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One-off events

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Don’t miss our one-off listed events!

As well on demand events and online activities that you can do at home or out of the house any day, any time – the Winter Activities Library has a list of one-off dated events that you don’t want to miss!

Check them out below:

 

10 December

Wildlife in the warzone, online talk – 10 December

 

12 December

Carols by Candlelight, Woodlands Church – 12 and 13 December

Little Kitchen Cookery School, tapas social – 12 and 19 December

 

13 December

Winter Wanderland, University of Bristol – 6, 13 and 17 December

Carols by Candlelight, Woodlands Church – 12 and 13 December

 

14 December

Online Astronomy, Science and Stargazing – 14 December

 

15 December

Spark Change, bee hotels and bat houses – 15 December

Burning the books, online talk – 15 December

 

16 December

Stardust 1.0 launch, livestream – 16 December

UoB Carol Service, Multifaith Chaplaincy – 16 December

 

17 December

New Scientist Christmas special live – 17 December

The world becoming net carbon zero, a conversation – 17 December

Excavating Kings Weston Roman Villa, online talk – 17 December

Intercultural Mingle – 17, 24 and 31 December

Winter Wanderland, University of Bristol – 6, 13 and 17 December

 

18 December

Wtf workshop: creative metalwork and welding – 18 December and 5 January

BISC Christmas celebration – 18 December

The National Gallery, talk and draw – 18 December

 

19 December

Christmas at Christchurch – 19, 20, 23 and 25 December

Little Kitchen Cookery School, tapas social – 12 and 19 December

 

20 December

Christmas at Christchurch – 19, 20, 23 and 25 December

 

23 December

Christmas at Christchurch – 19, 20, 23 and 25 December

 

24 December

Christmas Treats and Traditions – 24 December

Intercultural Mingle – 17, 24 and 31 December

 

25 December

Christmas Day service, Woodlands Church – 25 December

Christmas at Christchurch – 19, 20, 23 and 25 December

 

26 December

BISC Boxing Day walk – 26 December

 

31 December

Intercultural Mingle – 17, 24 and 31 December

 

2 January

Little Italy masterclass – 2 January

 

3 January

Little Kitchen Cookery School, macaron masterclass – 3 January

 

5 January

Wtf workshop: creative metalwork and welding – 18 December and 5 January

 

6 January

Little Kitchen Cookery School, pasta masterclass – 6 January

 

7 January

Little Kitchen Cookery School, DIY pizzas – 7 January

 

23 February

Celebrate Bristol Diverse Doors, open day – 23 February

 

 

 

Spike Island film screening – 3 to 31 December

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Quick info:

  • Type of event: online
  • Date: 3 to 31 December 2020
  • Time: 12 pm to 12 am
  • Location: spikeisland.org.uk
  • Meeting point: n/a
  • Cost: free
  • Booking instructions: no booking required

’Beneath The Mead: cigar.lend.shave (2020) is a speculative portrait of a place, or more specifically a cave, in North Bristol called Pen Park Hole. The site was discovered accidentally in the 17th century and first explored in 1669 by Captain Sturmy, a renowned mariner and navigator. (more…)

Living Spit’s Beauty and the Beast – 8 to 31 December

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Quick info:

  • Type of event: in-person
  • Date: 8 to 31 December 2020
  • Time: 2:30 pm / 6 pm / 8:30 pm (dependent on dates)
  • Location: Bristol Old Vic
  • Meeting point: BOV Auditorium
  • Cost: £10 / £15 / £25
  • Booking instructions: book online
  • Special instructions: to ensure safe seating please arrive 40 minutes before the start time 

‘The classic French tale of Beauty and The Beast tells of a bright and beautiful young woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. She learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realise the kind heart and soul that lies within.’ 

Living Spit’s Beauty & The Beast is however NO ordinary musical, but rather: ‘a hilarious re-telling of a classic tale, a brand-new, monstrously-musical, Disney-defying version of a classic French tale about what it means to be truly beautiful in the 18th century.’  (more…)

Bristol Hippodrome Theatre, Robin Hood – 18 December to 10 January

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Quick info:

  • Type of event: in-person
  • Date: 18 December 2020  to 10 January 2021
  • Time: 11 am / 2 pm / 6 pm / 7 pm / 7:30 pm (dependent on dates)
  • Location: Bristol Hippodrome Theatre
  • Meeting point: Bristol Hippodrome Theatre
  • Cost: from £13 (subject to a transaction fee of £3.65)
  • Booking instructions: book online
  • Special instructions: distanced seats into groups of 1-6 are available to book as a single support bubble

‘Grab your merry men and women and get ready for a socially distanced pantomime like never before, in a sheriff-busting, arrow-shooting, tights-wearing, hog-roasting production of Robin Hood, created especially for Christmas 2020.’ (more…)

The National Gallery, talk and draw – 18 December

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Quick info:

Gallery Educators Carlo Corsato and Nick Pace explore Jan Gossaert’s The Adoration of the Kings in two different ways. First, listen to a brief talk, and then respond by making your own work in this short, artist-led drawing session. (more…)

Wtf workshop: creative metalwork and welding – 18 December and 5 January

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Quick info:

  • Type of event: in person
  • Date: 18 December 2020 and 5 January 2021
  • Time: 10 am to 4 pm (6 hour workshop)
  • Location: Wtf workshops, Unit 2, 126 Albert Road, St Phillips, Bristol, BS2 0YA
  • Meeting point: as above
  • Cost: £125 (includes all tools, equipment, PPE, materials and consumables, tea, coffee and snacks)
  • Booking instructions: book online
  • Special instructions: group sizes are between three and six participants to two facilitators

‘WTF Workshops (Women Teaching Fabrication) offers a one-day intensive course, suitable for all levels of experience with consecutive days available to do larger or more complicated projects. This course is completely hands-on and student-led.

Everyone is invited to design your own project, set your own working pace, and go home having made an item (or perhaps several items) of original metalwork sculpture. (more…)

Chew Valley handmade glass: blow a bauble – various dates in December

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Quick info:

  • Type of event: in person
  • Date: every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturdays in December
  • Time: around 15 mintues, based on booking (flexible times to suit)
  • Location: Chew Valley, HandMade Glass, North Widcombe Farm, North Widcombe, West Harptree, Bristol BS40 6HP
  • Meeting point: as above
  • Cost: £24.99 (includes glass for bauble and feather)
  • Booking instructions: book online

‘Create a very special keepsake to hang in a window or on a Christmas tree, ready to take home the same day. Blow your own bauble with one of our master glassmakers and insert a coloured feather of your choice.’

Chew Valley handmade glass: Glass blowing taster – various dates in December

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Quick info:

  • Type of event: in person
  • Date: every Wednesday and Saturdays in December
  • Time: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
  • Location: Chew Valley, HandMade Glass, North Widcombe Farm, North Widcombe, West Harptree, Bristol BS40 6HP
  • Meeting point: as above
  • Cost: £135 
  • Booking instructions: book online

‘A unique and memorable workshop taught by two highly skilled glass makers.

You will arrive at the studio at 10:30 am and run through health and safety regulations plus a small talk, after which you will be assisted in gathering some molten glass on your blowing iron and adding colours of your choice. You will then be guided on how to manipulate the molten glass to start creating a piece of artwork, again of your choice, but nothing to tricky to start with.

You will be able to collect all of your glassware the following day or it can be wrapped and posted to you at a cost of £15 per person.’

KT Jewellery and Silversmithing, technique demonstrations – December and January

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Quick info:

  • Type of event: online
  • Date: available most days in December and January (schedule available on the website)
  • Time: three hours, time dependent on time booked
  • Location: online
  • Meeting point: n/a
  • Cost: £100
  • Booking instructions: book online

‘Make It With Kim Thomson offers you a brilliant opportunity this Festive Season to access private tuition, technical help, troubleshooting, new skills and demonstrations in creating jewellery and understanding the art of silversmithing. The session will be tailored to your interests and requirements. (more…)

Café Sewciety: Sewing Lessons with Maria – in person

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Quick info:

  • Type of event: in person
  • Date: Available most days in January (schedule available on the website)
  • Time: two to three hours, time dependent on time booked
  • Location: Café Sewciety @ Holy Trinity Church, Clifton Vale, Hotwells, Bristol, BS8 4ST
  • Meeting point: full directions & transport links will be sent on receipt of your first booking.
  • Cost: from £40
  • Booking instructions: book online

‘Maria offers private sewing lessons for beginners or capable sewers in her tranquil sewing space in Hotwells. Why not give it a go!

Maria will supply all the materials you will need for your first few lessons, so it’s a great way to give it a try before spending any money on tools & materials. Her machines are all modern & simple Toyota models.’