Out & About November 2017

November dates for your diary

Thursday 2 To Saturday, Kennet opera presents The Marriage of Figaro, 7.30pm, (2pm Saturday matinée). Arlington Arts Centre, Snelsmore Common. Box office 01635 244 246 Dirty Dusting, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218 (over 14s only) Devoted and Disgruntled, Open Space event: How do we make great outdoor arts?, 11am-5pm. Free. 101, Communication Way, Greenham Business Park. More info www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/events/ DD-Outdoors-2017/ Draft a basic skirt pattern with Debbie Chubb, 10am-4pm, Old Chapel Textile Centre, Greenham Business Park. 01635 38740 email: octc@live.com Friday 3 Charity Concert: East Woodhay Silver Band and poet/raconteur Ken Rich, 7.30pm, Thatcham Catholic Church Hall, RG18 3AG. Tickets £10 from Hogan Music, Bartholomew St, Newbury, Henwick Properties, 3 High St, Thatcham or Katy Hawthorne 01635 34045 or on the door. In aid of the Rosemary Appeal Saturday 4 New: music showcase, 7.30pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218 Tickets £5 in advance, £8 on the door. Age guide 14 plus Introduction to Kumihimo (Japanese) Braiding with Meg Crowther, 2pm-4pm. Discover the art of creating simple braids using an age-old technique on modern equipment. £22 (includes disc). Old Chapel Textile Centre, Greenham Business Park 01635 38740 email: octc@live.com Sunday 5 First World War Poetry Readings, Sandham Memorial Chapel, 11am-3pm. Come and listen to Jonathan Jones reading iconic First World War poetry throughout the day. Standard entry to the chapel applies. Curious Adventures of Pinnochio, 3pm, Arlington Arts Centre, Snelsmore Common. Box office 01635 244 246 Create in Clay: Flower bricks with Ursula Waechter, 10am-4pm, Corn Exchange Learning Centre. Box office 0845 5218218 Monday 6 Newbury National Trust Association November Meeting, 7.30 pm, St George the Martyr Church, 206 Andover Road, Wash Common. Speaker: Kirsten Ash, on The history of tea, and the etiquette of afternoon tea. Kirsten will cover the history of tea and its consumption over the ages, and especially the ritual of afternoon tea as taken in stately

homes and elsewhere. Entrance is free to members of the Newbury & District Association of National Trust. £3 for non-members Chapel Talk, Sandham Memorial Chapel,11am-12.30pm. Listen to the story behind Sir Stanley Spencer and how his dream of a Holy Box came to fruition. £6 plus normal entry charge. To book call 0344 249 1895 Friends of the Watermill Supper Club: Christopher Sommerville, 6.30pm bar opens, 7.30pm supper, 8.30pm talk. The Watermill, Bagnor. Box office 01635 46044. Tickets £21 (includes supper) Schools Choreography Challenge, 7.30pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218 Preserving Family Memorabilia Workshop, 12noon-4pm, Shaw House, Newbury. 01635 279279 shawhouse@westberks.gov.uk Tuesday 7 And November 14, Introduction to spinning with a wheel with Meg Crowther, 7pm-9pm. £44 (spinning wheels will be provided). Old Chapel Textile Centre, Greenham Business Park 01635 38740 email: octc@live.com Fluid Motion Theatre Company Presents Rum in the Gravy Boat, 8pm, Arlington Arts, Snelsmore Common, Box Office 01635 244246 And Wednesday, Shakespeare Schools Festival, 7pm Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218 West Berkshire Racing Club annual National Hunt Season preview evening, 8pm, Berkshire Stand, Newbury Racecourse. All welcome, club members admission £2, non- members £5. Bar, plus charity raffle – proceeds going to the Injured Jockeys Fund, Lambourn. Compère is Luke Harvey of ITV Racing Wednesday 8 Berkshire Family History Society, 7.30 to 9.30 pm at Shaw Church Hall. Georgian cookery – Catherine Sampson reveals the highs and lows of our forebears’ cuisine and table manners. All welcome. Refreshments. And Thursday 16, Old Chapel Textile Centre, Greenham Business Park, 10am–4pm. Create a 3D fantasy tree house – for use with LED string lights or a battery operated tea-light candle. £84. Kit available for an additional cost of £15. Contact: octc@live.co.uk Friday 10 Bernie Marsden, 8pm, Arlington Arts Centre, Snelsmore Common. Box office 01635 244 246 Sandham Memorial Chapel paper craft workshop, 11am-12.30pm. Learn about the Non-members £3. Enquiries to: newbury@berksfhs.org.uk or see www.berksfhs.org.uk Thursday 9

artistic medium of paper craft and create beautiful cards and three-dimensional projects. £10. Festive Decoupage on glass and candles, 2pm-4pm. Make beautiful festive decorations including candles and glass dishes using the art decoupage. £22.50 To book either session call 0344 249 1895 The Secret Keeper, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218 Age guide 14 plus Painting ceramic Christmas decorations, 10am-1pm, West Berkshire Museum, Wharf Street, Newbury. 01635 519562 museum@westberks.gov.uk Armistice Day Service, 10.50am, Sandham memorial Chapel. Conducted by the parish rector. Donations welcome BeenhamWind Orchestra – Sea Pictures, 7.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Thatcham. Tickets In advance: £10, U18 £2; On the door: £12, U18 £2. Available from band members; Picture iT, 17 High Street, Thatcham; or phone (answerphone) 0118 9712575. Programme includes Henry Wood’s Fantasia on British Sea Songs, Tall Ships and a selection from Pirates of the Caribbean . www.beenhamwindorchestra.co.uk Danny Bhoy: Make something great again for stronger better future tomorrow together, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218 Sunday 12 Newbury Chamber Choir Music of the Reformation , St John’s Church, Newbury, 4.30pm. Features music from the first 100 years of the German Reformation by Martin Luther himself and his contemporaries, including Michael Praetorius and Heinrich Schütz. Accompanying the choir will be Matthew Nisbet (theorbo and lute). Tickets £15 (children free), which includes refreshments, available at: www.newburychamberchoir.org Glass: Christmas wreaths with Shirley Eccles, 10am, Corn Exchange Learning Centre. Box office 0845 5218218 Monday 13 Newbury Embroiderers’ Guild, 7.30pm, St Francis de Sales Church Hall, off Warren Road. Visitors £5. Talk by Kate Findlay, a quilter and textile artist whose appliqué work focusses on Birds and animals of the British Isles . Contact: 01635 862289

info@newburyembroiderers.org.uk www.newbury-embroiderers.co.uk Tuesday 14

 Supper club: Festive wines with Simon Evans, 6.30pm bar, 7.30pm supper, 8.30pm talk. The Watermill, Bagnor. Tickets £21 (includes supper). Box office 01635 46044

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