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Some photographs from our Poetry Patter event as part of the Govanhill International Festival.

Readings included poetry from Romania, Scotland, Russia, Poland, and we also got introduced to an Arabic song.

Bee's Knees Cafe, 29/08/2020

Sharmanka's multilingual performances

As part of the Merchant City Festival, a unique story telling walk culminated at Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre where multilingual performances accompanied by Eduard Bersudsky’s marvellous mechanical sculptures celebrated Glasgow’s present, past, and its welcoming openness to the world beyond the city.

Performers in order of appearance:

Stepan Zatkulak
Ivan Nieto
Alok Samartha
Pawel Glowienka
Adnan Shamdeen
Lyn Krige
Charlie Doran
Sophie Casimira Kromholz
Marzanna Antoniak
John Cavanagh
Jo Bowie
Mo Asif

Verse Universe at Sharmanka 07/04/2016

Thank you everyone who took part in our evening of song and poetry from around the world the 7th of April! It was a truly inspiring gathering of great people who share a passion for music and art. Here are some photographs of the event by Robin Mitchell. 

Shehab, originally Egyptian, Clare Irish,
both part of a band called Olifant Collective,
performed an Arabic poem by Ahmed Shawky.
The poem is about missing and longing for home.

Sergiu Rotaru reading a Romanian poem by Mihai Eminescu.

Owen McAulay singing a song he wrote himself.

Olga Dominiquez reading her own poetry in Spanish.

Maria Bartosova performing in Slovakian.

Prabha Kuruppu singing a traditional Sri Lankan song about a king and his bad brother.

Marzanna Antoniak and John Cavanagh hosting the event.

A song workshop where participants learned traditional songs from Poland, Russia, Czechia and Scotland.

Once again, a huge thank you to all who attended and performed at our Verse Universe event at Sharmanka! 

Verse Universe recording

Here is a recording of our Verse Universe from the 4th of June.
We had the pleasure to hear performances in 8 languages.
Our performers in the order as they appeared on the day:

Fuad Alakbarov - traditional Azeri song
Inga Sempel - a poem in Italian

Owen McAulay and John McAulay - 'The Story of Shaker Aamer'

Amparo Fortuny - a poem in Spanish

Fadi Alchairi - an Arabic song

Macgillivray - a performance in Gaelic, English and ... 

Ivonne Iser - her own poem in German

Anna Strzałkowska - poetry in Polish

John Cavanagh - poetry of Ivor Cutler

Marzanna Antoniak - a poem in Polish

 

Winter Solstice

Happy Winter Solstice everyone!
Happy Yalda Night to all our Iranian friends!
Our days will be longer now... :-)

Rhymes From Home - recording

Here is the promissed recording of all performances from our evening of songs and poems from many homes around the world, brought to Glasgow by those who've made a new home here. Staged at Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre on 6th November 2014 amidst Eduard Bersudsky's marvellous mechanical sculptures. Enjoy! Share!

Rhymes From Home by Robin Mitchell Photography

Thank you everyone who took part in our evening of song and poetry from around the world! It was a truly inspiring gathering of likeminded people who share a passion for music and art. Here are some photographs of the event by Robin Mitchell.

The green room where our musicians' rehearsal turned into a feast of delicious food, laughter and collective singing.


Anna and Marzanna (in purple) made sure that the event ran smoothly.

Then we moved next door to the magnificent Sharmanka for the real show! 

John Cavanagh - the master of ceremony
Casting a spell on the audience...


We started with some music by our lovely musicians:
Stepan Zatkulak, Wilf James, Jill Leavey, Sadie Whitecoat and Miro Cuba


We've had eight wonderfully unique performances in eight languages. All of them will be available to listen to on our recording which will be published very soon.



Jill Leavey sang "The Slave's Lament"



E karika Djal performed a Roma song "Shukar Shukar"



Juana Adcock read Spanish and English poems from her new book "Manca".

 

Mary Forbes performed a Nigerian lullaby "Aye Adba"

photo: John Cavanagh



Kamilla Ravnsfjall sang a song from Faroe Islands, "My Mother"

photo by John Cavanagh

 

Gerry Loose read poetry from his new book "Fault Line"

 

Ali Tupa sang in Farsi

Sigita Morkūnaitė, Rūta Kukulskytė and Kristina Žalytė 
performed a traditional Lithuanian song "Ant kalno jovaras stovejo".

Then there was more music and a song workshop in different languages led by Marzanna...

Someone said that this photo "looks like the devil is speaking to the mic"...
Well captured, Robin.

That is some tattoo!



Saying good byes...

Our thanks to BEMIS & Homecoming Scotland 2014 for their support of this event!
Multicultural Homecoming is a partnership between BEMIS Scotland, Visit Scotland and The Scottish Government.

And, once again, a huge thank you to all who volunteered, attended and performed at our Rhymes From Home event in Sharmanka!

If you'd like us to inform you about our future events, email us at cosmopolis10@gmail.com

Rhymes From Home

RHYMES FROM HOME at SHARMANKA

For November's First Thursday event, we're very pleased to present an evening of songs and poems from many homes around the world, brought to Glasgow by those who've made a new home here.

Performances in the poetry of many languages will happen amidst Eduard Bersudsky's marvellous mechanical sculptures.

This event will begin after Sharmanka's regular 7pm show has concluded, so a little after 8.

Our thanks to BEMIS & Homecoming Scotland for their support of this event.

Do get in touch if you'd like to perform a song or a poem in your mother tongue or join our musicians.

Traditional dance workshop in Ayr

 

Sunday, August the 31th, 2 pm
The Maclaurin Galleries
Rozelle Park
Ayr, KA7 4NQ.

 

Come along to our Klezmer, Polish and Scottish dance workshop at Rozelle led by the great Colin Mclennan!
The workshop starts at 2 pm and will be followed by a music and song session
for local musicians and singers and all who want to join in.

 

We hope to hold this event in the park, however, in case of rain we will move it indoors, to the Rozelle House. All welcome! If you can play any instruments do bring them with you for the jam. There will be also some collective singing for all. 

Woodland Discovery Day!

 

This family event will feature a variety of activities in the woods for all ages including bushcraft; bow & arrow making; fire lighting; foraging walks; storytelling, games for children, and drumming workshops. Sounds like fun, doesn't it?

Join the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1518195135078706/ - dołącz.

Zapowiada się dzień pełen przygód! Mnóstwo gier i zabaw dla dzieci, robienie łuku i strzał, rozpalanie ogniska, wytwarzanie przedmiotów z gałęzi, face-painting, story-telling, nauka rozpoznawania roślin, odróżniania jadalnych od niejadalnych... I tak dalej i tak dalej... Polecamy!

This fun filled afternoon is organised by Interfaith Scotland and sponsored by Forestry Commission Scotland.

There will be stalls from 10 diverse faith and belief communities in Glasgow highlighting their connection with the environment; face-painting, henna and delicious vegetarian food!

This will be a chance to come together to learn about and celebrate our shared concern for the natural world around us - we hope to see you there!

Traditional dance workshop in Ayr

 

Traditional Klezmer, Polish and Scottish dance workshop and picnic at Rozelle

is part of the 'Cultural Connections' festival of Scottish Jewish arts and culture.

To see the full programme of free workshops and events go to: http://www.themaclaurin.org.uk/cultural-connections.asp

 

 

Sunday, August the 10th

The Maclaurin Galleries

Rozelle Park

 Ayr, KA7 4NQ.

 

 

All welcome to join this traditional Klezmer, Polish and Scottish dance workshop at 3pm.

Family picnic in the park starts at 12 pm.
Bubble machines and kites welcome!

Bring a picnic or buy refreshments in gallery's tea shop.

Games and competitions with prizes.

Test your knowledge of family trees – join the quiz.

(in case of rain activities will be held indoors)

Songs in many tongues

Here are some photographs from our 1st 'Songs in many tongues' gathering at Sharmanka.

by Tatyana Jakovskaya

a recording will follow soon...