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Tributaries brought together communities, artists and scientists along the River Nith to explore the river, its tributaries and the life they sustain. Through activities including moth trapping, bat walks, water sampling, birdwatching and species recording, local people worked alongside scientists to observe and learn about the river and the ecological changes taking place around them. These encounters brought together different generations and forms of knowledge, from scientific observation to lived experience of the river. This knowledge and experience became the starting point for creative workshops with textile artist Elizabeth Stephenson in which participants designed and made traditional trade union-style banners reflecting their communities’ particular relationships with the river and its tributaries. The banners joined the Salty Coo procession in this year’s Nithraid in August. The trade union banner is a symbol of solidarity, collective action and the demand for change. Here, we extend that idea beyond the human: could solidarity also be imagined between species, and between human and more-than-human communities? The banners celebrate the river and give visual expression to the interconnected lives that depend upon it. Collective making created space for conversation, skill-sharing and intergenerational learning, offering a practical and creative way to respond to environmental change. Tributaries is an outreach project for Nithraid, Dumfries’s annual river festival and boat race and we would like to continue the project. If you would like information about how to become part of the banner making project please contact: nithriverunion@gmail.com Many thanks to everyone involved in the making and……. Emily McLatchie (Artist – Thornhill workshops) Old School Thornhill Deborah Iden and the Moniaive Initiative Kirsty Johnson and Nith Life Malcolm Haddow at SWSEIC, Antoine Lemaire at Alouette Nature Tours, Leah Belford – Wallacehall Academy Nithraid and the Tributaries Project are EcoArt productions

**JUPITER+NATION DUMFRIES** Growing Pains is a site-specific installation by artist Lindsey Mendick set in an abandoned estate agent's office. Referencing her teenage years, Mendick has transformed the space into a haunting, immersive experience that explores the uncertainty, awkwardness, and societal expectations surrounding adolescence. Assembled on a spiralling desk that references the often cruel loop of teenagehood, Growing Pains features Alice-in-Wonderland-style ceramic dolls' houses that burst open, with teenage figures erupting from within. The work captures the surreal pressures that emerge at the threshold of adulthood, underlining the tension between a yearning for parental acceptance and the simultaneous urge to reject it. Jupiter+Nation is an ambitious off-site programme by Jupiter Artland that brings world class art to high streets across Scotland. Content warning: The supporting documentary film contains strong language, references to suicide, bullying and negative body image that some viewers might find difficult. Young people must be accompanied.

Meet at the Cupcake Cafe for the start of the walk

Come along to our Junior Youth Group ( 5-10 years) every Monday and Thursday 6pm till 7.30pm at Summerhill. Multi Sports / Supper / Fun / New Friends

#### WHAT? Join us on your glowing and lit up bikes for a family friendly bike ride. We'll be riding from Dock Head to Kingholm Quay along the cycle path then back via the partially closed quiet Kingholm Road. Come and celebrate the new lighting along the cycle path and show your support for the #MyRideOurRight campaign calling for safer routes for women to cycle. When it's safer for women, it's safer for everyone. Bring your lights and come glow with us! #GlowRides #CyclingUK #### WHY? Good lighting on cycle routes is a key part of making cycling safer year round - particularly for women, but also for lots of other people who might find a path like this worrying after dark. In the last couple of years Dumfries and Galloway Council have added lights to a number of key routes - the Kingholm Quay path, the Maidenbower path and the curly wurly bridge in Lincluden - something we welcome! The lights have also been fixed on the Greensands where the work is going on, which makes that route feel a lot safer. Our Glow Ride on Thursday will highlight the importance of lighting where appropriate as a way of making cycling feel socially safe for everyone, as well as safe from traffic.

Gene Hackman plays Harry Caul, a paranoid, secretive surveillance expert who has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered. Francis Ford Coppola's brilliant paranoia thriller was filmed between The Godfather and The Godfather Part II.

Tributaries brought together communities, artists and scientists along the River Nith to explore the river, its tributaries and the life they sustain. Through activities including moth trapping, bat walks, water sampling, birdwatching and species recording, local people worked alongside scientists to observe and learn about the river and the ecological changes taking place around them. These encounters brought together different generations and forms of knowledge, from scientific observation to lived experience of the river. This knowledge and experience became the starting point for creative workshops with textile artist Elizabeth Stephenson in which participants designed and made traditional trade union-style banners reflecting their communities’ particular relationships with the river and its tributaries. The banners joined the Salty Coo procession in this year’s Nithraid in August. The trade union banner is a symbol of solidarity, collective action and the demand for change. Here, we extend that idea beyond the human: could solidarity also be imagined between species, and between human and more-than-human communities? The banners celebrate the river and give visual expression to the interconnected lives that depend upon it. Collective making created space for conversation, skill-sharing and intergenerational learning, offering a practical and creative way to respond to environmental change. Tributaries is an outreach project for Nithraid, Dumfries’s annual river festival and boat race and we would like to continue the project. If you would like information about how to become part of the banner making project please contact: nithriverunion@gmail.com Many thanks to everyone involved in the making and……. Emily McLatchie (Artist – Thornhill workshops) Old School Thornhill Deborah Iden and the Moniaive Initiative Kirsty Johnson and Nith Life Malcolm Haddow at SWSEIC, Antoine Lemaire at Alouette Nature Tours, Leah Belford – Wallacehall Academy Nithraid and the Tributaries Project are EcoArt productions

**JUPITER+NATION DUMFRIES** Growing Pains is a site-specific installation by artist Lindsey Mendick set in an abandoned estate agent's office. Referencing her teenage years, Mendick has transformed the space into a haunting, immersive experience that explores the uncertainty, awkwardness, and societal expectations surrounding adolescence. Assembled on a spiralling desk that references the often cruel loop of teenagehood, Growing Pains features Alice-in-Wonderland-style ceramic dolls' houses that burst open, with teenage figures erupting from within. The work captures the surreal pressures that emerge at the threshold of adulthood, underlining the tension between a yearning for parental acceptance and the simultaneous urge to reject it. Jupiter+Nation is an ambitious off-site programme by Jupiter Artland that brings world class art to high streets across Scotland. Content warning: The supporting documentary film contains strong language, references to suicide, bullying and negative body image that some viewers might find difficult. Young people must be accompanied.

Open for bike sales and information, with basic workshop services provided where possible. Come and pick up one of our bargain bikes or have a look to see if there's one of waiting for you to take on as a repair project.

Adapted from Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel, this seductive, psychological thriller follows renowned author Verity Crawford (Anne Hathaway) and Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson), a struggling writer who relocates to the remote Crawford estate to ghostwrite for Verity.

Dogstar Theatre Company presents THE TAILOR OF INVERNESS Krawiec z Invernessu Written & performed by Matthew Zajac With Jonny Hardie/Gavin Marwick on violin Directed by Ben Harrison Designed by Ali Maclaurin Musical direction by Jonny Hardie & Gavin Marwick Matthew Zajac’s stunning show about his Polish-Ukrainian father has entranced over 40,000 people, playing in a huge variety of venues from prestigious theatres in cities which include New York, Adelaide, Glasgow, Kyiv, London, Malmo and Berlin, to tiny village halls. This is a rare chance to see this unforgettable and moving story of displacement and survival in war-torn Europe, a powerful allegory for all victims of war. Winner of a Scotsman Fringe First, the Stage Best Solo Performer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe and the 2009 Best Actor Award from the Scottish Critics. **Doors open:** 18:30

Adapted from Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel, this seductive, psychological thriller follows renowned author Verity Crawford (Anne Hathaway) and Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson), a struggling writer who relocates to the remote Crawford estate to ghostwrite for Verity.