Events - February 24 onwards

Feb 20 2011 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

EVENTS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24

CHESTER: Pack Your Bags - make a suitcase and fill it with an assortment of tiny clothes and accessories you have designed and created at the Grosvenor Museum’s Newstead Gallery from 2-4pm. Free drop-in session.

CHESTER: Chester Society of Natural Science, Literature and Art meeting with talk on A stroll through the Axis of Evil at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Ring 01244 335955.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25

CHESTER: Crazy Trains - create a long train with lots of carriages filled with strange people at the Grosvenor Museum’s Newstead Gallery from 2-4pm. Free drop-in session.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26

CHESTER: Charity duck race from the Suspension Bridge to the Weir in aid of Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. Prizes for the first four winning ducks. Price £2.50 per duck. Starts 1pm.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27

WEPRE: Conserve the Common - help the ranger clear vegetation from one of the mountain ponds from 10.30-12.30pm. Wear old clothes and bring your wellies. Ring 01244 814931 for details.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28

CHESTER: Chester Society of Landscape History meeting with talk on Boogie-Woogie, Flappers, Bathtub Gin and the Modernist Garden at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Visit www.chesterlandscapehistory.org.uk.

TUESDAY, MARCH 1

CHESTER: Glimpses of Grandeur exhibition tour looking at the glories of Roman Baroque architecture as captured in the paintings of Peter Edge at the Grosvenor Museum Exhibition Gallery Two from 2-3pm. Admission free.

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen meeting with talk on Military Miscellany - Debating the Vietnam War at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Ring 0151 346 1017.

CHESTER: Chester Film Society screening of the 2008 German film Die Welle (The Wave), at St Mary’s Centre, at 7.45pm. Guest tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750 or visit www.chesterfilmfans.co.uk.

THURSDAY, MARCH 3

CHESTER: Chester Society of Natural Science Literature and Art meeting with talk on Glimpse of Libya at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Ring 01244 335955.

MONDAY, MARCH 7

ETNA PARK: Cycling with a Difference - join Groundwork for all ability cycling around Etna Park from 11am-1pm. Booking essential on 07842 205946.

TUESDAY, MARCH 8

CHESTER: Lecture on Great Painters of the Baroque by Adrian Sumner at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 1.30pm. Admission £3 on the door.

CHESTER: Chester Film Society screening of the 2009 Russian/French film Le Concert, at St Mary’s Centre in Gloucester Street, Newtown, at 7.45pm. Guest tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750 or visit www.chesterfilmfans.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9

CHESTER: Lecture on In the Eyes of the Beholder: The Value and Challenges of Multi-perspective Health Research by Dr Bridget Young, University of Liverpool, in Binks CBK 010 at the University of Chester at 12.30pm. Admission free. Visit www.chester.ac.uk/public-lectures for details or ring 01244 511740.

CHESTER: Lecture on Ways of Thinking with Animals: Theological Ethics and Creaturely Diversity by Professor Willis Jenkins, Margaret A Farley Assistant Professor of Social Ethics, Yale University Divinity School, in Beswick Lecture Theatre at the University of Chester at 7.30pm. Admission free. Visit www.chester.ac.uk/public-lectures for details or ring 01244 511740.

TUESDAY, MARCH 15

CHESTER: Carluccio’s Italian Kitchen presents a risotto making demonstration - learn how to make the perfect risotto at this fun and informal cookery class at Carluccio’s in Bridge Street at 7pm. Spaces are limited and cost £15 per person. To reserve a place, call 01244 401 938.

CHESTER: Chester Film Society screening of the 2006 American film A Prairie Home Companion, directed by Robert Altman and starring Meryl Streep, at St Mary’s Centre, at 7.45pm. Guest tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750 or visit www.chesterfilmfans.co.uk.

MONDAY, MARCH 21

CHESTER: The Chester branch of the RNLI is holding their AGM at the Chester Sailing & Canoeing Club - CSCC, Training Room on Sandy Lane at 7.15pm.

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen lecture entitled James Crichton & Co. Shipbuilding on the River Dee by Geoff Pickard who covers the shipbuilding process, as well as featuring in detail the lives of many of the wide variety of ships that were constructed there and delivered to customers all over the world at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Visitors £6. Ring 0151 346 1017 for details.

TUESDAY, MARCH 22

CHESTER: Chester Film Society screening of the 2006 Iran/Iraq/Austrian film Niwenang (Half Moon), at the Little Theatre in Gloucester Street, Newtown, at 7.45pm. Guest tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750 or visit www.chesterfilmfans.co.uk.

SATURDAY, MARCH 26

CHESTER: SF & Fantasy Readers Group meeting on the theme Post Apocalypse at Chester Library in Northgate Street from 2-3.30pm. Ring 01244 678482 or visit www.chesterscifi.wordpress.com.

TUESDAY, APRIL 5

CHESTER: Chester Film Society screening of the 2009 French film Lourdes, at the Little Theatre in Gloucester Street, Newtown, at 7.45pm. Guest tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750 or visit www.chesterfilmfans.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6

CHESTER: Lecture on Area Based Initiatives as a Vehicle for Social Change: Assessing the Scope for Health Improvement by Katie Powell, Gladstone PhD student, Centre for Public Health Research, in Binks CBK 010 at the University of Chester at 12.30pm. Admission free. Visit www.chester.ac.uk/public-lectures for details or ring 01244 511740.

MONDAY, APRIL 18

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen lecture entitled Astronomy and Art by Professor David Hughes, Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at Sheffield University, who has conducted research into the minor bodies of the solar system and has lectured all over the world, at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Visitors £6. Ring 0151 346 1017 for details.

TUESDAY, APRIL 19

CHESTER: Chester Film Society screening of the 1998 Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski starring Jeff Bridges, at the Little Theatre in Gloucester Street, Newtown, at 7.45pm. Guest tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750 or visit www.chesterfilmfans.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11

CHESTER: Lecture on Exploring Local Delivery to Improve Health and Reduce Inequalities: A Sociological Study of One Local Public Health System by Rebecca Mead, Gladstone PhD student, Centre for Public Health Research in Binks CBK 106/1 at the University of Chester at 12.30pm. Admission free. Visit www.chester.ac.uk/public-lectures for details or ring 01244 511740.

CHESTER: Lecture on I Believe: The Place of Creeds in a Life of Faith by Professor Alister McGrath, King’s College London, at The Chapter House, Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm. Admission free. Visit www.chester.ac.uk/public-lectures for details or ring 01244 511740.

MONDAY, MAY 16

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen lecture entitled Working with the Homeless in Manchester by PC Judith Walmsley OBE, who works closely with homeless charities to eradicate anti-social behaviour and get people off the streets and into accommodation, at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Visitors £6. Ring 0151 346 1017 for details.

SATURDAY, MAY 21

BURWARDSLEY: Harthill Trust holding a free storytelling course entitled Wartime on the Ridge led by Johnny Gillett, The Journey Man at the Harthill Trust. Booking essential on 01829 782 822 or email chris@harthill.org. Free to Cheshire residents - non-residents £25.

SUNDAY, MAY 22

BURWARDSLEY: Harthill Trust holding a free storytelling course entitled Wartime on the Ridge led by Johnny Gillett, The Journey Man at the Harthill Trust. Booking essential on 01829 782 822 or email chris@harthill.org. Free to Cheshire residents - non-residents £25.

MONDAY, JUNE 20

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen Annual General Meeting followed by lecture entitled Animal Architecture: the extraordinary structures animals build by Prof Mike Hansell, who has conducted research on the building behaviour of animals of various kinds, in particular on the nest building of birds and wasps and on the case building of caddis fly larvae, at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.15pm. Visitors £6. Ring 0151 346 1017 for details.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20

BURWARDSLEY: Harthill Trust holding a free course entitled Landscape Painting for Beginners at the Harthill Trust. This course is aimed at complete beginners and will offer all the necessary tuition, materials and support for participants to produce a successful landscape painting using acrylics onto canvas. Booking essential on 01829 782 822 or email chris@harthill.org. Free to Cheshire residents -non-residents £25.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 21

BURWARDSLEY: Harthill Trust holding a free course entitled Landscape Painting for Beginners at the Harthill Trust. This course is aimed at complete beginners and will offer all the necessary tuition, materials and support for participants to produce a successful landscape painting using acrylics onto canvas. Booking essential on 01829 782 822 or email chris@harthill.org. Free to Cheshire residents -non-residents £25.