Wheel of Four Tunes

Sorry, I forgot to get this up. Somethings slip, but this night will definitely not be slipping. Proper Southsea face Dave “Handsome Dave Rocker’ Morgan’s Wheel of Four Tunes returns. This time at The Little Johnny Russells. This promises to be a gaurenteed night of fun for sure, and if you like fun then this is for you…

“We get 1 huge wheel with 8 different types of music, supplied by the souths top djs. aka Southseas finest. then get a member of the paying public to spin the wheel and what ever it lands on we play for 4 tunes!!!!! Plus the added bonus of Handsome Dave Rocker dressed as a gorgeous assistant (lady) and we all have fun, then have a right old knees up for the last hour. Fancy it then get the hell down there.”

Blueprint Skateboards Film Premier

We all know Bored runs things on the Southcoast and to mark the release of Blueprints “Make Friends with the Colour Blue” skate film, the whole team will be touring across the UK and will make their regional stop in Portsmouth on the 6th of April.

They will be hitting up Emsworth skatepark at 1pm for a demo session, then head over Bored for a 5pm signing and finish things off at 7.30pm in Little Jonny Russells for the regional premiere of “Make Friends with the Colour Blue”

For more information about this event please contact Bored at www.boredofsouthsea.co.uk or head over to the Facebook page for updates. Make sure to put this one in your diary. A very unique opportunity to see the Blueprint Team in Southsea. Hats off to the Bored team. Nice one.

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Stitch by Stitch

Come one; come all to the One Eyed Dog in Southsea, Portsmouth for ‘Stitch by Stitch’ now on the third Sunday of every month from 6.30pm. This fabulous knitting night is for everyone, from those who have never picked up a needle before to those that know the difference between a garter stitch and a stockinette.

As well as the opportunity to wield a set of needles, come just to eat cake, drink tea and have a natter in cosy surroundings. If there is a better way to spend a lazy Sunday’s eve, we haven’t found it.

This event is free. Some equipment is provided but it is recommended to bring needles and a ball of wool just in case. For further information check the Facebook event.

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Kings Theatre Open Day

Following the success of last year’s event The Kings Theatre will be once again opening the Spring season with an open day event on Saturday 23rd January from 10.00am – 5.00pm. Now is your chance to get behind the scenes and discover the secrets of the theatre:

Drama:

Professional Workshops for all ages, and your chance to join the new Kings Youth Theatre.

Dance:

Professional workshops for children, Street Dance, and your chance to audition for the English Youth Ballet.

Art and Literature:

Be inspired by the theatre’s wonderful archive items and create a piece in response. The workshops will be lead by two professional artists and are available to adults and children. In collaboration with Aspex Gallery and the Libaries Service.

Film:

Filming of the documentary The Kings throughout history. What can you remember? This is your chance to tell the Theatre what you love about The Kings. In collaboration with City Eye. The theatre will also be screening The Caretaker (filmed at The Kings in 2009).

Technical:

Trips to the Fly Floor, Lighting Desk and Follow Spot demonstrations.

Plus stage make up, dressing up, meet the characters, tours, presentations and a heritage display throughout the day. Tickets are only £2.50 and all the workshops are free.

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Chesney Hawkes

What with the Portsmouth game being cancelled I think that the record attempt was a close run thing, pity about the weather too. Looked like fun though and hopefully it’s helped raise money for the New Theatre Royal. The event even made it on to the BBC News website!

(Video by Dan Smyth)

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We Are The One And Only…

Tomorrow the New Theatre Royal and Chesney Hawkes will be taking over Guildhall Square, performing air guitar with you and around 1,000 other children, students and members of the public, with the express aim of breaking the official Guinness World Record for ‘largest air guitar ensemble’ ever. There will also be a live video link with the waiting crowd at Portsmouth FC when the record is broken at 2:45pm, bringing the number of official participants to about 20,000 people. The air guitar record will be achieved by 20,000 people miming air guitar to and bellowing along with Chesney’s student anthem ‘I am the One and Only’; and we know you know the words…

Prior to this, the ‘Live Karaoke Band’ and Highbury College’s performance of ‘Stomp’ will be warming up the gathering crowd from 1:30pm. Also that night, there will be dancing in the stalls of the NTR with amazing 10 piece Cuban band, Kico Cowan’s Expression Cubana, from 7.30pm.

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Hearts Of Oak @ Drift in the City

This Saturday 16th will see those cool cats Hearts Of Oak playing at Drift in the City down on Isambard Brunel. This is probably the last chance to see them in Portsmouth before they head off out into the big wide world. Come and show your love and support for these guys.

Keep up to date on all the Hearts Of Oak activity HERE and listen to them HERE

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HIP HOP KARAOKE at The One Eyed Dog

The last Hip Hop Karaoke night was a massive success and this weeks offering will no doubt be equally as classic. Easily one of the best weekday pub events I’ve ever been to. Dig out your gold, slip on your Adidas and fit your ghetto with 20 D Energizers.

This Thursday 14th for seasoned veteran or casual fan, every performance gets free booze. Winner gets fame & prizes, and something lovely from Bored. SDM bringing the instrumental heat, we provide the words. DO NOT MISS!! Disco after. £1 entry. Facebook Group.

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A little Christmas pressie from COR…

Just a quick one to past on a lil Chrimbo pressy mix from COR ressie Mark Persaud, to help get you warmed up for the big COR Boxing Day Bonanza on, well, Boxing Day! Pop over to the COR website and grab an earful HERE.

The Great Boxing Day Bonanza is shaping up to be another cracking Boxing Day blow out. If you made it along to our Boxing Day party last year you’ll know what to expect. Except this year we’ve gone even further! You won’t recognise the place!! The backdrops, the sound, lighting – I’m so excited about this one I could just burst as I write this! Have we got a party for you, I hope you can make it down! Oh and get down early to grab a COR badge while stocks last!

If you are planning on poppin along to our lil soirée but have yet to grab a ticket, you’re not too late! There are still a few left but you’ll have to be quick to snatch one. If you need a ticket pop in to Head (53 Albert Road) and pay a visit to Uncle Tim, or you can get in touch with the COR ressies. Just don’t sleep on it if you’re planning on popping down, really don’t want to leave anyone disappointed!

And remember all of the profit will go to the Hillside Youth Centre to buy DJ Equipment for the kids.

Oh, one last thing – If you were planning on giving a COR T-Shirt as a pressy this year but have yet to order, it’s still not too late!

From everyone at COR Towers, Have a wonderful Christmas and a Big Fat THANK YOU for your wonderful support over the past year, it really is super massively appreciated, without you lot COR would not be possible, it’s you who make it what it is and we thank you so much for that!

Have a belter, Hopefully see you Boxing Day!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Big Love.

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Christmas Eve Power Ballads at the One Eyed Dog

What better way to get ready to nurse an epic hangover on Christmas Day than to get involved down The One Eyed Dog for Portsmouth’s first ever fancy dress power ballad night. Free entry, air guitars, mince pie’s and Christmas tipple. Set to be the funniest night of the year- what better way to celebrate all things festive by going nuts to the cream of the crop of power ballads and the best songs ever written?! Expect snow and Christmas trees hanging around everywhere and the entirety of Bat Out Of Hell at least once (maybe even more if we can get away with it!) We’re putting in early measurements for our sexy Santa costumes, so it’d be amazing if all you guys got into the spirit and did the same too!

Check Facebook all the details HERE.

Tags: One Eyed Dog, Power Ballads

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).

Tags: 10Ton, Atrium, Breakneck, Brknk, Gentle Bren, Hipshaker, Little Johnny Russells, Red Indie, The Bog Rolling Stones, The Fox, The One Eyed Dog, The SIlver Beatles, The Wedgewood Rooms

Stitch by Stitch

The next meeting of Stitch by Stitch is this Sunday (13th) in The One Eyed Dog in Southsea. The last event went really well with a good turn out and on Sunday the evening is dedicated to knitting winter garments like scarfs, etc. All you will need is some big-ish needles (size 8 and over), most importantly wool and yourselves.

This time they’ve got an old fashioned projector screen showing Murder She Wrote from the very beginning (pilot, oh yes), tutorials for all that need them & guided instruction at hand, homemade yummies, teapots and needles if needbe. Please try & bring your own wool (let them know if you can’t).

For full details check the Facebook event.

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Minced Pies and Hungry Eyes

Following on from Pauls post here are my rag tag photos from the Bored & Strong Island party last Wednesday. Big thanks again to everyone who came down. We’ll do something that doesn’t fall on a school night next time. Saying that, it didn’t seem to stop people sinking more than their fair share of booze.

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Air Guitar and Empty Glasses

Here are some photos from the Bored & Strong Island Christmas party at Little Johnny Russells from last week. Big thanks to everyone who came down and got involved. Some more out of focus photos are over at Forever Circling.

Tags: Bored, Little Johnny Russells

Mirrorball Disco Lounge

Mirrorball Disco Lounge is the latest offshoot under the C-O-R umbrella and is the newest venture from Mick Hood and Steve Laming and has a music policy of playing the best two step soul, chilled latin and laid back jazzy grooves with just a touch of disco. The music is the main emphasis here on a lounge lizard tip.

The Mirrorball Disco Lounge Launch Night is on January 1st. Dust off your hangover and get on down.

Logo by Tristan Savage

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COR Boxing Day Barn Dance!!

Those crazy cats over at COR still refuse to sleep. Loons. Make sure you grab your Boxing day tickets if you’re going to be in town. This is going to be a real cracker. Shame I’m not around, it’s clearly gonna go off.

Keep up with what’s what over on COR Facebook and don;t forget to show some love with a fresh new COR Tee over HERE.

LJRs Christmas Indoor Market

Gather round ladies and gents, after continuing success, Little Johnny Russells is hosting its second Christmas Indoor Market. There is a wide range of products such as CDs, Records, Vintage Clothing, Prints, Jewellery on sale from Edgeworld Records, Bored of Southsea, Dress Code, Deluded Clothing, Rokii, Style In The City, top fashion queen Beau Franklin Savage, Parmiters Antiques, artwork by Ramsey Sheriff, Tristan Savage, Paul Gonella, Laura Gracie Woo selling handmade cards and even Southsea’s finest baker Jill Gate.

Opens at Midday, with a wide range of refreshments including a licensed bar (obviously!)

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Gloo Creative Network

Gloo is an exciting new kind of networking event brought to you by the Cultural Consortium and Friends. They have every flavour of creativity involved, from photographers to artists, writers to designers and everything in between. With such a range to choose from, you’re sure to discover a whole heap of projects and possibilities.

Here’s what they have on offer:
Innovative ways of bringing people together and building bridges between disciplines.
An engaging programme of artists’ talks and presentations.
Future opportunities to attend seminars on funding, marketing and entrepreneurship.
Access to a broad range of experience, knowledge and skills through other members.
Potential links to education, business and promotional organisations.
With a spread like that, their first session is a definite must for your Christmas calendar. Come along for Wine, Mince Pies and the chance to tell us exactly what you’d like from future sessions.

The First Meeting
7th December 2009 – Space, Eldon Building, Winston Churchill Avenue
18:00 – 20:00

Please RSVP by sending an email to: Bryony.Whitmarsh@port.ac.uk.

Their first meeting coincides with the exhibition ‘code’ – including a site specific installation by Tracey-Jane Cuckow and paintings by Iain White, exploring the relationships between art, science and musical notation.

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Mustaches at the Ready

Quick reminder that tonight at LJRs is the Bored/Strong Island Christmas whatnot. Looking forward to seeing everyone down there for what will be for some the first sly school night drinking of the season.

Here is a message from the evening’s patron saint:

“One of the cliches of my profession is that to get information from a bartender you have to slip him bills of various denominations. Bills that you can’t afford with pictures of unfamiliar presidents and usually for information that isn’t worth it.” Thomas Sullivan Magnum III

Christmas Arts & Crafts Mini Market

This Sunday 6th December head on down to the ‘Thoughtful Presents’ Christmas Arts & Crafts Mini Market at the Victoria Park Cafe. There’ll be a host of stalls selling all sorts of lovely things and one offs from recycled vintage bags to handmade jewelry and Childrens’ toys to retro prints. All at reasonable prices. Come and have a browse and a some tasty cake and a coffee while you’re there.

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