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Adam Batty gets a sneak preview of This is England ‘86 directed by Shane Meadows… ahead of it’s launch on 7th September Channel 4. Stay in, or record it this is NOT to be missed
Get your contemporary art in non gallery settings: Leeds Art Walk 1st September & Art in Unusual Spaces ‘End of Season’ Preview Event 6-7pm 2nd September Ground Floor Leeds Shopping Plaza
Leeds Photo Week 1st – 7th September brings a great selection of activities and opportunities for everyone to take part in and enjoy. Founder Jon Eland picks out a few highlights
Leeds Photographer Rick Harrison gives a preview of the Leeds West-Indian Carnival taking place this Bank Holiday Monday
Be Bradford – Peaceful Together 28th August on Infirmary Fields 12-4pm
Saltaire Arts Trail is part of the Saltaire Festival and runs from the 11th to the 19th of September in Saltaire, just outside Shipley and 14 minutes on the train from the middle of Leeds. The Arts Trail showcases the best in Yorkshire creativity and covers over 30 venues, including the stunning but rarely seen loft space of Salt’s Mill and half a dozen Saltaire resident’s front rooms.
From dog shows to DJs to dinner dances: the fifteenth annual Unity Day festival takes place on Woodhouse Moor in Leeds on Saturday 21st August.
Friday 22nd – Saturday 23rd October 2010 People Show bring murder and mystery to Bradford (I’m sittting on my hands to avoid commenting on the irony of coals to Newcastle) Get booking your tickets NOW!
Test Space: Kitchen 4th -5th September Temple Works Leeds, a pop up restaurant! A showcase of local chefs, markets, businesses and creative talent…Victorian Steam Punk too….
This is ONE big reason to take the trek to the edge of the earth…okay Hull. In its second year it has an amazing line up of speakers, if they can make the effort, so can you! 4th November
Barcelona based computer music project EVOL will be performing at ENJOY 20th August 8pm
£4 Entry Unit 22C Mabgate Leeds. UK. LS9 7DZ
You are welcome Thurs 2 Sept 5 – 7pm -to the exhibition launch & talk of Paula Rego – Printmaker by Professor Paul Coldwell at Gallery II, University of Bradford
Love indie Cinema? Bijou monthly pop up miniciné takes over the second smallest film theatre in the UK every third Thursday of the month… unconventional in every way…
What can you expect when you turn a tiny seaside art gallery into a Kerouac-inspired poetry venue for the night? Nobody knows, and that’s half the fun…
Impressions Gallery Bradford celebrate their third birthday with a party and a forest picnic Sunday 8th August 1pm – 4pm
We can’t wait the launch of YorkshireTelly.com, a fresh new website bringing art, unusual locations and great video from across Yorkshire to our desktops…
You are invited to ‘Fold for Peace’ Thursday 4th August ahead of The Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial Ceremony (9th August Park Square 10.40am)
Lucy Harper gives us a taster of what’s to come this weekend from Sheffield’s biggest celebration of local music.
Laurence Boyce advises you to look out for a great British documentary which plays the Hyde Park Picture House on Monday 19th July
Jay Cover from Nous Vous, may not post for us as frequently as some we might mention, but when it does it’s worth the wait! Here he shares his personal insight into artist Stephen Clatworthy and Enjoy
Now this is the kind of paper round we may have got up early to do! This lovely, tactile project originating from Berlin is coming to Manchester…fancy get involved in creating content?
Join Billy Bragg, Alan Miles & Jail Guitar Doors Graduates at the Hyde Park Picture House, Saturday 24th July 7.30pm
Katie from Leeds Grub tracks down the Bakelady in Leeds’ first underground restaurant.
A new arts space opens in July at Leeds Industrial Museum. The MillSpace is a dedicated space within the mill, that will be used as a catalyst for a step change in way that the museum works with artists and the public, especially in the local area.
A Summer Party featuring Quack Quack and Cissy at Bradford Playhouse on Friday 9 July. CV blogger Lucy wants you all to come drink Pimms and eat home-made cake with her.


