Events - October 27 onwards

Oct 22 2011 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

EVENTS

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.

CHESTER: Chester Family History Society meeting with talk on Tracing Your Railway Ancestors by Paul Blurton at the County Sports Club, Plas Newton Lane, at 7.30pm. All members and visitors welcome. There will be a small charge for admission.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28

CHESTER: Build a bridge with straws - come and build a bridge and test its strength to see how much your structure can hold at the Grosvenor Museum’s Newstead Gallery from 2-4pm. Free drop-in sessions.

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 rowing event from Eccleston to the weir. View from The Meadows from 10am onwards.

CHESTER: Christmas card making workshop for beginners - join Gwyneth Povey for an introduction to card making at Chester History and Heritage from 10am-2pm. Bring your own lunch. Cost £6, concessions £4.50. Call 01244 402110.

CHESTER: Chester Whisky Festival 2011 - more than 30 of the finest producers of single malt whisky, liqeurs, beers and vodkas come to The Pavilion at Chester Racecourse from 10.30am. Tickets £20. Call 01244 347806.

KNUTSFORD: Christmas shopping fair at Tatton Park from 10.30am-5pm. Free entry to fair. Call 01625 374400 or visit www.tattonpark.org.uk.

LITTLE SUTTON: Craft fair at Little Sutton Methodist Church from 10am-4pm. Admission £1, children free.

NESS: Feed the birds with the RSPB at Ness Gardens from 10am-4pm. Free entry. Call 0151 353 0123 or visit www.nessgardens.org.uk.

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

STOCKPORT: Autumn fair at Lyme Park from 11am-4pm. Garden admission applies. Call 01663 762023 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lymepark.

WEPRE: Horror Beneath The Trees - carve your own pumpkin, eat some entrails, enjoy a ghostly walk in the woods and trails of Pen y Maes. Charge £2. Booking essential on 01244 814931.

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.

KNUTSFORD: Christmas shopping fair at Tatton Park from 10.30am-5pm. Free entry to fair. Call 01625 374400 or visit www.tattonpark.org.uk.

NESS: Feed the birds with the RSPB at Ness Gardens from 10am-4pm. Free entry. Call 0151 353 0123 or visit www.nessgardens.org.uk.

STOCKPORT: Autumn fair at Lyme Park from 11am-4pm. Garden admission applies. Call 01663 762023 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lymepark.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1

CHESTER: Blacon Sustainability Convention at the Best Building, University of Chester Main Campus, from 9am-5pm. Admission £30 (plus booking fee). Register online at

http://blaconsustainabilityconvention.eventbrite.com.

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.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2

CHESTER: Faculty of Business, Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Lunchtime Seminar Programme presents When we trust too much: Learning to Trust and the Leap of Faith in the Arve Valley Industrial District, a lecture by Martin Matthews, Centre des Etudes, (CEFAM) Franco-Americain, Lyon, France, at Westminster CWE218, University of Chester Main Campus, from 1-2.30pm. Admission free. Call 01244 511830.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3

CHESTER: Tony Robinson and the Cheshire Prize for Literature Awards Evening in the Molloy Hall, University of Chester Main Campus, from 7pm. Admission £6. Call 01244 511344.

CHESTER: Chester Society of Natural Science Literature and Art meeting with talk on North Borneo and Malaysia - Journeys through the tropical rainforests by Geoff Somers, at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Call 01244 335955.

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.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15

CHESTER: Chester Film Society present a screening of the 2009 Italian movie Vincere (To Win) starring Filippo Timi and directed by Marco Bellnochio, 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.

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.