Events - October 20 onwards

Oct 15 2011 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

EVENTS

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20

CHESTER: Chester Antiques Show with 50 dealers bringing their quality antiques and art to the County Grandstand at Chester Racecourse from 11am-6pm. Tickets £5. Call 01825 744074 or visit www.penman-fairs.co.uk.

CHESTER: Chester Society of Natural Science Literature and Art meeting with talk on Creature Feature by David Stewart - an introduction to the film making process through the eyes of the animals that occasionally feature in them, at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Call 01244 335955.

KNUTSFORD: An antiques evening with Nick Hall at Tabley House at 7.30pm. Tickets £14. Call 01751 473780.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21

CHESTER: Chester Antiques Show with 50 dealers bringing their quality antiques and art to the County Grandstand at Chester Racecourse from 11am-6pm. Tickets £5. Call 01825 744074 or visit www.penman-fairs.co.uk.

CHESTER: Chester Performs presents Up The Wall, a feast of extraordinary sights and sounds by local and international artists, at Chester Castle from 6.30-9pm. Admission free. Call 01244 409113 or visit www.chesterperforms.com for details.

CHESTER: Chester Real Ale Festival at The Guildhall in Watergate Street from 7-11pm. Tickets £6 including souvenir glass and programme. Call 01244 313182.

ELLESMERE PORT: Boat Museum Society talk by Cath Turpin, looking at the development of this local company and its water transport links, at the National Waterways Museum at 7.30pm. Call 0151 355 5017 or visit www.nwm.org.uk.

FRODSHAM: Frodsham Music and Arts Club meeting with talk on Charles Kingsley and Chester: A Very Special Connection by Steve Woolfall at the community centre in Fluin Lane at 7.45pm. Call 01928 724296.

KNUTSFORD: The North West Food Lovers Festival with more than 120 food and drink stalls at Tatton Park from noon-5pm. Adults £4, under 12s free. Car parking charges apply. Call 01625 374400 or visit www.nwfoodloversfestival.com.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

CHESTER: Chester Antiques Show with 50 dealers bringing their quality antiques and art to the County Grandstand at Chester Racecourse from 11am-6pm. Tickets £5. Call 01825 744074 or visit www.penman-fairs.co.uk.

CHESTER: Chester Real Ale Festival at The Guildhall in Watergate Street from noon-4pm and 7-11pm. Tickets £4 afternoon, £5 evening including souvenir glass and programme. Call 01244 313182.

FRODSHAM: Frodsham and District Choral Society holding a giant book sale at Frodsham Parish Hall in Church Street from 10am-noon.

KNUTSFORD: The North West Food Lovers Festival with more than 120 food and drink stalls at Tatton Park from 10am-5pm. Adults £5, under 12s free. Car parking charges apply. Call 01625 374400 or visit www.nwfoodloversfestival.com.

KNUTSFORD: Get Squashed in the Gardens - displays of Tatton’s end of season produce at Tatton Park during normal opening times. Follow the trail to Tatton’s special pumpkin tree. Normal admission prices apply. Runs until October 30. Call 01625 374400 or visit www.tattonpark.org.uk.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23

BEESTON: Medieval dressing up - bring along your budding knights and princesses to try on medieval costumes at Beeston Castle from 11am-4pm. Adults £5.50, concessions £5, children £3.50. Car parking charges apply. Runs until October 31. Call 0870 333 1181.

CHESTER: Chester Antiques Show with 50 dealers bringing their quality antiques and art to the County Grandstand at Chester Racecourse from 11am-5pm. Tickets £5. Call 01825 744074 or visit www.penman-fairs.co.uk.

CHESTER: Nuts and Bolts walking tour - a gentle walk around the canal basin and along the canal to the Leadworks site, looking at the varied engineering in this small area. Meet in the car park at Telford’s Warehouse in Tower Wharf at 2pm. Free but booking essential on 01244 402005

KNUTSFORD: The North West Food Lovers Festival with more than 120 food and drink stalls at Tatton Park from 10am-5pm. Adults £5, under 12s free. Car parking charges apply. Call 01625 374400 or visit www.nwfoodloversfestival.com.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24

CHESTER: Ballerinas - the artist Ethel Gabain was fascinated by the theatre and by ballerinas in particular. Come and make a sparkling little ballerina to star in your own stage production at the Grosvenor Museum’s Newstead Gallery from 2-4pm. Free drop-in session.

NESS: Boredom Busters and Pumpkin Trail at Ness Gardens from 10am-4pm. Admission charges to gardens apply. Runs until October 30. Call 0151 353 0123 or visit www.nessgardens.org.uk.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25

CHESTER: Pull Along Trains - use the trains in the engineering exhibition as inspiration to design and make your own pull along version at the Grosvenor Museum’s Newstead Gallery from 2-4pm. Free drop-in session.

CHESTER: Chester Photographic Society meeting with talk on Biscay and Picos by Jeff Clarke at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Visit www.chesterps.fsnet.co.uk or call 01244 300166.

KNUTSFORD: Skin and Bones - during October half term join the Mansion and Ranger teams as they explore natural history at Tatton Park during normal opening times. Normal admission prices apply. Runs until October 30. Call 01625 374400 or visit www.tattonpark.org.uk.

RHYD Y GASEG: If You Go Down To The Woods Today - explore the woods of Rhyd y Gaseg, hunting for chewed nuts to see what animals live there and, in particular, hunt for evidence of the elusive dormouse from 10am-noon. Meet at Rhyd y Gaseg car park. Booking essential on 01352 810614.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26

CHESTER: Discover The Mystery Plays - join artist-in-residence Matt Baker for music from the Mysteries, explore the medieval background to the plays and their modern revival. Crafts, objects, masks, games and song will bring these unique plays to life at the Grosvenor Museum from 11am-4pm. Free drop-in session.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27

CHESTER: Easy printing - try your hand at making your own print to take home at the Grosvenor Museum’s Newstead Gallery from 2-4pm. Free drop-in session.

CHESTER: Halloween workshop - Lyndsay Hunter brings along a python, barn owl and friends to look at and maybe touch at Chester Library from 3.30-4.30pm. The event is suitable for children aged 3+. Tickets £2. Booking essential on 01244 977380.

CHESTER: Chester Society of Natural Science Literature and Art meeting with talk on Reaching For Your Dreams by Rosie Swale, at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Call 01244 335955.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28

CHESTER: Joseph Delaney, author of the Spooks series of books, is giving a talk at Chester Library from 2-4pm. The event is suitable for adults and children aged 11+. Free but booking essential on 01244 977380.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29

CHESTER: Dee Autumn Head rowling event from Eccleston to the weir. View from The Meadows from 10am onwards.

PULFORD: Book sale in aid of Talking Books for the RNIB at the village hall from noon-4pm.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30

CHESTER: Chester Photographic Society presents the RPS International Projected Image Exhibition at Chester Zoo from 10am. Visit www.chesterps.fsnet.co.uk or call 01244 300166.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1

CHESTER: Chester Photographic Society meeting with talk on How To Look At, Read and Compose Photographs by Brian Law at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Visit www.chesterps.fsnet.co.uk or call 01244 300166.

CHESTER: Chester Film Society present a screening of the 2007 Spanish movie (REC) starring Manuela Velasco and directed by Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza, plus a screening of the Spanish short La Cachine, at St Mary’s Centre, St Mary’s Hill,, at 7.45pm. Visit www.chesterfilmfans.co.uk for membership details. Guest tickets £3.50 to be booked in advance on 01244 371750.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8

CHESTER: Chester Photographic Society meeting with talk on It’s Never Too Late by Llinos Lanini at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Visit www.chesterps.fsnet.co.uk or call 01244 300166.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12

WREXHAM: Antiques & Collectors Fair at the Memorial Hall from 9.30am-3.30pm. Adults £1, concessions 70p, children free accompanied by an adult. Cafe at the event, pay and display car park adjacent to the hall. Contact M Heath 01492 547868/0778 601 6576 or email wrexhamfair@aol.com.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen meeting with talk on Studying the Changing Universe: Things that go Bang in the Night by Dr Andrew Newsam, a reader in astronomy education at the Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm. Visitors £6. Call 0151 346 1017.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16

CHESTER: Grosvenor Museum Society meeting with talk on The English Kitchen and Kitchen Garden 1500-1700 at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm. Members free, visitors £4, students £2. Contact: 01244 532199.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26

WREXHAM: Collectors fair at the Wrexham Memorial Hall. Up 50 stalls selling all kinds of general collectables including postcards, ephemera, vintage fashion, toys and sci-fi, jewellery and much more. Open 9.30am-3.30pm. Adults £1, concessions 70p, accompanied children free. Contact 01492 547868 or email wrexhamfair@aol.com.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8

CHESTER: Grosvenor Museum Society meeting with talk on Mary Queen of Scots - Daughter of Debate by Lizzie Jones at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm. Members free, visitors £4, students £2. Contact: 01244 532199.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10

WREXHAM: Antiques & Collectors Fair at the Memorial Hall from 9.30am-3.30pm. Adults £1, concessions 70p, children free accompanied by an adult. Cafe at the event, pay and display car park adjacent to the hall. Contact M Heath 01492 547868/0778 601 6576 or email wrexhamfair@aol.com.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen and Royal Geographical Society meeting with talk on Abyssinia - 3,000 Years of Ethiopian Art and History from Solomon and Sheba to Haile Selassie by Chris Bradley, writer and film maker, at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm. Visitors £6. Call 0151 346 1017.

MONDAY, JANUARY 16

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen meeting with talk on Chocolate, Tea and Coffee in the Augustan Age by Ann Gore, a trained architect who has lectured in the United States, Australia and England and has published three books, at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm. Visitors £6. Call 0151 346 1017.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25

CHESTER: Grosvenor Museum Society meeting with talk on English Civil War: Battle of Rowton Moor & The Siege of Chester 1642-46 by David Cummings at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm. Members free, visitors £4, students £2. Contact: 01244 532199.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen meeting with talk on The English Parish Church – an Architectural and Social History by author and broadcaster Andrew Davies, at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm. Visitors £6. Call 0151 346 1017.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22

CHESTER: Grosvenor Museum Society meeting with talk on Some Famous Courtesans by Michael Murphy at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm. Members free, visitors £4, students £2. Contact: 01244 532199.

MONDAY, MARCH 19

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen joint meeting with Royal Geographical Society featuring talk on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea by David Edwards, fellow of the Royal Geographical Society who recently went on an ocean research trip in the Pacific on a ship that has sailed the world for over 20 years doing cutting edge research on climate change, at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm. Visitors £6. Call 0151 346 1017.

MONDAY, APRIL 16

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen meeting with talk on Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves;The Representation of the Working Classes in Art by Linda Smith, who lectures at the Tate and Tate Modern, at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm. Visitors £6. Call 0151 346 1017.