Leeds Combined Arts

Walk from Bramhope and along Otley Chevin with Otley Walking Festival
2021-06-27 13:00 (Europe/London) | West Yorkshire
Join Carol for a 5 mile walk from Bramhope and along Otley Chevin through fields and woods. Meet at the Fox & Hounds pub, Bramhope, LS16 9AX.
The Car park is located just behind the Fox & Hounds. Depart 12 noon. The X84 bus from Leeds Central Bus Station stops at Bramhope Church on Otley Road and it’s just a few minutes’ walk to the pub up the hill. Please bring a packed lunch. For a full programme of walks in the Otley Walking Festival please see www.otleywalkingfestival.co.uk

Grand Opening – 20th Birthday of Otley Walking Festival
2021-06-26 10:00 | Otley Parish Church, Kirkgate, Otley, LS21 3HW, United Kingdom
Celebrate Twenty Years of OWF at Otley Parish Church, Celebration Cake! Refreshments, Photos and more. No booking required.

‘Talk on C. S. Lewis’ ‘Before Narnia’ with Claire Rae Randall.
2021-06-23 20:15 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
CS Lewis: Before Narnia
CS Lewis is best known today for his Chronicles of Narnia but he was already an established figure in the popular imagination in the 1940s before Narnia was known to the world.
In his literary works he expressed a deep concern with the Problem of Evil and the corruption of humanity by demonic forces which he believed to be entirely real, albeit in immaterial form. In this talk Claire Rae Randall will explore the spiritual and philosophic underpinnings of Lewis’s cosmology through works such as The Abolition of Man, The Screwtape Letters and his Interplanetary Trilogy which influenced both the hugely popular Avatar movie and Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.

LCA Book Reading Support Group, 'The Taxidermist's Daughter'
2021-06-21 16:00 - 18:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
A Sussex churchyard. Villagers gather on the night when the ghosts of those who will not survive the coming year are thought to walk. And in the shadows, a woman lies dead.
As the flood waters rise, Connie Gifford is marooned in a decaying house with her increasingly tormented father. He drinks to escape the past, but an accident has robbed her of her most significant childhood memories. Until the disturbance at the church awakens fragments of those vanished years . . .
All welcome to read. Those who prefer not to read are welcome to just come along and sit and listen. Entrance is £3.00. Further details on 07518 627109 www.leedscombinedarts.org.uk

Poetry, Prose & Music Evening on the theme of ‘Summer, Sun, Moon & Stars
2021-06-16 20:15 - 22:30 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Join us for our Summer Poetry Evening at HEART. The theme for this evening is ‘Moon, Sun and Stars’.
All welcome to read, sing or play.

LCA Book Reading Support Group. 'The Taxidermist's Daughter'
2021-06-14 16:00 - 18:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
A Sussex churchyard. Villagers gather on the night when the ghosts of those who will not survive the coming year are thought to walk. And in the shadows, a woman lies dead.
As the flood waters rise, Connie Gifford is marooned in a decaying house with her increasingly tormented father. He drinks to escape the past, but an accident has robbed her of her most significant childhood memories. Until the disturbance at the church awakens fragments of those vanished years . . .
All welcome to read. Those who prefer not to read are welcome to just come along and sit and listen. Entrance is £3.00. Further details on 07518 627109.
Entrance £3.00. For further information please see www.leedscombinedarts.org.uk

LCA Book Reading Support Group. 'The Taxidermist's Daughter' by Kate Mosse.
2021-06-07 16:00 - 18:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Our New Book ‘the Taxidermist’s Daughter’ by Kate Mosse will commence on Monday 7 June at 3.00 p.m.
A Sussex churchyard. Villagers gather on the night when the ghosts of those who will not survive the coming year are thought to walk. And in the shadows, a woman lies dead.
As the flood waters rise, Connie Gifford is marooned in a decaying house with her increasingly tormented father. He drinks to escape the past, but an accident has robbed her of her most significant childhood memories. Until the disturbance at the church awakens fragments of those vanished years . . .All welcome to read. Those who prefer not to read are welcome to just come along and sit and listen. Entrance £3.00. For further information please contact us on 07518627109. www.leedscombinedarts.org.uk

Mind, Body, Spirit evening - Talk with Janine Griffiths.
2021-05-26 20:30 - 22:30 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Join us with Janine Griffiths Editor of the Akashic Times for an update on recent events and what we can all expect in the future. Janine will discuss the new Covid regulations and how it fits into the overall agenda as well as the explicit ways that the media and social media has helped to facilitate that agenda.
Entrance £4/£3.00 members and concessions.

Day Trip to Scarborough
2021-05-22 10:00 | Leeds Central bus Station, Leeds, United Kingdom
Relax and join us for our first day trip of the year with Blue Sky Coaches as we head to Scarborough. A place to make memories and enjoy traditional seaside fun, local shops and eateries, beautiful gardens. This is just part of Scarborough’s charm – as Britain’s original seaside resort, holidays to Scarborough offer something for everyone with two picturesque beaches, numerous exciting attractions and a rich history that is just begging to be explored. Please book in advance all seats £15.00. Contact us on 07518 627109.
Meet at 9 am Leeds Central Bus Station outside Greggs.

LCA Poetry & Prose Evening on the theme of 'Nature'
2021-05-19 20:30 - 22:30 | West Yorkshire
Tonight’s Poetry & Prose evening will be on a ‘Nature’ theme. All welcome to read, sing or play throughout the evening.

'Drawing Workshops' with Clive Rea. Life Lines in the Community.
2021-05-18 15:00 - 16:30 | West Yorkshire
Join us with professional Artist Clive Rea for drawing classes for beginners and those who would like to improve. Clive would like to assure people that art needn’t be difficult or complicated. He intends to start from the beginning with simple light and shadow exercises and work up to more ambitious projects eventually; making the session enjoyable by bringing a sense of humour into the proceeds.

LCA Book Reading Support Group
2021-05-17 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-05-10 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-04-26 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-04-19 16:00 - 18:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
The year is 1855, and on the Birmingham express train a criminal is being escorted to his appointment with the hangman. But the wily Jeremy Oxley, con-man, thief and murderer, has one last ace up his sleeve: a beautiful and ruthless accomplice willing to do anything to save her lover. Another puzzling case for the Railway Detective Robert Colbeck and his trusty deputy Victor Leeming, which will see them travelling across Britain and to New York in their attempts to capture their nemesis Oxley…
Entrance £3.00. For further information please see www.leedscombinedarts.org.uk

‘Drawing workshops for beginners’ – ‘Life-lines in the Community’
2021-05-11 15:00 - 16:30 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN

‘Drawing workshops for beginners’ - ‘Life-lines in the Community’
2021-05-04 15:00 - 16:30, 2021-04-27 15:00 - 16:30, 2021-04-20 15:00 - 16:30 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN

Bank Holiday Afternoon Stroll & Picnic around Temple Newsam
2021-05-03 14:00 | West Yorkshire
Join us for a social afternoon and stroll around the grounds of Temple Newsam with picnic. Please bring a packed lunch and/or food & drink to share. Meet at the Brown Cow Whitkirk at 1.30 p.m. For those travelling by public transport the no 19 bus from York Street, Leeds (stop F3) will take you to the Brown Cow. For those travelling by public transport there is plenty of on-street parking nearby. Poems on Spring, Nature and other themes welcome. Please pre-book your place by contacting carol@leedscombinedarts.org.uk

Walk around Norwood Edge Plantation and Lindley Moor
2021-04-25 12:30 - 15:30 | West Yorkshire
Join Richard for a 4.5 to 5-mile walk through Norwood Edge Plantation, Lindley Moor and part of north eastern shore of Lindley Wood Reservoir, all some 5 km (or 3 miles) north of Otley. We will also be seeing the unusual Hunter’s Stones.
Meet in the free car park of Warren Plantation just off the B6451. This car park is about half a mile uphill north of Lindley Wood reservoir. Please bring pack lunch as usual and poetry on the theme of ‘sky’ and ‘clouds’ (should you wish to read). Contact Richard B on 0113 234 7688 (or the LCA Mobile on 07518 627109).

LCA Poetry & Music Evening.
2021-04-21 20:30 - 22:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Join us for our monthly Poetry, Prose & Music Evening.
All welcome to read, sing or play in the second half of the evening. Further details will be sent out by e-mail nearer the time.
Entrance £3.50/£3.00 members and concessions.

'Drawing workshops for beginners', 'Life-lines in the Community'
2021-04-13 15:00 - 16:30 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Join us with professional Artist Clive Rea for drawing classes for beginners and those who would like to improve. Clive would like to assure people that art needn’t be difficult or complicated. He intends to start from the beginning with simple light and shadow exercises and work up to more ambitious projects eventually; making the session enjoyable by bringing a sense of humour into the proceeds.
Entrance £3.00.

LCA Book Reading Support Group Re-commences Monday 12.4.21.
2021-04-12 16:00 - 18:00 | West Yorkshire
The LCA Book Reading Support Group takes place on Monday afternoons 3-5 p.m. at HEART, Headingley.
The year is 1855, and on the Birmingham express train a criminal is being escorted to his appointment with the hangman. But the wily Jeremy Oxley, con-man, thief and murderer, has one last ace up his sleeve: a beautiful and ruthless accomplice willing to do anything to save her lover. Another puzzling case for the Railway Detective Robert Colbeck and his trusty deputy Victor Leeming, which will see them travelling across Britain and to New York in their attempts to capture their nemesis Oxley…
Entrance £3.00. For further information please see www.leedscombinedarts.org.uk

LCA Walk Headingley & Meanwood.
2021-04-01 13:00 - 16:30 | Meanwood Park Cafe., Green Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6 4LE, United Kingdom
Join Rob on Thursday 1st April for a 5.5 mile circular from Meanwood Park via Woodhouse Ridge, Meanwood Valley Farm and the site of the former Meanwood Park Hospital. Meet at 12 noon in Meanwood Park near the café (LS6 4LE, the internet tells me). There is a free car park almost adjacent to the café but the park has been very busy during lockdown and this car park is almost always full during the day. There can be parking in the roads leading to the park but it may take a while to find a space, which is fine if you come early enough to spend time looking for one. If you plan to arrive last minute it would be a better bet to park on the road on the other side of the park (Hollin Drive, LS16 5NE). This is just 2 minutes’ walk across the park to the rendezvous at the cafe. For those travelling on public transport the bus 51/52 from Albion Street; 51 goes nearer to the park. The cafe in the park is excellent and has been offering take-away hot drinks and light refreshments throughout the latest lockdown. I suggest we stop there at the end of the walk. Unfortunately, there are no public toilets available at the café or in the park during the current restrictions. I believe nearby Waitrose (a bit more than 5 mins walk away) has some. Some paths may be muddy but are on the whole well maintained. Wear suitable gear and bring a packed lunch. The theme for poetry/song will be “Something humorous” (it’s 1st April). Please pre-book your place by contacting carol@leedscombinedarts.org.uk as numbers are still restricted. Contact Rob for further information on 0113 2164492 / 07421043614.

LCA Book Reading Support Group.
2021-01-04 15:00 - 17:00 | West Yorkshire
The LCA Book Reading Group takes place on Monday afternoons 3-5 p.m. at HEART, Headingley.
The year is 1855, and on the Birmingham express train a criminal is being escorted to his appointment with the hangman. But the wily Jeremy Oxley, con-man, thief and murderer, has one last ace up his sleeve: a beautiful and ruthless accomplice willing to do anything to save her lover. Another puzzling case for the Railway Detective Robert Colbeck and his trusty deputy Victor Leeming, which will see them travelling across Britain and to New York in their attempts to capture their nemesis Oxley…
Entrance £3.00. For further information please see www.leedscombinedarts.org.uk
Please Note: Social distancing rules will apply.

Theatre Visit: A Christmas Carol (Livestream).
2020-12-23 14:00 - 16:30 | Leeds Playhouse, Playhouse Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7UP, United Kingdom
It’s Christmas Eve in Victorian Leeds, but the cold-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge hasn’t an ounce of festive cheer.
As the cold night draws in, four ghostly spirits take Ebenezer on a magical journey through his past, his present and his future, hoping to show him the error of his ways. With Christmas spirit, fun, music and magic at its heart, this timeless Charles Dickens tale is brought vividly to life.
With all the joys of a festive family story, the Playhouse is reinventing this production of A Christmas Carol from the Pop-Up Season in 2018, based on an original production at Hull Truck Theatre. Adapted by playwright Deborah McAndrew and directed by Playhouse Associate Director Amy Leach (There Are No Beginnings, Oliver Twist) A Christmas Carol will have integrated British Sign Language.

LCA Seasonal Break
2020-12-23 - 2021-01-03 | West Yorkshire

LCA Annual General Meeting
2020-12-22 16:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Due to the tier 3 restrictions, members will have to booked in advanced if they would like to attend, please email to anna@leedscombinedarts.org.uk

Winter Market at HEART, Headingley.
2020-12-17 17:00 - 20:00 | West Yorkshire
Join us for some festive fun at HEART with the Winter Market and support local traders. This is the perfect place to find special gifts whilst supporting local and sustainable creators from our area. Assembly Bar and Kitchen will remain open for takeaway for the duration of the market so feel free to grab a coffee or mulled wine as you peruse the stalls!. There will also be –
– Hand-made jewellery
– Vegan and non-vegan cake stalls
– HEART Bratwurst stand
– Tiny Boo stall
– Flea stalls
– Natural beauty stalls
– Green Yard plants
– Handmade gift stalls
– Live music .
We hope to see you all there for some winter fun!.
