We love the fact that David has decided to cover up Psyche and protect her modesty, unlike the original painting! To read more on this story by Sky News Online visit: www.news.sky.com

Saturday, March 13, 2010
12:00pm – 4:00pm
475 W Market Street, York, USA

The Spoutwood Faeries will be handing out promotional materials to promote the 19th Annual May Day Fairie Festival to be held at Spoutwood Farm (April 30-May 2).

Organisers say, “Please dress your ‘fairy’ best (remember this is a family-friendly event) and bring your own magic stones if you like! We will have some but we go through them FAST! Bring drums or other musical instruments if you would like. Bring a friend! We usually have over 50 people joining us in our group, this is a great opportunity to meet wonderful people or re-connect after the long winter”.

Visit the Facebook event page for full details on this magical gathering.

There is much speculation about the actual location of the filming, and St Ives has been hotly tipped as one of the places where filming may take place.  It is also said that Penelope Cruz is to star alongside Johnny Depp  in the movie, and that previous co-stars Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly will not be making a reappearance. At this time, nothing has been confirmed, so we really still are at the speculation stage!

The film is a fabulous feminist tale collected in the nineteenth century up in the wild Orkney Islands.  The creators say, “This could be the first time EVER in the history of cinema that Scottish porridge fairies have been portrayed on the big screen”.

Elizabeth Jane Baldry says, “Our fabulous, darling, talented volunteers include an Oscar winner and a BAFTA winner working alongside all the kids and mums and dads and grandparents harnessing the collective creativity of a Dartmoor village. The warmth and generosity is utterly heart warming. So many people care about what we are doing here in the Chagford Filmmaking Group. Thank you to all of you who took part in the adventure”.

Buy your tickets here: http://www.fairytalefilms.co.uk/buy_tickets.html

There will be 2 days of stalls, lectures, alternative therapies, psychic readings, and live entertainment to be held at the Community and Wellbeing Centre
297 Mann St, Gosford, Australia. For more details on this event visit: www.loveandserendipity.com.au. The website are artist Michele-Lee Phelan can be found here: www.artoftheempath.com and the website of Lucy Cavendish can be seen here: www.lucycavendish.com

The Ball is being organised by Sarah Duxbury and will also include a Faerie Market. Venue: Crofters Hotel in Cabus, near Garstang. Keep checking back for more news.

The exhibition will explore folklore and mythology by leading artists. The exhibition opens on March 6th with a performance from American artist and musician William Fontaine

Visit the following websites for further info: www.houseoffairytales.org www.millenniumgallery.co.uk and www.thisiscornwall.co.uk

Hayley Madden told FAE, “I recently joined the SWPP, a society aimed at professional portrait and wedding photographers. They are an international organisation and hold monthly competitions for members only. The competition has hundreds of entries from all over the world and only a handful get selected as Gold award winners. These are images deemed to be of the highest standard based on composition, artistry, technical excellence and photographic skill. I entered two images not really expecting to get anywhere on my first attempt (there are silver and bronze awards too – I was hoping I might scrape a bronze) and when the results came out for January – I looked for my image. The score was a ‘G’. What’s ‘G’ I thought to myself – good?, or is it A, B, C, D….G for really bad. Then it dawned on me that it had won a ‘G’ for gold. This image was one that Emily selected from a shoot for Celtic Legend but was never fully developed at the time. Fae Magazine’s insistence on original images for its publication pulled it out of the archives and into the spotlight where it belongs. I owe Emily for the good editing and modelling, Rachel Vanasch for the inspiration dress and Karen Kay for her constant support and always setting the bar high”.

The owner of Fairy Bridge, Sonya Bowness, has been refused planning permission for a gift shop and tearooms. When FAE Magazine first featured this story Sonya told us, “It’s traditional for people who pass by the bridge say hello to the ‘Little People’. Read the full story here: www.iomtoday.co.im

Sian Davies says, “There are many different ways that we can communicate with the angels, fairies and goddesses. This evening we will use and experience a number of different methods that the angels, fairies and goddesses use to communicate with us including channelling, guided meditations, card readings, automatic drawing and writing, psychometry and using a pendulum.”

This special evening workshop with Sian Davies takes place on 23rd February, Click here for more details.