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Celebrate a year of Project Korova with a new comedy night

29th, October 2011 by

Project Korova are celebrating their first birthday by launching a new monthly comedy night at the Adelphi this weekend. Comedy Mike will launch on Sunday 30 October with Preston born Phil Ellis headlining. Support comes from musical comedian Matt Tiller, Jonny Addy, Danny Sutcliffe and the night’s resident MC Phil Buckley. Founder of Project Korova Sam Buist said: “Our regular monthly night Organised Mike has [...]

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7th Preston Social next week – and we’ve got a new venue!

17th, October 2011 by

With this event the Preston Social moves to a new and more central venue, the Forum on Winckley Square. We hope you’ll join us for an evening of social media discussion, networking and socialising with others in Preston. You can sign up for the event by using the form at the bottom of the page.   With the news that a father in Northern Ireland is suing Facebook over [...]

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Catch the last day of the Continental Beer Festival

15th, October 2011 by

Today sees the last day of the Continental’s 7th Beer Festival, which begins at midday. Over 5,000 people attended their last Beer Festival in May, cementing its status as a veritable Mecca for real ale drinkers all over the North West and beyond. Since the Continental was reopened and refurbished in 2008, its beer festivals have already become something of a Preston institution, with the [...]

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Preston Guild – A view from the other side of Lancashire

14th, October 2011 by

Thursday was the first day of the Arts Development UK conference at Blackpool Winter Gardens. The programme included a number of study tours to arts, cultural and heritage venues in Blackpool and Preston. Being Blackpool based, it made sense to go and see what our neighbours were up to at the other end of the M55. So following a visit to the Harris Museum and Art [...]

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Preston Photo Digest 12/10/11

12th, October 2011 by

Here are this week’s offerings for the Preston Photo Digest, collecting the best photographs of Preston on a weekly basis All of these images have been compiled from the Preston Flickr Group, but if you’ve got a photograph that you think deserves to be inclded, get in touch at joseph(@)blogpreston.co.uk. I’ll also be updating and including a map of Preston (you can see it at the [...]

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Harris Museum begins revamp as building work commences

11th, October 2011 by

  In 2010 the Harris Museum & Art Gallery was successful in its bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund to create a new history gallery for the 2012 Preston Guild – now work is ready to commence. The project, also supported by the Harris Trust and Friends of the Harris Museum, will create a new space filled with art works including the 12,000 year old [...]

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Community group call for filmmakers to celebrate Preston

3rd, October 2011 by

A community group are seeking to celebrate Preston through the medium of film in time for the Guild 2012 celebrations. Preston Motion Picture Project was set up independently by Matt Stanton, and his idea is to create a feature film that features Preston’s landscapes, heritage and residents. Stanton hopes that he’ll have many filmmakers contributing towards the project, each submitting brief segments that reflect various [...]

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Preston Arts Festival launches today (Photos)

2nd, October 2011 by

Preston Arts Festival launched today and will run until October 16. Showcasing art in various venues around Preston. You can take a look at a slideshow of photos from the launch today and check out the full event listings for the next fortnight here.  

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Founder of Project Korova, Sam Buist (right)

Project Korova celebrates first birthday with three special shows

1st, October 2011 by

Arts organisation Project Korova is celebrating its birthday this month with a series of three special events. Comedy Mike, a new professional comedy night, will be launched on Sunday 30 October at the Adelphi. This will be accompanied by the first birthday of Organised Mike, an evening of music, comedy, poetry, and magic, and  finally a 10 minute playwriting competition called PresTen. Comedy Mike will [...]

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Preston College opens new £5m creative arts centre

28th, September 2011 by

Preston College’s new £5m visual and performing arts centre of excellence has opened its doors to  learners for the first time this week. New facilities available at the at the college’s Fulwood campus include industry standard dance, TV, and music and photography studios as well as Apple Mac suites. In addition, the building will also boast its very own 140 seat theatre which will be [...]

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