Maynard School hosts 'Jobs for the Girls!’ Careers Fair

Today, g irls aged 12 – 15 years from all Exeter secondary schools will be visiting the Maynard School for a Careers Fair with a difference.

Jobs for the Girls will bring together inspirational women with careers as diverse as Aircraft Engineering and Genetics to encourage girls to pursue careers in traditionally male-dominated fields such as science, technology and engineering.

After hearing about the rich and varied experiences of these professional women, the girls will then meet experts who will guide them through the different options for post-16...

Exeter Chiefs Player Apperance

Event Date: 
09/10/2012 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
The Oddfellows

As part of the Heineken cup, Heineken have set a challenge for the Chiefs players to tackle pouring the perfect pint of Heineken.

This event starts at 7 pm at The Oddfellows on Tuesday 9th October. Other venues in Exeter are participating.

Plus there are tickets for Chiefs games to be won.

The Bollywood Brass Band

Event Date: 
20/10/2012 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Sat 20 Oct - Doors 8:00pm, £12 (£10), with meal £18 (£16)

Lose yourself in Bollywood for the night with the great tunes and compulsively danceable rhythms of the most popular music in the world. The experience is completed with projections of sensational dance sequences featuring India’s greatest actors and actresses, in sync with the live music. Four funky drummers and six hot horns play massive hits from Indian films, all driven by the huge beat of the dhol drum. They’ve been a big hit on the festival circuit,...

Edge Comedy: Lloyd Langford

Event Date: 
14/10/2012 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Sun 14 Oct - 8:00pm, £12 (students £9)

Edge Comedy is bigger and better than ever before! Bringing top UK and TV stand up comedians to Exeter!

This month’s headliner is LLOYD LANGFORD.

LLOYD LANGFORD

As seen on – Dave's One Night Stand, Russell Howards Good News, Ask Rhod Gilbert, and Comedy Store.

‘Lloyd Langford's a smart and properly funny observational comic’
 THE GUARDIAN

‘An experience that seems likely to prove one of my highlights of the Fringe' 
CHORTLE

‘Langford has funny bones. It's wonderfully rare to see a...

Two Moors' Festival Concert at Exeter Cathedral

Event Date: 
15/10/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

One of the highlight performances of this year’s Two Moors Festival, this concert’s theme is commemorating 200 years since Russia’s victory over the French, 50 years since first performance of Haydn’s cello concerto in C major and 40 years since NASA launched Apollo 16

A truly commemorative programme, this cathedral concert includes a performance of Tchaikovsky’s overture – composed in 1880 – to celebrate Russia’s victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Borodino in 1812, while Holst fans will surely appreciate the performance of the Planets Suite’s – a fitting tribute to the success...

What’s On at Exeter’s Timepiece Nightclub and Wine Bar

Event Date: 
25/10/2012 - 10:00pm to 31/10/2012 - 2:00am
Venue: 
Timepiece Nightclub and Wine Bar, Little Castle Street, Exeter

Every Monday - The Monday Mash Up with resident DJs Victory Rd. The number one student night, 10pm-late

Every Tuesday – Café Sobroso. Salsa, Samba and Merengue with DJ Ricardo. Come along to one of Exeter's longest running salsa nights and see how they party on the continent, 7.30pm-1.30am, free entry all night.

Every Wednesday – Legends. The Timepiece is taken over by the students of Exeter University. Legendary tunes from any era in the main room; get down to the very latest R&B flavas with DJ JSR, 9pm-1.30am.

Every Thursday – Scandalous. Exeter's longest...

Creating effective online video for business - Workshop

Event Date: 
11/10/2012 - 5:45pm to 7:45pm
Venue: 
Bishop Fleming, Stratus House, Emperor Way, Exeter Business Park, EX1 3QS

The "Camera skills, lighting and sound" workshop is designed to help you get the most out of your video equipment to create good looking and good sounding business videos. This session includes advice and demonstrations suitable for dedicated video cameras and mobile devices.

Christmas Celebration Day at Riverside Mill

Event Date: 
01/12/2012 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey

Join us for a day of Christmas festivities at Riverside Mill.

Carol singers plus free mulled wine/shortbreads and food tastings in the café. Come and make a mini willow Christmas tree with Carol Horsington (for children and adults £2).

There will also be DIY craft activities in the gallery. Select from the huge range of Christmas decorations, cards and handmade gifts in the shop.

Opening times: 10am-5.30pm, free admission.

Mother Love: Ingrid Hesling and Jenni Dutton

Event Date: 
08/10/2012 - 10:00am to 27/10/2012 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Elmfield House, Dowell Street, Honiton

Ingrid Hesling and Jenni Dutton present a body of work that explores the complexities of mother/daughter relationships using traditional domestic materials and techniques applied in unexpected ways.

Jenni produces large scale sewn portraits of her mother and grandmother in The Dementia Darnings. Ingrid works from memories of her childhood using inherited fabrics and thread, exploring concepts that link with her practice as a photographer.

The collaboration of these two artists has encouraged them both to acknowledge the conflicts to be found within the theme. This...

Rivers and Streams: Photography by Jem Southam

Event Date: 
08/10/2012 - 10:00am to 04/11/2012 - 5:30pm
Venue: 
Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey

What is a river? This superficially simplistic question led Jem Southam, one of the UK’s most respected photographers, down a three-year investigation of the River Exe.

Jem has produced exciting new work observing and documenting the body of water running from Exmoor in the north through Exeter to the Exe Estuary. Part of Jem's photographic practice involves revisiting sites over long periods of time to capture changes of seasons, atmospheric conditions and effects of time.

This body of work explores elements of the River Exe’s extensive network of streams, confluences and...

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