🪩 Edinburgh Culture Minute: 18 - 24 September 2024

Welcome to the 59th edition of the Culture Minute, a weekly round-up of Edinburgh’s local creative news, events, jobs, funding and opportunities. The Culture Minute exists thanks to paying subscribers. It’s a busy one this week!

🎭 Wondering how the King’s Theatre renovation is going? A new series of ‘past, present and future’ images shows the scale of the job. Have a look here. - Thanks to the Capital Theatre team for sharing this.

📕 Andy Irvine’s 5Things series is returning in November. Meantime, there’s a 5Things pop-up this Friday at 8:30am. It’s a simple idea: ​1 book, 5 things, lots of new ideas. Mike Coulter, a Creative Director from The Do Lectures, will share five things from Tiny Habits, by Stanford University Professor BJ Fogg. - More details here.

👩‍💻 If you’re interested in digital design, Jemma Rathore of Edinburgh’s Meraki Concept Studio has launched a new series exploring trends, updates and insights from the world of branding. - Episode 1 is a deep dive into typography and why Spotify launched its own custom typeface.

🖼️ Opening on the next two weekends at Coburg House in Leith: Parallels II, the second instalment of a group exhibition from local artists working across jewellery, fine art and illustration. Exhibiting are Anna Gormezano Marks, Jenni Colquhoun, Luing Smith, Sarah Kwan and Solii Brodie. - Full details here.

✍️ There’s a new creative writing workshop at Victor Hugo Deli at the Shore in Leith on Thursday evening. Organised by local writer and events organiser Naomi Head, the event is billed as ‘a fun night of creative writing, chatting, and making new friends’. - Tickets are here.