FEB-APR THE PULSE I 9
CALENDAR See the capital in all its finery with guide to top events over the coming months
Gay community assembling for a ball
Queer Ball, 20 February
The Assembly Rooms on
George Street is set to host
a new biannual event for
Edinburghs LGBTI (lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender
and intersex) community.
Popular capital DJ
Trendy Wendy will preside
overthedecks,TheShoogle
Sisters will get the ceilidh
actiongoingandperformers
The Sugar Dandies, Daiquiri
Dusk, pictured above, and
The Gay Gordons Edinburgh
will strut their stuff. The
multi-themed event is for all
Queer & LGBTI folk and
friends.
There will be multiple
rooms and bars, as well as
stalls and dressing up.
Proceeds of the evening
will go to Edinburghs LGBT
Centre for Health and
Wellbeing in Howe Street.
Tickets for The Queer
Ball cost �15 and are
available from The Regent
Bar, The Street, Cafe Nom
de Plume, Tickets Scotland
and Ripping Records.
For more information,
visit: www.myspace.com/
thequeerball or call
0131-228 1155.Wedding fair, 6-7 March
No amount of gloomy talk
regarding financial crises is
going to stop couples
wanting to tie the knot, but
the Wedding Fair at
Edinburghs Corn Exchange
ensures that fiancees and
fiances have plenty of
options when it comes to
organising their big day.
With more than 100
exhibitors specialising in
things such as bridalwear,
kilts, vintage cars,
entertainment, cakes,
favours, photography,
stationery and flowers,
there are no excuses for
leaving without at least a
venue firmly in mind.
Future brides and
grooms can also meet with
wedding co-ordinators who
will be dispensing
invaluable advice.
The fair takes place on
the weekend of 6-7 March,
with fashion shows running
at 12pm, 2pm
and 3:45pm
on both
days.
Tickets
are �5, but
brides and grooms
can register for
free entry at
www.ece.uk.
com
Well groomed for big day
Anthony Hopkins art
exhibition, 2-7 March
Its difficult to think of
veteran actor Sir Anthony
Hopkins without conjuring
up his most famous scene
inTheSilenceoftheLambs,
where Hannibal Lecter
recalls eating a mans liver
with some fava beans and
a nice Chianti. Thankfully,
an Edinburgh-bound
collection of paintings by
the Oscar-winning Welsh
thespian focus mainly on
altogether more pleasant
things,suchassunsetsand
meadows, rather than grisly
depictions of cannibalism.
The 50 pieces of art
cometothecityon2March,
where they will be displayed
at The Dome Bar in George
Street for five days.
When I paint, I just
paint freely without anxiety
regarding outside opinions
as criticisms, said
Hopkins. I do it for sheer
pleasure. Its done wonders
for my subconscious.
I dream now in colours.
Hopkins
displays his
hidden talent

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