December 2010
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El Bosque - Forest-inspired Event in Santiago,...
El Bosque (The Forest) is a non-profit social and cultural artistic event taking place on Tuesday 28th December from 3pm… The Clearest Way into the Universe Is through a Forest Wilderness El Bosque (The Forest) is a non-profit social and cultural artistic event taking place on Tuesday 28th December from 3pm. There will be activities, workshops, happenings and performances...
Dec 28th
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Ben Lancaster's Golden Hour Christmas Message
…and here is his 2009 message: Golden Hour - Christmas 2009 from Benjamin Lancaster on Vimeo.
Dec 26th
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Save The Forest Cafe -- Holiday Update
The level of support for The Forest has been absolutely awesome! The fight is not over yet. We are waiting to see what is happening with regard to the building sale and actively trying to figure out the best way to make the forest alive either in Bristo Place or another location. How much have we raised? We’ve raised about £15,000 so far through fundraising events and donations. We are still...
Dec 21st
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Cleaning Day! Sunday 2nd January @ Noon
Forest is having a cleaning day on Sunday 2nd January, to clean up after NY parties, do kitchen prep before re-opening the cafe on the 3rd, mop places that we don’t usually mop, etc. Come along at 12 noon and volunteer!
Dec 21st
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“The Forest celebrated a decade of anarchy as an arts café and held the biggest,...”
– The List
Dec 15th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Massive thank you to the Drum Club
The Forest Cafe is sending out a massive thank you out to the Drum Club for the amazing Fundraiser they’ve organised for the Save The Forest campaign on Friday night! Thank you, thank you, thank you: The Edinburgh Uni Drum Society Waa Sylla The Edinburgh Samba School The BEASTIESxxx The Winter Drummers/Beltane Processional Drummers + all the dancers You are awesome and we love...
Dec 12th
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Dec 10th
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The Guardian Edinburgh: Four years of independent... →
In the next of a series of guest blog posts about the campaign to save the Forest Cafe, New Orleans-based hyperlocal blogger Benjamin Morris tells how the venue’s ‘sheer gut-busting why-the-hell-can’t-it-be-done spirit’ inspired Forest Publications…
Dec 9th
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“The estimable Forest Cafe in Edinburgh – which many of you will know from Forest...”
– The Guardian
Dec 9th
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The Guardian Edinburgh: Forest Cafe's fundraising... →
Forest volunteers host punk, Gameboy music, a ceilidh, indie-folk and an art auction…
Dec 8th
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WatchWatch
Scottish Chip musician Edward Shallow performs at the Forest Cafe.
Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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Guardian Edinburgh - A chance meeting at... →
In the latest of a series of guest posts highlighting the campaign to save the Forest Cafe, Anna Mitrovic Kotuckova shares her memories of how the venue made her feel accepted…
Dec 7th
BIG UPS the ForPub Massive – December →
Wahay! Some rad events to check out in December! - Tuesday 7th December, 6 – 9pm. FOREST CAFÉ, 3 BRISTO PLACE. READeasy WRITERS’ GROUP. Inky Fingers has arrived in Edinburgh! We’re really…
Dec 7th
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Ultrachip vs. Forest Closure Compilation (2010)
Ultrachip vs. Forest Closure Compilation Release date: 30 November 2010 Tracklisting: 1. Sycamore Drive - Save 2. Firebrand Boy - Forest Dub 3. Enfant Bastard - Spiralling Out Of Control 4. arcadecoma. - Metropolitan 5. The Tinfoil Hat Brigade - Cheeky Bugger (The Edinburgh Incident) 6. an-cat-max - Nyanko Rainbow Period 7. Fueldiva - Animals Eat Me 8. Jellica - Safafa BCF d3 9. Comptroller...
Dec 7th
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Drum Club ~ Forest Cafe fundraiser →
Come revel in the sounds of summery and wintery beats coming together and mashing up in one live drumming extravaganza. Dance to the rhythms of: Edinburgh Uni Drum Soc Beasties X The Edinburgh Samba School Waa Sylla Winter Drummers All for just £5 (£4 concessions) - tickets available on the door. All proceeds go towards the Save The Forest campaign! Photo ID is compulsory - this is a house...
Dec 7th
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UK Indymedia - Edinburgh's Forest Cafe under... →
Dec 6th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st
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Musicians pitch in with Forest Café fundraiser →
Good words for the Fundraiser this Friday at Pilrig Church in Leith! The picture is a bonus!
Dec 1st
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Guardian Edinburgh - Stream an electronic benefit... →
Chiptune musicians team up to help threatened venue’s fundraising efforts.
Dec 1st
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Edinburgh Evening News: Compilation album to raise... →
MUSICIANS who have performed in an under-threat city venue have joined forces to produce a fundraising album in a bid to save it from closure…
Dec 1st
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The Scotsman - Saving two key Edinburgh arts... →
Tonight Andrew Dixon, chief executive of Creative Scotland, will argue that investing in creativity is vital to Scotland’s cities. Saving two key Edinburgh arts venues would be a good start…
Dec 1st
20th December -9th January Three Piece Suite:... →
The Three piece Suite have used the theatrical “Green Room”, as a point of reference, drawing comparison between the activity of rehearsal for actors and the navigation of events in…
Dec 1st
November 2010
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Guardian Edinburgh: 'Small victory' as Forest... →
Reprieve for grass-roots arts space after huge movements online and offline; Volunteers ‘deeply touched and utterly thrilled’ by support.
Nov 30th
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Jenny Steele: Everything Must Go! at Forest,... →
Nov 30th
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Scotsman Radar - Musicians pitch in with Forest... →
Nov 30th