Creative Kirklees newsletter

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Top Rated This Week Individual: SarahFordham / EmbroideryArtist Business: Hope Gallery / Art Gallery Place: Slaithwaite Arts Festival / Slaithwaite Community Centre News: Event Health & Safety News - Police & Crime Act 2017 Event: idle women: Open Boat Opportunity: National Summer School for Arts Fundraising and Leadership Space: IQ Games Centre Image: Chantel McGregor / Flock of 3 29.4.17 Video: Dark Horse Presents - You Have Been Watching Audio File: Resilience   Creative Kirklees Newsletter 26 April 2017 We’re getting into festival time now so this week we’ve highlighted a couple of local festivals coming up over the next month. We couldn’t ignore the Tour de Yorkshire which comes through Kirklees on Sunday, but if watching the race isn’t your thing you can still make a day of it and join in the fun with Creative Scene and their cycling-mad performers in Birstall and interactive sculptures in Cleckheaton. In May the Grand Northern Ukulele Festival returns to Huddersfield for another vibrant weekend of live music. This 2 day festival runs from Sat 6 to Sun 7 May and offers a huge range of world-class music, workshops and interactive performances, presenting some of the best talent on four strings from around the globe.  Over the weekend of 13–14 May the Slaithwaite Art Festival takes place across two venues: Slaithwaite Community Centre and Globe Arts Studio and will feature local and regional artists with a wide range of visual art to view and buy. Towards the end of May (19–21) Shepley Spring Festival celebrates the very best of traditional music, song and dance from Britain and beyond. Concerts and dances feature some of the country's most well known traditional artists as well as showcasing promising new acts. If you're looking for activities over the next week there is plenty to choose from below and on Creative Kirklees.   Events Sat 29 Apr 2017 Batik Weekend Workshop Back by popular demand, our introduction to Batik workshop returning on Saturday 29th April at 2pm to 3.30pm. Learn the basic skills of drawing with wax, to create your own unique piece to take home. All materials, equ...   Sat 29 Apr 2017 Chantel McGregor live in Huddersfield, support from Flock of 3 Marsh Blues Club are pleased to welcome... CHANTEL MCGREGOR The Blues came calling first, but rock and roll was always waiting around the corner. When Chantel was eight years old, she was the youngest person in the U...   Thu 27 Apr 2017 Eddie Downs Book Launch Meet the author of the most comprehensive book on the Yorkshire Coalfield, Eddie Downes.   Sat 29 to Sun 30 Apr 2017 (2 days) Etching Weekend Course Weekend course Saturday 29th / Sunday 30th April 2017 11 – 5 £135.00 Tutor: Kate Desforges This course will teach you all the basics of hard and soft ground etching, along with aquatint, to enable you to create ...   Sat 06 to Sun 07 May 2017 (2 days) Grand Northern Ukulele Festival The UK’s quirkiest, boldest and most welcoming festival returns for another vibrant weekend of live music taking over the entire LBT building. The GRAND NORTHERN UKULELE FESTIVAL presents an astonishing range of worl...   Tue 02 May 2017 HARMONIOUS TUESDAY (FOR 1 MONTH ONLY DUE TO BANK HOLIDAY) Come and start the month with a singing zing, go away feeling good...this drop-in group is all about singing to make you feel great - we'll stretch, breathe and bathe ourselves in lovely harmonies. We'll sing songs abou...   Fri 28 Apr 2017 It's a Word Thing 7pm - 9:30pm Calling all local writers, poets and spoken-word artists to It's a Word Thing open mic. From buds & blooms, chicks & chocs to lambs & lawns, Spring inspiration is all around. Invite your friends an...   Mon 24 Apr to Mon 15 May 2017 (3 weeks) Lego After School Club Our after school club led by Bricks4Kids: Bricks4Kidz classes provide an extraordinary atmosphere for children, where we learn, we build, we play… with LEGO® Bricks. Programmes are built around our proprietary model p...   Fri 12 May 2017 Music Night S2R Music Night Friday 12th May, 6.30pm - 9:30pm Tickets £5 per person All proceeds go to S2R Included in ticket price: · Live Music from: Hokum; Boo Sucliffe; & Band of Jays · Dry Bar: offe...   Sat 29 Apr 2017 Natural Dyeing and Screen Printing Textiles – Day Course Day course Saturday 29th April 2016 11 – 5 £70.00 Tutor: Kirstie Williams Learn the process of natural dyeing and screen printing using natural mordant pastes. This day workshop will give a basic overall introdu...   Sat 29 Apr 2017 Poetry in the Park Poets and poetry-lovers are invited to a free poetry readaround in the Greenhead Park Pavilion (by the bowling greens) on Saturday 29 April from 1pm to 3pm. Bring two or three short poems to read - your own or by someone...   Fri 19 to Sun 21 May 2017 (3 days) Shepley Spring Festival 2017 Celebrate 10 years with us! Shepley Spring Festival takes place in the Pennine village of Shepley in West Yorkshire. The weekend festival celebrates the very best of traditional music, song and dance from Britain and be...   Sat 13 to Sun 14 May 2017 (2 days) Slaithwaite Art Festival 2017 Slaithwaite Art Festival is a celebration of local and regional artists. There is a great creative buzz around the village at the moment and we want to bring all those artists together in the centre of our community. We ...   Mon 24 to Sat 29 Apr 2017 (6 days) Sweet Charity Have you ever known a girl who wanted something so badly that she tried too hard to get it? Meet Charity Valentine, the girl who wants to be loved so much that she has lost sight of who she is. Charity sings, dances,...   Thu 27 Apr 2017 Terrarium Workshop Thursday 27th April, 12:30pm - 2:30pm. Join us for this day workshop to create a glass contianer filled with houseplants and accessories as a way to bring nature back into our homes. All materials and equipment will...   Fri 28 Apr to Sat 06 May 2017 (1 week) The Odd Couple by Neil Simon Classic comedy which opens as a group of guys assemble for cards in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. Late arrival, Felix, just separated from his wife seems suicidal. He and Oscar decide to room together - with...   Fri 28 Apr 2017 the Smith Sisters live at Small Seeds Sisters Han, Jess, and Els, joined by honorary sister Aidan have come together this year to produce a lively set of folky covers and original songs' *Please note this gig was previously advertised as Lucy Mae who is n...   Sun 30 Apr 2017 Tour De Yorkshire: Les Escpaces Cyclophones 9am - 4pm What happens when an artist get’s their hands on some old bike parts? As crowds gather in Cleckheaton to welcome the Tour de Yorkshire cyclists come and explore these interactive sculptures. Pedal and spi...   Sun 30 Apr 2017 Tour de Yorkshire: Strictly Cycling Performances: Midday and 2.45pm approx. Make a day of it as the Tour de Yorkshire comes to town. As part of the celebrations in Birstall, look out for our cycling-mad performers as they take over the streets with a ma...   Sat 29 Apr 2017 Vein at Huddersfield Jazz VEIN Michael Arbenz: piano Thomas Lahns: double Bass Florian Arbenz drums Saturday 29 April 2017 at 8pm (doors open at 7.30pm) The Jazz Room, Heritage Quay University of Huddersfield www.huddersfield-jazz.co.uk...   Opportunities Fri 26 May 2017 Are you an artist who wants to improve cohesion in Kirklees ? The Safer Communities Fund has been launched to help voluntary, community groups, charities and partners make their communities safer and feel safer. The fund is financed from monies recovered by West Yorkshire Police un...   Tue 30 May 2017 Call out: 'Engage in Colour' - abstract art exhibition ‘Engage in Colour’ is an abstract collaborative exhibition, in which we invite non-members to showcase alongside our members for a month long show at Creative Arts Hub in Mirfield, West Yorkshire. This exhibition aim...   Mon 31 Jul 2017 New Light Prize Open Exhibition The New Light Prize Open exhibition is for artists in the North of England. Selected work will be shown at the Boews Museum, Barnard Castle, Huddersfield Art Gallery and Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle. T...   News Mon 24 Apr 2017 Are you a venue looking for artists?... Are you a venue looking for artists? If so you could try contacting Laughing Dog Music. Laughing Dog Music is a live music booking agency, marketing and PR company based in Sheffield, who organise and book tours ...   Thu 20 Apr 2017 Events Checklist: Disability & Access Briefing for Voluntary Art When planning creative events it is important to consider what barriers might be in place that could prevent people from engaging with your activities as fully as possible. Taking measures to remove these barriers and br...   Fri 21 Apr 2017 Spring Concert Fairy Tales & Stories Review Hepworth Brass Band Spring Concert 'Fairy Tales & Stories' Holmfirth Civic Hall Sunday 9th April 3pm What do you do on a sunny Sunday afternoon in Holmfirth? You go to a concert! Having spent the entire Saturday i...