What’s On - Events - October 15 onwards

Oct 13 2009 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

EVENTS

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

CHESTER: Chester Antiques and Fine Art Show at Chester Racecourse from 10.30am-6pm. Tickets £5. Ring 0870 350 2442.

CHESTER: Come and hear how artists work - Simon Grennan, one of international artist duo Grennan & Sperandio, reveals how they made two new artworks specially for the Grosvenor Museum during a presentation in the museum’s lecture theatre from 2-3pm. Free admission.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

CHESTER: Chester Antiques and Fine Art Show at Chester Racecourse from 10.30am-6pm. Tickets £5. Ring 0870 350 2442.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17

CHESTER: Chester Literature Festival presents a poetry workshop with Jan Dean for 7+ at St Mary’s Centre at 10.30am. Admission free. Ring 0845 241 7868 or visit www.chesterfestivals.co.uk.

CHESTER: Chester Antiques and Fine Art Show at Chester Racecourse from 10.30am-6pm. Tickets £5. Ring 0870 350 2442.

CHESTER: Chester Literature Festival presents Words & Biscuits - ten Chester women writers regale everyone with poems and amusing stories at Bishop Lloyd’s Palace at 10.30am. Admission free. Ring 0845 241 7868 or visit www.chesterfestivals.co.uk.

CHESTER: Chester Literature Festival presents Myra Schneider and John Killick: Writing Yourself Workshop at Chester Quaker Meeting House from 11am-1pm. Cost £15 including refreshments. Limited to 20 people. Ring 0845 241 7868 or visit www.chesterfestivals.co.uk.

CHESTER: Chester Literature Festival presents Twm Morys and Meirion Huws, present and former Welsh Children’s Laureate, at Bishop Lloyd’s Palace at 11.15am and 2pm. Admission free. Ring 0845 241 7868 or visit www.chesterfestivals.co.uk.

CHESTER: The Grosvenor Rowing Club are holding a fundraising table top sale, from noon-4pm. Admission is free and all are welcome to come along and have a look. There will be refreshments available at the club. The club is situated on The Groves, between The Boat House Inn and the Blue Moon Cafe.

CHESTER: Chester Literature Festival presents David Gaffney’s flash fiction workshop and reading at St Mary’s Centre from 2-3.30pm. Admission £10, £5 if in full time education. Suitable for 15+. Ring 0845 241 7868 or visit www.chesterfestivals.co.uk.

CHESTER: Chester Literature Festival presents Food For Thought, a writing workshop by Pat Borthwick based on the use of food and its importance in our lives at St Mary’s Centre from 2.30pm. Admission £15, including refreshments. Limited to 20 places. Ring 0845 241 7868 or visit www.chesterfestivals.co.uk.

CHESTER: Chester Literature Festival presents Poems and stories, tea and jam with the WI at WI House in Whitefriars at 4pm. Admission free but a charge for refreshments. Ring 0845 241 7868 or visit www.chesterfestivals.co.uk.

ELLESMERE PORT: Chester Literature Festival presents Are Plays Literature? - a workshop with Kevin Dyer, associate director of Action Transport, at Action Transport Theatre in Whitby Hall, Stanney Lane, from 1-4pm. Free event. Suitable for 14+. Ring 0151 357 2120 for details.

KNUTSFORD: Cheshire Crafts and Gifts Fair featuring 50 exhibitors and lots of ideas for early Christmas shopping at Tatton Park from 10.30am-5pm. Admission free. Normal park entry charges apply. Ring 01509 217444.

NESS: RHS Lecture on Vegetable Growing Then and Now with speaker Sue Hoy at Ness Gardens from 2-4pm. RHS members £5, non-members £6.50 including admission to gardens. Ring 0151 353 0123 or visit www.nessgardens.org.uk.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18

CHESTER: Chester Antiques and Fine Art Show at Chester Racecourse from 10.30am-5pm. Tickets £5. Ring 0870 350 2442.

CONNAH’S QUAY: Connah’s Quay Reserve Open Day - join the Deeside Naturalists Society for some high-tide birdwatching from 10am-3pm. Ring 01244 537440 for details.

KNUTSFORD: Cheshire Crafts and Gifts Fair featuring 50 exhibitors and lots of ideas for early Christmas shopping at Tatton Park from 10.30am-5pm. Admission free. Normal park entry charges apply. Also taking place is the Tatton Apple Day from 11am-4pm with games and children’s activities in the kitchen gardens. Ring 01509 217444.

WREXHAM: Clwyd Classic Car Picnic - more than 60 vintage and classic cars on display at Erddig Hall & Gardens from 11am-4pm. Ring 01978 355314.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen meeting with talk on Britain’s First Hydrogen Bombs? by Donald McIntyre at the The Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm.

CHESTER: Zest! open floor poetry night at Alexander’s in Rufus Court from 8pm. Special guest Leih Steggall. Tickets £3. Ring 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20

CHESTER: Hamilton Street Methodist Church fellowship lunch in the Church Hall from 11.30am-1pm. Admission £3. There will be a craft stall as well as bring and buy.

CHESTER: Chester Writers read their latest creative contributions at the Little Theatre in Gloucester Street, Newtown, at 8pm. Ring 01928 724808 for details.

MANCHESTER: National Track Cycling Championships at the National Cycling Centre in Sportcity. Watch the stars of British cycling compete for national titles. Visit www.britishcycling.org.uk.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21

CHESTER: Chester Flower Club AGM and lunch with talk by Lesley Cole on European Excursion at Christleton Village Hall at 1.30pm. Ring 01829 751140.

CHESTER: A Wander into Chester’s Strange and Mysterious Past, to complement the Murder, Mystery and Mayhem exhibition, starting from St Michael’s Church on Bridge Street Row at 2pm. Cost £5, £4 concessions. Book on 01244 402110.

MANCHESTER: National Track Cycling Championships at the National Cycling Centre in Sportcity. Watch the stars of British cycling compete for national titles. Visit www.britishcycling.org.uk.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

CHESTER: Family History Through Fashion and Photographs - Gillian Stapleton from the History Wardrobe goes on a personal journey into the past by giving tips on reasearching family history at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre from 2-3pm. Admission free.

MANCHESTER: National Track Cycling Championships at the National Cycling Centre in Sportcity. Watch the stars of British cycling compete for national titles. Visit www.britishcycling.org.uk.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23

MANCHESTER: National Track Cycling Championships at the National Cycling Centre in Sportcity. Watch the stars of British cycling compete for national titles. Visit www.britishcycling.org.uk.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24

CHESTER: Get Stuffed - come and stuff fake animals using the techniques of real taxidermists at the Grosvenor Museum Education Workroom from 11am-noon and 2-3pm. Free activity. Book on 01244 402005.

MANCHESTER: National Track Cycling Championships at the National Cycling Centre in Sportcity. Watch the stars of British cycling compete for national titles. Visit www.britishcycling.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: Start of the Manchester Science Festival which runs until November 1 at the Museum of Science and Industry in Liverpool Road. Visit www.mosi.org.uk for details.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26

CHESTER: Paper Dolls and Outfits - make your own paper dolls dressed in outfits from the My Favourite Outfit exhibition at the Grosvenor Museum Education Workroom from 2-4pm. Free drop-in activity. Ring 01244 402005.

CHESTER: Chester Society For Landscape History meeting with talk on The Houses of Mold and District by David Rowe at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm. Non-members £3.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27

CHESTER: Animal Magic - inspired by the photographs in the Wild Britain exhibition, you can design your own three dimensional animal picture at the Grosvenor Museum Newstead Gallery from 2-4pm. Free drop-in activity. Ring 01244 402005.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30

WEPRE: Horror in the Dunes - carve your own pumpkin, drink some blood with ghostly sweets and discover the horrors waiting for you on the dune paths at Wepre Park from 6.30-9.30pm. Cost £1 per child. Booking essential on 01244 814931.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3

CHESTER: Chester Film Society presents a screening of the 2008 UK film In Bruges starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleason at the Little Theatre in Gloucester Street, Newtown, at 7.45pm. Tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4

CHESTER: Picasso: Manmythgeniusmonster - a lecture on Pablo Picasso by Adrian Sumner at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 1.30pm. Admission £3.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12

MALPAS: Malpas Horticultural Society meeting with quiz and social evening at the Jubilee Hall at 7.30pm. Ring 01948 860630.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen meeting with talk on Tulipomania, The History of the Tulip by Dr Celia Fisher at the The Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18

CHESTER: Chester Flower Club meeting with talk by Lynda Stamp on Let’s Celebrate Christmas at Christleton Village Hall at 1.30pm. Ring 01829 751140.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23

CHESTER: Chester Society For Landscape History meeting with talk on Habitats and Hillforts of Cheshire’s Sandstone Ridge by Dan Garner at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm. Non-members £3.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24

CHESTER: Chester Film Society presents a screening of the 2006 Danish film Efter Brylluppet (After The Wedding) starring Mads Mikkelsen at the Little Theatre in Gloucester Street, Newtown, at 7.45pm. Tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1

CHESTER: Chester Film Society presents a screening of the 2006 Australian film Ten Canoes at the Little Theatre in Gloucester Street, Newtown, at 7.45pm, preceded by Christmas reception. Tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4

CHESTER: Chester & District branch of the Parkinson’s Disease Society Christmas lunch. Ring 01244 678866 for details.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen joint meeting with the Royal Geographical Society featuring talk onLibya Awakes! by Chris Bradley, travel photographer, television documentary film maker and author, at the University of Chester at 7.30pm.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10

MALPAS: Malpas Horticultural Society annual general meeting at the Jubilee Hall at 7.30pm. Ring 01948 860630.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15

CHESTER: Chester Film Society presents a screening of the 2007 Israel/France/USA co-production Bikur Ha Tizmoret (The Band’s Visit) at the Steam Mill in Steam Mill Street, at 7.45pm. Tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750.

MONDAY, JANUARY 18

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen meeting featuring talk onFrom bottle to widget: how Guinness has set the pace of technological change by Mike Graham, an illustrated talk on the inventions of draught Guinness and canned draught Guinness, at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 23

LIVERPOOL: British Supercross indoor dirt bike racing at the Echo Arena. Tickets £36-£21. Ring 0844 8000 400 or visit www.accliverpool.com.