Cultural and Creative Ambassadors Project

 

A poetry workshop with John Hegley, one of the country’s foremost comedic poets, whose work is renowned for being everything from surreal through to humorous, personal and emotional. Open to all ages and abilities. Advance booking required.

The Leicester Caribbean Carnival is one of the premier multi cultural events in the Midlands and this year falls on 1st August, “Emancipation Day”. The theme for this year’s Caribbean Carnival is “Tropical Colours” and this will be reflected in the colourful costumed bands and floats for this year’s event.

 

Leicester Print Workshop

Because we need funds and because we enjoy a party we are organising a Summer Fundraising evening where we will be serving refreshments and selling framed and unframed original prints. Work by many of our members will be featured including our printmaker of the season Eireann Lorsung. Entrance is free and everyone is welcome! We also have our new course programme out for Aug - Dec 2009 which can be downloaded from our website.  50 St Stephens Road, Leicester LE2 1GG www.leicesterprintworkshop.com  0116 2553634

Registered charity number: 1025337

Castle Park Heritage and Arts Festival embraces Leicester’s heritage with lively events, activities and performances for all ages helping to commemorate the past, present and future within the historic heart of the city. Celebrating its 20th year, this year’s festival will take place at venues throughout the Castle Park area from Monday 24th August.

 

Highlights include a specially commissioned play ‘A Minstrels Tale’ to be performed at Leicester Cathedral on Monday 30th August, a Family Day at Castle Gardens and an evening concert by Eddi Reader (formerly of Fairground Attraction) at Leicester Cathedral on Monday 31st August. 

 

This Continuing Professional Development event is for newly-qualified or returning teachers of KS3/4/5 drama and theatre studies and for those delivering performing arts looking to increase their confidence within the classroom. The day will be both practical and theoretical. For further information contact Leicester-based theatre company Citizen 598, which has extensive education experience and knowledge of the curriculum and exam specifications.

Fee £30 including lunch and refreshments to book a place please call the Richard Attenborough Centre on 0116 252 2455 www.citizen598.com

 

Be inspired by the natural world and capture a landscape or wildlife image for a prize winning photography competition. Leicestershire County Council’s Historic and Natural Environment Team is inviting entries on the themes of wildlife and landscapes in Leicestershire and Rutland. 

There are 4 age categories and HMV and Jessops vouchers are on offer for the 1^st and 2^nd winner of each category. Closing date for entries is 31st October 2009. For details of how to enter, email wildscapes@leics.gov.uk, visit www.leics.gov.uk/wildscapes or telephone 0116 267 0003.

 

Hathi’s new musical explores India’s contribution to the allied victory in World War II. Set in India in the early 1940’s, Kahani Sapnon Ki is an awe-inspiring chapter in India’s freedom struggle as three young people strive to make their dreams come true.  When Parvati and Pushpa arrive at a rundown school in Kharagpur owned by a fading Hollywood star, they come with dreams of storytelling and dance. At the school, they meet Mr Fix It, Pavan who yearns to fly. Unaware at first of the approaching storm, reality strikes when Singapore falls and the Japanese threaten Eastern India.  “We are here to be part of History, not just history”.

 

Touring from: 20 February – 7th November 2009

 

2Funky Educational Workshops  provide highly skilled music (DJ'ing, Mc'ing, Music production, beat-boxing) and dance (BreakDance, StreetDance, Bollywood Dance) workshop practitioners, who attend and engage young people with industry standard equipment, for all creative and multicultural arts; within schools, colleges, theatres, youth centres and youth prisons throughout the UK- working with an array of organisations from community centres, educational institutions and national government organisations.

The hunt has begun to find Leicester's talented young artists. We're looking for original artworks by young people aged 12-17 years for this year’s Open 21 Exhibition: Youth Category. The exhibition will be at The City Gallery from 14th November 2009 - 9th January 2010.

 

To give young people an early start, we'll be opening workshop spaces in our museums and galleries over the summer period for independent creative working, advice and support.

 

If you would like to find out more or arrange a meeting for your students, please contact Saima Kaur on saima.kaur@leicester.gov.uk or 0116 252 7366.