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I Capital fans are being asked to vote for Edinburgh to be placed on a worldWide edition of Monopoly. More than 2000 travel writers nominated Cities, and, out of the 68 chosen, the public are being asked to vote on the final 22. Online ballots can be cast until Thursday 28 February
I Cove Park in Argyll and Bute is seeking applicants for its three- month Wsual Arts Residency, which runs from Monday 5 May-Friday 1 August this year. The selected artist will receive £5200 and a materials allowance of £750. Accommodation and a studio will be provided. The deadline for applications is Friday 22 February. Contact Cove Park on 01436 850123 or visit www.covepark.org
I Congratulations to Scottish author AL Kennedy who has pocketed the hotly contested Costa Book of the Year award for her fifth novel, Day, the slow of a former RAF prisoner of war who returns to Germany to confront his demons.
The full line-up for the
M! Magners Glasgow
International Comedy festival 2008
includes live shows from Frankie Boyle,
; Jimmy Carr, French and Saunders, Omid Djalili, Jen'y Sadowitz and Dara O Briain. Extended to 18 days, the festival will run from Thursday 645unday 23 March. One of the show’s main headliners, Dame Edna .
Everage, had to pull out of the festival due
to ill health.
I Tickets for all shows are On sale now on
0870 013 5464 or at g/asgowcomedyfest/val. com
8 THE LIST 31 Jan—14 Feb 2008
I Andy Arnold, director of the Arches in Glasgow, announced last week that he's leaving the venue he set up 17 years ago to become director of the Tron. ‘It is my hope that some of the best young talent the Arches has nurtured will now come through and take on the venue's creative leadership,‘ Arnold said. The position has been vacant since last autumn, following the departure of Gregory Thompson.
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I Following their success last year, the INDY Music Awards are set to return later this year, shifting the focus from London to the whole of the UK. The public can vote for their favourite nominated artists, in all 19 categories, at www.indyawards.co.uk from Friday 1 February-Monday 31 March. The full shortlist, based on the top four most popular artists in each of the ‘ categories will be announced in April before being reviewed by an Industry Panel who will decide the overall award winners.
I The first major digital hymn book has been launched allowing users to browse over 1800 songs I ‘ ' and download words, sheet music,
and accompanying audio backing
tracks. See
www.missionpraise.com
I Ten people are being sought in Glasgow to host international volunteers as part of the first ever Global Xchange with Syria. Global Xchange, run in partnership with international development charity VSO and the British Council, aims to bring people aged 18-25 together in the community. In March, nine young people from Syria will collaborate with nine British youngsters to give 6000 hours of voluntary service to the local community. For more information, see www.globa|xchange.org.uk