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Happy International Short Story Day! I shall be celebrating by reading short stories this morning and working on a new short story this afternoon...  I hope you have a day of enjoying short stories and their writers, also. Gifts/ drinks most welcome.  Next week I am off to see Patti Smith play, frolick about in Laugharne for my birthday, and then hop over to Dinefwr festival to perform a few poems : Saturday, 1.00pm Jam Bones is the brain child of Mab Jones, and is a spoken word enterprise based in Cardiff. It has organised over 50 events, including: monthly  Manic Monday  poetry happenings in the capital city; the popular  PechaKucha Night  of mini-presentations at Chapter Arts Centre; various slams, including the Welsh heat of this year’s  National Team Poetry Slam ; the  Floralia Festival , a showcase of female creative and performance talent; the Welsh leg of Attila the Stockbroker’s 30th anniversary UK tour; and many, many more! ...

La Boheme Published  Wednesday 6 June 2012  at  12:01  by  Susie Wild Welsh National Opera’s La Boheme is a feast of the senses celebrating La Belle Epoque. Choosing to revive one of their best-loved productions with the alternative version of the opera is always going to run the risk of displeasing traditionalists and avid fans of the other production, however the beautifully contemporary visual spectacle they have created is guaranteed to win them many new admirers. Annabel Arden makes an assured debut with WNO as director with great attention to the nuances of character. Stephen Brimson Lewis has designed incredible, cinematic sets incorporating multimedia to great effect as the action switches from the shadows and starlight of Parisian garrett rooftops and the exuberant bustle of bohemian cafe culture in the Madcap years to the painterly winter tableaux of Act III. Extravagant diversive rather than outrageously distracting. Anita Hartig (Mimi) and A...