The Different Moons Bazaar was an enormous success; from midday until 3.30pm the Whitaker Museum was packed with people, in the main people from our South Asian community. The stalls sold really well – the food ran out shortly after 3pm – and the excitement and enjoyment of the music, the stalls, the poetry and the…

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After the Different Moons exhibition being open for best part of a week, we’re preparing for the Bazaar on Saturday (22nd), again at the Whitaker in Rawtenstall.  Look out for Asian crafts, and henna-painting, live music, bookstalls, saree stalls and Asian food. We’ll also have, later in the day, live music from Chris Davies and…

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Mr Mazhar Hussain, one of the very first people to emigrate to Lancashire from South Asia, shows Lizzie Lempen (of Lempen Puppets) where his family originated on a map from the first of the boards in the explanatory section of Different Moons. The exhibition opened Saturday 15th November at the Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery…

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It’s just a week now before we move into the Whitaker to set up the Different Moons exhibition. So it’s a busy period as you can imagine…here at the Boo we’re finishing the fountain (above), the lanterns, the audio tracks and the animated films. Elsewhere Maryam has Shamshad’s poems and is creating the ‘moon-book’ which…

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