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Irish Daily Mirror
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Pillow Queens gearing up for huge Dublin show for Pride
Dublin indie heroes Pillow Queens are gearing up for a huge Pride show this weekend - their first gig of the year in the capital. The three-piece will play the Just Eat Pride Event at the Grand Social, with support from Derry singer-songwriter, SOAK, after this Saturday's Dublin Pride Parade. 'We are excited about it,' Pillow Queens bass player and co-vocalist Sarah Corcoran told the Irish Mirror ahead of the show. 'It's nice to be playing a venue like the Grand Social again, because it's been a few years since we did something like that. 'We're having a great time. We're trying to get a set together that's just like the hits, the festival bangers. Just so everyone's in good form for Pride, so we need to make sure we keep it that way!' For Pillow Queens, Pride is 'an opportunity to check in with how far' the group have come, and 'how much progress' there is still to make - alongside celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. 'I think Pride is an individual thing, generally speaking,' Sarah said. 'But I suppose for the band, I think we see Pride as an opportunity to check in with how far we've come and how much progress we've still yet to make, as well as celebrating our community. 'Because I think the Queer community in Ireland is a really special one, so it's a really nice chance to get to go and join the march, and then go and do our sound check and then just sort of party the night away.' All proceeds from ticket sales for the event will go towards Irish charity Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre. 'I think resources are still very, very necessary,' Sarah explained. 'Not everybody has a supportive community in their direct vicinity, so they need to be able to reach out. And Outhouse is one of those organisations that offers those resources. 'Whether it's education you're looking for, community or support, or just an ear to listen, the Outhouse is just incredible for doing that. 'It also provides a space for the LGBTQ+ community to just come together in Dublin City, which is incredible. And their coffee is really good too.' 'It's really special,' Sarah added, talking about her own experience with Outhouse. 'It's been going for years and years, and I remember being a teenager and going in and just picking up leaflets, and it being very informative to me, coming to terms with my own identity. 'Then just meeting people there as well. They host events, they host exhibitions... Always been a great support to not only the LGBTQ+ community, but also the Irish music scene, as well, which is amazing.' Pillow Queens are currently working on a new album, with the band getting stuck into writing new tunes and making demos. 'Tunes are still getting written, we are going to keep writing tunes until we have no energy to write anymore. 'Because it's fun, and we haven't really had the opportunity to do it before, because for the last three albums we've been in a contract with a label in North America, so there was a bit of an expectation that we'd release an album, then tour, then just go straight in and release another album. 'Whereas now we're out of contract with that label, so the pressure is completely off, and we can sort of change the speed, the direction, a little bit, the style as well, and just sort of go wherever we want to go with it. 'We're in the middle of doing demos at the moment. 'Our lovely friend Darragh is playing drums with us, he's also our producer and engineer, so he's helping us put together a demo, which is amazing because we've been learning those skills little by little over the years, but we're nowhere near as good as he is, so it's great.' Pillow Queens will be supported on the day by Derry singer-songwriter SOAK, who they previously toured with. Sarah shared: 'We toured with them in 2018, I want to say, around Europe. That was our first foray into the tour bus life, and we haven't witnessed it since, that was very exciting for us. 'They took us under their wing and took us around Europe, so it's exciting to get to share a stage with them again.' Pillow Queens and SOAK will play the Just Eat Dublin Pride Event at The Grand Social on Saturday. All proceeds from ticket sales, as well as a €20,000 Just Eat donation will be given to Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre. The Irish Mirror's Crime Writers Michael O'Toole and Paul Healy are writing a new weekly newsletter called Crime Ireland. Click here to sign up and get it delivered to your inbox every week
Mint
04-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- Mint
Can't afford that luxury bag? Choose local
THE 'SHAADI' BAG Take your outfit a notch up with this zardozi -work potli by Divani. Available online, price on request THE QUIRKY BAG The Torani Dil Surkh Tota Bag, crafted in jeni silk, will be a head-turner wherever you go. Available online and in stores , ₹ 32,500. THE VACATION BAG Add some boho vibes and fun to your vacation outfits with Outhouse's half-moon bag, made from vegan leather. Available online, ₹ 48,800. THE OFFICE BAG Behno's Katrina Satchel Pebble Bordeaux, made of pebble-grain leather, is simple, chic and roomy enough to carry all day. Available online, ₹ 22,500. THE WEEKEND BAG Tronc & Co Jaipur's wooden, handpainted bag can be carried as a crossbody or a top handle. Perfect for lazy brunches. Available online, price on request. THE TRAVEL BAG Nappa Dori's Dean, made from sheet metal and leather, can be handy as a backpack as well as a briefcase. Available online and in stores, ₹ 15,500.
Fashion Network
02-05-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
The Amethyst Room partners with Outhouse for exclusive pop-up in Chennai
The Amethyst Room at Chamiers has partnered with luxury jewellery and accessories brand Outhouse to launch an exclusive pop-up of the label's new holiday collections on May 2. The shopping event runs until May 3 in Chennai's Puram neighbourhood. The upcoming event at The Amethyst Room is designed to offer visitors the opportunity to experience the label's design-led offering in an intimate, curated retail setting, announced The Amethyst Room in a press release. With a focus on creating conversation pieces that reflect individuality and craft, the pop-up reflects both Outhouse's design philosophy and The Amethyst Room's continued support for contemporary Indian labels. The limited-time Holiday Pop Up brings Outhouse's signature blend of Indian and international design influences to Chennai shoppers, with pieces priced between Rs 5,000 and Rs 40,000. Known for its eclectic, sculptural aesthetic, the label's handcrafted jewellery blends cultural elements, modern materials, and experimental forms. Designs at the pop-up feature a mix of Swarovski crystals, semi-precious stones, leather, and metal. Founded in 2012 by sisters Kaabia and Sasha Grewal, Outhouse describes its collections as 'bridge luxury.' The designers combine backgrounds in gemology and fine jewellery manufacturing, drawing inspiration from global fashion and Indian craftsmanship. Each piece is made in the label's studio and finished in 22 carat gold.
CBC
11-04-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Higgs's PC campaign spending leaned on populists, westerners
Social Sharing The 2024 New Brunswick Progressive Conservative election campaign leaned heavily — and spent heavily — on campaign consultants with socially conservative and populist connections, particularly in Western Canada, newly public documents reveal. Financial returns for the PC Party show six-figure spending on services provided by Steve Outhouse, the party's campaign manager, and his company Intercede Communications. Another Prairie-based company, Mash Strategy, whose CEO has raised the spectre of western separatism, also worked on the campaign. Both companies also did taxpayer-funded work for the New Brunswick government when PC Premier Blaine Higgs was in power. "I want to be sure our perspective is not limited to one region, one province," Higgs said of the government contracts in April 2024. WATCH | PC election spending reflected Higgs's rightward tilt: How the New Brunswick PCs borrowed from western populism in 2024 campaign 17 minutes ago Duration 3:41 For pre-election and campaign services, Outhouse personally billed the party $154,843 in 2024, while Intercede billed $413,052. Outhouse's government salary as principal secretary to the premier was $124,656 from April to September 2024. Mash was paid $31,842 by the PC Party for campaign services. It had a government communications contract worth $72,000 last year. Mash's CEO Derek Robinson was the chief of digital strategy for former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall from 2011 to 2018 and later joined the Buffalo Project, an organization that supports a more bullish approach to federalism. It advocated Alberta and Saskatchewan taking control of some policy areas now under federal jurisdiction, including pensions and immigration — which Robinson told a podcast in 2020 was designed to discourage western separatist sentiment. "If we don't get a fair deal within Confederation within a decent period of time here, I think the flames of separation are going to be burning much hotter in the very near future," Robinson said. Outhouse is originally from Nova Scotia. He ran Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's winning election campaign in 2023 and two federal Conservative leadership campaigns by social conservative Leslyn Lewis. Higgs insisted last year that the veteran campaign consultant could hold a taxpayer-funded government job in his office while preparing for the PC government's re-election campaign outside work hours. "The separation between the night duties and the day duties would be very clear," Higgs said in April 2024. Mash Strategy started advising his office in April 2023, the same month the Higgs government began reviewing Policy 713, a gender identity policy setting minimum standards for ensuring safe and inclusive schools for LGBTQ students. Higgs's decision to weaken those protections led to accusations he was shifting to the right, and later that year he embraced Faytene Grasseschi, the Alberta-born Christian conservative activist and broadcaster, as a PC candidate. "I'll call it a movement, I'll call it a revolution," he said of her candidacy in December 2023. Outhouse told CBC News on election night last October that Higgs's changes to Policy 713 were "actually very popular overall with the electorate but that wasn't the deciding factor for most people in the election." Outhouse did not respond to an interview request from CBC News about the PC Party financing return. Nor did party president Erika Hachey. All registered provincial political parties must file annual financial returns with Elections New Brunswick under the Political Process Financing Act, which regulates fundraising and election spending. The PC Party's 142-page return for 2024 shows several paid election workers from Western Canada, including: Lianne Bell, the chief of staff to the Speaker of Alberta's legislature and a former staffer to Premier Danielle Smith when she was leader of the province's Wildrose Party. Tasha Schindel, who worked on Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's 2019 election campaign. Daniel Kostek, an Alberta student who was an advance co-ordinator for Higgs's campaign tour and who is involved with a U.S.-based libertarian group called Students for Liberty. The document also shows the party paid some right-leaning media outlets to raise money for Higgs. Rebel News received $11,730 for election advertising at the same time it was providing positive coverage of Higgs. Last fall the New Brunswick Media Co-op reported that Rebel News had sent out a fundraising appeal for Higgs by email, linking to a website seeking donations for the PCs. "Blaine Higgs stands up for families," the site said. "We need to stand up for Higgs!" The party also paid $2,459 to The Counter Signal, a site launched by Rebel News alumnus Kean Bexte that publishes pro-Conservative content. It paid $5,332 to Maple Leaf Strategies, a communications firm listed as a partner of the Conservative networking conference Canada Strong and Free, founded by former Reform Party leader Preston Manning. Higgs spoke at one of the conferences in April 2024. Cards were left on the seats urging attendees to donate money to his campaign. Not all the Conservatives who pitched in with the Higgs campaign were western-based. An Ontario numbered company owned by Chad Bowie, a Nova Scotian who works in Ottawa, was paid $89,547 for fundraising services. Montreal-based Conway Direction Public Relations, headed by longtime Ottawa Conservative staffer Matthew Conway, was paid $20,454. Conway also worked for Ontario cabinet minister Caroline Mulroney, the daughter of former prime minister Brian Mulroney. A Toronto-based company, Knocks Engagement Ltd., was paid $46,000 for supplying professionally trained employees to knock on doors to identify PC supporters — a task normally undertaken by unpaid party volunteers.
