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	winter 2012/13
			Freezer presents The 12 Days of Christmas Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP Opening: Friday 7 December 6-9pm 8 -16 December Monday-Friday 5.30-8pm Saturday and Sunday 8–9 and 15–16 10am-5pm An eclectic, festive art show at the Brunel Goods Shed in the heart of Stroud/The Universe, beginning Goodwill Friday; 7th December. The 12 day festival begins with the ‘1st Day of Christmas, My True Love Gave to me: A Private View’, featuring a collection of new contemporary art, a Bad Santa’s Grotto, and a glass or two of warming mulled wine. There will be real musicians, fake beauticians, real art, fake snow, fake tan, the tears of an elf, an exclusive Christmas Johnny Quiz and a series of pop-ups where you can buy anything from booze to blue tablecloths. So tickle out your tinsel and free your baubles for the fiercest festivities in Stroud. Kindly supported by Trainspotters. Sunday Sale Sunday 9 December 10am -2pm Vintage Clothes and other delights. A sale of lovely things for the Christmas festivities. Drink and Draw Tuesday 11 December 7-9pm Nativity Science Life Drawing Class. A chance to capture the original Christmas Day!

			Situationism 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Friday 7 December 9pm-1am £5 on the door Jazz/funk tinged electronic soulful boogie starring the Situation DJ’s to celebrate their new single out called “Midnight” on Nang/United records. The album will be out next year on the same label. Featuring live performance from Lauren Rimmel....A Seasonal Boogie production!

			Print, the pop up shop 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Friday 7th December 12noon-8pm Sat 8th December 10am-5pm We are proud to announce the opening of Print, a pop-up shop/gallery run by the students of Stroud Art College, selling original artwork including t-shirts, prints, postcards and other unique pieces, all created by us. We will be opening for two days only, from 7th- 8th December at the SVA, 4 John Street. Pieces will be limited so make sure you arrive as soon as possible to avoid disappointment!

			thePlanchest 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 December 10am-4pm thePlanchest presents an exhibition and sale (8-9 Dec) of limited edition prints, multiples and cards by artNucleus. And the launch (8 Dec) of our online shop at theplanchest.co.uk

			Cosmic Trigger 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Saturday 8 December 9pm-3am £5 advance £7 on the door Blast off with Cosmic Trigger - a new monthly end of the world party launching on Saturday 8th December. Taking you on a mission to a disco planet in a transformed artspace, DJ Poshratz playing an epic 6 hours of cosmic tech-disco, with mind-bending visuals by Mel Rodicq. Dress code future-retro, think Barbarella and 1960s sci-fi!

			Stroud Jazz Sessions Jam with special guest Cathy Jones 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Thursday 13 December 8.15pm £4 entry (£3 performers) Cathy Jones, the most excellent bebop bossa vocalist from Bristol, will be special guest at Stroud Jazz Sessions’ December jam. Join us for an evening of enrapturous enchanting entertainment. Cathy will open with a short set, followed by our usual energeti-frenetic jam for all-comers. All welcome to play, sing or listen. Stroud Jazz Sessions is a hub for those interested in listening to, or performing, jazz. It is every 2nd Thurs of the month at Stroud Valleys Artspace.


			Because the Night Featuring Sam Brookes, Emily + The Woods, Pete Roe and Hot Feet 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Friday 14 December 8pm £6 advance £8 on the door The brainchild of a London based folk collective ‘Because The Night’ offers you the chance to see four fantastic up and coming acts in an intimate setting. Far from your ordinary folk night each act intertwines their craft, collaborating with one and other creating a warm, unique and unforgettable experience. Critically acclaimed and regularly oversubscribed this is your chance to see first-hand what it has to offer. Featuring: Pete Roe, with his grandiose storytelling and rich cluster of songs; the mesmerizing and subtle inflections of Emily + The Woods; Hot Feet’s melodic, lilting vocals and intricate musicianship and Sam Brooke’s enchanting vocals.

			Johnny Quiz presents Missy Claus Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP Saturday 15 December 8-11pm £4 advance £5 on the door The original quizzical theatre host is back with new characters, new games, more thrills and spills, and an extra consonant in his name. The format is simple, your knowledge will be tested in a pub quiz cabaret game show-esque way, for dazzlingly cumbersome prizes by a man more cat than squirrel, more beard than brain and more backwards than forwards.No limit on team sizes.

			Mockers “Shakin Not Stirred” 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Saturday 15 December 9pm-3am £5 advance £6 on the door Mockers Special Executive for Counter Intelligence,Terrorism, Revenge, Extortion. The four great cornerstones of power headed by the greatest brains in the world presents ‘The 50th anniversary of James Bond Party’. Bond visuals by Dr Oogoo soundtrack by Pavinyl and Solid Kick Nick. Bond: “I thought Christmas only comes once a year.”

			Negative Space presents Au Hasard Balthazar 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Thursday 20 December 8pm-11pm £4 (non-members) /£3 (members) A stark, lyrical and affecting parable from the great French director Robert Bresson, this 1966 masterwork takes as its subject a humble donkey (named with wry irony after one of the Three Wise Men), following his trials as he’s passed from owner to owner and made the object of human cruelty - and love - along the way. A modern classic, described by Jean-Luc Godard as depicting “the world in an hour and a half.” Screening starts 8.30pm, with mulled wine and mince pies available at the bar from 8pm.

			Hot Feet ‘Wood House’ album launch Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP Friday 21 December 8pm £6 advance £8 on the door Hot Feet’s music lives and breathes in the countryside. ‘Wood House’ was written in a small cabin on the east coast of Sweden and recorded in a remote studio in the Scottish Highlands, only accessible by boat. The five songs are set, however, in the Cotswolds where Marianne (vocals) tends to goats and sheep when she’s not playing music, and Lachlan (bass) builds dry stonewalls. Musical influences include delta blues, sixties folk and world rhythms. Clamorous in places, delicate in others; sometimes offering raucous, earthy uproar and a wistful, yearning narrative within the same song. The EP has been lovingly and impressively produced by Pete Roe, longtime sideman of Laura Marling and a gifted songwriter in his own right.

			Christmas Sucks 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Saturday 22 December 9pm-3am £6 advance £8 on the door Disco Sucks comes down the SVA chimney, carrying a sack full of disco, funk, boogie, balearic and yacht rock. If ‘dancefloor mayhem’ is on your Christmas list then this is the night for you. Two rooms of music and merriment from Disco Sucks residents plus guests with full Black Box PA, flashing lights and of course large amounts of smoke. Advance tickets available from Trading Post 26 Kendrick Street, Stroud GL5 1AQ 01453 759116

			A Russian Winter Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud GL5 3AP The Thirteenth Tree an exhibition by Corinne Hockley Sunday 13 January 5-7pm Continues on Saturdays 19 and 26 January 11-4pm Open during ticketed events and by appointment Over Christmas the magical trees mysteriously moved out of the Museum in the Park and found themselves a new home for January in the Brunel Goods Shed. This reinterpretion by Corinne Hockley shows the exhibition in a totally new context. Deep in the Forgotten Forest, beyond the thrice-nine lands, at the borders of the thrice-ten kingdom there stands a tree…Inspired by a train journey through the vast, snow-silent Russian winter, this exhibition is a meeting place for the themes, creatures & spirits of a hidden world. Full of twisted yarns and unexpected encounters, this place beyond time is heavy with whispers of the familiar and the strange. Weaving northern and eastern European myths within a magical textile landscape, The Thirteenth Tree encourages us to recognise the archetypes that continue to live on in folklore and fairy tales – enchanting us, and sharing their wisdom if bidden. Followed by a free screening of The Firebird at 7.30pm after the exhibition opening. A Russian Winter will present a film screening programme, storytelling and more. Event updates to follow.

			A Russian Winter film screenings Mould presents Dr Zhivago Saturday 19 January 6pm Mould invites you to a night of Russian delight, a screening of epic drama-romance 'Dr Zhivago' in conjunction with Corinne Hockley's 'The Thirteenth Tree' exhibiton. Adorn yourselves in your best furs, and prepare for a night of traditional Russian stew, vodka and hot water bottles! Bring your own hot water bottle cover! £5 on the door

			A Russian Winter film screenings - The Rite of Spring Saturday 26 January 7.30pm The Rite of Spring, French title Le Sacre du printemps is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company, with choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky and stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich. When the ballet was first performed, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 29 May 1913, the avant-garde nature of the music and choreography caused a near-riot in the audience. In celebration of the debut of the Ballet Russes in Paris, 1909, this wonderful Stravinsky evening at the Mariinsky Theatre (cond. Valery Gergiev) showcases the original Nijinsky choreography of The Rite of Spring. Russian stew, vodka and hot water bottles! Bring your own hot water bottle cover! £5 on the door

			A Russian Winter storytelling 'Out of the Forest' Stories Sunday 27 January 12noon-2pm 'Out of the Forest' Stories from the rich folklore of Mother Russia. Join storyteller Fiona Eadie and journey across thrice-nine kingdoms, climb beyond high mountain chains and wander into the deep, dark forest ... in Russia, as here, no-one is too old for stories. Borshch (Russian Stew), Sbiten and other hot drinks will be available from the bar. £5 adults, £2.50 children. Bookings:01453 751440


			Crime, prisons and offenders – the role the arts can play Angela Findlay SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA Thursday 24 January 7.30pm £4 on the door At the age of 21 Angela Findlay walked into Long Bay Gaol in Sydney with a portfolio of her murals under her arm. Two weeks later she found herself in front of a 30-foot wall with a motley selection of paints and brushes, two Brazilian coke smugglers, a bank robber and a murderer. ‘I had this overwhelming sense of “This is it!”’ she recalls. Years of working as an artist in the Criminal Justice Systems in England and Germany have given Angela unique insights into the lives and minds of offenders. Her innovative and initially controversial approaches to rehabilitation through the arts attracted recognition from even the biggest sceptics. In this thought-provoking illustrated talk she provides intimate glimpses into the closed world of prisons offering a deeper understanding of the complex cycle of crime and re-offending and demonstrates the powerful role the arts can play within it.

			Negative Space presents Heart Of Glass 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Thursday 31 January 8pm-11pm Beginning a short season of films which have inspired visual artists, Negative Space presents Werner Herzogs startling 1976 feature Heart Of Glass, frequently cited as an inspiration by British filmmaker and artist Ben Rivers. Set in an 18th century German village, it concerns the decline of the local glass-factory - and the local barons desperate turn for advice about the future to a young cowherd with a reputation for clairvoyance. This enigmatic story is rendered stranger still by Herzogs insistence that the entire cast perform under hypnosis, their oddly distanced performances and oracular speeches evoking what Rivers describes as mythic time and highlighting that this is an incredible and fortuitous moment in the larger geological time of the Earth, or even the universe. £4(non-members)/£3(members) on the door

			Deadly Creature Presents: A night of live music 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Friday 1 February 8pm-11pm An energetic night of live music featuring the Deadly Creatures, Landslide and The Men From Up The Stairs. Dedicated to Butter Fingers (Property of the Nestlé company). This is the second installment of the exciting and enthralling night of the Deadly Creatures. Performing shall be The Deadly Creatures plus some very special guests, The Men From Up The Stairs and Landslide. It shall be £3 on the door and takes place at the lovely SVA. We will also be playing some of our combined and extensive music library (plus maybe a little bit of vinyl singles thrown in the mix). Come along bring your friends. £3 on the door

			Disco Sucks: 4th birthday party 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Saturday 2 February 9pm-3pm Disco Sucks returns for its 4th birthday party at SVA on Saturday Feb 2. Born under the sign of Aquarius in 2008, it has grown into one of Stroud's most popular nights, spawning festival appearances and a sister night in Shoreditch. Underground disco shenanigans in the main room with Disco Sucks residents and Black Box sound system, while upstairs there is a louche cava bar serving up balearic sounds for a more refined clientele. Over 18's £6 adv Trading Post or £8 on door if available

			Weaving Shed Gathering Sunday 3 February 4 -7 pm The Weaving Shed, 29 High Street Stroud Come and join us in the Weaving Shed to warm it up for the start of the weaving workshops with film, music, a wee dram. We will give you soup and delicious bread to keep you going. Do come! more info here OR contact SVA 01453 751440/ office@sva.org.uk

			John Street Social club 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Friday 8 February 7-11pm Mould monthly presents the first in the series of weekly friday night club socials. The format: decks, laptop, image mixer and 12 selected youtube clips.

			Resound Bites Wednesday 6 February 8pm 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Resound kicks off again at SVA with quiet, almost still, music and field recordings. Combining Harold Budd and Eno inspired piano and electronic soundscapes, sublime and poetic cello and pointillist dapples of percussion, Andrew, Celine and Peter present an evening of lower case improvised music, all set to a suitably fragmentary and ethereal video backdrop. Following, there will be the chance to see a highly informative documentary on French "avant-garde" composer, Eliane Radigue which observes her at work in her studio, operating the ARP synthesizer she is famous for using and talking about the process of composing and recording. “Sometimes it was enough to barely touch one of the recording or playback potentiometers” £3 on door

			Introduction to Weaving Workshops with Sally Hampson 29, High Street, Stroud Rag Rug Weaving 3 week course starting Thursday 7/ Saturday 9 February Wool Weaving 3 week course starting Thursday 28 February/Saturday 2 March Experimental Weaving a 3 week course starting Thursday 4/ Saturday 6 April If you have never woven before and have always wanted to have a go now is your chance. The looms will be set up for you so you can get weaving straight away. You will explore techniques to create different texture and surfaces. Learn how to set up a loom yourself and how the loom works. There are three different courses which will run for three Saturdays from 10am-3pm or three Thursday evenings 6-8pm. All participants are asked to attend all 3 sessions. Taster sessions will be offered at a later date. This project is supported by Awards For All Lottery funding and SVA. £5 per session towards yarns For info and bookings contact SVA: 01453 751440 or office@sva.org.uk More Info

			Scotland & Stroud - paintings by Nadine James SVA, 4 John St, Stroud GL5 2HA Private view: Friday 8 Feb 6 - 8pm Saturdays 9 & 16 February 10am - 4pm An exhibition of work produced at the end of summer in Scotland and the winter in Stroud

			Stroud Jazz Sessions Jam with Andy Loveridge 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Thursday 14 February 8.15pm The next Stroud Jazz Session falls auspiciously on Thurs 14 Feb with the appropriately named Andy Loveridge as our special guest on sax. Andy is a fantastic bebop player, with solid licks and dives evoking the gritty jazz clubs of yore... There is simply no better place to be on this evening - join us to listen, drink, perform, chat. When not scaling the heady improvisational heights in bands across the region, Andy is Musical Director on cruise ships, running a big band, and giving his jazz theory course. £4 entry (£3 performers)

			John Street Social club Friday 15th February 7-11pm Weaving Shed hosts John Street Social club.

			Negative Space presents Tina Goes Shopping and Tina Takes a Break 4 John St, Stroud GL5 2HA Thursday 21 February 8pm-11pm For our second in a short season of films which have inspired visual artists, Negative Space presents two uncompromising comedies, Tina Goes Shopping (1999) and Tina Takes a Break (2001), both directed by Penny Woolcock - cited as a major inspiration by British filmmaker and artist Clio Barnhard (The Arbor). Made in collaboration with the residents of a tough Leeds council estate, these visceral and moving films sit somewhere between documentary and fiction. Using the real life stories of the estate residents - in Tina Goes Shopping a single mum steals to order for her "shopping" business; in Tina Takes a Break she tries to organise a holiday in Blackpool - Woolcock says she made the films as fiction so she could tell the truth, an approach that Barnhard has cited as a key influence: "The paradox that you can't tell the truth by making a documentary has fascinated me for a long time and is at the root of my current practice." Tickets: £4 (non-members) / £3 (members)

			Mockers with special guest El Nino 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Saturday 23 February 9pm-3am DJ El Nino, spins his brand of eclectic vintage sound's from around the globe,the man behind the famous LadyLuck & BlackCotton Club of London, DJ El Nino in demand & travels around the world opening fresh new old sound waves for music lover's and dancers a leader in the vintage music scene, owner of Blackcotton record collectors store in camden as well as club promoter catch his sets and he will take you on a musical journey from the 20's to 60's unleashing rhythms you may never heard but will get you on your feet! Find out more on DJ ElNino at WWW.LADYLUCKCLUB.CO.UK. All that aside he's one of pavs favourite dj,s.. Hope to see you all on the dancefloor. Over 18's Tickets £5 from trading post or £6 on the door before 10.30pm £7 after

			Weaving Shed Specialist weaving talks 29 High Street Stroud Weaving Communities around the world With Sally Hampson and Tim Parry Williams Sunday 24 February 4pm more info

			Stroud Short Stories 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA Sunday 24 February 8pm Stroud Short Stories returns with another night of surprises as ten specially selected local authors read their tales. Previous nights have included wild animals in the house, wayward girl-guides and passionate encounters in the bookshop, so come prepared for anything! To submit for future events, please email your stories (under 1500 words) to stroudshortstories@yahoo.co.uk or visit our website stroudshortstories.blogspot.com Tickets: £4 on the door