Voluntary Arts Ambassador Falkirk Closing Down

MESSAGE TO ALL OUR READERS

It is with great sadness that we have to announce that the Voluntary Arts Ambassadors Project comes to end on 31 March, after five years of Big Lottery funding. My role as VAA for Falkirk will unfortunately finish with the project, as Voluntary Arts Scotland will no longer have the staff capacity or travel budget to support our work. I'd like to thank you for all your support and enthusiasm, and encourage you to keep in touch with each other through the new channels of communication many of you have created for the voluntary arts here. Please keep in touch with Voluntary Arts Scotland through our newsletter and make use of all the Briefings and other fantastic free resources. This year's Voluntary Arts Week (9-18 May, will be another great opportunity for you to showcase your work, raise your profile and gain new members so look out for the latest news via Facebook, Twitter and website!

If you have not already signed up for the Voluntary Arts e-newsletter, here is the link to do so (or find it on top right corner of the main Voluntary Arts webpage):
http://info.voluntaryarts.org/enews

But don't worry!

[Untitled] will completely take over and continue to work with, promote and support Falkirk's voluntary and amateur arts groups to ensure that Falkirk's arts and crafts are well represented at all levels. 

Upcoming events in Falkirk can be found on our What's On page. 

Another great review of Wooer With Words.

Paul Tonner tells us why people should attend [Untitled]'s Wooer With Words.

It was with some trepidation that I approached the venue holding the ‘Wooer with Words’ event. What would I find? A room full of modern day beatniks, drinking double-espresso’s, scratching their beards and discussing the merits of bongo accompaniment over atonal sax meanderings? Or even worse, a room with three people in it…

”Hiya mate. You’re up first. Any chance you could 

pad it out a bit? Two hours should do”

It was then a pleasant surprise to find a well attended event, with a wide range of styles, content, and contributors performing from historical fiction, personal recollections to more traditional poems. For a few performers, including myself, it was the first time reading their creations out loud to an audience. It was a great relief when the audience received our nervy and hurried outpourings with warm and welcome applause.

I look forward to the next Wooer with Words, and would heartily encourage any local writers, young or old, to come along, have a coffee and share their words with an appreciative audience

Written by Paul Tonner, (2014)

Wooer With Words Review

Wooer With Words
8th of March 2014
Review by Barbara Hammond


Saturday 8th March 2014 saw the launch of a brand new initiative 'Words on Wooer', a celebration of the spoken word, held in the upstairs lounge of the café 'Coffee on Wooer' situated just behind the steeple on Falkirk High Street.

Some twenty people gathered to hear a variety of poems and stories read aloud, whilst sipping the delicious drinks purchased from the café below.

The first reader was Jane White, who read some of her own work and some favourite pieces from published authors. She was followed by Hannah Bateman of Denny Writers, Barbara Hammond of the Writers' Umbrella and Christina Mackay from Falkirk Writers' Circle.

Paul Cowan and Paul Tonner both read selections of their own poems and organiser Craig Allan read some published works as well as one of his own poems. The event finished with some of the quirky love poems written by Felicity Thompson

Each reader had their own style and demonstrated a different aspect of the art of creative writing. Contributors were in turn, thought provoking, romantic, earthy and also gave us real laughter producing humour.

There was no doubt of the audience's appreciation and everyone present at the event is now looking forward to the next Words on Wooer afternoon to be held at 2pm in Coffee on Wooer on Saturday 12th April

Bright is the ring of words

When the right man rings them

R.L.S

Wooer With Words I 8/03/2014

All photographs are courtesy of Eddie McEleney 

for more please visit http://bit.ly/1iuJZOw

Classic Music Live! Falkirk's upcoming events

Lunch time recital
Falkirk born clarinettist, Ryan Penman will perform a lunchtime concert at the Trinity Church (the Faw Kirk) and supported by and promoted by Classic Music Live! Falkirk on the 7th of March 2014. Ryan has gained a reputation within Falkirk's music scene as he has a been a member of various orchestras and is a former Senior Young Musician awarded by the Forth Valley Music Festival. Penman's 45 minute programme will contain works by Weber, Debussy and Horovitz, his accompanist will be Scott Mitchell who is one of Scotland's most experienced accompanists.

Tickets priced £5(students £2) are available from the Steeple Box Office (506850) or at the door.
This concert is part of the regular series of music events included in Music in the Faw Kirk.

Music in the Faw Kirk present Rob Harris as part of their monthly organ recital at the Faw Kirk on the 21st of March 2014 at 12 noon. Harris is the current Organ Scholar at St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh 
His Programme will include: Franz Liszt - Introïtus,  J. S. Bach - Fuga in g BWV 578, César Franck - Cantabile and Léon Boëllmann - Suite Gothique:
There will be an Introduction  of Choral ; Menuet gothique ; Prière à Notre-Dame  ;Toccata

All are welcome to attend these sessions.

Black Out

[Untitled] and Falkirk District Arts and Civic Council present: BLACK OUT.

 A candlelit evening of poetry readings, spoken word and dark storytelling all in aid of Earth Hour 2014. 

We are still looking for 2 more female writers to read at this event, if you would like to perform at Black Out please get in touch via [Untitled]'s facebook page. The theme is Earth Hour.

Starring: 

Paul Tonner -

Paul won his first national literary prize in 1982, at the tender age of 11, a runner up in the Cadbury Children’s Poetry Competition. Overwhelmed by this success, he decided to take a sabbatical from his glorious writing career until the year 2013. 

Samuel Best -

Samuel Best is a Glasgow-based writer, and one of the editors of Octavius, a literary magazine for students studying in Scotland. Samuel's short stories have been published in a variety of magazines and his début novel, Shop Front, was published by Fledgling Press on March 24th. It is mainly about shelf-stacking, friendship and knife-crime.

Paul Cowan -

Sometime words and phrases come into my head uninvited and float around looking to be attached to a page. 

Sometimes it good and a lot of the time it's not so good. They just seem to always be appearing. I've always been fascinated by creativity and how it leaks out of people in different guises.

Karyn Dougan -

Known in Glasgow for being "the cheerleader of Scottish literature", Karyn is a dabbler of prose, poetry and all things wordy. She likes to think her unhealthy addiction to Twitter makes her a better writer..

Stephen Shirres -

Stephen has been writing stories for as long as he can remember. He is the presently chair of West Lothian Writers as well as a movie and TV reviewer for the website Culture Jam. His work has been published a number of magazines including Far Off Places, Anti-Zine and [Untitled]#3.

Bethany Ruth Anderson -

Bethany is a Falkirk-born writer who enjoys scribbling poetry and prose. She has an MLitt in Creative Writing from Glasgow University, and her work has been published in several places, including From Glasgow to Saturn, Octavius, and Book Week Scotland's Treasures project. Bethany's debut novel, Swings & Roundabouts, explores mental health in Scotland, and was published late 2013.

Dickson Telfer - Bio to follow.

This event is open to all to attend although we have limited space we can only accommodate 30 to 40 people including the performers. To make sure you book your place please confirm that you will be attending this event well in advance.