Art Space 30th Anniversary

Do you have any material which may be useful for a book and/or DVD to mark the 30th Anniversary of Art Space? We are looking for photographs, posters, exhibition invitations, fliers, film or video, snapshots of studios or members, anecdotes…. any interesting contributions, anything amusing about the past 30 years will be welcomed. Do you know where we might find something useful?
Please bring what you have for scanning and/or photographing to Art Space on 9th January.
We will shortly have a dedicated email address to send in digital files, or you can contact any of the ASP 30th committee.

Please make a note in your diary! Saturday January 9, 3pm – 7pm

Many thanks,
Phil Illingworth
www.artspace.co.uk

Join the Facebook group HERE

New Years Eve

Don’t know about you but I tend to leave picking what to do for NYE until the last minute, here are some options, hope every one has a good one!

Gentle Bren and Red Indie at Little Johnny Russells + free cocktails before 9:30pm (see Facebook event).

A1 BASSLINE & 16BIT – Breakneck, 10Ton & JubJub at The One Eyed Dog, The Fox, Atrium and The Duck (wristband event for entry at all venues, see Facebook event).

Let’s Spend The Night Together, with The Bog Rolling Stones and The Silver Beatles at The Wedgewood Rooms (see Facebook event and buy tickets online).

Hipshaker with The Apple Beatles at The Ryde Theatre on the IOW (see Facebook event).

Skateboarding is Sundays…

An oldie, but a goodie. Fallen leaves and falling friends.

Skateboarding is Sundays: Leaf skateing from tommccaughan on Vimeo.

skateboardingissundays

Confederate Dead, Hearts of Oak & The Rubicon

Busy bees Hearts of Oak will be playing at Mojos in Albert Road on the 22nd with Confederate Dead plus Jake from the Rubicon will be playing an acoustic solo set. More info over at the Facebook event.

EMPTiFISH at the Hipshaker Christmas Party

EmPtiFIsH LivE! @ Hipshaker’s Christmas Party! Saturday 19th December 2009. 6T’s Funk – Soul – Jazz – Rock – R&B – MOTOWN. Hipshaker’s Resident DJ’s. Emptifish playing Live!

Details available on their Facebook page. The Wedgewood Rooms, Albert Road Portsmouth, 9:30pm – 2AM

£5 Advance Tickets £6 Before 11pm £7 After 11pm Tickets @ The Wedgewood Rooms

ARC Christmas Party

Reminder post that ARC and the Aspex Gallery will be holding their annual Christmas party this year on Thursday 17th December. The party is free and open to everyone, whatever your practice, this is a great opportunity to network and socialise in relaxed and informal surroundings.

Please email resource@aspex.org.uk to reserve your place and check the Facebook event for more info.

Escape From The Bronx Christmas Special Bike Ride

Get outta town! Escape From The Bronx Christmas Special, Ridin’ around the Christmas Tree is this Sunday 20th.

Proposed ride is get the train to Swanwick, cycle down the Hamble, down to Warsash, go along the coast to Hill Head, Lee on Solent and Gosport then back home on the ferry, finishing with a roast (“xmas dinner”) in LJR/Fox. it’s about 20 miles, probably starting at 10ish.

Check the map out HERE and become a fan HERE.

Bog Rolling Stones at Johnny Russells this Wednesday

The Bog Rolling Stones are back for their annual Xmas bash at LJRs. The Bog Rolling Stones are one of the most popular, sought after live bands in the area. Of course, its only Rock n Roll but a lot of people seem to like it, like it, yes they do!!! Satisfaction’s always guaranteed when these long haired boys play at LJRs!

Doors 8pm. Tickets £4 on the door only. I.D. Required, R.O.A.R

Build a Bike in Portsmouth

Portsmouth Cycle Forum want to know if you want to learn how to fix and maintain your bike for free and if you fancy learning how to build a good bike from scratch? Got a spare old bike taking up space to donate? Want to get that old bike on the road again? Are you looking for bike spares?

If the answer to any of these is YES, roll up to the popular Break and Make bike sessions at Somerstown Fire station (in Somers Road North, opposite Somers Park Primary School) from 10am to 2pm on the these dates:

- 9th January
- 23rd January
- 6th February
- 20th February
- 6th March

All are welcome and lunch is provided for those with oily hands. Also if you know all about bikes and want to share your valuable knowledge, please join them as well. Help PCF get more bikes on Portsmouth’s roads!

Any questions contact Jayne Rodgers on 023 9283 4590 or jayne.rodgers@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Wallspace Gallery

Albert Road’s Wallspace Gallery now has new opening times and loads of awesome prints and items for perfect Christmas presents. The gallery is now open Wed – Fri 11am until 6pm and Sat 10.30am until 5.30pm.

Check the Wallspace Gallery website for info on the artwork, prints, etc and the artists themselves: www.wallspacearts.com

The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1

As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.

We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.

To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.

The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.