Creative Kirklees

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Top Rated This Week Individual: Pierrot Players / Amateur Dramatics Group Business: Be More Outdoors / profile Place: The Media Centre / About Us News: Gelli Printing CREATE! Workshop – May Event: CodeUp Huddersfield February Monthly Session Opportunity: Funding to celebrate women gaining the right to vote Space: Conference & Meeting Rooms @ The Media Centre Image: The Conference Room Video: A look back at Huddersfield Literature Festival 2017 Audio File: Resilience   Creative Kirklees Newsletter 27 February 2018 Do you have your diaries to hand? You’re going to need them when you see what March has to offer! The Huddersfield Literature Festival launches next week, and runs right through until the 18th March, there are events to celebrate International Women’s Day, the Huddersfield Saint Patrick’s Day Parade is back in the town centre for the 18th year, A Festival at the Lawrence Batley Theatre is taking place bringing workshops and events as well as a special programme of live performance and there are events taking place to mark British Science Week. There are some great ideas of stuff to do with the kids this weekend and if you’re starting to think about Mother’s Day, take a look through the site – we are certain you will find something special to do!   Events Sat 03 Mar 2018 *Family Crafts* Paper Flowers Workshop *Family Crafts* Paper Flowers Workshop Join us for our Mothers Day special Family Crafts session and have a go at making wonderful paper flowers and cards! All welcome! Saturday 3rd M...   Sun 11 Mar 2018 2018 Huddersfield Saint Patrick's Day Parade Be Healthy, Be Active, Be Happy! That’s the cry from organisers as they embark upon the 18th Huddersfield Saint Patrick's Day Parade The family festival of fun rolls into town once more, on March 11th at 1pm, and all...   Sat 03 Mar 2018 Batley Library Code Club Coding fun for young people. Meet like minded people and learn about Raspberry Pi and micro:bits and how to code games, animations, and websites in programmes like Scratch and Python. We'll also have robots like Sphero a...   Wed 07 Mar 2018 Beginners Photography Workshop - West Yorkshire Photography, and in particular landscape photography has never been as popular as it is right now. There’s so much readily available information on the internet, and various classroom based courses and workshops that it ...   Fri 02 Mar 2018 Bunting Making Bunting Making Workshop Learn how to plan, cut, stitch, sew and string up your own bunting using a variety of different upcycled and new materials. There will be a few different styles to choose from and ways you can ...   Tue 27 Feb 2018 Civilised Society? + special guests Potential Victims live at th Civilised Society? return to live duties in Dewsbury for the first time in over 30 years! plus special guests Potential Victims who are also making a return to the Old Turk after 30 odd years. Admission: Free entry   Sat 03 Mar 2018 Craft and Create: Cleckheaton School of Magic What will your chamber look like? Will you create a space for the magical creatures? Or will you design a potions classroom? Where will all the broomsticks be kept? All of the rooms will be magically combined to build a ...   Fri 02 Mar 2018 Daliso Chaponda: What the African Said Daliso Chaponda, Britain’s Got Talent and Amanda Holden’s 'golden buzzer' act, embarks on his debut stand up tour WHAT THE AFRICAN SAID. The Malawian born stand up was a stand out star from this year’s show, capturing...   Mon 05 Mar 2018 Francesco Dillon 7.30 - 9pm Francesco Dillon's brilliant career has already led to solo apperances on such prestigious concert stages as Konzerthaus in Vienna and the Berlin Philharmonie. His interest in contemporary music has hed him...   Thu 08 to Sun 18 Mar 2018 (2 weeks) Huddersfield Literature Festival 2018 Join us for an annual celebration of books and authors, poetry and performance. Major authors and multi-arts events, comedy and creative writing, performance poetry and a Free Family Day – whatever you enjoy, you’ll f...   Wed 07 Mar 2018 Huddersfield Literature Festival Festival Launch Join us for the Festival launch, be among the first to view a new Ted Hughes exhibition and enjoy a performance from the multi-award-winning poet, actor and comedian Owen O’Neill. Time: 6pm FREE Photo credit: Ste...   Sun 04 Mar 2018 Jazz with friends At this month's regular monthly concert New Orleans Wiggle is pleased to welcome Eric Brierley on trombone and Frank Brooker on clarinet and tenor sax with Keith Shone on bass. This six piece traditional band play and s...   Wed 28 Feb 2018 Knowledge Sandwich: A New You or New Ways of Seeing You A new year and a new you? In this session we use Lego Serious Play to explore our professional identities and values. Can this technique help us to see ourselves and our potential in new ways? If you would like to explor...   Fri 09 Mar 2018 Mother's Day Flower Arranging Make your own flower arrangement using fresh flowers and foliage. £7 per person. Advance booking required.   Wed 28 Feb 2018 Poetry etc. | Perceptions Our third Poetry etc. event will take place Wednesday 28th Feb at Northern Quarter, Huddersfield. The idea behind the night is to create a space for people to create and play with what they're working on, try new things,...   Sat 03 Mar 2018 Raspberry Jam Big Birthday Weekend: Batley Join in with the global mega-Jam taking place this weekend in celebration of Raspberry Pi Foundation's sixth birthday! Learn how to code with raspberry Pi, micro:bit, drones and robots, plus plenty birthday treats. Also ...   Thu 08 Mar 2018 Science's Greatest Women: Hands-on science on Int. Women's Day Celebrate women in science on International Women's Day with Huddersfield Girl Geeks & Love Science! Find out about some of science’s greatest women and do some great experiments at the same time! Make indicators and ...   Fri 02 Mar 2018 Templar Nights The Poetry Village in association with HLF2018 and Friends of Marsden Library are delighted to host this very special poetry celebration featuring four award-winning poets who have been brought together and independently...   Sat 03 Mar 2018 The Scapegoat Hill Band - Storybook Workshop Work with local artist and children's illustrator Lauren Lister to create a new picture book telling the tale of the Scapegoat Hill Band. Enjoy a day of creativity, exploring archives for inspiration, recreating the band...   Opportunities Sun 15 Apr 2018 Funding for summer playschemes Registered charities that want to run summer play schemes for children between the ages of 5 and 16 can apply for grants of between £500 and £1,000. The funding is made available by the Woodward Charitable Trust which su...   Mon 30 Apr 2018 Opportunities to perform/show work at Creative Pie events Share your visual art, craft, movement, theatre, sound art, music, words, digital art, experiments and ideas in a relaxed, friendly, and supportive space, or just sit back, have a cup of tea and enjoy. Visual artists are...   Wed 28 Feb 2018 Opportunity for new groups or join the existing ones For full list of classes at the Mechanics Hall please go to the website. We do have a number of opportunities for volunteers interested in forming new groups for: Ukulele Choir Card making/ creative crafts Junio...   Wed 18 Apr 2018 Successful Project Management for Creatives This practical workshop introduces the essential principles of Project Management, making the application to your everyday projects flexible and seamless. The session starts with an introduction to project management and...   News Mon 26 Feb 2018 Apply to pitch your idea at the next Huddersfield SOUP on 18 Apr DEADLINE: 13.00 on Saturday 7th April Do you have an idea that would benefit from a micro-grant and exposure to a supportive audience? SOUP is a great way to raise money, build community support and get connection...   Mon 26 Feb 2018 Live Music inquiry The inquiry will look at the economic, cultural and social benefits of live music. Music tourism contributes £4 billion to the UK economy that year. However, despite the fact that festival and concert attendance continu...   Sun 25 Feb 2018 Open call for proposals for New Music Biennial 2019 (UK) Aiming to create a pop-up, interactive way for audiences to discover new music, the PRS Foundation is calling for proposals for the New Music Biennial 2019. New Music Biennial 2019 will showcase up to 20 pieces of new m...   Tue 27 Feb 2018 Report on the benefits of music for dementia sufferers New research by ILC-UK’s Commission on Dementia and Music, ‘What would life be – without a song or a dance what are we? examines the existing offer and the future potential for using therapeutic music with dementia. The...