Events - April 14 onwards

Apr 11 2011 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

EVENTS

SATURDAY, APRIL 16

KNUTSFORD: Start of lambing week at Home Farm at Tatton Park from noon-5pm. Normal farm entry charges apply. Closed Monday. Runs until April 22. Ring 01625 374400 or visit www.tattonpark.org.uk.

NESS: Up With The Lark! with the RSPB followed by breakfast at Ness Gardens from 7-9am. Pre-booking essential on 0151 353 0123.

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.

CHESTER: Railway Correspondence and Travel Society meets for the final time this season at the Town Crier opposite Chester railway station at 7.30pm. The speaker is Chester resident Geoff Morris with his digital presentation entitled Another Australian Adventure. Visitors £2. Ring 0151 608 4296 for details.

TUESDAY, APRIL 19

CHESTER: Easter Crafts - celebrate Easter and make your own Easter bunny ears and a basket to deliver your eggs, at the Grosvenor Museum Newstead Gallery from 2-4pm. Free drop-in session.

CHESTER: The Chester and District Fuchsia Society will be holding their monthly meeting at The Catholic Social Club, Brook Street, at 7.30pm. The guest speaker is George Foster from Salford Fuchsia Society. For details contact 01928 714593.

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, APRIL 20

CHESTER: Clay Faces - join artist Anne Clements and make a clay model to be proud of - they will be fired and displayed in the foyer case in the museum until the middle of June following the workshop at the Grosvenor Museum Education Workroom from 11am-1pm. £3 per child (ages 11-16). Book on 01244 402005.

CHESTER: Chester Civic Trust meeting with talk on Visions of Rome - Piranesi & The Forum at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Ring 01244 318415 or visit www.chestercivictrust.org.uk.

THURSDAY, APRIL 21

CHESTER: Dragons - celebrate St George’s Day with the story of St George and the Dragon by making your own moving, friendly dragon to take home with you during story time sessions at 2pm, 2.30pm, 3pm and 3.30pm at Grosvenor Museum’s Newstead Gallery.

SATURDAY, APRIL 23

CHESTER: St George and The Dragon event on the Town Hall Square from 11am.

SUNDAY, APRIL 24

WEPRE: Easter Treasure Hunt - popular Easter Sunday fun for all the family at Wepre Visitor Centre from 1-3pm. Charge £1 per treasure hunter. Ring 01244 814931.

MONDAY, APRIL 25

TALACRE: Easter egg hunt with the Coastal Rangers from 10am-3pm. Meet at the Information Gazebo on the beach car park. Charge 50p per person. Proceeds to RNLI.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27

CHESTER: Chester Archaeological Society AGM with talk on Recent Excavations in Chester at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Ring 01244 310563 or visit www.chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk.

SATURDAY, APRIL 30

WEPRE: The History of Wepre Estate - a slide show presented by Ian Cugley at Wepre Park Visitor Centre from 2-4pm. £2 per person. Ring 01244 814931 for details.

SUNDAY, MAY 1

TARPORLEY: National Gardens Scheme open day at Haughton Hall from 2-5pm. Admission £5, children £2.50. Dogs welcome.

SATURDAY, MAY 7

CHESTER: Porcelain Birds - study the shapes of birds in the Natural History Gallery at the Grosvenor Museum and then join artist Liz Ellis to create your own palm-sized bird from porcelain paper-clay in the Education Workroom from 11am-12.30pm. Cost £3. Book on 01244 402005.

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 The Dark Shadow of Defeat: Germany After the First World War by Dr Tim Grady of the University of Chester at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre from 1-2pm. Admission free.

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.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8

CHESTER: Lecture on Community Health Checks: Behaviour Change Evaluation by Simon Alford, from the 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.

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.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6

CHESTER: Lecture on Workplace Stress and Control Over Work Time by Kathryn Melling, from the 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.

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.