The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Weekend edition 4 - 6 October 2024
Museum closure, arts funding delay, new music school update, Comic Con stars in town + Sett Studios Flawd Foiks procession through Leith
🌤️️ Good morning Edinburgh. Here’s Friday’s Edinburgh Minute, followed by the weekend guide for paid-subscribers.
🗣️ There was anger at the City Chambers yesterday as councillors voted to temporarily close the People's Story Museum on the Royal Mile to save money. - Local Democracy Reporter Donald Turvill was there.
⮑ Closing the museum is expected to save around £205,000, less than 1% of the forecasted £26.7m budget deficit, reports Alasdair Ferguson in The National.
⮑ Campaigner Jim Slaven described the cost-cutting decision as ‘shameful’, after making his deputation to the Culture Committee.
@forth1newsJim Slaven from the Save the People’s Story campaign giving a deputation to the Edinburgh Council Culture Committee on the recent closure of the city’s working class history museum.
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🎭 Arts organisations across Edinburgh are facing a further three-month wait to hear if they have been awarded funding. Funding body Creative Scotland says its new three-year funding stream is delayed until January because the Scottish Government will not confirm its own allocation of funds until its budget in December.
⮑ The delay has been met with ‘disbelief and despair by a sector which is teetering on the brink’, reports BBC Scotland’s Arts correspondent Pauline McLean.
⮑ Local theatres, festivals and venues are now left on 'cliff edge' of collapse, writes Brian Ferguson in The Scotsman.
❄️ Tickets go on sale today at noon for the Edinburgh’s Christmas 2024 festivities. - First event details will be published later today here.
🏟️ Crowds using the proposed Edinburgh Park Arena could gets integrated tickets covering both event admission and public transport. Lothian Buses, Edinburgh Trams, and ScotRail are in talks with AEG, the company behind the proposed 8,500-capacity venue. - Ian Swanson, Evening News.
🪧 Justice for Palestine Society members reportedly ‘shut down’ Amazon’s stall at a university careers fair in the McEwan Hall. - Megan Norcott & Jamie Calder, The Edinburgh Tab.
🍸 The former Revolution bar on Chambers Street is listed for sale with an annual rent of £195,000. - Kris Gourlay, Edinburgh Live.
🍷 Easter Road’s Cornelius is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a tasting event next month. - More details in this Instagram post.
🛒 Sainsbury’s on Rose Street behind Jenners will close permanently on Saturday before the building gets redeveloped as a hotel. Staff are being redeployed and the firm plans to open a Princes Street shop next year - Ian Swanson, Evening News.
🧸 A tiny red panda baby made her first public appearance at Edinburgh Zoo yesterday. The nine-week-old had her first health check from the wildlife conservation charity’s veterinary team, who said she is ‘doing well and will be named shortly’. - More photos in this gallery by The National.
🧥 The Leith Collective launched its Winter Coat Exchange this week. Last year, it redistributed over 7,000 free coats to those in need, no questions asked. - More details on where to donate/collect at in the Spurtle.
🍛 There’s a new menu at Dishoom and Gaby Soutar has a preview in The Scotsman.
🎵 The Royal High School Preservation Trust is asking Edinburgh residents for their thoughts on the history of the Calton Hill building, and what it should become as a National Centre for Music. Grant MacKenzie, the trust’s Executive Director said: “Our vision is to create a new cultural venue for the local community, drawing on their needs and interests to create a programme of musical performances and activities. Highlighting the heritage of the site will also be fundamental throughout the venue and it’s important for us to understand the current knowledge and views around the history of the building to allow us to shape our plans.” - The survey is here and more information on the overall plans is here.
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📌 “Thanks to the wonderful Edinburgh Minute readers, our 2024 dates have sold out, we have added an additional date on 7th Dec. Come join us in our home for a 6 course tasting menu, inspired by Latin America.” - Thanks to Kevin & Paulina, Hosts, Gringo Supperclub, for sharing this.
📌 “🇵🇸 People are welcome to join the Scottish National Demonstration for Palestine this Saturday 5th October 1pm at the Foot of the Mound. About a year after the most recent escalation of violence against the Palestinians, this demonstration will be a silent funeral procession to commemorate the many lives ended by Israel. Please, wear black.” - More details here.
📌 “Join us for a performance by the acclaimed group Bogle Mufty, a folk band playing Scottish/Irish folk and trad, plus occasionally some American or pop or whatever takes their fancy. St Cecilia's Hall & Music Museum- Saturday, October 5th · 6 - 7pm” - Thanks to Molly Ashmeade, St Cecilia's Hall & Music Museum, for this.
📌 “On Saturday October 5th, painter Kasturi Kiritharan will be running an art workshop via the art collective Look & Draw, exploring texture, mark-making and creative surfaces. You won't want to miss it - from pushing the boundaries of various materials, to finding inspiration in art history, this workshop is perfect for people of all levels who want a pressure-free afternoon of making.” - Thanks to Kasturi Kiritharan, art tutor at Look and Draw for sharing this. Venue: Heart of Newhaven Community Centre.
📌 “Street Photo Social is a FREE monthly(ish) photo walk run for and by street photographers in the Edinburgh area. Our next photo walk is taking place on Saturday 5th October, 2-4pm. We'll walk from Stockbridge through the New Town to the Old Town. A couple of hours shooting scenes and shooting the breeze. Everyone is welcome! 🤗 Meet at Stockbridge Market (Jubilee Gardens) at 2pm.” - Thanks as always to Olly for sharing next weekend’s event details.