Things to do this weekend in Leeds and Bradford

Here is my weekly blog post for things to do this weekend in Leeds and Bradford:

Win £200 of takeaways from Tharavadu and video chat to a doctor the same day... This week... ·         45 more indies now doing takeaways (plus another 100+ already on the list) ·         WIN £200 worth of Keralan cuisine to takeaway ·         Get a same-day video consultation with your GP ·         The Leeds roasters delivering coffee ·         The nature reserves you never knew were there ·         The most interesting buildings in Leeds ·         Exciting tech businesses Every Independent Cafe, Restaurant & Pub in Leeds That’s Now Doing Takeaways Oh lordy! The indies are back! There are 45 new additions to our list, with everything from sushi platters to Michelin-star dining at home, so take a night off cooking and treat yourself to a takeaway. Not only will you get a delicious feed, but you'll be supporting your local independents through this crisis.  Oh Me, Oh My! You Can Do Fine Dining at Home with These New Takeaway Services WIN £200 to Spend on Lockdown Takeaways from Tharavadu Need a pick-me-up? We're giving you the chance to discover the all-out-deliciousness of traditional Keralan cooking. There's £200 worth of takeaways from Tharavadu up for grabs, so get your entries in and start drooling over all those lip-smacking dishes.  Now You Can Have a Same Day Video Consultation With Your GP  Seeing the doctor just got easier because The Light Surgery has teamed up with LIVI to offer you same day video consultations with a GP. It's available seven days a week, including evenings and weekends, so you can get an appointment when it suits you.  How to Turn Your Garden into a Wonderful Adventure for the Kids The Nature Reserves You Never Knew Were There  Everyone knows about the city's parks, but did you know that Leeds is also blessed with a vast array of nature reserves? They're home to all manner of rare flora and fauna, which means you can see everything from colourful wildflower meadows to spotted woodpeckers. So now you have a few more options for those rare occasions when you go out.  11 of the Most Interesting Buildings in Leeds  Remember these? They're hard to forget.  5 Neglected Leeds Landmarks That Are Being Brought Back to Life 5 of the Most Exciting Tech Businesses in Leeds  Leeds has a rich and diverse tech scene, but who should you have an eye on? From law tech to movement analytics, social networks to coding bootcamps, these are some of the most exciting businesses in the city right now. Get Freshly Roasted Coffee Straight from the Source Missing your morning latte? Desperate for a proper coffee? The most important tool in the home barista's arsenal is proper coffee, so get yours straight from the source and support the city's roasters in the process. Want to reach a sociable, local audience? You get much more than ads with Leeds-List. You can engage new customers with custom content and grow your business. Learn more  Leeds-List.com Tel: 0113 3200710 Email: enquiries@leeds-list.com      Share     Tweet     Share     Forward

Hi , How to stay home and still not be bored? Well, you have online events to your rescue! Attend some of the best live sessions online that will entertain you, keep you hooked or teach you a thing or two. #StayHappeningAtHome Events Happening in Leeds Leeds, EN, United Kingdom   Featured Online Training and Certificate TTC Program on Nat Online Sun May 10 2020 at 07:30 pm Ramayana Leadership Lessons Workshop in USA & Online Tue May 19 2020 at 05:30 am Friday May Third Thursday: Inside Edition online Fri May 22 2020 at 12:00 am How Low Can We Go? C4 Goes Low Latency online Fri May 22 2020 at 12:30 am Keep Your Distance Virtual 5K for Veterans online Fri May 22 2020 at 04:00 am ECOMMERCE Online Fri May 22 2020 at 09:30 am Saturday Rhythm & Chill: Laura & Susie - Gaia Scarf online Sat May 23 2020 at 08:30 am Music Method (Now Online) - Instruments/Vocals/Pro online Sat May 23 2020 at 08:30 am YS Life and Dinosaurs online Sat May 23 2020 at 11:30 am Howard Middleton’s Online Jammie Dodgers Class online Sat May 23 2020 at 03:00 pm Sunday Saturday NIGHT LUAU online Sun May 24 2020 at 12:30 am Lymphatic Workshop online Sun May 24 2020 at 12:30 am Virtual Workshop on Kitchen Gardening online Sun May 24 2020 at 09:30 am French Language for Beginners: An Online Workshop Online Sun May 24 2020 at 10:00 am Next Week Creative Writing Workshop Online Mon May 25 2020 at 05:00 pm Branding Fundamentals online Tue May 26 2020 at 08:30 am Coping with Covid - 6 Week Meditation based Wellne online Tue May 26 2020 at 04:00 pm CHILL at the MCA: Meditation for Viewing online Tue May 26 2020 at 05:30 pm Explore Events by Category Business Concerts Exhibitions Food & Drinks Meetups Parties Sports Health & Wellness View All Events in Leeds What do you think about our newsletter? We'd love to get your feedback

Leeds Film News // Sundance Award-winning drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always & hugely acclaimed The Assistant released online + Get three months of free cinema with MUBI & more... Never Rarely Sometimes Always: Sundance Award-winning coming-of-age tale         Written and directed by Eliza Hittman (Beach Rats), Never Rarely Sometimes Always is a profoundly authentic and intimate coming-of-age drama about a US teenager seeking an abortion. Having premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January, the film went on to win the second prize at Berlin Film Festival and has been gaining rave reviews ever since. The film follows teenager Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) who travels across state lines to New York City in order to obtain a legal abortion, with the help of her younger cousin Skylar (Talia Ryder). This fraught journey of friendship, bravery and compassion is beautifully captured by cinematographer Hélène Louvart (Happy as Lazzaro) and scored by celebrated singer-songwriter Julia Holter. Watch the trailer Available to buy now from Amazon Prime and iTunes, and to rent from Weds 27 May. In this month's Leeds Film Newsletter: 3 months of free MUBI with LIFF, BFI Japan 2020, LIFF Presents: Short Films + Win Little Women & more on Blu-ray... Kitty Green's hugely acclaimed #MeToo drama The Assistant In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, Kitty Green's timely and thought provoking drama The Assistant follows one chilling day in the life of Jane (Julia Garner), an assistant to a powerful movie mogul who is never seen on screen. As Jane becomes increasingly aware of the abuse of power that is clearly ingrained and accepted within the company, she must decide whether to be quietly complicit or to speak out. Available to rent on BFI Player, Curzon Home Cinema & iTunes MUBI: Get three months of free cinema in exceptional LIFF offer MUBI is an ever-changing curation of beautiful, interesting and incredible films. You can now enjoy three months of MUBI entirely free with LIFF. There are new films added to MUBI's hand-picked selection every day and films now showing include Water Lilies and Tomboy, earlier features by Portrait of a Lady on Fire director Céline Sciamma, Pablo Larraín's sensual and explosive EMA and Mani Kaul's ground-breaking work of Indian New Wave cinema Our Daily Bread.  Click here to sign up with LIFF  BFI Japan 2020: Over 100 years of Japanese cinema A major celebration of Japanese cinema by the BFI launches this month. Originally scheduled to run in venues until September, nine new online collections will appear on BFI Player, with a complementary digital events programme to run on BFI YouTube until cinemas reopen. The season begins with great classics by Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu and will go on to feature contemporary visionaries such as Naomi Kawase and Takashi Miike. Watch the trailer | Find out more Begin a free, 14 day trial with BFI Player LIFF Presents: Short Films The Reinvention of Normal & more LIFF is committed to curating special programmes of short films to share with you online while we all miss going to the cinema. The latest include The Reinvention of Normal, inspired by the theme of re-imagining the world around you, Keep Calm and Fanomenon, comedy-horror favourites from the last 10 years of LIFF's genre film selection, and Tales of Our City, warming and insightful films representing the spirit of Leeds. Explore LIFF Presents: Short Films Film at Home: LIFF Films Now Streaming Many of the hit films from LIFF 2019 are now available to view online, across platforms including Netflix, BFI Player, Curzon Home Cinema, Amazon Prime and Vimeo. The latest include Kes Reimagined, now available on Facebook and YouTube. Fire Will Come, Oliver Laxe's follow up to Mimosas, magnificently shot on 16mm, System Crasher, Dogs Don't Wear Pants and Cinema Versa selection The Atom: A Love Affair are all now streaming. View our guide to LIFF Films Now Streaming LIFF Presents Films Now Screening: Parasite & More We were absolutely thrilled to present a special preview of Parasite in January, as part of our year-round programme of LIFF Presents screenings. After going on to win the Oscar for Best Picture and receiving an extended international release, Bong Joon Ho's dark satire will be available to view online from 1 June. Other LIFF Presents features now streaming include Monos, on multiple platforms, and Pedro Costa's Vitalina Varela on MUBI.   Film at Home: Hidden Gems For all those who are curious there are 1000s of hidden gems of world cinema, and also artist and experimental film, available to view online free of charge. Our latest round-up includes the art films of British filmmaker James Scott, classic Chinese films from the 1920s, '30s and '40s and curated programmes from Berlin's Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art. Find out more INDIs Movie Nights: Ex Machina - Watch Party INDIs Movie Nights return next month! Taking place online until cinemas reopen, they're starting with an Ex Machina Netflix Watch Party. In Alex Garland's 2014 film, a young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence. The screening will be held on Netflix Party. Click here to find out more and sign up for this free event. Friday 5 June, 7pm. Leeds Young Film Festival 2020: Giant Jury Winners Leeds Young Film Festival's Giant Jury, made up of almost 100 young people, met up virtually over Easter to decide on the best selections from across two competitions. The Golden Wings Young Jury Competition had two programmes - seven short live action films and nine animated shorts, all selected from hundreds of submissions from around the world. The winners were Luce & Me (Isabella Salvetti) for Live Action Short and The Witch and the Baby (Directed by Evgenia Golubeva) for Animated Short.  Read more Dogwoof launches VOD platform for its documentary films London-based film company Dogwoof has released some of the greatest documentary productions of recent years, including Free Solo, The Cave and The Act of Killing. Dogwoof's newly launched VOD service lets you rent their latest titles directly from them, and includes Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy, about the Mexican cuisine legend, Martin Margiela: In His Own Words, about the enigmatic fashion guru and Cunningham, about visionary choreographer Merce Cunningham. Find out more      Win the latest releases from The Criterion Collection + Little Women on Blu-ray Our exclusive competitions give you the chance to win some of the best new Blu-ray releases each month. In May, we have two bundles of the latest Blu-rays from The Criterion Collection's exceptional series of classic world cinema, including Destry Rides Again (1939), Lola Montès (1955) and Satyajit Ray's breathtaking milestone of world cinema The Apu Trilogy (1955 -1959). We also have two Blu-rays of Greta Gerwig's Little Women - one of our favourite releases of 2019. Enter The Criterion Collection competition by 29 May & Little Women competition by 4 June. The Runaways, a big Yorkshire adventure out on DVD Leeds Young Film Festival 2019 hit The Runaways is now out to own on DVD or to stream on vimeo. A funny, uplifting film following three kids and their donkeys in a chase across the North Yorks Moors, The Runaways is a big Yorkshire adventure. It's the debut feature by acclaimed documentary and short film director Richard Heap, starring Mark Addy and Tara Fitzgerald and featuring some of the best landscapes the north of England has to offer. Find out more Film industry support during Covid-19... The LEP and Screen Yorkshire Launch a New Development Fund Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (the LEP) in association with Screen Yorkshire has announced a new funding initiative to support the Leeds City Region's TV and film industries. The Indie TV and film Development Fund, totalling £200,000, will distribute awards of between £2,500 and £25,000, to help independent TV and film production companies to develop new content as part of a new Creative Catalyst programme for new commissioning. Apply by Fri 5 June, midday. West Yorks Creative Sector Covid-19 Impact Assessment Survey Working under the Leeds City Region designation, West Yorkshire local authorities are collaborating to develop a shared understanding of the impacts of Covid-19 on the region's creative sector. Recognising its vital role in the health and well-being of society, they are asking organisations, artists and freelancers to complete this survey to understand where the needs are and to support the recovery of the industry. Complete the survey by midnight, Sun 31 May

Explore opera from a new perspective! Experience the fascinating world of opera from the other side of the curtain... in double quick time too, as this week we share with you some of our incredible timelapses! From set builds to hair and make up, come behind the scenes with us and marvel at how the magic happens... Have you been gripped by our acclaimed concert staging of Wagner's epic 15-hour Ring cycle during lockdown? Well in this video, all eyes are on our former Music Director, Richard Farnes, as he conducts the apocalyptic 6-hour final opera from the Ring cycle in 60 seconds! Want to see more? You can experience the Ring cycle in full from the orchestra's-eye-view, with footage recorded during live performances in Leeds. Go behind the scenes with Opera North... A set built in record time This mesmerising timelapse shows the construction of Leslie Travers' stunning set for Giulio Cesare. In real time it took our fabulous team of stage technicians six hours to build the set! Make-up transformation Watch Samantha Hay's transformation to becoming our Queen of the Night from The Magic Flute. The infamous Queen required a dramatic look for her Act I entrance, and a 'distressed' look to mark her weakening power towards the end of the opera... How it's made: Greek Passion edition 46 sculptures of refugees appeared in our 2019 production of Bohuslav Martinů's Greek Passion. Here's a glimpse into the fascinating process of sculpting these effigies... Watch online... We hope you are enjoying our weekly delivery of fun, light-hearted content! Check out our website for online access to some of our productions and performances. If you use social media, follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and use the hashtag #OperaNorthAtHome. Opera North Ltd.  46 New Briggate Leeds LS1 6NU Box Office: 0113 223 3600 Registered Charity No. 511726 © Opera North 2020

Read Kirklees From Home: May 22 - 28. 2020 Hello out there. This week's focus is on KIrklees Library resources which can be accessed from home, or indeed anywhere you manage to get a reliable internet connection. Ancestry, COBRA, Go Citizen, Overdrive, PressReader, Theory Test Pro and our Wordpress site are all featured. Before we get to them, here are a couple of library stats for April 2020. 642 new library members eBook and eAudio issues up 175% (compared to April 2019) PressReader 'Issues Read' saw a 357% increase (compared to April 2019) There were 1,100 active users on kirkleeslibraries.co.uk As ever, underlined text in blue are links to web pages so click or select to go to that page. Read, enjoy, keep in touch and stay safe. AncestryLibrary Ancestry - KIrklees Library online Information for family historians including Census records from 1841-1901 and birth, marriage and burial indexes from 1837-2004. Library members are now able to access Ancestry from home. Please go to our Kirklees Library online page and login to your library account. Once logged in, you will see a link to Ancestry Library. If you are not a library member, you can join online at Join Kirklees Libraries using the above link. COBRA Cobra - kirklees.cobwebinfo.com Cobweb is a specialist publisher of information for business support professionals.They provide reliable, practical content that explains regulations, trading issues, opportunities and developments in over 550 small business trades and sectors COBRA is business tool with information for starting up a business, market research, a legal library and a wealth of useful contact organisations. To log in: type kirklees followed by library card number, e.g. kirklees097999999 Go Citizen Go Citizen - kirklees.gocitizen.co.uk GoCitizen.co.uk is an online study resource for candidates preparing for the Life in the UK test or British citizenship test. Online version of the latest official study materials licensed from the Home Office, the people who write the handbook Hundreds of practice test questions in the same format as the official test Additional interactive learning resources and teaching aids To log in: type kirklees followed by library card number, e.g. kirklees097999999 Overdrive Overdrive eBook collection and the Libby app We now have over 26,000 eBook and eAudio titles. Borrow them for free with your Kirklees library card and PIN. View the collection along with details of how to download the Libby app via our Overdrive page at: kirklees.overdrive.com We also have video tutorials on our Youtube channel for installing and using the Libby app for Android users at Libby for Android and Apple users at Libby for Apple They can also be found on our Facebook video page at: kirkleeslibraries/videos PressReader Digital Magazines and Newspapers Choose from over 7,300 national and international titles to read online or download for offline convenience. Free access with your Kirklees library card and PIN. Text-to-speech and instant translation options are also available. For more details see our PressReader catalogue at: www.pressreader.com Complimentary access has been extended from 30 to 60 days before you have to sign in again. More time to spend reading over 7,000 titles (from Albania to Zimbabwe) in languages as diverse as Arabic and Zulu with instand translation in 18 different languages and a text to speech option. Theory Test Pro Theory Test Pro - kirklees.theorytestpro.co.uk Theory Test Pro is a highly reliable online simulation of the UK's driving theory tests for all vehicle categories. It contains all the official test questions licensed by the Driving Standards Agency. Unlimited access to all the official questions from the DVSA in the same format as the official test Includes online version of Highway Code Realistic hazard perception video simulations Access to test banks for car, motorcycle, passenger carry vehicle and heavy goods vehicle categories Machine translation into over 40 different languages Speech-enabled tests so you can listen to questions To log in: type kirklees followed by library card number, e.g. kirklees097999999 Wordpress kirkleeslibraries.co.uk Carefully selected links and resources for: Creative Adults Creative Children Learning Making Reading Fun Staying Safe Virtual Kirklees Library Wellbeing Something for the weekend? Vive Le Rockdown For those of you who been missing our Get It Loud In Libraries gigs and oh how we've missed them! This Saturday Vive Le Rock magazine will host 32 acts from around the world for its free online music festival - VIVE LE ROCKDOWN. Acts include RUTS DC, COCKNEY REJECTS, MICHAEL MONROE(HANOI ROCKS), THE PICTUREBOOKS, KIRK BRANDON (SPEAR OF DESTINY), DEREK FORBES (SIMPLE MINDS), SEX PISTOLS LEGEND GLEN MATLOCK and newer acts like TOKYO TABOO and the BARSTOOL PREACHERS. All proceeds go to the Music Venues Trust to help keep our music venues alive! VIVE LE ROCKDOWN - Saturday May 23rd. 7pm BST www.facebook.com/vivelerockworldwww.vivelerock.net Lyrics courtesy of LouderThanWar.com Keep in touch If you know someone who would like to get the latest news from Kirklees Libraries, feel free to forward this newsletter or let them know they can use the link at the bottow of this page. Send your eBook reviews to socialmedia.lics@kirklees.gov.uk. 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