Update: 18/10: The six designs for Union Terrace Gardens have been unveiled. Pictures here (from the BBC) From Wednesday 19th October | Academy Shopping Centre | Free This was going to be yer usual post telling you about an art exhibition at The Academy shopping centre that opens on Thursday; it’s called Maps, and features...
Read more →Sunday 18 July | Union Terrace Gardens| 12pm-4pm | Free ‘Who said there was no such thing as a free lunch?’ Nah, can you imagine how many newspapers around the country are using that hilarious opening gambit this weekend? Let’s have another go: ‘Union Terrace Gardens is only used by violent junkies and bandwagon-jumping...
Read more →Friday 25 June | Cafe Drummonds | 8pm | £5 (min. donation) In conjunction with Interesting Music Promotions, Friends of Union Terrace Gardens present a fundraiser for their cause (which you’ll all be aware of by now, right?) MC Alan ‘Kitchen Cynics‘ Davidson presides over proceedings which will include music from Min Diesel, Steven Milne...
Read more →Saturday 12 June | Union Terrace Gardens | 2pm | Free I’d imagine a lot of you have heard about this already. If not, the idea is a basic one; head down to Union Terrace Gardens, have a picnic, listen to some music and show just how important the place is to the city…...
Read more →Friday. Crunch time. There’s been so much written, especially in the local press, about the City Square Project/ACSEF/Peacock that it’s hard to keep up sometimes: Consultation good. Consultation bad. Consultation irrelevant. Gardens good. Gardens bad. Gardens irrelevant. Bloody artists. Bloody trees. Bloody tree artists. It’s become a bit of a joke to be honest,...
Read more →A quick heads up: The We Heart UTG compilation album in support of the campaign to save Union Terrace Gardens launches as a digital download on Saturday 27 February. Twenty tracks across various genres have been submitted by some of the best local talent (including Fiona Soe Paing, & Alan ‘Kitchen Cynics‘ Davidson) and you...
Read more →Ahead of a public debate on Union Terrace Gardens this Thursday evening, the City Square Project today announced they are ‘phasing out’ their original, undoubtedly expensive glossy PR brochure. It’s nothing to do with Annie Lennox, who spoke out against the scheme, being pictured in it (nor the even more inexplicable image of the London...
Read more →Some local peeps are putting together a compilation CD in support of the I Heart UTG campaign (unless you live on the moon, you’ll be aware of this by now) so, if you’re a local band/singer/songwriter/noisemaker etc upload your fully-tagged mp3s to: http://soundcloud.com/fionasoepaing/dropbox Or email them to: carmichaeljayne@hotmail.com …before Saturday 20th February and they’ll...
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