10 Things To Do In Nottingham This Week

Breathless (1960)

We dunno about you, but we don’t half get sick of the go-to one-liners in the latest Ryan Gosling film (no matter how dashing), or the soppy, predictable endings in Jennifer Aniston movies. If, like us, you fancy something a little more refined to grace your eyes with, pop your head into The Space at ‘Tempreh to catch Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, straight outta the sixties. Starring the beautiful Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, the film has been branded one of the most influential films of the French New Wave movement. Oo la la, indeed.
Wednesday 20 July, 7pm, £5, The Space, Contemporary 

Future Bubblers Showcase

Gilles Peterson is like the Godfather of new music. With his Arts Council funded project, Future Bubblers, he’s taken a whole bunch of the UK’s hottest musical talent under his all-knowing wing, and passing on pearly wisdom like it’s going out of fashion. Among the chosen few are Notts-based artists, Congi, Snowy, and the soulful voice of Yazmin Lacey and her new band, The Echoes. This week, it’s time for the fledglings to show us what they got in a showcase performance at Rough Trade. We dunno about you, but we can’t bleddy wait. The event is free, but you should probably book your tickets online to guarantee a space.
Thursday 21 July, 6pm, free but book tickets online, Rough Trade 

When We Were Kings

As a charity, Himmah are doing bleddy good things for the city of Nottingham. From their food banks to weekly kitchens, they’ve got fingers in all the pies when it comes to helping those in needs. This week, they’re working in conjunction with Broadway Cinema to bring you a screening of When We Were Kings, the documentary film about the 1974 heavyweight championship match, dubbed ‘Rumble in the Jungle’, between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. With historical footage alongside new interviews, the documentary does all it can to shed some light on the relationship shared between the fighters, along with the relationship between African-Americans and the African content during the Black Power era.
Friday 22 July, 8pm, £5, Broadway

School’s Out UV Party

The day you broke up from school for the summer holidays was the best day of your youthful years. School rules flew out the window, your ankle socks were baggy from playing three-legged races in PE, and your tummy bubbled with anticipation of six whole weeks free from homework. For any youths lucky enough to still experience all that malarkey, the last day of term just got even better with a massive end of school party at the ice arena. Expect to be doused in a shedload of UV paint as you flirt outrageously with Jenny from year 9 without even making eye contact. Oh, to be young again.
Friday 22 July, 7pm, £10 inc skate hire, National Ice Centre

Lorna

Supported by The Amber Heard and The Blue Period, Notts-based band, Lorna, are setting up shop at The Bodega. After forming in the late nineties, the band release music on the American label, Words On Music. They’ve toured alongside Echo and The Bunnymen, The Wedding Present and The Psychedelic Furs, the band are now headlining in their hometown. With a sound similar to The Velvet Underground, the six-piece indie band will bring you tunes from their five full-length albums, including the critically acclaimed Heart of Wire from March 2013. Be there or be positively square.
Friday 22 July, 7pm, £5, The Bodega

Splendour

Jess Glynne. The Human League. UB40. The Darkness. The Fratellis. If those bad boys and girls don’t tickle your whistle and whet your pickle, then we give up. Splendour is back, and there’s some proper old school classics mixed with the most talented young blood the music industry can provide, all for your festival pleasure. DHP are making it a proper family day out – the usual fairground rides and live entertainment will be there, alongside a free kids area, hosted by Big Top Mania. The sprogs can get right involved with Big Bear’s Balloon Disco, and get stuck in to circus skills workshops with giant bubbles and some mad inflatables, while you sip on some cider in the sunshine. Hopefully. Sound like a bitta you? We thought so. Make sure you get online and book your tickets pronto.
Saturday 23 July, £49.50 for a standard ticket, £38.50 with a City Card, under tens go free, Wollaton Park

Soul Sista Brown Sugar

We bleddy well love it when a venue decides to pack more than a DJ into their nights. And a good theme won’t go a miss with us, either. Doing all that and more is The Lofthouse, with their monthly northern soul, funk and motown night hitting us right in the party pants. This time round, they’ve teamed up with Sue Ryder to bring you the authentic time warp experience, offering makeovers and outfits for just a £1 at the event to get you looking the part. Plus, there’ll be a photobooth so you can remember how fly you looked for years to come. If you pay Sue Ryder, Hockley, a visit before the event to buy a badge or patch, you’ll get discounted entry on the night. Always thinking.
Saturday 23 July, £4 otd, £2 with badge or patch, 7pm, The Lofthouse

Sweet Charity Day Market

The big C is something that will affect most of us in our lifetime, be it knowing someone who has had it, or having it ourselves. Heather McMorrow, a nurse, lost her son to bowel cancer when he was only 33. She is now campaigning to raise awareness of the early signs of bowel cancer so that people can seek treatment before it’s too late. With the help of local artist Emily Catherine, she has gathered together twelve local artists to put on a day market to help raise funds, and of course, awareness. There’ll be a raffle with some rather arty prizes including framed prints, screen prints, mugs, comic store bundles and temporary tattoos. The day itself will be fun-packed, with crafts, music, fun and cake – a grand way to spend a few hours, you’ll agree. 

Coalescent Films: Screening

If Saturday mornings have been getting duller and duller for you ever since SMTV:Live was replaced with The Jeremy Kyle Show, then put yer creps on and get outta the house to indulge in some of the best short films local filmmakers,Coalescent Films, have to offer. Featuring seven shorts the company have created over the past year, you can expect to see appearances from Television Workshop students and Actors Workshop students alike, alongside some of the freshest talent Notts has to offer. They’re only asking for a pahnd to go towards screen rental costs, so it’ll be a cheap morning out an’ all. Be warned, it’s probably not one for the kiddies.  
Saturday 23 July, 9.30am, £1, Broadway Cinema

CSWS Summer Party: Roy Ayers

Wham, bam, thank you mam. The lads and lasses behind Can’t Stop Won’t Stop ain’t pulling no punches with this one, as they christen the new Southbank City Bar in style. The man, the myth, the legend that is Roy Ayers is popping in to Hoodtown to bring the best in soul, funk jazz and hip hop to the Friar Lane venue. Alongside some top dollar CSWS DJs, the main man himself will take to the stage with a live band in tow to set your Sunday night ablaze. Forget about yer Monday morning meeting, and live it up with some soul royalty.
Sunday 24 July, 7pm, £20, The Southbank City Bar


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