What's on in Dundee today http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/ 2010-02-09T16:22:41+01:00 http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/ http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/dundeecity/uploaded_images/image_974_tn.jpg text/html 2010-02-09T20:45:00+01:00 /events/ Dundee Contemporary Arts Cinema http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4904 Described by Variety as "Nicholas Ray meets Jean-Luc Godard", I'm Gonna Explode is a Mexian story of teenage angst which, unusually, has a female as the lead character. Produced by Canana, the production company founded by the Mexican hotshots Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna and Pablo Cruz, whose mission is to invest in young local talent, it's sure to guarantee that the name "Gerardo Naranjo" is heard of again. Taking its cue from Rebel Without A Cause, the story begins when Roman (Juan Pablo de Santiago) and Maru (Maria Deschamps) meet in detention. Son of a rich, right-wing politician, Roman, desperate for his father's attention, is soon kicked out of school for a witty mock-suicide in the school talent show. Maru is working-class, an outsider, pouring all her intimate thoughts into her diary. A match made in heaven, Roman makes a decision, and turns his violent fantasies into semi-reality when they pretend he's abducting her at gunpoint. But rather than facing the harsh reality of life on the lam, the two hide out on his rooftop, living in a tent while their parents frantically look for them. Naranjo's visual style captures the rhythm of his characters' emotional mood swings, their frantic energy combined with their lack of direction. But, more than anything, he has captured the main problem of youth today, that teens without anything of their own to rebel against will ultimately explode. text/html 2010-02-09T20:30:00+01:00 /events/ Dundee Contemporary Arts Cinema http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4903 After a brief foray into more mainstream filmmaking with Where the Truth Lies, Egoyan returns to his art-house roots and more familiar subject matter with this story of fractured families and fractured identities. When his high-school French class is asked to translate a news article about a terrorist who planted a bomb in his pregnant girlfriend's luggage, Simon (Devon Bostick) starts digging into his own family's murky past. His resulting claims about the deaths of his father, Sami (Noam Jenkins), and mother, Rachel (Rachel Blanchard), stir up a storm that splashes into communities both local and virtual. Egoyan explores themes of technology, terrorism and fear, bringing all these different tones and textures to the fore in a tapestry of storytelling which is uniquely his own. In one extraordinary scene, an online community exchanges opinions about the consequences of violence, showing all the faces and voices joined together in a pattern of emotions. text/html 2010-02-09T20:00:00+01:00 /events/ http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4986 Cost: £5/£4 members and students. text/html 2010-02-09T19:00:00+01:00 /events/ University of Dundee http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4401 Lectures are free and open to all members of the public. text/html 2010-02-09T19:00:00+01:00 /events/ http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4231 A talk by Professor Lachlan MacKinnon, School of Computing and Creative Technologies, University of Abertay, Dundee. Worldwide, the computer games industry was worth US$39 billion in 2008 and in the UK it was worth £4.03 billion, growing at 10% per year! Serious games, where games technology and expertise is used for industrials simulation and visualisation, are predicted to at least double that - like Mickey Mouse this is a serious business! text/html 2010-02-09T18:30:00+01:00 /events/ http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5167 This event marks the launch of the Girl Geek Speaker Series 2010 bringing monthly high profile speakers from Silicon Valley and the EU to events across the Scotland and the UK. Come and join our friendly crowd for drinks, dinner, networking and the chance to see the rising stars of our generation. <b>Our two speakers are:</b> Shanna Tellerman, Founder and CEO of Wild Pockets (game development company) will talk about her journey from starting up in the university environment to where she is today and will outline her vision for the Wild Pockets platform. Dr Sophia Lycouris, one of our National Speakers, who has developed a concept of "interdisciplinary choreograph". So, come along to the dinner to find out more and see what differences it could make to your life. Tickets £10 includes dinner and a complimentary drink. text/html 2010-02-09T18:30:00+01:00 /events/ Dundee Contemporary Arts Cinema http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4905 Humpday was a surprise hit at last year's Sundance Film Festival, and also made waves at the Cannes Film Festival. Taking the genre of "Bromance" to an extreme, writer/director Lynn Shelton focuses on the relationship between two university buddies, Ben and Andrew, reunited a decade after their crazy student days. Ben has left the madness behind him, living a conventional life in suburban Seattle, married to Anna, and planning a family. When Andrew, his old friend, appears out of the blue in the middle of the night, Ben's stable and uncomplicated life takes a bit of a detour. At a party with Andrew's new bohemian friends, Ben feels the pressure to fit in, and suggests that the two of them, both heterosexual, enter an amateur pornography competition with themselves as the stars of the show. This boundary-breaking short, they decide, will be "beyond gay". In the cold sober light of the next day, Ben is faced with a quandary: trying to get out of the sex-with-Andrew idea, and, once that is out of the question, of telling Anna that he plans to cheat on her with his best male friend. While definitely part of that American indie subgenre called "Mumblecore", known for its low-budget values and improvised dialogue, Shelton's story is also an insightful exploration of masculinity today. Humpday is the kind of film that will generate discussion long after you have left the cinema, and is a humorous but poignant portrait of the challenges we all face in growing up, accepting responsibility, and letting go of a part of our youth. text/html 2010-02-09T18:00:00+01:00 /events/ Dundee Contemporary Arts Cinema http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4902 'The Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men certainly set the bar high in terms of book-to-screen adaptations of Cormac McCarthy's work. Many readers felt that Pulitzer Prize-winning The Road was probably McCarthy's most unfilmable novel. But when it was announced that John Hillcoat (The Proposition) would be at the helm, everything seemed possible. Working from a script by playwright Joe Penhall, The Road follows the journey of a father and son who have become wandering scavengers after an undefined cataclysmic event has destroyed the world as we know it. A perfectly cast Viggo Mortensen is the once-civilised man shepherding his 11-year-old boy (newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee) through an unrecognisable American landscape. What we see of the remains of humanity is mostly horrific. The few who are still living have completely lost their moral compass. The father, fearing for his health and sanity, is sustained only by his love for his son, and his need to protect him. Encounters on the road with a thief and an old man (an unrecognisable but superb Robert Duvall) rouse his suspicion. But the boy, born just after the apocalypse, desperately seeks human companionship. All we know of the pair's history is told in flashbacks, and Hillcoat's one addition to the original text includes Charlize Theron as the absent wife and mother. Despite the harrowing subject matter, and an equally austere score by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Hillcoat, through the superb performances by Mortensen and Smit-McPhee, manages to capture not only the cautionary nature of McCarthy's tale, but its ultimate sense of hope as well. text/html 2010-02-09T16:15:00+01:00 /events/ Dundee Contemporary Arts Cinema http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4904 Described by Variety as "Nicholas Ray meets Jean-Luc Godard", I'm Gonna Explode is a Mexian story of teenage angst which, unusually, has a female as the lead character. Produced by Canana, the production company founded by the Mexican hotshots Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna and Pablo Cruz, whose mission is to invest in young local talent, it's sure to guarantee that the name "Gerardo Naranjo" is heard of again. Taking its cue from Rebel Without A Cause, the story begins when Roman (Juan Pablo de Santiago) and Maru (Maria Deschamps) meet in detention. Son of a rich, right-wing politician, Roman, desperate for his father's attention, is soon kicked out of school for a witty mock-suicide in the school talent show. Maru is working-class, an outsider, pouring all her intimate thoughts into her diary. A match made in heaven, Roman makes a decision, and turns his violent fantasies into semi-reality when they pretend he's abducting her at gunpoint. But rather than facing the harsh reality of life on the lam, the two hide out on his rooftop, living in a tent while their parents frantically look for them. Naranjo's visual style captures the rhythm of his characters' emotional mood swings, their frantic energy combined with their lack of direction. But, more than anything, he has captured the main problem of youth today, that teens without anything of their own to rebel against will ultimately explode. text/html 2010-02-09T15:30:00+01:00 /events/ Dundee Contemporary Arts Cinema http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4903 After a brief foray into more mainstream filmmaking with Where the Truth Lies, Egoyan returns to his art-house roots and more familiar subject matter with this story of fractured families and fractured identities. When his high-school French class is asked to translate a news article about a terrorist who planted a bomb in his pregnant girlfriend's luggage, Simon (Devon Bostick) starts digging into his own family's murky past. His resulting claims about the deaths of his father, Sami (Noam Jenkins), and mother, Rachel (Rachel Blanchard), stir up a storm that splashes into communities both local and virtual. Egoyan explores themes of technology, terrorism and fear, bringing all these different tones and textures to the fore in a tapestry of storytelling which is uniquely his own. In one extraordinary scene, an online community exchanges opinions about the consequences of violence, showing all the faces and voices joined together in a pattern of emotions. text/html 2010-02-09T15:30:00+01:00 /events/ Give Blood Advice Line http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=352 We need your donation now, so please come and see us as soon as you can. Our friendly and professional staff look forward to welcoming you. At any time, should you wish to speak to someone to register or to discuss any aspect of blood donation, please call 0845 90 90 999. text/html 2010-02-09T14:15:00+01:00 /events/ Broughty Ferry Community Library http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4841 Bookstart Rhymetimes are held in libraries and last for about 20 minutes. It is a great way for babies, parents and carers to enjoy familiar and new rhymes and stories in an informal setting. Rhymes are often repeated as children enjoy repetition and it helps to build confidence. Sharing books, stories, songs and rhymes builds vocabulary and the language and listening skills which are essential for your child's development. It is a good opportunity to meet other parents and is a fun time for everyone! text/html 2010-02-09T14:00:00+01:00 /events/ Whitfield Library and Learning Centre http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4850 Bookstart Rhymetimes are held in libraries and last for about 20 minutes. It is a great way for babies, parents and carers to enjoy familiar and new rhymes and stories in an informal setting. Rhymes are often repeated as children enjoy repetition and it helps to build confidence. Sharing books, stories, songs and rhymes builds vocabulary and the language and listening skills which are essential for your child's development. It is a good opportunity to meet other parents and is a fun time for everyone! text/html 2010-02-09T14:00:00+01:00 /events/ Coldside Community Library http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4845 Bookstart Rhymetimes are held in libraries and last for about 20 minutes. It is a great way for babies, parents and carers to enjoy familiar and new rhymes and stories in an informal setting. Rhymes are often repeated as children enjoy repetition and it helps to build confidence. Sharing books, stories, songs and rhymes builds vocabulary and the language and listening skills which are essential for your child's development. It is a good opportunity to meet other parents and is a fun time for everyone! text/html 2010-02-09T14:00:00+01:00 /events/ Blackness Community Library http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4851 Storytelling sessions are a natural progression from the Bookstart Rhymetimes and introduce young children and toddlers to an exciting world of books. The sessions are aimed at children under 5, their parents and carers. Each session lasts approximately 30 minutes and includes a mixture of stories and rhymes designed to stimulate young children. text/html 2010-02-09T13:30:00+01:00 /events/ Dundee Contemporary Arts Cinema http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4905 Humpday was a surprise hit at last year's Sundance Film Festival, and also made waves at the Cannes Film Festival. Taking the genre of "Bromance" to an extreme, writer/director Lynn Shelton focuses on the relationship between two university buddies, Ben and Andrew, reunited a decade after their crazy student days. Ben has left the madness behind him, living a conventional life in suburban Seattle, married to Anna, and planning a family. When Andrew, his old friend, appears out of the blue in the middle of the night, Ben's stable and uncomplicated life takes a bit of a detour. At a party with Andrew's new bohemian friends, Ben feels the pressure to fit in, and suggests that the two of them, both heterosexual, enter an amateur pornography competition with themselves as the stars of the show. This boundary-breaking short, they decide, will be "beyond gay". In the cold sober light of the next day, Ben is faced with a quandary: trying to get out of the sex-with-Andrew idea, and, once that is out of the question, of telling Anna that he plans to cheat on her with his best male friend. While definitely part of that American indie subgenre called "Mumblecore", known for its low-budget values and improvised dialogue, Shelton's story is also an insightful exploration of masculinity today. Humpday is the kind of film that will generate discussion long after you have left the cinema, and is a humorous but poignant portrait of the challenges we all face in growing up, accepting responsibility, and letting go of a part of our youth. text/html 2010-02-09T13:15:00+01:00 /events/ Charleston Community Library http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4844 Bookstart Rhymetimes are held in libraries and last for about 20 minutes. It is a great way for babies, parents and carers to enjoy familiar and new rhymes and stories in an informal setting. Rhymes are often repeated as children enjoy repetition and it helps to build confidence. Sharing books, stories, songs and rhymes builds vocabulary and the language and listening skills which are essential for your child's development. It is a good opportunity to meet other parents and is a fun time for everyone! text/html 2010-02-09T13:00:00+01:00 /events/ Consumer Direct http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5168 Become a Scambuster! - Fightback Against Scam Mail Householders faced with a wave of junk mail piling up behind the front door are being encouraged to pass it on to trading standards chiefs to help them track down scammers. Backed by Dundee City Council the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a nationwide "Scamnesty" campaign which aims to help end the misery of mass marketed scam mailings. Officials from the council's environmental health and trading standards department are appealing to consumers to collect any scam mail they receive and drop it into the yellow Scamnesty boxes located at all of the city's libraries. Between the 1-26 February 2010, Scamnesty bins will be placed around the country in public places so you can bin those pesky scam letters you have received in the post. As well as letters and mailers some scammers send emails, text messages or will call you at your home. Now you can report these phone calls and forward us your suspected scam emails and websites and help us to beat the scammers! <a href="http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty">Click here for more infomation</a> on how to beat the scammers. text/html 2010-02-09T13:00:00+01:00 /events/ Consumer Direct http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5177 Become a Scambuster! - Fightback Against Scam Mail Householders faced with a wave of junk mail piling up behind the front door are being encouraged to pass it on to trading standards chiefs to help them track down scammers. Backed by Dundee City Council the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a nationwide "Scamnesty" campaign which aims to help end the misery of mass marketed scam mailings. Officials from the council's environmental health and trading standards department are appealing to consumers to collect any scam mail they receive and drop it into the yellow Scamnesty boxes located at all of the city's libraries. Between the 1-26 February 2010, Scamnesty bins will be placed around the country in public places so you can bin those pesky scam letters you have received in the post. As well as letters and mailers some scammers send emails, text messages or will call you at your home. Now you can report these phone calls and forward us your suspected scam emails and websites and help us to beat the scammers! <a href="http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty">Click here for more infomation</a> on how to beat the scammers. text/html 2010-02-09T13:00:00+01:00 /events/ Consumer Direct http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5170 Become a Scambuster! - Fightback Against Scam Mail Householders faced with a wave of junk mail piling up behind the front door are being encouraged to pass it on to trading standards chiefs to help them track down scammers. Backed by Dundee City Council the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a nationwide "Scamnesty" campaign which aims to help end the misery of mass marketed scam mailings. Officials from the council's environmental health and trading standards department are appealing to consumers to collect any scam mail they receive and drop it into the yellow Scamnesty boxes located at all of the city's libraries. Between the 1-26 February 2010, Scamnesty bins will be placed around the country in public places so you can bin those pesky scam letters you have received in the post. As well as letters and mailers some scammers send emails, text messages or will call you at your home. Now you can report these phone calls and forward us your suspected scam emails and websites and help us to beat the scammers! <a href="http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty">Click here for more infomation</a> on how to beat the scammers. text/html 2010-02-09T13:00:00+01:00 /events/ Consumer Direct http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5178 Become a Scambuster! - Fightback Against Scam Mail Householders faced with a wave of junk mail piling up behind the front door are being encouraged to pass it on to trading standards chiefs to help them track down scammers. Backed by Dundee City Council the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a nationwide "Scamnesty" campaign which aims to help end the misery of mass marketed scam mailings. Officials from the council's environmental health and trading standards department are appealing to consumers to collect any scam mail they receive and drop it into the yellow Scamnesty boxes located at all of the city's libraries. Between the 1-26 February 2010, Scamnesty bins will be placed around the country in public places so you can bin those pesky scam letters you have received in the post. As well as letters and mailers some scammers send emails, text messages or will call you at your home. Now you can report these phone calls and forward us your suspected scam emails and websites and help us to beat the scammers! <a href="http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty">Click here for more infomation</a> on how to beat the scammers. text/html 2010-02-09T13:00:00+01:00 /events/ Consumer Direct http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5172 Become a Scambuster! - Fightback Against Scam Mail Householders faced with a wave of junk mail piling up behind the front door are being encouraged to pass it on to trading standards chiefs to help them track down scammers. Backed by Dundee City Council the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a nationwide "Scamnesty" campaign which aims to help end the misery of mass marketed scam mailings. Officials from the council's environmental health and trading standards department are appealing to consumers to collect any scam mail they receive and drop it into the yellow Scamnesty boxes located at all of the city's libraries. Between the 1-26 February 2010, Scamnesty bins will be placed around the country in public places so you can bin those pesky scam letters you have received in the post. As well as letters and mailers some scammers send emails, text messages or will call you at your home. Now you can report these phone calls and forward us your suspected scam emails and websites and help us to beat the scammers! <a href="http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty">Click here for more infomation</a> on how to beat the scammers. text/html 2010-02-09T13:00:00+01:00 /events/ Consumer Direct http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5173 Become a Scambuster! - Fightback Against Scam Mail Householders faced with a wave of junk mail piling up behind the front door are being encouraged to pass it on to trading standards chiefs to help them track down scammers. Backed by Dundee City Council the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a nationwide "Scamnesty" campaign which aims to help end the misery of mass marketed scam mailings. Officials from the council's environmental health and trading standards department are appealing to consumers to collect any scam mail they receive and drop it into the yellow Scamnesty boxes located at all of the city's libraries. Between the 1-26 February 2010, Scamnesty bins will be placed around the country in public places so you can bin those pesky scam letters you have received in the post. As well as letters and mailers some scammers send emails, text messages or will call you at your home. Now you can report these phone calls and forward us your suspected scam emails and websites and help us to beat the scammers! <a href="http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty">Click here for more infomation</a> on how to beat the scammers. text/html 2010-02-09T13:00:00+01:00 /events/ Consumer Direct http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5174 Become a Scambuster! - Fightback Against Scam Mail Householders faced with a wave of junk mail piling up behind the front door are being encouraged to pass it on to trading standards chiefs to help them track down scammers. Backed by Dundee City Council the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a nationwide "Scamnesty" campaign which aims to help end the misery of mass marketed scam mailings. Officials from the council's environmental health and trading standards department are appealing to consumers to collect any scam mail they receive and drop it into the yellow Scamnesty boxes located at all of the city's libraries. Between the 1-26 February 2010, Scamnesty bins will be placed around the country in public places so you can bin those pesky scam letters you have received in the post. As well as letters and mailers some scammers send emails, text messages or will call you at your home. Now you can report these phone calls and forward us your suspected scam emails and websites and help us to beat the scammers! <a href="http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty">Click here for more infomation</a> on how to beat the scammers. text/html 2010-02-09T13:00:00+01:00 /events/ Consumer Direct http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5175 Become a Scambuster! - Fightback Against Scam Mail Householders faced with a wave of junk mail piling up behind the front door are being encouraged to pass it on to trading standards chiefs to help them track down scammers. Backed by Dundee City Council the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a nationwide "Scamnesty" campaign which aims to help end the misery of mass marketed scam mailings. Officials from the council's environmental health and trading standards department are appealing to consumers to collect any scam mail they receive and drop it into the yellow Scamnesty boxes located at all of the city's libraries. Between the 1-26 February 2010, Scamnesty bins will be placed around the country in public places so you can bin those pesky scam letters you have received in the post. As well as letters and mailers some scammers send emails, text messages or will call you at your home. Now you can report these phone calls and forward us your suspected scam emails and websites and help us to beat the scammers! <a href="http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty">Click here for more infomation</a> on how to beat the scammers. text/html 2010-02-09T13:00:00+01:00 /events/ Consumer Direct http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5176 Become a Scambuster! - Fightback Against Scam Mail Householders faced with a wave of junk mail piling up behind the front door are being encouraged to pass it on to trading standards chiefs to help them track down scammers. Backed by Dundee City Council the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a nationwide "Scamnesty" campaign which aims to help end the misery of mass marketed scam mailings. Officials from the council's environmental health and trading standards department are appealing to consumers to collect any scam mail they receive and drop it into the yellow Scamnesty boxes located at all of the city's libraries. Between the 1-26 February 2010, Scamnesty bins will be placed around the country in public places so you can bin those pesky scam letters you have received in the post. As well as letters and mailers some scammers send emails, text messages or will call you at your home. Now you can report these phone calls and forward us your suspected scam emails and websites and help us to beat the scammers! <a href="http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty">Click here for more infomation</a> on how to beat the scammers. text/html 2010-02-09T13:00:00+01:00 /events/ Dundee Contemporary Arts Cinema http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4902 'The Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men certainly set the bar high in terms of book-to-screen adaptations of Cormac McCarthy's work. Many readers felt that Pulitzer Prize-winning The Road was probably McCarthy's most unfilmable novel. But when it was announced that John Hillcoat (The Proposition) would be at the helm, everything seemed possible. Working from a script by playwright Joe Penhall, The Road follows the journey of a father and son who have become wandering scavengers after an undefined cataclysmic event has destroyed the world as we know it. A perfectly cast Viggo Mortensen is the once-civilised man shepherding his 11-year-old boy (newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee) through an unrecognisable American landscape. What we see of the remains of humanity is mostly horrific. The few who are still living have completely lost their moral compass. The father, fearing for his health and sanity, is sustained only by his love for his son, and his need to protect him. Encounters on the road with a thief and an old man (an unrecognisable but superb Robert Duvall) rouse his suspicion. But the boy, born just after the apocalypse, desperately seeks human companionship. All we know of the pair's history is told in flashbacks, and Hillcoat's one addition to the original text includes Charlize Theron as the absent wife and mother. Despite the harrowing subject matter, and an equally austere score by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Hillcoat, through the superb performances by Mortensen and Smit-McPhee, manages to capture not only the cautionary nature of McCarthy's tale, but its ultimate sense of hope as well. text/html 2010-02-09T13:00:00+01:00 /events/ Coldside Community Library http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4832 Come along any time after school during this week and make a card for your loved one. Browse and choose from our "loved-up" collection. text/html 2010-02-09T11:30:00+01:00 /events/ Give Blood Advice Line http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=352 We need your donation now, so please come and see us as soon as you can. Our friendly and professional staff look forward to welcoming you. At any time, should you wish to speak to someone to register or to discuss any aspect of blood donation, please call 0845 90 90 999. text/html 2010-02-09T11:00:00+01:00 /events/ Children's Centre http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4842 Bookstart Rhymetimes are held in libraries and last for about 20 minutes. It is a great way for babies, parents and carers to enjoy familiar and new rhymes and stories in an informal setting. Rhymes are often repeated as children enjoy repetition and it helps to build confidence. Sharing books, stories, songs and rhymes builds vocabulary and the language and listening skills which are essential for your child's development. It is a good opportunity to meet other parents and is a fun time for everyone! text/html 2010-02-09T10:30:00+01:00 /events/ Broughty Ferry Community Library http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4840 Bookstart Rhymetimes are held in libraries and last for about 20 minutes. It is a great way for babies, parents and carers to enjoy familiar and new rhymes and stories in an informal setting. Rhymes are often repeated as children enjoy repetition and it helps to build confidence. Sharing books, stories, songs and rhymes builds vocabulary and the language and listening skills which are essential for your child's development. It is a good opportunity to meet other parents and is a fun time for everyone! text/html 2010-02-09T10:30:00+01:00 /events/ Dundee Contemporary Arts http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=2936 Featuring work by Martin Boyce. This exhibition is part of DCA's 10th Anniversary Exhibitions Programme. text/html 2010-02-09T10:30:00+01:00 /events/ Dundee Contemporary Arts http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5162 Jewellery designer Petra Bishai will feature in DCA Shop's Craft Focus. Petra Bishai's work looks at the concepts of attraction and defence in the natural world. She is interested in the cross over between decoration and function, when plants use pattern, scent and colour as lures, whilst also shielding and protecting themselves. Petra's Waterlilley and Entrapment collections feature elegant and stylised organic forms, and electroformed jasmine flowers in sterling silver and 18ct gold plate. In capturing these delicate flowers within enduring metals, she explores the contradictions of adaptation and interaction within our environment. She juxtaposes silver, oxidised silver and gold in her work, and introduces movement through the articulation of stem-like elements. Petra is a London based jeweller and member of the Designer Jewellers Group. Her work has recently been featured in the Barbican, London. DCA's ongoing Craft Focus programme of local and national applied artists displays high quality, innovative work by a selection of the best contemporary jewellers, ceramicists, and textile makers in the UK. DCA Shop Opening Hours:- Monday - Saturday 10:30am - 17:30pm. Thursday Late opening until 20:30pm. Sunday 12noon - 17:30pm. text/html 2010-02-09T10:00:00+01:00 /events/ Kristina Piggott http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5055 R U aged 16 to 24? Do you want to learn about wellbeing and how to improve it? Then come along to our informal session where you can get creative and use your creative side to explore what wellbeing means to you. Also available as part of the project is free complementary therapies and an information point. For further information contact Kristina on 01382 805071/227288 or come along on the day. text/html 2010-02-09T10:00:00+01:00 /events/ Sensation http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=3267 Inside DNA is a unique exhibition encouraging you to explore developments in the fast-moving field of human genomics. text/html 2010-02-09T10:00:00+01:00 /events/ Broughty Castle Museum http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=916 This display, which is a new permanent gallery for Broughty Castle, features 30 paintings from the Orchar Collection - a selection of portraits, landscapes and still lifes by artists of the Robert Scott Lauder Group, including William McTaggart, Hugh Cameron, George Paul Chalmers, John MacWhirter, John Pettie and William Quiller Orchardson. It also includes twentieth century paintings by Alec Grieve, Philip de Laszlo and James McIntosh Patrick. Admission Free. This exhibition will run from Saturday 3rd May 2008 until Saturday 27th November 2010. <b>Opening times</b> April - September, Mon to Sat 10am - 4pm, Sun 12.30 - 4pm. October to March Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 4 pm, Sunday 12.30 - 4 pm. text/html 2010-02-09T10:00:00+01:00 /events/ Consumer Direct http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5171 Become a Scambuster! - Fightback Against Scam Mail Householders faced with a wave of junk mail piling up behind the front door are being encouraged to pass it on to trading standards chiefs to help them track down scammers. Backed by Dundee City Council the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a nationwide "Scamnesty" campaign which aims to help end the misery of mass marketed scam mailings. Officials from the council's environmental health and trading standards department are appealing to consumers to collect any scam mail they receive and drop it into the yellow Scamnesty boxes located at all of the city's libraries. Between the 1-26 February 2010, Scamnesty bins will be placed around the country in public places so you can bin those pesky scam letters you have received in the post. As well as letters and mailers some scammers send emails, text messages or will call you at your home. Now you can report these phone calls and forward us your suspected scam emails and websites and help us to beat the scammers! <a href="http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty">Click here for more infomation</a> on how to beat the scammers. text/html 2010-02-09T09:30:00+01:00 /events/ University of Dundee, Cooper Gallery http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5101 Eric Baudelaire, Philip Braham, Patricia Esquivias, John Isaacs, Wes Lang, Richard T. Walker, Lui Wei, Matthew Wilkins. An international group exhibition exploring our relationships images; what they mean to us personally and within society, how they reflect the past, present and future to us and their ability to comfort, inform and disturb us. text/html 2010-02-09T09:30:00+01:00 /events/ Matthew Jarron http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5092 This exhibition showcases some of the artworks and artefacts that have been donated to or purchased by the Museum Collections over the past two years. They include works from the 2009 Duncan of Jordanstone Degree Show, original comics artwork by Tom Paterson, Roland Davies and Bunty Stott, and works by Stewart Carmichael, Chad McCail and Talbert McLean. text/html 2010-02-09T09:30:00+01:00 /events/ Consumer Direct http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5179 Become a Scambuster! - Fightback Against Scam Mail Householders faced with a wave of junk mail piling up behind the front door are being encouraged to pass it on to trading standards chiefs to help them track down scammers. Backed by Dundee City Council the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a nationwide "Scamnesty" campaign which aims to help end the misery of mass marketed scam mailings. Officials from the council's environmental health and trading standards department are appealing to consumers to collect any scam mail they receive and drop it into the yellow Scamnesty boxes located at all of the city's libraries. Between the 1-26 February 2010, Scamnesty bins will be placed around the country in public places so you can bin those pesky scam letters you have received in the post. As well as letters and mailers some scammers send emails, text messages or will call you at your home. Now you can report these phone calls and forward us your suspected scam emails and websites and help us to beat the scammers! <a href="http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty">Click here for more infomation</a> on how to beat the scammers. text/html 2010-02-09T09:30:00+01:00 /events/ Consumer Direct http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5180 Become a Scambuster! - Fightback Against Scam Mail Householders faced with a wave of junk mail piling up behind the front door are being encouraged to pass it on to trading standards chiefs to help them track down scammers. Backed by Dundee City Council the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a nationwide "Scamnesty" campaign which aims to help end the misery of mass marketed scam mailings. Officials from the council's environmental health and trading standards department are appealing to consumers to collect any scam mail they receive and drop it into the yellow Scamnesty boxes located at all of the city's libraries. Between the 1-26 February 2010, Scamnesty bins will be placed around the country in public places so you can bin those pesky scam letters you have received in the post. As well as letters and mailers some scammers send emails, text messages or will call you at your home. Now you can report these phone calls and forward us your suspected scam emails and websites and help us to beat the scammers! <a href="http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty">Click here for more infomation</a> on how to beat the scammers. text/html 2010-02-09T09:30:00+01:00 /events/ Consumer Direct http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5169 Become a Scambuster! - Fightback Against Scam Mail Householders faced with a wave of junk mail piling up behind the front door are being encouraged to pass it on to trading standards chiefs to help them track down scammers. Backed by Dundee City Council the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a nationwide "Scamnesty" campaign which aims to help end the misery of mass marketed scam mailings. Officials from the council's environmental health and trading standards department are appealing to consumers to collect any scam mail they receive and drop it into the yellow Scamnesty boxes located at all of the city's libraries. Between the 1-26 February 2010, Scamnesty bins will be placed around the country in public places so you can bin those pesky scam letters you have received in the post. As well as letters and mailers some scammers send emails, text messages or will call you at your home. Now you can report these phone calls and forward us your suspected scam emails and websites and help us to beat the scammers! <a href="http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty">Click here for more infomation</a> on how to beat the scammers. text/html 2010-02-09T09:30:00+01:00 /events/ Consumer Direct http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5181 Become a Scambuster! - Fightback Against Scam Mail Householders faced with a wave of junk mail piling up behind the front door are being encouraged to pass it on to trading standards chiefs to help them track down scammers. Backed by Dundee City Council the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a nationwide "Scamnesty" campaign which aims to help end the misery of mass marketed scam mailings. Officials from the council's environmental health and trading standards department are appealing to consumers to collect any scam mail they receive and drop it into the yellow Scamnesty boxes located at all of the city's libraries. Between the 1-26 February 2010, Scamnesty bins will be placed around the country in public places so you can bin those pesky scam letters you have received in the post. As well as letters and mailers some scammers send emails, text messages or will call you at your home. Now you can report these phone calls and forward us your suspected scam emails and websites and help us to beat the scammers! <a href="http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty">Click here for more infomation</a> on how to beat the scammers. text/html 2010-02-09T09:30:00+01:00 /events/ Exhibitions Department http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4859 An exhibition on Dundee's theatres from Victorian times up to today, including photographs from Dundee Rep Theatre recently gifted to the University archives. text/html 2010-02-09T09:30:00+01:00 /events/ Central Library http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=5086 The Wall2Group is accessed by different people from the community, brought together by NHS Tayside and Day Care services, and meet in the Library every Thursday afternoon. This exhibition of artwork and photographs highlight the achievements of the group over the past 2 years. text/html 2010-02-09T09:00:00+01:00 /events/ Tartan Coffeehouse http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/events/event.php?id=4979 Kate Pickering and Alistair Kerr are the artists currently featured inside the tartan coffeehouse. <b>For further information on these artists visit:-</b> <a href="http://www.kate-pickering.co.uk">www.kate-pickering.co.uk</a> <a href="http://www.alistairkerr.com">www.alistairkerr.com </a>