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Field of Light – Kirkliston Young Musician competition  – Queen’s Hall – Lidl on Easter Road – David Hume Institute 

The council has sponsored an art installation in St Andrew Square which has brought it alive after all the fun and games of Edinburgh’s Christmas and Hogmanay. Bruce Munro’s Field of Light can be viewed every evening from now till 27 April 2014. Have you taken any photos of it yet? If you have then share them with us on EdinburghReportage. You can also share video with us or just some text about what you saw.

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We interviewed Bruce Munro the artist behind it all:-

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This evening the first round of the Young Musician and Young Vocalist takes place in Kirkliston Parish Church. Doors open at 6.30 for a prompt start at 7. Tickets cost £2 for adults, children are free.

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The Hebrides Ensemble will be playing at The Queen’s Hall on 11 February 2014 in a concert designed to mark the centenary from World War I.  The concert will include these pieces:-

Rorem War Scenes: ‘Night Battle’
Stuart MacRae Parable (world premiere performances)
Stravinsky Three pieces for solo clarinet
Butterworth Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
Debussy Berceuse Heroique
Schoenberg (arr Webern) Chamber Symphony No 1 Op 9
Rorem War Scenes: ‘The real war will never get in the books’

The Lads in their Hundreds: William Conway and Stuart MacRae from Hebrides Ensemble on Vimeo.

Booking details here.

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Lidl are applying for planning permission to turn the old B & Q building on Easter Road into a supermarket. The company have set up a website to inform locals about the plans and you will find it here.

They are holding a community consultation on the 17th-20th February between 3pm – 7pm. The event will be held at the site of the former B&Q at 248 Easter Road. Members of Lidl’s property team will be on hand to answer any questions you may have.

The company says:-“The purpose of the community consultation is an informal event to raise the awareness of Lidl within the area.  Members of the Lidl team will be available to discuss our proposals and to field any queries in relation to our proposed development.

We extend a warm invite to the local community, representatives from the council/planning authorities, local traders and anyone with a vested interest in the site.”

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The David Hume Institute is running a series of seminars designed to inform about Scottish Independence. The second in the series features a speech by Willie Rennie MSP, leader of Scottish LibDems:-

Tuesday 4th February 2014 – 6pm

Title: In Britain. In Europe. In Work.
Speaker: Willie Rennie MSP (Leader Scottish LibDems)
Chair: Jeremy Peat, Director, David Hume Institute
Venue: The Royal Society of Edinburgh

The UK’s place in Europe and Scotland’s place in the United Kingdom are essential to support Scottish jobs and the Scottish economy. Millions across the country rely on an effective single market for trade and business. Now that each relationship has been placed fundamentally at stake, there is a need for the argument to be made for Scotland to be “In Britain. In Europe. In work”. Willie Rennie will both argue the case for “in” and set out the reforms to the EU and the UK that will allow them to be the best that they can be for Scotland.

Full details about how to book this or other lectures here.

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