Newton Abbot is set to turn itself into a fun venue for all the family on Saturday, July 25 (put it in your diary), when the inaugural Newton Abbot Festival swaggers into town.
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 What a weekend for arts (starting Saturday, June 20). The contemporary dance troupe Task Force, led by Stephan Koplowitz, begin stepping their way around the historic South Devon with their Liquid Landscapes tour. Over on arts+culture there’s a run down of the venues, plus a diary of South Devon artist Helen Snell‘s involvement with 4 comments - ()Plymouth Council leader Tory Vivian Pengelly has jumped to the defence of the BNP after leader of the Labour group on the council Tudor Evans was rude on his Twitter feed about BNP member Adrian Romilly. Devon Eccentric Colin Shaddick (no it’s official – he came third in this year’s competition), dropped us a poetic line to explain a bit about the origins of his award-winning eccentricity. You could get more of an insight at the Salon del Eccentrica, an Eccentric evening at the Broomhill Art Hotel, Barnstaple on Thursday, If you’re looking for the creative offerings that Torbay and Devon has to offer, to quote the literature, pop along to Creative Torbay’s Arts Market and Creative Happening, which takes place today (Sunday June 14) at the Palace Avenue Gardens, Paignton. Our friends in the north (that’s North Devon) are up to all kinds of crazy art antics. Powerhouse of the North Devon arts scene Stella Levy, who’s organising this year’s Art Trek, June 19-21 and June 26-28, has started a blog over on artsculture. 2 comments - ()Totnes, you know the constituency of everyone’s favourite mansion-owning MP, Anthony Steen, will be the setting a protest against the BNP’s Euro Election gains today (June 13). |
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