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#26 Jan 16, 2013
The Catholic Church and its schools are a business, plain and simple! As soon as they stop making money for the diocese or they cost the diocese money, they shut them down! Case in point is all of the churches that have been merged or closed! Simple business plan folks! The biggest "company" in the world is the Catholic Church! Notre Dame is just one of the thousands of franchises worldwide! It will stay open as long as its profitable!
#27 Jan 16, 2013
YOU damaged your kids!!! not the school
#28 Jan 16, 2013
I would expect that kind of comment from a pro-Notre Dame nazi. I'll bet you believe that there are no priest pedophiles as well. The school is a cesspool filled with the likes of you. Ignorant, liars, pedophiles, physical and mental abusers of children, alcoholics. addicts..and those are just the teachers. YOUR kids will grow up to be one of them, just like you...hahaha...
#30 Jan 16, 2013
You got your full scholarship because you are white or black trash, have no income to speak of BUT your kid can bounce a ball. He probably can't read or write well though, just like you. ND is using your kid to try to up it's game record...they don't give a crap about your kid academically... he will leave there as stupid as he was when he got there.You've already failed your kid in that respect.In about two years, when his ball bouncing days are over, and he still can't read and no one will hire him, he can sit next to you all day in your trailer and you can post about what a great school ND was..LOL...yeah those were the days....while both of you collect welfare and drink yourselves to death. That is some foundation that you laid for your spawn...you already DESTROYED any chance of an education for him and you are too stupid to realize it. Stop wasting our time here and go get a job, loser, you and your damaged kid.
#31 Jan 16, 2013
Notre Dame elementary has an aide who was hired by the principal because she is a personal friend. This aide, Colleen Bareazz is a two ton, mean-spirited, cretin. This is a warning to anyone who sends their kids there. I have seen this with my own eyes. She comes up behind the kid when they are sitting in a chair and holds down both of their forearms to the point of pain and bruising. She then threatens them in a low voice. The kid I saw it happen to didn't want his snack. The kid was terrified of her and cried like a baby while she squeezed the life out of his arms. She has been reported for this and was fired from another school for doing the same thing; Don't let that abuser near your kid. Demand that she stay away, if you want your kid safe from this kind of cruelty. Don't bother complaining to the principal. Nothing will be done. Complain to the Bishop.
#33 Jan 16, 2013
I hate to spoil a rant like this by introducing facts but I'm going to anyway. The only real definitive study done on the occurance of sexual abuse/misconduct in schools shows that a child is more than 100 times more likely to be sexually abused in a public school setting than by a priest in a church or Catholic school setting. I don't expect you'd ever take the time to read this or to try to assimilate the evidence but here's a link anyway. This study was paid for and performed for the United States Department of Education.
If you have anything besides an uninformed opinion based on emotion that disproves the conclusions of this study then please feel free to post that evidence.
#34 Jan 16, 2013
Do you think any of the anger pointed toward Notre Dame and people who choose to send their children there could be a sign of guilt or jealousy?
I mean there are no doubt a lot of people in this area who for economic reasons cannot afford the tuition. Notre Dame offers financial aid but obviously that is limited. They can't help everyone. There are also probably those out there who could afford the tuition but are unwilling to make the sacrifices necessary. Contrary to the stereotyping seen here many of the folks I talk to that have children there are able to afford the tuition by driving used cars and not taking expensive vacations.
Instead of railing against Notre Dame why not rail against a system that makes you pay school taxes but doesn't allow you to send your child to the school of your choice.
#35 Jan 16, 2013
Why not offer proof of the allegations you've made? Your use of a takeoff on Judy Hauck's name shows that you have at least some knowledge of Notre Dame. Who are the alcoholics? Who are the addicts? Who are the liars? Who are the ignorant?
Judy Hauck is no longer with Notre Dame by the way. She resigned some time agao and I believe she is now the director of the Good News Center.
#37 Jan 16, 2013
You drag this same stupid post out every time NotreDame comes up in Topix. Do you keep a copy of this up ur ass so u will be ready night and day? U r a one note wonder and a bore.
#38 Jan 16, 2013
Yeah, Hauck saw the writing on the wall---I hear the good news center already considers her bad news. She got out of there because she knows closure is coming soon and she was out of options to find another catholic school to ruin. The Scheidelmans would roll over in their graves if they knew their hard earned money was wasted that moron.
#39 Jan 16, 2013
You show up at every posting about notre dame. Does sssssss mean you are a snake and hide under your rock in between times.
#41 Jan 16, 2013
Send this to the rape victims of henry charles sewall and abuse victims of don crosby. They were both local priest pedophiles affiliated with the utica catholic school system. I'm sure they will be very comforted in your concern for them. When you or yours get theirs from a priest, have a copy of this handy. I'm sure they will express due gratitude to a sterling soul such as yourself.
#42 Jan 16, 2013
Are you the guy with the kid whose head is shaped like a cone?? You sound like him.
#44 Jan 16, 2013
your out of your mind its not $6000.00 my kids go there and the elementary students pay less than highschool level.
#45 Jan 16, 2013
Well said... I took my kids out of Utica district and Am very pleased with Notre Dame !!!
#46 Jan 16, 2013
Here's the deal. I haven't posted this before but others have. That's where I first saw it. No one in their right mind would say that what the priests did is in any way excusable behavior. It was wrong. The point to be made though is that sexual abuse is not limited to Catholic churches and schools. The fact of the matter as proven by this study is that children are much more likely to be victims of abuse in the public schools.
Niether case is acceptable but don't pretend that what this study shows isn't true. You may not want to believe it but that doesn't make it invalid. If you have evidence to the contrary then post it. Otherwise stop trying to portray Notre Dame and formerly affiliated priests as the only villians. They most certainly are not.
#47 Jan 16, 2013
Does the fact that a link to this study has been posted before invalidate its' conclusions?
Every time anyone says the word Catholic or mentions Notre Dame the same posters post the same allegations and stories about incidents that happened years ago and involve people long since gone. I would never claim that these things were not true or invalid because they had been posted ad nauseum by folks who seem to have something against the school.
#48 Jan 17, 2013
I paid over 6k 2 years ago with all the built in expenses, yes it is. Never again would I send a child there. Now they are importing Proctor thugs to play sports. The kids from Proctor are ok but there so called parents are not.
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#49 Jan 17, 2013
What Proctor kids are at ND playing sports ???
#51 Jan 17, 2013
Why all the lies? You are the same poster. Your diction is exactly the same. Your pathetic style is unmistakeable. Get yourself a ghost writer with some real talent and then maybe someone will listen. I must say I am disappointed in you. You do more harm to that school than good by your charades.
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Louisiana Transitional Center for Women (LTCW - Tallulah, La.)
LTCW is a relatively new although the facility buildings are not. In 2011 the state closed the Steve Hoyle Facility and turned the property over to the Madison Parish Sheriff's office to run as a correctional facility for women from all over the state. It is meant to a be a transitional facility to help women as they prepare for reentry into society. So the inmates there usually have short sentences, or are low risk.
LTCW is a relatively new although the facility buildings are not. In 2011 the state closed the Steve Hoyle Facility and turned the property over to the Madison Parish Sheriff's office to run as a correctional facility for women from all over the state. It is meant to be a transitional facility to help women as they prepare for reentry into society. So the inmates there usually have short sentences, or are low risk.
Here are some of the things that I know about it and how it operates:
Inmates are housed in dorms with 2 inmates to a room. There is also a workers dorm for inmates who hold jobs within the facility. Inmates in that dorm have more leeway with shower times and it less chaotic than it would be in the general population. However, they get searched more because they have access to so much more than the general population does.
There are common areas to congregate or watch TV and inmates are allowed on the yard at certain times during the day. Smoking is allowed outside but cigarettes are about $10 a pack. There is a commissary where inmates may purchase food items or small radios, batteries, paper, stamps etc. Inmates have access to a small microwave as well.
VISITATION - Visiting hours are on Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 4pm. You are allowed to visit with your inmate in a large room with tables set up for you to sit at and visit. These are contact visits where you can hug your inmate or hold hands. The inmate must submit the names of their visitors to be approved and put on their visitors list. This can take a few weeks. You are allowed to visit for 2 hours each day.
The dress code for visitors is basically the same as any other place. Visitors are patted down. You may not bring in a purse or cell phone. You need to have change for the vending machines - no paper money. The vending machines do not give change so you may want to bring some nickels and dimes so that you are not paying more for the already overpriced items in the vending machines.
CLOTHING FOR INMATES - At this time, Inmates are allowed to wear some "street clothes" (if they brought it with them when they were arrested or transferred from another facility). But you may NOT bring them any clothing, once they are there. However, they are looking to tighten up the rules so that inmates must be wearing either their uniform pants OR a shirt at all times. (Meaning that either their shirt or pants must be from their issued clothing, so that inmates are not completely clothed in "street clothes").
MAIL ORDERING ITEMS FOR INMATES - Any clothing that an inmates needs (besides their LTCW issued uniforms) should be ordered thru the Walkenhorst Company. But the inmates are only allowed to order a very limited number of items from the vast catalog. They are NOT allowed to order any food items, electronics, art supplies, etc. Only certain clothing items (white only) and personal care products (shampoo, hand cream, toothpaste, etc) can be ordered.
At this time, Walkenhorst does NOT have a master list of the allowable items that can be ordered for LTCW inmates. Usually inmates get an order form and fill it out with the approved items and then send that order form to a family member to make the order for them and submit payment to the company. Items cost more than they would in a normal store (of course!) and there is a $7.95 fee added to each order for shipping. You can go online to find Walkenhorst to see what they have and may request a catalog but a great majority (about 90-95%) of the items they offer are not allowed at LTCW.
Inmates CAN get orders of books from Amazon. The books must come from Amazon and not an individual seller on Amazon. Inmates are allowed to order books but are NOT allowed to order coloring books. (In fact, coloring, color pencils, etc are NOT allowed at all at LTCW). I do not believe that inmates can order stationery, cards or anything like that.
MAILING RULES - LTCW has rather stringent rules for what can be mailed to an inmate. Anything that is mailed that is "not allowed" will be discarded (not mailed back to the sender). So the sender doesn't know that the inmate doesn't get it and the inmate doesn't know that it was sent. Different employees in the mailroom have different ideas of what is permissible and what is not. But most generally, at this time, things that are NOT allowed include such items as:
*Coloring books, coloring sheets (whether colored or uncolored)
*Pages torn from magazines, puzzle books, coloring books, books, etc
*Blank cards or envelopes, and stamps
I spoke with the person in charge of the mail room and she emphatically told me she throws out anything resembling pages from a coloring book, artwork - whether drawn, colored or photocopied. She said that inmates are NOT allowed to color or draw and can be written up for doing so. They are also not allowed to create their own cards. (She said that this is because inmates might trade their artwork on the inside or might draw on their clothing which is strictly forbidden). Yeah, it is overly harsh to the point of ridiculousness compared to other facilities in other states.
I was told that letters to inmates can be discarded it they have any drawn images, doodling or artwork. She was very emphatic that NO art at all should be sent although this seems to be more of a personal peeve of hers and not the horrible, outlawed crime that she tries to make it seem. She warned me that people would be written up if they were caught drawing, doodling or doing any art work at all, like it was a zero tolerance policy. Other staff members I talked did not see drawing as a reason for being written up. But I felt it was worth mentioning because any items that are not acceptable are thrown away, not returned.
If you want to send your inmate any puzzles or magazine/newspaper articles, you must print them out on copy paper or they will be discarded. I have no idea why they cannot be pages that are torn or cut from a magazine or book.
I have asked for a copy of the mail regulations but was not given one. I was told my inmate would have to go get the list of regulations and make me a copy and mail it to me. You basically get different answers from different employees there about all sorts of things and sometimes rules can be made up on the spot. Inmates are expected to know what the rules are even though they have not been explained and questions about them are not welcomed. But I figure that is standard operating procedure for most facilities.
PHONE CALLS - The phone company that services LTCW is Customer Service of America and you prepay for the calls that the inmate makes to you. You set up an account and are charged about $8-10 as a service fee each time you add money to the acct. Unless you live in the same area code as LTCW, a 15 minute call will cost OVER $5.
SENDING MONEY FOR INMATES- There is no JPay. You need to send a money order (postal or MoneyGram) to the Sheriffs P.O. box ( NOT to the facility address where you write the inmate). The M.O order can be rejected for any reason (or no reason at all given) so it is best to call and get very specific details about the "hows and wheres" of mailing them. Unfortunately, you will get 4 different answers from 4 different employees there so make sure you talk to someone who works in the mailroom or you may be given incorrect information.
LIBRARY There is a small library, comprised of books that have been donated. Inmates may check out 2 books at a time and can go to the library about twice a week. There is not a great selection of books but they welcome donations, so if your LO is there, you can donate used books (paperback or hardcover) to the library for them to have access to.
Thats about all I can think of at the moment. I will add on if needed. Or if you have a question, you can ask and I will see if I can answer.
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In the post above, I reported that 2011 was the date that LTCW was created. I got that information from a newspaper article about the state and DOC turning over prisons to private or parish entities but a different newspaper article states that it was in 2009. So I would imagine that the 2009 date would actually be correct.
The Vicksburg Post reported in July of 2009 that LTCW was now being turned over to the Madison Parish Sheriff would take over and that the
facility would house the states first re-entry program for women offenders. The article also said that LTCW would offer GEDs, skills training and job application resources for women prisoners within one year of their release and that the prison could house 550 women.
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My fiance has been in LTCW since 2010 so here are some of the experiences while she has been there for 3 years.
Visitation are on Saturday and Sunday, between the times of 8am to 4pm, unless they say otherwise because of holidays (I've done been there for visit on a Friday and Saturday two years ago because of Christmas being on Sunday). They do not let anybody in after 2pm so you must be there before that time. The 4pm time is when the last visitors are to leave. Visits are two hours, but they can shorten it based on how busy it is. They can also request extended visits if it is a close relative that lives far away and can't visit often. The only things you are allowed with you are keys, ID and change for the machines. If you have paper money, they will either let you bring it back to your car or they will hold it for you.
If you are visiting your wife/girlfriend/fiance, you have to sit across the table from each other. They allow you to hold hands, but you can't cross legs are feet with each other. You can hug/kiss when first coming in and when you are leaving, but the kiss can not be, as they say, swapping spit with each other.
You are correct about the vending machines taking only change, and it does give change back. I've never in my past three years see it not give me change. Inmates are allowed to take two drinks back to their dorm with them each day. They only allowed two per day. I went one day and bought her drinks, and later that day, her mom went and tried, but that wasn't allowed. Drinks are 20 oz bottles that are $1.50 so I make sure I bring enough change to buy those two drinks for her to take back, along with snacks that we eat while there.
Dress code for the inmates has changed over the years. When she first got there, they were allowed to wear street clothes all the time. Workers had to wear uniforms. Just within the past few months, they now made it to where the inmates has to wear yellow pants outside of the dorms, or they can wear the yellow or gray sweat pants inside the dorms.
I have sent enough packages from Amazon, including individual sellers, with no problems. They are allowed to receive any type of books, including puzzle books and music CD's. Yes, that's right, I have sent her several CD's through individual sellers from Amazon. They are not allowed to purchase CD players, but they can keep them if inmates came in with it from another facility. Just make sure any books you send are not spiral bound. Her sister sent her a 300 page Sudoku book and they told her either they have to remove the spiral and give her the pages, or send it back to Amazon.
Walkenhorst has been a working progress. They are slowly expanding what can be ordered. The best way I do it is let her write me a letter with a list of what she wants, and the item numbers. Easily done that way so I don't have to worry about what I can and can't send. I then call them and place the order with the CSR. Well, they recently added LTCW to do online ordering, so I will give that a chance next time I get a list.
As for as mail goes. I have sent her letters with drawings on it, random doodles and she has received it every time. I've even sent her over 100 pictures from when I took her son on vacation with me, and she has received every single one of them. And from what I received from her? I've done received some awesome artwork that she sent me that was drawn from other inmates. She's not an artist so I know they are coming from other inmates. Someone even drew a portrait of her using a basic pencils. I even sent her a picture of her son that she had someone draw a portrait of him as well. She even had a t-shirt made from someone that used markers and they made it look like it was airbrushed. It was completely awesome and everyone was amazed by how it looked. So I think it is safe to say that they are allowed to draw. That being said, they can order stationery. I've done received greeting cards, holiday cards and birthday cards that she ordered from store. She even sent me a birthday card that someone else drew for her, and drew all over the envelope.
Phone calls are no longer with CSA. They have switched over to "Correct Solutions Group" in early 2013. Prices are a little cheaper. If you have a local number with a 318 area code, 15 minute calls are under $3. If you have a land line, they can call you collect without setting up an account. They do have a service fee of about $8 when you call them to add money to your account, but you can also send a postal money order and there is no fee. They are located in Louisiana, so they receive the money order in a day or two and they are quick to adding the balance to your account.
Money orders to put on their books are to be
postal only
. nothing else. It must have their full name, inmate number and date of birth. The money order must be made out to Madison Parish Corrections. The address it is sent to is
P.O. Box 1650
Tallulah, LA 71282
That's pretty much it. Same hocus pocus as usuall... if any questions ask and I'll pop in and give my two cents lol
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As of today, they are no longer called Louisiana Transitional Center for Women.
They are now Madison Parish Corrections Facility.
They were bought out by a new company a month or so ago and today was their first day to run the show. Not much is known of what is going to happen, but they already have one captain demoted and about 26 guards that were let go.
Rumor has it that they plan on opening up other buildings on the property to have more beds for more inmates, bringing in a kiosk and start allowing JPay, maybe changes to visitation (which if they do I hope it won't be shortening the time.)
Supposedly the men facility was sold as well, but I don't know for sure to confirm that.
As changes are made, I will be back to note what was done. If enough changes are made, I'll create a new thread.
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The inmates are now being told that Walkenhorst will NOT be allowed for orders anymore. If your order gets there before March 1st 2014 then you can have it. If it gets there after March 1 then it will be sent back. LTCW is looking to enrich their profits by making inmates buy everything that they need thru the commissary that they run.
Fortunately for me and my loved one, she will be out of there in 2 months at the latest. Good riddance. I understand that prison is not supposed to be a luxury resort but the food and the treatment at this place is pretty disgusting.
In an effort to ensure the maximum profit, they serve really crappy food, soy, meat is rare and is usually mystery meat and fresh vegetables are nonexistent. The CO's are often ignorant people who are on a power trip and mad because they don't get paid much. Sad but true. When you are running a prison to make a profit, everything is usually of exceedingly poor quality.
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It's sad, but it's true. I already had plans to buy my girl some new shoes when I got my tax money. Good thing is the day she called me and told me about it was the day the money deposited into my account. When I called to make an order, the guy told me that they have a lot of people calling in and stocking up on everything they could afford to send out to them.
Apparently they must have decided to add cheap (overpriced) shoes to their commissary, because they didn't offer it at all before and that was the main reason why they started using Walkenhorst.
But good for your LO getting out soon, mine still has a year then should be eligible for work release.
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My sis had her parole hearing and is on her way out of that miserable place!! She gets out in about 2 weeks and coming home to me. The parole board said that they rarely see someone with such a complete family support system in place.
She will live on our property, in our guesthouse, we have a car for her to use, insurance paid, and work on our property with us. We have almost 100 acres of land with horses, cows, calves and foals to raise, pecan trees to harvest from, a garden to plant alligators to hunt, hay to bale, plus I work from home as a writer too. We will also be starting a few businesses of our own that we have always wanted to do.
So i have one final visit to LTCW and that is to pick up my girl and I personally will be skipping and dancing my way back to my car as we say goodbye to that awful place forever.
Oh, and they did a financial audit and they spend about $1.40 per DAY per inmate to feed the girls there and they feel that is too much so the food is about to get even worse!
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I hear their are two different addresses at LTCW FOR MAIL.. AND YOU CAN'T USE STAMPS
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I hear their are two different addresses at LTCW FOR MAIL.. AND YOU CAN'T USE STAMPS
You can't mail stamps to an inmate, but you can write, and the mailing address is :
7205 Hwy. 74
St. Gabriel, LA 70776
Just make sure you put the DOC# of the inmate that you are writing to.
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Following a busy three days of travelling around the Bundelkhand region, Suba Das takes a few minutes out to reflect on meeting the key characters from Amana Fontanella-Khan's novel, Pink Sari Revolution. Hear more in his latest video update:
Boat Ride in Chitrakoot & Meet the Team – #PinkSaris
In his latest vlog, Curve Associate Director Suba Das introduces the other team members working with him on Pink Sari Revolution research trip, as they take an interesting and colourful boat trip at Ramghat – a religious site at Chitrakoot – close to where the Gulabi Gang are based.
En Route to Chitrakoot – #PinkSaris
After travelling for over 24 hours, Curve Associate Director Suba Das and Artist Development Co-ordinator Maddie Smart landed in India to start their research trip for Pink Sari Revolution. First on their itinerary was a trip to Chitrakoot to meet the leader of the Gulabi Gang, Sampat Pal. Learn more in their latest vlog:
Pink Sari Revolution
Earlier this year we announced we were one of just five Midlands arts organisations to benefit from investment from Arts Council England's Re:Imagine India programme.
Curve will receive an award of £25,000 to develop a stage adaptation of Amana Fontanella-Khan's documentary novel Pink Sari Revolution, charting the formation of the Gulabi Gang, an army of 20,000 working class female vigilantes operating in North India today and who fight for women's rights against a backdrop of horrific oppression.
Conceived as a dance-drama, work will begin on the stage version in a two-week workshop at Curve in Spring 2016 led by Curve Associate Director Suba Das in collaboration with Curve's Associate Artist, the Leicester based choreographer Aakash Odedra.
Site specific dance with Curve Young Company
Auditions for our three Curve Young Company groups for 2014 – 2015 are in full swing.
CYC member, Amira Barnwany, shares with us some of her memories of the dance projects which took place in July this year, and how the group created two very special, site-specific dance pieces.
The past year's CYC Dance has been undoubtedly action-packed, with our group working on two very different site specific projects. The first project was for the opening of the Cathedral Gardens in honour of the reburial of Richard III, whilst the second was an imaginative performance created and structured around the German Expressionism Gallery in the New Walk Museum.
For the Cathedral Gardens piece, we began by creating a visual mind map, initiating and exploring movement which would express a specific section of Richard III's story. In my group of three, we improvised with contact movement which enabled us to illustrate certain themes – for example the social hierarchy which we suggested through the use of different levels.
At the same time, other dancers in the company began to explore religion and the significance of faith in relation to the king. This led the piece down the route of the Lord's Prayer, which we chose to explore through sign language. We developed the prayer through movement, and applied a majestic quality which was important in portraying such a meaningful narrative. Reviewing each other's work allowed us to select the most effective and expressive motifs which were then moulded chronologically.
Later, the dance was formed around the space in correspondence to a large map of the Cathedral Gardens, starting on a grassy plane and around the statue of Richard III, before travelling along the path to the modern sculpture. The last section, based on the new water feature in the gardens, carried us centrally to the entrance of the cathedral. The sculpture was designed as contemporary slats, each displaying the silhouette of Richard at a different stage of life. The dance idea was to move smoothly through and around the slats, whilst portraying the story through movement.
On the day of the performance, we rehearsed the Cathedral piece in the gardens for the first time and modified the positioning of each section of the dance exactly around the specific features in the gardens. We also worked out where to direct our attention in order to persuade the audience's eyes to follow the action.
Both performances of the day were very enjoyable, and the weather only complimented our noble characterisation – although many of us had to squint as we regally placed our heads towards the sun!
For the New Walk Museum piece, ideas began to emerge after our initial visit to the exhibition. We all chose, as soloists or in groups, a work of art that most interested us and the piece grew to be a collective timeline of Expressionism in Germany.
Some dancers chose paintings from war time expressionism, which gave rise to very grotesque and cynical dances that were very effective in conveying a message of war-time horror or insanity. Others chose abstract works which expressed a mood through the growth in nature. My group looked into expressionism during the Weimar years and featured a range of abstract movement connecting to the madness of the Messiah. The development of the museum piece particularly interested me as I had studied the Weimar period and also Expressionism in my Art and History A-levels.
The performance day arrived and we held relevant positions surrounding our individual paintings motionlessly. The projected patterns on to the floor proved very fitting for some dances and helped to create suspense, where the audience waited in anticipation for the next painting to enter the third dimension. We also directed our body language and eyes towards the dance in progress, to direct the audience's focus. We concluded the piece with an upbeat interpretation of a tulip painting, which took the form of cabaret, performed in unison and counterpoint.
The performance of both pieces created a lot of excitement due to the spontaneity of dancing in a site specific venue, and also gelled us together as a company.
Curve Young Company is very beneficial for young people looking for a class to assist their technique but also meet new people in the process. It is a unique environment as the age range allows you to gain from the various experiences of other dancers that you meet. The opportunity to participate in the choreographic process as well as the performance offers a new perspective of dance for many people, generating the creative atmosphere of the company.
Mel, our dance teacher, guides our creative ideas and has a very innovative teaching style which is valuable to everyone. Attending workshops with professional choreographers and dancers who are currently performing at the Theatre is another highlight of my time at the company.
For more information on Curve Young Company and details on how to join,visit our website.
Sabras Radio presenter Raj introduces Diwali Hanagama
This month Leicester celebrates Diwali, and for the third year we're teaming up with Sabras Radio to present Diwali Hanagama.
We caught up with Raj Baddhan, afternoon presenter and Sabras Operations Manager to see what's in store for audiences this year.
For those who aren't familiar Sabras – tell us a little about the radio station…
Sabras Radio is the Midland's biggest Asian radio station, providing entertainment for all ages to Asians living in the Midlands. We are stepping into our 20th year of broadcasting so over the next few months, expect some exciting, bigger things from Sabras!
What is Diwali Hangama?
Diwali Hungama is our variety entertainment show, held in conjunction with Curve. We bring entertainment from all aspects of the Asian entertainment sector including stars from television, music and arts.
The line-up has been announced – who are you most excited about performing?
Talks have been going on for several months with artists and sponsors for the event and finally we believe we have a brilliant show lined up!
This year, we have gone back to basics by championing the biggest local Asian stars of current times. Headlining the show is Arjun who is the biggest sensation from hits online and now dominating the charts worldwide. Not only that, we have Punjabi rockstar Juggy D –known for his award winning work over the years, plus British Pakistani artist Hussnain Lohori.
We also welcome some of the best dance troops around including Subhash Viman's dance group, Darpan Dancers and this year's Ras Garba winners. There's also comedy from Uday Sodiya. Kash Kumar from 6-2-8 Show and myself from Drivetime will host the event again.
It's going to be quite a spectacle, not just with our great artists line-up but also because of how the show has been put together.
Watch the Diwali Hanagama trailer:
To buy tickets to Diwali Hangama visit our website.
Shakespeare's Othello meets West Yorkshire 2001
Frantic Assembly return to Curve this month with an electrifying take on Othello, Shakespeare's thriller-tragedy of paranoia, jealousy, lust and murder.
We talk to Scott Graham, Frantic Assembly's Artistic Director about their new adaptation and the inspiration behind its modern-day setting…
The setting of our Othello in a Northern pub came as a direct result of our reading Nick Davies' harrowing book Dark Heart and in particular a section which describes conditions on a council estate in Leeds. Following this, we began to research the events that culminated in the violent urban protests on 5 June in the Harehills area of Leeds. Prior incidents in Lancashire the previous month are often associated but for our purposes we focused on the activity in West Yorkshire and began to examine what it was that triggered unrest there.
Situated on the inner north east side of Leeds, Harehills is the home for many of the city's working class Pakistani community. Trouble began following the arrest of a Bangladeshi man on suspicion of either driving a stolen car or having a stolen tax disc. The arresting officer used CS gas in the event of arresting the man, an event witnessed by several bystanders. This lead to a night of arson and violent disorder in the Harehills area. Whilst the protestors later maintained that their actions were in response to suspected racism within the West Yorkshire Police, the event became notable for much more.
One was the reporting of the incident. The Yorkshire Post was heavily criticised for its coverage of the event. The paper depicted the Asian men responsible for the violence as grotesque, primitive and barbaric. Flashes of violence between white and Asian groups flared up, or were suddenly newsworthy. White residents in the area were suddenly all too ready to speak to local and national TV crews about 'them' and the problems they believed 'they' caused. Theories began to fly – that the whites who spent all their money down the pub were jealous of the young Asians who saved hard and drove around in flash cars, that there was still bad feeling following the infamous trial of Woodgate and Bowyer of Leeds United for attacking an Asian student outside a nightclub in the previous year.
What became apparent was that racism between the two Harehills communities (and to an extent, parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire) was becoming incredibly assertive. In 2001 it seemed that the policy of 'cultural diversity', championed by Roy Jenkins in his key speech as Labour Home Secretary in 1966, had been rejected outright. If the intention of that policy was to bring people of different cultures together then here was refusal of the strongest kind. What complicated the issue in 2001 was that there seemed to exist a strategy of consenting apartheid between the conflicting groups.
Such conditions were believed to be powerful structures that enforced and maintained segregation. Commentators at the time were also keen to point out that a common misconception regarding the flashes of violence between different groups was that this was an issue of race. Instead, it was suggested that this was more accurately an issue of religion rather than colour.
Such thinking was supported when it was disclosed that two of the men who went on trial for the violent disruptions in Harehills were not Asian. One man was Afro-Caribbean, one white and all the rest were British Asians.
So things were incredibly complex at this time in West Yorkshire. We began to imagine just how different the scenario might be for a black male in this same community. Throughout the 80's and 90's, British youth had been appropriating and replicating black culture, most notably through fashion and music, to the extent where even dialect began to be affected. We all know now that this cultural pattern and impulse was to continue growing. Today we are witness to much the same scenario. The wholesale appropriation of rap and hip hop music by white youth is only as remarkable as how improbable it seems that, say, banghra music will ever achieve such status amongst the same group.
It seemed entirely likely that a black male in this possibly racist white community might slip under the radar, black not really being enough to suggest Other. When white kids are 23 standing on street corners singing along to rap and hip hop tracks, most of which are fixated with ideas and notions of black experience and identity, the argument goes that a sophisticated form of understanding emerges.
Add to this the age old idolatry factor that goes hand in hand with music stars and suddenly the black male is easily recognised not just as un-Other but actually a figure of aspiration. During a spell of racial unease like the one existent in Leeds during 2001 then, it is neither impossible nor improbable that a black male might exist in a unique and almost privileged position. Until, of course, he attains a white girlfriend…
Our time and setting for Othello is abundant in issues and complexities that have proved to be incredibly invigorating in the rehearsal room. It has also allowed for a rich process and a firm sense of time and place for our audiences.
Othello opens on 28 October – visit our website for more information.
Rehearsal photography by Manuel Harlan.
Leicestershire's WW1 remembered in Pack Up Your Troubles
To commemorate the centenary of the First World War, the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire is hosting a special concert at Curve on 2 October. Pack Up Your Troubles follows the stories from Leicester and Leicestershire during 1914 – 18, recalled through the music, songs, poetry, photography and art of the era.
We caught up with BBC Radio Leicester's Dave Andrews who is directing the concert to find out more about the show. What was the inspiration behind Pack Up Your Troubles?
I'm chair of a local group called Applause which has the twin aims of raising money for local charities and promoting local musical talent. Leicestershire's Lord Lieutenant – Lady Gretton – is our Patron and she asked if we would put together a show which would be a fitting commemoration of the centenary of the outbreak of WW1.
How is the concert coming together at the moment?
Pretty well really. The show is going to tell the story of the war through music which was written at the time (all kinds from classical and opera to popular and music hall) along with the stories from BBC Radio Leicester's archives of local Leicestershire heroes of the war.
How did you go about researching the narrative element of the concert?
I used to be a history teacher so I did have a basic knowledge of the main elements of WW1. However I've been to our brilliant Records Office at Wigston to get additional help on the local stories from the staff there and also the local newspapers of 100 years ago. The other great source of stories has been the series of World War 1 at Home features researched and broadcast by my colleague at BBC Radio Leicester – Bridget Blair.
What is the most inspiration story you've heard about Leicestershire citizens involved in War?
The story which always makes me weep is listening to Market Harborough's Arthur Tugwell describing the Christmas truce in 1914 when the soldiers from both sides come out of the trenches to shake hands, exchange gifts and play football. They also sang carols together. The next day of course they had to go back to shooting at each other. This story will feature in the show.
Who can we expect to see performing at the event?
We've got some great musicians – The Enderby Band, the barbershop quartet – The Simpletones, Elaine Pantling, a choir put together by Chris Johns, the Director of Music at the Cathedral, well known soloists David Morris and Jenny Saunders and plenty more including a fantastic routine from Curve Young Company. Breakfast presenters Jim Davis and Jo Hayward will be reading some poems as will Mid-morning presenter Jonathan Lampon. My BBC friends and colleagues (and also Applause Board members) Martin Ballard and Monica Winfield will be looking after the narration along with myself.
Which segment of the concert are you personally looking forward to?
There's going to be a lot of light and shade – with classical pieces like Mars from The Planets to Elaine Pantling dressed as Marie Lloyd singing saucy songs and leading some community singing. However, I think the real moment for me will be when at the end the band play Evening Hymn and Sunset and we have a poppy petal drop of 12, 000 poppies – one for each of the lives of Leicestershire people who died in the war.
How have the families of those involved in the Great War responded to the organising of this special event?
Very positively. We've invited the relatives of all the people whose stories we are featuring and hopefully they will all come along. We will also have representatives and standards from many of the Veterans' Associations as well as the Royal British Legion.
Where will proceeds from this event be going?
Thanks to Curve for so generously donating the use of the theatre and to all the performers who will be performing for no fees – all the proceeds will go to the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal.
To book tickets for Pack Up Your Troubles click here.
All images thanks to Leicestershire Records Office in Wigston.
Behind the scenes of the University of Leicester's Sue Townsend exhibition
Sue Townsend was without doubt Leicester's best loved author and earlier this summer we were thrilled to announce that we will be staging a brand new musical adaptation of her iconic novel, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾.
When we discovered that the University of Leicester was planning an exhibition of Sue's life and work opening on 5 September – we had to find out more and chatted to Simon Dixon, Digital Humanities and Special Collections Manager.
What was Sue's relationship with University of Leicester?
Sue was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Leicester in 1991, and in 2008 she became an Honorary Distinguished Fellow, the highest honour that the University can award. We were delighted in 2005 when she entrusted the Library with looking after her extensive literary and personal archive. It is an extraordinary collection, that charts her entire writing career from the early unpublished manuscripts that she wrote in secret while her family were asleep, to her final published work The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year.
What was the inspiration behind the Sue Townsend exhibition?
Like so many people in Leicester we were deeply saddened when we learned of Sue's passing in April. We wanted to be able to mark her incredible achievements as a writer, and the contribution she made to the University and the city by depositing her archive with us. We use the collection for teaching with our students on a regular basis, but members of the public do not often have the opportunity to see the fascinating material that we hold. I hope that the exhibition will help to promote Sue's literary legacy and encourage visitors to the Library to read and re-read her work.
What are the must-see exhibits?
One of the boxes in the archive contains some of Sue's early unpublished manuscripts, probably written in secret before she confessed about her writing to Colin Broadway. In the box are a series of copies of the Eyres Monsell and Saffron Community news from 1975, a community newspaper distributed to 4,000 homes in the area where Sue lived and worked. The May edition contains an article titled 'OOYAH, GERROFF THE COMICS!', and encourages parents to let children learn to read from comics instead of force-feeding them the 'insipid lispings of Janet and John'. It's unsigned, but the style, the passionate advocacy of literacy, and the loathing of Janet and John books suggest that this, and another article from the same year, were Sue's first ever published works.
What other items can visitors expect to see on display?
The archive is such a rich resource, it was hard to decide what to include and what to leave out. I've selected items that tell the story of Sue's life, and her whole literary career from her early years with the Phoenix Theatre, right through to her later novels and her involvement in the new Curve production of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾.
One of my favourite Sue Townsend books is The Queen and I, in which the monarchy is abolished and the royal family are sent to live on a council estate. The archive contains research notes for the book, including estate agents details for a 3 bedroom semi-detached house in Braunstone with handwritten alterations by Sue. This became the house in Hellebore (Hell) Close inhabited by the Queen and Prince Philip in the book, and will be on display with Sue's hand drawn sketch of the Hell Close.
Is there anything that Adrian Mole fans in particular should look out for?
Adrian Mole fans will be able to see pages from the original draft manuscript for The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ containing one of the most famous and best-loved passages from the book. The manuscript contains numerous crossings out and alterations, and you can really see Sue fine tuning sentences until she was happy with them. Also on display are some of Caroline Holden's original artwork for the first two Mole books, including an early version of the iconic cover art.
How did you go about gathering the items on display in the exhibition?
All of the items on display are from the Library's own collections. The majority are from the Sue Townsend Archive, but we're also fortunate to have Caroline Holden's Mole artwork. Many of the photographs we've used are from the Leicester Mercury archive, which we also look after.
How have Sue's family responded to the exhibition and the early preparations?
We've received great support from Sue's family, not just for the exhibition but for all of the work that we do with the archive and we are very grateful for this. They are planning to visit the exhibition later in the year.
When does the Sue Townsend exhibition open and how can people find out more.
The exhibition opens on 5 September and runs to 4 January 2015 in the basement of the David Wilson Library on the University of Leicester campus. Entry to the Library is free but security controlled. Members of the public can ask for admission to the Special Collections exhibition at reception. Library opening hours can be found on our website.
There will also be an opportunity to see more of the archive and ask questions on 15 November at a fringe event during Literary Leicester.
A Closer Look at YAE Emilia Robinson
On Monday 11 August, dance practitioner Emilia Robinson will be presenting her Young Arts Entrepreneurs project, A Closer Look for the first time as part of our Showcase Day.
Puzzling over some of life's biggest questions such as "What do you desire in life? What is important to you?", Emilia tells us here about the collaboration that she brought together in an attempt to help answer them, and what the Young Arts Entrepreneurs programme has meant to her as an emerging artist.
Tell us more about your YAE project
The aim of my project, A Closer Look, is to bring together a new community of emerging artists who each work with different art forms to exchange practices and ideas, creating a 'work in progress' for a new performance. The creative inspiration for this project has been gathered from contact with members of the general public in the UK and worldwide, collecting multiple stories and tales within the theme of 'human experience', looking at questions such as "what do you desire in life?"
The collaborators for this project span across dance, music, theatre, performance art and digital media.
The theme and interests of this performance project mean that anybody, anywhere, will be able to relate to the ideas expressed. This project is a pilot programme, to test out the collaborative framework, to see where we can take the work next, and to see who else might be able to benefit from this project.
What will you be sharing at the Showcase Day?
We will be having a performance sharing of A Closer Look at 11.30am in the Studio, followed by a practical workshop at 2pm. Here audience members can join the collaborators to experiment with movement, voice, sound, text and projection, and step behind the scenes of our creative process to discover how the project was researched and brought to life.
How has the YAE programme helped your project develop?
The YAE programme has allowed me to look at my artistic practice within a business framework, by understanding key components such as: Who does this benefit? What are the aims? Who would fund this and why? Who is the audience for this project? And the scary one: what will this cost?
Which element of the programme has been of the most use to you and your project?
The programme has supported me and enabled me to experience and initiate the creation, marketing, producing, performing and evaluating of an entire project from start to finish. This journey is extremely important for me to understand as a freelance and independent dance artist who aims to facilitate future projects.
What opportunities have you received as a part of the programme that you wouldn't have otherwise?
The mentoring, financial support, training and tailored experiences provided by the YAE programme have ensured that I have had a well-rounded experience of creative entrepreneur training. Extensive contact with professionals in the industry as well as touring of the BBC Radio Leicester studios and speaking to the team about how to do a press release and market my work, is something that I would have never done before.
How do you feel about the YAE programme coming to an end?
The YAE cohort of participants and mentors have been really supportive and I hope that they will be long-term collaborators, friends and colleagues. I am thankful for the opportunity to learn alongside an exceptionally motivated and inspirational group of young artists and arts entrepreneurs – they really have kept me sane.
Are you looking forward to the upcoming showcase day?
Yes, I look forward to sharing my project with others and being brought up-to-date on everybody else's projects – I am excited to see how people's projects have unravelled over this year. I think it is a great opportunity to discuss my project with other individuals and to hear their ideas and comments about it too.
From all that you've learnt, what would be the one key bit of advice that you'd pass on to budding arts entrepreneurs?
The one thing to continuously think is: what makes me different? (And another thing is to always remember to be grateful to the people who help you – you need them.)
To book a place to see A Closer Look and attend the workshop on Monday 11 August click here.
Find out more about The Showcase Day.
Photography by Nathan Human.


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norsu are thrilled to exclusively team with Paris-based Australian artist Vee Speers on her latest series, Botanica.
The Botanica series of flora artwork symbolises a moment of peaceful solitude in a world that is becoming increasingly complex. Creating a quiet space away from the chaos of everyday life, like a secret garden the artist is carefully cultivating.
Vee adopts the same method of photography as she does with her human portraits, capturing the flowers outdoors in black and white, then subtly colouring them to enhance and transform them. The portraits draw the viewer into a botanical world, with an ethereal feel through their fresh new hues, animated by a powerful breath of new life.
This print depicts the Heliconia Bihai (more commonly known as the red palulu, balisier or macawflower) of the Heliconaiceae family, native to northern South America and the West Indies.
Size: 50cm x 70cm, this print neatly fits into an Ikea frame, or save yourself the trip and click here to purchase a frame with us!
Giclee printed on a 190GSM matte paper.