Hamilton House May Programme

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Welcome Welcome to the May edition of the Hamilton House programme. As always there’s a ton of things to do within the building.

Save the date for our Open Day on 8th June Check out a brief history of the Bristol Bike Project p3, or why not give the Quick Menu Tip: Mung Bean and Red Lentil Dahl recipe a try (over the page).

The Wellbeing offer for this month is Thai Yoga Massage, p10. Sign up quickly as places are limited.

As always there’s full listings for all the Events, Workshops and Exhibitions pages 7 - 10.

Quote of the month...

“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them”. - Ernest Hemingway

Coexist support workspaces for over 200 creative practitioners, artists, designers, social enterprises and small businesses. We also provide community space for people to create, interact, learn, move and play.

If you’re interested in volunteering and contributing to the overall development of Coexist, email: reception@coexistuk.org to organise an interview.

Contact Surf hamiltonhouse.org Call for info on 0117 924 9599 Email info@coexistuk.org Visit Hamilton House,

Artist Of The Month michael powell thecloudgallery.com

80 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3QY (reception is open 9am - 9pm Mon to Fri & 9am - 5pm on Sat) Join us on Facebook and Twitter @ CoexistCIC

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MUNG BEAN AND RED LENTIL DAHL Cook the mung beans in plenty of water until just tender. Meanwhile heat the oil and add the mustard seeds, stir for a minute then add the onion and soften until it starts to colour.

Add the garlic, ginger and turmeric and keep stirring until it all caramelise.

You’ll need: *1 cup mung beans *1 cup red split lentils *1 onion, thinly sliced *2 garlic cloves, crushed *1 inch ginger, peeled and grated *1 or 2 green chillies, whole *olive oil *vegetable bouillon *1 tsp mustard seeds *1 cinnamon stick *1 tsp turmeric *1/2 tsp ground coriander *1/2 can chopped tomatoes *chopped coriander stalks and spinach leaves (optional)

Add the chopped tomatoes (you can also use fresh ones) and 1/2 tsp sugar, cook until the oil seeps out and turns orangy red.

Rinse the red lentils and add to the sauce, together with the cinnamon stick, coriander, green chilli, stock and enough water to cover. Cook until the lentils are almost done, then add the drained mung beans and a little of their cooking liquid if needed. Season with salt to taste and stir in some chopped coriander stalks and spinach leaves if you so wish. Serve with basmati rice or on its own like a soup!

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The Bristol Bike Project A Brief History Of The Bristol Bike Project...

The Bristol Bike Project came into being in December of 2008 after project founders James Lucas and Colin Fan were inspired to set up a charitable bike project while cycling their way through Scandanavia.

DONATE YOUR UNWANTED BICYCLE! Have you got a bike collecting dust in your shed? Then why not bring it along to the project where we will find it a good home?

James volunteering with Bristol Refugee Rights and began to understand the We was are Bristol’s most comprehensive community bike importance and needonfor disadvantaged and marginalised project, focused repairing and relocating unwanted people to be independently mobile in our city. With ridiculously over-priced bus fares and our even more ridiculous bicycles. We aim to help people from all walks of life reliance on the oil industry to fuel our cars, get out on two wheels and for it to be an inclusive and bicycles make perfect sense for navigating experience in the process. and empowering living in an urban environment.

BUY Awere BIKE put up asking for unwanted Posters

Weand sellwithin a variety of reconditioned, second hand bikes at bikes a few days, they started coming in, filling up We ouralso bedrooms and of secondhand and affordable prices. sell a range garden new spaces; parts. we had no idea that unwanted/ unused bicycles were such a huge resource!

HAMILTON HOUSE 80 STOKES CROFT BRISTOL BS1 3QY (Entrance via City Rd.)

SERVICING & REPAIRS

07983 417231

CYCLE MAINTENANCE COURSES

Find out more online at

We quickly outgrew our simple workshop in We offer professional and affordable servicing and repairs thebristolbikeproject@gmail.com an old horse stable on the outskirts of by a qualified Cytech Level 2 mechanic.

Drop in for a free Bristol and our back garden and so moved Mon to Fri 2009.

9am - 5.30pm.

Croft in April intoquotation. our current workshop space in Hamilton House in StokesOpen If you want to get to grips with how your bikeBike works and hostWWW.THEBRISTOLBIKEPROJECT.ORG The Bristol Project a wide variety of workshops be able to do repairs yourself, then this is for you.

Run as well as offering bikes for sale, servicing and repairs, Saturdays, no prior experience mechanic needed. and bikes for hire. To find out more visit their

HIRE A BIKE

website (contact details below)DONATE

YOUR UNWANTED BICYCLE! Have you got

We have a selection of good city bikes, a tandem and bicycle trailer available for hire.

WWW.THEBRISTOLBIKEPROJECT.ORG

We also offer a regular Women’s Night, Bike Kitchen and thebristolbikeproject@gmail.com Volunteers Evening where our fully equipped workshop is 07983 417231 open to the public.

Open Mon to Fri 9am - 5.30pm

a bike collecting dust in your shed? Then why not bring it HOUSE along to the HAMILTON project where we will 80 STOKES CROFT find it a good home?

BRISTOL BS1 3QY (Entrance via City Rd)

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Paruski Paruski

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thu thu9 9 Jez JezHellard HellardBand BandMan Man ofof many many parts parts Jez Jez Hellard Hellard writes writes and and sings sings and and plays plays a fine a fine guitar. guitar.

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Canteen CanteenJazz JazzSession Session

AnAn open open jazz jazz jam jam session session for for seasoned seasoned players players toto join join the the house house trio trio and and others others in in exploring exploring classic classic jazz jazz & latin & latin tunes. tunes.

Dirk DirkLandish Landish

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wed wed15 15 Dromedary DromedaryThis This mysterious mysterious coming coming together together ofof Richard Richard ‘Velvet ‘Velvet Chestnut’ Chestnut’ Hughes, Hughes, lost lost troubadour troubadour from from a deserted a deserted circus, circus, and and Hungarian Hungarian percussionist percussionist Adam Adam Pettick.

Pettick.

thu 16 Dhakla

Uniquely fabulous (or fabulously unique) acoustic drum & brass outfit that summons the spirit of Balkan wedding bands and New Orleans marching hip-hop.

fri 17 sat 18

sun 19

Big Boss Man

Hard and fast rhythm merchants from London. Big Boss Man describe their sound as ‘a hip, Heavy Hammond hybrid of pop, 6Ts R’n’B/Latin soul and funk.

Brass Junkies

dynamic 8 piece brass band inspired by the Mardi Gras sounds of New Orleans street bands. Two trumpets, two saxophones, trombone, drums and tuba keeping it funky. this high-energy, good-time music will bring some carnival atmosphere to the place!

Aytch & Co original doesn’t say the half of it: this time-warped mismatch of lost acoustic hippyness is a charming reminder that things don’t have to sound the same.

mon 20

Brooke Sharkey Writer of willowy delicacy, singer of effortless sincerity - Brooke Shields has something of the Sandy Denny about her heart-on-sleeve poetry and vocal poise.

tue 21

Woody Pines He cut his teeth busking the streets of New orleans in a jug band but

these days North Carolina’s Woody Pines leads his own combo. a rootsy fusion of viper blues and ragtime that has all the conviction of the dusty 78 still spinning on Granpaw’s back porch.

wed 22

Stevie-Jo Dooley singing bass player Stevie-Jo Dooley’s remarkable originality as songwriter and musician has already begun to make waves in these here parts.

thu 23 The Brackish Totally intriguing ‘experimental rock jazz’ project with all the makings, Their Canteen debut last year was an awesome progfest of uninhibited art-rockism in the Old Style, combining flailing unexpectedness and wickedly cheesy chops in equal measure.

fri 24

sat 25

Orchestra Pirouette

What happens when a whole bunch of circus people from France and the UK pool their mutual musical energy in the cause of A Good Time? Something like this frenzy of Balkan funk and hip-hoppery. one big musical fun party a-rooting and a-tooting to the max.

The Duval Project Picking up from his much-missed Backyard project, trumpeter Gary Alesbrook brews awesomely funky original jazz with this rocking 5-piece supergroup.

sun 26

(Afternoon) Mike Willox Trio

Ubiquitous ivory-tinkler Mike Willox reveals his inner lounge lizard as he takes this opportunity to explore his wide-ranging repertoire.

(Evening) JuJu Nations DJ Set

Cardiff Dj Outfit.

mon 27 tue 28

Funk, Afrobeat & Reggae from this renown

Canteen Jazz Session

An open jazz jam session for seasoned players to join the house trio and others in exploring classic jazz & latin tunes.

Leo James As much a guitarist as a singer/songwriter, Leo James draws on the roots of English and US folk in writing his material before adding impeccable finger-picking.

Wed 29

Andy Christie Quartet Welcome return of this jazz pianist, formerly of this parish, who’s lately released a new album ‘Imaginary Friends’

thu 30

Khantara multi-instrumentalist Anthar Khantara’s deep love for his Colombian musical heritage gives him the courage to explore new ways to take it forward without losing the music’s soul.

fri 31

George Mabuza Group

This superstar combo of Bristolian jazzers is an ongoing celebration of the late local hero George, a great sax player and tunesmith with a carnival soul, ensuring that his lively, danceable Caribbean street-jazz isn’t lost.

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what’s on this month

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Clowning School Sat 4th & Sun 5th May, £65-£85 Roll up, roll up, for an epic 2 day journey into the wonderful world of the Clown. Come laugh, play and celebrate your unique stupidity.

More info: holly@hollystoppit.com | 07894 015 937 Transformations

Sun 12th May, 7.00-10.30pm An evening of Argentine Tango performances by advanced dancers from the Netherlands and the UK. More info: cielito.nl |info@cielito.nl

Wild Feet Sat May 11th & Wed August 17th

Find out about the process of financial management and gain confidence to deal with your groups money.

More info: swcn.org.uk | 0117 9848169

The Daring Buds Of May Sat 4th May, 10am-4pm

What if we’re the people we’ve been waiting for? Are you ready to connect with like minds, and wake up to what’s possible when we pull together in creative new ways?

More info: daringbuds.eventbrite.co.uk |bethechangeinitiative.org

Spanish Classes 8th April - 9th May £48

Spanish courses taught using a communicative method by experienced and qualified native teachers.

More info: caneleb@hotmail.com | speak.spanish.gracias@gmail.com

Speak English Like A Native various times (email for details) Come and improve your English in a safe and encouraging environment with an experienced native teacher.

More info: englishlessonsinbristol@gmail.com 6 Degrees Of Separation 22nd Apr - 4th May 4-8pm Come and paint with the artist Narbal as part of the fundraiser to redo the foyer at Hamilton House. Prints available for sale at the end of the exhibition.

More info: hamiltonhouse.org/exhibitions hamiltonhouse.org

able of events, workshops & exhibitions within Hamilton House: Positive Image 27th May - 2nd June (Private view: 28th, 6-8pm) A charity exhibition to raise awareness of the new Midwife Led Birth Unit opening this summer at St Michael’ hospital. The works in Positive Image should inspire, calm and provide focus for Bristol’s birthing women and their families.

More info: awooz@hotmail.com Lucy Portman 11th-24th June (Private view 12th June) Lucy Portman exhibits a range of work based on personal encounters with her environment. An exploration into the communion of our internal and external nature, spontaneous and a direct response to our animate world. Mediums include oil, beeswax, and ink.

More info: lucyportman.com

ashtanga yoga Ashtanga Yoga is a 2000 year old system. and was created to cleanse and detox the body and mind. It does this by working through “Samskaras” or stiffness and pain that manifests in the physical body created by our mind and emotions. The aim of the practice is to prepare us for meditation.

The class incorporates challenging asanas (postures) with Ujjayi breath (victorious or heating). It is a grounding yet energising, flowing and dynamic yoga practice which develops a strong, steady body and mind. Each session is focused but friendly and everyone is welcome! You don’t need to be able to touch your toes but do be prepared to sweat!

Ashtanga is challenging but so rewarding and many other dynamic yoga systems are based on Ashtanga principles.

Contact Fiona to find out more 0753 222 1833 | yogarevolution.co.uk

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weekly Workshops & Classes A timetable of the regular classes within Hamilton House: sun

Sunday club screenprinting balanced view open meeting drills & thrills * soulful singing* Contact Improvisation Dance

10am-4pm 11.30-12.30pm 12.30-4.30pm 2-4pm 5.30-8.30pm

mon

astanga yoga 1-2pm Bengali Massage 2-5.30pm womens bike night 6-9pm Beginners African Dance 6.30-8pm Capoeira 8.15–10.15pm Astanga Yoga 8.15-9.45pm

tue

Hatha Yoga 12-1pm learn to meditate effectively 1-2pm Sports Massage 2-6pm Non Dual Therapy 2.30-5.30pm Intermediate African Dance 6.30-8pm Zumba 6.30-7.30pm Ukulele & guitar workshop 7-8pm Hatha Yoga 7-8.30pm 5 Rhythms Dance 8-10pm Group Improv. Bellydance 8:15-9:15pm Tribal Fusion Belly Dance 9.30-10.30pm

wed

fix-a-bike 10am-5pm Beginners Capoeria 10.30am-12pm Lunchbox Choir 11.30am-1pm Low Cost Healing 12-8pm self defence 4.30-5.30pm Drumming 6-8pm Beginners Tango 6.30-8pm psychodrama group 6.30-8.30pm Salsa 8-10pm

thur

Holistic/Thai Yoga Massage 9.30-1.30pm Acupuncture 11-2.30pm Pilates (beginner) 12.15-1pm pilates (intermediate) 1-1.45pm Holistic/Deep Tissue Massage 2-5pm thai foot massage 2-5pm

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Homeopathy* 2-6pm Bengali Massage 2-8pm Kid’s Capoeira 4.30-5.30 bristol health choir 5.45-7.45pm Ballates 6-7pm Holistic Massage & Reiki 6-9.30pm Massage & Aromatherapy 6-9.30pm Shiatsu & Holistic Massage 1-5pm Ballet 7-8pm bike kitchen 7.30-10.30pm Capoeira 8.15-10.15pm

fri

after school bikes Five Rhythms Dance flamenco dance class

3.30-6.30pm 8-10pm 6-7pm

sat

Kazimba 10.30-12pm Nia Dance 12.30-1-30pm hip hop 7-8pm

wellbeing

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denotes a monthly workshop, class or therapy. for more information on the workshops, classes or therapies visit us at our website: www.hamiltonhouse.org/calendar here you’ll find the latest up-to-date information including descriptions, prices and contact details. if you can’t find the information you need give our reception a ring at: 0117 924 9599 or you could scan this here q-code!

Thai Yoga Massage

Special offer: £30 for an hour, £45 for an hour & a half.

Natasha Byrne Charlie Robertson Anwar Ratha

07944780874 07969348934 07769616857

Thai Yoga Massage is a combination of rhythmic pressure and passive Yoga stretches to stimulate the flow of energy around the body. a relaxing and rejuvenating therapy that works the whole body along a system of energy lines and is performed fully clothed on a futon.

The therapy includes rhythmic pressing and stretching of the entire body. There is a standard procedure and rhythm to the massage, which the practitioner will adjust to fit each individual client.

wellbeing.coexistuk.org 0117 924 9599

Space for Hire Hamilton House has a variety of creative, educational, event, exhibition, meeting & studio spaces to hire throughout the year, for more information see below:

Events

A fully equipped events space for theatre productions, music performance and all other inspiring events. Theatre drapes, lighting and PA available on request.

To start planning your event email: bookings@coexistuk.org

Offices/Studios

Four floors packed with a wide range of affordable studio / office spaces. Prices start from £55 PCM and include electricity & wi-fi. 24/7 access is available.

For more info email: space@coexistuk.org

Hotdesking

Providing flexible, affordable desk space on a temporary or long-term basis. A central location, inspiring view and networking opportunities. Space available from £10 per day - rates include wi-fi & tea! Facilities include printer, kitchen & communal mailbox service.

For more info email: hotdesking@coexistuk.org

Exhibitions

A large and airy exhibition / gallery space with an expansive front terrace.

We welcome fine art, photography, sculpture, groups, charities and installations. Invigilated Mon to Sat. For more info email: exhibitions@coexistuk.org

Meetings

From quick meetings to catered conferences Hamilton House can accommodate all your requirements. Central location, competitive prices and friendly staff.

For more info email: bookings@coexistuk.org

Kitchen

Fully functioning newly renovated community kitchen available for hire with a full gas range, oven and fridge. Ideal for catering, cooking lessons and start-up businesses. For more info email: bookings@coexistuk.org

Wellbeing

Four beautiful purpose built treatment rooms to suit a wide range of therapists. If you’re a practicing therapist looking to rent a room we’d love to hear from you, please contact: wellbeing@coexistuk.org

Dance Studios

Two large purpose built professional dance studios with integrated sound system. Studio two also includes floor to ceiling mirrors and a sprung floor. If you’re interested in booking this space email: bookings@coexistuk.org

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