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"My grandmother said she would come and haunt me if I ever missed a vote for all the work that they had done to get girls and women the vote".
Brenda Oldfield is 89 and has voted in every election. She tells us why voting matters.
๐ Start the weekend on a positive note with Folk Features:
๐ผ๏ธ Artist Cathy Wildโs first solo exhibition
๐ @Dipples_Norwich to open showroom in @JarroldNorwich
๐ @LThomasSkinCare column
๐ชฉ Meet โearly years disco queenโ Lizzie Hawes at @danceeast
https://t.co/W3JGQjwq6R
If proof were needed that art offers something news can't, it's the repeat of #ArtofPersia at a time of deep trauma, offering a long view of the remarkable people of Iran. Ep 1 went out on BBC4 Mon, & here's the story behind it... (all eps on @BBCiPlayer) https://t.co/TFH21QaWnr
๐ @SPILL_Festival starts today! Marketing & Communications Officer Rachael shares some of the highlights:
https://t.co/W3JGQjwq6R
#ipswich#folkfeatures
๐ @furtherfield, the not-for-profit which uses art and technology to promote eco-social change, has made its new home in Felixstowe, after nearly 30 years in London!
Read the Q&A with Co-founder Ruth Catlow here:
https://t.co/pmJZIXLwdN
#positivenews#folkfeatures
๐ชฉ An intergenerational regional dance collaboration, which culminates with a performance on Saturday 2nd August at @dance_eastโs Jerwood DanceHouse, has an age range of dancers of between 10 and 84!
https://t.co/3pY6wxFXcw
#folkfeatures
๐ท Alice Underwood
DDFI40 โRage โ A Quiet Riotโ may have ended, but we continue to โrageโ online โ
Some exhibitions that were created, curated or displayed in response to the theme of 'Rage' for #DDFI40 are still available to enjoy online.
Click here https://t.co/OoflfxQiUP
@daraobriain Thanks. Yes, part 2 was easier for me to follow. Perhaps I'm a bit luggy, I even wish Twitter had subtitles. By the way, you might find "Absent Fathers" project by artist Leon Clowes interesting. https://t.co/z2MgUXyZuc
๐ And the top story in March is all about Anna Pool, the new co-Artistic Director and Festival Manager of @KLFestival
Have another read:
https://t.co/e1HbcyRTVp
#positivenews#Norfolk#folkfeatures
Our very own festival reporter, Felix, shares the success of the DDFI40 launch! ๐ฅ
Be sure to join us throughout the month to enjoy a huge selection of art! ๐จ
A reminder that 90% of our programme is free to enjoy:
https://t.co/VMeJ2c717j
Our wonderful Felix headed to the 'Pimp My Wheelchair' launch at Sefton Park Palmhouse ๐ฟ
Commissioned to create new work for #DDFI40, Faith and Janet are โpimping upโ our prosthetics, dressing up crutches, wheelchairs, hearing aids (and more!).
๐ Ruth Stokes, from @norfolk_advice, on the new NORFOLK ANTI-POVERTY ALLIANCE, which launches next week in Norwich:
https://t.co/ou5B3zWb9g
#Norfolk#folkfeatures
@thelizcarr keen to speak with you about something nice on behalf of @DaDaFest and I think we may have been trying you via an old/incorrect email address! Could you kindly DM me here or email me at [email protected] ? ๐