Arts Central's Festival of Nations

23/06/2024

Colleagues, another MKLitFest-related post, this time linked to Ukraine which is never out of the news. Something to stimulate you from the comfort of your own home. Frankly, it shouldnt be out of the news until fairly resolved.

On Tuesday (25th) at 7.00 we have a fascinating online conversation with successful British-Ukrainian novelist Anna Shevchenko talking about and reading from her book, Around the War in Twenty Stories. The writing, design and printing were all done under shelling and bombardment The event is by zoom and all profits go to Ukrainian charitable projects.

The writers contributing to this curated collection have decided to donate the proceeds towards: funding anti-mining equipment for farmers; buying medicine for the Childrens` Hospital in Lviv; delivering medicine to the front-line; a Children`s Library in Kherson; and a dog shelter in Irpin.

Tickets are £6 (£4 if you can't afford £6) and, of course, all further donations will be gratefully received. This an exclusively online event: all welcome! More details on the website https://www.mklitfest.org/aroundthewar hashtag hashtag

How do ordinary people get on with their daily lives when war is all around them? What do they laugh about, and where do they find the strength to work, love and carry on? Ranging from profoundly moving to darkly funny and downright surreal, these tales of Ukrainian life in the time of war will leav...

25/09/2021

Well, that didnt go quite as expected. Many thanks to everyone who contributed and performed as planned. And our apologies that
Technology let us down part way through. We continued on the zoom stream but only with pre-recorded performances. We'll get the recording from the facebook stream and add it to some more live footage from here at Arts Central. We'll put the whole, including the prerecorded prformances for you all to see.

Good things dont all come at once . . .

23/09/2021

Join us for this year's Festival of nations live on zoom and Facebook
This Saturday 2.00pm - 4.00pm

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81805059009?pwd=RWFMODNlY2VQOElQKzFna3hlNTBDZz09

Meeting ID: 818 0505 9009
Passcode: 284110

23/09/2021

Carlston Medford, an accomplished saxophonist, will be opening this year's Festival of Nations - join us at 2pm on Facebook live for an amazing time!

21/09/2021

Marie-Claire Umutoni brings a wealth of creative energy from Ruanda, through dance, song and spirit. Some of it will be on show at the Festival of Nations on September 25th, and we look forward to it. Watch for details.

21/09/2021

MK Shanty group Rolling Home bring a particular authenticity to Festival of Nations, fresh from their triumph at the Weston Super Mare Folk and Sea Shanty Festival. They`ll be streaming live on 25th September. Stay tuned for joining instructions . . .

20/09/2021

What an outstanding talent is Maureen Onwunali, and we`re super happy to have her contribution at Festival of Nations on 25th September. Watch for instructions how to join

16/09/2021

We`re delighted to announce that FESTIVAL OF NATIONS is back. This follows an upwelling of interest (and nostalgia) to get back to how things were before.
Festival of Nations this year will stay on-line with live streamed performance and some pre-recorded contributions, here on Facebook on Saturday 25th September, from 2:00 pm. Watch it!

20/06/2021

Amazing opportunity in the week coming up . . . The extraordinary and talented Courttia Newland at Litfest online this Thursday 24th. Talking about his alt-history book "A River Called Time" which imagines London in a world in which there had been no colonial history.
Details on, and tickets through the MK Lit Fest website. Pay what you can so by definition easy on the pocket . . .
https://www.facebook.com/268509210240614/posts/1172932109798315/
Among his undeniable skills is the ability to produce great screenplays - like Steve McQueen's award-winning Small Axe series. Come, hear, one night only.

His writing covers everything from Afrofuturism to screenwriting steeped in urban realism - and many places in between.

Join us on 24 June for our next online event when we talk to Courttia Newland about his latest novel, A River Called Time, and his work on Steve McQueen's iconic Small Axe tv series.

Tickets and more info: http://bit.ly/mklfcnew

15/05/2021

Watch this space for more details on who`s making the plans, who`d like to celebrate their cultural legacy and how you can get involved. Gonna be good, and gonna be live-streamed.