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hether or not you‘re still holding onto hopes of an Indian summer, winter is coming.. But no need for gloom! Hamilton House is rammed to the brim with sights and sounds to keep you cozy this October..
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it it a bit too hard this summer? Healthy City Week (opposite) is a good oppurtunity to feel wholesome again.
oResist will be hosting a range of theatre and performance in our event space this month, including Theatre West production Shipped (page 7), another edition of Storytelling Sundays entitled The Legend of Duro (page 7), and Foreign Body (page 8), previously toured to rave reviews.
Want more? For our complete listings, regular blog updates, Twitter, Facebook, room bookings and much much more, check out hamiltonhouse.org #ITGOESONHERE
Sue Pickering Artist of the Month Sue Pickering is a mixed media artist. The beauty and complexity of everyday life inspire her to make fine art and applied art pieces using a range of media. Her work includes paintings, prints, jewellery and more. Sue’s work can be found at exhibitions, art trails and shops around Bristol. Come see more of Sue’s work at The Canteen from 1st-31st October. suepickering.co.uk 1
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Healthy City Week 17th-22nd October 2016 On Wednesday 19th October Hamilton House will be offering a day of holistic events including low cost therapy, free taster sessions and talks on nutrition, bodywork, mindfulness, drumming and dance as part of our intention to highlight how these different practices can support a complete journey to health. We also want to demonstrate that Hamilton House is a viable centre for referrals through social prescription. Come and find out more!
Day Schedule: VCSE Organisations Workshop - 9.30-12.30 pm 5th Floor - Conference space, FREE Community Lunch - 12.30-1.30 pm 3rd Floor - Events Space, £2.50 Low Cost Wednesday therapies - 12-8 pm 4th Floor - Wellbeing Therapy rooms, £25-£35 Drop in Mindfulness workshops - 2-3 pm Ground Floor - Think Tank, FREE Humans Being - Ross Titmuss - 3-4 pm Ground Floor - Think Tank, FREE Gut Health - Lioba Fezer - 4-5 pm Ground Floor - Think Tank, FREE African Drumming - 6-8 pm 4th Floor - Dance Studios, FREE
See the Hamilton House website for details hamiltonhouse.org or bristolgreencapital.org/healthycityweek for a full Bristol wide program. Telephone: 0117 924 9599
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What’s On This October... Conscious Communication Sat 1st Oct, 10-5pm, £60/ Conc £40 A self-development workshop to empower you to communicate with greater authenticity and connection. Through games, role-play and self-enquiry, you will explore: personal and common triggers in conflict, how to manage shifting self-esteem in difficult interactions, the principles of clear communication and how it breaks down into blame.
Fate, Karma & Reincarnation
Intro To Meditation
Sat 1st Oct, 2.30-4.30pm, FREE Karma refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect. The Bible puts it in simple words: Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. Reincarnation is often thought of as an Eastern idea. However, increasingly there are reports of people in the Western world, who claim to have past-life memories. This talk will address these and related topics such as research on near death experiences and children with past life memories; how do consciousness, soul and spirit relate to each other? What is the meaning of life? And much more..
Sun 2nd Oct, 10-11.15am, £7.50/ Conc £5 In this introductory session there will be clear instructions on silent sitting meditation practice according to the methods of the Aro Tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism. Instruction will be followed by short periods of practice. There also will be time for questions. Methods for dealing with the difficulties of silent sitting meditation will be also taught. These sessions are suitable for anyone interested in meditation practice and for those who wish to learn more of the methods of the Aro gTer.
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Telephone: 0117 924 9599
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50+ Massage Workshop
Mandala Painting Sun Oct 2nd, 11am-4.30pm, £25/ Conc £18 This workshop is an opportunity to study and practise the art of mandala painting with artists Anne and Lily Thomas. The day will include guided meditation, an introduction to sacred geometry, discovering geometry in nature, mandalas in different cultures, as well as practical drawing and painting.
Thurs 6th Oct, 10.30-11.30am, FREE Are you 50+? Want to learn basic hand, neck, head and shoulder massage techniques for yourself and/ or to share with others? Come along to our two FREE workshops as part of the Celebrating Age Festival 2016. It’ll be a great way to relax, rejuvenate and meet others in a friendly atmosphere. Optional coffee and cake afterwards in The Canteen!
Peace Builders Week
Indigo + Shibori: BYO Workshop Thurs 6th Oct, 6.30-8.30pm, £35-£30 Learn about natural indigo vat dyeing and experiment with a variety of traditional Japanese Shibori fold-andbind “resist” pattern making techniques to create beauteous blue and white repeat patterns on cloth. The invitation is to bring your own natural fibre textiles, which must be washed in advance and brought to class damp. hamiltonhouse.org/events
4th-9th Oct, FREE In conjuction with the Peace Builders Exhibition in our gallery (page 6), Soka Gakkai International in partnership with African Voices Forum have arranged a series of talks and film screenings that will be taking place each day in the Think Tank and Conference Space; the first, ‘A Perspective: Dr Martin Luther King’ on Friday 7th Oct 6-7pm and then on Saturday 8th, 2-4pm: ‘Reclaming The Human Spirt: Nuclear Abolition and Peace Through Individual Action’. Check out the full list of times for each day online at hamiltonhouse.org. 4
Make Your Own Leather Bag In A Day Sun 16th Oct, 12-5pm, £120 Learn to make your own leather bag in a day from a choice of styles (e.g. tote bag, bucket bag, cross body bag) and lots of different coloured leather. You will be able to mix and match leather colours and tweak the designs to make the bags more your own and to add embellishments as well as embossing the bag with your name or any other words you like. Your bag will be unlined and will be made from beautiful vegetable tanned leather. All materials are included.
Kambo Frog Medicine: A Panacea Thurs 29th Sept, 7-8.15pm, FREE This talk will cover Dr Alex Pardhy’s journey, as a Western trained doctor still practising in A&E, into working with the Medicinal Frog Poison called Kambo. It helps those with chronic pain, depression and Eco Printing with HIV anxiety, recurrent infections, Flowers and Plants and much more… This talk aims to be informational and advises peoThurs 13th Oct, 6.30-8.30pm, £30/ ple on the risks as well as benefits Conc £25 ofInworking with It contains this class youit.can learn howpowto erful purgative compounds and transfer colour from flowers, berasries, such this medicine leaves and wastecommands foods into respect in how it is used. beautiful repeat patterns using a simple fold, bind and steam method. Create plant-based designs using your own fabric samples, small items of clothing or other textile projects. And take away something beautiful along with the skills to repeat the process for yourself again and again. We recommend bringing a small, pre-washed item, made from 100% silk only, to use with this dye technique. 5
Transcending Madness Sun 15th Oct, 10.30am-4.30pm, £25/ Conc £18 A day of teachings from the Aro Ter Lineage of Vajrayana Buddhism looking at how the present moment is always coloured by one of six mind-states known as the six realms of being: the god realm (bliss), the jealous god realm (jealousy and lust for entertainment), the human realm (passion and desire), the animal realm (ignorance), the hungry ghost realm (poverty and possessiveness), and the hell realm (aggression and hatred). Understanding this psychological categorisation opens up the possibility that we can recognise, in every moment, in which realm we are operating. Telephone: 0117 924 9599
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Exhibitions Gallery Opening Times: FREE! Mon-Fri: 9am-8.30pm Sat-Sun: 9am-4.30pm
Peace Builders – Gandhi, King, Ikeda 4th-10th Oct, FREE An internationally acclaimed exhibition celebrating the work of three extraordinary men: Mahatma Gandhi, Dr Martin Luther King and Daisaku Ikeda. There will be a series of workshops surrounding this exhibition, see page 4 for full details.
Meaning in Living Kindl y 27th Sept-5th Oct, FREE Milk_ll and milk_lloriginals launch exhibition. Cartoon style alternative art, clothing, footwear and merchandise. MiLK_ll is a young British illustrator born and raised in the Southwest. His deepest passions are sports and doodles and with them he shows in a cartoony style a beautiful and dark view of the world. Playing with bright colours, his illustrations inspired his wife to create MiLK_ll originals, the clothing, footwear and merchandise brand where anyone can show off with a unique alternative style.
Asaro Collective of Oaxaca Prints 19th-23rd Oct, FREE ASARO is a contemporary Mexican artist collective working in wood and linoleum block prints, large-scale graffiti murals and stencils. Formed during the uprising in 2006, they have since been contributing to local and international struggles while running workshops for communities.
Hamilton, Graeme & Stephen 25th-31st Oct, FREE A trio of sculptural ceramics, portraits and photography meet in this collaboration between locals artists Hamilton, Graeme Robbins and Stephen Lewis. hamiltonhouse.org/events
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CoResist Presents..
The following events are all presented by our in-house arts and activism collective, CoResist. For more info on them and all that they do, check out coresist.org
The Department of Un-co
Exhibition, 11th-18th Oct, FREE Bristol Community Council’s Departmen crowd-sourced exhibition of Creative Int of means including: DIY Urbanism, Guer to document as many images and report Submissions must be sent using the onli office will open its door to the General Pu between 11th – 18th October.
Ka-Zimba Ngoma Intro
The Legend of Duro Sun 2nd Oct, 7-8.30pm, £8.50/ Conc £6.50, Our 2nd installment of ‘Storytelling Sundays’ brings the return of Olusola Adebiyi. Offering his unique and powerful blend of physical storytelling, hypnotic narrative and audience participation, Olusola Adebiyi performs an African tale – The Legend of Duro.
Last session: Fri 7th Oct, 6-7.30pm, £10/ Conc £8, This six-week introductory KaZimba Ngoma course will conclude Friday 7th, drop-ins are most certainly welcome so come by for your last chance to get a flavour of this self-transforming African/Caribbean/Moorish danceform.
Shipped Tues 11th Oct, 8-10pm, £9/ Conc £7, A summer holiday surrounded by sweat and silence. Adamma’s parents have sent her to Nigeria to stay with an uncle that hardly speaks; she finds out more about her uncle Fred from the voices on his radio than from his own mouth. Adamma quickly realises that there are more than just 4,061 miles, a language barrier and cultural gulf that separate them... Shipped is the second in a season of plays across the South West from Theatre West, Bristol’s favourite new writing company. 7
commissioned Urban Interventions
ment of Un-commissioned Urban Interventions (DUUI) is a part-performance, part e Interventions. More and more people are reclaiming public space through a variety Guerrilla Gardening, Brandalism and Performance Interventions. DUUI is looking ports of these curious, amusing and innovative adjustments to the city as possible. online form by 5pm on Monday 10th October, find the form at coresist.org. DUUI’s al Public for viewing the records, in person submissions and consultation surgeries
Use our Bar! Special Notice: For a range of CoResist performances there will be a bar open in the events space 20 minutes before the start. We warmly invite you to purchase your refreshments there. All proceeds support the Transformative Arts Programme here at Hamilton House. Drinks purchased in The Canteen will not be permitted into the Events Space, as they’re sold under a separate licence.
Foreign Body Wed 26th Oct, 8-9pm, £8.50/ Conc £7.50, A 15-minute work-in-progress version of the show was performed at The One Festival, A Pleasance Scratch and First Scratch to rave reviews. Foreign Body hopes to destigmatise dialogue around sexual violence and we will be offering opportunities for audience members to explore the play’s themes through Q&As that will accompany the show. hamiltonhouse.org/events
You, Me & The Distance Between Us Fri 28th Oct, 8-9pm, £8.50/ Conc £7.50 The CoResist Collective bring Ellen Muriel’s new autobiographical play to Hamilton House. You, Me and the Distance Between Us uses a unique blend of poetry, puppetry and song to expose her expectations, experiences and insecurities of volunteering along Europe’s refugee route over the last 8 months. 8
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Wormfood Ft. Grand Wa Zoo London-based trio Grand Wa Zoo are on the rise, bringing a soul-infused depth to their distinctive hip hop creations.
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Tout Think moody sweeps of prairie-wide guitars and coyote-hinting viola, distant trumpets from across the border, and jangling primitivism on a 21st century back porch.
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Twelve Months of Summer Monthly showcase of the best acts from the acoustic scene pulled together by the sparkling Miss Rosina Buck of Circe's Diner (who is one such herself).
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Dance Camp Band A new project from Baraka's Ghanaian master drummer Ben Baddoo -
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Crybabies Here's rock'n'roll how it should be done - brash, brawling and stripped back to the bare essentials by a high energy trio of rockabilly boys.
Cousin Kula At the heart of Cousin Kula's big brassy sound there's an indie-pop heart beating,
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cleverly concealed by layers of jazz, Afro-beat and all-round psychedelia.
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Kirris Riviere Blues Band Kirris Riviere is soaked in the blues of the great Chicago style,
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and his rocking band aren't afraid to let it rip in the time-honoured style either.
The Diamond Family Family of one Laurence Collyer is a man of many parts: singer, heart-
tugging songwriter, acoustic multi-instrumentalist and a deft master of the loop pedal.
DeCyphers Hip Hop Session Guest MCs and musicians join the rhythm section of the
Joe Probert / Pelorus Two treats tonight: Bristolian singer/songwriter Joe Probert appears
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outfit on our stage to bang out jazz, blues and Latin classics led by trumpeter Jonny Bruce.
Jeramiah Ferrari Jeramiah Ferrari lavish their chirpy indie songs with generous portions of 2 Caribbean sauce to create a deliciously dance-floor friendly reggae ska sound.
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Afon Sistema This pounding rhythm collective hail from East Bristol but their beating heart lies 3
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in the jungles of Northern Brazil, making Bahia beats with twenty-plus drummers.
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The Carry Nations This old-time Americana outfit are big fun, with easy-rolling banjo and
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Canteen Jazz Session An open session led by saxophone hero Craig Crofton supporting seasoned players to join the house trio and others in exploring classic Jazz & Latin tunes. Rackhouse Pilfer These lads know how to get the most from classic Americana, with a reputation for energy and originality that has seen them storm Ireland and conquer Nashville. Vipers If the phrase ‘hard swinging' means anything then the Vipers are the ones to know. Fusing classic jazz, blues and soul they bring classy old-time dance music right back into the spotlight. Common Tongues Brighton's Common Tongue create acoustic folk that gets swept into stadium rock or dreaming electricity followed by a post-punk climax. Zuri Aura They may have started with the usual - reggae, funk, drum'n'bass - but Exeter's Zuri Aura had their own ideas about where to go with all that, and boldly they went. Brass Junkies Dynamic 8 piece Bristolian brass inspired by the funky Mardi Gras sounds of the New Orleans street bands making good-time music to bring a carnival atmosphere! Sinnober Multi-instrumental and multi-cultural duo Sinnober deliver epic pop fusions that have won loads of plaudits from the likes of 6Music's Tom Robinson. Henry Slim Blues Session When harmonica guru Henry 'Slimline' Slim blows that ol' harp you can be sure some of the best blues merchants in these here parts will come a-runnin'. Sylvie Lewis / Louis Gaston Two accomplished singer/songwriters who've uprooted themselves in life: Sylvie Lewis' borrowed Barcelona style and Louis Gaston's French/American blues. DJ Cheeba Bristol native DJ Cheeba brings his cut and paste style to the Canteen. Expect to enjoy a multi-sensory experience unlike any other. DMAC Always intrigued by goings on upstairs at Hamilton House, we've got the Dance Music Arts Collective to come down and show us what they get up to. Expect anything. Tantz Familiar tunes of Jewish Klezmer get the Tantz treatment, with whiplash rhythms and heartcatching bass and drums almost displacing the virtuoso clarinet and violin melodies. Day of the Dead We open our doors to the living AND the dead. Expect a stonking *top secret* band, ghostly bar staff and a whole lot of mayhem.
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Jenny Wren Immersed in American roots music, Jenny Wren has collected a pair of guitar picking Bens and begun a three-cornered exploration of country-blushed rhythm and blues.
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Weekly Cour ses & Class Mon d ay
COBC: Degree Level Courses
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Humanistic Counselling
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Tibetan Sound Healing
Bellyfit
Tai Chi For Beginne
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Hatha Flow Yoga
Women’s Bike Night
Capoeira
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Kid’s Capoeira
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Sports & Deep Tissue Massage
Deep Tissue, Massage, Reiki & Reflexology
Earn-a-Bike
1.30-4.30pm, £45
12-4pm, £40
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Ballates
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Aromatherapy, Massage & Crystal Therapy
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Bike Kitchen
Massage & Aromatherapy 6-9pm, £40
Zumba With Becks13 6.15-7.15pm, £5
Yoga Beats 5.45-6.45pm, £6-7
Intermediate African Dance
Drumming
6.30-8pm, £5
Beginners Tango
Hatha Yoga 7.30-9pm, £6-7
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Salsa 8.15-10.15pm, £5
Hoopdance 8.30-9.30pm, £6
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Counselling 6-8pm, £35 6-10pm
Adult Ballet 7-8pm, £75
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Bollywood Danc 7.30-8.30pm, £7
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F r iday Bengali Massage & Somatic Movement 11-3pm, £65
Vinyasa Flow 1-2pm, £8
Counselling 1.45-4.45pm, £35
Broga® (Fitness Yoga) 3.45-4.45pm, £35
After School Bikes 5.15-8.15pm
AcroYoga 5-6pm, £8
Counselling 5-9pm, £35
Flamenco 6-7pm, £7-8
Bulgarian Folk Dance 7.30-9pm, £3
5 Rhythms® (Open) 8-10.30pm, £10-12
Dance
Jong Dar - Moving Meditation
Thursdays, 6-7pm, £6/Conc £4 Jong Dar returns this month, covering all the physical practices of the Aro Tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism. In this class the focus is on a range of exercises from the peaceful and energetic series, involving subtle movement, visualisation of coloured light energy and vocalised syllables.
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Beginners Mindfulness & Meditation
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Balanced View 11.30-12.30pm, £5-15
Samba de Roda Dance Class
Soothing Sundays
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Contact Improvisation Dance
Pole Fitness 1.30-3.30pm, £6
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