List of Events
Pru Green: Swan Song
Pru Green’s Swan Song celebrates her life story in ceramics through times spent in Alvingham, Gwili and Essex; sixty years of making pots and encouraging others along the way. She is delighted that former students, now experts in the field and friends, have agreed to join her in this exhibition. The exhibition opens with a preview on Saturday, September 12 at 2pm
Jane Walker – A Line in Thread
Sheffield artist Jane Walker creates paintings that are augmented with stitch and collage. Her recent work is centred around the coal industry both in South Yorkshire and the Saarland in Germany. Her imagery moves on a sliding scale between abstract and real or imagined places.
Connor Selby at Ropery Hall
Young troubadour Connor Selby is one of the brightest talents on the UK blues scene. There’s a timeless melancholic quality to his music. Relatable in its honesty and openness, he draws from anxiety and vulnerability, but delivers it with a world-worn elegance. The sky is the limit for Selby, who, along with awards, has picked up numerous plays on BBC Radio 2. It’s easy to see why with his soulful blend of blues and his emotionally introspective songwriting, which sits…
A Stitch in Time
Knitted swimming ‘cozzies’, hand-me-downs and short trousers all conjure up memories we might like to forget about growing up, but changes in children’s clothes is a fascinating topic to remember. Reminisce with family and friends over tea or coffee. Admission Ticket includes free refreshments. Check wilderspinschool.org.uk for details. Wilderspin School Museum
Alice Armstrong at Ropery Hall
Alice Armstrong is an independent, multi-award-winning singer-songwriter and entertainer from the UK, whose music creates a world of magic, humour and depth. Reshaping nostalgic rhythm & blues grooves through a contemporary lens, Armstrong delivers heart-breaking ballads and toe-tapping ear-worms with a breathtaking vocal talent, sharp wit and electric stage presence, all backed by a world-class band.
Encore
An exhibition of photographs from Beretun and Baysgarth Schools’ Musicals from 1966 to 1985 taken from the R N Smithson archive, by kind permission of the family.
Yoga for over 60s – Living Later Life Well
Stretch and tone your body, improve your flexibility and aid breathing and relaxation. All Living Later Life Well sessions are for people aged 60+. For more information or to book your space, contact Jo on 07821 900623 or email jo.marwood.bartontrinity@outlook.com £4 suggested donation
Museums at Night Quiz
Doors open 6.30pm for heads down at 7pm. Wilderspin School Museum
Tales of Drake at Ropery Hall
It’s 1604, and the Pelican Tavern stands at the edge of the Thames near Execution Dock. Here, a former sailor serves a last quart of ale to those found guilty of piracy, before they hang at the scaffold from a shortened rope. Whilst he waits, he recounts his travels and tales of time spent at sea serving under Sir Francis Drake; the Circumnavigation, the massacre at Rathlin Island, his own questionable career on the seas… and his dog. Written and…
Snake Davis Band at Ropery Hall
Snake is one of the most in-demand rock soul and jazz sax players in the world, widely known for his solos on tracks such as Lisa Stansfield’s “Change”, M-People’s “Search For A Hero, Moving On Up and Take That “A Million Love Songs”. It’s a couple of years since the Snake Davis Band were here though sdo expect guitar, drums, bass guitar and a sensational boundary-blurring mix including Soul, Northern Soul, Jazz, R+B, Ambient and classy pop.
