Nearly 300 years ago, the first Black performer to play Juliet was Rachael Baptiste, an Irishwoman also hugely successful as a singer.
She performed in Lancashire in the mid-1700s.

Lots of great films out today vying for your affections. My recommendation is Close Your Eyes from legendary Spanish director Victor Erice - exquisite cinema on Watershed

watershed.co.uk/whatson/12516/…

Seconded: an enthralling show Marva Jackson Lord Alfred Fagon Award Tamasha

Todays Guardian. The first ever Ethiopia Pavilion is inspired and populated by paintings created by Tesfaye Urgessa in his exhibition entitled 'Prejudice and Belonging'. I can't wait for you to see his work soon to be at Palazzo Bollani in Venice.

theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Join Bristol Experimental & Expanded Film (BEEF) Watershed TONIGHT 18:30 for a retrospective of works by Tara Najd Ahmadi; an Iranian artist & filmmaker whose recent body of work focuses on creating a panorama of rarely-heard, marginalised stories.

🎟️ watershed.co.uk/whatson/12481/…

It was lovely sharing my desert island discs with Lauren Laverne. From doing ward rounds on roller blades to dancing with friends in the 90’s; from bruises on the shins to estrangement; from discovering a passion for biology to the joy of hearing my children making music. I felt…

Hard to believe that it has been sixty years now since the publication of E.P. Thompson’s *The Making of the English Working Class*, the most influential #historyfrombelow ever written and the origin of the current widespread use of the concept “agency.”

Join DET Entertainment & Come the Revolution for a screening of the org adaptation of the #ColourPurplemovie tickets still available
Watershed The Diversity Trust The Cube Microplex

2/4 Andrew Kelly hosts a panel after the film with Vanessa Kisuule - Vanessa Kisuule - and Edson Burton - Edson Burton. Kisuule wrote about her relationship with Baldwin for writersmosaic and Bristol Ideas here: writersmosaic.org.uk/content/on-jam…

Re(visit) the #Oscar winning original #Colourpurple with a talk & screening of short flm #lovebomb by Integrate UK

Convos About Cinema
Cinema Rediscovered
Come the Revolution
Afrika Eye Film Festival
Cables&Cameras CIC
Houria CIC

At 2 AM on July 11, 1958, newly married couple Richard and Mildred Loving were abruptly awakened in their bedroom by a Virginia sheriff.

The sheriff questioned Richard, a white man, asking, 'What are you doing in bed with this woman?'

Mildred, a woman of both Black and…

Dance, networking, DJs, live podcast #IWD extravangza Trinity Bristol Just_love_Nibbles DET Entertainment Ujima Radio 98fm BCfm Radio
tinyurl.com/59zdmav

Sharing my fav poets & writers as part of Bristol Reading Round.
No advance reading, prep. Join us. See poster for details
secondpagebristol
Writers of Color
bookhaus
Bristol Libraries Forum
Bristol What's On

Not only are we bursting to launch our Sunday Season for March - Last Movies - but we're working in collaboration with our friends bookhaus and Tenement Press to launch the book behind the season, Last Movies by Stanley Schtinter.

More: wshd.to/lastmovies

A powerful explanation of police violence against Black, trans, queer communities. Friday
Trinity Bristol
Tickets selling fast
Bristol Pride
Queer Space Bristol CIC
qwerky
Travis
Caleb Parkin

My Favourite Cake - such a beautifully observed study of loneliness, love and old age with excellent performances from leads - and terrible that the Iranian directors have been prevented from attending their premiere tonight Berlinale

Exploring new & classic work for the Bristol Reading Round
Spaces still available. No prep, no subs, just sharing literary love
bookhaus Bristol Ideas Renaissance One Writers & Events writersmosaic

📢 Today, at the beginning of Sexual Violence Awareness Week, we join our west of England partners Bath Spa University, University of Bristol, and University of Bath, in pledging to take a collective approach on tackling sexual violence and harassment.

Full article➡️ brnw.ch/21wGGID

It’s been a funny old week. It started with life absolutely chewing me up and spitting me out, and a fairly shocking feeling of being unceremoniously shuffled out of the way now I’m a 50-year-old woman - combined with monumental, institutional thoughtlessness…

Enjoy reading. Would like to be inspired to read more. Then join Bristol's Free Reading Round supported by moi. Details in the links.
St Werburghs Community Centre
Bristol Libraries Forum
Trinity Bristol