In 2017, Leeds local, Ruth Berkoff, had a brain haemorrhage. A perimesencephalic brain haemorrhage. She didn’t know anyone else who’d had one before, so she felt alone.
It got even worse when the neurologist said that there was little chance she’d go back to her dream job (being a gnome, getting people to high five her giant carrot).
An exhibition inspired by the British Library’s exhibition Beyond the Baseline: 500 Years of Black British Music.
During Black History Month, Halton Library will be home to the panel display, helping to tell a national story about Black music in Britain through the British Library’s Living Knowledge Network.
The display will also feature artworks, photographs and more from Leeds Libraries collections relating to Black British music in Leeds.
At just 21 years old, Anastasia Coope’s talents as a musician, painter, and folk artist are formidable, but it’s her haunting baritone that may first draw listeners in. Using layered recording techniques, she builds vast vocal choirs that sweep, chant, and swirl through her music, creating a phantasmic ether around her spectral timbre.
Set up camp for a day of wildness in the woods at TCV Skelton Grange...
Activities will vary from session to session depending on the season and the group - but past Wild Play days have included:
Wide games, shelter building, fire lighting, campfire cooking, field games, hammock hanging, wild food walks, woodwork crafts, string making, bows and arrows, stalking and tracking, pyro-carving and charcoal making.
Darius Battiwalla – organ
Sarah Brandwood-Spencer – violin
Programme:
Florence Price - Suite No 1: Toccata
JS Bach - Sonata No 4 in C minor for violin & cembalo
Otto Olsen - Romance for violin and organ
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Two Pieces: Romance, Cavatina
César Franck - Prelude, Fugue and Variation for Organ
Leeds Arts Centre brings you a night of Crime Theatre in two Deciphering Different Detective plays.
Stake Out by Simon Brett OBE
Detective Sergeant Craig Downs is on his final stake-out before retirement to catch the serial ‘Kilburn Killer’. Ever the traditionalist, Downs is keen to tell new comer, Hayley Poulson, all about being a proper cop, however, she is also keen to show Downs an alternative approach. Will they see eye to eye, and can they work together to catch the Kilburn Killer before they strike again?
Whether your preference is for salsa dancing or sleepovers, the Howard Assembly Room is the place to be this summer as the central Leeds music venue prepares for two very different HAR Lates.
A Hatha yoga workshop for all women in all seasons of life, including pregnancy and postpartum*, hosted by Sophie Dourambeis at Yoga Hero.
In this embodied Hatha yoga workshop, we will explore the throat, heart, womb connection with meditation, movement, breath and deep rest. Expect a yoga flow, blending meditation and Hatha yoga with somatics and functional movement designed to support mobility in the spine, hips, core and pelvic floor. This session will also include pranayama and a contemplation/journalling practice. We will end with a long, sumptuous deep rest.
A new market taking place at Holbeck Moor.
Shop with local makers, enjoy delicious food and drink and take part in free activities - all at Holbeck Moor Market!
Join us as we collaborate with Hyde Park Book Club, to bring you a collection of creatives!
Find new furnishings, awesome artwork and more at our second market at HPBC.