The British International Comic Show AKA BICS takes place next weekend 3^rd and 4^th October 2009. BICS is the UK’s largest comics convention.

This will be the first year that RoboSteel has attended the event and we will be bringing along some amazing sculptures so make sure and bring you camera!

There will be loads of interesting people to meet including Japanese manga artist Michiru Morikawa, renowned Marvel artist Pasqual Ferry and Paul Cornell from DoctorWho and Captain Britain fame.  The show will be held in the amazing Think Thank venue in Birmingham and the onsite IMAX theatre will be showing special screenings of this year’s hit move Watchmen.  Don’t miss your last chance to see Watchmen on the massive IMAX Screen.

To find out more about BICS and get a full listing of those attending and the events taking place over the weekend please visit: http://www.thecomicsshow.co.uk

How to get there:

Now in its 4th year, Culture Night 2009 will be the biggest and best yet with museums, cathedrals, galleries, theatres, artist studios and other cultural venues opening late, many until midnight,  welcoming visitors of all ages in for a taste of free culture for one night.

In 2008, Culture Night was an overwhelming success with over 100,000 attending the events in Dublin and this year the organisers hope to exceed that number.  There will be over 120 cultural venues open to the general public including Christ Church Cathedral, the National Museum of Ireland, the Science Gallery Trinity College, The Guinness Storehouse, the Light House Cinema, The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children, the Chester Beatty Library Dublin Castle and much more.

Outdoor Events

Dublin Culture Night 2009 will feature a full and exciting programme of outdoor events taking place across the streets and public spaces of the city. From multicultural events, street theatre shows and walkabout characters, to amazing installations and light and film projections. You can come along and visit RoboSteel at the Designer Mart Cow’s Lane, Old City, Temple Bar, Dublin 8, from 5pm – 9pm.  RoboSteel will have some amazing sculptures on view to the public and if you have time check out the CHQ center down the Dublin docklands (IFSC) where RoboSteel have a 2.4 meter Alien and 2 meter Terminator sculpture on show for a limited time.

Culture Night and its programme of events are a very important event providing people with an occasion to discover and enjoy the rich cultural offering of Ireland’s top cultural venues at night.

The full programme of events and participating venues for Culture Night 2009 can be found on www.culturenight.ie you can also call the Temple Bar Cultural Trust on 01 888 3610 for more information.

Download a map of the event

www.culturenight.ie/docs/map2009.pdf

The motorcycle man is now starting to come together, the basic shape of the head was completed this morning.  This sculpture has been commissioned by the Carole Nash International Motorcycle and Scooter Show and will be on show at the NEC Birmingham 27th November until 6th December 2009

Here are the latest progress pictures of this amazing sculpture:

www.motorcycleshow.co.uk

International Talk Like a Pirate Day (ITLAPD) is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur (Ol’ Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap’n Slappy), of Albany, Oregon, who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. For example, an observer of this holiday would greet friends not with “Hello,” but with “Ahoy, me hearty!” The holiday, and its observance, springs from a romanticized view of the Golden Age of Piracy. The holiday is a major observance in the parody religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. (Wikipedia)  To mark this day RoboSteel becomes a scurvy pirate on 19^th of September and a couple of years back commissioned our Jack Sparrow sculpture that is made from 100% recycled steel.

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