Celebrate International Women's Day with Film and Food

We are teaming up with Films at Heart and the fabulous café at Heart for one of their Food Feasts - the winning combination of an evening of food and film!

The main film released last year is 'Bye Bye Tiberias', made by Lina Soualem.

Leaving her native village to follow her dream of becoming an actress, Hiam Abbass also left behind her mother, grandmother and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to journey through the vanished places among the scattered memories of four generations of daring Palestinian women. Read more here.

West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra goes to the opera!

John Lyon – conductor
Alison Major – leader

Elizabeth Hardman - soprano

Beth Moxon – mezzo soprano

Johann Strauss II - Overture: Die Fledermaus

Puccini – La bohème: Mi chiamano Mimì

Puccini – Madama Butterfly: Tutti i fiori (Flower Duet)

Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

Richard Strauss – Der Rosenkavalier: Wie du warst

Weber – Der Freischütz: Und ob die Wolke

Bizet - Carmen: Suite No 1

Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude

Saint-Saëns – Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix

Imaginary Beings: sensory sculpture workshop for families

Engage your senses as you work with recycled paper to make non-toxic paper-clay. Feel the textures, mould shapes, and create your very own imaginary beings, based on Henry Moore Institute's current display John Hoyland: Imaginary Beings.

This workshop will provide a safe, fun, and creatively stimulating environment for families to explore the world of sculpture-making using recycled materials, inspired by the vibrant abstract art of John Hoyland.

Visiting Artist’s Talk – Graham Hudson

For this week's Visiting Artist's Talk at the University of Leeds we welcome Graham Hudson.

Graham Hudson makes installations, performances and sculptures. His work relates to the idea of the body as a psychological, cultural and physical subject. Works often fall over or appear a bit broken.

Project partners have included: The Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds; Film and Video Umbrella, London; Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma and The Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.

Orchestra Mambo International + DJ Gia Fu (Hong Kong) + Sabroso Dance Company

For his second Leeds Jazz Festival 2025 show, Leeds world music/global beats boss promoter Lubi Jovanovic is bringing the mambo and salsa fire to Belgrave Music Hall on Friday 23rd May. Live on stage, top 12 piece mambo/Afro-Cuban jazz/salsa ensemble Orchestra Mambo International. If you love the music of Latin legends Tito Puente, Ray Barretto and Eddie Palmieri, you will love this band.

Jay Phelps Presents – Miles Davis’s “Kind of Blue”

Jazzleeds are pleased to welcome to Leeds Jazz Festival trumpeter Jay Phelps who has curated an exceptional show which will bring together the best of Miles Davis from 1958 and 1959. Canadian born Phelps has had a career spanning radio presenting for Jazz FM and Worldwide FM, as well as creating the Youtube documentary series Ear to the Ground. Jay has performed with some of the world’s top artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Shabaka Hutchings, Amy Winehouse and Wizkid.

Blur the Lines featuring Jamettone

Blur the Lines featuring Jamettone will be an innovative showcase of improvised live music and inspiring performances from Leeds based poets, rappers, singers and musicians.

It’s been quite the journey so far for Lence and Blur the Lines with sold out shows at Leeds Playhouse, an historic event at Leeds Library and multiple appearances at Leeds Literature Festival. This time they are joined by Jamettone, a collective of exceptional musicians who will be creating improvised instrumentals to accompany the artists on stage.

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