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10 things to do this week, January 4-10
Monday & Tuesday: 100 Under One Hundred, PAPER Gallery
The last chance to snap up a piece of affordable artwork from talented local artists.
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is needed now More than ever
Monday-Saturday: Wall of Silence, Colston Hall old box office
An exhibition of images, poems and stories from the victims and survivors of child abuse.
www.wallofsilence.co.uk
Wednesday: Goya – The Paintings at the National Gallery, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Artist Gayna Pelham gives an illustrated lecture on the boundary breaking and highly regarded portraitist.
www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/bristol-museum-and-art-gallery/whats-on/goya-the-paintings-at-the-national-gallery/
Thursday: Gentle January #1, Salt Cafe
A screening of Amelie kicks off a month of events including films, quizzes and live music.
www.saltcafebristol.co.uk/events
Thursday: Black Hole Comedy presents Fin Taylor, Bristol Improv Theatre
“Cultural philistine” Fin Taylor headlines a night of stand-up to stave off those January blues.
www.improvtheatre.net/calendar/black-hole-jan16
Thursday-Saturday: Something, Something, Punchline!, Alma Tavern Theatre
Heretical Productions return to Bristol with a fresh helping of maniacally off-the-wall sketch comedy.
www.almataverntheatre.co.uk/theatre/what-s-on.html
Friday: Mark Padmore and Paul Lewis, St George’s
The artistry and understanding of Mark Padmore and Paul Lewis make them an ideal tenor/piano duo.
www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/event/mark-padmore-paul-lewis
Saturday: BalFolk, Southbank Club
A BalFolk is the French equivalent of a ceilidh – a right old knees-up.
www.facebook.com/events/414558308746932
Saturday & Sunday: Bristol Salsa Congress, Trinity
A weekend of workshops, live shows and DJ sets sure to get you moving. Dress like a pirate for day one.
www.bristolsalsacongress.co.uk
Sunday: Henry Rollins, St George’s
“Rollins is many things,” says the Washington Post, “diatribist, confessor, provocateur, humourist, even motivational speaker”.
www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/event/henry-rollins