Jareh caught up with Joe Bataan during his quick tour of the UK as past of Red Bull Music academy at East London's Cordy House. He had played a blinding set the night before at Cargo, alongside James Pants & The X Group, as well as guest speaking at Red Bull's Music Academy London session at Cordy House.
Anyone interested in the cultures and history of Middle East, especially those having a particular interest in Iran must not miss the Shah Abbas exhibition at the British Museum. The exhibition continues to host its visitors till 14 June, so there is no need to panic, but it would be wise anyway to arrange a convenient time at the hectic schedule of metropolitan life.
London Redesigned / Mighty Aphrodite / Wearable Art / she Frocks, she bangs
Stag & Dagger returned to the east end bigger and better this year. Firetrap sponsored, while Adventures In A Beetroot Fields lead with the music taking it another step on from last year with more bands and more venues involved. They even took the show on the road to Leeds & Glasgow over the course of the weekend.
Pyjama frolics, Minxy missions, Pastie protest and a ‘Style off’ but is it? Plus all this months new talents condensed for your taste buds only.
There is a debilitating side to a fine vintage addiction. I prefer to abstain from the new fangled ‘fashion’. Like LA celebrities I have always considered it shallow, plastic and badly cut. Recently though a one off exhibition opened my eyes. I discovered that the excitement of innovation is sister to the shivery delight of a rare vintage treasure. Where did this lightening bolt occur? Read on and all shall be revealed.
I am not a huge fan of promenade performance, so often I have found myself chivvied along by a hurried usher, willing me to step this way and that or scurry down a corridor or into a barn or up a chimney to sample the creative delights of the expectant performance givers.
No Fit State Circus invite you to ‘…become immersed in a promenade circus event taking place above around and amongst the audience in an explosion of furious fun and choreographed mayhem’
This month’s action packed style-fest kicks off with the best events that allow you to throw some shapes and spend your little hearts out at the same time. Spring is in the air and people must be opening their closets as the first weekend in April brings with it a veritable deluge of vintage fashion events. Prepare yourself for an east end vintage marathon. Less make do and mend, more go out and spend…
Birds Eye Film Festival 2009
5th – 13th March, BFI Southbank, ICA
The Birds Eye View film festival was created to showcase important new films from around the world which focus the spotlight on female issues and women in film, in opposition - and as an alternative to – Hollywood’s predominantly male dominated output.