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march 2013
IN THIS MONTH... Hi. This is Ohiane Uranga. I’m a new volunteer in Everything Is Possible; I just arrived one month ago from Spain. I would like to make a newsletter with interesting and useful information for everyone. Actually I don’t really know much about the cities, the country and the options that we have, although I have already founded a lot of exciting things to do. Anyway, please contact me by email: ohiane@everythingsispossible.com with any proposals, information of events, recipes, new travel ideas... because it will make a better newsletter for all. I would like to say thank you to everyone because you really made me feel welcome.
SPECIAL EVENTS 1st-2nd March: Young Pride. Leeds 2nd - 4th March - British Wildlife Festival at Brudenell Social Club. Leeds. 4th - 10th March: Climate Week at Bradford City Centre. 8th March: Bollywood Icons Bradford at National Media Museum.
17th March: The Student World Fair Leeds Craft & Gift Fair at Mercure Bradford. 21st March: Trinity Leeds open its doors. 22nd March: Land of Nod at The New Bradford Playhouse Comedy.
DISCOVERING AROUND What’s on in Leeds?
What’s on in Bradford?
The Student World Fair. Over 50 universities of different parts of the world will be informing of their specific programs and courses in different countries. In a while you will find everything you need to study abroad. Register on: www.thestudentworld.com
Bollywood Icons: 100 Years of Indian Cinema . Where? National Media Museum When? March 8th. Open daily 10.00 - 18.00. Cost: Free entry
Where? Royal Armouries Museum. 5-10’ walking from Coach station When? Sunday 17th. 10 am to 4 pm. Cost: Free entry “New York”. Celebration of American Classics Where? Leeds Town Hall. When? 3rd March 2.30pm Cost: Free entry “Fresh 2013” Yorkshire Dance. Where? Playhouse Square When? 23rd Mar ch 19:30 Cost: £6 – 8.
Spectacles Land of Nod. Where? The New Bradford Playhouse Comedy. 4 Chapel St, Little Germany. When? Fri 22 Mar 19:00 to 23:59 Cost:£6 Cinema I saw The Hobbit last weekend on Hyde Park, a very nice cinema in Leeds with Daniel and Eva. We thought that it is filmed to see it on 3D, it has a photography and scenes that make it worthwhile!
The Observation Wheel Leeds (OWL). Where? Kirkgate Markets car park . When? till April. Cost: £6 (5 with the European Voluntary Card).
So you can see it in Bradfordin the IMAX 3D cinema experience Where? National Media Museum When? See the details on www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/film. aspx Cost: £5.75/ £7.75.
SUNNY DAYS
OPEN DOORS ACTIVITIES I have found two perfect events for a sunny day, at least for me. SPRING FESTIVAL
ART IN THE PARK
In Leeds we have a plan for children & ‘happy flowers’. You can enjoy with some friends doing environmental and gardening activities as seeds planting, learn how to grow your own vegetables make a Butterfly wings; … and have a sunny rest time with a great park around.
In Bradford you can enjoy a tour around Lister Park, view the Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, one of the main Bradford Museums and see an exposition of Saleem Arif until 1 april.
Where? Twaite Mills Watermill Museum When? Sun 31 Mar (11am-3pm) Cost: Free entry
Where? Cartwright Hall Art Gallery When? Until 1 April. Tue to Fri 10am - 4pm/ Sat& Sun 11am - 4pm. Cost: Free entry.
TOUR AROUND THE CITY Bradford Tourist Information Leeds Visitors Center. Center Leeds Railway Station, Britannia House. New Station St, Leeds. So if you want to have more Broadway, Bradford +44 113 242 5242 information about things that (Next to Interchange Station). tourinfo@leeds.gov.uk might like I would propose you +44 1274 433678 to go to your nearest Tourist Opening times: Mon. 10am Information Centre: Opening times: Monday to 5.30pm, Tu. to Sat. 9am - 5.30pm, Saturday: 10am-4pm Sun. 10am - 4pm For my first and free sunny day I would like to walk and make a tour around the city.
RAINY DAYS
A LITTLE BIT OF ART We have some specific exhibitions in the LEEDS ART GALLERY that are finishing this month and it’s free!! Maybe you can enjoy some British art, have a hot drink in the nice cafe inside (it’s a bit expensive).
There are the actual exhibitions: 1913 The Shape of Time. Cubism exposition. Contested Ground. Looking over the landscape tradition in British Art. Dawn Chorus, an exposition of new works cededby courtesy of the Arts Council Collection.
And by the way take a look in the library, they have some interesting books and films.
Where? 74 The Headrow, Leeds. Cost: Free entry When? March 17th March 31th More info: www.leeds.gov.uk/artgallery
CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS Do you want to develop your photography skills? I have found a great chance in Leeds.
- Creative Eye Photography workshop. -
There will be some interesting creative workshops, there will be some more around the year and finally will be a photo contest.
Where? Leeds City Museum. Thoresby Rm. When? Workshop 1: Sat 9th (1:30-3 p)
Photography master class.
You have to book before on the website and bring your own camera, or your mobile phone for the first workshop.
Workshop 2: Thu21th (5.30-7pm) Cost: Free entry More info: city.museum@leeds.gov.uk
ART RECYCLING SPACE ...Plants in a bottle...
Art Recycling Space presents:
How to do a vertical garden with £2-3. The Spring is coming, but we still have bad How to do it? weather so I have a very cheap proposal to make at home those days that you don’t know Just take the bottles and cut them as it is showed what to do and at the same time you will get in the picture. Make the holes up and down and your environment more pleasant. put some rope (it will depend on the number of bottles and how long you want it to be). We will reuse our bottles turning them into a flowerpot stand. Paint the bottles as you want. Material needed.
When the paint is dry, install it on the wall and plant your flowers.
Bottles of milk or coke. You can already start Personal advice: It can take you two hours, so if saving them, it’s better if you save the same you do it with some good music and a cup of tea kind of bottles, it will be nicer. it will be better. Take some rope or cable. Washers. Scissors. Some painting. Soil/earth. Seeds packets ( you can find 2 for £1, in the pounds shops) Some water.
Special event: Climate week Bradford 4th -10th
All around Bradford there are going to be I have selected some, anyway you can many free activities around environmental find more information on the website or care and climate change. the contact details attached.
Here is some information about the activities that I have selected, but there Composting and planting are also photographic exhibitions, green You will learn how to make compost and tours and meetings. the secrets of planting. Recycled Crafts Activity A good way to learn and develop different skills, reuse and recycle some material, save money and improve your creativity. When? 6th & 8th. 12noon – 2pm Where? Bradford College.
When? 6th March 12noon – 2pm Where? Bradford College Allotment, Garden Mills Building, Westholme Street. Guest info: 14’ walking from Bradford Interchange. Take Bridge St, turn left to Channing Way, take Thornton Road and finally turn left at Westholme Street.
Green Travel – Dr Bike Session You can repair your cycle and or get one for £25. For more info you can send an Climate Week Pub Quiz email to Jennie.ohara@sustrans.org.uk You can meet people, have a drink and find out about what’s going on locally to When? 5th March 12noon – 2pm help the environment. Where? Westbrook Building Entrance, Carlton Street. When? 6th March 8.30pm Guest info: 15’ walking from Bradford Where? Brown Cow, Cross Leeds Street, Interchange. Take Bridge St, turn left to Keighley. Channing Way, take Thornton Road and finally turn left at Westholme Street, and turn right on Carlton St.
Cost: Free entry More info: 01274437780
www.climateweek.com eccu@bradford.gov.uk
RECIPE OF THE MONTH: OAT BISCUITS
This month Marcos’s oat biscuits are deserving to be on this special section. He has done it with children on his project, and they had a huge success, I have tasted them! So that now, have a drink with some oat biscuits are becoming our Friday’s evening tradition. I would like to thank him for his patience, his humour and the love that he has to the good cooking!!
Ingredients: 100 gr. porridge oats. 100 gr. flour 1 tsp. Baking powder 1 spoon golden syrup. Milk Butter 50-100 gr Sugar. Cinnamon Optional banana
1.You have to heat up and mix all the liquid (milk, butter and golden syrup) on the microwave. Preheat the Oven on 180C. 2.Put oat, flour, baking powder, sugar and cinnamon in a bowl, pour the mixed liquid on it and stir it till you get dough. (homogeneous) 3.Spread some butter on the baking sheet, give the way you want to the dough, put it in the baking sheet and to the oven around 20’ more or less.
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