Leeds Combined Arts

LCA: Visit to Veola Re-cycling and Energy Recovery Energy Facility
2018-10-08 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
Visit to Veolia

We have arranged a visit to the Veola Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility in Leeds. On average, every household in Leeds produces 470kg of household waste per year at the kerbside– which is the equivalent of 5 baby elephants!. With 346,000 households in Leeds, we collect a massive 306,000 tonnes of waste each year from homes, household waste sorting sites and other recycling sites across the city.
We currently recycle around 40% of this waste. From households alone, in 2015/16 the amount was equal to the weight of 3,200 double Decker buses. Our vision is to reduce waste, increase recycling and recover value from all waste in Leeds. We are achieving this in a number of ways. Through our education work with communities, we support residents to engage more with recycling, while continually seeking to improve our wide range of recycling services and facilities across the city. Part of this work is the creation of the Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility (RERF) at Cross Green. The RERF, managed by Veolia, uses state-of-the-art technology and engineering to recover recyclable materials and energy from the city’s black bin waste. With our move away from the use of landfill sites, we have also reduced the amount of greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere by the equivalent of taking 29,000 cars off the road each year.
As well as the environmental benefits, this has already helped to realise huge savings, which will be used for other improvements and valued services. The RERF’s modern construction and cutting-edge features include an iconic timber-framed building, hosting the largest living wall in the UK. Please Note: Places have to be booked in advance so if you would like to join us you will need to book ASAP letting us know your shoe size when booking. Protective clothing will be provided. Please book by Friday 28th September.
This event has now reached maximum capacity.

Theatre: The Merry Widow
2018-10-07 15:00 - 17:00 | The Grand Theatre, Leeds, 46 New Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6NZ
Hanna Glawari is a young, beautiful and very wealthy widow from the near-bankrupt nation of Pontevedro. Arriving in Paris, French bachelors everywhere vie excitedly for her attention. Meanwhile Baron Zeta, the Pontevedrian ambassador, must ensure that she marries the charming Count Danilo to save the state from financial ruin. Little does he know that Danilo and Hanna have a history…
Sung in English with English titles. Running time: approximately 2 hours 15 minutes. There is also a free pre-show talk at 3.30 p.m. In the Howard Assembly Room.
Very few tickets remaining for this performance.

LCA Walk: Burley in Wharfedale Circular
2018-10-06 10:00 - 14:00
Join Richard for a 5 mile circular walk around Burley in Wharfedale. Easy going but can be a bit muddy in places. Start at the Roundhouse Burley. Parking behind the Queens Hall, Burley but the bus is easier and much more fun. Service X84 from bus station. Meet Greggs for the 10-25 from Leeds Central Bus Station. The bus passes Headingley Arndale centre at 10-42 a.m. We will
start from the Roundhouse at 11-30. We hope to finish by 3 in time for a drink at either at “The Red Lion” or “The White Horse”. Buses back to Leeds every half hour. Optional poetry/prose reading any subject but ‘Valley Hills’ and ‘Autumn’ could be appropriate. For Further details contact Richard on 07443 844463.

LCA: Visit to Light Nights Event, Leeds Centre
2018-10-05 17:30 - 21:00 | The Corn Exchange, Call Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 7BR, United Kingdom
Join us for an evening in Leeds City Centre as part of the Night Lights event, an annual free multi-arts and light festival, which this year takes over Leeds city centre on Thursday 4 and Friday 5 October 6.00 – 11.00 p.m. We will be meeting at Leeds Corn Exchange at 6.30 p.m. on Friday 5 October.

Theatre: "Salt"
2018-10-03 18:30 - 21:00
A JOURNEY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
In February 2016, two artists got on a cargo ship, and retraced one of the routes of the Transatlantic Slave Triangle – from the UK to Ghana to Jamaica, and back. Their memories, their questions and their grief took them along the bottom of the Atlantic and through the figurative realm of an imaginary past. It was a long journey backwards, in order to go forwards. This show is what they brought back.
Tickets Cost: £10.50

MBS Event: Crystals
2018-09-26 18:30 - 20:30 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Tonight we will be showing a lovely DVD on Crystals and the healing benefits they can bring.
Crystal healing in a powerful and effective way to remove blockages and distortions from the human energy field. In this beautiful DVD Crystal expert Keri Manning introduces us to the wonderful world of crystals. It is widely accepted illness is created in the electromagnetic field around the body and from there is manifests in the physical body only when it is triggered by one factor or another. In this special DVD, Keri looks at the ways that crystals can help us to heal and how we can bring crystals into our lives. Keri shows how we can do a basic crystal treatment for ourselves and others. This film covers the many kinds of crystals, how crystals heal, how to choose a crystal, how to cleanse a crystal, how to programme a crystal, Chakras and colours, Crystal chakra treatment, Pendulums and crystals.
Entrance £3.00/£2.50 members and concessions, (including light refreshments). |POSTER|

Theatre: 'Tosca'
2018-09-22 18:30 - 21:00 | The Grand Theatre, Leeds, 46 New Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6NZ
Opera North production at Leeds Grand Theatre.
Tortured by Scarpia, the corrupt Chief of Police, Tosca becomes the victim of cruel blackmail: she plots her revenge, but the consequences are more terrible than she can imagine…One of the world’s most popular operas, Puccini’s melodrama of lust and love, cruelty and self-sacrifice, portrays people at their best and very worst. The high-octane score veers from tenderness to brutal power and includes Tosca’s famous passionate aria ‘Vissi d’arte’. Edward Dick‘s new production is played out beneath the domes and frescoes of Renaissance Rome and features a stellar cast including Giselle Allen (Cavalleria rusticana), Mexican tenor Rafael Rojas (Un ballo in maschera) and British baritone Robert Hayward (Andrea Chénier). Contact Sibylle@leedscombinedarts.org.uk for further details and to book.
Sorry this production has now sold out.

LCA Event: Poetry & Prose Evening
2018-09-19 18:30 - 20:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
An “open mic” event on the theme of ‘People’. You are welcome to read if like. If not, that’s okay too.
£3.50 for non-members.

Theatre: "Road"
2018-09-18 18:30 - 21:00
THIS IS OUR ROAD! BUT TONIGHT IT’S YOUR ROAD AN’ ALL!
Grab your coat, grab your bag and join us to roll in the gutter and dance under the glitter ball. On an unnamed Northern street, our drunken tour guide Scullery stumbles through living rooms, over cobbles and past lives. Through one raucous night, we meet the many bold, browbeaten and brave residents of this forgotten road. Jim Cartwright’s brutally poetic masterpiece blazed on to stages in 1987, giving a spirited voice to abandoned Northern communities in austerity Britain. This seminal play remains as powerful, resonant and jubilant now as it did then.
Ticket cost: £10.50
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT.

LCA Event: Author Event - P. J. Quinn
2018-09-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Headingley Community Hub (formerly Headingley Library), North Lane, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HG
Author Pauline Kirk (writing as P.J. Quinn) will be appearing talking about her new novel “Poetic Justice”; part of a series of mystery novels featuring DI Ambrose. This will be a free event with donations accepted for refreshments.

LCA: ‘Ghost Tour’
2018-09-14 18:30 - 20:30
The Headingley Campus dates back to the 1600’s and the university origins began in 1824. For the first time Leeds Beckett Campus will be opening its doors as part of the Heritage Open Days and will be offering self guided tours as well as guided ghost tours, talks and exhibitions and treasure trail. You can also enjoy a delicious selection of cakes from the pop-up cafe.
Did you know that Leeds Beckett University’s Headingley Campus’s historic buildings are filled with ghostly spirits?
From a ghostly butler and a haunted bell in The Grange, many staff members refuse to enter the building alone. As part of Leeds Beckett University’s Heritage Open Days, join our campus ghost expert, Ian Crossland as he takes you round the oldest building on campus dating back to 1752. Known for its supernatural incidents, Ian will share true stories, which have been shared by students and staff members. Free, but please reserve your place for the Ghost tour by e-mailing us at sibylle@leedscombinedarts.org.uk

LCA: Visit To Beningborough Hall. 9.9.18.
2018-09-09 09:30 - 14:30
Explore the evolving gardens and watch the harvest grow. Take a seat under the new Pergola, designed by Andy Sturgeon. Head into the hall to see ‘Making her mark: celebrating creative women’ – you never know who you might come face to face with. The changing fortunes of this grand country house and garden are told through stories of prosperity, loss and re-invention. From a wealthy teenager who created this Italian palace in Yorkshire to the Victorian family who liked tobogganing down the elegant cantilevered staircase. For further information please contact Sibylle@leedscombinedarts.org.uk |DOWNLOAD LEAFLET|

LCA: Trip to Treasurer's Hall & Ghost Cellar Tour.
2018-09-08 - 2018-09-09
We have organised two events on both the Saturday and Sunday in and around York to coincide with the Heritage Open Weekends; including a trip to The Treasurer’s House in York and a special guided tour of the Ghost Cellar, which must be pre-booked. Entry to both the Treasurer’s House and Beningborough Hall will be Free. Please note the visit to Beninborough Hall will now be on Sunday 16th September. Please e-mail Sibylle if you would like to find out more about this two-day visit on sibylle@leedscombinedarts.org.uk. You are welcome to join us for either or both days. |LEAFLET|
