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Discover What’s On WEDDING FAIR EXTRAVAGANZA 11 Jan, 11am to 4pm St. Mary’s Stadium, Southampton SO14 5FP Held in the Mike Channon Suite and the Terry Paine Suite, this is an excellent and ideal venue for the 70+ stands that make up this Southampton Wedding Fair. Fashion Shows at 12 and 2pm. Free Entry Free, Goody Bag & Wedding Planner for every Bride to Be! 0800 1777080 Open University advice session 17 Jan, 10am – 3pm Central Library, Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LW. Looking for new educational opportunities? Drop in. The Open University advisors will be on hand during this session to discuss courses, advise on any financial help available and answer any questions you might have. Conservation volunteering Royal Victoria Country Park 15 Jan Join our friendly group to carry out conservation activities within the Royal Victoria Country Park. Our friendly group of volunteers on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month to carry out

conservation activities within the park such as coppicing, beach cleans or fencing. Volunteers learn new skills, are physically active, meet new people and improve the environment. For more information, dates of activities telephone 023 8060 5102 Debt and Loan Shark Awareness Days 15 Jan, 10am-2pm (Central Library) Drop in 20th Jan, 2pm-4pm (Shirley Library) Drop in During January, the Illegal Money Lending Team, Southampton City Council and partner agencies will be raising awareness of debt and loan sharks. Money and well-being advice will be available at these events. If you or someone you know has been the victim of a loan shark please contact the team in confidence on 0300 555 2222. Their lines are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Book Club for Women 20 Jan, 7-9pm IKEA Restaurant, IKEA, West Quay Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO15 1GY A free book club for women hosted by Sotonettes WI. If you have any questions then you can drop a message to Kate via the Sotonettes Facebook group (www.facebook.com/Sotonettes) or email sotonettes@gmail.com. Our book club meets on the 3rd Tuesday of every month, 7pm 9pm. Look out for the bunting in the IKEA restaurant. Free to all! Papercutting Workshops with Daff 20 Jan, 7.30-9.30pm Hanger Farm Arts Centre West Totton Hampshire SO40 8FT Caroline is a practising artist and workshop facilitator based

in Southampton with a first class honours degree in Illustration. As an introduction to the art of papercutting, you will complete a range of excercises to improve your skills with the scalpel. Drawing inspiration from a selection of artists and illustrators you will then create a final design which you will carefully cut into a unique piece of papercut art. £20.00 per person. 02380 667683 Dementia Awareness Day 28 Jan, 10am-4pm Central Library, Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LW Questions about dementia? Ask the experts, find the answers and live well with dementia. Free confidential help, information and advice. 11.00-12noon Northguild Lecture Theatre (next to Central Library) A talk by Dr Ruth Bartlett ‘Reading’ films that feature men and women with dementia. Ruth will look at the ways men and women with dementia are represented in films, and compare this with what we know from research about what it is like to live with dementia. No booking required. For more information and to sign up for a dementia awareness session, please contact Allison Kirby library@southampton.gov.uk 023 8083 3304 City Of Southampton Orchestra: Family Concert 24 Jan, 11am Central Hall, St. Mary Street, Southampton, SO14 1NF Family Concert. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt! Join CSO for a fun morning for all the family. Our conductor, John Traill, will lead the orchestra through a selection of exciting pieces, including musical planes, trains, and automobiles! Our narrator

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as adults. Watercolours may be versatile and easy to apply, but don’t expect instant results: you’ll need to spend time learning and practising the necessary techniques, otherwise your paintings may bear an unfortunate resemblance to the artwork you created back in Class 9C! Acrylic paints are similar to oil paints but easier to use: your work will dry faster and you won’t need to use solvents to clean your brushes. Acrylics can be mixed with water, so you can either paint with intense colour or dilute the pigment to produce transparent washes. This medium also dries to a robust finish: acrylic paintings can be safely rolled up without the risk of cracking. Oil paints allow you to create wonderfully expressive images, but using oils can be a challenge for a beginner as you will need to dilute the paint with thinners (white spirit or turpentine) as well as adding a medium, such as linseed or poppy oil, to bind the pigments in the paint and help with the drying process. An oil painting should be built up layer-by-layer, but you must allow time for the layers to dry: it can sometimes take up to five days for this process and during that period you will be unable to work on the

canvas. Fortunately you can now buy specially made fast-drying oils that will be touch dry in 24 hours or less. Make sure you have a variety of brushes available: round brushes are excellent for control and accuracy while flat brushes are great for edging and filling in areas. There are some useful online tutorials to help you develop your skills using water paints, acrylics and oils: www.wikihow.com has great step-by-step illustrated guides to get you started. Alternatively you could get face-to-face tuition at an adult education institute (your local library will carry a list of courses). Alternatively you can search for painting holidays at www.artcourses.co.uk. When you first start to paint the important thing is not to set unrealistic goals for yourself. It may be years before you feel confident enough to hang your work in a room, but that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying the process. If you make fun and relaxation your primary reason for picking up a paintbrush, you can’t go wrong.

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Tempted by the discounted membership fee advertised in my local paper, I thought of signing up for my local gym. However one look through those expensive, plate glass windows at the rows of fit, lycra-clad young people lifting, pushing and jogging made me think again. With my spreading waistline on display over the top of my 1990s jogging pants, I would feel more out of place than a penguin in the tropics. The image of modern gyms as temples to the young and superfit is hard to shake off: in fact surveys suggest that less than 20% of us are prepared to use a gym to stay in shape. So where can you go if, like me, you no longer match the description “young and super-fit” and have an intermittent back problem that gets worse with vigorous exercise? If you want a really gentle form of exercise that aids mobility and balance, you might try Tai Chi. This discipline combines relaxation and deep breathing with slow, gentle continuous movements: improving muscle strength in the legs, helping your balance and reducing stress. Many people are dissuaded from taking up Yoga by those

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