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Claireyfairey
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Post subject: Venues for poetry picnic
Event starting Fri Jul 09, 2010 14:00 for one hour
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 18:04
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Going to look at venues for the poetry picnic on Friday to ask them whether we can use them for the first event =)
Meeting at the office at 1pm on Friday 9th July 2010!
C.Cat is coming, does anyone want to join us?
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 19:26
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i will do if i can find my day saver from the other day i wont have the cash to otherwise
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 22:54
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Ok, we can refund you your bus fare if you find your ticket from saturday or a previous meeting day =)
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 09:56
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i founds it last night well i think i found wayne one so i will be coming i think it will be a fun meeting
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 15:12
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Today was good =)
Met Xan, Alex and Katy at the office and caught up a bit first =) Then we headed out to the Northern Quarter on search of cafe's for the poetry afternoon!
We stopped at the Koffee Pot first and explained who we were and what we were planning to do etc and the guy working there said it sounded amazing and gave us the managers number to ring as he couldn't yes (but we all knew he wanted to haha). But they are open for hire for things like this =)
The next stop was not so pleasant. We arrived at Teacup to find the place heaving. We approached the podium and when asked if we'd found a table, I tried to explain that we were there to enquire about hiring the venue and began to explain who we were and I was cut off with "Sorry love, I'm trying to run a business here". To which i asked, would it be possible to hire this venue on a Sunday afternoon for a poetry event and get in touch at a later date and he replied "Sunday's our busiest day and the takings are around £3000, unless you've got three grand to throw at us" and wandered off. I said thank you and we left. We weren't very impressed.
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On a GOOD note =)
We then arrived at Earth Cafe and spoke to the manager on site and she was lovely =) We explained who we were, what we were planning to do and she showed us a huge grinning smile =D
She said their events manager, Dominic Bury (a well known Manchester poet) would love it as he already puts on events there called 'Rhyme and Dyme' (i think it was dyme, it could have been dine, i was too excited!).
She took my contact details and a flyer and said she'd get him to get in touch asap and took the dates we'd planned on for August! And said a Sunday afternoon sounded fine =)
We finished there as it had been an hour but we were very happy and took things positively and thought we'd found some good places for the start. Will try and nip in to Nexus tomorrow if there is any free time to do so =)
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 20:44
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claire that man at teacup was well rude and today was fun could i get a refund on my daysaver from today please
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:51
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Yes of course =) you can pop in today or next saturday?
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 18:05
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Yep, i know Dom and have heard a lot about the Rhyme and Dines. Earth Cafe would be ideal, just the space is a bit small for what we are really planning. Let's see what Nexus say
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 19:00
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Just waiting for Dom to get in touch about Earth Cafe =) Aye it is a bit small...
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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:50
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I've posted in the poetry afternoon thread as well!
I've emailed Nexus, waiting on a reply, so if they've not emailed back by this afternoon, I'll ring them. Earth Cafe have still not got back in touch. I tried ringing the Koffee Pot yesterday but no answer again, so will try again with them this afternoon too.
I've also been looking at food at Nexus with their online menu:
Nexus Art Café Summer Menu
Snacks and Brekkie
Musli
£1.30
Beans on Toast
£2.00 (£2.50 with cheese)
Toast or Bagel with butter
£1.00
Toast toppings 50p
Pesto, hummus, jam, peanut butter, marmalade, honey, cream cheese
Toasted Butties
Bacon or sausage butty
£2.75
Full on Free range egg, locally sourced sausage, bacon and organic cheddar cheese
£3.50
Fake Benedict Free range egg with a layer of tomato, spinach and mayo
£3.30
B.S.T Smoked bacon, spinach, fresh tomato and mustard
£3.20
Goatee Roasted vegetables, goats cheese and a layer of green pesto
£3.60
Ciao Free Range chicken, sundried tomatos, mozzarella and green pesto
£3.70
Sausage Central Spicy pork sausages, feta and a layer of mustard
£3.70
F.O.S.H Freshly cooked falafel, kalamata olives, spinach and homemade hummus
£3.40
Pavarotti Mozzarella, Kalamata Olives, fresh tomato and green pesto
£3.20
Beppe de Mackerel Peppered mackerel, cream cheese, fresh tomato and spinach
£3.70
Hot Bird Free range chicken, homemade hummus and peppadews
£3.70
Spuds
Plain ol’ Spud with butter £2.50
Toppings 60p each beans, cheddar, feta, homemade hummus, kalamata olives, Roasted vegetables, mackerel, cream cheese, free range chicken, sausage, bacon, and goats cheese
Salads
All salads come on a base of Spinach, Rocket, red pepper, Spring onion, cucumber, carrot and radish. You can get a plain jane salad for £1.50
Salad Jesse Raphael Feta, Kalamata Olives, homemade hummus and French dressing
£3.20
Mustang Salad Free range chicken, bacon, cheddar cheese and a dollop of mayo
£3.60
Salad Webster Smoked peppered mackerel, peppadews and roasted vegetables
£3.80
Share
Homemade hummus and Kalamata olives with pitta for two £4.00
Pieminister
A selection of hearty pies (£4) with options of mash (£1) and gravy (50p). Check out the board for this weeks favourites!
Daily Specials and Soups
Every day we make by hand a vegan soup and a special. Check out our board for today’s creation. Priced between £2.50 and £5.00
Kids Half size butties, soup and specials can be made for children
Drinks
Tea
£1.00
Teapig (posh teas)
£1.40
Americano
£1.60
Cappucino
£1.80
Latte
£1.80
Hot Chocolate
£2.00
Hot Chocolate Lux
£2.20
Organic Whole Earth fizzy pop
£1.00
Rocks Organic Squash (red or yellow)
60p
Fairtrade apple or orange juice
£1.30
Fresh fruit smoothies (ask for fruit choice)
£2.50
A selection of cakes, buscuits and choc and wholefoods bars are available on the counter – have a look!
We could ask them to do a buffet and include this in our budget so that we can serve cakes etc to people during the readings or in between for free?
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