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CONNECTING YOU TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE 2005

The Leeds Gathering

Corinne Bailey Rae in Leeds

Half Term Fun

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stages The Rocky Horror Show in time for Halloween; and Heritage Corner presents ‘Meet the Crafts’ at Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds Library, and Ilkley Literature Festival.

And, can you believe it’s Half Term again! We have a few interesting suggestions.

This year is passing way too quickly!

Please get all your news for November to us by 1st October and advertising by 7th October (1st & 8th November for December edition). We look forward to hearing from you.

Autumn is in full swing as we hurtle towards the Christmas season. All areas of entertainment have upped their game and we are positively spoilt for choice when it comes to music and theatre.

The Leeds International Concert Season has a fantastic programme lined up and the ever-increasing music venues around Leeds have every genre covered.

Corinne Bailey Rae opens her national tour at Leeds Town Hall; and the Irish Arts Foundation brings us The Leeds Gathering again.

West Yorkshire Playhouse has a dizzying line up; Leeds Grand Theatre

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06 Leeds Art & Photography Exhibition & Sale - The 16th

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annual presented by St Gemma’s Hospice.

32 Shared Lives - – St Anne’s Community Services launches new scheme for adults with learning difficulties.

15 Heritage Corner Presents ‘Meet the Crafts’ - The tale of Ellen

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and William Craft is presented as part of Black History Month.

and iconic films from across four decades take centre stage.

17 Leeds International Orchestral Season - Acclaimed as

48 Corinne Bailey Rae at Leeds Town Hall - Corinne begins

one of the finest orchestral programmes in the country.

national tour in Leeds.

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50 The Leeds Gathering 2016 A celebration of Irish arts and culture brings some of Ireland’s finest artists to the city. .

54 Asian Women Cricket Team

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UK’s first all Asian women’s cricket team recently took to the field in Headingley

56 It’s Half Term Again! Museums and theatres have great shows and exhibitions to entrance and thrill.

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0113 274 8776 he 16th Annual Leeds Art and Photography Exhibition and Sale, presented by St Gemma’s Hospice and Michael Lewin Solicitors, will is at The Grammar School at Leeds, Alwoodley Gates, Harrogate Road, LS17 8GS, from Thursday 27th – Sunday 30th October.

Over 900 exhibits will be featured, showcasing a huge variety of techniques including oil, pastel, acrylic, watercolour and photography. Thirty per cent of all sales will go to St Gemma’s – over £250,000 has been raised towards patient care since the event began.

If you would like to support the exhibition further, you could become a Patron of the Arts. For a £30 donation your name will be listed in the event programme and you will be invited to attend the exclusive Patrons’ Evening on Thursday 27th October from 6:30 – 8:30pm.

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Over 900 exhibits will be featured, showcasing a huge variety of techniques The exhibition opening times are: 27th-29th October 10am – 6pm; 30th October 10am – 4pm. Entry £3.

For further information, including on becoming a patron, contact Becky Hole 0113 218 5505 / beckyh@stgemma.co.uk or visit http://events. st-gemma.co.uk

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JOHN ATKINSON GRIMSHAW (1836-1893) ARTIST

Around 1863 the young artist John Atkinson Grimshaw came with his wife Fanny to live in Cliff Road, Headingley, a quiet lane leading up to Woodhouse Ridge, away from the dirty, smoky town. Here, in their charming new villa with its long back garden, they could enjoy walks along the Ridge to the beautiful Meanwood valley and on to Adel woods, where they collected wild flowers, mosses, birds’ eggs to bring home for him to paint. Nearby they could wander the quiet lanes and ginnels of Headingley Hill, with its grand mansions, high stone walls, and tall trees – scenes to which he would often return in his later paintings. he move marked his growing success as a full-time artist, and an escape from his early life. He was born in Leeds in 1836, in Back Park Street, a narrow lane of cottages and warehouses, the first of the six children of David and Mary Grimshaw. His father had lost his work in the cloth trade and moved from job to job, taking his growing family first to Sheffield then Norwich, where John Atkinson went to school – his only education.

When he was 12 the family returned to Leeds, to the poor area of the Leylands, where his mother ran a small corner shop while his father found work with the newly-arrived Midland Railway. By age 14 John Atkinson had a job there too as a clerk, but he had begun to paint in his spare time. His strict Baptist parents disapproved –and threw his paints in the fire. He persevered, self-taught, and his work won admiration, particularly from one of the Leeds art dealers who took him under his wing and fostered his talent.

eagerly awaited and enthusiastically reviewed. When the purchase of Roundhay Park was in question he exhibited three moonlight scenes of the Park which he said he had been commissioned to paint; they were lavishly praised in the press (and remain favourites today). He was acknowledged as the master of poetic moonlight and night effects, transforming the familiar streets of Leeds into something mysterious, romantic and beautiful – Boar Lane, Park Row, the suburban lanes of Roundhay and Headingley. All this had great

His life changed dramatically when his

appeal for the new moneyed middle-class

cousin Fanny came to visit. Fanny (Frances

of Leeds. His reputation spread to London,

Theodosia Hubbarde) was travelled and

where he exhibited at the Royal Academy

educated, the daughter of a successful

and for a time had his own studio.

journalist. They married in 1857 when he

But life had its dark side for him and

was 21, making their home in one of the new

Fanny. Of their sixteen children only six

close-packed terraces of Wortley. Their first

survived into adulthood. He ran into deep

years together were overshadowed by the

financial problems around 1880 and the

death of three of their four babies, and the

bailiffs moved in. He was under constant

illness of their fourth child, but she supported

pressure to paint and sell his pictures to make ends meet. The quality suffered,

his artistic aspirations. John Atkinson still had his clerical job, but his paintings were

His work went on show in many of the town’s

though he still produced some strikingly

beginning to sell. So, in 1861, when he was

galleries. By 1870 he felt secure enough to

original work. Then suddenly, in 1893, he

just 25, he made the daring decision to give up

move on, renting the romantic, seventeenth

was taken ill with liver cancer and died,

his paid work and devote himself to painting.

century Knostrop Hall (now demolished),

aged only 57. He was painting till the end.

He prospered. His pictures, strongly

featured in many of his paintings. He filled

Everything had to be sold to pay his debts.

influenced at this stage by the Pre-

it with beautiful objects, and entertained

As tastes changed in the 1900s his work

Raphaelites, attracted some wealthy patrons,

his artistic and theatrical friends there. It

fell out of fashion and could be picked up

enabling him to move from the grey streets

remained his home for the rest of his life,

for a song, but now he is a favourite again

of Wortley to semi-rural Headingley. Over

though for a time he had a second home in

– his moonlit lanes, his dark, glowing town

the next years he visited the Lakes and the

Scarborough, the unique, dramatic ‘Castle-

and dock scenes, his brilliant domestic

coast and extended his range of subjects

by-the Sea’.

interiors, all poetic, nostalgic reminders

and techniques, painting his first keynote

By the 1870s he had become Leeds’

moonlight scene (Whitby Harbour) in 1867.

favourite homegrown artist, his new paintings

of a lost world.

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Pictured: James Alexandrou & Miles Richardson

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ichardson plays rich and successful mystery writer Andrew Wyke whose obsession with playing games is in danger of losing him everything. Matters take a surprising turn when he lures his wife’s lover Milo (Alexandrou) to his country house to take part in a specially created challenge.

Nothing is what it seems in this ultimate game of cat and mouse. Perhaps the arrival of Inspector Doppler will help untangle fact from fiction, deception from truth and murderer from victim.

Anthony Shaffer’s Tony-award winning thriller ‘Sleuth’ comes to West Yorkshire Playhouse from 28th September – 15th October, with Royal Shakespeare Company actor Miles Richardson and ex-East Enders actor James Alexandrou leading the cast.

Nothing is what it seems in this ultimate game of cat and mouse “Sleuth is a Tony award-winning classic thriller which is ripe for a revival in Yorkshire”, said James Brining, Artistic Director, West Yorkshire Playhouse.

“It holds the audience in an increasingly tense grip, as the friendly rivalry between Andrew and Milo becomes decidedly unfriendly. We heartily welcome back Director Giles Croft, whose production of ‘The Kite Runner’ proved so popular when it came to Leeds.”

Sleuth, a co-production with Nottingham Playhouse, is in the Quarry Theatre. Tickets are available from 0113 213 7700, wyp.org.uk

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Art & Culture resented by Compass Festival and Live Art Bistro, this is a subtle performance that involves one audience member at a time as the performers walk through the city holding hands with a range of different people on a carefully designed route. Born out of a series of ‘holding hands experiments’ in Glasgow, with both same sex and mixed sex couples, the piece aims to challenge prejudices, and experience first hand what it is to walk in someone else’s shoes. It explores the experience of queer and minority identities within a city, and at the same time is a broader experiment into what can be learnt when two strangers share an intimate moment in public. It also asks questions of the social diversity and cultural codes within a city.

Walking:Holding is inviting people to get involved in a new experiential performance around Leeds city centre on 11th/ 12th November.

Photo: Rosie Healey

The performers or ‘hand holders’ will be local people from different sections of the community. The aim is to involve people of different ages, races, genders, sexualities and social backgrounds, and to create a rich experience for the audience. It’s about bringing very different people together to walk hand in hand in public, and hopes to encourage greater understanding and tolerance, and to open up new ways of being a public space, and of being with each other.

Walking:Holding was created in Glasgow in 2011 by Rosana Cade and has since toured extensively across the UK and internationally, working with local participants as performers in each location. Whilst the form of her performance work varies, and emerges in relation to the specific process or context she is engaging with, it is firmly rooted in a queer discourse and straddles live art and activism.

To get involved and for further information, visit www.liveartleeds. com or compassliveart.org.uk/festival

Photo: Ollie Jenkins

As part of Black History Month Leeds-based performers Joe Williams and Leah Francis of Heritage Corner present the tale of Ellen and William Craft, with performances at Ilkley Literature Festival, Kirkstall Abbey and Leeds Library William and Ellen Craft were from Georgia in the Southern United States.

To escape enslavement, Ellen dressed as a white man and pretended that her husband, William, was her slave, travelling with her. In this way they headed North to freedom. The story of their escape was recounted many times in newspapers throughout Britain and was documented in their famous work ‘Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom’ (1860). They lived in

England for nineteen years before eventually returning to the United States. While in Leeds they stayed at the home of the abolitionist and writer Wilson Armistead, the author of a fascinating 1848 work ‘A Tribute to the Negro’, who registered them in the 1851 census as ‘Fugitives from Slavery in

America…’ The African American novelist William Wells Brown wrote of him: “Few English gentlemen have done more to hasten the day of the slave’s liberation than Wilson Armistead.”

He also had much to say on the ‘extensive and interesting ruin of Kirkstall Abbey…’ with its ‘tranquil and pensive beauty…’ that ‘reposes in the lap of pastoral luxuriance…’

Join Heritage Corner as they bring this incredible story to life, whilst also discovering the stories of other key African-Americans visiting Victorian Leeds, such as Frederick Douglass, Henry ‘Box’ Brown and the tenacious Sarah Parker Remond.

‘Meet the Crafts’ is at Ilkley Literature Festival on Wednesday 5th October and Kirkstall Abbey Visitor Centre, in the Colonel North Room at 12pm and 2pm on Sunday 9th October and Leeds Library, 18 Commercial Street 23rd Nov.

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ove Bette Midler? Then you’ll love Sue Kelvin’s performance on Sunday 30th October, 7.30pm at Reuben Vincent Hall, Etz Chaim Synagogue, Harrogate Road, LS17 8DP. A celebrated performer, Sue has starred in West End productions of ‘Les Miserables’, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’, ‘Chicago’, ‘Wicked’, and at the National Theatre in ‘Streetcar Named Desire’ with Glenn Close.

In this rollercoaster of a show, Sue pays tribute to Bette Midler and the impact she has had on her career. She begins by talking about the point in her life when she discovered Midler, launching into ‘Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy’.

Linking Midler’s life story to her own, she presents over a dozen songs that Bette has covered throughout her career, including ‘Everything’s Coming Up Roses’, ‘The Chapel of Love’, and

‘ The Wind Beneath My Wings’.

There’ll be highlights from Midler comedy routines, and a commentary on Bette’s life explaining just how Bette inspired Sue to become a West End diva herself!

Part of the JFest International Season, tickets are £14, (£12.50 advance) and are available from Makor on 0113 2680899 or info@ makor.co.uk

For full details of the programme, you can download a copy from www. leedsconcertseason.com, or request the new season brochure, from 0113 378 6600, or music@leeds.gov.uk. Tickets can be purchased from 0113 376 0318 or www. leedsconcertseason.com

he Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra opens the season (8th Oct) with dazzling violinist Jennifer Pike, who performs Sibelius’ Violin Concerto. Highlights from abroad include Natalie Clein performing Dvorák’s Cello Concerto with Czech National Symphony Orchestra, and St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the City of London Sinfonia with clarinettist Michael Collins as director and soloist are also featured. The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with

Music Director Vasily Petrenko also returns to Leeds Town Hall; and the talented young musicians of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No 5 alongside two works

by Mexican composers Márquez and Revueltas.

Leeds Festival Chorus will perform an all-Italian programme including perennial favourite Nessun Dorma by Puccini; and Leeds Philharmonic Chorus presents Elgar’s The Music Makers. To end the season both choral societies join forces with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Verdi’s Requiem.

Pictured: Jennifer Pike

Discover world-class orchestral music from across the globe in the stunning setting of Leeds Town Hall.

Highlights of the 2016/17 season include: Sat 15 October, 7pm

Sat 4 February, 7.30pm

Sat 19 November, 7.30pm

Sat 18 March, 7.30pm

Sat 28 January, 7.30pm

Sat 13 May, 7.30pm

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uncture 2016 is dedicated to the very best of contemporary dance practice made with nonprofessional collaborators.

Bringing together internationally renowned artists and choreographers, it is a pick-and-mix of innovative artworks, from movement installations in galleries, to intimate performances, workshops and a karaoke party! Running from Thursday 27th – Sunday 30th October, Juncture will take place at venues across the city including Yorkshire Dance and The Tetley.

The festival will celebrate, champion and investigate the practice of creating high quality professional choreography with and by people who are ordinarily not seen or valued on the dancing stage; older people, people of different abilities, body types and backgrounds. Audiences can dip in and out of individual performances, and for those who want to delve deeper and explore the themes of the programme, there is a host of workshops from each of the leading artists.

This year, the biannual festival produced

by Yorkshire Dance is curated by Gillie Kleiman who describes the line up as “cool, bold and uncompromising”.

“The community dance movement, folk dance, YouTube dance classes and Strictly all tell us the same thing - everybody dances”, said Gillie.

“This edition of Juncture brings together artworks where the role of the professional dancer is given to someone else, bringing artists, participants and their shared work into conversation about what happens when the dancing is handed over.”

Dance makers including Swedish artist Sara Lindström, internationally renowned Yorkshire choreographer Lucy Suggate, London-based choreographer Nicola Conibere, and independent conceptual dance outfit ‘Immigrants and Animals’ who will work with 75 members of the public to bring new participants right in to the heart of the festival. Joining them is experimental theatre company Quarantine with Wallflower, Dance Company Fitzgerald & Stapleton (Time Out New York Critics’ Pick), and the performing artist Grace Surman.

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Mark Thomas Brings The Red Shed to The Playhouse Comedian Mark Thomas brings his award-winning ‘The Red Shed’ to West Yorkshire Playhouse from Wednesday 2nd – Friday 4th November. resh from the Edinburgh Festival, where the show was a Scotsman Fringe First winner and also took The Stage Special Award, ‘The Red Shed’ is the third part in Mark’s theatrical trilogy, which began with ‘Bravo Figaro’ and ‘Cuckooed’. In The Red Shed, Mark returns to where it all began, a Labour club in Wakefield that celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

As a student at Bretton Hall, Mark cut his teeth in this 47-foot long wooden shed. This was home to dissent, to organising and to progressive politics, and it was here that he became part of the struggle. A south London lad, Wakefield’s alien traditional Labour community awoke a new determination in Mark and changed his life forever.

The show pieces together the club’s history, the survival of a community and how things have changed today. It’s a tale of ‘strikes, fights, dinner ladies, crap beer, good beer, pickets, placards, commies, friendship, love, history, dreams and, above all, remembering’.

When Mark first discovered The Red Shed in the mid – late 80s it was a very intense time. He discovered a unique place full of people who had done something extraordinary and been involved in fighting for rights and improving standards in industry. Certainly the people and friends he made there have informed the show but it is also very much about the present and how we got here.

Photo: Tracey Moberley

Over the years Mark has gone back to The Red Shed again and again – he has performed there, recorded for the BBC, continued to be part of its history, it is part of him.

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‘Flit’ – A Show About Migration Combining Brilliant Music and Animation t was conversations with his grandmother that got Martin Green thinking about migration. Together with other incidental conversations about changing country and how it can effect people, the idea for an extraordinary show emerged. Now, after a highly successful outing at the Edinburgh Festival, ‘Flit’ comes to the Howard Assembly Room on Saturday 29th October.

Award-winning composer and Lau accordionist, Martin has brought together Portishead’s Adrian Utley, Mogwai’s Dominic Aitchison, Becky Unthank and BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Adam Holmes to perform Green’s original music, with lyrics

by Karine Polwart, Anaïs Mitchell, Sandy Wright and Aidan Moffat. Co-produced by Opera North, ‘Flit’ pairs masterful musical performances with fantastic stop-motion animation by Edinburghbased White Robot.

Photos: Opera North

“I was trying to get into the mindset of migration…the phenomenon of movement around the world”, said Martin. “There is no reference to any particular place or time. I rewrote people’s accounts as semi-fiction, editing as we went along. It was a difficult process for the songwriters, but I’m working with incredible people.

It has been really enjoyable and a truly co-operative project. No one feels at all precious about it.

“Flit also offered an opportunity to make a visual world. I wondered what people might look at as they listened to the music. I didn’t want it to be a film or pretty visuals. That’s when I thought of White Robot. Their stopmotion animation, working in fractions of a second, is breath taking.”

Opera North’s involvement as coproducers has been integral. “They have been so supportive of the project”, said Martin, “providing rehearsal space and the chance to develop the work. They are very artistic people and so useful to have around – brilliant people and a really forward looking company.”

Tickets (£15) are available from 0844 848 2727 or howardassemblyroom.co.uk

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Unusual Cases from Sixty Years as a Leeds Solicitor Jerry Pearlman’s particular interest in the environment brought him into contact with a number of Yorkshire personalities, including William Bunting, the great battler for the preservation of Thorne wastes; Bob Leakey who fought against attempts to spoil the Yorkshire Dales with bad development; and Keith Lockyer, the first chairman of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.

“All three were great characters and had done considerable research into the legislation (going back centuries in some cases) which was designed to protect the local environment”, said Jerry. “They were prepared to battle alone in court case after court case, but each eventually accepted, usually reluctantly, that they needed legal help in coping with the ‘system’.

This is where I came in, trying to hold back their impetuosity whilst letting them show their passion to the court.”

In ‘Tales from an Enviromental Lawyer’, Jerry Pearlman also tells of another amazing case which came his way as a very young, inexperienced solicitor, when he was asked to act for a number of tribes in Uganda who were endeavouring to protect their historic land rights. It involved speaking at a hearing of Privy Council, negotiating with Government Ministers and travelling in rural Uganda to see what

land rights were actually involved.

A meeting with a witch doctor had surprising results!.

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Downsizers Invited to Use Charity’s Service The Leeds and Moortown Furniture Store is asking local estate agents to help them support some of the city’s neediest residents by making downsizers aware of the service it offers.

The charity collects unwanted furniture and then supplies it to people in need through requests from a raft of voluntary and statutory referral agencies.

“This year, our thirtieth, we will be collecting and then delivering more than 6,000 items of donated furniture – beds, sofas, kitchen tables, cots etc.”, said John Sherbourne, Chair of Trustees.

“Recently it struck us that as so many people are downsizing, there must be an awful lot of surplus furniture out there which we could make good use of. As estate agents come face to face with ‘downsizers’, we’re simply asking them to pass our contact details on to them.”

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Marie Curie Seeks Members for New Fundraising Group arie Curie is appealing for volunteers in North Leeds to take on key roles in a new fundraising group – especially a Chair, Secretary and Treasurer, along with group members.

Volunteers would be required to attend a meeting every four to six weeks to help plan fundraising events and deliver Marie Curie campaigns locally. The group will have dedicated support from their community fundraiser as well as a full kit of fundraising materials and resources to help spread the word about Marie Curie services and activities.

“We are looking for enthusiastic people with a broad range of skills to help us with our fundraising activities in North Leeds”, said Jen Aspinall, Community Fundraiser. “We need as many helpers as possible, so if you think you’ve got a couple of hours a month that you’d be able to give to support the Marie Curie nursing service, please get in touch.”

All of the money raised by the fundraising group will help to fund the Marie Curie Nursing Service, which has ten nurses in Leeds who care for people living with terminal illness and provide expert care, guidance and support for them and their families. These services

are provided free of charge, however it costs £19,000 a year to fund one nurse.

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Finally! We made it to Jazz Night at The Granary Restaurant. As this is a once a month event (last Friday of the month), we kept forgetting to book in time! he Granary is run by the charity Caring For Life at Crag House Farm on Old Otley Road, Cookridge. It serves lovely breakfasts, lunches and excellent afternoon teas six days a week, and two special a la carte evenings once a month – one of these being Jazz Night.

Opened in 2008, the building is built around a wonderful old 17th Century barn with all the gnarly old beams exposed.

It’s a lovely space and there was a great ambiance with the Chris White Jazz Trio playing classic, familiar tunes – though, I have to say, some of Chris’s jokes got more of a groan than a laugh!

But, on to food! The starters were excellent – Grilled Garlic and Lime Prawn (huge!) Skewers with garlic aioli, and Goats Cheese, Roast Beetroot and Pine Nut Salad with a sherry vinegar dressing. Other choices were a Ham Hock and Carrot Terrine, and a Caramelised Onion, Sundried Tomato, Aubergine and Basil tart. Choosing was not easy!

Our main course was Grilled Trout with Warm Tomato and Bacon Salsa, and a tasty Spinach, Ricotta and Roast Vegetable Lasagna with Rocket. There was also Sirloin Steak (home grown, of course) with Green Peppercorn Sauce, Fish and Chips, a Double Bacon and Blue Cheeseburger, and Herbed Chicken with Fennel, Orange, Feta and Watercress Salad.

The desserts were fabulous too – Sticky Prune Pudding and Toffee Sauce, and Elderflower and Lime Cheesecake. If these are any indication as to what is on offer at their popular Afternoon Teas I might well be taking the odd afternoon off to indulge!

There was a short but sensible selection of wines, and it was good to see local beer on the drinks menu too.

All in all it was a lovely evening – good food, great atmosphere, excellent friendly service in a rather unique setting. What more could you ask for? The Jazz Night menu is featured on the website - so you can see what you have to look forward to before you book.

Crag House Farm is the HQ of Christian Charity Caring For Life, which supports disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Leeds. The farm hosts 17 therapeutic daytime projects, and Caring For Life also offers residential homes, and support in the community. The farm is made up of 125 acres of mostly agricultural land for its Longhorn cattle, Lleyn sheep, horses and poultry. The Farm Shop and Garden Nurseries are also well worth a visit.

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George & Joseph Celebrates Third Anniversary eorge & Joseph, Leeds’ only specialist cheesemonger, is celebrating the third anniversary of opening its shop in Chapel Allerton.

Founded by Stephen Fleming in 2012, the business initially focused on farmers’ markets, before opening on Regent Street in 2013. Turnover has more than doubled year on year, and the business now employs three part-time staff. The shop also sells a selection of local ales, wines and spirits “I’m delighted with the success of the business”, said Stephen. “We have built up a fantastic customer base of

cheese lovers and the local business community in Chapel Allerton has been really supportive. There is a great food offering in the area, with us the butcher, greengrocer and fishmonger alongside us. We have gradually expanded the range of cheeses we stock from 25 to over 60, including 25 Yorkshire varieties – some produced as little as three miles from the shop.

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New Park Planned for Moortown

The old Yorkshire Bank Sportsground on Allerton Grove/Shadwell Lane is Moortown’s secret haven! It feels more like a small pocket of countryside than a development site in North Leeds. or 15 years it was threatened with housing development. A group of local residents (now the Moortown Community Group) vigorously campaigned for the site to be retained as a community green space in Moortown. A few years ago the site was sold to a developer who was prepared to work with the community and now 70% of the site has been designated as a park.

Leeds City Council will take ownership shortly and it is expected that the Parks and Countryside Dept will start work on creating the new park later in the year.

A ‘Friends of Moortown Park’ group has been established to work

alongside Parks to create this new community park. They are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join the group. You may be retired and looking for a worthwhile new project or you may be a young person making sure the new park will have something for you! Young or old, however much or little time you can offer, they would love to hear from you.

To keep updated with news and forthcoming events, like their facebook page@moortownparkfriends or follow them on twitter and instagram @ moortownpkleeds Keep an eye on the Facebook page for Autumn and Winter events.

Craft @ The Clock After the huge success of its Summer Garden Party, Oakwood Craft Market is bringing local makers together for a brand new, regular Craft@TheClock market to be held on the last Saturday of each month (22nd October, 26th November, 23rd December), 10am – 3pm, around the Oakwood Clock.

The handmade market will showcase the work of local artisans, selling unique, handmade products, including local art, organic bath and body products, baby and nursery items, ceramics and much more.

The market will have a different theme each month too. As part of Roundhay and Oakwood Festival in October, there will be live music, plus children’s arts and crafts.

December’s Winter Wonderland market will be a wonderful Christmas family event, with Christmas carols, Xmas inspired food and drinks..... plus a special visit from Santa!

For further information, visit www.loveoakwood.co.uk or www. facebook.com/oakwoodcraftmarket

Churches Raise Awareness of Climate Change at Festival Event Five churches of different denominations got together at the Chapel Allerton Arts Festival on 4th September for the annual ‘Hymns in the Street’ event, which saw Baptist, Church of England, Methodist, Catholic and United Reformed churches singing hymns and reflecting on the effects of climate change. peakers from each faith read their reflection before bands and choirs sang their chosen hymn. There were over 130 attendees from local parishes and communities.

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“We used CAFOD’s resources on climate change to guide the event and shape each reflection. We also created a flyer with ways in which members of the community could live more sustainably.”

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New Website for Family History Group The Wharfedale Family History Group has just launched its revamped website. Designed by Stephen Miller, the site now gives far more options for people to find out about their ancestors.

t Anne’s Community Services recently launched Shared Lives – a new scheme whereby people can provide a home for adults with learning difficulties, and they are currently recruiting carers for this role.

Shared Lives is designed to support adult clients with learning disabilities who find it hard, or impossible, to live on their own. The scheme matches clients with approved Shared Lives carers, who share their family and community life, providing care and support and bonding with the person.

Sometimes people use a Shared Lives scheme as a way of learning the skills they need to live independently, and to help them put down roots in their area before moving into a place of their own. Clients report feeling settled, valued and like they belong for the first time in their lives. They make friends and get involved in clubs, activities and volunteering, often for the first time. Half of the people using Shared Lives went on their first ever holiday, as a result of the support and companionship of their Shared Lives carer.

All Shared Lives carers go through an approval process that meets the requirements set out for all Shared Lives Services under the Health and Social Care Act 2008. Potential carers attend comprehensive training and undergo a robust assessment at home.

The assessment covers background, experience, values and attitudes, knowledge and skills, and motivation.

Shared Lives are currently recruiting people of all ages and backgrounds to join the scheme and support adults with learning disabilities. Single people, couples, or families with children can all apply. Carers are fully supported by St. Anne’s and they match people who suit each other’s circumstances. They are looking for positive people who have a spare room and would like to share their home and family with someone else.

Carers receive ongoing support and training, work from home, and receive a fee of over £350 per week, tax free.

For further information, please contact St Anne’s Community Services on 0113 281 6967 or email Jonathan. hainsworth@st-annes.org.uk

Many people have recorded information regarding those who died in the First World War, but the group has gone further by creating a database of those recorded on the memorials from all wars.

At present this is searchable by memorial but will soon be upgraded to be searchable by name. The group can also advise on how to take this research further – such as finding gravestones, medals and soldiers’ records. Some of the plaques have required a little detective work to find them, often being hidden away in buildings no longer in use.

Membership is now approaching 400 and from all over the world.

Members will soon be able to download many published records and submit articles. The group has already published over 300 books and CDs relating to Wharfedale and the Western Dales towards the Lancashire boundary.

The group meets at the Salem Hall, Burley in Wharfedale on the first Thursday of each month, 7.30pm, and at the Village Institute in Threshfield on the third Saturday of each month at 2.30pm. For more information on the speakers and events please visit www. wharfedalefhg.org.uk

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he Disabled Youth Exchange between Leeds and Germany has been running for over 46 years.

Started by one Leeds Lion, it is now supported not only by Leeds Lions, but also Leeds Skyrack, Knaresborough, Harrogate and Otley Lions, who all provided days out.

Young people with disabilities are brought over from the Bad Sooden-Allendorf area of Germany by the Lions Club there, and they in turn have invited disabled young people from Leeds back there.

This exchange offers the chance of a holiday and an opportunity to make new friends. While here, they enjoy visits to York Railway Museum, Bolton Abbey, Brimham Rocks, The Royal Armouries, and Knaresborough, where they went boating. They also met the Mayor of Leeds who showed them round the Civic Hall.

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Songs and Stories of Courage and Conscience ne hundred years ago, Clifford Cartwright from Leeds was 21 and working in the print industry.

First World War casualty rates were rocketing, and the Government introduced compulsory conscription.

Clifford, a member of the Churches of Christ, took his religion seriously and realising the futility of war and its opposition to his beliefs, he decided to oppose the war and to refuse conscription regardless of the consequences. As a result, he was arrested and imprisoned with other conscientious objectors (COs) in Richmond Castle.

Their fragile graffiti, showing what inspired them, can still be seen on their cell walls. Some were motivated by religion, others were socialists, opposed to the war for political reasons and, seeing imperial powers grabbing land and arms manufacturers making profits, they wrote and sang ‘The Red Flag’.

There is a whole range of songs associated with resisting the 1914 - 1918

war. The Peace Museum in Bradford even has a 1916 copy of a ‘Conscientious Objector’s Song Book’ and many of the songs continue to inspire.

There were over seventeen thousand conscientious objectors in the First World War. Many faced terrible conditions in prisons and work camps. Clifford Cartwright was taken to France. On the way they sang at the station to keep up their spirits, they sang on the train and sang more on the boat. They were tortured by the army, but stuck firmly to their belief that the war was wrong. They even faced a death sentence, subsequently commuted to hard labour. Back in Britain many were sent to brutal work camps. Clifford spent the rest of the war in Winchester prison, an Aberdeen work camp, then Wakefield prison.

The decisions of ‘patriotic’ politicians from 1914 led to millions of people dying for a few metres of mud. Perhaps the conscientious objectors got it right – that one’s patriotic duty was to resist the war and to stand up for justice and peace.

On 6th November, the Leeds-based Free Range Choir will perform the songs that inspired war resistance in 19141918 at Lidgett Park Methodist Church at 3pm. The music will be interspersed with a presentation on the diverse stories of conscientious objectors.

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News From Your Councillors Cllr

DAN COHEN Alwoodley

As I sit writing this column we are having some of the warmest September weather the UK has seen for the past 50 years – so it feels odd to be writing about grit bins!

But, before we know it Winter will be upon us and the Alwoodley grit bin collection will come into its own.

It is outrageous that Leeds City Council does not provide grit bins in

all the locations required. The majority of grit bins in Alwoodley were provided

by Neil, Peter and I, using the limited funds we are provided with to do an array of work in Alwoodley.

As ward councillors we are only too happy to use this money to ensure that, on those icy mornings, as many of us as possible have access to a grit bin to ensure our roads are usable. The downside to our having provided these bins is that it is also our responsibility to fill them each year.

Following a fairly mild Winter last year, many of the bins still have a good supply of grit. Those that need filling will be filled in the coming weeks.

However, we have only been able to set aside £10,000 for this purpose, this is enough to fill every grit bin in our ward once and provide one refill.

I mention this for two reasons – firstly please use the grit sparingly.

Highways assure me that many of us put more grit down than is needed.

Secondly, there is a small number of

residents who believe it is OK to use this grit on their drives – this is not, in fact, OK. Now to a matter that has been occupying my inbox in recent weeks – the resurfacing of The Avenue started in July (three months later than planned because Northern Gas Networks needed to do work there).

The contractors have started on the pavements and will then move on to the carriageway itself.

Anyone who uses this road will know how desperately this work is needed. You will also have seen that the speed at which the work is progressing would make a snail look like Usain Bolt. Your three councillors are constantly pressing highways to get this job done properly and as quickly as possible.

Remember, for any and all local queries, your Alwoodley councillors are always here to help.

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As we approach Winter and the temperature drops, it is pivotal that we continue to support the most vulnerable people in our communities, particularly those over 65, which is why Leeds City Council continues to invest in minimising the effects of cold weather and cold homes.

The Warmth for Wellbeing service (funded by the Council and Leeds South, East and North Clinical Commissioning Groups) is just one example of the partnership work being undertaken in the city to address some of the risks associated with cold or damp homes. This service is free and aims to offer support and advice on how to save money on energy bills. Some of the services offered include free repairs to existing heating systems, as well as servicing of heating appliances.

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Groups in Moortown, such as Moor Allerton Elderly Care (MAECare), highlight the key support so important to older people in the community. I am

pleased that the Council recognises this and is supporting local organisations via the Winter Friends Programme, and training groups like MAECare on the most effective interventions to keep well in the Winter.

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he Little Owl, the smallest native owl in the UK, was originally introduced from Europe in the nineteenth century, to help control agricultural pests. The first introduction project in Yorkshire failed, but two others in Kent and Northamptonshire were successful, and it is now a widespread resident species.

It is small and plump with a rather flat head and a short tail, and its body and wings are grey-brown, heavily spotted with white.

It has large distinctive black eyes with yellow irises, beneath lines of white feathers which

resemble eyebrows, and which give it a rather stern look.

Most Little Owls nest on agricultural land, but they can also be found in a variety of habitats, including mature parkland, orchards

and quarries. They hunt at dusk and before dawn, but can also be seen during the day perching on a branch, old wall or even a telegraph pole.

They feed mainly on insects and invertebrates such as Photo: beetles and earthworms, but Ben will also take small mammals Andrew and birds.

RSPBThey nest in holes in images. trees, about three metres off com the ground, and sometimes in clefts in rock faces or holes in buildings. Little Owls can be hard to see because of their nocturnal habits, but a good place to look locally is Rodley Nature Reserve, where they have recently bred.

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There is plenty to keep us busy in the garden this month, but do take time to enjoy the autumn colour by visiting some of our lovely local parks and gardens.

Asters of all kinds ensure that Summer colour goes on

Lawns Keep on mowing your lawn regularly as the grass keeps on growing whilst temperatures are mild. This is a good time for lawn repairs, such as re-seeding any bare patches.

Bulbs Tulips, Narcissi, Crocuses or Alliums, everyone loves bulbs! Get planting yours now to ensure a colourful Spring.

Flowers Hardy annuals are valuable components of the garden, bringing colour for months and providing cut flowers for the house.

You can sow seed right now directly into the ground as autumn-sown plants will flower earlier. Good examples include Cornflowers, Poached-egg plant, annual Poppies and Larkspur.

Borders Overgrown or overcrowded perennial plants can be lifted and divided into smaller sections at this time of the year. You can re-plant them in groups and they will reward you by producing lots of healthy growth next year, and you will have plenty of spares to share with friends.

Leaves It’s leaf time again! Keep fallen leaves raked up and use them to make leaf mould which is a wonderful soil conditioner. An easy method is to put them all into a black plastic bin liner and leave it in a corner of the garden for a few months for the leaves to rot down.

Pierce a few holes in the bag to allow air in.

Autumn Visits Many public gardens look spectacular in their autumn finery and this is the month to get out and enjoy them. Check opening times before you set off as many reduce their hours in October, and don’t forget to take your camera!

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Veg On the veg plot you can sow seeds of winter lettuces, broad beans and lambs lettuce as well as planting out autumn onion sets and garlic cloves. It’s a great time to put in new Asparagus and Rhubarb plants too. Make sure you harvest any remaining tomatoes, beans, carrots, beetroots, peas, squashes and pumpkins before the first frosts arrive.

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DON’T BREATHE DIRECTED BY: FEDE ALVAREZ STARRING: STEPHEN LANG, JANE LEVY, DYLAN MINNETTE

CERT: 15 RUNNING TIME: 88 MINS resh from his well-received ‘Evil Dead’ remake, director Fede Alvarez tones down the gore and cranks up the tension with this taut and effective horror.

Scary movie fans have been well catered for over the last few years with many feeling that the genre is enjoying a serious creative renaissance. ‘Don’t Breathe’ provides further strong evidence for that assessment.

The film has elements in common with a few of the more positively reviewed recent examples; it shares its gloomy, run down Michigan ghost town setting with ‘It Follows’, its claustrophobic single location and trapped protagonists with ‘Green Room’. With its home invasion gone awry theme it also calls to mind David Fincher’s 2002 feature, ‘Panic Room’.

The set up here involves a trio of young house breakers with their eyes on a big score. In a dilapidated, virtually deserted neighborhood lives a blind, aged war veteran who is known to be sitting on a fortune. The three burglars imagine their sightless victim to be an easy mark and the robbery a sure-fire route to easy money. To say they’ve underestimated the blind man and misjudged the scenario would be putting it mildly.

Stylistic touches such as the accentuated sound design and the creepily prowling camerawork play up the atmosphere of sensory disorientation or hyperawareness

Upon entering the house things take a turn for the catastrophic pretty much immediately and what ensues is a heartstopping, tense game of cat and mouse.

‘Don’t Breathe’ is the kind of film that offers the sort of exhilaration you experience with a theme park ride and the thrills and spills here are efficiently delivered. When the power dynamic shifts and the robbers are put on the back foot Stephen Lang’s blind man becomes a formidable, threatening presence and every misstep, creaky floorboard or barely suppressed gasp is potentially fatal.

Working with a relatively limited budget, Alvarez shows himself to be a resourceful film-maker with some nifty tricks up his sleeve. There’s inventive use of the location’s architecture and stylistic touches which play up the atmosphere of sensory disorientation or hyper-awareness, such as the accentuated sound design and the creepily prowling camerawork.

If I’m to quibble with the picture at all it’s on possibly questionable grounds; if a film such as this is to qualify as

horror (and, as a genre director, this would appear to be Alvarez’s raison d’etre) the chief antagonist or ‘big bad’ must be made out to be somehow monstrous.

In this case, we’re clearly to consider the blind man to be the monster of the piece but the means by which this is established I find a tad dubious. After all, prior to the break-in we learn that The Blind Man (that’s actually the character’s name in the credits, I don’t know what else to call him) has been a recluse since his young daughter was tragically killed by a drunk driver and he came by his wealth through an out of court settlement with the driver’s family. At this point he appears considerably more sympathetic than the three snotty kids who break into his house with the objective of robbing an elderly man with a disability.

In the interests of avoiding spoilers, I won’t say exactly how our sympathies are re-aligned but suffice it to say that around the end of the second act the film makes a dramatic swerve and a leap of warped logic into some pretty icky territory which leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

That aside, however, ‘Don’t Breathe’ is generally a lot of fun, if one of your ideas of fun is a sensation like your nervous system being wound up like a tightly coiled spring.

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A Bond girl, a European première, and rare and iconic films from across four decades, take centre stage at the National Media Museum’s Widescreen Weekend, from 13th – 16th October. enny Hanley, from 1969 movie ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’, will give her insider’s story of filming on the set of one of cinema’s most successful franchises and introduce a digitally re-mastered version of OHMSS featuring George Lazenby.

“For many years the National Media Museum’s Widescreen Weekend has screened classic movies as they should be screened - big and wide”, said Sir Christopher Frayling. “This year, the festival has tracked down some rarities – The Agony and the Ecstasy, Cinerama films, Hitchcock’s Vertigo in 70 mm - and is also screening some old favourites, like ‘The Innocents’ the spookiest ghost story ever filmed.

“This festival is a must for serious filmgoers. Forget about watching films on phones and computer screens and even HD televisions - there’s no substitute for WIDESCREEN.”

The National Media Museum’s curved Cinerama screen hosts the European premiere of the digitally restored version of The Golden Head (1964), introduced by singer/ actor Jess Conrad, who stars in the film.

Also showing is a digital restoration of Cinerama’s Russian Adventure (1966) plus an original print of the film that showcased the technology in the 1950s - This Is Cinerama (1952).

The festival will provide thrills, comedy and music with large format versions of a range of classics including a 30th anniversary screening of Aliens (1986); the original Ghostbusters (1984) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968).

On Saturday 15th October, a panel discussion on Virtual Reality and the future of immersive cinema technology is accompanied by demos and films, including the Emmy Award-winning Notes on Blindness (2016).

Tickets for individual screenings and events are available from www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/widescreen-weekend

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After the critically acclaimed release of her new album ‘The Heart Speaks in Whispers’, Corinne Bailey Rae has confirmed the dates for her first UK tour in five years; opening the tour at Leeds Town Hall on Friday 28th October. er new album finds her on cracking form and in excellent voice with a collection of slinky and sultry soul-pop gems which see her balance mainstream appeal with an indie sensibility.

Collaborations with some of the best producers in the biz help Corinne achieve a fresh and reinvigorated sound with a number of tunes that work their way under your skin and song arrangements that indicate just how much time she’s been spending in the company of one of her heroes, the genius Stevie Wonder.

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Pictured: Doolin

Featuring some of the most dynamic performers The Leeds Gathering, a celebration of Irish arts and culture kicks off in Leeds on 14th October.

Dozens of events including music sessions, literary events, film and educational events will take place at venues across Leeds, bringing some of Ireland’s finest artists to the city. rganised by the Irish Arts Foundation, The Leeds Gathering features some of the most dynamic local, national and international performers and artistes in the world of Irish and Celtic arts. This year the headline act will be Doolin – described

by Frank McNally of The Irish Times as an ‘all-French band that plays Irish traditional music brilliantly’.

Considered one of the most innovative groups on the Irish music scene today, the band goes beyond the borders of traditional music with its modern approach, its energy and the diversity of its influences, which include folk, pop-rock, jazz and funk. They’re not only acclaimed in Ireland amongst connoisseurs of traditional music, but also have a constantly growing and

and artistes in the world of Irish and Celtic arts faithful fan base with whom they share their passion for Irish music. The energy, sensitivity, joyfulness and virtuosity of these six musicians and their ability to enthuse and inspire audiences from the most intimate gigs to major festivals, make Doolin’ an essential band to discover on stage.

Catch them on Friday 14th October, 8.30pm at New Headingley Club, 56 St Michael’s Road, LS6 3BG (Pay what you feel) For further information and a full programme of Leeds Gathering events contact the Irish Arts Foundation on info@irisharts.org.uk or visit www. irisharts.org.uk

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The Kills Sat 1 Oct, Leeds Beckett University

Gary Boyle Quartet Sun 9 Oct Seven Arts

Ultimate Painting Sat 1 Oct, Brudenell Social

The Hyena Kill Mon 10 Oct Brudenell Social

SU, £22. Known for their original brand of sleazy blues-rock & their sexually charged live performances.

Club, £9.90. Former members of Veronica Falls & Mazes with a clean understated vibe & ear for melody (think VU, The Bats, Jonathan Richman).

Sirkis / Bialas IQ Sun 2 Oct. Inkwell, 1:30pm, £7/ £9. Soulful melodies with strong grooves.

Full colour electro-acoustic jazz with an ethnic touch & uncommonly used instruments.

Terra Lightfoot Mon 3 Oct, Oporto, £7.

Expert finger-picking & distorted, hookheavy melodies with an elemental voice that commands attention, whether on soul ballads or hard-charging rock numbers.

Beth Orton

Mon 3 Oct, Leeds Beckett University SU, £20.35. Dreamy songs blend trip-hop breaks with folky guitar & haunting vocals.

Skinny Lister Tue 4 Oct, Brudenell Social

Club £11. Sounding like The Pogues’ rum fuelled English cousin with lusty shanties, punk folk roar-alongs & crazed whirls of love, fighting & hardcore drinking.

Chapel Allerton.1:30pm, £10/8. Funky jazzrock mixed with bebop from fusion guitar legend & ex-Isotope bandleader.

Club, £6.60. Hard rock two-piece, experts in crafting powerful music with enormous hooks & filthy grooves.

Hope&Social Thu 20 Oct,Brudenell Social

Club, £10.40. Heavy guitars, honky-tonk piano & harmonious vocals.

Nine Below Zero Fri 21 Oct, Brudenell Social

Multi-instrumental, award winning singersongwriter with grunge & Riot Grrrl influences.

Scott Fagan Tue 11 Oct, Brudenell Social

The Hallé Orchestra Sat 22nd Oct, Leeds

Club, £16.50. Cult 60’s Psych/folk, beautifully arranged lyrically rich baroque pop.

Wille & The Bandits Wed 12 Oct, Brudenell

Social Club, £11. A huge sound, incorporating eclectic grooves from World music to Heavy Rock, using bizarre instrumentation.

Jean-Michel Jarre Thu 13 Oct, First Direct

Arena, 6pm, from £32.45. The Godfather of Electronic Music with a spectacular live show.

The Duke Spirit Thu 13 Oct Brudenell Social

Club, £13.75. Post-punk five-piece fronted by the enigmatic Leila Moss.

Ellery Eskelin

Mystery Jets Wed 5 Oct, Leeds University

Union, £16.50. Perfectly formed pop pushing the rock sound in unusual directions.

Bishop Nehru Wed 5 Oct, Headrow House,

Wintersleep Fri 14 Oct, Headrow House,

White Denim Thu 6 Oct, Leeds University

Chapel Allerton, £8 - £10. Prize winning traditional & classical violinist.

Club, £16.50. One of Britain’s most respected R&B bands, famous for their no-frills, punchy, direct approach. Their gigs are non-stop, thrilla-minute parties.

Kate Nash Tue 11 Oct, The Wardrobe, £12.10.

Thu 13 Oct, Seven Arts, chapel Allerton. £10 - £12. Contemporary jazz saxophonist at the forefront of global creative improvised music scene Also appearing: Matthew Bourne & Chris Sharkey

£9.90. Hiphop artist/producer from New York whose influences include Wu Tang & 2Pac.

Alastair Savage Wed 19 Oct, Seven Arts

£9.35. Nova Scotian indie rock outfit whose music breathes a sense of freezing, expansive solitude - as hibernal as their name suggests.

Town Hall, £12.50 - £33.50. Night on Bald Mountain, Mozart – Flute and Harp Concerto, Bartók – Hungarian Sketches, Borodin – Symphony No 2

Ragged Union Bluegrass

Sat 0ctober 22, Seven Arts, £12. Blazing bluegrass from 6 of Colorado’s finest acoustic musicians.

Original material, tight harmonies & blistering instrumentals

Robyn Hitchcock Sun 23 Oct, Brudenell

Social Club, £13.20. A multi-layered experience from a man with over a dozen solo albums & a bottomless well of imagination - love, life & death, sprinkled with large grains of humour.

Ben Lowman’s Django Project Sun 23 Oct,

Seven Arts, 1:30pm, £8 - £10. A swing band celebrating the music of Django Reinhardt.

Lou Rhodes Mon 24 Oct, Headrow House, £13.20. Solo, acoustic-based project from the voice of ambient/electo/drum ‘n’ bass duo Lamb.

Jagwar Ma

Union, £19.25. Virtuosic Texas outfit & awesome live act lay down solid pop/rock grooves while flirting with experimental alt-rock.

The Sunshine Underground Sat 15 Oct, Leeds University Union, £15.40. Popular local indie-rockers bowing out with a farewell tour.

Tue 25 Oct, Brudenell Social Club, £14.85. The melodic sensibilities of ‘60’s sunshine pop with a tightly euphoric modern electronic edge.

The Computers Fri 7 Oct Brudenell Social Club, £11. A sound somewhere between Elvis Costello & The Attractions & Black Flag, with some Rocket From The Crypt thrown in!

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Sat 15 Oct, The

Sleaford Mods Wed 26 Oct, Leeds Beckett

Explosions In The Sky Sat 8 Oct, Leeds

Lynched Sat 15 Oct, Howard Assembly Room,

Beckett University SU, £24.20. Instrumental post-rock quartet in the Mogwai/Godspeed You Black Emperor! mould, known for moody, cinematic compositions.

Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio Sat 8 Oct, Leeds Town Hall, £12.50 - £33.50. One of Russia’s leading symphony orchestras. Borodin - Polovtsian Dances, Sibelius - Violin Concerto.

Lloyd Cole Sun 9 Oct, City Varieties £20.60.

Playing The Classic Lloyd Cole Songbook 1983 – 1996. Literate & witty songwriter who caused a stir in ‘80s with his band The Commotions.

HiFi Club, £16.50. New York Hip-Hop collective combining brass, jazz, Afropop, R&B, hip-hop, funk & soul.

University SU, £16.90. Electro-based duo brimming with caustic wit & up yours attitude dealing in grotty, cheap, abrasive, two-bit punk ferocity.

£15. Punk-folk group from Dublin mixing streetsongs & classic ballads in the traveller tradition with wild dance music & nods to psychedelia and rock ’n’ roll.

The Australian Pink Floyd Fri 28 Oct, First

Amber Arcades Mon 17 Oct, Brudenell Social

Akala Sat 29 Oct, Belgrave Music Hall, £16.50.

Club, £8.25. Brooding vocals laid over a bed of pulsating motorik rhythms & floating pop melodies.

Slim Cessna’s Auto Club

Tue 18 Oct, Brudenell Social Club, £11. Eclectic altcountry outfit incorporating elements of blues & Southern gospel.

Direct Arena, £31.35. Described as ‘probably the best tribute band in the world’ - with David Gilmour himself among their fans.

MOBO award-winning hip hop artist, writer, poet & educator with a diverse combination of influences including trance, folk, punk & soul.

he independent film festival for Leeds returns 22nd/ 23rd October with a specially curated selection of independent films from the UK and around the world. With No Gloss diversity is key: short films, documentaries, art house, feature lengths, animations, music videos, international and local films, student films or experimental films, films created using non-traditional formats – all are accepted for submission.

This year’s festival looks set to be the biggest and best yet, with No Gloss going back to its industrial roots at Canal Mills and teaming up The Art Hostel Leeds and Northern Monk Brewery.

Diversity is the key The stripped back aesthetic of Canal Mills makes it the perfect venue to host the DIY film festival, with no frills or red carpet, just incredible, thought provoking films, panels and workshops.

The fest combines international scope with a local focus, supporting Leeds’ homegrown industry and enterprise by serving beer from local breweries, food from the fantastic Manjit’s Kitchen as well as locally produced merch.

In keeping with the No Gloss ethos of affordability and accessibility for all, the weekend festival wristband costs only £24 and includes access to the after party, hosted

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Asian Women Cricket Team Bowls Out Domestic Violence

he UK’s first all Asian women’s cricket team recently took to the field in Headingley to ‘bowl out domestic violence’.

Led by cricket icon Salma Bi, the ‘Asian Inspiration’ side took on the Combined Services women for the White Ribbon Trophy, during a day of cricket devoted to raising awareness of domestic violence and abuse.

The occasion marked a new chapter in the game with the English Cricket Board (ECB) aiming to develop cricket within South Asian communities.

The event was organised by Halima Khan and Ikram Butt, co founders of Cricket Beyond the Boundary Line (CBBL), which uses sporting initiatives as a platform for campaigns that facilitate peace and equality around the globe.

Endorsed by the ECB and Yorkshire County Cricket Club, the day also featured 80 junior players demonstrating ‘quick cricket’ as well as Bollywood dancers,

Bhangra drummers and an Army band.

The inspirational women’s team batted out their overs, however the game ended in a tie due to the rain and both teams shared the trophy.

“Today marks the start of a new era for cricket empowering women and men from diverse communities to take to the crease and speak out on bowling out domestic violence”, said Halima Khan, Director of CBBL. “As we move forwards we would like the ECB to support more of these initiatives which aim to inspire communities at a grassroots level and BEM (British ethnic minority) women to play the game and get involved in the game’s administration.”

West Indies international player Jonathan Carter, Ex- England International Sajid Mahmood, ECB Independent board director, Lord Patel of Bradford, Greg Mulholland MP, Mark BurnsWilliamson (West Yorkshire Police Crime Commissioner) and Dr Hanif Malik OBE, were all present to watch the proceedings, as

well as special guest Jackie Janmohamed, President of Kenya Cricket and the first female to head up an international cricket board.

“This was a great opportunity to raise awareness of violence against women and develop women in sporting roles at the same time”, said former Rugby League and Union international Ikram Butt. “We aim to make this an annual fixture for both the men’s and women’s game, as well as expanding opportunities for people from diverse communities to take part in cricket.

“I would like to thank all of those involved. Sponsors, supporters, players and organisers all played their part in getting out this vital message”, added Ikram, who is also the Sport Campaigns Manager for White Ribbon.

For more information on CBBL contact Halima Khan on 07849 980 226. To find out more about the White Ribbon Campaign visit www.whiteribboncampaign.co.uk

Barrecore Opens in Leeds arrecore, the UK’s leading ballet fitness brand opens in Leeds on Thursday 29th September, giving Leeds residents local access to barrecore studio classes for the first time.

With thriving studios in London, Manchester and Bristol, barrecore has become one of the UK’s most talked about and loved fitness studios since its initial launch in 2011. barrecoreLEEDS is located above Sweaty Betty in the Victoria Quarter, and boasts one large studio that can accommodate up to 12 clients, as well as changing facilities. Morning, lunchtime, evening and weekend classes are available to fit in with the busiest of schedules, each taught by founder Niki Rein’s team of rigorously trained instructors.

Regular barrecore classes enable clients to achieve the famous toned,

lengthened and strong ‘barre body’, as well as a sense of health and wellbeing. barrecore classes are low impact, full body, intervaltraining, using isometric exercises alternated with stretching. barrecore has a variety of classes on offer. A single class costs £20 and there are several packages available. As an introductory offer they are offering two classes for just £35.

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It's Half Term Again!

Summer hardly seems to be over and already it’s Half Term! Luckily in Leeds and Bradford the museums and theatres have been busy organising activities and lining up some great shows and exhibitions to entrance and thrill young audiences.

Morbid Monarchs at Royal Armouries Discover the grisly truth about some of the world’s most ruthless rulers, their beastly behaviour and disgraceful downfalls. Activities will include storytelling, combat demonstrations, dramatic performances, crafts, Hands-on History sessions and animation workshops.

Daily gallery performances (20 minutes) may include: • Tales of some of the most gruesome royal deaths throughout history

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Exhibition Joins Forces With Aardman Animations For October half term, Bradford’s National Media Museum’s ‘In Your Face’ exhibition joins forces with Aardman Animations, creators of ‘Wallace and Gromit’, ‘Shaun the Sheep’ and more, to celebrate the famous studio’s fortieth anniversary.

From 22nd – 30th October, some of Aardman’s best-loved characters from the past four decades will be popping up in the Museum’s ‘In Your Face’ experience, along with a range of animation activities. Plus there will be a visit from Aardman’s cofounder Peter Lord.

‘In Your Face’ explores the most photographed, examined, and expressive part of the human body with more than 20 different exhibits, displays and experiments. The ‘Aardman Expression Lab’ will feature a range of new activities revealing how their creations communicate through facial expressions, including a look at CGI animation, an Aardman art gallery made up of visitors’ own drawings, plus original models seen in some of the studio’s hugely popular fi lms and TV programmes.

KNIGHTMARES! A medieval murder mystery will take place at The Royal Armouries on Friday 28th October, 6 - 8pm. Be transported back to a time of chivalry and swordplay, dark deeds and betrayal. The king is found dead in mysterious circumstances. Can you piece together the clues and discover who killed him and why?

This is an exciting after-hours experience, including combat demonstrations, intriguing tales of brave knights and life at the medieval court. (Part of the national Museums at Night festival.)

Suitable for ages 6+ and free, children must be accompanied by an adult and places must be pre-booked via www.royalarmouries.org You can also take part in The Big Draw each day (12 – 4pm). Design a castle! STEAM-powered art activities focus on science, technology, engineering, art and maths.

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to tell young visitors more about the fascinating Aardman story, their famous characters and how they were created. This will be followed by one of Aardman’s hit films (full event is suitable for ages 7+).

The ‘In Your Face’ galleries continue to offer the range of popular exhibits, including artist Leo Schatzl’s ‘Hit It!’ installation, the police facial profiling test; facial decoration mirrors, and examples of special effects make-up from the National Media Museum’s Hammer Films collection.

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Theater and Dance for Half Term West Yorkshire Playhouse is presenting Polka Theatre’s production of ‘Gorilla’ (age 3+), adapted from Anthony Browne’s

award-winning picture book, from Thursday 27th – Saturday 29th October.

Hannah longs for her own real gorilla to play with and is so disappointed when she receives a toy version…..then something magical happens!

The Museum and exhibitions are free to enter, but some activities may be charged.

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Also at The Playhouse from 1st – 5th November is Kneehigh Theatre’s ‘946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips’, based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel which explodes everything we thought we knew about the D-Day landings. Suitable for age 7+.

Kneehigh uses music, puppetry and foolishness to tell this tale of war, prejudice and love. It is a little known story of the rehearsal of the D-Day landings, and of the 946 people who were killed during Operation Tiger at Slapton Sands in Devon in 1944.

Imagine being told to leave your home…imagine American soldiers occupying your house and land…imagine being 12 and angry, with only a cat to tell your secrets to. At once, tender, political and romantic, this production speaks to all ages, revealing the secrets the US and

British government tried to keep quiet.

Northern Ballet’s latest children’s ballet is ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ and it will have its world première at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre from 24th – 29th October before touring extensively.

Choreographed by Nicola Gervasi, currently a Junior Soloist with the company, Goldilocks is a delightful production lasting about 40 minutes and featuring live music by John Longstaff, set design by Jane Cecchi, and costumes by Kim Brassley and Carley Marsh.

Tickets for Goldilocks & the Three Bears (£6 adults/ £4.50 children) are available from 0113 220 8008 or online at theatreleeds.com

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Cinderella at The Carriageworks arriageworks Theatre is once again teaming up with one of the country’s leading pantomime producers, Paul Holman Associates, to present Leeds’ traditional pantomime ‘Cinderella’.

Once again, it’s time to be charmed by the classic rags to riches fairytale of downtrodden Cinders!

Jez Edwards is back as best buddy Buttons, and with a magical Fairy Godmother on hand, Cinderella is certain to escape the misery of her dastardly diva sisters and find true love in the arms of the dashing prince – played by Britain’s Got Talent winner Jai McDowall. But the course of true love never did run smooth…in fact things may be a little rocky and raucous before romancing reigns supreme!

Jez is delighted to return for an eighth season and just loves the warm welcome he receives every year. “I’d just like to say

Pictured: Jai McDowall (Prince Charming), Emily McAvoy (Cinderella), Jez Edwards (Buttons) & Jim and John Lavelle as the Ugly Sisters.

Thank You for all your continued support, Leeds”, said Jez. “You are ace and I love this place!”

To book your tickets, contact the City Centre Box Office on 0113 376 0318, book in person at their new offices in Leeds Town Hall (open 10am - 6pm Mon – Sat), or visit www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk

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Community Notices ACTIVE Junior Footballers Wanted North East Leeds Juniors are creating a new under 18 team for 2016-17 season. Training at Scott Hall Tues & Sat. Details: Mark

07970 863483, bramfitt_m@yahoo. co.uk NEL.co.uk Leeds City Ladies Football Club Based

in Adel, the club is currently recruiting new players for 2016/17 season. Trains Thurs pm & plays on Sun. Details: Brian

Wilks 07587 143430, abce@wilks11. freeserve.co.uk Mindfulness through Qigong Wed pm

at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Roundhay.

Gentle exercise in the Chinese tradition.

Beginners welcome. £6 per session/ £4.50 if paid per term. Details: Sue

Dunham 0772 961 7471, suedunham2@ hotmail.com Moor Allerton Snooker Club Stonegate

Rd LS17 6EL (opp. fire station). Snooker players for social & league play welcome.

2 tables & bar open every evening.

PHGC Snooker Club at Oakwood Clock Friendly, community focused club keen to welcome new members.

Open Mon - Fri, 5 -11pm. Three tables, licensed bar, competitions & social events throughout the year. All abilities welcome (fortunately for most of the committee!). Coaching available.

Details: 07936 669634, secretary@ thesnookerclub.co.uk, www. thesnookerclub.co.uk Scottish Country Dancing Mon 1.45 – 3.45pm; Tues 7.30 – 9.30pm at Adel Methodist Church Hall, Gainsborough Rd. LS16; Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm Lidgett Park Methodist Church, Lidgett Pl. LS8 & St Columba’s Church Hall, Headingley Ln LS6. All welcome. Details: Irene 263 1310, glyn.cup@virginmedia.com or www.rscdsleeds.org Shark Dives 15 Oct at Blue Planet Aquarium. Take the plunge & swim with sharks to raise money for St Gemma’s Hospice! Registration £50, raise £400 sponsorship. Details: Nicola 218 5570 nicolah@st-gemma.co.uk

Details: John Stancliffe 294 9327 North East Leeds Girls Football Team is looking for new players. Girls

in Years 8/9. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Training is on Sat 10 – 11.30am at Roundhay Park with qualified coaches. Details Krys 07757

210338, krysia@angstmann.co.uk North Leeds Walking Group Join a

series of free short walks between parks & green space in north Leeds as part of national Walking for Health initiative.

The walks take place 2nd Sat of each month. To register, email foagf@outlok. com or phone/text 07590 510499

FREE FOR charities, churches, social clubs & non-profit community groups

Yorkshire Judo Association meets

Fridays at Parochial Hall, Fitzroy Dr, Oakwood, LS8 4AB, teaching Judo as an enjoyable sport for all. Juniors (5 – 15) 7 – 8pm; Seniors (16+) 8 – 9pm.

Details: Gary & Liz 216 4256, www. yorkshirejudo.com

ARTS & CRAFTS Alwoodley Art Group meets Thurs 7.30pm at Community Hall, The Avenue, LS 17 2NZ Programme includes workshops, demonstrations & exhibitions. New members welcome.

Details: 225 1546, info@5dpublicity. com, www.alwoodleyartgroup-leeds. com Alwoodley Bobbin Lacemaking Group meets Tues, 1.15 – 3.15pm at Alwoodley Park Methodist Church Hall, The Lane, Alwoodley, LS17 7BX. Tuition given.

Details: 269 5512 Leeds Marquetry Group meets Wed

7 – 9pm at the Polish Catholic Centre, Newton Hill Rd. (off Chapeltown Rd)

Details: leedsmarquetry.org.uk University of Leeds Staff Walking Club organises at least one walk (5-12

miles) most weekends. All welcome.

No membership charge. Details: David

Shaw 285 7480, d.c.shaw@leeds.ac.uk Wheels 4 Fun Disability Cycling Group meets Sat 11am – 1pm at

Meanwood Valley Urban Farm. It offers advice, support & social cycling for adults with physical disability.

Tandems, tricycles & bikes with stabilisers available or bring your own bike. Volunteers also needed to act as cycling companions. Details: Trish 269

5028, www.mvuf.org.uk

Roundhay Art Group Meets Mon

7.30 – 9.30pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Pk Rd. Roundhay LS8 1JN. A group of principally watercolour painters who meet to share skills.

Regular demonstrations by local artists.

New members with some experience welcome. Details: John Irving 293 1465

Shadwell Art Group meets Tues, 2

– 4pm Methodist Church Hall, Main St. Shadwell. Join this friendly group for sketching & painting classes, with tuition & demonstrations. Details: 265

5598

Stainbeck Art Club meets 2nd &

4th Tues, 1.45 – 4pm at Methodist Community Centre, Town St. Chapel Allerton. 11 Oct: Practical with Helen Wright; 25 Oct: Demonstration with Jim Humphreys: Pastels ‘Still Life’.

Details: Pam McFetridge 268 4734, www.stainbeckarts.co.uk

COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Coffee Mornings Thurs 10am – 12

noon at the Polish Centre, Newton Hill Rd (off Chapeltown Rd). Speakers on health issues, gentle exercise, arts & crafts, & chance to socialise with other people from the community. Free.

Everyone welcome. Details: 262 1013

Oakwood Farmers’ Market 3rd Sat, 9am – 12.30pm at Oakwood Clock.

Details: www.oakwoodfarmersmarket. com Shadwell Methodist Church Coffee Morning 1st Sat 10am – 12 noon run

jointly with St Paul’s C of E in Methodist Church Hall.

GROUPS/CLUBS Alwoodley Chess Club meets Wed,

7pm at Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue, LS 17 7NZ. New members welcome. Details: Paul Gelder 269

7111, pagelder@hotmail.co.uk, www. alwoodleychessclub.org.uk British Cactus & Succulent Society

Leeds National Trust Association meets Tues 11 Oct, 10am at St.Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley, for a talk

by Jane Oakshott. Entry £2. Everyone welcome. Money raised goes to local NT projects. Info available on NT activities & membership.

Leeds Philatelic Society meets 2nd

& 4th Tues, 7pm at the Oxford Place Centre, Oxford Pl. LS1 3AX. Visitors & new members welcome. Details: John

Edwards 01977 793566, www. leedsps. org.uk professional/businessmen, meets 2nd Thurs, 10.30am – 12 noon at St Matthew’s Church Meeting Room, Wood Lane, Chapel Allerton LS7 3QF, for social gatherings with speakers.

Sat 8 Oct, 7.30pm at Alwoodley Community Association Hall, The Avenue, LS17 7NZ. Songs from the Shows. £4 incl. refreshments.

Alwoodley Singers Seek New Members All welcome, but especially sopranos.

Ability to read music preferable but not essential. Rehearsals Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm Alwoodley Community Association Hall, The Avenue LS17 7NZ. Leeds Gilbert & Sullivan Society 18 – 22 Oct, 7.15pm at Carriageworks Theatre ‘She Loves Me’ – a musical comedy Tickets £13 from 376 0318

Details: 266 2310

Daeglith Music at Oakwood Church.

Leeds RSPB Group meet Wed 19 Oct,

Music for fun. Players of any musical ability welcome, adults &children.

7.30pm at Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Ln. LS2 9DX, for an illustrated talk by Kevin Briggs on the complex & fascinating life of the Oystercatcher. Details: rspbleeds@

googlemail.com National Vegetable Society meets 11 Oct, 8pm at Paxton Hall, LS5 2AB when John Smiles, who is a prodigious grower of flowers & veg for shows, will present ‘It all goes to show’. Free. Everyone welcome.

West Yorkshire Fuchsia & Pot Plant Society Oktoberest meets Wed 21 Oct,

7.30pm Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Ln. LS5 2AB. A late Autumn fuchsia & pot plant show judged by the members.

Visitors welcome. Details: Graham

leeds.bcss.org.uk

Wheatley 256 3055

Leeds & Harrogate Social Club

White Rose Speakers Club Meets

Details: Robin 293 5928, enquiries@ leedsivc.org.uk

Alwoodley Singers Autumn Concert

Details: 294 3370 Leeds Probus Club, for retired

meet third Mon, 7.30pm at St Columbus Church, 70 Headingley Lane LS6 2DH. Varied programme with speakers on a wide range of topics. Details: www.

Monthly Club Night every 3rd Mon (17 Oct), from 8.30pm at The Toby Carvery (Queens Arms) Chapel Allerton. Full calendar of events – theatre, walks, badminton, films, meals, book groups.

MUSIC

every 2nd Mon (10 & 24 Oct), 7.45pm at Horsforth Museum LS18 5JB. Helping people improve their public speaking skills, boost their self-confidence & have fun. Details: Pauline 269 3542

Details: Lois@daeglithmusic.co.uk, david@daeglithmusic.co.uk Jazz Night at Crag House Farm Jazz

nights last Friday each month. 2-course evening meal for £19.95. See menu at www.carghousefarm.com. Details: 230

3600 Leeds Guild of Singers Confident sight-reader? Like to sing renaissance & contemporary music in a small friendly choir? LGS welcomes new members in all voice groups, especially tenors & basses. Rehearsals Tues 7.30 – 9.30pm at Leeds University. Details: secretary@leedsguildofsingers.org.uk Roundhay Music Tuition on any

instrument. Singing, theory or aural for any age or standard. All tutors interviewed & DBS checked. Career advice. Any aspect of GCSE or A-level music. Supply of teachers to schools.

Concert performance training.

Accompaniment. Second-hand instruments hired & sold. Details: 269

7754, enquiries@roundhaymusic.org, www.roundhaymusic.org

64 Roundhay Ukulele Group Meets Wed 8 – 9.30pm at The New Highwood, Brackenwood Dr LS8.

All abilities welcome. £6 per session.

Community Notices

Details: jen@bighooha.co.uk, www. roundhayukulelegroup.wordpress.com

Roundhay Tea & Chat Club Meets Tues afternoons just off Street Lane.

Wide range of activities & outings for over-70s. Door to door transport may be available. Try it, free of charge, to see if it suits you. Details: Carole

West Riding Opera Choir Small group

07808 030702, roundhayteaandchat@gmail.com

of singers performing mainly operatic music needs all voices. Meets Wed, 7.30pm at St. Chad’s, Far Headingley.

No audition necessary, just turn up!

Details: David Bainbridge 07960 228769

RVS Chapel Allerton Good Neighbours Games Group Wed,

2 - 4pm at Methodist Centre, Chapel Allerton. Fun & laughter for over 65s.

Meet new people & enjoy a cuppa. £2.

Details: 887 3598 Mixed Voices Choir meets Mon,

7.45pm at Tree Tops Community Centre, Squirrel Way, LS17 8FQ. The choir has sung with Richard & Adam BGT finalists, ITV work with Sheridan Smith & Songs of Praise. If you love to sing then contact them. Details, www.

mixedvoices.com

SENIORS Chapel Allerton Town St Lunch Club Tues 12.15 – 1.45pm in the Methodist Centre. Hot Meal £4, friendship & chat.

Transport can be provided. Volunteers welcome. Details: Vivienne & Paul

268 2513, Jenny & David 266 1502, paul_chaplin@hotmail.com Lunch & Chat First Monday of each month, 1pm at Tree Tops Centre (next to Thackrah Court, Shadwell Lane).

Details: 2689844

RVS Community Action for Roundhay Elderly welcomes people over 65 at their clubs - Mon, 2pm at Oakwood Church & Thurs, 1.30pm at Lidgett Lane Community Centre. Wide range of entertainment, activities, speakers, trips & other special interest clubs. Details:

Wigton Moor Friendship Guild meets

3rd Wed, Wigton Moor UR Church, High Ash Dr. LS17. Speakers, slide shows, presentations, & outings. Try them out for just £2. Details: Maureen

268 0815, Alan 294 3370.

SPIRITUAL Buddhist Meditation Classes Tues

3, 17, 24, 31 Oct, 7.30 - 9.30pm at Ratnasambhava Centre, 22 Back Wetherby Rd, Oakwood. £6 per class. Sun 23 Oct: Half day course: ‘Meditation on the Go’, 10am - 1.30pm. £12. Sat 29 Oct: Open Day 12 - 4pm.

Details: 265 2118, meditationinleeds@ gmail.com, www.meditationinleeds.org Julian Meetings 1st & 3rd Tues, 2pm at St Edmund’s Church, Roundhay, LS8 1JN. Silent meditation in the Christian tradition. Details: 240 3048/ 273 5865

Andrew 887 3595 St Barnabas Church, the View,

Alwoodley Coffee & Company Wed from 10.15am, followed by light lunch at 12.30pm every 3rd Wed. Details: 226

8269/ 268 2591 The Tea Cosy+ Dementia Café.

Specifically for people with dementia & their carers. 1st Wednesday of every month, 11am - 1.30pm, Lidgett Lane Community Centre, LS17 6QP. Tea & coffee, homemade sandwiches & cakes, support for carers, Singing for the Brain. £2.50 per person.

Pet Blessing Service Sun 16 Oct, 10am at Rawdon Parish Church of St Peter.

Eucharist Service with talk by Daryl Booth of SARX followed by free buffet lunch at 12 noon in Jubilee Hall, Layton Ave, Rawdon (behind church) then Pet Blessing Service 2pm. Companion animals welcomed into church for Service. Please ensure control of pets.

The Roots of Wisdom: New Takes on Timeless Truths Sat 1 Oct, 9am - 5pm at Mill Hill Chapel, City Square, Leeds.

A one-day conference examining how science, cosmology, self-development & spirituality are converging. £10. Details: www.ts-leeds.org.uk

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SUPPORT TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Café Economique Tues 4 Oct, 7.30pm

Prof Malcolm Sawyer, University of Leeds, on ‘Austerity: The Cure Which Makes the Patient Worse’; Tues 1 Nov, 7pm (note time) Dr Gill Main, University of Leeds on ‘Child Poverty: A Concern for All of Us’. Both at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. £4 on door.

Leeds Geological Association Thurs

13 Oct, 7.15pm Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre (Michael Sadler Building), University of Leeds Campus. Lecture: ‘Imaging Life on Earth’ by Prof Phil Manning, Manchester University.

Visitors welcome. Details: www.

MISC/ EVENTS

Alwoodley WI meets 3rd Wed, 7.30pm at St Barnabas Church Hall (off The Vine). Learn, chat, laugh, make friends & help the community. Aged 18-180 – you are more than welcome. £37.50 a year or come as a guest for £4. Details:

Hope Pastures Pony Days Mon & Thurs 10am - 3pm (the next best thing to owning your own pony!). Pony 1 to 1s & Family Fun on Wed, 10am - 12 noon.

Facebook/ Alwoodley WI Chapel Pie WI Meets 2nd Mon of every

month, 7.45pm at St Mathew’s Church Hall, Chapel Allerton. Non members £4, annual membership £37.50

Leeds Ladies Coffee Club meets

1st Thurs, 10.30am at Leeds Church Institute, New Market St. Details: Joan

Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society Thurs 20 Oct, 7.30pm at Leeds

Civic Hall. A talk ‘Preserving Britain’s Antarctic Heritage’ by Camilla Nichol, UK Antarctic Heritage Trust. All welcome. Details: www.leedsphilandlit.

org.uk/events.html The Leeds Salon: a public forum for discussion around political, cultural & scientific issues. Tues 11 Oct, 7pm at Carriageworks Theatre, Millennium Room. Joanna Williams from Kent University will present ‘Academic freedom in an Age of Conformity’. Adm £5/£4. Details: contact@leedssalon.

Details: www.hopepastures.org Marie Curie Seeks Volunteers Join a fantastic group of fundraising volunteers & help more people living with a terminal illness get the care & support they deserve. Full support given. Meet every 4-6 weeks & help with ideas to raise funds for Marie Curie’s services. Details: Jen 07798 638122,

01274 386190, jennifer.aspinall@ mariecurie.org.uk

McShane 225 1166 at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Shaftesbury Ave, LS8, to listen to some great Ghost Stories! Details: Hilary 266 5648

Oakwood Cinema will be showing the films ‘Eddie the Eagle’ (PG) on 29 Oct & ‘Brooklyn’ (12A) on 26 Nov. At Roundhay Parochial Hall, 5 Fitzroy Dr LS8 4AB. Details:

Soroptimist International of Leeds

info@oakwoodcinema.org, www. oakwoodcinema.org

meets 2nd Mon, 7.30pm at Weetwood Hall Hotel, LS16 5PS. Visitors welcome. www.sigbi.org/leeds/

Sue Ryder is Recruiting Volunteer Collectors to support their fundraising

leedsga.org.uk Roundhay WI meets Thurs 13 Oct, 7pm

Tuesday Club Ladies’ Lunch Group Meets last Tues of month, 11.30am at Devonshire Hall, Cumberland Rd. LS6 2EQ. 12.30pm lunch, followed by talk.

Details: Heather Harrison 267 8437

efforts around Leeds. All they require is the enthusiasm to make a difference to people’s lives & the ability to be a good ambassador for the charity. Details:

Roohi Lupton 203 3360, roohi.lupton@ suerydercare.org

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