The Nigerian Yorkshire Communities Network UK CIC are offering NYCN subscribers free swimming lessons for children who are beginners/non-swimmers as part of our summer sporting activities sponsored by the Leeds Community Foundation.
If you would like your children to learn to swim, please do register your family and search for any suitable swimming lessons in your local Leeds City Council pool across Leeds.
What makes us feel good? From the mind-bending world of psychedelics to the cognitive effects of music, Thackray’s next after-dark event will explore what it is that makes our brains tick and why.
Step into three Zones across our museum as we explore the brain’s relationship to Music, Attraction and Psychedelics with the help of leading experts, workshops and live music:
Music Zone
Celebrate Summer Solstice and Midsummer with us at this month's zine late event. Make a magical folklore inspired zine, frolic around the zine library in a flower headdress and explore our specially curated midsummer inspired display.
The zine library late events happen on the last Wednesday of the month. Each month we have a workshop, self-led activities, and music, making it a great opportunity to meet new zine makers, get inspired by the library collections and learn new skills.
Suitable for 16+
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Kirkstall Hill
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The waterfront in Leeds City Centre has a rich, interesting, and sometimes amusing history! This audio tour explores this in detail, with narration by local expert Mike.
Join the world's most famous consulting detective in a story of murder and stolen treasure that spans the globe!
The world’s first Sherlock Holmes opera is written by Lliam Paterson and produced by Northern Opera Group.
With Edward Hawkins, David Horton, Ellen Mawhinney
Katy Thomson, Dominic Mattos, Zahid Siddiqui, Trevor Eliot Bowes
Join us on 21 June for our Refugee Week Flourish Party, a community gala with music, food, performances, stalls, and workshops for the whole family!
Suitable for all ages. Everyone welcome. Free entry.
Featuring :
Performances
Potternewton Park Rollers skate dance
Refuge Island dance from Whispered Tales
Workshops
Live in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen!
Readings by a different local published poet each month and this month we're delighted to welcome JAMES NASH.
James is a writer and poet. A long-term resident of Leeds and
Bridlington, his third collection of poems, Coma Songs was published in 2003 and reprinted in 2006
Be part of the studio audience for a pair of radio-theatre shows plus experience immersive sound-art installations about three kinds of "Home From Home" spaces in Leeds: urban gardens, teen creative spots, and buses.
You can book tickets for the 12:30pm, 2pm and 3:30pm performances. Space is limited! See Tickets below.
This workshop is for young people aged 11 years and over, with the help of an adult who must stay for the duration of the workshop.
We all have those clothes we've fallen a bit out of love with or that we wish were more 'us.' In this workshop you'll learn how to add applique and hand embroidery to clothes that you already have to make them more you and reflect your personality more.
Please bring with you clothes that you would like to revamp.
Please note - ticket price is for 1 young person plus 1 adult. Any addtional children/adults must purchase another ticket.