Get into the spirit of Christmas early by joining florist Becky Frost of Feather & Ferns Design for a ‘Christmas Wreath Creation Class’!
This small group workshop will be taking place on Sunday 9th December and has limited spaces available*. It includes approximately 2 hours tuition, a combination of foraged and supplied materials, a 12 inch Christmas wreath to take home and a mulled wine and minced pie. We will also be offering 10% off any garden centre purchases made on the day.
Tickets for the class are £35 per person.
Please ask at our shop for further information, or contact our Head Gardener, Becki Edwards, on 01939 211900.
An intimate group workshop including a combination of foraged and provided materials together with professional tuition by Becky Frost of Feather & Ferns Floral Design to create a 12 inch Christmas Wreath to take home. The workshop will last for approximately 2 hours and conclude with festive refreshments. Booking must be made in advance with our Head Gardener Rebecca Edwards at becki.cgr@ospreywmg.com or on 01939 211900.
Join us on the museum balcony for film screening of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ in colour. £5.50 per person including a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie.
By popular request experienced musician and tutor Rick Wilson is back at The Hermon for the autumn and winter season to share his exceptional skills on hand drums and percussion instruments in a series of on-going monthly group workshops on 20th October, 17th November and 15th December.
Explore in a focused manner Indian, African and South American styles of drumming in a friendly and relaxed environment! No prior experience is needed, bring a drum if you have one but, if not, instruments will be at hand.
Come and join this eager group that brings together beginners, intermediate and advanced players to discover all things rhythmic and develop their skills jointly!
Prior booking helps us with the planning, so please register and purchase tickets for this series of events as early as you can! Many thanks.
More about Rick that’s well-worth a read: www.eastorywilsound.co.uk/rick.htm
Top organist Robert Wolfe plays Wurlitzer theatre organ at The Buttermarket in Shrewsbury. Raffle, Sales Table and Refreshments available. Live Wurlitzer theatre organ music from Shropshire’s theatre organ.
A light installation celebrating the completion of the first phase of restoration to the world’s first iron-framed building – Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings.
As Shadows Return hints at 200 years of the factory’s history and is a celebration of its future. The ‘dragon on the hill’ awakens.
World renowned light artist, Andy McKeown, has reanimated the Main Mill building on the site .with silhouettes and shadows of the mechanical and human activity that once took place within. Light and sound are artfully entwined to reveal glimpses of the building’s incredible evolution, and the people who toiled within. The piece will constantly change and evolve, so there will always be reason to look again.
The Main Mill is one of the most important buildings of the industrial revolution and was the first iron-framed building in the world. It is known as the grandparent of the modern day skyscraper and changed city skylines forever. The pioneering design and layout of the mill was the forerunner of methods used by specialist industrial architects a century later. The locals called it the ‘dragon on the hill’ due to the serrated roof, the billowing steam and roars from the machinery within, and the eerie glow from the gas lighting, which was new to Shrewsbury at the time.
When
The shadowy forms will light up the building from sunset between 21 December and 31 January. You don’t have to be on site to see it; it is visible from outside the Flaxmill site to passers-by. No booking necessary. The visitor centre is open on Saturdays only from 10am – 4pm – please note that As Shadows Return only operates after the sun has set.
Take part in the conversation using the hashtag #ShadowsReturn
Atmospheric candlelit service with readings and carols, some for all to join in and others by choirs or orchestra. Charity collection for The Shrewsbury Ark.
Seasonal refreshments in the hall afterwards.
Shropshire Art Society’s Ongoing Exhibition for these four weeks showcases the work of Annette Hughes and Bakhtiar Umataliev. It is open from 10 am to 4 pm daily, excluding Sundays.
Always wanted to give yoga a try but felt too nervous? In this 5 week yoga class run by professional teacher Sue Salmon, you will learn the absolute basics of yoga. You will look at combining breath with movement and some simple stretches to loosen up your muscles.
This is the perfect class for complete beginners to yoga!
Please bring your own mat.
Join our weekly Art Group on Tuesday 29th January. Graham will be instructing the group on the technique of drawing bottles using pen and wash.
Our classes are free to attend but donations are always welcome.
Come and join us and lose yourself in Art.
We will be using boro style stitching technique that uses scrap fabric to create a kind of patchwork. We are making some seat pads for The Forge Cafe but you will also get a chance to take some of your work home.
It is free to attend – drop in between 10-2pm and meet like-minded people – all abilities, ages and capabilities welcome.
We can provide tools and some materials or bring along your own if you have them or wish to develop your own colours/design. Please bring long sharp needles, strong thread and scraps of fabric if you have them.
Free Thursday is supported by the Peoples Post Code Lottery – thanks to all that play and support this good cause.
Our unique and growing collection of History Boards set in a national context. A fascinating exhibition of local LGBT history.
Free entry – just drop in. Tuesdays to Fridays, 9.30am to 5.00pm.
Join us for the exhibition launch: 1st February 6 – 7pm.
An exhibition for LGBT History Month 2019. Exploring the life and work of author, artist and photographer Samuel Butler.
Butler is most known for his satirical novels ‘Erewhon’ (published anonymously in 1872) and ‘The Way of All Flesh’ (published posthumously in 1903), a semi-autobiographical novel which attacks Victorian family values.
Butler had strong connections to Shrewsbury; his grandfather (also Samuel) was headteacher at the Shrewsbury School, he himself was a pupil, he owned a prominent mansion house in the town (Whitehall in Cherry Orchard) and named four streets in the area, including Alfred Street after his clerk Alfred Cathie.
Samuel Butler’s father Thomas was a noted local botanist and donated over 220 plant specimens to the museum. Samuel Butler also had a long correspondence with naturalist, geologist and biologist Charles Darwin, who was born and grew up in Shrewsbury.
Members of the local LGBT community and Museum volunteers have been working together to plan, research, interpret and design the exhibition.
It will include items on loan from St Johns College Cambridge and items from SM&AG and Shropshire Archives. These include photographs of people and places around Shrewsbury taken by Samuel Butler.
The exhibition has been part funded by the West Midlands Museums Development Trust Small Grants Programme.
Shropshire Art Society’s Ongoing Exhibition for these four weeks showcases the work of Janice Holohan and Judi Willerton. It is open from 10 am to 4 pm daily, excluding Sundays.
Visit our Shropshire Artisan Village a wonderful monthly fair showcasing local, talented and unique artists, crafters and food producers 25+ under one roof. The event is free to attend and we have a lovely cafe and coffee shop on site. Free parking and great public transport links.
This is a monthly fair (first Saturday of every month) supporting very talented local artists, crafters and food producers giving them a regular place and time to sell their products.
At our February one we will celebrate Art, Love and Valentines we will thrill you with a range of lovely food, live music and stands to tempt you
Disabled access lift and accessible toilets, family friendly site.
If you would like a stand it is just £5 – all profits from rent at this fair go to providing free art and craft workshops in the community.
For the record – a new and exciting meet-up
An informal social evening for people to share their love of music
Hosted by Forge@the Wakes, Oakengates
Come as you are or start a conversation by bringing along a favourite album, cd , gig tickets or memorabilia.
Café & Bar open
Drop in between 6.00-9.00pm (free event)
This event will be on the first Thursday of every month
Simply like the event to be kept up to-date on this meet-up
This February, we will celebrate Shrewsbury as “The Origin of Independent Thinking” and birthplace of Charles Darwin – the most independent thinker of them all.
From free guided tours to brainteasing lectures and dance performances – join in the host of interactive events being staged in and around the town.
This two and a half week programme is the first of its kind and cements Shrewsbury’s rightful position as not only the birthplace of Charles Darwin but the inspiration behind his independent thinking which went on to change the story of evolution around the world.
For more information about the festival visit
https://originalshrewsbury.co.uk/darwin-shrewsbury-festival
Get Creative with drawing (including charcoal)
A great 4 hour drawing course. This session is run by Graham Sherman offering support to a small group of attendees.
Note this course is suitable for beginners as well.
The session is 19.00 per person which includes all materials.
If you would like to book a place (booking is only confirmed on payment) then simply email communications@forgeurbanrevival.co.uk and request a place.
The course will be held at Forge @ The Wakes, Oakengates TF2 6EP
Intermediate Crochet course ( some experience needed)
The workshop is just £12 per person
Learn to crochet a granny square – a ball of double knitting wool( preferably a pale colour) and a size 4mm crochet hook required or purchase a kit for £3.50. Workshop is £12.00 per person and if you want the kit as well this will be an additional £3.50.
Take part in a fun and creative workshop and come away with skills and knowledge you can build on to create your own blanket.
We will look at how to start a granny square using from a chain circle, various stitches and how to increase. We will also look at ways to join your granny squares together.
You will:-
get step by step instruction
learn different crochet stitches and techniques
get a pattern and stitch guide
To book email communications@forgeurbanrevival.co.uk
This is a morning event but check events for the same workshop being run in the afternoon as well
Building on our last popular quilting workshop we will now show you the Redwork technique as picture
Cost is £12 plus £4 kit if needed (order when booking) or bring own materials (cotton plain fabric, red embroidery or Perle thread). To bring sewing kit and embroidery hoop if used.
We’ll make a heart design which can be made into a hanging or throw, as pic.
We reserve the right to cancel or move the event if numbers are below the amount required.
To book just email communications@forgeurbanrevival.co.uk
Local activist Peter Roscoe returns for another fascinating presentation.
Significant Others: Companions or ‘just good friends’. Does it matter? [FREE entry]
Joan Lander (1917 – 1997) & Valerie Curtis [Wellington] – The last owner of Sunnycroft;
Eglantyne Jebb (1876 – 1928) & Margaret Keynes [Ellesmere] – Save the Children Fund;
Dame Agnes Hunt (1867- 1948) & Emily Goodford [Baschurch] Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital;
Samuel Butler (1835 – 1902) & Henry Festing Jones [Shrewsbury]. Author, painter, photographer and musician.
Local LGBT+ activist Peter Roscoe has been exploring these ‘friendships’. On this journey, it became clear to him that, for Joan, Eglantyne, Agnes and Samuel, their ‘significant others’ (usually referred to as ‘friends’ or ‘companions’ by historians and archivists) were essential to their happiness and their life achievements. Not so for others; some found the suggestion that their sexuality may have been other than heterosexual unacceptable, unimportant or irrelevant.
WHY SUCH RESISTANCE WHEN SEXUALITY IS NAMED?
10.15 am
Enjoy a country walk to see the snowdrops then call in at the Guildhall (next to the church) for Teas, Coffees, and delicious Homemade Soups and Cakes. Saturday and Sunday 11-4.30 pm. For further info. ring 01743 761451.
Quinn Roache is the TUC’s LGBT+ and Disability Policy Officer working within their Equality and Strategy Department. In this presentation, he will cover a brief history of trade union activism supporting LGBT+ workers’ rights, and outline current contemporary LGBT+ issues and what trade unions are doing to address them and cover emerging issues.
Previously Quinn worked for the Equality and Human Rights Commission on high profile projects including their Pregnancy and Maternity Work Programme, Home Care Inquiry which drew national attention to key issues of discrimination and shaped national debate. He has led on community engagement projects on a variety of themes including the UNCRPD and increasing LGBT+ hate crime reporting.
In his spare time Quinn can be found shopping for mid-century furniture or fussing over his cat T-Cups.
Intermediate Crochet course ( some experience needed)
The workshop is just £12 per person
Learn to crochet a granny square – a ball of double knitting wool( preferably a pale colour) and a size 4mm crochet hook required or purchase a kit for £3.50. Workshop is £12.00 per person and if you want the kit as well this will be an additional £3.50.
Take part in a fun and creative workshop and come away with skills and knowledge you can build on to create your own blanket.
We will look at how to start a granny square using from a chain circle, various stitches and how to increase. We will also look at ways to join your granny squares together.
You will:-
get step by step instruction
learn different crochet stitches and techniques
get a pattern and stitch guide
To book email communications@forgeurbanrevival.co.uk
This is an afternoon event but check events for the same workshop being run in the morning as well
Special guests, music, food, good and emerging good practice. Anyone who has managed to join us in previous years will know this is one not to miss
Schools, professionals, teachers and members of the LGB community come together to learn from young young people.
Explore and celebrate good practice in Shropshire and contribiute to ways forward.
Organised by Shropshire Youth Association, XYZ (LGBTQ+ young people’s group), Shropshire Council and Shrewsbury LGBT History.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to bellydance but didn’t know where to start? Or maybe you are already dancing but would like to revisit the basic moves to improve your technique?
Fun and friendly way to learn to shimmy, camel and do snake arms amongst many other moves, whilst learning a choreographed dance or two! With JWAAD instructor Sue Lloyd.
£10 including free parking and refreshments!
Small groups, so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Contact 07751 362171 or info@myartshack.co.uk
The theme is Valentine’s – all things romance related.
he fabulous Liz Lefroy will compere.
Guest performance by Lucy Aphramor “the literary lovechild of Allen Ginsberg and Jeanette Winterson: (Broadway Baby)
For LGBTQ folk and friends. Benefit night for SAND, ticket by donation on the door.
The fabulous Liz Lefroy will compere.
Guest performance by Lucy Aphramor ‘the literary lovechild of Allen Ginsberg and Jeanette Winterson’ (Broadway Baby).
Illuminating ideas – Lantern Making Workshops.
Join a team from the National Trust’s Attingham Park as part of Shrewsbury’s DarwIN Festival to chase away the dark nights and illuminate some new ideas by creating a mini paper lantern lit with a LED tea light.
On Saturday 16 February join us at the Flaxmill Maltings (Spring Gardens, Shrewsbury, SY1 2SY). There is free parking at the Flaxmill Maltings.
On Wednesday 20 February join us at the HIVE (The Hive, 5 Belmont, SY1 1TE). There is pay and display parking on the street or in St Julian’s Friars.
These sessions are for all the family and should be booked in advance through the Attingham website or by calling 03442 491895. All resources provided, each lantern costs £3 to make. Sessions take place at 10.30, 11.30 and 1pm on the day.
Visit the What’s On page of Attingham’s website for more information https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/attingham-park/whats-on
We’re also holding a Lantern Lit Procession on Saturday 23 February at Attingham why not book a ticket, bring your lantern and join us for an evening procession through the Attingham woodland at night. Tickets cost £4 per adult and £2 per child and booking in advance is essential – more information is on the What’s On page of the website www.nationaltrust.org.uk/attingham-park/whats-on
You can find out about all our February half term activities on the website www.nationaltrust.org.uk/attingham-park/features/have-fun-this-february-half-term-
Illuminating ideas – Lantern Making Workshops.
Join a team from the National Trust’s Attingham Park as part of Shrewsbury’s DarwIN Festival to chase away the dark nights and illuminate some new ideas by creating a mini paper lantern lit with a LED tea light.
On Saturday 16 February join us at the Flaxmill Maltings (Spring Gardens, Shrewsbury, SY1 2SY). There is free parking at the Flaxmill Maltings.
On Wednesday 20 February join us at the HIVE (The Hive, 5 Belmont, SY1 1TE). There is pay and display parking on the street or in St Julian’s Friars.
These sessions are for all the family and should be booked in advance through the Attingham website or by calling 03442 491895. All resources provided, each lantern costs £3 to make. Sessions take place at 10.30, 11.30 and 1pm on the day.
Visit the What’s On page of Attingham’s website for more information https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/attingham-park/whats-on
We’re also holding a Lantern Lit Procession on Saturday 23 February at Attingham why not book a ticket, bring your lantern and join us for an evening procession through the Attingham woodland at night. Tickets cost £4 per adult and £2 per child and booking in advance is essential – more information is on the What’s On page of the website www.nationaltrust.org.uk/attingham-park/whats-on
You can find out about all our February half term activities on the website www.nationaltrust.org.uk/attingham-park/features/have-fun-this-february-half-term-
Enjoy a country walk to see the snowdrops then call in at the Guildhall for Teas, Coffees, and delicious Homemade Soups and Cakes.
Saturday and Sunday 11 – 4.30 pm. For further info. ring 01743 761451.
The first of two half-hour films plus discussion
Invisible Women: Angela and Luchia have spent the last half a century fighting for their rights— and yours. They revolutionised the lives of thousands of women and yet no record of them exists. Theirs is a story that risks disappearing from history – until now. Invisible Women tells the incredible story of these pioneers, from running out on a lobotomy to starting the Gay Liberation Front in the north, from rocking with the Northern Women’s Rock Liberation Band to taking on Margaret Thatcher and Section 28. Both Angela and Luchia will be joining us.
A Lesbian Life: Outing the 70s & 80s: A unique filmed-interview with Amanda Russell who will be joining us, along with film-producer Janet Jones for some after-screening discussion. Amanda was Manager of Gays the Word bookshop in London at the time it was raided by HM Customs who seized imported books that they deemed ‘obscene’. This was 1984 and the bookshop Directors were charged with conspiracy – but we won’t spoil it – come and find out what happened next.
The discussion
Alongside Angela, Luchia, Amanda and Janet will be Frankie Green in a discussion Chaired by Sue Gorbing from Shrewsbury LGBT History.
Frankie was a ’60s activist in the anti-apartheid and anti-Vietnam war movements, and the 1970s Gay Liberation Front and the Women’s Liberation Movement. She played drums in two early feminist groups before working in the Sisterwrite collective, volunteering at Lesbian Line and campaigning against Clause 28 in the 80s. Recent activism includes anti-pinkwashing protests with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Frankie has also set up an archive documenting feminist music-making in the UK Women’s Liberation Movement
Peter Jebson plays Wurlitzer Theatre Organ at The Buttermarket in Shrewsbury. Raffle, Sales Table and Refreshments available. Cost £7 on the door (£6 for Members) – no advanced tickets needed. Live musical entertainment on a Sunday afternoon. Doors open at 1.30pm for a 2.30pm Concert start.
This is an opportunity to learn some valuable garden hints and tips, explore the gardens of Upper Shadymoor Farm and meet the onwers. You will be able to hear about the practical garden workshops for 2019.
TESTIMONIALS: “I would recommend the introductory workshop to my friends” S. Holmes, Shrewsbury.
Welcome: 10.15-10.30am Meet the owners
10.30 – 11.15am – Hints and Tips – Kristian Hickson-Booth
11.15 – 12 noon – Garden Tour with Kristian Hickson-Booth
12 -12.30pm – Refreshments and informal chat with the owners and Kristian Hickson-Booth
WORKSHOP TUTOR – KRISTIAN HICKSON-BOOTH Dip Hort
Passionate and with a formidable knowledge, Kristian trained at Myerscough College was head gardener at
English Heritage’s Brodsworth Hall and Combermere Abbey. Kristians skills are well honed – with several award winning gardens to her name too. In recent years Kristian has been focusing on bringing old and tired gardens back to life for individuals, also creating new gardens from a wish list and blank plan. Kristians workshops are designed to provide knowledge, skills, inspiration and ultimately confidence; enabling attendees to take their garden to the next level.
UPPER SHADYMOOR FARM, SHROPSHIRE
Upper Shadymoor Farm, is found just south of Shrewsbury, near Stapleton. A diverse country garden, of about an acre, it incorporates herbaceous borders, water, pleached crab and lime,
fruit canes, orchard, courtyard an abundance of roses of every description.
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served at this event. The cost of this event is £10.00
For more information and to book your place contact joy@shadymoor.co.uk
DISCLAIMERS:
Inclement weather conditions: The workshops will go ahead unless extreme conditions make it impossible or dangerous – heavy rain/high winds!
Seasonal variation: We will be aiming to undertake the subjects highlighted for each workshop, but slippage of the
seasons may require some variation.
The workshops are non-refundable but they can be transferable to an alternative date subject to availability.
Attendance is solely at own risk.
Simon Napier-Bell (previously manager of The Yardbirds, T Rex and George Michael) has gathered together some of our nations much loved personalities including Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Elton John, Matt Lucas, Stephen K. Amos and Stephen Fry, to make a documentary of historical and personal accounts that relate to key landmarks in the landscape of LGBT culture.
Simon Napier-Bell (2017) UK 1h 17m
Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Elton John, Stephen Fry
In association with Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee NISH KUMAR is taking his brand new show on a national tour of the UK! The title is a quote from Terminator 2. There will be jokes about politics, mankind’s capacity for self-destruction, and if this will lead to the end of days. GOOD FUN STUFF.
He’s the host of The Mash Report, which you might have seen on BBC2 or on a Facebook video posted by someone you went to school with but haven’t spoken to in a while.
As seen on Live at the Apollo (BBC2), Taskmaster (Dave), Live From the BBC (Netflix), QI (BBC2) Have I Got News For You (BBC1) and Joel & Nish Vs The World (Netflix/Comedy Central).
“ONE OF THE BEST YOUNG COMEDIAN WE HAVE” The Times
“A MASTERCLASS BY A NO-FRILLS STAND-UP AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS POWERS” Guardian
A reflection on the powerful feminine symbol of Medusa, the myth and its various connotations in our contemporary life.
Created on the coast of Barcelona and inspired by its marine life, Jasmin Vardimon presents her new work MEDUSA. Celebrating 20 years of her company and the work of one of the world’s leading female choreographers, this piece examines the gendered historical significance of Medusa; the myth, the symbolism and the philosophical idea of ‘reflection’.
Bringing together a remarkable international cast of performers, Vardimon’s epic, new production not only deconstructs the myth but also looks forward, exploring Medusa’s aquatic symbolism in the environmental future of our seas.
February half term at Attingham is all about spotting the signs of spring, and brightening up the last of the winter days and evenings!
Join us on Tuesday 19 February and Thursday 21 February to make a willow lantern with the Wild Craftist, Ben Mayho.
Places should be booked in advance, sessions start at 10am, 11am, 1pm and 2pm, and it costs £8 per lantern – make one each, or make one with your friends or family.
We’re also holding a Lantern Lit Procession on Saturday 23 February at Attingham why not book a ticket, bring your lantern and join us for an evening procession through the Attingham woodland at night? Tickets cost £4 per adult and £2 per child and booking in advance is essential – more information is on the What’s On page of the website www.nationaltrust.org.uk/attingham-park/whats-on
For more information on all events taking place during February half term at Attingham visit https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/attingham-park/features/have-fun-this-february-half-term-
Pick up our half term planner from Visitor Reception for more ideas for exploring Attingham this half term!
‘The Classic Rock Fan’s Ultimate Live Juke Box!’ From AC/DC to ZZ Top and everything in between, including Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits, Queen, The Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Meatloaf plus much much more.
Take the stress out of keeping the kids entertained this half term and join us for a range of drop-in workshops.
Tuesday 19th February: 10 – 12noon & 2pm – 4pm
Decorate a cupcake.
£1 for 2 cupcakes.
Wednesday 20th February 10:30am – 12noon:
Potato Stamps and Painting
Use potato stamps to create a little piece of art.
Thursday 21st February 10:30am – 12noon:
Simple Origami
Not just for kids. Team up with your child and make a butterfly, a dog face or a fortune teller.
Shropshire Wildlife Trust will also be in attendace.
Friday 22nd February 10:30am – 12noon
Secret Messages
Use crayons to write secret messages, then reveal them with paint!
Don’t forget to try our adventure playground before you go home!
