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LIVE MUSIC AT GREEN PARK BRASSERIE n Green Park Brasserie, Green Park, Bath Enjoy live jazz/funk/soul/swing at Green Park Brasserie on Wednesday and Thursday from 6.30–8.45pm and Friday and Saturday from 6.30–9.45pm. Music varies in style from dynamic duos to modern trios to a Hot Club style quintet. The Brasserie kitchen will be open from 5–10pm Wednesday–Friday, and 12–10pm on Saturday, serving up local produce including steak, fish, chicken and burgers. greenparkbrasserie.com TOUCHED 4–7 May, 7:30pm n The Rondo Theatre, Bath It’s 1945 – meet a Nottingham family of women over the 100 days from VE Day on 8 May to VJ (Victory in Japan) Day on 15 August. A story of celebration, love, gutwrenching grief, and that great British Institution, a pot of tea. Momentous events, including the landslide victory of the Labour party, are seen through the everyday experience of ordinary people. They dreamed of a New World and a better future. How have those dreams turned out? By Stephen Lowe, presented by Bath Drama. £14/£12. ticketsource.co.uk U3A: LANDSCAPE DESIGN IN AN AGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE 5 May, 10.30am–12.30pm n Bath Pavilion, North Parade Road Andrew Grant is a director of pioneering Bath-based Landscape Architecture Firm, Grant Associates. He will explain that one of his firm’s aims is to steer people towards
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nature-based solutions to landscape design problems, reconnecting them with nature in insightful, delightful and distinctive ways whilst addressing the global challenges of urbanisation, the climate crisis and biodiversity extinction. Admission to the talks is free for members and asks for a donation of £2 for non-members. u3ainbath.org.uk
Home Front Interiors and Coco & Wolf, with all profits going to UK for UNHCR’s Ukraine Emergency Appeal to support refugees. Comedian James Acaster will host the event, former Sotheby’s auctioneer Ed Rising will conduct the auction, with musical entertainment provided by the Claire Martin Quintet. newtonandworthy.com; @homeaid_ukraineauction
THE CLARIDGE LECTURE: ADRIAN TINNISWOOD Thursday 5 May, doors 6.15pm, lecture 7pm n American Museum & Gardens, Claverton Manor, Bath Join Adrian Tinniswood OBE FSA, renowned social and architectural historian, for a talk about his new book Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the PostWar Country House. As the sun set on the British Empire in the years after the Second World War, the nation’s stately homes were in crisis. Capturing the spirit of the age, Tinniswood proves that the country house is not only an iconic symbol, but a lens through which to understand the shifting fortunes of Britain in an era of monumental social change. Tickets £10 (includes welcome drink). americanmuseum.org
CHILDREN’S YOGA Saturdays from 7 May, 11–11.45am n American Museum & Gardens, Claverton Manor, Bath Children (ages 4+) can enjoy the uplifting surroundings of the gardens in the museum, with these classes, organised in partnership with Bath YMCA, designed to introduce yoga and mindfulness around a story or a theme that changes each week, ending with relaxation. £7.50 per session. americanmuseum.org
HOME AID Thursday 5 May, 6.30–9.30pm n Bath Assembly Rooms This unique charity auction, organised by photography and journalist duo Newton & Worthy, will feature an abundance of beautiful and distinct interior items and experiences, donated for free from companies such as OKA, Holloways of Bath,
HOLBURNE PLANT SALE 8 May, 10.30am–2.30pm n Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, Bath The Holburne’s annual plant sale in the museum's grounds will raise money in support of the Holburne. Includes stalls from expert nurseries and has plants and herbs for sale, a beehive display, homemade produce and tea, coffee and cakes. holburne.org SPARKFEST 9 May–11 June n Various locations across Bath Now in its fifth year, this festival of theatre, music and dance is set to take over our beautiful city once again. SparkFest promises Continued page 22
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