A Very Merry Month to you all SHOPpers!
Below is a festive diary of festivities to get you in the fiesta-ing mood for the most wonderful time of the year.
BUT! Before you start vigourously printing and memorising it, there are just a few announcements.
Christmas Hours
SHOP will have additional hours in December, as well as 11am - 7pm Monday - Saturday, SHOP will be open on Sundays in December from 12pm - 4pm. SHOP will also be open Christmas Eve from 12pm-4pm.
Christmas Closing
SHOP will be closed from the 25th December until the 6th January, reopening on Friday the 7th January at 11am.
Last Chance Saloon for Shop Club Gifts
If you are a SHOPper or a Hot SHOP Member and have not collected your birthday gift this year then December is your last chance. Come January we are making a bonfire of them all to keep warm.
FESTIVITY MONTH AT SHOP
Here at SHOP we absolutely ruddy love Christmas (so shoot us) and why not, we do live on the Christmas Steps after all, so December is an unashamed celebration of the joy of the festive season. There will be extended hours at SHOP, as well as plenty of events to get you in a celebratory mood. See the full weekly listings, below.
EVENTS IN SHOP
THROUGHOUT DECEMBER‘Christmas SHOP’
A SHOP InstallationAll month SHOP will be decked up to the max. We’ve got two Christmas trees as part of the Christmas Steps Arts Quarter Christmas Tree Trail, as well as probably a few too many decorations. If that doesn’t melt your hearts of black stone, then we’ll also be stuffing you full of free mince pies and hot drinks all month long. And while you’re here grunting an admiring approval through a mouthful of mince pie, you can take a load off those weary shopped-out feet in SHOP’s comfy and welcoming Lounge.
THURSDAY 2ND DECEMBERCSAQ Christmas Lights Switch On
5.30pm – 6.30pm
The children of St Michael’s on the Mount will be serenading all with joyful carols, whilst the adults drink lots of mulled wine (to stay warm, kay?) and hand out mince pies before a local celebrity doesn’t switch on the official Christmas Steps Christmas Lights.
CSAQ Late Night Opening Until 8pm
Some of the very loveliest traders in the area (ahem, that means us) are opening late until 8pm on Thursdays running up to Christmas. Once you’ve shopped yourselves out, you can enjoy a discounted pint in the Urban Wood, even Scrooge would enjoy that.
SATURDAY 4TH DECEMBER
Artisan Market 11am – 4pmSHOP’s regular Artisan Market on the Christmas Steps. This month there are two and they are super-extra Christmassy! Both markets are sell-outs so be sure to come down and admire the wares of the local makers spread over 30 stalls!
SUNDAY 5TH DECEMBER
SHOP Sunday Opening 12pm – 4pm Throughout December SHOP will be open on Sundays to offer you an alternative to that capitalist sinkhole, Cabot Circus and all their equally unethical cousins.
THURSDAY 9TH DECEMBER CSAQ Late Night Opening Until 8pm Some of the very loveliest traders in the area (ahem, that means us) are opening late until 8pm on Thursdays running up to Christmas. Once you’ve shopped yourselves out, you can enjoy a discounted pint in the Urban Wood, even Scrooge would enjoy that.
SUNDAY 12TH DECEMBER SHOP Sunday Opening 12pm – 4pm Throughout December SHOP will be open on Sundays to offer you an alternative to that capitalist sinkhole, Cabot Circus and all their equally unethical cousins.
TUESDAY 14TH DECEMBER CineSHOP 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Trading Places
December wouldn’t be the same without a Christmas film! This year the choice was inspired by a Zine we read in our Zine Library. For a ‘wager’ on whether breeding or environmental factors are more important in determining character, two business tycoons engineer the 'trading places' of one of their young financial wizards (Aykroyd, in fine smug form) with a black low-life hustler (Murphy, at his most brilliant) and sit back to watch Murphy rise and Aykroyd fall in one of the very best Christmas comedies of modern times.
THURSDAY 16TH DECEMBER CSAQ Late Night Opening Until 8pm Some of the very loveliest traders in the area (ahem, that means us) are opening late until 8pm on Thursdays running up to Christmas. Once you’ve shopped yourselves out, you can enjoy a discounted pint in the Urban Wood, even Scrooge would enjoy that.
SATURDAY 18TH DECEMBERArtisan Market 11am – 4pm SHOP’s regular Artisan Market on the Christmas Steps. This month there are two and they are super-extra Christmassy! Both markets are sell-outs so be sure to come down and admire the wares of the local makers spread over 30 stalls!
SUNDAY 19TH DECEMBER
SHOP Sunday Opening 12pm – 4pm Throughout December SHOP will be open on Sundays to offer you an alternative to that capitalist sinkhole, Cabot Circus and all their equally unethical cousins.
EVENTS IN THE ARTS SPACE AT 18 37TH CHAMBERFFI: Search ‘37th Chamber’ on Facebook
Film Night 7.30pm onwards
Saturday 11th November £2A Christmas kung-fu classic from the arts space regulars.
FAN
FFI: www.thefancharity.org
Friends and Neighbours Meeting
8th December 6pm – 7pm FREE
FAN meets monthly at SHOP, the second Wednesday of the month at 6pm. FAN means, Friends and Neighbours and it’s a chance to meet to talk others in the community.
EXHIBITIONS Natasha Almeida
Treasure: A Group Illustration Exhibition
24th November – 8th December 11am – 6pm
One person's junk is another's treasure. A magpie is one who compulsively collects or hoards small objects.
The work displayed for this exhibition will be diverse in style and materials used (painting, mixed media collage, screen prints and 3d work), but held together by a common theme.
Corinne Evans
Jewellery Box
10th – 14th December 11am – 6pm Jewellery Box is a selling exhibition of contemporary jewellery and crafts from several designers working with different mediums.
It is a great opportunity to pick up unique, special and affordable Christmas gifts.
