Newbury Weekly News - May 11th 2017

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Newbury Weekly News

Vineyard. £45. Box office 0845 5218218

n Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society (Oxon, Berks, Bucks) lecture by Dr Luigi Prada: Magical and Divina- tory Texts, 2.00 pm, Oakwood Centre, Headley Road, Woodley RG5 4JZ. Visitors welcome– £3. n Hurst Singers Spring Concert , 7.30pm. Silchester Parish Church. Tickets £10 from Ralph Atton (0118) 970 0825, Richard Fletcher (0118) 970 0633 or on the door. n (and tomorrow and Wednesday) Art and Plants at Rookery Farm Open Studio, 11am -5pm. Woolton Hill, RG20 9XP. Plant sale in aid of The Air Ambulance. Art by Sharon Perris, Katie Penlington, Julia Bowes and Jan Nethercot. Free tea and cake. n Newbury District Ornitho- logical Club morning walk around the gravel pits at Woolhampton . Meet in the Rowbarge car park at 8.30am. Grid ref 174/SU572667 n Royal Wootton Bassett Brass , 2pm-4pm. Bandstand, Victoria Park, Newbury n Charity Run and Fun day , from 9am. Park House School, Andover Road, Newbury SUNDAY

THURSDAY

n (until 20 May) Newbury Spring Festival: various events and venues. Box office 0845 5218218 n (until 21 May) Open Studios 2017: various locations throughout West Berkshire and North Hampshire www.open-studios.org.uk n (until 21 May) Insight 2017 : Open Studios flagship exhibition Monday-Sunday 11am-5pm, Thursday till 8pm. New Greenham Arts Centre, 113 Lindenmuth Way, Greenham Business Park, Newbury RG19 6HN n (until 30 May) Open Air Sculpture Exhibition, at the Orangery, Shaw House. 11am- 4pm daily n (until 2 June) Exhibition: Knitting from traditional to contemporar y , Old Chapel Textile Centre, Main Street, Greenham Business Park RG19 6HW (open 10am-4pm Tuesday to Thursday and first Saturday of the month) n Craft and Chat ,11am-1pm. Newbury library. Free drop-in session for adults n French Conversation with Danielle Simpson, 10am- noon. St Joseph’s Church Hall, London Road, Newbury (every Thursday) n Live and Lyrical , 8pm. New Greenham Arts. Box office 0845 5218218 n Lady Maisery, 8pm. Arlington Arts Centre, Snelsmore Common. Box office (01635) 244246 n Brodsky Quartet , 7.30pm. St Mary’s Church, Shaw. Box office 0845 5218218

TUESDAY

n Book launch: Understanding Hoarding by Jo Cooke, 12.30pm-2.30pm. Broadway House, 4-8 Broadway, Newbury RG14 1BA n (until 2 June) Exhibition: Knitting from traditional to contemporar y, Old Chapel Textile Centre, Main Street, Greenham Business Park RG19 6HW (open 10am-4pm Tuesday to Thursday and first Saturday of the month) n (until 20) Newbury Dramatic Society presents Maskerade by Terry Pratch- ett, 7.30pm (6.30 on Satur- day). The Watermill, Bagnor. Box office (01635) 46044 n Jeff Barnhart and the Harlem Knights, 8pm. Zelda’s Jazz Room at the Comrades Club, Newbury Street, Wantage, OX12 8DJ. Tickets on the door £11 n Art and Plants at Rookery Farm Open Studio, 11am - 5pm. Woolton Hill RG20 9XP. Plant sale in aid of The Air Ambulance. Art by Sharon Perris, Katie Penlington, Julia Bowes and Jan Nethercot. Free tea and cake n Thatcham in old photographs , talk by Dr Nick Young, 7pm-8pm. West Berk- shire Museum. Tickets £5 from the museum (01635) 519562 Thesefreecommunity listingsare publishedwhenspaceallows,in goodfaithandattheeditor’s discre- tion.Forfurtherlistings,see Out& About magazine,andalsotheWhat’s Onadvertisements inN2. The NewburyWeeklyNews accepts noresponsibility forinaccurate infor- mationsuppliedorforeventsthatare rearranged. Pleasesendcontributions toWhat’s On, NewburyWeekly News, NewspaperHouse,Faraday Road,Newbury RG142DW, oremail report@newburynews.co.uk. Thedeadline is Fridayintheweek beforepublication. n Follow us through the week: online at newburytoday.co.uk, on Twitter @newburytoday, Instagram newburytoday and on Facebook WEDNESDAY

http://www.parkhous - eschool.org/charityrun

Croft andPearcearenotthemselves, atNewGreenham ArtsonSaturday night

for Kids with Bonni Southey, 10am-1pm. City Arts, Hampton Road, Newbury. https://cityartsnewbur y.co.uk/ category/may-2017/ n Croft and Pearce Are Not Themselves , award-winning Radio 4 sketch comedians. 8pm. New Greenham Arts. Box office 0845 5218218

members of Berkshire Family History Society , 10.30am- 12.30pm. Free drop-in session at Newbury library n (and tomorrow) Newbury International Antiques & Collectors Fair , 8.30am-5pm Newbury Showground. (01636) 702326 n Newbury District Field

Club: Talk on the Coastal Path, by Dave Stubbs , 2.30pm. Council Chamber, Newbury Town Hall, Market Place.

MONDAY

n The Sheepdrove Piano Competition winner recital, 12.30pm. Corn Exchange auditorium. 0845 5218218 n Taste of Spain, Spanish- themed evening at The

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