Out & About September 2017

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September dates for your diary
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Friday 1
Collage, paint, print with Karen Carter,
10am-4pm City Arts, Hampton Road, Newbury.
£38 to book email
Saturday 2
Newbury District Field Club History Day:
Aspects of the History of the City,10am-
4.30pm, St Nicolas Church Hall, Newbury. £10
in advance, £12 on the door. Tickets from the
Corn Exchange Box Office 0845 5218218 or
NDFC Treasurer 01635 43605
Martin and Eliza Carthy, 8pm, Arlington Arts
Centre, Snelsmore Common. Box Office 01635
244 246 or
shows/873570482
Hickory Smoke: Irish, Celtic and country
music, 7pm-9.30pm, Old Bluecoat School,
Thatcham. Tickets from Picture iT, 17 High
Street, Thatcham, £10. Bring your own beer
Sunday 3
Pete Allen Reeds ‘n’ Rhythm with Ben Holder
(violin), Chequers Hotel, Newbury, 3pm. Tickets
on the door £13.50 (Cash only)
Sulhamstead and Ufton Nervet Fete,
11am-3pm, Hannington’s Field, Ufton Nervet,
opposite Ufton Church. Children free, adults £1
Aldbourne Band’s final pond concert of the
season, 6.45pm in the village square. Bring a
chair, buy yourself a drink from the nearby pub
and settle down to enjoy the evening’s concert
Aldbourne Band is always looking to add
committed, good quality brass players to its
ranks. For further information contact the
chairman Ian Keene on 07799 648585 or email
Monday 4
City Arts presents A Portrait of Newbury
10am-4pm, Market place. Newbury Together
– we want to create a community portrait of
Newbury. Come and draw. Suitable for all
ages, no booking required. £1 per person, all
materials provided. Artist Isabel Carmona will
be offering one-minute portraits for £1 that you
can take home with you
Tuesday 5
Interaktiv sessions for all abilities, 3.30pm-
4.30pm, Ace Space, St Nicholas Road, every
Tuesday. No on-site parking. Fun games and
positive atmosphere. £5 per session or five
sessions for £20. Call 07900 867 704
Thursday 7
To Saturday, and Tuesday 12 to Saturday
16, New Era Players presents Dear Lupin:
comedy based on the letters of racing
correspondent Roger Mortimer and his
wayward son Charlie. Tickets boxoffice@
Floralyn George, 8pm, Anvil Arts Centre,
Basingstoke. Box office 01635 244 246
Friday 8
Unplugged Open Mic Night, 7.30pm
(performers sign up from 7pm), Ace Space,
St Nicholas Rd, Newbury. Tel 07905 590214.
No parking
Poetry Afloat , an open mic night on the
Rose of Hungerford with guest poet Steve
Wallis, 7pm. Booking essential. Tickets £7
from Hungerford Bookshop or online at www.
Artsforhungerford.com
Woodcut and Watercolour workshop with
Karen Carter, 10am-4pm, City Arts, Hampton
Road, Newbury.
to book email
Needle felting workshop with Sue Pearl,
10am-4pm, West Berkshire Museum. £62.
To book 01635 519562 or email museum@
And tomorrow, Outdoor Community Event:
Greenham: One hundred years of war and
peace. Greenham Common. Free. Start
6.30pm, ends 9.30pm. Call 01635 813900
(see feature p24)
Saturday 9
Booksigning at Hungerford Bookshop with
Anthony Lavisher, 11am-1pm, Hungerford
Bookshop, High St, Hungerford
Aldbourne Carnival Service and Pond
Concert, 6pm, The Green, Aldbourne
An Evening of Song: Les Amours Baroque,
6pm-8pm, Sandham Memorial Chapel,
Burghclere. An evening of songs and court airs
from the baroque era, with Hannah Medlam,
vocals, Charles Medlam, bass viol, and William
Carter, theorbo. Tickets £15. Booking essential
– call 0344 249 1895.
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Aldworth Community Market’s 15th
birthday, Aldworth village hall from 9.30am to
12noon. Free entry and cake. Entertainment
from Goring Little Ukulele Group. Plants,
flowers, produce, crafts and handmade babies’
and children’s clothes and toys, with proceeds
to the Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice.
Children’s playground. Details: 01635 578090
Newbury Real Ale Festival , Northcroft Fields,
12noon onwards. Plus open mic and live music
including Ricky and the Gamblers. Tickets £10.
Goring and Streatley Food and Drink
festival, 10am-5pm
Not the Rolling Stones, 8pm, Arlington Arts
Centre. Box office 01635 244246
Jumble Sale in aid of Save the Children,
10.30am, St John’s Hall, West End Road,
Mortimer (drop off items from 9am)
Sunday 10
Victorian 175th anniversary service, 10am,
St Mary’s Church Shaw
A Celebratory Seasonal Sauce with Miss
Helen Watson, 2.30pm, The Watermill, Bagnor
Box office 01635 46044
Monday 11
Newbury Embroiderers’ Guild, 7.30pm,
St Francis de Sales church hall, off Warren
Road, Newbury. Visitors are welcome £5. An
Embroiderers’ Guild Folio – Stitches, tones
and textures – which will contain a collection
of embroidery samples to examine, enjoy and
inspire us. Contact: 01635 862289,
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Tuesday 12
Papercraft Workshop, Sandham Memorial
Chapel, 11am to 12.30pm. Learn about the
artistic medium of paper craft and create
beautiful cards and three dimensional projects.
Tickets £10. To book call 0344 249 1895
And Jewellery Workshop, 2pm to 4pm.
Working with local artist Helen Mortimer learn
how to loop a headpin to create your own
designs of bracelets, earrings and handbag
charms. Tickets £15. To book call 0344 249
1895
Newbury Floral Society. Area Demonstrator
Kathryn Brown presents Fifty Shades
of Colour. If you are interested in flower
arranging, Newbury Floral Society meet at
2pm on the second Tuesday of each month,
at the British Legion Hall, Newbury for
demonstrations and workshops. Guests are
welcome. To find out more call 01635 253874
Authors Declan Murphy and Ami Rao talk
about their book Centaur, 7.30pm, Hungerford
Town Hall.Tickets from Hungerford bookshop
Wednesday 13
Berkshire Family History Society Newbury
branch meeting: Whatever happened to Lucy?
Ian Waller on the plight of unwanted children tin
the 19th and 20th centuries. 7.30pm-9.30pm,
Shaw Church Hall. All welcome. Free parking.
Refreshments. Non-members are requested to
make a £3 donation towards costs. newbury@
or
Encore John le Carré: An evening with
George Smiley, broadcast from the Royal
Festival Hall, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange,
Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218
Thursday 14
Fish filleting evening, 7.30pm-9.30pm, The
Lobster Pot, Cobbs Farm, Hungerford. £25.
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Friday 15
Catfish, 8pm, Arlington Arts Centre,
Snelsmore Common. Box Office
01635 244 246
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