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beesTOn LibrarY events & exhibitions JULY-OCT 2019 LIVE MUSIC INSPIRE POETRY FESTIVAL CHILDREN’S EVENTS ART WORKSHOPS FAMILY THEATRE EXHIBITIONS HERITAGE JAZZ STEPS LIVE AT THE LIBRARY: TONY KOFI - A PORTRAIT OF CANNONBALL see page 9 delivered by Complete the summer Reading Challenge to be entered into a prize draw, sponsored by inspireculture.org.uk/summerreadingchallenge beesTOn LibrarY beeston Library 03 Foster avenue, beeston, nottingham, ng9 1ae WELCOME TO YOUR Opening hours JULY - OCTOBER Monday 9am – 6pm SEASON! aRts anD tuesday 9am – 7pm Wednesday 9am – 6pm CULtURe, Live thursday 9am – 6pm at YoUR LibRaRY Friday 9am – 6pm saturday 9am – 4pm blast into the summer at beeston, with a packed programme of events, including this year’s space Chase booking events summer Reading Challenge, also featuring an ‘out of tickets for events can be booked online, this World’ exhibition with work by children from Round in person at the library, or by phone. hill school and artist and author workshops. a collaboration with the spark arts for Children brings phone: 01623 677 200 more not to be missed family theatre to the library, online: inspireculture.org.uk exploring maps, myths and monsters in The Girl of Ink and Stars . book early to avoid disappointment! tickets are non-refundable unless an event is cancelled. programme is beeston Library is poetry packed with a neW poetry subject to change, collective, providing an opportunity to be part of a new writing community in the heart of beeston. as one of the venues for the inspire poetry Festival in september, you Contact inspire can be sure to get your fix with word packed phone: ask inspire 01623 677 200 performances, workshops and events. email: [email protected] We will be welcoming an array of heritage experts to Keep up to date take us through stories of town halls, women and food Would you like to receive news and as well as the opportunity for some local history on our information about inspire, including beeston blue plaque walk. Celebrate nottinghamshire’s our events, direct to your inbox? recipe heritage and food stories past and present in our then visit the website to sign up to home Cooked heritage exhibition and talk. our email updates. You’ll be able to select from a range of preferences Jazz steps once again brings artists of international based on your own interests. visit: renown to the library, offering audiences a chance to inspireculture.org.uk/emails catch world-class music in the heart of your community. With these events and more, it’s set to be an exciting access season. We look forward to seeing you soon. beeston Library is accessible for wheelchair users. access to the first floor is via a lift. inspire is registered for the Family arts standards Please let us know if you require a for family events in our four wheelchair space for ticketed events largest libraries, including or have access needs. beeston Library . this means we are working hard to make families feel welcome. Look out for a large print version of this brochure events in our programme a large print version of this brochure is available on the website, and can and online with this badge: is available on the website, and can be made available at the library. Find out more: familyartsstandards.com be made available at the library. inwswpwire.icnuspltiurerec.uolrtgu.urek .org.uk beesTOn LibrarY 04 eXHibiTiOn PaPPLeWiCK PUMPinG sTaTiOn: a TeMPLe Y h p TO WaTer a R g Until saturday 13 July o t o h Free p e o D Y Z Z explore a treasure of i L : o nottinghamshire heritage t o h in this fascinating p exhibition. bOOKs anD reaDinG HeriTaGe TaLK inspire worked with Dragon PaPer Crane TOWn HaLLs - breath theatre, University POeTs bUiLDinGs of nottingham and 5.30 – 7.30pm, on the first and PeOPLe anD papplewick pumping third Tuesdays of the month POWer station to highlight the £2 Wednesday 17 July, 2pm water heritage story no booking required £3 behind the pumping adults booking advised station and show the adults cross-curricular education We need you! resources available to town halls are symbols of schools. are you a secret poem writer, or democracy, civic pride and a loud and proud spoken word power, reflected in a range of performer looking to develop architectural styles. so many your skills? Local poets Chris stories happen inside these McLoughlin and Leanne Moden amazing buildings, and this invite poets at all stages and illustrated talk explores their abilities to join them for a series past, present and possible of fun and friendly workshops futures. aimed at creating a supportive writing community right in the Join author Dawn Reeves and heart of beeston! nottinghamshire County Councillor Diana Meale for a Join them for sessions focused discussion featuring town halls on writing, publishing and across nottinghamshire and performing poetry. beyond. For further details, email see page 8 for details of more [email protected] Heritage events. or visit inspireculture.org.uk/ papercrane see page 10 for details of inspire Poetry Festival 2019. inspiReCULtURe.oRg.Uk 05 FaMiLY THeaTre THe sParK arTs FOr CHiLDren in assOCiaTiOn WiTH insPire: CULTUre, LearninG anD Libraries PresenT: THe GirL Forbidden to leave her island, isabella dreams of the OF inK faraway lands her father once mapped. When a girl from the village disappears into the island’s Forgotten territories, anD sTars isabella and her lifelong friend pablo go in search of her. Friday 26 July, 11am and 2pm Library members: £ 3 Following her map and an ancient myth, isabella discovers non-library members: £ 6 that deep beneath the dry rivers and smoky mountains, ages 7+ a fiery legend is stirring from its sleep... booking advised the performance is presented through headsets to give an a new play by satinder Chohan, based on immersive 360˚ sound experience. headsets will be provided. the book by kiran Millwood hargrave. The Girl of Ink and Stars will tour 20 libraries this summer. A tale of maps, myth and monsters. see inspireculture.org.uk/inkandstars for details beesTOn LibrarY 06 sUMMer reaDinG CHaLLenGe 2019: sPaCe CHase saturday 13 July to sunday 8 september Free For children aged 4 – 11 help our super space family, the Rockets, track down books that have been nabbed by aliens! inspired by the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, this year’s summer Reading Challenge is an out-of-this-world adventure. Children are invited to read six library books of their choice, collecting special stickers (including some very stinky ones!) to complete their mission. Can they find the aliens in time to save the day? Find out more about the summer Reading Challenge at inspireculture.org.uk/summerreadingchallenge illustrations © adam stower for the Reading agency inspiReCULtURe.oRg.Uk 07 eXHibiTiOn FaMiLY arTs WOrKsHOP FaMiLY arTs WOrKsHOP OUT OF THis sPaCe sTOries aLien aniMaTiOn WOrLD Thursday 1 august, Thursday 8 august, Tuesday 16 July – Thursday 12 10am - 12 noon 10am - 12 noon september Free Free Free booking essential booking essential ages 7+ and their families ages 7+ and their families Come and see the silly space (children must be (children must be poems and alien antics which we accompanied) accompanied) know will inspire you to take part in this year’s Reading agency Join steve smallman, inspire’s Make an alien out of modelling summer Reading Challenge. author in residence, for a hilarious clay and design a speedy space inspired by the 2019 theme space inspired workshop. You’ll craft to zoom off into space. space Chase, trevor and steve be drawing planets, spaceships Work with our digital artist in have worked with Round hill and lots of aliens and writing silly residence trevor Woolery to school to create stories of an poems about them too! steve is a animate your creations and turn alien world and animated their silly poem expert as well as a them into a giF. ideas to create the exhibition. brilliant illustrator so book your ticket now, it’ll be out of this book your ticket now and be part showing alongside the children’s world! of a wonderfully silly space race! work are knitted worry monsters created by our adult knitting as part of our arts Council national portfolio organisation funded work, groups. these will be donated to we are delighted to have an artist and author in residence. this year we knit-for-nowt and become tools have commissioned local digital artist trevor Woolery and children’s for practitioners working with author steve smallman to work with families across the county children with mental health inspired by the summer Reading Challenge theme needs. of space Chase. inspireculture.org.uk/outofthisworld beesTOn LibrarY 08 arTs anD HeriTaGe eXHibiTiOn HOMe COOKeD HeriTaGe Tuesday 17 september – Thursday 31 October Free how do you bring archive materials, 120 school children, 50 adults, a storyteller, an artist and an archaeologist together in one project? FooD! exploring the HeriTaGe eVenT HeriTaGe TaLK heritage of recipes unearthed in beesTOn bLUe HOMe COOKeD nottinghamshire archives, a celebration of food stories, past PLaQUe WaLK HeriTaGe TaLK and present have become a sea saturday 7 september, Wednesday 16 October, 2pm of tea towels showcasing 11am - 12.30pm Free | booking advised creative responses to this Free adults heritage Lottery Funded shared booking essential heritage project. all ages welcome James Wright is the heritage expert behind our recent project the exhibition of archive a shortened, circular blue plaque home Cooked heritage, and has materials and contemporary guided walk, led by members of delved into nottinghamshire responses is touring library beeston and District Civic archives in search of interesting galleries and will then be added society, starting and finishing at food-related stories.