plays with the band The Grubby Mitts, who recently released their debut album which was eight years in the making and last summer toured the UK performing their multi-projection live show at artist-run spaces. Previous collaborations include Damo Suzuki of Can and Johnny Parry, with whom he runs the label Lost Toys Records. His exhibition is currently on show at the SVA Gallery. £1 membership on the door

			Breakfast discussion with Andy Holden and Guy Gormley Saturday 2nd May 11am SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Meet Andy Holden and hear more about his Site Festival exhibition. Guy Gormley (BRICKHOUSE) will be asking questions and encouraging discussion. A hearty breakfast will be served with a plentiful fresh coffee. Tickets: £5 breakfast included, booking essential Email: office@sva.org.uk. Tel: 01453 751440

			Disco Sucks Saturday 2nd May 9pm till late SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Disco Sucks emerges from its winter hibernation just in time for the May Bank Holiday weekend. Celebrate three days’ freedom from wage slavery with a night of dancefloor abandon. Full Disco Sucks crew and Black Box soundsystem in the main room, playing interesting disco and unusual house. Or take a breather with some slower sounds in the Balearic Box upstairs. 18 + only Tickets: £6 advance from Trading Post, £8 on the door if available

			Clotted Art Teas Saturday 2nd May 3.30-4.30pm T. 01453 299901 or 07773 327513 info@andrew-wood.com Tickets: £12 advance Andrew Wood invites you to his studio in the centre of Stroud where Colour & Form are cooked in the Juice of the Imagination. Cream teas will be served. Only by appointment

	Exhibitions

			Open Studios Taster Exhibition 1st-17th May Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm The Subscription Rooms, George Street, Stroud GL5 1AE 01453 760900 www.subscriptionrooms.org.uk Stroud Valleys Open Studios is a fantastic way to not only enjoy the beautiful Cotswold countryside but also engage with the amazing variety of art on offer. The Taster Exhibition provides the perfect opportunity for planning your visits to the studios, workshops or homes of the artists to see and buy their original artwork.

			The Friction Project: a Miniature Museum of Museums. Tara Downs and Bart Sabel Commissioned by Flow Contemporary Arts 18th April-31st May Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 11am-4pm, Bank Holiday Monday, 11am-5pm The Museum in the Park, Stratford Pk, Stroud GL5 4AF T. 01453 763394 www.flowprojects.org.uk www.miniaturemuseum.org.uk The Friction Project presents a unique interactive artwork created by Tara Downs and Bart Sabel inspired by the collections of three Gloucestershire Museums: The Holst Museum (Cheltenham); the Museum in the Park (Stroud) and the Waterways Museum (Gloucester). The Miniature Museum of Museums invites visitors to explore their intriguing inventions through touch, sound and movement. Music, engineering and humble mechanisms are the outcome of curiosity and imagination. Flow is led by Carolyn Black. Funded by ACE.

			After the Animal 1st-30th April 29 High Street, Stroud GL5 1AJ Is mankind’s fascination with all that is wild a focused way of understanding ourselves? An experimental project space in an empty shop in Stroud High Street provides the starting point for artists to explore this idea further.

			We Are All Haunted Animals Adam White and Amaury Blow 4th April-31st May Ale House, 9 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Giant innovative watercolours developed over 20 years by humble watercolourist Adam White and animal inspired sculptures pieces by Amaury Blow.

			Cream 1st April-31st May Tuesday to Saturday 11am-11pm, Sundays 11am-9pm Closed Mondays Bisley House, Middle Street, Stroud, GL5 1DZ www.robbinsandroberts.com www.bisleyhousecafe.co.uk An exhibition of work by artists Lorraine Robbins and Soozy Roberts, including photographs, drawings and collage, within a relaxed cafe/bar/restaurant setting.

			Alchemy Gloucestershire Printmaking Cooperative 10th March-26th April Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm Saturdays and Sundays, 11am-4pm Bank Holiday Monday, 11am-5pm The Museum in the Park, Stratford Park, Stroud GL5 4AF T. 01453 763394 www.museuminthepark.org.uk This exhibition explores the alchemy of printmaking offering visitors an insight into how prints are created and what Fine Art Printmaking is all about.

			MOULD TV 1st-30th April MOULD TV returns to Site, reviewing, interviewing and documenting Site artists, events and participants all from their pop up TV studio. Don’t be shy if you see them! MOULD is a youth arts collective comprising of a range of creative activities from film through to fashion. The collective aims to bring contemporary arts to a younger audience through creating, curating and facilitating youth art events and projects.

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