Cultural stuff I have been to in Wales - Jan/Feb 2009

Shutdown - a series of seminars by Bloc, Creative Tecnology Wales at Venue Cymru, Llandudno

Ffresh 2009- student moving image festival held at the Aberystwth Arts Centre - 11-13 Feb

3 Men Running - Marc Rees in performance at Sherman Cymru

Marriage of Figaro - Welsh National Opera

Boulevard of Broken Dreams - music by Charlie Barber, Choreography Jean Abreu - at Sherman Cymru

Sweet Baboo and Threatmantics - Fragmented Orchestra project at the Millenium Stadium

Gallops! - Mathrock electronica from Wrexham seen at Clwb Ifor Bach

BP Portrait Award 2008 - at Aberystwth Arts Centre

Overview- a painting exhibition at the Elysium Artspace an artist and volunteer run space in Swansea

Ian Grainger, Printmaker - BayArt Gallery, Bute Street, Cardiff

Ruthin Craft Centre Touring Exhibition by Nancy Baldwin & Gordon Baldwin, painter and potter respectively - exhibition at Mission Gallery, Marine Quarter, Swansea

Supernova - British Council Touring Exhibition at the Glynn Vivian Arts Gallery, Swansea

Welsh Curry Awards 2009 - hosted by the festivals company held at The Point

Yarn and Yarn - a bi-weekly Knitting group meeting at Chapter (and City Road)

want to see list

Gravitas - Earthfall on 10 March at Sherman Cymru

twelthfloor by Tanja Liedtke on Tuesday 24 March at Sherman Cymru

Miss Brown to You by Hijinx Theatre on 4 April at wmc

BBC National Orchestra Wales

BBC 2 Wales programme: Hoddinott's Hall of Music - shown on BBC2W at 19.00 on 26 January 2009

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales play Hoddinott, Sibelius, Ravel, Beethoven, Simon Holt and Varese

Art Tribute to Alun Hoddinott by Lubna Chowdhary

The 50 most influential movers and shakers on the welsh arts scene - according to the Western Mail

1 Ruth Jones
2 Russell T Davies
3 Duffy
4 John Fisher
5 Bryn Terfel
6 Michael Sheen
7 Katherine Jenkins
8 Matthew Rhys
9 Alun Ffred Jones
10 Andrew Davies
11 Nick Capaldi
12 Judith Isherwood
13 Peter Florence
14 Tessa Jackson
15 Michael Tooby
16 Peter Stead
17 Michael Bogdanov
18 Jo Bartlett and Danny Hagan
20 Pauline Burt
21 Steven Moffat
22 Owain Arwel Hughes
23 Mari Beynon Owen
24 Terry Hands
25 Chris Ricketts
26 Ann Sholem
27 Geraint Talfan Davies
28 Tim Rhys-Evans
29 Cefin Roberts
30 John E McGrath
31 Thierry Fischer
32 Peter Finch
33 Tim Baker
34 Karl Jenkins
35 Sir David Rowe-Beddoe
36 Gruff Rhys
37 Peter Doran
38 Pablo Janczur
39 Gareth Jones
40 Rebecca Evans
41 Kathryn Gray
42 Dannie Abse
43 Doreen O'Neill
44 Llyr Williams
45 Gillian Clarke
46 Aled Jones
47 Catrin Finch
48 Peter Gill
49 Rhod Gilbert
50 Roger Burnell