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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
AN EMPTY RAILWAY STATION IN AN UNNAMED BORDER TOWN, AT THE HEART OF EUROPE. Trains from every corner of the continent thunder through without ever stopping but what happens to the people left behind? Written at the height of the Balkan war, the last major conflict on European soil, David Greig’s 1994 play has achieved ... Read more
Join Leeds Combined Arts members and guests for an 'open mic' poetry & prose evening on any theme or topic. Entrance £3.50/£3.00 includes refreshments.
A full company of critically acclaimed artistes and musicians deliver a show that combines great music, fun and laughter with the greatest hits of ELVIS, DUSTY, LULU, THE BEATLES, SANDIE SHAW, THE DRIFTERS, FRANKIE VALLI, CILLA, GREASE, and much more, to ensure a brilliant night out is had by all! West End superstar Suzi Madin ... Read more
Join us for our bi- weekly book reading group at Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood. We are a friendly group of people who like to take turns to read aloud. We commence at 3.00 p.m. and have a break for refreshments usually finishing around 5.00 p.m. At the moment we are reading 'The House at ... Read more
This evening we will be looking at the teachings of Donna Eden and following some practical exercises to increase our energy levels in the first half. The exercises are simple and can also be done seated. In the second half we will be looking at the temporal tap and how we can use this simple ... Read more
