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Garrison & Injured Birds
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Garrison & Injured Birds
18 May 2012
7.30pm - 12amCafe Bar ContemporaryFree EntryGarrison
MADE: Ma-kers and De-signers
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MADE: Ma-kers and De-signers
18 May 2012
From 7.30pm, free Shop Contemporary A special launch event for the BA (Hons) Decorative Arts course at Nottingham Trent University. Customers will have the...
Me & Mr Jones
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Me & Mr Jones
19 May 2012
From 7.30pm, Free Entry “Me and Mr. Jones are Voice – Rachel Foster / Piano – Paul Deats, accompanied by an awesomely talented rhythm section; Martin Bentley...
Dance4 presents: Colette Sadler I not I
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Dance4 presents: Colette Sadler I not I
22 May 2012
The Space £10/£8 concession To book call Dance4 on 0115 941 0773 or follow the link below. I not I lives within an installation for theatre inviting the audience...
Jason Barker introduces Marx Reloaded/ Marx Returns
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Jason Barker introduces Marx Reloaded/ Marx Returns
24 May 2012
7 - 9pm The Space Why is a new generation of philosophers, artists, and activists, returning to the thought of socialist philosopher Karl Marx? Many of these...
Comic(s) Bodies
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Comic(s) Bodies
25 May 2012
12 - 5pm The Space Including keynote addresses by three of the most acclaimed new graphic novelists working in Britain today - Karrie Fransman, Nicola Streeten and...
Jazztastic
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Jazztastic
26 May 2012
From 8pm, free entry Jazztastic is a collective of Nottingham jazz players, led by Mandy Tatton (vocals) and Pete Johnson (guitar), who play jazz swing of the 30s to...
Discussion Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie
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Discussion Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie
29 May 2012
7 - 9pm The Space Bringing the political legacy of Gillray and eighteenth-century caricature up to the present day, renowned comics creators Alan Moore and Melinda...
Mas Y Mas
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Mas Y Mas
02 June 2012
7.30pm - 12am Cafe Bar Contemporary. Free Entry Mas Y Mas play their own irresistible mix of Latino, Flamenco and Afro-Cuban influenced music woven together by...
Free Family Fun - June
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Free Family Fun - June
02 June 2012 - 01 July 2012
Every Sat and Sun, half term and the Jubilee bank holidays.11am-3pm. Free A chance for you to come again and again in a host of ever-changing creative activities for...
Cipher and the Mace archive
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Cipher and the Mace archive
03 June 2012 - 07 June 2012
An extraordinary insight into past lives from the 1930s to the 70s compiled from home movies from across the region. A fascinating collaboration between visual artist...
Selected
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Selected
05 June 2012 - 07 June 2012
The Space Produced by videoclub and Film London Moving Image Network A new collection of artists’ film and video Nominated by artists shortlisted for the...
June Half Term Happenings
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June Half Term Happenings
05 June 2012 - 08 June 2012
Our events are free and all ages are welcome, 11am – 3pm, just drop in.Welcome to the Queendom of Queen Raqui 4 - 8 June, The GalleriesYou are all invited to the...
Gringo Records: 15th Birthday Celebrations
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Gringo Records: 15th Birthday Celebrations
08 June 2012 - 09 June 2012
Friday 8th June (doors 8pm) GREY HAIRS HOOKWORMS SAN LORENZO THAT F**KING TANK (+ special guests) Saturday 9th June (doors 2pm) BILGE PUMP BROKEN...
The University of Nottingham Centre for Critical Theory Annual Lecture
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The University of Nottingham Centre for Critical Theory Annual Lecture
13 June 2012
7pm - 9pm. Free. The Space Drawing from diverse examples - responses to unrest in the UK, and the Fukushima nuclear plant explosions in Japan. The TV show 24, and...
Maria Ruido introduces Amphibious Fictions
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Maria Ruido introduces Amphibious Fictions
14 June 2012
7 - 9pm The Space Artist and researcher María Ruido’s documentary essay Amphibious Fictions focuses on two Spanish cities in the industrial belt surrounding...
How Women Work
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How Women Work
14 June 2012 - 19 June 2012
Three events draw from critical contexts associated with the work of Mika Rottenberg -female self-definition and contemporary labour. A resurgence of interest in...
Art, Gendered Labour and Resistance
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Art, Gendered Labour and Resistance
15 June 2012
2 - 5pm The Space Artists and theorists from the UK and Europe explore new understandings of gendered labour. Featuring Jo Applin, Angela Dimitrakaki, Julia...
Gaffa
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Gaffa
16 June 2012
Free, 7.30pm - 12pm Gaffa’s debut at Nottingham Contemporary generated a mass of fan’s requests. When Wayne Evan’s lyrics finally sliced through the crust of...
Celebrating Refugee Week
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Celebrating Refugee Week
16 June 2012
Free, 12pm – 5pm, just drop in. Come to the launch of Refugee week 2012 for music, performances and workshops from cultures from around the world. We'll be...
Bounda pa Bounda
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Bounda pa Bounda
21 June 2012
Running Continuously 10am - 7pm. Free. Screening as part of Night of Festivals 2012 Leah Gordon is a photographer, film-maker and curator whose book Kanaval: Vodou,...
Witnesses
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Witnesses
22 June 2012 - 23 June 2012
Running continuously 10am - 7pm Witnesses is an innovative new film by composer and film-maker Michael Nyman, inspired by Federico Garcia Lorca’s play Blood Wedding....
Mas Y Mas + DJ Mazzini
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Mas Y Mas + DJ Mazzini
23 June 2012
9.30pm - 12am Free Entry Mas Y Mas play their own irresistible mix of Latino, Flamenco and Afro-Cuban influenced music woven together by driving dance rhythms and...
Of Sport & Men (1961)
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Of Sport & Men (1961)
26 June 2012
7pm - 9pm The Space "What compels these men to attack? Why are men so disturbed by this spectacle? Why do they get involved so entirely? Why this needless fighting?...
Olympic Run-up
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Olympic Run-up
26 June 2012 - 17 July 2012
Beginning in the week that the Olympic torch passes through the city, a short season of screenings and discussions provides a timely opportunity to consider the...
Offsite Event: Wasteland Twinning Nottingham Rounders Club
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Offsite Event: Wasteland Twinning Nottingham Rounders Club
30 June 2012
1 - 5pm The Island A day of international sports activity as part of the Wasteland Twinning network’s ongoing action-research into land use and classification....
Family Extravaganza
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Family Extravaganza
30 June 2012 - 01 July 2012
Sat 30 June & Sun 1 July 11am - 3pm. Free The space We love opening up BIG space for families. As always you can get creative, big time. Put your family stamp on...
From Notts With Love
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From Notts With Love
06 July 2012
7.30pm - 1amThe SpaceTickets £8 in adv. £10 OTDAvailable from Nottingham Contemporary Shop and Gigantic.comFarmyard and Mantra Promotions Present From Notts With...
Manière des Bohémiens
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Manière des Bohémiens
07 July 2012
GypsyJazz: Influenced by the French swing popularised by Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt, Maniere Des Bohemiens play a mix of energetic eastern european...
Dolores Martinez Olympia/Olympiad: 1936/1964
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Dolores Martinez Olympia/Olympiad: 1936/1964
10 July 2012
7 - 9pm Free The Space Berlin 1936 and Tokyo 1964, two Olympic moments bracketing the politics of Second World War - from the institution of Nazism to the legacy...

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