Out & About July 2017

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March dates for your diary
Wednesday 1
Painting with watercolours.
Five-week course, £50. The Hurst Leisure
Centre, 7pm-9pm. To book contact The
Adult Learning Office. Telephone: 0118
9812918.
Thursday 2
Babajack, 8pm, Arlington Arts. Box office
01635 244246
To March 25, Faust x2. A version of
Goethe’s dramatic poem with music.
The Watermill, Bagnor.
Box office 01635 46044
Carl Donnelly: Bad Man Tings, 8pm,
New Greenham Arts. Box Office 0845
5218218
An Audience with Lesley Garrett,
7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box
Office 0845 5218218
Friday 3
Unplugged. Open Mic night, 7.30pm-
11pm, Ace Space, St Nicolas Road,
Newbury.
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Saturday 4
Susan Calman : The Calman before the
storm, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury.
Box office 0845 5218218.
First World War Poetry Reading,
11am-4pm, Sandham Memorial Chapel
(usual entry to the chapel). 01635 278394.
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Jewellery valuation day with Frances
Jones, 10am-4pm, Hungerford Antiques
Arcade
Peter Knight’s Gigspanner, 7.30pm,
Croft Hall, Hungerford. www.eventbrite.
ets-30692494076
Monday 6
Newbury District Gardeners Associa-
tion. Talk by Joy Craig – Propagation and
cultivation of fuchsias, 7.15pm, St Nicolas
School, Link Road, Newbury. Visitors
welcome
Tuesday 7
Service led by David Bartholomew,
10am, Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burgh-
clere. 01635 278394. www.nationaltrust.
Wednesday 8
Nineteenth-century Berkshire women:
talk by Lin Ricketts, offering an insight into
the lives of the different classes of women
in Berkshire during the 19th century,
7.30pm to 9.30pm at Shaw church hall.
All welcome. Free parking. Entry is free,
but donations are gratefully accepted.
Berkshire Family History Society, Newbury
Branch.
Meet Fred (theatre), 7.45pm, Corn
Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845
5218218. Age guide 14 plus
Thursday 9
Blazin’ Fiddles, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange,
Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218
The Misfit Analysis, 8pm, New
Greenham Arts. Box office 0845 5218218
Friday 10
Astronomy Talk: A brief tour of our
universe by Tony Hersh, 7.30pm, Stock-
cross Village Hall. £3 all welcome
Northern Soul Live, 7.45pm, Corn
Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845
5218218
Saturday 11
Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with Hickory
Smoke, Old Bluecoat School, 7.30pm-
10pm. Bring your own beer. Tickets
available from Picture It, 17, Thatcham
High Street. £6.50 per person
Free Fairtrade refreshments, Aldworth
Market, village hall, 9.30am to 12noon.
Variety of Traidcraft groceries, fresh
produce, flowers and foods, handcrafts
etc. Child-friendly. Playground adjacent.
Details: 01635 578090
To March 31, Meryl Donoghue: It’s a
jungle out there. New Greenham Arts
gallery. The gallery is open Monday-Friday,
10am-5pm.
Renaissance to Romantic, Pangbourne
Choral Society, a programme of sacred
music, 7.30pm, Falkland Islands Memorial
Chapel, Pangbourne College
Monday 13
Holy Box Chapel talk, 11am-1pm,
Sandham Memorial Chapel. £6 plus
admission.
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Monthly meeting of the Newbury
Embroiderers’ Guild, 7.30pm, St Francis
de Sales Church Hall, off Warren Road,
off Andover Road. Visitors are welcome
£5. Talk by Angie Hughes Creative
Icebreaking will show how to overcome
the mental blocks you may experience
before starting a new piece of work.
She will inspire you with a range of
useful ideas for getting started.
Contact: 01635 862289,
Tuesday 14
Papercraft Workshops, 11am–12.30pm,
Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burghclere.
£10. Booking essential 0344 2491895.
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Jewellery making workshop, 2pm-4pm,
Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burghclere.
£15. Booking essential 0344 2491895.
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Newbury Floral Society, area
demonstrator Annette Urquhart will be
presenting Ready to Roll, Royal British
Legion Hall, Newbury, 2pm. Guests
welcome. Contact 01635 253874 for
further information
And tomorrow, Romeo and Juliet/Twelfth
Night, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box
office 0845 5218218
Wednesday 15
To March 18, and March 21-25, New Era
Players present The Kitchen Sink, a
comedy by Tom Wells, 8pm, New Era
Theatre, Wash Common. Tickets £10.
Thursday 16
To Saturday, Showtime Bohème. Pre-
sented by Nomads, 8pm, New Greenham
Arts. Box office 0845 5218218
Friday 17
To Sunday, Babe the Sheep Pig, Corn
Exchange, Newbury. Times and prices
vary. 0845 5218218
Saturday 18
Newbury Choral Society and Southern
Sinfonia present Mendelssohn’s Elijah
at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, 7.30pm.
Tickets £15 (£5 under 16s) available
online at or
from Corn Exchange (0845 5218218) 
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