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summer months...> Internationally acclaimedsculptor Adam Williamsonis hosting a Stone CarvingWorkshop at Westbury ArtsCentre, this Saturday andSunday.Hisprestigiouscommissionsinclude pieces for the Princeof Wales, Kew Gardens andWestminster Abbey.Students will learn simplemasonry and carving exer-cises, but places are limited.Call www.westburyartscen-tre.co.uk

MK Society of Artists willhold its monthly meeting on

WednesdaywelcomingCarolHill, who will give a demon-stration taking in all aspectsof watercolour work.Carol – a member of the So-ciety of Women Artists – hasexhibited at the prestigiousMallGalleriesinLondon,andlots morethatshecantellyouabout on Wednesday.The meeting is at The Buszy,Eldergate, from 7.30pm.Non-members are welcomefor £5.

The Pipe Shop Boyz, below-left,willdelivertheirtoe-tap-ping, table-thumping set forlisteners at The Clock Tower,Emerson Valley this Fridaynight , from 9pm.

The Alzheimer’s Society &Marie Curie Nurses will bethe beneficiaries of a musicevent at York House, StonyStratford, this Wednesday,from midday through to9.30pm.

Inter-ActionhostsLovelinessFestival Part 2 on Sunday –with plenty of free funfor allthe family, including exhibi-tions,workshops,livemusic,performances, poetry, firedrawing, drama, comedy,cocktail, food and – all beingwell – sun!Pop along from 1pm...

Also on Sunday, the eighthannual World Picnic will bemunching away in CampbellPark, with music, dance andcultures fusing in a wonder-ful, colourful afternoon.Entry is free, parking at Cen-tral Milton Keynes shoppingcentre is best, from 1pm...

At MK Gallery, the ProjectSpace Exhibition this weekcomes courtesy of HolgerKilumets, one of eight art-ists from universities in theregion showing out over the

A whole lot of Lovelinessarts round-up

Not that he is alone: “Bob is al-ways there to offer guidanceand friendship,” he added.The relationship betweenthe ginger cat and his friendhas become a worldwide hit– translated in 25 languages,it spent more than a year inthe Sunday Times bestsellercharts,sittingprettyinthetopspot for much of that time.The book success broughtwith it a blossoming ‘fan club’and the duo now have thou-sands of twitter and Facebookfans, who snap pictures of thebook on their travels all overthe world.GO! got involved too andsnapped Bob right on the bor-derofFinlandandSwedenlastyear, see right.Now, Bob’s puddy-tat loversare being rewarded; the sec-ond tome, The World Accord-ing To Bob, hit bookshelvesearlier this month.It continues where the debutread left off – telling of theways in which Bob and Jameshave protected each otherthrough times of illness andhardship, and how muchhappiness they bring to oneanother.Bob is an amazing cat, butJames is an amazing fella,who has managed to escapethe grip of addiction.

I’ve piles of rock ‘n’ roll mem-oirs and biographies which Ilove, but most are a ‘work inprogress’ and haven’t beenread cover to cover. Yet.But last summer an enchant-ing read about one-timehomeless man,JamesBowen,and stray cat, (later namedBob), proved the exception.I bought it on a mini breakto Brighton, ‘pawed’ over thepages and digested every lastword in little over a day.That’s impressive for me, butthen the story of A Street CatCalled Bob is impressive too,not to mention heartwarm-ing.“Since Bob has appeared, I’vemade huge strides in my life,”James said.“For more than a decade I wasa homeless drug addict.“I was lost to the world andhad forgotten what was im-portant in life.“Now I’ve got myself back onmy feet, but as I put the pastbehind me, I’m still steppingunsteadily into the future.

by sammy jonessammy.jones@jpress.co.uk@sammyjonespress

book signing

Tomorrow, the duo willbe visiting Milton Keynes

to meet fans and sign cop-ies of the new book.

Get your signature andpaw print at WH Smith inthecentre:mk from 1pm.

A cAt-ALogue of sorts:bob And JAmes

black feathers causes a flap!

to live,” she explained.“One of the most remarkableandiconiccreaturesin MiltonKeynes is the gorgeous blackcrows.“They inspired this project...”Edith – who has her studioat Artworks MK – has beenshortlisted for the British Ce-ramicsBiennalAwardin2013,

taking place between Sep-tember and November at thePotteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent.Visit www.nenadot.com formore artist details, and fol-low her on Twitter @nenadotfor those birdy clues!

> View an interview withEdith at miltonkeynes.co.uk

Over thepastcouple ofweeks,residents of Milton Keyneshave been invited to followTwitter led clues to find oneof a limited number of freesculptures, by artist EdithGarcia.AHA–MK commissioned Ed-ith to make the ceramic piec-es, all crows, which she hasbeenleavingatrandomplacesacross the city.Whoever finds the birds getsto keep them.The project – rolling out aspart of MK Gallery’s Made inMKsummerexhibition–runsuntil the end of the month sothere is still time to follow theclues and get your mitts onone.But why crows?“I have found that since mymove to Milton Keynes fromLondon more than four yearsago, it is the nature and greenspaces that make MK such anamazing and wonderful place

sculpture giveaway

time to crow About it: Birdy brilliance with Black Feathers

The oldest parts of MiltonKeynes are steeped in histo-ry and one of the things wedo best is combining the oldwith the new.Nowhere better demon-strates this than the expan-sion of the eastern flank ofMK, and the Friends of StLawrence Church – in theOld Broughton Village – arekeen to give interested peo-ple the chance to learn moreabout their corner of the‘new city’.The medieval paintings in-side the church have quitesome stories to tell –theywere plastered over in the16th Century, but rediscov-ered during an 1849 resto-ration, and are the pride ofthe area.On Saturday, at 3pm, Profes-sorRichardMarkswillgive atalk on the paintings to coin-cide with the Festival of Brit-

Archaeologyfestival 2013

ish Archaeology.Tickets are £8, which in-cludes tea or Pimms andstrawberries and cream.Call07966341674fortickets.

> MK Discovery Centre atBradwellAbbey is support-ing the Festival of Archaeol-ogy 2013, and will open itsdoorsthis weekend for Med-icine Through the Ages.A display of medical arte-factsandtalksonthehistoryof medicine will feature be-tween 11am and 3pm eachday,andonSaturdayyoucanenjoy herb walks and talkstoo, while Sunday presentsfun activities for families inthe herb garden .A master-surgeon re-enac-tor will be on hand, alongwith gardener Brother Cad-fael.Guided tours of the Pilgrimchapel and medievel site,and plant sales and refresh-ments make this a great wayto spend a couple of hours.

> In Olney, theCowper & New-

ton Museum in-vites you to bring

archaeological ob-jectsalongtobeiden-tified by the visiting

Finds Liaison Officerand her team on Sat-

urday, while Sundaypresents ‘archaeologi-cal awesome’ activities

for kids and adults.

ArchAeoLogy

what’s on

one man andhis bob...

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New Orleans songwriter An-drew Duhon brings his blendof raw and personal songs toStage 2 this evening.Influenced by blues and folkmusic, Andrew’s music andperformances reflect his per-spective in a very real way ashe sings with absolute convic-tionabouttheissuesthatmat-ter to him.Whether it’s love that cross-es colour lines, a family chal-lenged by life’s unexpectedturns or the woeful tale ofa city left to drown, Duhon

brings his audience intothe most intimate of spacesthrough his storytelling.Friday sees a change of pacewith The Fortunes – Past andPresent.The hit band of the 60s and70s will perform all the tunesyou’d expect (You’ve Got YourTroubles, Here It ComesAgain,StormInATeacup)anda few drawn from their timesin other bands.Call MK 280800 to book.The new Stables season willkick off at the end of August.

The last few shows beforeThe Stables takes its summerbreak roll out this week, start-ing tonight with The Pasade-naRoofOrchestra,whowillbePuttin’ on the Ritz.Timeless classics from theGreat American Songbookwill spill after 8pm.Their set comes with all theexpected finesse, togetherwith a big measure of wit andhumour to help things along.

Orchestra is up on the roofthe stables

Theatre

The pasadena rOOf OrchesTra: Timeless classics, with plenty of wit and humour to boot

sOfia naTiOnal balleT: A triple-tastic treat of fancy footwork and finesse, starting at Milton KeynesTheatre on Monday

the performance, the danc-ers,theymergewiththemusicand you really create a uniqueexperience every time.”The company’s outstandingtalents will be perfectly show-cased throughout the threeproductions as magnificentartistry, elaborate sets andstunning costumes combineto bring the narratives alive.AudiencesonMondayeveningwill be treated to the poignantromantic era ballet of Giselle.This is the story of a lovelypeasant girl who has a passionfor dancing.When she discovers that theman she loves is engaged tosomeone else, she flies into atragic fit of grief and dies of abroken heart.The two-act ballet is a chill-ing and heart-rending tale oflove, treachery and forgive-ness from beyond the grave.

Ballet fans are in for a treatthis week when a triple billof classic productions gracethe stage of Milton KeynesTheatre.

The Sofia National Balletcompany will perform threebreathtaking ballets – Giselle,Don Quixote and Swan Lake– as part of their very first UKsummer tour.The Bulgarian company –which is steeped in the Rus-sian classical tradition – wasformed in 1928 and has be-come a national cultural in-stitution in Bulgaria.Fast developing an inter-national reputation, SofiaNational Ballet features 90performers, including an ac-claimed corps de ballet and afull orchestra.Artistic director, Sara-NoraKristeva, told GO!: “We verymuch prefer to have a live or-chestra because it is a specialoccasion for the dancer.“When you have real music– live music – playing during

sofia tip-toein for ballet

sofia balletis a nationalculturalinstitutionin bulgaria

by georgina butlergeorgina.butler@jpress.co.uk@GeorginaLButler

balleT Tuesday evening’s perform-ance of Don Quixote guaran-tees thrilling technique andexplosive balletic fireworks.Theenchantingstoryofanec-centric yet noble old gentle-man who dreams of a fantasyworldfullofbraveknightsandbeautiful ladies mixes flam-boyant Spanish passion withlove, duels and spectacularchoreography.Perhaps the best-known ro-mantic ballet of all time, SwanLake, tells the story of Odette,a princess turned into a swanby an evil sorcerer’s curse.She returns to her humanform at night but the only wayfor the spell to be entirely bro-ken is through the power ofeternal love between Odetteand a young man who will re-main faithful to her.Experiencetheelectricitycre-ated when the lead ballerinaadopts the dual roles of thewhite swan (Odette) and theblackswan(Odile,daughterofthe evil sorcerer) on Wednes-day (2.30pm and 7.30pm).Tickets start at £12, rising to£36.Book for these ballet favour-ites through the Box Officeon 0844 871 7652 or online atwww.atgtickets.com/milton-keynes.

shrewd move for cineworld> The stunning grounds ofWinslow Hall will welcomeaudiences for performancesof the opera Carmen from to-day until August 3.LastyearrestauranteurChris-topher Gilmour, the owner ofthe magnificent mansion,opened up his gardens to in-vite Stowe Opera to performunder a canopy in the beauti-ful space.

Now known as Winslow HallOpera, the company is run byfounder and music directorRobert Secret and the per-formers are looking forwardto performing in the stunninggrounds one again.Visit www.winslowhallopera.co.uktobookandforfullshowdetails.

Experience the world’s mostfamous stage this week – on-screen at Cineworld.AudiencescanenjoyTheTam-ing of the Shrew from Shake-speare’s Globe on Screenseason,broadcastinitsentire-ty in pristine digital cinemaquality–withfull5.1surroundsound – on Monday at 7pm.

cinema

The Taming Of The shrew: Big screen delivery at Cineworld

A triple-tastic treat of fancy footwork and finesse, starting at Milton KeynesA triple-tastic treat of fancy footwork and finesse, starting at Milton Keynes