New Streetlight Photography Course

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010. Published in Art, Craft & Design, Photography by Paul Gonella

The first Street Light Photography Course was a big success and the photos from the project have been exhibited in a few locations around the city. The second course is now booking attendees so if the following sounds up your street get in contact via the Facebook.

“If you’re aged 16-28 and you’re unemployed or about to leave education, then we’ve got the opportunity for you. Streetlight is a short course that uses exciting teaching methods to explore creativity and photography.

A team of tame experts will show you how to turn a couple of disposable cameras into a professional exhibition through talks, tutorials and seminars. You’ll be guided through every stage of producing, promoting and presenting your work, with no previous photography experience necessary. Along the way you’ll learn important new skills and develop valuable networks.

Our enjoyable, casual approach and tailor-made programme is designed to suit everyone – all you’ve got to do is want to take part and try something new. By the end of the course you’ll have made new friends, been introduced to useful organisations and have two professional exhibitions to add to your CV. As if that’s not enough, there’s one more thing. There’s no charge for this course, it’s free!”

Course starts July 6th at 6PM, Friendship House, Portsmouth.

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Features

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

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012. Published in Features, Food & Drink, Strong Island by Paul Gonella

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.

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The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Monday, May 7th, 2012. Published in Bikes & Cycling, Features by Charlie Thompson

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.