Events - November 3 onwards

Oct 29 2011 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

EVENTS

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: Lecture on Traversa: A Solo Walk across Africa from the Skeleton Coast to the Indian Ocean by author and public speaker Fran Sandham in the Beswick Lecture Theatre CBE017, University of Chester Main Campus, at 7pm. Admission £3. Call 01244 511344.

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.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9

CHESTER: John Douglas and Grosvenor Park guided walk, led by a Chester tour guide, looking at some of the ancient arches, avenues and hidden gems of the park from 1.30-3pm. Meet outside Chester History & Heritage. Cost £5, concessions £4.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10

CHESTER: Professorial inaugural lecture on Brian Eno: An Oblique Lecture by Professor David Pattie, Department of Performing Arts, in the Beswick Lecture Theatre CBE017, University of Chester Main Campus, at 7pm. Admission free. Call 01244 511344.

CHESTER: Chester Society of Natural Science Literature and Art meeting with talk on The nobility of wilderness - travels in Algeria by Tom Sheppard, at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Call 01244 335955.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12

TARPORLEY: Craft fair from 10am-4.30pm in Tarporley Community Centre. Admission £1. Proceeds in aid of Tarporley Hospital League of Friends.

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.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13

CHESTER: Treasured Possessions - Open Day - an afternoon of activities to celebrate the opening of the new exhibition in the Grosvenor Museum Exhibition Gallery Two and the Newstead Gallery from 1-4pm. Free drop-in session.

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.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

CHESTER: Chester Photographic Society meeting with talk on The Eye of an Artist by Rikki O’Neill 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 2010 American movie Winter’s Bone starring Jennifer Lawrence and directed by Debra Granik, 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.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4

CHESTER: Light Up A Life event on the River Dee from 4-6pm. Remember your loved one this Christmas and light up a life in their memory. the Hospice of the Good Shepherd’s remembrance service will be set by the river and will take the form of a brief ceremony and the lighting of a candle which can then be floated down the river on a lily flower. Call 01244 851811 or visit www.hospiceofthegoodshepherd.com.

THURSDAY, 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.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13

CHESTER: Grosvenor Museum Society meeting with talk on Early Stuart Chester as a Centre for Regional Painting by Professor Robert Tittler 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.