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Polarbear’s new show – Return – highly recommended

I went to see it last night at Battersea Arts Centre and loved it. For information go to http://www.homeofpolar.com/ It’s on until 25 March, it’s form is orginal and the story will strike a chord with anyone who has moved away from home or left a world behind. Elizabeth

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Newcastle poets get international recognition

Led by Valerie Laws, the Newcastle group performed at York Science Learning Centre in October. The young poets were recorded by Martina Maskova, presenter of Czech radio station Radio Cesko. Check out the show on Tuesday 17 November at www.radiocesko.cz — just look for Studio Cesko.

Asides

• Check out the Nu Century Arts Blog for their piece on Evolving Words, Soweto Kinch and Birmingham lead poet Kimberly Trusty. #
• Check out this new podcast of poetry from the Evolving Words project at World Museum Liverpool. If you really like it, you can download the podcast to keep — you can even download the transcript! #
• Check out Mark Adams' views on evolutionary manufacturing in the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Journal. Find out more about him at http://www.thersa.org/events/speakers-archive/a/mark-adams. #
• National Poetry Competition 2009 First prize £5000 enter online at www.poetrysociety.org.uk Deadline 31 October 2009 #
• Check out our profile of Soweto Kinch in the Creatives section of the People pages (on the righthand side). He will be performing for Evolving Words at The Forum, Wellcome Collection on 19 November 2009. #