Cultural and Creative Ambassadors Project

Desi Masti, 1st Floor, 32 Belgrave Road, Leicester, LE4 5AS Daily10am-3pm

 A FREE summer youth club, funded by Leicester City Council  is being organised by Fairytales 18,72, delivering quality arts activities for all. The youth club is open for all aged 13- 19 years old who will be able to take part in sports, arts and just relax with their friends in a safe and secure environment. You will also have the amazing opportunity to take part in the Arts Awards Programme which offers a level 1,2 or 3 qualification. At level 3 (Gold Arts Awards) you can earn 35 UCAS points. For more information email: info@desimasti.co.uk

PALS Productions

AWARD winning PALS are packing up their sleigh again, with some wonderful festive treats. We bring the spirit of Christmas and the theatre to you for just £350.00 per show which includes VAT. However if you book before the end of term you are entitled to £25.00 off this price. A discount is also offered for multiple bookings. Shows include Robin Hood Retold,A traditional tale with a Christmas twist!Cinderella,A Classic fairy tale! And The Nutcracker, A magical Christmas story! For more information please view http://www.palsproductions.co.uk/shows.html

The Central Lending Library 1-30^th August 2010

Britain as a nation of shopkeepers is the subject of an award-winning touring exhibition coming to Leicester this summer. It explores the heritage of the corner shop and small independent retailers, within the Black Country and Birmingham which have been British institutions for over a hundred years. The exhibition is part of a wider Heritage Lottery funded project which involved volunteers and school groups talking to people about their experiences of running independent shops over the last 60 years. The project recently won the 2010 Renaissance in the Regions ‘Best of the West’ award, in the category of ‘Innovation’.

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13 November 2010 – 9 January 2011
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery

This popular annual exhibition showcases the artistic talent of the region. The exhibition is free to enter for young artists aged between 11 - 17 years with categories for 11 – 13 and 14 -17 years. £100 prize will be awarded to the overall winning artist of the Youth Category and two £50 prizes for runners up in each of the age categories. All selected artworks will be part of the final Open 22 exhibition at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery. To enter submit one original artwork. This can be a painting, drawing, photograph, print, digital art, graffiti, textile, sculpture, short digital film or craftwork and group submissions are welcome. Application forms will be available to download on  www.leicester.gov.uk/open22

1st July - 31st August

Author events, activities, competitions, prizes, stickers & more… Join the summer challenge and pick up your free  Space Hop pack from 1st July, or anytime during the holidays and collect other cool Space Hop stuff. Read six books and get free child’s entry to the National Space Centre! For 0 - 15 year olds Free  All Leicester Libraries & Children’s BookBus www.leicester.gov.uk/libraries  /  www.spacehop.org.uk

Sat 2 October 3.30pm & Sun 3 October 10.30am & 2pm.

Tickets £12 - £14. Concs. £10 - £12. Family ticket for four £40 - £46.

The Little Big Club Live in Concert brings together kids' favourite characters live on stage for the first time in a 90-minute stage show.  The line-up in this all-new show includes Barney, Bob the Builder, Angelina Ballerina, Pingu, Fifi and the Flowertots and Fireman Sam Call our Box Office on 0116 233 3111 or visit www.demontforthall.co.uk

The Utterly Butterly Ukulele Project
Make your own Ukulele!

 The Utterly Butterly Ukulele project (TUPUP) gives participants the opportunity to make their own ukulele from recyclable materials, learn how to play it and take part in a performance with no previous experience required. The ukuleles are constructed from an Utterly Butterly tub, fishing line strings, and a piece of wood with screw eyes from tuning pegs. The instrument sounds very authentic, and is very playable. For more information please contact Steve Nutter on steve@slyarts.co.uk or on 07785 575468 www.tubup.org

 

Key Stage 2 online Interactive\
Cave Hunter

An interactive game, which invites you to explore a Creswell Crags cave. By the light of your torch find the 10 artefacts hidden in the cave. Once you have collected them all, see if you can follow the clues to work out which Ice Age animal each one belonged to. http://www.learnwithmuseums.org.uk/JourneyView.asp?JID=95&PID=401

A series of free resources will be available for schools and families to use to stimulate discussion and activity around the exhibition. Object Cards focus on a selection of exhibits and are available to pick up in the gallery, whilst Activity Backpacks contain fun and creative activities, including those focusing on materials and literacy. Booking is essential for school groups to ensure availability. Please contact

0116 225 4910 for bookings and further details. www.leicester.gov.uk/spaceage

www.bosworthbattlefield.com

 A beautiful baby Barn Owl has found a new home at Leicestershire County Council’s Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre in Sutton Cheney.  You can see what the bird looks like and follow his daily activities; the owlet will be tweeting from: http://twitter.com/leicsmuseums 

 The owl hasn’t been named yet – children aged up to 11 years from the Midlands can take part in a competition to name him on: www.bosworthbattlefield.com  The winning entry will get the chance for the baby owl to come to their school to meet the class, along with another bird of prey that the children can have a go at flying.

Bosworth Battlefield

Steaming form the new evidence of Romans at Bosworth Battlefield the education team have created a new learning session on the Romans. The glory of the Roman Empire is recreated at Bosworth Battlefield with interactive education sessions that bring history to life with a choice from Food and Feasting, Meeting a Centurion or The Forum all activities last 1 hour and are a fun and memorable way to bring classroom learning to life. Suitable for key stage 2. Teachers received a free family ticket (for 2 adults and 2 children) to visit the award-winning interactive exhibition, worth £15.00. These tickets can be booked on 01455 290 429 from Pam Dyson and are valid for any school-based teacher. Proof of ID is required in the form of a school letter head.