"Don't Get Me Started," the Huddersfield Salon, is a series of conversations about life in Huddersfield (West Yorkshire, England). They take place at the Café Ollo in Huddersfield's Media Centre, with comments on Blogspot. We heard about it from artist Adrian Sinclair of Heads Together, an arts organization focused on bringing life to the hearts of local neighborhoods. The producers of the Salon are "A Fine Bunch of People." They bring in "engaging speakers" to introduce "provocative ideas." The first Salon topic, October 8, 2007, was "Are we a Creative Town yet?" featuring a debate between Paul Chatterton, a geologist from the University of Leeds, and Charles Landry of Comedia, who dubbed Huddersfield "creative" in 1997 and went on to celebrate the town as an model for how small places could reinvent themselves in his book "The Creative City." The discussion evoked a few blog posts and left at one person sleepless. Upcoming topics: "Are You Happy Now?" and "Is Multiculturalism Dead?" There's not a lot of evidence that this venture is successful, but it could be worth trying in your town...

The Huddersfield Salon

   

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