Latin America

Songs, Jigs n' Sambas

2 Apr 2011 - 7:30pm
2 Apr 2011 - 10:00pm
Etc/GMT

The Fiddle Orchestra (the Fife Strathspey & Reel Scoiety) & the East Fife Male Voice Choir invite you to an evening of Songs, Jigs n' Sambas

Dunfermline Alhambra Theatre

an exiting international event of Scottish and Brazilian music of Song, Fiddle and Dance to raise funds for the New Destiny Trust, a Charity from Fife helping the Street Children of Brazil

Also featuring Scottish and Brazilian dancers, piper, drummer and ghe Glaswegian Samba Band "SAMBAYABAMBA"

Theatre Box Office Monday to Friday 0900-1600
Tel 01383 740384 ticket price £12/conc £10

Haiti Orphans Benefit Concert

15 May 2010 - 7:30pm
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Gala Concert, in aid of SOS Children’s Villages’ Haiti Orphans’ Appeal.

SOS Children’s Villages care for 78,000 orphaned children in 500 villages in 124 countries. www.soschildren.org Money raised will be towards long-term care of the Haiti orphans

Celebrating Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 150th Anniversary
Featuring the Sherlock Violin (made by Edinburgh violin maker Steve Burnett of Edinburgh, from the tree that grew in the garden of Conan Doyle’s childhood home.

First half:
Vivaldi - Four Seasons

Second half:
Celebrating Sir Arthur Conan Doyle´s 150th Aniversary

Fundraising Ceilidh for the victims of the Chilean Earthquake

23 Apr 2010 - 7:30pm
23 Apr 2010 - 11:30pm
Etc/GMT

The 2010 Chilean earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile[4] on February 27, 2010, at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), rating a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale and lasting 90 seconds.[5][6] It was strongly perceived in six Chilean regions (from Valparaíso in the north to Araucanía in the south), that together make up 80% of the country's population. The cities experiencing the strongest shaking—VIII (Destructive) on the Mercalli intensity scale—were Arauco and Coronel, Chile.

Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Group

18 Apr 2010 - 10:00am
18 Apr 2010 - 5:00pm
Etc/GMT

Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh
17 West Mongomery Place

Scottishy Cuba Solidarity Campaign

The Scottish Cuba Solidarity Campaign (SCSC) is a non-party political voluntary organisation, open to individuals or organisations to join.

We campaign for the defence of Cuba and to support its peoples’ right to self determination.

Despite the 40 year old illegal blockade and ongoing aggression the lives of all Cubans have been transformed since the revolution. Outstanding achievements in education, healthcare and other social improvements have been made. Education is free to the highest level. Medical care is also free.

Repression and resistance! Report of social movements of Mexico

30 Jul 2009 - 7:30pm
Etc/GMT

Location: Augustine United Church, 41 George IV bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
All welcome, free admission.
First hand report from Rubén Valencia Nuñez of Oaxaa, Mexico.
Activist in the social movement in Oaxaca, in APPO and VOCAL.
Information from the front-line: on the struggle for autonomy, land and liberty in Oaxaca, Atenco and Chiapas in Mexico.
On the brutal state response: Ruben himself was the victim of an attempted assassination in January 2009.
www.edinchiapas.org.uk

Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh

ACE, 17 West Montgomery Place, EH7 5HA
0131 557 6242
ace@autonomous.org.uk
Open: Tuesdays 1-4pm, Thursday 6pm - 8pm and Saturdays 11am-6pm

Description from ACE website:
ACE is a self-managed, unfunded (completely independent) social resource Center, open for groups or individuals to use who are trying to make a better society and improve their lives. If you have a project you want to get off the ground but are struggling for lack of resources ACE is the place for you. There's also different projects already happening at ACE who'd all love for new folk to get involved
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