Latest Creative Kirklees newsletter

Here is the latest Creative Kirklees newsletter, including opportunities and events, for my followers to peruse:

Top Rated This Week Individual: Von Allen - Heartfelt Dogs / Heartfelt Dogs - Von Allen Business: Orangewood / Orangewood Place: Unna Way / A B O U T News: Music from the Brass Band Christmas Concert Event: University of Huddersfield Brass Band at Dewsbury Town Hall Opportunity: Community Commissions - Yorkshire Festival 2016 Space: Co Up. Creative Coworking Spaces Image: Queensgate Market roof Video: University of Huddersfield Brass Band, 7 Dec 2015 Audio File: Resilience   Creative Kirklees Newsletter 9 December 2015 For those of you who still have Christmas shopping to do or want to do something Christmassy there is plenty to take your pick from on Creative Kirklees over the next few weeks.  Whether it’s the theatre or a concert, a sing-song or art fair there’s always lots on offer at this time of year.  We've tried to include as much as we can in the newsletter this week, but take a browse through the What’s On section to see all the local, creative events on offer. Throughout the year many people, groups and organisation run events but do you know how to make sure your event is safe and well organised?  The Creative Economy Team has organised a series of FREE training sessions for Kirklees-based event organisers, community groups and organisations, who organise events such as festivals, galas, parades and music events in outdoor or non-traditional spaces and/or where the expected audience is more than 500.  However, some sessions, such as Basic Event Planning, Fundraising & Sponsorship and Marketing & Audience Development are also suitable for organisers of smaller events or those relatively new to event organising.   Covering areas such as Event Planning, Licencing, Health & Safety, Fundraising and Marketing this training is a must if you want to refresh your knowledge or make sure others running your event are kept up-to-date. Welcome to our newest profile on Creative Kirklees – Orangewood.  Set up by Phil Russell (formally CEO at Hoot) and Graham Browning the aim of Orangewood is to "offer bespoke support to creative and third sector organisations through supervision and mentoring of leaders and artists, specialist team development and training, and general consultancy around business development and sustainability. We are interested in getting under the skin of repetitive and intractable issues that affect people and organisations in arts and third sector organisations through adopting a psychologically informed perspective, and working with people to develop imaginative and creative solutions".  Sounds interesting – take a look at their profile and find out more.   Events Thu 10th Dec 2015 Age Concern Charity Christmas Concert Age Concern are holding a Charity Christmas Concert at Batley Salvation Army on Thursday 10 December at 7.00 pm. The concert features African Drummers, Colne Valley Singers, Friday Nightingales, The Sax Quartet and The ...   Tue 8th to Sat 12th Dec 2015 (5 days) April in Paris Filled with brilliantly raucous dialogue, this delicately-wrought comedy by John Godber revolves around Al and Bet, a married couple living a monochrome life. Left half-broke by Al's continuing unemployment, they bick...   Thu 10th Dec 2015 Batts & Baubles Open Evening & Shopping, Oakwell Hall, Birstall Enjoy a free open evening (4.30-6.30pm) to see Oakwell's exciting brand new displays, plus evening Christmas shopping too in Oakwell's great new shop! Free Entry; free drink & mince pie,; 10% off shop purchases; local pr...   Thu 10th Dec 2015 Big Band and Small! An evening of Jazz. Among other selections the Band will be performing a series of pieces by the great composer/arranger Sammy Nestico. Not only is his music some of the greatest ever written for the Big Band but it ...   Sat 5th to Sun 20th Dec 2015 (2 weeks) Christmas Cookie Decorating Treat family and friends this Christmas with deliciously decorated tasties. Join the team in the museum cafe to create your own silly slogans, loving messages or funny jokes on our scrumptious Christmas cookies. This one...   Sat 12th Dec 2015 Christmas Singing at New Mill Co-operative Store Get into the Christmas spirit whilst popping into shop in your local food store. Join with the ladies of Vocal Expressions Ladies Choir in singing your favourite Christmas songs and carols between 10.30 and 12.30. Raise ...   Sat 12th Dec 2015 Christmas Vintage & Craft Fair This month this craft fair is a double installment, Saturday 5th and 12th of December, and on the 12th Revival will be joining in with a few other Vintage traders so you'll have lots of opportunities to find something re...   Fri 13th Nov to Sun 13th Dec 2015 (1 month) coffeevolution 15th birthday exhibition To celebrate coffeevolution's 15 years serving speciality coffee to the cognoscenti of Huddersfield we have a new exhibition featuring some of the town's finest artists. The exhibition includes artwork from Dylan Riley, ...   Sat 5th to Sat 12th Dec 2015 (1 week) Cracking Christmas Crafts We have two festive workshops, suitable for the whole family to enjoy. Join us on Sat 5th December to make ceramic cracker charms and on Sat 12th December to create your own crackers. Join us for one or both - all tuit...   Fri 11th Dec 2015 Creative Collage (2) Friday 11th December 10:00 - 12:00 @ Create Space Packhorse Shopping Centre, HD1 2RT £9 per person, over 18's only please. Creative Collage is a session designed to build up basic skills in this exciting and lim...   Fri 11th Dec 2015 Dangerous Moonlight BMC on Film: Dangerous Moonlight Fight off the winter blues with one of the most popular films of the 1940s and stay after the final credits for dancing to the Warsaw Concerto and other wartime hits with music from a...   Sat 12th to Sun 13th Dec 2015 (2 days) December-Beginners Textile Screenprinting - Karen Stansfield WYPW studio holder and course tutor Karen Stansfield has been beavering away this week creating new ‪#‎festive t-shirt designs! Have you ever fancied having a go at ‪#‎screenprinting onto ‪#‎textiles? Karen is running...   Thu 10th Dec 2015 Harmony in the Park Join The Great Outdoors Projects on Thursday 10 December at the bandstand at Beaumont Park for an afternoon of singing. The event is FREE and all are welcome to come and do a bit singing or come for support. We will m...   Sat 12th Dec 2015 Loretta Scott and The Jazz Belles at Huddersfield Jazz Huddersfield Jazz is proud to present the debut gig of an all-female jazz super-group, fronted by local singer Loretta Scott. Loretta Scott is making her return to Huddersfield Jazz after an absence of four years. She...   Sat 12th Dec 2015 Mad Love - Live at Vinyl Tap MAD LOVE Formerly Dead End Friends, they are back with a complete reinvention. Beginning their first tour, a tour of God's own county. Brit Pop + Grunge = Grit Pop facebook.com/madlovexoxo soundcloud.com/madlovexoxo...   Mon 14th Dec 2015 Organ Concert - Nigel Ogden For over 35 years Nigel Ogden has been the presenter of BBC Radio 2's popular programme The Organist Entertains. He has appeared many times at Huddersfield Town Hall and finds colours in the Father Willis organ which a...   Fri 11th to Sun 27th Dec 2015 (2 weeks) Snow White A lonely child with an eye for adventure. A wronged stepmother. A magical mirror. A poisoned apple. A brass band of musical miners… This playful and hugely imaginative take on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale is set in o...   Sat 12th Dec 2015 Straightshooter, Flock of 3, Sonic Pye. MBFC 12.12.15 STRAIGHTSHOOTER; Straightshooter is a UK based American Southern Rock band. Heralding from North Yorkshire, and expertly blending a mix of Southern Rock, Blues and Hard Rock, these boys (and girls!) mean business and ...   Fri 11th Dec 2015 The University Folk Ensembles The University Folk group, coached by Pete Coe, will perform vocal and instrumental music from a range of traditions. The group consists of students from the Music Department and the Popular Music Production courses. ...   Fri 11th Dec 2015 Thornhill Church Christmas Concert with Hepworth Band The band makes a welcome return to Thornhill Parish Church, Dewsbury on Friday 11th December, 7.30pm for a seasonal concert with the Wakefield Youth Choir and soprano soloist Bethany Rosamond. Tickets £6, £5 concessions...   Thu 10th Dec 2015 War and Peace A concert that marks the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Marignano, when the forces of Francois I of France defeated Italian and Swiss opponents. Starting with Janequin’s chanson celebrating the victory, we present mu...   Sat 12th Dec 2015 WinterSongs Workshop Winter Songs Workshop Saturday 12th December 1 - 4 pm (short performance that follows may run slightly later)at Lawrence Batley Theatre £20/£12 Come and join with others in song this winter-time and learn a rang...   Opportunities Mon 11th Jan 2016 IYSS Funding Opportunities UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2015 IYSS Funding Streams for 2015-2016 have been opened. To apply email iyss.projects@kirklees.gov.uk with the key words (below) in the subject header to receive an application pack by auto reply. ...   Mon 1st Feb 2016 Planning and Culture From 9th November to 1 February 2016, Kirklees Council are consulting on the Kirklees Local Plan, which sets out the Council’s long-term strategy on managing development across the district over the next 15 years. By ...   Fri 29th Jan 2016 Survey of arts and cultural organisations by University of Leeds Investigating UK fundraising and philanthropy is a survey of arts and cultural organisations being conducted by the University of Leeds as part of the evaluation of the Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy programme. Th...   News Wed 9th Dec 2015 Comoodle Christmas Wishes Have you heard of Comoodle? Wish that you could borrow something for your community this Christmas? We want to create a strong culture of sharing in Kirklees, so that we can help each other to do good things in our c...   Wed 9th Dec 2015 PEOPLE · MAKE · PLACES: Beyond the Gallery - review Thank you to everyone who attended the first People Make Places event at Huddersfield Library & Art Gallery on Friday 4th December. Beyond the Gallery was one of a series of events being planned to simulate thinking,...