What’s On in November

1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 NOVEMBER Stevenage Choral Society

7.45pm. Stevenage Music Centre, Mobbsbury, Stevenage Meets every Monday during term time. No audition necessary. Try out a wide range of music, from the classics to show songs. Tel: 01438 365769 Email: info@stevenagechoral.org.uk Web: www.stevenagechoral.org.uk

1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 NOVEMBER Branch Out Social Club for Single People

8.30-10.30pm. Cromwell Bar, The Sun Hotel, Hitchin Medium-sized social club for single people aged 40 upwards. Meets every Monday night. Tel: Lorna 01438 233657 Web: www.branch-out.org.uk

4 NOVEMBER The Arts Society North Herts

11am-12.15pm. Broadway Cinema and Theatre, Eastcheap, Letchworth ‘Romance and ruins’ by Sue Rollin. Visitors welcome. Lift access. Web: theartssocietynorthherts.org.uk

4, 11, 18 & 25 NOVEMBER Baby Rhyme Time

10.15-10.45am. Hitchin Library Fun, half hour sessions of songs and rhymes, perfect for helping your child to learn language skills. Booking essential. Web: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk

5 NOVEMBER Bedfordshire Family History Society

7pm on Zoom. Members free, Visitors £1 ‘The History of Ickwell Bury including The Harvey Family 1680–1924’ with Felicity Brimblecombe. Web: www.bfhs.org.uk

5 NOVEMBER Coull String Quartet

8pm. Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin Tickets £20, free entry for under 27s, pre-concert dining £25, livestream tickets £10, free virtual tickets for under 27s Enjoy an evening with the Coull String Quartet which was formed in 1974 by students at the Royal Academy of Music and still includes two founder members. Web: https://benslowmusic.org

5, 12, 19 & 26 NOVEMBER Baby Rhyme Time

10.15-10.45am and 11.30am-12 noon Stevenage Library Fun, half hour sessions of songs and rhymes, perfect for helping your child to learn language skills. Booking essential. Web: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk

5, 12, 19 & 26 NOVEMBER Bridge Club

1.30-4.30pm. Springfield House, Old Stevenage Community Centre Play social cut-in Chicago Bridge. Play is informal and friendly. Tel: Richard Bean 01438 221517

6 NOVEMBER Pirton Craft Fair

9.30am-4pm. Pirton Village Hall Adults £1, under 16s free if accompanied by an adult A variety of stalls selling high quality handmade crafts. Light refreshments. Masks advised. One-way system in operation. Email: pirtoncraft2021@gmail.com

6 NOVEMBER Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire Hardy Plant Society

2pm. Weatherley Centre, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade ‘Plant hunting in Vietnam’ with Andrew Luke who is the head gardener at Wrest Park. Visitors welcome – small charge. Web: www.hpscambsandbeds.co.uk

12 NOVEMBER Unicorn Ceilidh

Doors open 7.30pm St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Baldock With Bosun Higgs, caller Ian Nichols and Rockhopper Morris in the interval spot. Ceilidh dances are great fun, easy to learn - and addictive! Book online. Tel: Alan Creamer 07946 439095 or 01582 724261 Web: www.unicornceilidhs.org.uk

12 NOVEMBER The Magic of Motown

7.30pm. Tickets £30 Celebrating 60 magical years of Motown, immerse yourself in the sound of a generation as The Magic of Motown returns to the stage! Web: www.gordon-craig.co.uk

19 NOVEMBER Celebration of Local Authors

7.30-9.30pm. 220 Nevells Road, Letchworth. Free entry. Celebrating local authors across a variety of genres. Donations to The Settlement welcome. Tel: 01462 682828 Web: www.letchworthsettlement. org.uk

20 NOVEMBER Men in Mind

2-5pm 27 Sun Street, Hitchin Informal coffee afternoon to promote men’s mental health awareness.

21 NOVEMBER Charity Quiz

8pm The Five Bells in Henlow Village £2.50 per person In aid of Asthma UK, in memory of Carl Couzens. Teams of up to 6. Prizes for first and second plus some ‘spot prizes’. Raffle. Tel: John Burlison 07511 631045 info/ to book Email: j.burlison@outlook.com