January 2010

Arson attack on Synagogue in Hania

The new year brought sad news from Hania, with two attacks on the old synagogue, which
held a Creative Laboratory in April and May last year. You can find details of the attacks at
the following links:

http://blog.etz-hayyim-hania.org/index.php/news/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8476380.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/22/britons-arrested-arson-crete-synagogue

My Street Project

Diana Ivanova from New Culture Foundation in Bulgaria worked recently with Canadian-Iranian photograph Babak Salari (a regular at the Goatmilk Festival) in Cuba on a photography and  writing project with young Cubans, looking at life on their street. You can see a demo web site of the project work here at www.my-street.org, put together by Raycho Stanev.

Coming soon…

Details of interchat event, a two day symposium in Birmingham, a dialogue on arts and communities with both local and international perspectives. Check the February News posting for the full details in due course….