
June 2019
Where There’s Muck, There’s Bras with Kate Fox
Where There’s Muck, There’s Bras is a funny and thought provoking show of stand up storytelling and spoken word about Northern women you’ve heard of-and ones you haven’t. From Hylda Baker to Helen Sharman, Betty Boothroyd to Mother Shipton, these legendary women tell us their stories. By Stand up poet and Radio 4 regular Kate Fox. 7.30pm, tickets £7 full / £5 concessions Booking information to follow.
Find out more »Spectacular Showcase of Textile Innovation
The Marketplace Spectacular will showcase the incredible scientific and creative innovation taking place in the textile industry today. Scientists, businesses and artists are continually exploring how to make the industry more sustainable and environmentally friendly and this is your opportunity to find out how. The Marketplace Spectacular will focus on how this innovation has created a thriving industry in Kirklees and highlight the diverse careers that the industry now offers. Bring the family along on Saturday 15th to see the…
Find out more »Stitchable Changemakers: workshop with Sarah Corbett
We know that changemakers aren’t super heroes; they’re just people who connect their values to their actions. Every single one of us has gifts and talents we can use to be the change we wish to see in the world. Complete these stitchable dot-to-dots as a group or on your own and, as you reveal the face of your chosen changemaker, reflect on the values threaded through them and their lives, and challenge yourself to think about how you can…
Find out more »Woven Into Song
Woven Into Song is a performance of a new piece of music that will explore the stories of diverse communities, some of whom settled in Kirklees because of the textile industry. It will create a conversation between different languages, musical styles and experiences.
Find out more »Holmfirth Arts Festival Banner Parade
The Textile Banner Parade created by Edgelands Arts with people from across the Holme Valley, and embracing the theme of Generations of Innovators, will fill the streets of Holmfirth with a riotous carnival of colour and music. The parade is inspired by the PLACES which make up the Holme Valley, the PEOPLE who live in it, the TEXTILES which are manufactured here and the CRAFTS made in people’s homes. Communities from across the Holme Valley have come together to learn…
Find out more »Word Weavers Cabaret
The WORD WEAVERS cabaret brings together poets from across Kirklees in celebration of words spoken and written. Hosted by spoken word artist Rose Condo, the event will feature some of the best poets in the district. The night will also be interwoven (see what we did there!) with a few fun phrase-making games! If you live or work in Kirklees and would like to apply to perform at the WORD WEAVERS cabaret, please complete this short online form. The deadline to…
Find out more »July 2019
Go Compose Project – an Electronic Music Production Summer School
Welcome to the Huddersfield Electronic Music Production Summer School 2019 Do you want to learn DJing, computer based music production, audio electronics and sound composition? The department of Music and Drama at the University of Huddersfield, in partnership with the Yorkshire Sound Women Network and Sound and Music, is offering a 6 weekend series of free workshops for girls and young women* in Kirklees between the ages of 11 and and 22 (see more information on the specific workshops in the menu above). The workshops…
Find out more »October 2020
Our Biennale Big Draw
Our Biennale is back for 2020/21 and the first event will be part of The Big Draw – the world’s largest drawing festival. Come and be part of a huge collaborative map which imagines a new future for Huddersfield.Join illustrators Ruth Dyer and Harriet Lawson to draw a new Huddersfield town. In this free drop in session for all the family, we’ll design new buildings, grow new plants, decide what the shops are selling, come up with inventions and imagine…
Find out more »Our Biennale Big Draw
Come along to the second day of Our Biennale's first event this year, which is part of The Big Draw – the world’s largest drawing festival. Be part of a huge collaborative map which imagines a new future for Huddersfield. Join illustrators Ruth Dyer and Harriet Lawson to draw a new Huddersfield town. In this free drop in session for all the family, we’ll design new buildings, grow new plants, decide what the shops are selling, come up with inventions…
Find out more »January 2021
‘Living World’ Sound Art Project
With Yorkshire Sound Women Network & Lawrence Batley Theatre Learn to create sound art inspired by your local environment with sound artist Jo Kennedy, and help create a public exhibition! Girls and young people of marginalised genders in Kirklees aged 11-16 years old are invited to join this free online six week course during January – February 2021. During the course you will: learn about ‘soundwalks’ make an environmental soundwalk using free apps create interactive sound objects collaborate on an environmentally-themed interactive sound installation for public display Six weekly sessions…
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