Artists network

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Fittingly for a group entitled TAAG (that’s Teignmouth Arts Advisory Group, to the uninitiated) they have organised an artists’ speed networking event at the Carlton Theatre, Teignmouth, tomorrow (Tuesday, April 15) between 7pm and 9pm.

This is what the blurb says: “This is a chance to meet new contacts, promote your

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Artopsy I

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It’s not often that our presence is essential to proceedings, but that’s exactly what Artdept‘s invite to their ‘Artopsy I’ event said. Hosted by the gallery at Dartington College of Arts, the private view takes place tonight from 7pm to 9pm.

Have a look at flyer and work out if you’re

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School’s out

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‘If you can read this, thank a teacher’ was a favourite car bumper sticker during the trouble teachers strikes – who would have thought that the last time those wisdom wranglers walked out was 21 years ago.

On April 24, the NUT will hold a day of industrial action over a

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What a way to go

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It’s a busy week ahead for the Plymouth Environment Centre.

The gang is gauging interest in a clothing and book exchange (and trying to take a straw poll of those who would consider going along or help get it organises).

Friday night is film night, with a showing of What A

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Diary of a Struggling Disabled Artist #2

Sit back and relax this Sunday with Ems Coombes and her latest broadcast, featuring the music of the South Hams Boogie Band.

And if you’re ready to face the week with a few new challenge you can consider her requests for her own special jingle, or even some ideas for her Strictly Collaborative integrated

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On the cards (art preview)

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Today an exhibition opens at the Birdhouse Gallery, Totnes.

Called The Fool’s Journey, it investigates the archetypal imagery contained within Tarot cards and artists in the show Verity Newman, Ishvara D’Angelo, Margot Cooper and Jane Abbot all came together during their courses in the card reading.

I caught up with three

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Jobs update

A new South West Green Workplaces Project is looking for a project leader, and project worker.

For more information, visit the PRSD jobs page, where you’ll also find 10 of Ethical Jobs latest vacancies.

Read, apply and get employed – change your life and change the world.

Economic interest

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The South West TUC got in touch with news of the economic round-up prepared by Nigel Jump, economist at the Regional Development Agency.

Here’s what they say: “In the three months November 2007-January 2008, the employment and unemployment rates for the South West were 79.5% and 3.6% respectively; still the ‘best’

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Brief encounter

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The city of Exeter has bid farewell to at least some of the wind beneath its wings.

Liz Harkman, arts event and festival officer for the council, is stepping up-country to Bristol to put her footprint on the prestigious Encounters short film festival. Without wanting to use words like ‘tireless’ or

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Dance retreat at Dartington

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State of Emergency’s Black Choreographers’ Retreat with Bebe Miller high-kicked itself into gear at Dartington last night, and the three performances showed the variety, depth, ambition and scope of contemporary dance. And underlined Dartington’s position as a prime location for national dance.

Sean Graham’s Club Cult-Ure developed from club night observations, Adesola

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Web 3.0 – The Evolving Net

Welcome to the new weekly technology column from those good people at Plymouth’s Orange Crate

The latest in media-friendly web-speak, Web 3.0 is billed as the next big step in the continuing on-line progression. Over three years ago we were wowed with ‘Web 2.0 – the www of the people’ which heralded a revolution

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Fed up of landfill?

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South Hams Friends of the Earth will ask whether it is possible to live in the modern world without generating any landfill waste, on Tuesday, April 22 at the Methodist Church, at 8pm. The answer: ‘very nearly’.

Michael Rose has been working to reduce the environmental impact of lifestyle since the

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Wave goodbye

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The plans for the Wave Hub off Cornwall’s north coast – the first of its kind in UK waters and intended to ‘allow commercial exploitation of wave energy’ – has been put back a year to spring 2010 because of value for money issues.

Nick Harrington, general manager for the Wave

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Hurrell at Viewpoint

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A new exhibition from Mary Hurrell kicks of at the Viewpoint Gallery at PCAD this evening.

The work, according to Mary herself, is “sculpturally performative”, which sums up the mixture of sculpture, live performance, video and drawing with the use of all kinds of materials.

“For me colour and material are

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