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	spring 2013
			Deadly Creatures Presents Eraserhead Movie Night Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP Friday 1 March 7pm A chance to watch one of the most acclaimed horror films of all time on the big screen, in a place with a real atmosphere! Featuring a live performance from The Deadly Creatures.

			John Street Social club 4 John St, Stroud GL5 2HA Friday 1 March 7-11pm John Street Social Club is a series of weekly friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share in a non precious environment. The format: decks, laptop, and a limited number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities...

			Print Show, Impress 13 Stroud School of Art, South Gloucestershire and Stroud College; Staff exhibition 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA 2-30 March Mon-Sat 9.30am-4.30pm Preview: Sat 2 March 4-6pm Come and be IMPRESS’d by the work of the staff from Stroud School of Art from various disciplines, fine artists, photographers, graphic, textile , Illustrators and fashion designers who have developed diverse and innovative ideas into printmaking.

			Marketing for Artists 4 John St, Stroud GL5 2HA Monday 4 March 6.30pm-8.30pm You know your products, and services, and you have an idea of who your customers are …but how do you get your message about your products across to the market? This workshop will look at some traditional and online forms of marketing, to help you consider what would suit your products. Abbi Kirby's background training (BA, MBA) and experience means that she has extensive knowledge and skills to offer creatives from over ten years managing her own creative business, project managing and consulting. More recent appointments have been made with ALIAS as an advisor, Associate Lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University, and Trustee for Creativity Works. Abbi lives in Stroud and works freelance offering support to individuals, organisations and small businesses in the creative sector. www.abbikirby.com £25. Booking essential. 12 places available. Tel SVA 01453 751440

			John Street Social Club: Mould 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA Friday 8 March 6-11pm Mould will be hosting the John Street Social Club; a series of weekly friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share in a non precious environment. The format: decks, laptop, and a limited number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities..

			Stroud Jazz Sessions Jam with special guest Geoff Bowles 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Thursday 14 March 8.15pm The special guest at Stroud Jazz Sessions is the fabulous Geoff Bowles on sax. Geoff is a superb player - well known in the West country as a prominent saxophonist, he has played in all the main West Country venues and around the Midlands. He has also played with many leading names. Hard bop style with a considerable technique but can also ...do justice to a ballad. As always, be there or square...: Eclectic jazz records, and a stonkingly energetic jam set. Stroud jazz Sessions is every 2nd Thursday of the month at SVA and act as a hub for those interested in listening or performing jazz to come together. £4 entry (£3 performers)

			John Street Social Club: Havana, Stroud 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA Friday 15 March 6-11pm Havana, Stroud will be hosting a special Cuban flavoured night of art, music and talk. John Street Social Club is a series of weekly friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share in a non precious environment. The format: decks, laptop, and a limited number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities...

			Impress 13 Cuban Film Festival Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud, GL5 3AP Saturday 16 -Sunday 17 March 7-11pm A weekend of extraordinary post 2000 films chronicling how Cubans are confronting the challenges of the new century. The programme of features, shorts and documentaries has been organised by a partnership of Eva Tarr-Kirkhope (Latin-Americam Film Festival), IMPRESS International Printmaking Festival, SVA and PhotoStroud. Coinciding with the exhibition of Cuban Prints at the Stroud Subscription Rooms and the Symposium at Stroud Art School. Drinks and Tapas will be available from the bar. For more information, check websites. www.gpchq.org.uk/impress-whats-on Tickets: £6/£4 (student concession) per evening; weekend pass: £10/£7.50 Tel. 07970 258151

			Negative Space presents Asylum 4 John St, Stroud GL5 2HA Thursday 21 March 8pm-11pm (screening starts 8.30pm) The third in our short season of films which have inspired visual artists is Peter Robinson's 1972 documentary on the practice of Scottish psychiatrist R D Laing. Described by Turner Prize-nominated artist and filmmaker Luke Fowler as a "great influence on my own work", Robinson's intimate portrait of patients at Laing's London retreat Archways is both a wry and moving document of 60s idealism, a key work in the Direct Cinema school of documentary filmmaking and an inspiration for Fowler's recent film All Divided Selves, itself a meditation on Laing's life and ideas. Tickets: £4 (non-members) / £3 (members)

			John Street Social Club: Mel Rodicq and Mister Messy 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA Friday 22 March 6-11pm Mel Rodicq and Mister Messy will be hosting the John Street Social Club; a series of weekly friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share in a non precious environment. The format: decks, laptop, and a limited number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities..will be presenting a special evening of art, music and talk.

			Zen Elephant Album Launch Andy Oliveri and Jacob de Berker 4 John St, Stroud GL5 2HA Saturday 23 March 8pm \Zen Elephant, a Bristol based Indie/Folk quartet are heading back on the road again with their new album "These open roads". Since forming in 2008 they have toured extensively in the UK and Europe. An original take on the Folk genre steers them away from any obvious comparisons to other bands. The sound is raw, while elements of Americana, Swing and Rock are thrown in. With performances at Glastonbury, Shambala, Secret Garden Party and many other UK festivals, Virtual Festivals described Zen Elephant as "Infectiously-vibrant, up-tempo folk", whilst MOJO gave them a thumbs up in their review of Green Man festival 2011. Advanced tickets from Trading Post £7/£9 on the door

			John Street Social Club: Anna Usbourne and Tomas Millar 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA Friday 29 March 6-11pm Anna Usbourne and Tomas Millar will be hosting the John Street Social Club; a series of weekly friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share in a non precious environment. The format: decks, laptop, and a limited number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities..

			Artbridge An introductory talk by Kirsty Limburn, Artshape Wednesday 3 April 7.30pm SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Bookings: kirsty@artshape.co.uk Do you want to become a professional visual artist, dancer, poet or film maker, but you face challenging economic, cultural or disabling obstacles that prevent you from realising your aspirations? It doesn’t matter whether you have been making your art for years or months. We are looking to invite anyone who believes that art is an important part of their lives and that they would like to develop their passion for the arts further in whatever form that might take. Yes, then Art Shape would like to offer you the opportunity to be part of the Artbridge project. It is part-time and completely free! Supported by Arts Council England. Download details here

			John Street Social Club 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA Friday 5 April 6-11pm The John Street Social Club is a series of weekly friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share in a non precious environment. The format: decks, laptop, and a limited number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities..

			Disco Sucks Hot Crossed Easter Bunfight Saturday 6 April 9pm-3am SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Featuring Timmy T, Deano & Rosco, Dmark & the return of The Bman! Plus - BlackBox soundsystem, a lot of smoke & some flashing lights. Disco bunnies welcome, no chocolate eggs on the dance floor. Strictly over 18's Tickets £6 advance, £8 on the door Advance tickets available in person from Trading Post 26 Kendrick Street, Stroud GL5 1AQ

			Stroud Jazz Sessions: Dick Pond Thursday 11 April 815pm SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA We have excitement next month with Dick Pond bringing 3 of his band's together for short performances that'll fuse in with our usual energeti-frenetic jam! Dick is not only our house bassist, he's a revered composer-polymusician. Spiral Carpets, Step Change and Charisma are 3 outfits he's worked with over the years who will be forming for us for set-pieces and to lend their soul to the jam! Promises to be fun. Each Stroud Jazz Session features a special guest soloist performance, eclectic jazz records, and a stonkingly energetic jam set. These monthly sessions act as a hub for those interested in listening or performing jazz to come together. Tickets: £4 (£3 performers)

			John Street Social Club hosted by Anna and Phiney 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA Friday 12 April 6-11pm The John Street Social Club is a series of weekly friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share in a non precious environment. The format: decks, laptop, and a limited number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities..

			A Four Part Tragedy Friday 12 April 7.15pm Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP 'A Four Part Tragedy' performed by the six players of Open Eyed Theatre, with Nancy Trotter Landry. Contains strong language. 30 mins Tickets: £2 on the door

			Catching Colours A Solo Show of Work by Jo Casling Saturday 13th & 20th April (10am-5pm) The Shopfront, SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA Opening Party Friday 12th April (6pm-8pm)

			Uplifter Saturday 13 April 9pm-3am SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA The Uplifter returns to the Stroud Valley Artspace... Since the first SVA / Uplifter shows back in 2008 the events have never failed to be memorable each and every time with atmosphere's reaching off the scale... Not quite sure what's in the water in Stroud but the crowd are always on Cloud 9 and combine that energy with the music into something really special. DJ Sets // Live Percussion // Projections // New vinyl release on The Uplifter label will be available. The past 2 shows have sold out in advance. Tickets: £6 advance, £8 on the door Advance tickets available in person from Trading Post 26 Kendrick Street, Stroud GL5 1AQ

			Negative Space presents Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 4 John St, Stroud GL5 2HA Thursday 18 April 8pm-11.30pm (screening starts 8.30pm) The fourth in our short season of films which have inspired visual artists is Chantal Akerman's three-hour study of the daily routine of a middle-aged widow, Jeanne Dielman. Made in 1975 when the Belgian director was just 24, its ground-breaking use of long, static takes has made the film a touchstone for artists working in film and video - not least Tacita Dean, who recalled, of seeing the film for the first time, "I remember how radical its length was, and how Akerman created tension through languor and boredom rather than through any sort of action. I thought it was an amazing film." Tickets: £4 (non-members) / £3 (members)

			John Street Social Club 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA Friday 19 April 6-11pm The John Street Social Club is a series of weekly friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share in a non precious environment. The format: decks, laptop, and a limited number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities..

			John Street Social Club 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA Friday 26 April 6-11pm The John Street Social Club is a series of weekly friday night club socials hosted by different artists each week with visuals and audio to share in a non precious environment. The format: decks, laptop, and a limited number of selected youtube clips of archive footage and informative curiosities..

			Launch Site 2013 Saturday 27 April www.sitefestival.org.uk Mould presents Placard procession 11.30am-1pm High Street Mould presents The Fate of Art, 1-9pm, Goods Shed Pavinyl presents Pa Pa Oo Mow with special guest Dj Johnny Alpha 9pm-3am, SVA Mould presents 'Launch Site 2013' a day of placard making, demonstration?, mould cuisine, live music and mouldy curiosities! Mould have organised a series of workshops inspired by Bob and Roberta Smith's "Make your own damn placard' project, with the final event leaving Stroud High Street at 12 noon en route to the Goods Shed for the 'The Fate of Art' a village fete with a twist. Marvel at Cereal Killer, Lucky Dip Nail Box, Coco nut shy, with a host of bands all day from 1-9pm, including Kitten and the Bear, Mary Holditch, Deady Creatures/Sheena, Hot Feet and more... 'Art: Not What I Expected' is a new public facing engagement campaign led by Create Glos will also be launched as part of day's events. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of the reach and scope of the arts and cultural community in the Stroud District and better understand barriers to participation, understanding and enjoyment of arts and culture. The launch will feature placards, home baked pizza and perry to coincide with Launch Site 2013. For further informationwww.creategloucestershire.co.uk Later on that day...Pavinyl's Jungle Exotica Club Night, 'Pa Pa Oo Mow', with Johnny Alpha and Pavinyl 10pm till 3am.

			Pa Pa Oo Mow...A night of Jungle Exotica Launch Site 2013 Saturday 27 April 9pm-3am SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Pa Pa Oo Mow with special guest Dj Mr. Killer Diller.. Johnny Alpha and Stroud’s own mocker Pavinyl.. Starch your safari suits, drip dry your rayon shirt , slip tightly into a Polynesian dress or put a flower in your hair and dance thee Pa Pa Oo Mow Mow . Johnny Alpha hosts the legendary “killer diller” radio show and blog. His club life began in his home town of Wigan with the infamous Rendez-Vous he then went on to join the Go-Go Cage team in Liverpool. He has spun records at clubs and festivals up and down the UK and all over Europe. Check facebook for more details. Tickets: £5 advance, £7 on the door Advance tickets available in person from Trading Post 26 Kendrick Street, Stroud GL5 1AQ