March 27, 2008 at 12:38 pm · Filed under Events, Gasworks, Manchester, Premiere
| April 17, 2008 |
| 8:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Joe Gavin has finished his new documentary about the Gasworks, a legendary skatespot in Manchester.
It is being premiered on Thursday April 17th at The Kings Arms, Salford at 8pm. Click here for a map. Entry is £2 on the door.
The Gasworks was boarded off in July last year to the huge dismay of skaters across Manchester, nay, the North, nay, the Country! In response to this, Joe decided to make a documentary commemorating the good times over the last decades at the Gasworks.
If you’ve ever skated there come on down, you might even be in the film!
March 26, 2008 at 5:53 pm · Filed under Photos, Video
I was just sent a link to this Skateboarding School, Skateistan, which aims to help young people in Kabul, Afghanistan develop skills and English through Skateboarding - Awesome!
They have got blueprints for Afghanistans first skatepark and have just had 30 set-ups donated, a 3 fold increase on last years 3 skateboards!
Check out the site here, and here are some photo’s and a video:
March 21, 2008 at 12:46 pm · Filed under Byelaws, Events, Manchester, Protest, Urbis
| April 11, 2008 |
| April 12, 2008 |
Manchester Space Invaders, a local collective, is organising a weekend of events taking place on the 11-12th April in response to an international callout for celebration and defense of autonomous spaces and the alternative cultures they play host to.
What this basically means is that they are getting all manner of Manchester based groups together who feel increasingly marginalised from their own city to protest and party!
They say:
With sky-high rents, the creeping privatisation of public space, and a council willing to close down vital community services and simultaneously sell off swathes of the city centre to luxury property developers and retailers, there has seldom been a time when fighting for autonomous spaces in Manchester has been more important.
Manchester Space Invaders are a collective of autonomous groups and inidividuals working together to reclaim our city…they are mobilising to fight gentrification, ‘regeneration‘ and all the borders that exist within the city. They call for all groups, individuals, networks and families to get involved and to join in our glorious celebration of autonomous spaces.
The events will include a bike-parade, gigs, an open-air fair/park party, plenty of workshops (on topics as diverse as the legal and technical intricacies of squatting and the theory and practicalities of using the independent media), a demonstration and, of course, a free/squat party! Each will take place in such a way as to reclaim public space or celebrate spaces operating free from private ownership, corporate culture and state control. Click here for the line-up.
With the byelaws banning skateboarding, harassment from security guards and police alike, urban “furniture” designed to discourage skating and the recent struggle for SkateMCR funding etc, Manchester Space Invaders hope that the skating community might have some affinity with the motivation behind the events. Also, some of the events will be at URBIS.
I totally agree that these issues are at the core of the problems skaters have in Manchester. So let’s support this cause.
If you’re up for organising any skate related action on the 11th or 12th of April, let us know and we’ll help however we can!
March 18, 2008 at 2:49 pm · Filed under SkateMCR
The consensus from the Save SkateMCR meeting was that people were interested in the idea of setting-up a Co-operative.
But to do that we need to raise 400 pounds…in money, not weight.
Any Ideas?!
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