Creative Kirklees newsletter

Here is the latest Creative Kirklees newsletter for my followers to peruse:

Top Rated This Week Individual: Deborah Templeton / Deborah Templeton Business: Grand Northern Ukulele Festival / More than just a ukulele festival! Place: Birstall Woodturning Club / A Community resource News: DCMS: Tailored Review of Arts Council England Event: Count Arthur Strong: The Sound of Mucus Opportunity: Young Company - Ignite - Manager Space: IQ Games Centre Image: Outdoor Gourmets at Marshfest 2017 Video: Dark Horse Workshop at Calderdale College Audio File: Resilience   Creative Kirklees Newsletter 3 May 2017 We mentioned some of the festivals in last week’s newsletter and this weekend gets you started with the lively and fun Grand Northern Ukulele Festival.  Taking over the entire LBT building in Huddersfield this festival describes itself as ‘The UK’s quirkiest, boldest and most welcoming festival….’.  You can buy full weekend tickets or join in the festival fringe on Friday and Saturday with free events around Huddersfield -  If you’ve ever fancied having a go at woodturning or wondered what it’s all about, now’s your chance to find out more! Birstall Woodturning Club in Mirfield are opening their doors for the day to let you have a go yourself, watch demonstrations and chat with turners and carvers. Next week is Mental Health Awareness Week and S2R Create Space is joining in the campaign with a range of creative and outdoorsy workshops, finishing the week off with a Music Night on Friday 12 May with music from Hokum, Boo Sutcliffe & Band of Jays.  You can find out more about their plans for the week here.   Events   Sat 06 May 2017 Birstall Woodturners (MIRFIELD) Open Day Join us for our Open Day : • Try woodturning for yourself • Chat with turners and carvers • Watch different demonstrations Bowl Turning and Decoration Pyrography Pen Making Laminating Wood Deep Hollowing Power ...   Sat 06 to Sun 07 May 2017 (2 days) Botanicals: Spring Blossom A magical and relaxing couple of days gathering and drawing plants and learning about their medicinal properties. Sue Salmon, Medical Herbalist has a wealth of knowledge and experience to share on walks around the park, ...   Wed 26 Apr to Wed 24 May 2017 (1 month) Ceramics - Wednesday Evening Class Working with resident ceramicist, Ammie Flexen. Our Ceramics course is the perfect opportunity to unwind whilst working with clay. You will learn a variety of techniques, including pinch, coil and moulded forms, creat...   Wed 26 Apr to Wed 24 May 2017 (1 month) Create Art Club – after school art class Our new after school art class for over 5s begins on Wednesday 1st March. We'll be creating and introducing a whole host of art and craft techniques - class starts at 4pm to 5pm, but you are free to drop you child from t...     Mon 24 Apr to Mon 22 May 2017 (1 month) Fused Glass - Monday Evening class Learn the basic techniques of fused glass making, or develop your skills further in our term time evening class - perfect to experiment and create your own small project pieces. You will learn a variety of fusing method...   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...   Sat 06 May 2017 Heritage Quay Speakeasy Come and party like it’s 1929! Heritage Quay invite you to a unique event celebrating our British Dance Band collection. With live music, historical dance lessons and a cocktail bar there are no excuses for not dressing ...     Tue 09 May 2017 In at the Deep End - Meltham Carlile Tickets £13 and £11 Skipwick RNLI is all at sea. Crew members are hard to come by and Coxswain Darren’s management style isn’t helping. So when seventeen year old Shannon volunteers, it’s all hands on deck – particula...     Thu 04 to Thu 25 May 2017 (3 weeks) Mini Professors Huddersfield Beginning 25th April in our Create Space on New Street, we have an exciting programme of engaging, inspiring and creative activites. Each session is delivered by experienced and specialist provision to ensure you and yo...   Fri 05 May 2017 Pinocchio Jasmin Vardimon Company (Park, Freedom) returns with a brand new adaptation of the classic tale, PINOCCHIO. Based on the original book by Collodi and performed by a cast of talented dancers, pinocchio brings to life ...   Sat 06 May 2017 Print Day in May! Drop-in Printmaking! Day workshop Saturday 6th May 2017 10 – 3 Donation WYPW will be opening its doors to all in May for the international ‘Print Day in May’ event. We’ll be running drop-in workshops and demos from 10 – 3, to give you ...   Sat 06 May 2017 Real Good, For Free - A celebration of the open mic scene Open mic nights are currently enjoying a surge in popularity around the country, and nowhere more so than in Huddersfield where performers, artists, audiences and thinkers are invited to gather on Saturday 6 May for some...   Tue 25 Apr to Tue 23 May 2017 (1 month) Rhythm Time Huddersfield Beginning 25th April in our Create Space on New Street, we have an exciting programme of engaging, inspiring and creative activites. Each session is delivered by experienced and specialist provision to ensure you and yo...   Fri 05 May 2017 Terri Shaltiel live at Small Seeds 'Friday Night Jive' presents.... TERRI SHALTIEL Friday 5th May, Small Seeds - Huddersfield FREE ENTRY Funk & soul queen/singer-songwriter and guitarist Terri Shaltiel has diligently been honing her craft across the...   Tue 25 Apr to Sat 20 May 2017 (4 weeks) WYPWexhibition- Earth, Air, Water Earth, Air, Water 25 April - 20 May This exhibition of prints by members of West Yorkshire Print Workshop responds to the theme of Earth, Water and Air. 16 artists are presenting hand-made prints produced by a vari...   Sat 06 to Wed 31 May 2017 (4 weeks) Yellow Goose Dance 4 Everyone can dance - we'll show you how. Following our first three sell-out events, Yellow Goose Dance brings you a top-class 10-piece band made up of some of the regions finest musicians, original songs and real-time te...   Opportunities Mon 14 Aug 2017 Be Our Guest - Artist Residency Programme, Hull Truck Theatre Be Our Guest is Hull Truck Theatre’s artistic residency programme that is open to individual artists or companies. The residencies are one week in duration and offer artists the opportunity to develop new work and their ...   Sat 10 Jun 2017 Huddersfield Common Good Trust Grants up to £5k are available to Charitable Groups within South Kirklees for Capital Expenditure. The Huddersfield Common Good Trust is looking to support Arts and Music groups, Community Centres, luncheon Clubs, Scouts...   Thu 31 Aug 2017 Public Engagement Volunteers Kirklees Museums and Galleries are now recruiting Public Engagement Volunteers. If you like connecting with people, and are interested in art or history this could be the role for you. Volunteering with Kirklees Museums ...