Instituto Cervantes Leeds Open Day: A Celebration of Hispanic Culture and Language

The Instituto Cervantes Leeds will be hosting an Open Day on Thursday, 12th September from 12pm to 7.30pm. 

This free event will allow the public to immerse themselves in the vibrant world of Hispanic culture and language.

Event Highlights

The Open Day will feature a diverse range of activities designed to engage visitors of all ages and language proficiency levels:

Spanish Language Level Tests: Attendees can assess their current Spanish language skills.

Cultural Quiz: Participants have the chance to win a free Spanish course.

Release Your Inner Rebel Selfie Competition Workshops

Are you ready to unleash your inner rebel and show off your selfie skills? Join our online workshops and enter our exciting competition.

Hey there rebels! 

Are you ready to unleash your inner rebel and show off your selfie skills? 

Join our online workshops to learn how to take the perfect rebel selfie that truly represents your unique style. 

Don't miss out on the chance to win amazing prizes in our selfie competition! 

Enter the Release Your Inner Rebel Selfie Competition!

The brand new #RebelSelves Selfie App, designed to make selfies glitchy and fun, is now live. Created by artist Charlotte Roe, from Huddersfield, and Dr. Dawn Woolley, an artist and research fellow at Leeds Arts University. 

Dawn says, "I have been interested in self-portraits and selfies for a long time, and in 2017 one of my self-portraits – The Substitute (holiday) won the Saatchi Gallery selfie competition and was named the world's best selfie by GQ magazine. 

Flip Top Head

FLIP TOP HEAD
Bewitchingly melancholic, Flip Top Head present a chimera of scintillating, poetic grit and haunting vocals into post-rock soundscapes. The six piece are laying down a marker on the alternative scene for effortlessly fusing emphatic, cult-like live performances with layers of harmony and experimental instrumentation.

Outlaws 12th Birthday

12 years of our lovely, weird little hangout!

Big up to everyone who’s been a part of it over the years.

We’re going to celebrate this landmark the only way we know how- with an all day free-party at the bar followed by a proper dance at the iconic Hope House (Cosmic Slop).

See you there.

Lineups

OUTLAWS (3pm-Midnight, £FREE ENTRY)
- The Dangers of Jazz
- Peak Condition 
- Boogie Monster
- Balearic Cabana
- Balearic Social

HOPE HOUSE (Midnight-4am, £10)
- Zoe Pea
- Floor Length Skirts

Uneasy Listening - I See Something: Live Script Read

Join us for a live script read of a brand new audio drama, I See Something. 

When unlucky in love Donna seeks advice from Scarborough seafront medium Madame Jet on her upcoming fourth marriage, she gets an unexpected visit from her past. Can somebody with so much history ever be truly happy? 

Featuring Carolyn Eden as Madame Jet and Jeanette Percival as Donna. 
Written by SJ Bradley 
Director tbc. 

Supported by Leeds Cultural Investment Programme, Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, and Slung Low Theatre Company. 
 

Thackray Insights: Blood Relations

Taking place across our Autumn/Winter season, Thackray Insights invites you to delve deep into eye­ opening topics and explore the unheard stories of medicine.

Blood provides a unique and valuable perspective on contemporary social relationships the world over due to its powerful symbolic meanings and essential role in healthcare. Its close ties to how we live and identify, our relationships and the boundaries we set become ever more prescient when it comes to the practice and perceived limitations of blood donation.