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Summer Schools kick off on 31st July!

Summer Schools 2010 kick off on Saturday 31st July Summer Schools!

There are over 60 day and evening workshops workshops to choose from, including corset making, pinhole photography, summer wine tasting, foraging and brewing and hula hooping. They're proving popular so please enrol early to avoid missing out!

All courses are listed in the courses section of this website and prospectus is available from the Folk House.

You can book a workshop by ringing us and paying with card over the phone, by sending us a cheque or by popping in and paying with cash, card or cheque.

Spanish Tutor needed

We are looking for a Spanish tutor to take over two classes per week from September. The classes are mid-level and take place on Wednesdays from 6.00 - 7.30pm and 7.45 - 9.15pm.

If you think you're hard-working, responsible, reliable and friendly enough to join the Folk House team then please send a CV and references to fran@bristolfolkhouse.co.uk. Please note that only applicants with experience of teaching Spanish as a foreign language will be considered!

Open Write Night

Please join us for the writing equivalent of an open mic night, but with a twist - no preparation. Using ideas from the audience, writers will produce a piece for performance in just 20 minutes.

Come along and write, perform, or just enjoy the show. This piece can take any format desired - play, poem, flashfiction or song for example - and once the twenty minutes are up, the writers can choose whether or not to perform it and be scored by our panel.

There will also be performance to entertain the audience during the writing process.

Tickets £4 in advance, £6 on the door, available from the Folk House and a share of the money will be donated to Pride Bristol.

Sign up from 7pm. Starts 8pm.

6th August 2010 - Café Bar

Join the Folk House Co-op today!

As we are a self-funding organisation, The Bristol Folk House relies heavily on the support of our co-op members to continue running this huge range of courses and workshops.

For just £10 per year you can become a member of the co-op and take advantage of these lovely incentives:

The Folk House prospectus straight to your door. We will post the prospectus out to you before it goes online.

Exclusive enrolment day. We open enrolments to co-op members one day before everyone else.

Quick enrolment. Just give us your co-op number and away you go!*

Local Shop Discounts. You will receive discounts in lots of friendly shops local to Park Street.

Newsletter. Keep in the loop with everything that's been happening by receiving our annual newsletter.

AGM. An invitation to the Folk House Annual General Meeting.

Inner Happiness. Get a lovely warm glow inside knowing that you are supporting the Folk House and everything we do!

*remember to tell us if you move house or change your number though!

If you'd like to join you can either fill in the enrolment form at the back of the prospectus or ring us on 0117 926 2987. Thanks!

Carly Ashdown exhibition

An exhibition of paintings by Carly Ashdown, an artist using the human form as her main subject matter. She uses paint and other media to create a myriad of emotions which echo the human experience. After completing an arts degree in Leeds in 2004 Carly focused on a new educational path training in Counseling and Psychotherapy at the Tavistock Institute, London.

Feeling a deep kinship to the questioning minds of philosopher Alan Watts and comedian Bill Hicks, Carly was inspired to explore her own relationship to life and particularly the idea of personal transformation. These explorations of how we have come to understand ourselves, the world and our place in it have deeply influenced Carly's art.

"We tend to limit ourselves through our fixed perceptions. My work is an invitation to step into a way of perceiving beyond what we know in our everyday lives."

2nd July- 6th August 2010 - Folk House Cafe Bar

Celebrating Age Festival

All the following events are free!

Singing workshop

Discover the joys of singing in this friendly workshop open to all.
Friday 10th September
2.30pm - 3.15pm
Bristol Folk House - Main Hall

Line Dancing Workshop

A lively line dance workshop for complete beginners, or those with some dance experience, no partner is required.

Friday 10th September
3.15pm - 4.00pm
Bristol Folk House - Main Hall

Remembering the 1950s and 1960s

Can you help us to tell a true story about those important decades for the Celebrating Age Festival?

Come to two free workshops at the Bristol Folk House and work with a writer who wants to explore what life was like in the 50s and 60s, with those who have first hand experience. Special areas of interest are the 60s poetry scene, the world of modern dance, and social attitudes to those who suffered depression, but ALL memories which give a sense of the times will be welcomed.

Share your memories, and contribute to a collaborative creative piece of work for the finale event of the Celebrating Age Festival on the 11th of September at the Colston Hall.

Please attend both workshops if you can, as we will be developing the work over the two sessions.

Wednesday the 8th September, 10am - 12pm
Friday the 10th September, 10am - 12pm
Tea, coffee and cake will be served.

Book early, as places are limited to 12 per workshop.

Phone : Louise Swingler on 07702 842532
Email: wiz50@hotmail.com

Wednesday 8th and Friday 10th September - The Folk House