Music - December 23 onwards

Dec 16 2010 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

EVENTS

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28

NESS: Ness Through The Seasons - monthly guided walk at Ness Gardens from 10.30-11.30am. Cost £4 plus admission to gardens. Visit www.nessgardens.org.uk or ring 0151 353 0123.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 1

TALACRE: New Year’s Day beach and hill walk - walk off festive food with a six mile ramble along the coast and inland from Talacre from 10.30am-3pm with a hot drink and mince pie en route. Meet at Smugglers Inn car park in Station Road. Booking essential on 01244 814931.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 4

CHESTER: Chester Photographic Society meeting with talk on From Melody Maker to the Guardian at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Contact 01244 300166.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 6

CHESTER: Chester Society of Natural Science, Literature and Art meeting with talk on Bolivia from Salt Flats to Silver Mines at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm. Ring 01244 335955.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 11

CHESTER: Chester Film Society screening of the 1994 Australian film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, at the Steam Mill in Steam Mill Street, at 7.45pm. Guest tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750 or visit www.chesterfilmfans.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12

CHESTER: Lecture on It’s Like Banging Our Heads on a Brick Wall”: Parents’ Views of Engaging with Multi-agency Provision for Children with Special Educational Needs by Jane McKay from the Centre for Public Health Research in Binks CBK 106/1 at the University of Chester, at 12.30pm. Admission free. Visit www.chester.ac.uk/public-lectures for details or ring 01244 511740.

CHESTER: Art Gallery Tour - discover a rich array of paintings, sculpture, and furniture spanning half a millennium of art in the Chester area at the Grosvenor Museum Art Gallery from 2-3pm.

MONDAY, JANUARY 17

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen lecture entitled The History of Fingerprints and Crime Scenes by Terry Rockall, former deputy head of the National Fingerprint Office at New Scotland Yard at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Visitors £6. Ring 0151 346 1017 for details.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 18

CHESTER: Chester Film Society screening of the 2007 Palestine/Israel film Etz Limon (The Lemon Tree), at the Steam Mill in Steam Mill Street, at 7.45pm. Guest tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750 or visit www.chesterfilmfans.co.uk.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 21

CHESTER: Put That Light Out! - join local historian Len Morgan for another of his slideshows about his adventures in wartime Chester and how he came to have his own bomb as a souvenir, at Chester History & Heritage in St Michael’s Church, Bridge Street Row, from 1.30-3.30pm. Admission £3, concessions £2.50. Book on 01244 402110.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 25

CHESTER: Chester Film Society screening of the 2008 French thriller Pour Elle (Anything For Her), at the Little Theatre in Gloucester Street, Newtown, at 7.45pm. Guest tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750 or visit www.chesterfilmfans.co.uk.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 29

CHESTER: Chester Theological Society Annual Cathedral Lecture on The English Bible and the Perils of Translating God’s Word by Professor Loveday Alexander in the Chapter House at Chester Cathedral at 2pm. Visit www.chester.ac.uk/public-lectures for details or ring 01244 511740.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8

CHESTER: Chester Film Society screening of the 2009 British period drama The Last Station, at the Little Theatre in Gloucester Street, Newtown, at 7.45pm. Guest tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750 or visit www.chesterfilmfans.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9

CHESTER: Lecture on Grand-parenting: The Impact of Caring for Grandchildren on the Health and Well-being of Older Family Members by Dr Robin Mann of Bangor University in Binks CBK 010 at the University of Chester at 12.30pm. Admission free. Visit www.chester.ac.uk/public-lectures for details or ring 01244 511740.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16

CHESTER: Lecture on God, Women and Animals by Dr Rachel Muers, senior lecturer in Christian Studies, University of Leeds, in Beswick Lecture Theatre at the University of Chester at 7.30pm. Admission free. Visit www.chester.ac.uk/public-lectures for details or ring 01244 511740.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen lecture entitled Galileo by Professor David Wootten who traces Galileo through his early rebellious years, the beginnings of his scientific career, his trial for heresy, house arrest and physical decline at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Visitors £6. Ring 0151 346 1017 for details.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22

CHESTER: Chester Film Society screening of the 1990 Italian classic Cinema Paradiso, at the Little Theatre in Gloucester Street, Newtown, at 7.45pm. Guest tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750 or visit www.chesterfilmfans.co.uk.

MONDAY, MARCH 21

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen lecture entitled James Crichton & Co. Shipbuilding on the River Dee by Geoff Pickard who covers the shipbuilding process, as well as featuring in detail the lives of many of the wide variety of ships that were constructed there and delivered to customers all over the world at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Visitors £6. Ring 0151 346 1017 for details.

MONDAY, APRIL 18

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen lecture entitled Astronomy and Art by Professor David Hughes, Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at Sheffield University, who has conducted research into the minor bodies of the solar system and has lectured all over the world, at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Visitors £6. Ring 0151 346 1017 for details.

MONDAY, MAY 16

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen lecture entitled Working with the Homeless in Manchester by PC Judith Walmsley OBE, who works closely with homeless charities to eradicate anti-social behaviour and get people off the streets and into accommodation, at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Visitors £6. Ring 0151 346 1017 for details.

MONDAY, JUNE 20

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen Annual General Meeting followed by lecture entitled Animal Architecture: the extraordinary structures animals build by Prof Mike Hansell, who has conducted research on the building behaviour of animals of various kinds, in particular on the nest building of birds and wasps and on the case building of caddis fly larvae, at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.15pm. Visitors £6. Ring 0151 346 1017 for details.