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Business Games raises £5,400 for Exeter Foundation

Participants of the 2012 Exeter Business Games have donated over £5,400 to Exeter Chiefs inspired charity, the Exeter Foundation. The total was presented to TV chef and Exeter Foundation Trustee Michael Caines at the recent launch event for the Exeter Business Games 2013. After receiving the cheque, Mr Caines said: “On behalf of the Exeter Foundation I would like to extend my thanks to all the companies, employees and supporters of the Exeter Business games. Your generosity and participation in the games has helped many local projects.” 25 teams from Exeter-based business took part in the...

Crikey it's Vintage at Exeter University

Event Date: 
03/05/2013 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Devonshire House, Exeter University

A retro events with a difference! Vintage and Handmade Sellers, with 20 stalls selling a large range of vintage clothing, home-wares, jewellery, accessories and gifts.

We are helping to raise money for a brilliant charity called the Women's Land Army Tribute, they are raising enough funds to erect a permanent memorial to the land girls, as currently there is no national memorial to commemorate.

We have a brilliant array of local small independent business and talented handmade sellers. We are passionate about supporting and promoting our local sellers.

Attendee's...

Crikey it's Vintage comes to Exeter University

Event Date: 
21/02/2013 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Devonshire House, Exeter University

A retro events with a difference! Vintage and Handmade Sellers, with 20 stalls selling a large range of vintage clothing, home-wares, jewellery, accessories and gifts.

We are helping to raise money for a brilliant charity called the Women's Land Army Tribute, they are raising enough funds to erect a permanent memorial to the land girls, as currently there is no national memorial to commemorate.

We have a brilliant array of local small independent business and talented handmade sellers. We are passionate about supporting and promoting our local sellers.

Attendee's...

Indie four-piece Palma Violets play The Lemon Grove

Event Date: 
19/03/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
The Lemon Grove, Exeter University

For a long time if you wanted to hear the most exciting new band in Britain, you knocked on a tall black door off the Lambeth Road. An aging British Rail building - part art studio happening, part squat – Studio 180 was where south London’s Palma Violets were gestating, away from sunlight and the world at large. A thrilling rock'n'roll four piece channelling The Clash, the Mysterians, and the Bad Seeds, from September 2011 they were holed-up here writing songs "their friends could dance to" and occasionally putting on celebratory, ecstatic parties about which word quickly spread.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Fingal's Cave

Event Date: 
08/02/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Great Hall, Exeter University

Mendelssohn : The Hebrides Overture

Beethoven : Piano Concerto No.1

Brahms : Symphony No.1

Conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens, soloist John Lill (piano)

Fingal’s Cave opens with a mesmerizing rhythmic figure that transforms a delicately embellished downward arpeggio into an undulating melody. As this theme unfolds, extended crescendos and diminuendos in the winds and brass give the impression of ocean swells before gradually giving way to an exquisitely lyrical statement sung by cellos and bassoons. A thrilling storm scene is coloured by fanfares and evocations...

How will climate change affect your community?

Event Date: 
23/01/2013 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange

An event next week will address some of the issues when Exeter CVS, in partnership with the British Council, presents a showcase programme on Wednesday 23 January at Exeter’s Corn Exchange.

Plenty of information will be available on how local organic production is helping to conserve resources, on how to reduce water usage and how recycling works to conserve energy and valuable resources in our own area. Local projects will be on hand to inspire you to make a difference that will help generations in the future.

There will also be national and local speakers from...

Modestep perform at The Lemon Grove, Exeter University

Event Date: 
15/02/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
The Lemon Grove, Exeter University

Modestep were born online in 2008, when brothers Josh and Tony Friend started Modestep Radio to showcase their productions and dubstep tracks they loved.

By late 2010 they were writing their own songs, one of which was ‘Feel Good,’ for which they made a cheap video.

They gave the exclusive to dubstep Youtube channel UKF and within weeks it had 4 million hits. By Jan 2011 Modestep found themselves on the Radio 1 A-List and the hottest unsigned property in UK music. AandM won the race to their signatures, with the band creating their own imprint Max Records.

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They're Coming - an action thriller based in Devon

Event Date: 
05/12/2012 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
M&D Room (Campus Cinema), Exeter University, Devonshire House, Stocker Road, Exeter

Fresh from its sell out performance at the Merlin Cinema in Torquay, action thriller 'They're Coming' comes to Exeter in its last UK showing this year at the Campus Cinema in Exeter on 5 December at 8pm.

The film tells the story of businessman David York, whose life swiftly unravels after the disappearance of his wife. Nothing is quite what it seems as York sets out to find his missing spouse, and those he thinks he can rely on don't have the best intentions…

The film was made and filmed across Torbay, using cast and crew talent from across Devon who all put in...

Interfaith Celebration at Exeter University's Lemon Grove

Event Date: 
24/11/2012 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Lemon Grove, Cornwall House, Univeristy of Exeter, St German's Road, Exeter

A day of celebration is planned for Saturday 24th November at The Lemon Grove, Exeter University Campus, bringing together the diverse communities of Devon for a day of education, fun activities, workshops, and presentations.

Everyone is welcome to attend the event which takes place between 11am and 4pm, and is being co-hosted by the university's Multifaith Chaplaincy and the Devon Faith and Belief Forum.

There will be a wide range of activities including storytelling, music, food, dance and discussions. There will also be Hindu, Baha’i, Jewish, Humanist, Christian and...

Legendary rockers Thin Lizzy come to Exeter

Event Date: 
01/12/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Great Hall, Exeter University

Following a successful UK tour in January/February, the legendary rockers head out on the road again.

The band, who have not released a studio album since 1983's 'Thunder And Lightning', indicated earlier this year that they are considering recording new material together. Were this to happen, it would mark the first new music the band had released since the death of front man Phil Lynott in 1986.

The current line-up features vocalist Ricky Warwick, bassist Marco Mendoza and guitarist Damon Johnson alongside Classic Thin Lizzy members Scott Gorham, Brian Downey and Darren...

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