Bank Holiday Afternoon Stroll & Picnic around Temple Newsam
2021-05-03 14:00 (Europe/London) | 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

‘Drawing workshops for beginners’ - ‘Life-lines in the Community’
2021-05-04 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.

LCA Book Reading Support Group
2021-05-10 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-05-17 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' with Clive Rea. Life Lines in the Community.
2021-05-18 15:00 - 16:30 | West Yorkshire

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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'
2021-06-21 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

‘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.

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.

Walk from Bramhope and along Otley Chevin with Otley Walking Festival
2021-06-27 13:00 | 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

LCA Book Reading Support Group, 'The Taxidermist's Daughter'
2021-06-28 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-07-12 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-07-19 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-07-26 16:00 - 18:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN

Theatre Visit: ‘A Little Night Music’
2021-06-29 20:30 | Leeds Playhouse, Playhouse Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7UP, United Kingdom
A chance meeting between ex-lovers sparks a game of romantic musical chairs over a weekend in the country, as hopelessly mismatched couples find themselves confronted by their own vanities and deceptions. Glistening with wit and romance, composer Sondheim’s tantalising tale flirts with musical theatre and opera, and includes the classic song ‘Send in the Clowns’.

‘Twenty Blue Plaques’ Walk from Ilkley Bus Station
2021-06-30 14:45 | West Yorkshire
Meet Ray Moss at Ilkley Bus Station for a 3 mile walk of Ilkley’s blue plaques and historical buildings. Booking essential for this walk by contacting rayleeds75@gmail.com

Mick Bradley’s Wainwright Adventures’ Otley Courthouse.
2021-07-01 20:00 | Otley Courthouse, Courthouse Street, Leeds, LS21 3AN, United Kingdom
Mick Bradley presents stunning photographs illustrating the pleasures and occasional mishaps of summitting all 214 Wainwrights. Tickets £3.00 from Otley Courthouse, Courthouse Street, LS21 3AN. Enjoy the pitfalls of conquering Wainwrights without straining a muscle.

LCA Book Reading Support Group, 'The Taxidermist's Daughter'
2021-07-05 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

Historic Headingley with Claire Randall
2021-07-15 14:30 | West Yorkshire
Photography and Landscape Summer 2021 Leeds Combined Arts
This July Leeds Combined Arts offers the first pair in a series of walks in which we shall be photographing some places of local interest around Headingley and building collages from the views we capture.
On Thursday 15th July we shall be walking from the recently reclaimed Sparrow Park on Cardigan Road, Headingley, up Chapel Lane, which is one of the oldest streets in Leeds, to the Cenotaph and the former location of the Shire Oak, the heart of old Headingley, photographing the historic village landscape and architecture.

LCA Walk at The Mill, Batley
2021-07-18 13:15 | West Yorkshire
Join Rob at The Mill: 418 Bradford Rd, Batley WF17 5LZ for a walk of just under 6 miles and will take in the historic ruins of the 16th century Howley Hall and may include Grade 2 listed Woodkirk church”. 16th century” will be the literature theme. Further details including train times and parking facilities will follow by e-mail. http://www.themillbatley.com/
To book contact Carol: carol@leedscombinedarts.org.uk

Cancelled - Singing and Voice Workshops – ‘Life-lines in the Community’
2021-07-20 14:30 - 16:00 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD, Green Road, Leeds, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
Join Carol for some voice and singing for pleasure workshops at Meanwood Institute as part of our Lifelines in the community project.
We will be singing songs in different languages as well as some familiar songs and old favourites.

Special Commemorative Event for Carol Downing.
2021-07-21 20:15 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
The monthly Poetry Evening is this month dedicated to the memory of our sadly departed late Project Co-ordinator Carol Downing. We invite members to read poems that remind them of Carol or to relate personal recollections of her.

Theatre Visit: Piaf
2021-07-27 20:45 | Leeds Playhouse, Playhouse Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7UP, United Kingdom
Born Edith Gassion in 1915, no one could have predicted Edith Piaf’s phenomenal rise to fame – from singing in the streets of Paris to becoming one of France’s biggest international stars, her voice is still revered to this day. But her extraordinary talent was matched with an equally extraordinary personal life. Pam Gems’ sensational and emotionally-charged play explores the highs and lows of the enigmatic yet fragile singer’s life and features some of Piaf’s most famous songs, including La Vie en Rose, Hymne à l’amour and Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien. Piaf is directed by Adam Penford (An Enemy of the People, The Madness of George III, Wonderland) and stars Tony-nominated and Olivier Award-winning actress Jenna Russell in the title role.

The Wharfedales Meanwood
2021-07-29 14:30 | West Yorkshire
Photography and Landscape Summer 2021 Leeds Combined Arts
This July Leeds Combined Arts offers the first pair in a series of walks in which we shall be photographing some places of local interest around Headingley and building collages from the views we capture.
The second walk will be on July 29th along Woodhouse Ridge to the wonderfully characteristic Wharfedales on Meanwood Road which must be amongst the steepest streets in Leeds, taking in the high summer landscape of the Ridge along the way.
Please meet outside at the Arndale Centre near Sainsbury’s, Headingley.
Several more walks in the series are to be announced shortly.
