Leeds Libraries' colourful Mini Playboxes are packed with fun and engaging self-serve activities for children under five and their families to enjoy in the library.
The Mini Playboxes are free to use and will be available at selected libraries in the children area throughout the day during opening hours.
This year’s festival is supported by Leeds 2023, the citywide celebration of culture which will interweave themes of untold stories, radical acts, playful adventures and future generations.
The Festival is very excited to be hosting poet, playwright, memoirist, performer and broadcaster Lemn Sissay OBE (above) as he brings his memoir My Name is Why to Carriageworks Theatre (Fri 3rd March). In it, Sissay reflects on his childhood, self-expression and Britishness, and in doing so explores the institutional care system, race, family and the meaning of home.
LEEDS 2023 and WOW - Women of The World Festival are on the lookout for young women and non-binary and gender non-conforming people to join them for a FREE twelve-week programme.
It’s an opportunity to develop skills in festival making and explore gender equality through activism and the arts. The WOWsers programme offers the chance to build new networks with other participants, artists, and activists, and to create their own event as part of a WOW festival in Leeds.
Legendary American folk singer Judy Collins is touring right now, which, at 82 would be impressive enough, but she also tells me she’s working on a new album. She is a pioneer singer song writer, and is playing our own Leeds City Varieties on Saturday 12th November.
A part-time artistic engagement residency has been funded to work with the restoration team and partners working at the Great North Bog site which spans large parts of northern England and their community.
As key partners in WaterLANDS, Yorkshire Integrated Catchment Solutions Programme (iCASP), at University of Leeds, will be taking part in the selection process.
Blur The Lines is a creative platform based in Leeds, showcasing an array of artists from different backgrounds and disciplines. This peripatetic event features rappers, comedians, poets and musicians all under one roof, bringing people together and blurring genre lines.
Out of Many Lit runs from 4-8 October with a host of events showcasing writers of Jamaican and wider Caribbean heritage and guest contributors — from budding young community writers to national treasures and international names across this five-day festival of literary talent unprecedented in the North. It is part of the Jamaica Society Leeds-organised Out of Many Festival which runs until February 2023.
It is with deep sadness and sorrow that Leeds joins the country in mourning Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II following the announcement from Buckingham Palace.
