Category: Leisure, culture and heritage

1790 Leisure, culture and heritage posts found.

Shropshire Archives launches fantastic collection of local photographs online

14/10/2019
Postman in front of post office motorbike, c.1915-20, Shropshire Archives ref: PH/B/34/85/355

Shropshire Council’s Shropshire Archives service is launching a fantastic collection of photographs online for the first time. The photographs were taken by…

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Vocal workshop with Richard Frostick on Saturday 19 October

10/10/2019

Shropshire Council’s Shropshire Music Education Hub is inviting adult singers and community choirs to a vocal workshop with leading singing expert Richard…

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Concert of Holocaust music and poetry in Shrewsbury on Wednesday 16 October

10/10/2019

A special concert of Holocaust music and poetry is being held in St Mary’s Church, in the centre of Shrewsbury, on Wednesday 16…

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Shropshire Libraries celebrate successful Summer Reading Challenge

07/10/2019
Summer Reading Challenge 2019 materials

Shropshire Libraries are celebrating their most successful Summer Reading Challenge campaign in recent years as nearly 3,000 children signed up across Shropshire.…

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Let’s Get Ready bookbags launching today, for Libraries Week

07/10/2019
Let's Get Ready For Life

Shropshire Libraries (Shropshire Council), and the council’s education improvement service early years team, are launching resources today to tie in with Libraries…

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Darwin Room Session a great success at Shrewsbury Library

04/10/2019
An image of Shrewsbury Library.

Soaring rock guitar solos, fast-fretted distorted tunes and six-string shredding. Not quite what you’d expect to encounter at a Grade II-listed building,…

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Council venues seek your views on accessibility

04/10/2019
An image of people in the foyer at Theatre Severn. A consultation is currently open to help improve access to Theatre Severn and the Old Market Hall cinema.

Shropshire Council has opened a public consultation asking for your views on accessibility to Theatre Severn and the Old Market Hall cinema…

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Appeal to save original manuscript of the Life of Sir Philip Sidney

03/10/2019
Fulke Greville manuscript

The Friends of Shropshire Archives, a charity who support the work of Shropshire Council’s archive service, have launched an appeal to save…

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Arts Café event at University Centre Shrewsbury

03/10/2019
An image from the giants exhibition at Mythstories, who will be featured at the next arts cafe event at University Centre Shrewsbury.

Artists, community and voluntary art organisations and anyone interested in the arts are invited to attend an Arts Network Event on Wednesday…

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Consultation on update to Shropshire Libraries strategy

02/10/2019
An image of Shrewsbury Library.

A public consultation about refreshing the library strategy has been launched so the new version can reflect local priorities and needs. The…

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