Our idea is to create a patchwork representing the key events in LGBT History over the last 50 years including the first Norwich Pride in 2009 – we’re keen for the patchwork to have a local, national and international context. We’ll have 2 sessions before Christmas:  3 December-(sorry this session is now cancelled)

The project will be led by Stevie Read who’s drawing up a plan for the patchwork for us to fill in dates and ideas for designs. At this stage all we need you to do is bring is lots of enthusiasm.

Hope to see you on Saturday………

http://futureradio.co.uk/podcast/2011/august/pride-live-podcast-15-08-11

Pleased to let you know that Monday’s Pride Live radio show is now available as a podcast!

Enjoy!

Hi everyone, we’ve got an exciting fundraising and awareness-raising event for Norwich Pride tomorrow – a Rainbow Market at St Gregory’s Centre for the Arts, Pottergate.
We’ll be selling our Pride mugs, rock, scones, rainbow flags, bracelets, umbrellas; as well as prints and postcards of Eloise O’Hare’s beautiful painting of City Hall wrapped in the Pride Scarf. Pride tshirts and bags will be printed whilst-u-wait by Vicki and Jo from Print-to-the-People and it’s your last chance to make a mini-me for the Pride banner.
There will also be a range of other stalls from friends and supporters of Norwich Pride including LGBT books, jewellery, crafts, balloons, photos, massages, tarot-readings, cake mixes…..
Pride Poet Laureate Vince Laws will open the event at 11am and the Pride Choir will be busking outside from midday. We’ll also have some songs from the musicals from the Norwich Alternative Theatre Company.
St Gregory’s Centre for the Arts hosts the Pride Portrait Gallery so it’s also a great opportunity to have a look round the exhibition and have your photo taken in the frame for our online exhibition.
Please come along and support the event – and forward this email to your contacts. Would be lovely to see you.
all the best
shell xx

Steph’s exhibition “Gifts from the Garden” is at the Tea Lounge until 31st July and is part of the Pride Arts Trail.

The workshop costs £5 or £3 concs – all materials included.

For more information email arts@norwichpride.org.uk

Help raise money and awareness for Norwich Pride by coming to our RAINBOW MARKET at St Gregory’s Centre for the Arts, Pottergate on Saturday 16th July from 11-5pm. You can also stock up on all your rainbow goods and Pride merchandise ready for 30th July.

This all started cos someone gave us 120 top quality trashy lesbian novels and we weren’t sure what to do with them! So we’ve built a market around our Book Stall. If you’ve got any LGBT books or DVDs you’d like to donate to Pride to help raise funds, then bring them along on the day.

We’ve got a range of other stalls booked in – local LGBT groups are having tables to promote their work and raise money and we’ve also got balloons, massages, art on sale. Jo and Vicki from Print-to-the-People will be on site printing Pride tshirts, bags, aprons whilst you wait.

And don’t forget St Gregs is the host of the Pride Portrait Gallery so will be a wonderful place to hang out.

You can hire a table for just £10 (money goes to St Gregs) and sell things – open to all ideas – and if you’d like to donate some of your profits to Norwich Pride, that would be lovely – but you don’t have to. Main thing we want is a lovely, colourful, fun day.

We’ll have entertainment throughout the event – Pride Poet Vince Laws will be opening the Market with poetry and the Pride Choir will be busking outside from midday.

If you’d like to book a stall email info@norwichpride.org.uk  or facebook Shelly Telly or email wownorwich@hotmail.com

Join the Norwich Pride Campaigns and Arts Teams in celebrating IDAHO DAY on Millennium Plain outside the Forum. There will be cakes, balloons, poetry, filmmaking, photography and kissing!

IDAHO Day – International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia – is 17th May. IDAHO Day marks the anniversary of the World Health Organisations’s decision to remove homosexuality from its list of mental disorders in 1990. This year marks the …21st anniversary so we are planning a 21 minute party on Saturday 21st May.

The IDAHO Campaign for 2011 is AS I AM (We are all different and all unique. It is our differences that complete our humanity. Yet, everywhere daily homophobia and transphobia wants to eradicate the uniqueness in us) and they are asking people to upload creative videos/photos/artwork on the theme to the international IDAHO site (www.idahomophobia.org ).

Pride Poet Vince Laws has got a poem that fits neatly with the theme (“Everyone is different, And everyone’s the same, Because we all came from The same ball of slime.”) so our plan is to get 80 different people to each read out a word and we’ll film them and edit this into a movie and send it in. We’re planning to do this on Millennium Plain on 21st May at 2.10pm so please tell all your friends to come.

If you’ve recently celebrated your 21st birthday then please bring along all your 21 themed goodies!

We’ll bring our lovely ornate frame we created for ShakeUp! for some pics for the Pride Portrait Gallery and Vicki and Jo at Print-to-the-People are going to print us some IDAHO tshirts. The Pride Shop will be there and there will be a free piece of Pride Rock for the first 21 people who arrive on Millennium Plain at 2pm. We’ll also be selling 21 of our beautiful new Pride mugs (£5 each) designed by Sammy Bettis. We’re hoping the Pride Choir might come and sing a song or two.

The Campaigns Team are planning a Kiss-In at 2.21pm to end the party in style.

See you all there – you won’t miss us: we’ll be the ones with 21 rainbow flags!

p.s. The Sew Gay Group, the queer quilters with a mission to make a beautiful banner for Norwich Pride are meeting on the first floor of the library on 21st May from 12-2pm. Come along and make your mini-me and sew yourself into the Pride Parade. Lots of fuzzy felt and Pritt Stick available for you to recreate a 6 inch version of yourself!

Saturday at 7:00pm – May 8 at 1:00am

Norwich Arts Centre
St Benedicts St
Norwich, United Kingdom

Book your tickets now as this event is proving popular!

Laugh, dance and cheer as we fill our stage with Pride friends of the past, present and future in the much-awaited warm-up celebration as the city gears towards its third LGBT Pride (which takes place on 30th July).

The line-up…
…Live music from The Barlights, Avosetta and Dying Breeds (winners of Aviva Pride Talent 2011)

Also starring the Pride Choir, Kimberley Moore, Kyle Stewart, the memorable Pequilia Bigtopp and glambolic Titti T-rash, with special guests Fanny Jam.

– The official Norwich Pride Single for 2011 will also be launched!
– DJ sets from Two Tower Sounds and DJ I.S. will fill the bar after the main show.
– There will also be info stalls in the foyer where you can find out about everything LGBT in Norwich.
– Norwich Pride tshirts printed whilst you wait in the garden
– Yarn-bombing by guerilla crocheters!

Doors open from 7pm and the show begins at 8pm. This event is 18+.

Last year’s event was a huge success so book early to avoid disappointment. Tickets are just £5 and £3 concessions to keep Pride events accessible and open to everyone, available in person from Norwich Arts Centre or call 01603 660352.

Remember to help spread the word and forward an invite onto people you think may be interested.

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