A special visit from Leeds' twin city of Lille, France – Chapel FM Arts Centre presents a performance of the gypsy-roma-traveller world music collective Tire Laine (translation = "Pull the Wool").
This concert is part of a growing relationship with Leeds' twin city of Lille, France and Chapel FM Arts Centre's "Global Connections" project.
Come along to Chapel FM to watch two short films exploring the work of artists in Leeds who are responding to social injustice through creativity.
The first film to be screened is The Way Up Is Down, which follows the journey of Hungarian sculptor Leon Varga, the installation of his oversized sculpture in a sacred space in Armley, and the reaction from the congregation.
Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences.
Get to know our collections up close as we tell you stories about a selection of objects in our ever-popular Tuesday Treasure lunchtime drop-in.
Renowned novelist Caryl Phillips spent his childhood in Leeds and remains a committed Leeds United fan. While known around the world for his powerful fiction, he’s also frequently written about being a football fan, including the complexities of being a Black fan of Leeds United in the 1960s and 70s.
As part of the Voice of the Fans exhibition, in conversation with Professor Andrew Warnes, Phillips discusses his experience as a fan, of writing about football and what Leeds United means to the city he grew up in.
Claire Warwick and John Boocock discuss the origins and history of the Unofficial Leeds United Email List and football supporters in Cyberspace. The ‘Leeds List’ claims to be the oldest surviving football supporters’ email list in the UK.
Join Mick Ward from Marching Out Together, local historian Andrea Hetherington, and former Leeds Other Paper journalist Dr Tony Harcup for a discussion about the fascinating history of independent media in Leeds since the 1970s - and particularly its links with football fan culture.
This panel event brings together experts on football heritage and fan culture, including Professor Richard Haynes (The Football Imagination), PhD researchers Cameron Huggett and Aurélien Gerard, and curator Dora Petherbridge. Topics will include the rise of football fanzines, solidarity movements in the 1980s, and Andrew Watson’s XI—an all-star fantasy team of Black footballers and footballers of colour in Scotland, developed through a National Library of Scotland project celebrating football’s roots, culture, heritage, and communities.
Fan-led media occupies a unique space in the world of football, from a handful of photocopied fanzines sold outside football grounds in the ‘70s, to the global reach of today’s multimedia platforms. Join the British Library and Leeds Libraries to explore fan-driven publishing in the present moment, including its role in the wider media landscape, what it offers audiences, why it’s important and how it has endured despite changes in the globalised game.
Punks are taking over! Attitude Problem Zine editor Steve Hyland will introduce his collection of zines from the mid-80s to the present day and talk about how zines represent part of the counterculture within the DIY punk scene and beyond.
Rock out to a playlist of specially curated punk rock from across generations whilst you check out Zines from Ska to Oi! to Hardcore Punk to Riot Grrrl! Limited bar service available.