You might remember a month or so ago, we posted about the Digging Deeper events with CMS in Oxford just after Greenbelt, featuring GB10 speakers Dave Andrews and Mark Yaconelli.
In addition to this, we'd now like to draw attention to an event taking place in Birmingham around the same time.
Before heading to Oxford, Mark Yaconelli [...]

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In advance of their participation in Greenbelt 2010, the worship collective Grace are launching their new album Landskapes with a party at the Big Chill House in London on August 20th.
With a fully-powered sound-system and visualisations, as well as a fully-stocked bar, the night features Digital Pilgrimz, DJ Ru, Roly Miller, Electrik Cafe, and GB10 [...]

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Our friends at Moot are hosting an evening of music with Iain Archer next week in London.
The event takes place on Thursday 29th July at 7.30pm, and features live music from Greenbelt favourite Iain, supported by Lovers Electric and The Social Services. It's all taking place at Moot's regular London venue the Church of St Mary Woolnoth in [...]

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Greenbelter Rebecca Foster attended Jeanette Winterson's lecture at London's South Bank Centre, as previously previewed on this blog.
Rebecca is a library assistant for King's College London, and has had some of her favourite Greenbelt experiences in the Literature programme ("Andrew Tate's lectures, the Books To Read Before You Die panel in 2007, a literary [...]

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Greenbelt '08 Mainstagers [dweeb] are running a campaign leading up to the release of their new single "It's OK" over the summer.
The campaign is called "Let's Tell Everyone It's OK!". In introducing the campaign, [dweeb] say:
[dweeb] are on a mission to tell the world that It's OK; that no matter how tough your situation, there's [...]

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The Iona Community is offering a chance to Explore Creation in a six-night stay on the beautiful Isle of Mull just after Greenbelt 2010.
The week away is led by Kathy Galloway, the practical theologian, writer, activist and former Leader of the Iona Community, and will surround attendees with the beautiful coastal landscapes around the Camas [...]

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The London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) 2010 is on now, and features a great range of international theatre across the capital.
LIFT, you'll remember, is where former Greenbelt Director Beki Bateson currently works, after leaving Greenbelt last autumn…
Here's some more information about what's happening over the next three-and-a-half weeks, with a special offer for tickets [...]

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The World Cup is currently throwing up some interesting global matchups – we're all enjoying Paraguay vs New Zealand in the Greenbelt Office this afternoon – but it looks like the Riverside Studios in London may have that trumped with their international tête-à-tête, Hungary vs Tibet.
Not really, of course. In fact, they're offering the chance [...]

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Greenbelt designer Wilf Whitty (aka Ratiotype) has got a piece of his work in a design and illustration show taking place in Bristol.
Entitled "Escape", the exhibition features work by 32 designers and illustrators as a showcase for their work.
Wilf's piece is inspired by – and uses images from – the recent Street Child World Cup. [...]

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If you're in Brighton, then you have a chance next Thursday to not only meet one of the pioneers of punk music, but also to enter a raffle to win some tickets to this year's Greenbelt!
Chaz Jankel is a key member of The Blockheads*, who – with the legendary Ian Dury – wrote "Sex & [...]

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