Category Archives: Events & Activities

Leeds International Film Festival Update

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Message from Leeds International Film Festival….“very sorry to announce that we won’t be able to present #LIFF2020 screenings in venues as we’d hoped, including those on 3 & 4 November. Ticket holders will be emailed about refund options soon. Our online streaming platform #LeedsFilmPlayer will go live tomorrow!”

Their new streaming platform #LeedsFilmPlayer launches this evening, featuring most of the #LIFF2020 line-up. Here are all the films available on the Player from the start, with more to come very soon: bit.ly/3elI6Uo.

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Nature Revealed: Caring Together Nature Writing Workshop

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Dear all,

Nature Revealed: Tracks, Traces and Trails is pleased to announce that the outcomes of our summer Creative Nature Writing Workshop with over-55’s community group Caring Together will be shared on the Land Lines website over the coming week! In this initial post, Dr Lucy Rowland from the University of Leeds talks through the creation and delivery of the workshop, and the fantastic writing submitted by the members of Caring Together. 

‘Online Cancer Awareness information’ from Leeds Cancer Aware and NHS Leeds

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Below is a link to a video from today’s ‘Online Cancer Awareness Session’ covering the importance of early cancer detection.  They noted that many people have been avoiding contacting their G.P during lockdown and that this has led to an increase in cancers being detected at a later stage than would have happened normally.  

The aim of the project who made the video is to encourage the people of Leeds to make use of the free NHS cancer screening services that are available i.e. bowel, breast, lung, prostate and cervical cancers, as well as helping the public to recognise early signs and symptoms and raise awareness of the  importance of early detection and the need to contact their G.P.

Spotting Signs and Symptoms of Cancer – click on link (may have select sound)

https://www.facebook.com/461146834268790/videos/254040725858297/?__so__=watchlist&__rv__=video_home_www_playlist_video_list

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Furthermore the NHS Leeds are hosting a Facebook Live Session on Cancer Facts and Fictions on Wednesday 4 November at 6pm, this will look at cancer facts and fictions.
This second session is part of a number of online health education sessions that the CCG will be looking to hold in response to feedback from local people looking for trusted information online.  You’ll hear from trusted clinicians and cancer specialists who will give clear and reliable guidance on cancer prevention and worrying symptoms.

Join the Facebook Live session on Wednesday 4 November from 6 to 7.30pm on NHS Leeds CCG Facebook page www.facebook.com/nhsleeds

Questions to the speakers can be sent in advance of the live session, they can be sent by email leedsccg.comms@nhs.net or by Facebook www.facebook.com/nhsleeds or Twitter https://twitter.com/nhsleeds

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‘Monday Mind Workout’ – Monday 2nd November 2020

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Dear all,

Happy November! Grab a mug of whatever you enjoy and get ready for our November-themed workout to find out how well you know the 11th month…

  1. Can you fill in the blank?Remember, remember the fifth of November,Gunpowder _______ and plot.  

a) Veggies    b) Explosions   c)Treason

 2.Who was the ringleader of the gunpowder plot?   
a) Guy Fawkes   b) Robert Catesby   c) James Tenick

3. What are the birthstones of November?

a) Peridot and spinal b) Pearl and Alexandrite c) Topaz and Citrine

4.On the 13th of November John Montagu was born… But what was named after him?

a) The Bus     b) The Sandwich      c) The Speedboat

5. Who had a hit  with ‘November Rain’?

6. November was originally the ninth month?

True or False

7. Bonfire Night is celebrated on the 5th of November, but in which year was the Gunpowder Plot?

a) 1405      b) 1505     c) 1605

8. November has always had 30 days

True or False

9. How many times was November mentioned in Shakespeare’s work?

a) 1     b) 10     c) 0

10. What is it you are supposed to grow in November?

a) Carrots      b) A beard      c) Parsley

11. On November 22, 1990, which British Prime Minister  resigned after 11 years in office, the longest term of any British Prime Minister in the 20th century?

12.If you were born on the 26th November, what would your Zodiac sign be?

a) Leo     b) Sagittarius       c) Capricorn     d) Gemini

13. Which famous British children’s author was born in November?

a) Ian Fleming       b) C S Lewis        c) Edgar Rice Burroughs      d) Charles Dickens

14.Up until 1959, it was illegal to not celebrate Bonfire Night in the UK

True or False.

15. Which century were fireworks invented?

a) 10th     b) 12th      c) 14th      d) 15th

Below are 5 firework anagrams:

16.WHEEL IN TEACHER (9,5)

17. REP LARKS (8)

18.  NORMAL DANCE (5,6)

19. CAMP JUNK JIG (7,4)

20. A FUNNEL VISITOR (6,8)

Online talk “Transport Policy in West Yorkshire”

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If you have an interest in transport in the region both how it’s working during the current covid crisis and the future plans you can attend this Café Economique talk on Zoom to hear more and have an opportunity to ask questions

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Speakers:

Liz Hunter is currently the Head of Transport Policy at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Councillor Kim Groves has been Chair of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Transport Committee since June 2018 working to improve public transport in West Yorkshire.

Be it tackling the climate emergency, enabling inclusive growth or boasting productivity – transport has a role to play. Our speakers, Liz Hunter  and Kim Groves, will talk about  the very immediate transport challenges during the Covid19 pandemic and the investments which are already being worked on as well as looking to the future of transport for the region from the major schemes such as High Speed Two and Northern Powerhouse Rail to the regional and local connectivity needs.

This talk is organized by Café Économique, as part of a monthly series of talks and debates on current social, economic and environmental topics. There will be opportunities for questions after each talk.

PLEASE NOTE

Due to Covid 19, the talk will be online using zoom. Anyone wishing to join the talk needs to join the Café Economique members’ list  by emailing a request to: cafeeconomiqueleeds2019@gmail.com.

A zoom link and password will be sent to the email list close to the date of the talk.

Letters from a Generation Dreaming – online event 4th November

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Wednesday 4th November 7pm-8pm

Letters from a Generation Dreaming follows on from the sell-out Windrush Day event, Generations Dreaming. It will feature extracts from the musical Sorrel & Black Cake, discussion around the significance of letters and a live musical performance.

Letters have been used to connect African-Caribbean families and friends for generations. Letters pass on joy, grief, opinions, advice and instructions. They document lives.

Join Khadijah Ibrahiim and Emily Zobel Marshall as they explore the value of letter-writing in passing on family history and cultural traditions.

To book tickets: https://www.gcfoundation.co.uk/Event/letters-from-a-generation-dreaming

This is an online event and will take place on Zoom. Please book a ticket and you will be sent the details for how to join the event. Tickets to the event are free but there is an option to donate to the Geraldine Connor Foundation if you wish to https://www.gcfoundation.co.uk/about-us

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Shiver Fest – Virtual Halloween Book Festival

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STARTING FROM 10AM TO 6PM SATURDAY 31st October:

Shiver Fest is a Halloween book festival that encompasses thrillers, horror and ghostly cooking. Do you dare let it into your home?

The line-up includes authors: Allie Reynolds, CD Major, T.J. Payne, Laura Purcell and Matt Ruff, SJ Watson, Helena Garcia, Isabel Ashdown, Lisa Howells & Louise O’Neill.

Enjoy the treat with these direct to Theatre links and invite the authors into your home – if you dare!

All FREE!  You do have to register with My Virtual Literature Festival in order to access this event – this is also free at https://myvlf.com/  . Once registered click on the shiverfest poster in the virtual lobby or you can see more details about each of the events here and the authors taking part here:  https://myvlf.com/blog/shiverfest-october-31st

10am: CD Major
11am: Headline panel: Allie Reynolds, Louise O’Neill, & Isabel Ashdown
12pm: SJ Watson
2pm: Laura Purcell
3pm: The Wicked Baker – Helena Garcia
4pm: TJ Payne
5pm: Matt Ruff

Midnight Tango – The Shows Must Go On this weekend

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The Shows Must Go On this weekend brings us Strictly Come Dancing’s Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace with their hit show ‘Midnight Tango’

Showing from 7pm tonight (Fri 30th) and then available to view for 48hrs

Midnight Tango: Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace have dazzled television audiences for six series of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing with their stunning Tango routines. Now they have created their own live show – Midnight Tango – a breathtaking evening bringing all the drama, sensuality and elegance of this most exciting of dance forms to life.

Set in a late night bar in downtown Buenos Aires and featuring some of the finest Tango dancers in the world, Midnight Tango, takes you on a journey into the heart of this intoxicating city. As danger and excitement, joy and jealousy, pain and passion all combine – this is a spectacular and explosive evening not to be missed!

Joggers and drinkers: what a day in the life of a Leeds park tells us about modern Britain

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During lockdown, parks became more important to us than ever – as gyms, pubs and nightclubs. From dawn to dusk at Woodhouse Moor, is so essential now.

If you have not seen this already please click on the link below an article in The Guardian from late September 2020.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2020/sep/29/joggers-and-drinkers-what-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-leeds-park-tells-us-about-modern-britain?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Joggers and drinkers: what a day in the life of a Leeds park tells us about modern Britain