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At Now Then, we want to to tell stories that play an active role in shaping real & lasting change.
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A few photos from last night's premiere of 'How to Get Filthy Rich', the new series from @garyseconomics, who was then interviewed by the excellent @krishgm.
In partnership with @sheffdocfest.
(📸: ADVA Photography)
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Jun 11
Later this month, we'll be launching a new series of articles on river stewardship and nature connection in collaboration with academics at Hallam University.
To illustrate the series, we'd like you to send us your historical photos of the River Don 📸📣
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A citizen investor campaign by @musicvenuetrust to buy the building that houses Sheffield-based queer and community arts venue Gut Level has been successful, securing their presence in the city for the long term.
✍️ Sam Gregory
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Kinder Scout has been designated one of 19 such ‘holy mountains’ around the world... this is the sort of thing Sheffield seems unusually good at producing: part archaeology lecture, part pub conversation, part cosmic prank.
✍️ Wayne Hoyle
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With the baton passed to @SidneyMatilda, any doubts this year’s @_FloatAlong Festival in #Sheffield will offer anything less than the very best in one-day indie programming can be dispelled with immediate effect.
✍️ @TeaAndACatchUp
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"There's no shortage of empty shops on high streets"
@HyphaStudios' flagship project in the north has seen them take over an old Wilkos in Hillsborough, #Sheffield, turning it into a gallery and studio complex over three spacious floors.
✍️ Sam Gregory
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⚡Lower bills, shared knowledge and community action.
🌱🏡Sam Walby reports for @nowthenmag on Green Streets Club, a Sheffield project showing how collective action can help households benefit from solar energy.
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Gary Stevenson got rich by reading the markets better than anyone. Now he's using that same sharp eye to take the whole system apart.
On 14 June, we're teaming up with @sheffdocfest to host the premiere of a brand-new series by @garyseconomics
Tickets ➡️ sheffdocfest.com/film/how-ge…
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There’s a deliberate simplicity to their music, but it’s never flat: instead, it carries a warm, homespun energy that feels both personal and gently eccentric.
Chinese American Bear (@beary_big_bears) at @YellowArch.
✍️ @daniel_atherton
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Hidden Track is a monthly series dedicated to promoting and showcasing contemporary classical music in Sheffield.
They're celebrating their first birthday on Monday 1 June at The Beaten Track on Campo Lane with an evening of live performances 🎶
Deets ⤵️
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"Unless steps are taken to avert the democratic crisis before us, we could soon see a party with 25% of the vote take 100% of control." @nowthenmag nowthenmagazine.com/articles…
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May 27
"Neither of my parents are from Sheffield, so it was down to me to discover bassline"
We sat down with rising DJ and producer Warpfit to chat about his journey from Heeley to becoming one of the most exciting selectors in the country.
✍️ @ArkoDjourno
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Next month, we're partnering with @SheffDocFest to bring renegade economist and inequality expert @GarysEconomics to Sheffield.
Gary got rich by reading the markets better than anyone. Now he's using that same sharp eye to take the whole system apart ⤵️
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May 22
"You either lean into it – bleak, grimy, industrial surroundings – or you go, fuck that, give me some glamour"
@DanielDylanWray's new book is a love letter to Sheffield's music scene, and the oddballs & one-offs charting their own course.
✍️ @Wayne_Hoyle
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May 22
Sheffield's annual Kelham Island extravaganza @gettogetherfest reaches ambitious new heights with standout performances from Lime Garden, Formal Sppeedwear and the mercurial Modern Woman.
✍️ Steve Hunting
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May 21
"There's lots of things nature needs that it doesn't get from the systems we have now"
Working out of a hideaway in the Loxley Valley, @WildSheffield has tasked Andrew Vickers with creating ‘eco-niches’ for threatened species to call home.
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May 21
"We did think of calling our EP ‘women complaining’, as that's what a lot of our songs are about, but we settled on Cattle Grid and kept it simple!"
Cattle Grid at @YellowArch.
✍️ Steve Hunting
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For centuries, our legal systems have treated nature as something to be owned and exploited. But a bold new movement is challenging this paradigm ✊
Still a few tickets left for @JessicadenOuter in #Sheffield at Festival of Debate tomorrow night.
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This is a must see on Thursday night…@drbramwell
May 19
“It’s partly a coming-of-age story, But it’s also about re-enchantment. About recognising that magic exists in everyday life.”
@DrBramwell brings his innovative new show 'The Haunted Moustache' to @PerfVenuesSheff this Thursday.
✍️ Wayne Hoyle
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“It’s partly a coming-of-age story, But it’s also about re-enchantment. About recognising that magic exists in everyday life.”
@DrBramwell brings his innovative new show 'The Haunted Moustache' to @PerfVenuesSheff this Thursday.
✍️ Wayne Hoyle
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