Walk with Rob Baker
2022-04-10
The 5.5 mile circular walk will start from Wakefield Kirkgate station (just 18 minutes by train from Leeds Station) and will take in the 18th century village of Heath and the 14th century village of Kirkthorpe. We will aim to meet around midday at Wakefield Kirkgate railway station. Details to follow.

Open Mic Poetry, Prose & Music Evening
2022-04-20 20:15 (Europe/London) | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Everybody is welcome to read, sing and play.
Entrance £3.50/£3.00 members and concessions. Pay on the door.

Open Mic Poetry, Prose & Music Evening.
2022-04-20 20:15 - 22:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Everybody is welcome to read, sing and play.
Entrance £3.50/£3.00 members and concessions, including refreshments. Pay on the door.

Colour and Composition workshops – part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’
2022-05-03 14:30 - 16:30 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD, Green Road, Leeds, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
All materials will be provided on the workshop.
Entrance: £3 – £2.50 members & concessions (including refreshments).
For further info email Anna: anna@leedscombinedarts.org.uk
Further class on Tuesdays 10th May
These heritage walks were funded by the National Lottery Community Fund as part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’.

Colour and Composition workshops - part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’
2022-05-10 14:30 - 16:30 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD, Green Road, Leeds, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
All materials will be provided on the workshop.
Entrance: £3 – £2.50 members & concessions (including refreshments).
For further info email Anna: anna@leedscombinedarts.org.uk
These heritage walks were funded by the National Lottery Community Fund as part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’.

Eccup Reservoir Circular Walk with June Smith
2022-05-15 13:00
Directions
11:20 No. 36 Ripon Bus from CBS (Central Bus Station). Alight 11:42 at Wikefield Farm stop, immediately after the Leeds Grammar School. Walk back along the road, then turn right, down the signposted lane to Reservoir Lodge. Meet there at 12md.
If beginning your journey from home by bus, ask the driver for a WEST YORKSHIRE DaySaver ticket [£5.50]. (This ticket is valid for a wide variety of bus operators).
*If travelling by car please park near to Goodrick Lane, (LS17 7PF). Walk down this lane to the large house. Turn right onto path to Reservoir Lodge. Meet there at 12md.
This pleasant walk has mainly surfaced paths and roads. There is some farmland which can be uneven and boggy. Two stiles, no steps.
Refreshments: there is an ice cream van!
Please wear suitable walking gear, bring a packed lunch and a drink.
POETRY PLEASE on the theme of ‘water’…rain, lakes, sea… anything!

Poetry Evening with Richard Bojanowski
2022-05-18 20:15 - 22:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Poetry Evening with Richard Bojanowski on the theme “Things that irk me and things of beauty, so far !”
Entrance £3.50/£3.00 members and concessions, including refreshments. Pay on the door.

First session of Drawing, Structure and Form workshops with Claire Randall – part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’
2022-05-24 14:30 - 16:30 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD, Green Road, Leeds, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
Claire Rae Randall will lead this four week class on drawing techniques including materials such as charcoal, chalk, pencil, pastel and crayon, exploring how form is suggested and develops from structure.
Entrance £2.50/£2.00 (concessions and members) including refreshments.
Next session will be on 31st May, 7th & 14th June.
These heritage walks were funded by the National Lottery Community Fund as part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’.

MBS evening with film screening of ‘The Seventh Seal’ at Howard Assembly Room
2022-05-25 20:15 | Howard Assembly Room (Leeds Grand Theatre), New Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6NU
Our May Mind, Body & Spirit event will be a film screening of ‘The Seventh Seal’ with a 20min live music performance during the interval at the Howard Assembly Room on 25th May at 7:15 pm.
‘The Seventh Seal’ is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set is Sweden during the Black Death, The Seventh Seal tells of the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) and a game of chess he plays with the personification of Death (Bengt Ekerot), who has come to take his life.
Disillusioned knight Antonius Block and his cynical squire Jöns return from the Crusades to find the country ravaged by the plague. The knight encounters Death, whom he challenges to a chess match, believing he can survive as long as the game continues. The game they start continues throughout the story.
The Seventh Seal is considered a classic of world cinema, as well as one of the greatest movies of all time. It established Bergman as a world-renowned director, containing scenes which have become iconic through homages, critical analysis, and parodies.
Tickets: £5.00
Please let know Sibylle asap if you would like to join us. We have a few tickets left for the event.

Second session of Drawing, Structure and Form workshops with Claire Randall – part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’
2022-05-31 14:30 - 16:30 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD, Green Road, Leeds, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
Claire Rae Randall will lead this four week class on drawing techniques including materials such as charcoal, chalk, pencil, pastel and crayon, exploring how form is suggested and develops from structure.
Entrance £2.50/£2.00 (concessions and members) including refreshments.
Next session will be on 7th & 14th June.
These heritage walks were funded by the National Lottery Community Fund as part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’.

Third session of Drawing, Structure and Form workshops with Claire Randall – part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’
2022-06-07 14:30 - 16:30 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD, Green Road, Leeds, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
Claire Rae Randall will lead this four week class on drawing techniques including materials such as charcoal, chalk, pencil, pastel and crayon, exploring how form is suggested and develops from structure.
Entrance £2.50/£2.00 (concessions and members) including refreshments.
Last session will take please on 14th June.
These heritage walks were funded by the National Lottery Community Fund as part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’.

Last session of Drawing, Structure and Form workshops with Claire Randall – part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’
2022-06-14 14:30 - 16:30 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD, Green Road, Leeds, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
Claire Rae Randall will lead this four week class on drawing techniques including materials such as charcoal, chalk, pencil, pastel and crayon, exploring how form is suggested and develops from structure.
Entrance £2.50/£2.00 (concessions and members) including refreshments.
These heritage walks were funded by the National Lottery Community Fund as part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’.

Open Mic Poetry, Prose and Music Evening
2022-06-15 20:15 - 22:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN

Local Heritage Walks in Headingley and Kirkstall with Claire Rae Randall - part of 'Wellbeing through Community Activities’
2022-07-07 14:30
Kirkstall Abbey and grounds. Continuing on from the series of Heritage walks with Claire Randall last autumn we begin with a visit to Kirkstall Abbey both to view the parts we didn’t have time to see last year and also to pay our respects to the memory of Carol Downing whose ashes were committed to the river there.
Next walks will be held on 14th, 21st & 28th July.
These heritage walks were funded by the National Lottery Community Fund as part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’.

Local Heritage Walks in Headingley and Kirkstall with Claire Rae Randall – part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’
2022-07-14 14:30
Meet at Sainsbury’s, the Arndale Centre to continue the unfinished walk in Grove Lane, the Claremonts and Shaw Lane which we did last autumn.
Next walks will be held on 21st & 28th July.
These heritage walks were funded by the National Lottery Community Fund as part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’.

Poetry Evening
2022-07-20 20:15 - 22:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Poetry, Prose and Music evening.
Entrance £3.50/£3.00 members and concessions, including refreshments. Pay on the door.

Local Heritage Walks in Headingley and Kirkstall with Claire Rae Randall – part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’
2022-07-21 14:30
Meet at Sainsbury’s, the Arndale Centre for exploration of the Victorian architecture to be found between Burton Crescent and Cottage Road.
Last walk will be held on 28th July.
These heritage walks were funded by the National Lottery Community Fund as part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’.

Circular walk through Weston Park, East Wood and surrounding pastures with Natasha
2022-07-24 11:30
Please take the X84 Ilkley bus at 10:30 am from Leeds Central Bus Station to meet Natasha (0113 2686077) at 11.15 am at Otley Bus Station for a 4.5m circular walk through Weston Park, East Wood and surrounding pastures. The suggested poetry theme is “Natural World”. After the walk there will be an optional visit to a nearby pub for a drink.”

Local Heritage Walks in Headingley and Kirkstall with Claire Rae Randall
2022-07-28 14:30
Meet at Sainsbury’s, the Arndale Centre for a walk around some of the hidden heart of Headingley.

Local Heritage Walks in Headingley and Kirkstall with Claire Rae Randall – part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’
2022-07-28 14:30
Meet at Sainsbury’s, the Arndale Centre for a walk around some of the hidden heart of Headingley.
These heritage walks were funded by the National Lottery Community Fund as part of ‘Wellbeing through Community Activities’.

Open Mic Poetry, Prose and Music Evening
2022-09-21 20:15, 2022-09-21 20:15 - 22:00, 2022-10-19 20:15 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Everybody is welcome to read and sing.
Entrance £3.50/£3.00 members and concessions, including refreshments. Pay on the door.

Horsforth Village Circular Walk with June Smith
2022-09-25 12:00
Horsforth Village Circular (5 miles)
Directions
11:00 No. 50A bus from Stand G on Eastgate (in front of the John Lewis Store).
Alight 11:37 at ‘The Green’ (opposite the Horsforth Village Museum) Postcode: LS18 5JB
*If coming by car please arrive by 11:40am at the Fink Hill Car Park, Horsforth, LS18 5DX
This pleasant circular walk takes in a variety of local historical and scenic sites, all in the Horsforth region. I will stop and read these interesting ‘asides’ to you as we walk along.
Refreshments
On completion of the walk there are local cafes on the Town Street. However, I heartily recommend that you visit the free and fascinating Horsforth Village Museum. It has been described as a ‘wonderfully eccentric and educational’ place, covering the Victorian, Georgian and Edwardian periods.
Poems on the theme of ‘history’ or ‘historical events’ would fit in beautifully.
*Please wear suitable walking gear – the area can be wet and boggy in places. Bring a packed lunch and a drink.

Postponed to 26th November - MBS: Sabrina Piggott with Bob Lockwood
2022-09-28 20:15 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Sabrina’s songs are full of a sense of open space and possibilities. For Sabrina is an adventuress. An award-winner. In many ways a free spirit. With roots and wings.
Her rich traditional music background derives from her ancestral home, the countryside of Cork, in Ireland. And her distinctive rippling, almost Philip Glass evoking, acoustic guitar style sets the tone for a heart-melting voice, with its Celtic timbre, that pulls the emotion out of the lyrics.
“A bold, adventurous and exciting emergent name in the world of contemporary folk” – Folk Radio UK

Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition
2022-09-30 18:30 | Stage 4, Versa Studios Leeds, Whitehall Road Parking, Holbeck, Leeds, United Kingdom, LS12 1AP.
The Exhibition is located right behind the bus station on Springwell Street. Duration: the visit will take approx. 1 hour and 30 minutes The Exhibition showcases the awe and wonder of arguably one of mankind’s greatest artistic achievements, while allowing its visitors to experience this art from an up-close, life-size, and never-before-seen perspective. With special expertise and care, the ceiling paintings from the Sistine Chapel have been reproduced in a truly unique way using licensed high-definition photos. Brought to life using a special printing technique that emulates the look and feel of the original paintings, visitors are given a chance to engage with the artwork in ways that were never before possible: seeing every detail, every brushstroke, and every colour of the artist’s 34 frescoes. Each image is accompanied by informative signage, and audio guides are available to rent for an even more in-depth experience.
No Group tickets available: Adult/ Senior (over 65), NHS valid ID, from £11-15.00
Venue: Stage 4, Versa Studios Leeds, Whitehall Road Parking, Holbeck, Leeds, United Kingdom, LS12 1AP.

Light Night Leeds 2022
2022-10-14 19:30
Leeds Light Night is the UKs largest arts and light festival with some on Leeds’ most recognisable indoor and outdoor spaces transformed by spectacular artworks and captivating performances by local, national and international artists. This year’s festival will be boasting large-scale light projections and interactive installations, music, dance and street performances which will take over well-known landmarks and locations across Leeds city centre.

Walk around St Aidan's Nature Park
2022-10-30 11:00
The circular walk has amazing views and wonderful wildlife including bitterns, avocets, black terns, skylarks and meadow pipits.
The nature reserve is open from 10am-5pm, 1 March-31 October.
By bus
Please meet at 11:00 am at Leeds Bus Station where the Travel Information Centre is located. The bus leave from Stand C outside the bus station to the left.
Buses run to Allerton Bywater from Leeds City Centre and Castleford (bus service 168). The nearest bus stop is Bowers Row stop number 45010157. This is 0.2 miles from the visitor centre.
By road
Leave the M1 at junction 46 towards Garforth follow the Selby Road/A63, turn right at the roundabout onto A642, turn left after 1.4 miles onto Astley Lane, the reserve is on the right after 1.5 miles.
We will be meeting at 11:45 am at the reserve’s car park.
Car park is open from 6am to 8pm
There are no entry fees to the nature reserve, but the following parking charges apply:

RSPB members: FREE
(please display your membership card face down in your windscreen)
Non-members: £4 per vehicle
Blue badge holders: FREE
(please display your badge in your windscreen)

The suggested poetry theme is ‘Nature’. After the walk there will be an optional visit to the café at the entrance of the reserve which will be open from 10am-4.30pm.
Please wear appropriate cloths (see weather forecast) and take some lunch with you. There are benches all along the way where we will be able to stop for lunch and poetry.

Poetry Evening with Hilary Murray and Louise Holmes
2022-11-16 19:15 - 21:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Wednesday 16th November 7.15 p.m.
Hilary J Murray lives in Leeds, but grew up in Kent. She is mainly kept busy by her three daughters, four granddaughters – and poetry. Poems have appeared in Grey Hen Press anthologies, the pamphlet Second Bite, and magazines.
‘I owe a huge amount to a succession of poetry groups in Leeds – the latest incarnation is the Tiled Hall Poets’.
Louise Holmes
Born in Bradford and now living in Leeds, Louise Holmes remembers her love of poetry starting in early childhood. Louise has had poems widely published, including in poetry journals, magazines, on internet platforms and in a number of anthologies. She has won several prizes for poetry and read at various events and open mics in Yorkshire and further afield.
Louise says, ‘I write about the small (and sometimes enormous) experiences of family life that stay with me – and about those unusual encounters and observations that bring a rich and welcome seam of the unexpected to the day-to-day. I am increasingly finding myself drawn to nature in my writing – themes which also occur in my art practice.’
Entrance £3.50/£3.00 members and concessions, including refreshments. Pay on the door.

Woodhouse Ridge/ Meanwood Valley Urban Farm circular walk led by Richard Bojanowski
2022-11-20 12:00
Woodhouse Ridge/ Meanwood Valley Urban Farm circular walk (3.5 miles) led by Richard Bojanowski.

Meet 12 noon at Peel statue (across road from Wrangthorn Church), Hyde Park corner, Leeds 6. Even on Sunday there are plenty of buses every hour to Hyde Park corner.

We will cross over to Cliff Lane and skirt around delightful Art Nouveau Gothic, Cliffe Lawn House (now Wat Buddharam Buddhist Center), and see where Atkinson Grimshaw lived as a young man in this leavy neighbourhood.

Then we descend gently down Woodhouse Ridge, via the large wood sculpture, and cross Meanwood Road to the Urban Farm, where we initially greet the Alpacas (who welcome visitors on Sunday).

Then we will “travel in time” on the Farm Geological Trail where there are also good spacious green views of valley.

Option to have refreshments at Urban Farm cafe, or at Hyde Park corner, at end of walk.
We return via a different gentle slope up Woodhouse Ridge (I would suggest having cafe refreshments at end of walk).

Poetry on theme of “Re-Wilding the City”
