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Welcome to Off the Shelf 2009

10 October - 31 October 2009

Peter Hook Thu 15 October 2009 @ 7.30pm The Auditorium Legendary musician, bass-slinging Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order tells the Hacienda story - the fun, the music, and the lost money. Memories and stories document the rise and fall of the iconic Manchester club from the haze of 80s acid house to the 90s gangs, drugs and corporate greed. Hacienda is Hook’s personal account of the people, (including Tony Wilson, Barney, Shaun Ryder), and the era - sadder, funnier, scarier and stranger than anyone could imagine. It’s a rollercoaster tale of success, money, confusion and true faith. Following his talk Peter Hook will be DJing a 90 minute set in The Fusion Bar. www.onelove-music.com Sponsored by the University of Sheffield Union of Students - Silver Sponsor Tickets Tickets £10/£8 (cons) from Sheffield Theatres – Tel. 0114 249 6000 and USUS – Tel. 0114 222 8777. Ticket includes talk and entrance to the DJ set.

 

Off the Shelf is organised by the Culture Department of Sheffield City Council.

 

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Fusion, University of Sheffield Students’ Union, Western Bank, Sheffield 10

Tickets: £7.00/£4.00 (concessions) from University of Sheffield Students’ Union

tel: 0114 222 8777 - www.shef.ac.uk/union/services/.

Kwame Dawes is a poet, playwright, novelist, actor and producer and was the lead singer in reggae band Ujamaa. As a poet he is profoundly influenced by the rhythms and textures of Jamaica, where he is the programming director of the Calabash International Literary Festival. His book, Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius, remains the most authoritative study of the lyrics of the legendary reggae artist and his musical One Love was shown to acclaim at the Lyric, Hammersmith. This is an unmissable opportunity to hear one of the most inspiring voices of our time.

The streets of this city are spaces where the body recalls the saunter of pleasure and fear, where the possession of the groove, the maddening tattoo is a relentless language. from: ska memory by Kwame Dawes