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Monday, August 11th • Monday, August 18th | Here's your weekly update based on your interests and topic choices. Thank you for subscribing. |
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|  | The Whit Monday 1944 Flood Trail | Wed, 29.5.2024 00:00 - Fri, 29.5.2026 00:00 | This trail follows key locations along the route of the 1944 Flood and helps to explain what occurred on that fateful day. Read more |
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 | Classic Literature at Mirfield Library: Dewsbury and Third Age Classic Literature Group | Mon, 11.8.2025 14:00 - 15:30 | Selected passages from great novels and poems are chosen to read aloud and discuss then continue at home. First Monday of every month from October 20 ... Read more |
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| |  | Colne Valley Police Contact Point at Slaithwaite Library | Wed, 13.8.2025 13:30 - 14:30 | Meet your Colne Valley 1 Neighbourhood Policing Team at Slaithwaite Library Read more |
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 | Storytime at Birstall Library | Wed, 13.8.2025 13:30 - 14:30 | Stories and crafts for under 5s. Read more |
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| |  | Long Covid Support at Batley Library | Thu, 14.8.2025 11:00 - 12:00 | Support for people living with long Covid Read more |
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 | Storytime at Batley Library | Thu, 14.8.2025 10:30 - 11:15 | Stories and crafts for under 5s. Read more |
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|  | Growing Works SEND Sessions at Oakwell Hall | Wed, 13.8.2025 10:00 - 14:00 | +1 | Free nature exploration, outdoor sessions for families with school age children age 12 and under with SEND/SEMH who live in Kirklees or attend Kirklee ... Read more |
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 | No patch of green too small - Helen Thomas | Fri, 1.8.2025 10:00 - Wed, 20.8.2025 15:00 | A new solo exhibition titled "No patch of green too small" by Wakefield-based artist Helen Thomas looks at small patches of plants, green and otherwis ... Read more |
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|  | Summer Switch off at WYPW - Stamp, Roll, Press, Squeeze & Stick - Fun Printmaking Sessions for all | Thu, 14.8.2025 11:00 - 14:00 | +1 | Switch off screens and get creative with WYPW’s free drop-in print sessions every week this summer! Hands-on fun for all ages at the Creative Piazza, ... Read more |
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 | Foodie Fest | Fri, 15.8.2025 12:00 - 20:00 | A new and exciting food and drink experience hosted by Huddersfield Market Read more |
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| |  | Duck Lovey - 2 week intermediate course at Brighouse Library | Sat, 16.8.2025 13:00 - 15:00 | Learn to crochet this Cute duck Lovey, great introduction to amigurumi Read more |
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 | Urban Artist Competition | Sun, 17.8.2025 10:00 - 15:00 | Calling All Artists! We are welcoming 20 of you amazing artists to Huddersfield Town Centre, to create an Urban Art masterpiece, capturing the beauty ... Read more |
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| |  | Beginners crochet course (4 weeks), hosted by Northstar crochet at Brighouse Library | Sat, 16.8.2025 10:00 - 12:00 | Learn the art of crochet with this beginner friendly 4 week crochet course Read more |
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 | Dewsbury Market Carless Boot Sale | Sun, 17.8.2025 06:30 - 12:30 | Dewsbury Market Carless Boot Sale Read more |
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| | Classic Literature at Mirfield Library: Dewsbury and Third Age Classic Literature Group | Mon, 11.8.2025 14:00 - 15:30 | Selected passages from great novels and poems are chosen to read aloud and discuss then continue at home. First Monday of every month from October 20 ... Read more |
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 | Mirfield Library Bookworms | Wed, 13.8.2025 14:00 - 15:00 | A book group that meets monthly at Mirfield library Read more |
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| |  | Book folding at Birstall Library | Thu, 14.8.2025 13:30 - 15:00 | Crafting with discarded books Read more |
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 | Creative Writing Group at Cleckheaton Library | Mon, 11.8.2025 17:30 - 19:00 | Creative support groups for budding writers. Read more |
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| |  | Non-Fiction Reading Group at Denby Dale Library | Mon, 11.8.2025 14:00 - 15:30 | Join our Book club for adults. An opportunity to read and discuss nonfiction books in a friendly and informal group Read more |
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 | Poetry Group at Cleckheaton Library | Tue, 12.8.2025 14:00 - 15:00 | A free drop in session where we share and discuss poetry. Read more |
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|  | Cliffe House | Summer Activity Programme 2025 | POND DIPPING | Mon, 11.8.2025 10:00 - 11:00 | +9 | Activity Information Enjoy exploring the ponds in the grounds of Cliffe House, looking out for minibeasts, bugs, and all kinds of pond life, all while ... Read more |
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 | Cliffe House | Summer Activity Programme 2025 | FAMILY NATURE TRAIL | Mon, 11.8.2025 10:00 - 16:00 | +5 | Activity Information Get outdoors and enjoy our fun family nature trail around the grounds of Cliffe House. The trail is family and buggy friendly, so ... Read more |
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| |  | Cliffe House | Summer Activity Programme 2025 | ARCHERY | Tue, 12.8.2025 10:00 - 11:00 | +4 | Activity Information Join our activity instructors in learning how to draw the arrow, balance the bow & fire at a distance target - Challenge your fam ... Read more |
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 | Cliffe House | Summer Activity Programme 2025 | CANOEING (Off-Site) | Wed, 13.8.2025 10:00 - 10:00 | +3 | Activity Information Join our activity instructors in this new off\-site activity for Cliffe House. Booking Information Duration: 150 min session Cos ... Read more |
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| | Cliffe House | Summer Activity Programme 2025 | POND DIPPING | Mon, 11.8.2025 10:00 - 11:00 | +9 | Activity Information Enjoy exploring the ponds in the grounds of Cliffe House, looking out for minibeasts, bugs, and all kinds of pond life, all while ... Read more |
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| Cliffe House | Summer Activity Programme 2025 | FAMILY NATURE TRAIL | Mon, 11.8.2025 10:00 - 16:00 | +5 | Activity Information Get outdoors and enjoy our fun family nature trail around the grounds of Cliffe House. The trail is family and buggy friendly, so ... Read more |
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| |  | Summer at Whistlestop Valley | Mon, 11.8.2025 10:00 - Fri, 15.8.2025 17:00 | +1 | KIDS GO FOR A FIVER WITH A BIG ADVENTURE TICKET 🤩🚂 Read more |
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 | Summer Holidays Arts Crafts and Wellbeing workshops | Mon, 11.8.2025 13:00 - 16:00 | +2 | Our workshops will run from 1 pm - 4 pm on Mondays & Tuesdays throughout the 6-week holidays. Bookings will be for both Monday & Tuesday on the same ... Read more |
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| | | Cliffe House | Summer Activity Programme 2025 | ARCHERY | Tue, 12.8.2025 10:00 - 11:00 | +4 | Activity Information Join our activity instructors in learning how to draw the arrow, balance the bow & fire at a distance target - Challenge your fam ... Read more |
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| Cliffe House | Summer Activity Programme 2025 | CANOEING (Off-Site) | Wed, 13.8.2025 10:00 - 10:00 | +3 | Activity Information Join our activity instructors in this new off\-site activity for Cliffe House. Booking Information Duration: 150 min session Cos ... Read more |
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|  | Huddersfield Photo Imaging Club Annual Exhibition | Thu, 14.8.2025 11:00 - 16:00 | +1 | A showcase of the very best images submitted in to our annual competitions Read more |
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 | Laura Ellen Bacon | Sat, 5.4.2025 00:00 - Sun, 7.9.2025 00:00 | Discover Derbyshire-based Laura Ellen Bacon's exceptional immersive sculptural installation created from natural materials. Read more |
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| |  | Felicity Aylieff: Expressions in Blue | Sat, 5.4.2025 00:00 - Sun, 14.9.2025 00:00 | Expressions in Blue is an extraordinary exhibition where visitors will be dwarfed by a forest of monumental porcelain sculptures by renowned ceramicis ... Read more |
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 | William Kentridge: The Pull of Gravity | Sat, 28.6.2025 00:00 - Sun, 19.4.2026 00:00 | This major exhibition by South African artist William Kentridge marks the first museum presentation outside South Africa focussing on his sculpture. Read more |
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| |  | Lesley Barnes and Ross McAuley: Fashion Play | Sat, 12.7.2025 00:00 - Sun, 26.10.2025 00:00 | Step inside the colourful world of Fashion Play - a bold, playful display of wooden dancers and figurative mobiles. Read more |
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 | The Flourish Award for Excellence in Printmaking 2025 | Sat, 19.7.2025 10:30 - Sun, 21.9.2025 15:30 | Selected from open submission, the 14th Flourish Award for Excellence in Printmaking brings together a diverse range of printmaking by selected artist ... Read more |
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| | The Whit Monday 1944 Flood Trail | Wed, 29.5.2024 00:00 - Fri, 29.5.2026 00:00 | This trail follows key locations along the route of the 1944 Flood and helps to explain what occurred on that fateful day. Read more |
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 | Local History Group at Lindley Library | Sat, 16.8.2025 10:00 - 12:00 | Local history Read more |
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| |  | Hands on History at Denby Dale Library | Thu, 14.8.2025 13:30 - 15:30 | Informal group for people interested in genealogy and local history Read more |
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 | Ancestry Help at Golcar Library | Tue, 12.8.2025 10:00 - 11:00 | Help with searching Ancestry.com Read more |
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| | | Family History at Kirkburton Library | Tue, 12.8.2025 16:00 - 18:00 | Local history and genealogy support Read more |
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| Ancestry Help at Birstall Library | Tue, 12.8.2025 10:00 - 12:00 | Help with searching Ancestry.com Read more |
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|  | Musical theatre class | Wed, 26.2.2025 18:15 - Thu, 26.2.2026 00:00 | Come along and ‘defy gravity’ in our ‘practically perfect’ musical theatre classes for all ages. Learn all elements of musical theatre techniques whi ... Read more |
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 | Instigators | Fri, 15.8.2025 01:00 - 03:00 | The 80’s anarcho punks reform for a handful of uk shows inc Parish Read more |
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| |  | Moving Pictures Rush Tribute Holmfirth Picturedrome | Fri, 15.8.2025 20:30 - 22:30 | A 3-piece tribute to Canada's finest musical export RUSH. Moving Pictures play for over two hours covering all the classics such as Tom Sawyer, The Sp ... Read more |
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 | Live Is Not All by Schwa + opening act Bees Knees | Sat, 16.8.2025 19:30 - 21:30 | Peter Spafford and Richard Ormrod of Schwa, supported by a trio on guitar, bass and drums Read more |
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| |  | Terrorvision Holmfirth Picturedrome | Sat, 16.8.2025 20:30 - 22:30 | Click the squares that contain ROCK. Terrorvision are back! WE ARE NOT ROBOTS, the band's first album since 2011's Super Delux is a raucous and marvel ... Read more |
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 | Evening online singing workshops | Thu, 14.8.2025 18:30 - 19:30 | Free evening online singing sessions to boost your wellbeing - beginners and singers equally welcome Read more |
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| | Cliffe House | Summer Activity Programme 2025 | POND DIPPING | Mon, 11.8.2025 10:00 - 11:00 | +9 | Activity Information Enjoy exploring the ponds in the grounds of Cliffe House, looking out for minibeasts, bugs, and all kinds of pond life, all while ... Read more |
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| Cliffe House | Summer Activity Programme 2025 | FAMILY NATURE TRAIL | Mon, 11.8.2025 10:00 - 16:00 | +5 | Activity Information Get outdoors and enjoy our fun family nature trail around the grounds of Cliffe House. The trail is family and buggy friendly, so ... Read more |
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| | | Summer at Whistlestop Valley | Mon, 11.8.2025 10:00 - Fri, 15.8.2025 17:00 | +1 | KIDS GO FOR A FIVER WITH A BIG ADVENTURE TICKET 🤩🚂 Read more |
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| Summer Holidays Arts Crafts and Wellbeing workshops | Mon, 11.8.2025 13:00 - 16:00 | +2 | Our workshops will run from 1 pm - 4 pm on Mondays & Tuesdays throughout the 6-week holidays. Bookings will be for both Monday & Tuesday on the same ... Read more |
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| | | Cliffe House | Summer Activity Programme 2025 | ARCHERY | Tue, 12.8.2025 10:00 - 11:00 | +4 | Activity Information Join our activity instructors in learning how to draw the arrow, balance the bow & fire at a distance target - Challenge your fam ... Read more |
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| Cliffe House | Summer Activity Programme 2025 | CANOEING (Off-Site) | Wed, 13.8.2025 10:00 - 10:00 | +3 | Activity Information Join our activity instructors in this new off\-site activity for Cliffe House. Booking Information Duration: 150 min session Cos ... Read more |
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|  | Twisted headband/ear warmers in the Star stitch, intermediate workshop | Thu, 14.8.2025 18:15 - 20:15 | Star stitch twisted headband/ear warmers workshop Read more |
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| Duck Lovey - 2 week intermediate course at Brighouse Library | Sat, 16.8.2025 13:00 - 15:00 | Learn to crochet this Cute duck Lovey, great introduction to amigurumi Read more |
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| | | Beginners crochet course (4 weeks), hosted by Northstar crochet at Brighouse Library | Sat, 16.8.2025 10:00 - 12:00 | Learn the art of crochet with this beginner friendly 4 week crochet course Read more |
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 | Beginners crochet (4 week course) by Northstar crochet at St Mary's Community Centre, Mirfield | Thu, 14.8.2025 18:15 - 20:15 | Learn the art of crochet with this beginner friendly 4 week crochet course. Read more |
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| |  | Knit and Natter at Mirfield Library | Mon, 11.8.2025 16:30 - 18:30 | Knit and Natter Groups are for adults who enjoy knitting, crochet, cross stitch and other crafts. They are free of charge to attend and participants h ... Read more |
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 | Knit and Natter at Birstall Library | Tue, 12.8.2025 13:00 - 15:00 | Knitting and crochet for charity. Read more |
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| | Musical theatre class | Wed, 26.2.2025 18:15 - Thu, 26.2.2026 00:00 | Come along and ‘defy gravity’ in our ‘practically perfect’ musical theatre classes for all ages. Learn all elements of musical theatre techniques whi ... Read more |
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| | Summer Holidays Arts Crafts and Wellbeing workshops | Mon, 11.8.2025 13:00 - 16:00 | +2 | Our workshops will run from 1 pm - 4 pm on Mondays & Tuesdays throughout the 6-week holidays. Bookings will be for both Monday & Tuesday on the same ... Read more |
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 | Creation Station Afternoons | Mon, 11.8.2025 13:30 - 15:00 | Free creative workshops for adults with learning disabilities and/or Autism Read more |
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| |  | Throwing Larger Vessels - MASTERCLASSES | Mon, 11.8.2025 18:00 - 20:00 | Join David Preston for this one off workshop, throwing large vessels Read more |
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| Making Art Together: Art in Nature | Tue, 12.8.2025 18:00 - 19:30 | Outdoor art making sessions exploring natural materials on the allotment Read more |
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| |  | Adults Only Paint a Pot | Tue, 12.8.2025 18:00 - 20:00 | Join us at Globe Arts for Paint a Pot Read more |
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 | Folk-Art inspired painting workshop w. Lindsay Kirby | Thu, 14.8.2025 11:00 - 15:00 | Join Lindsay Kirby for this 4 hour workshop focusing on folk-art styles and experimenting with mixed media. Read more |
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