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ARTS & CULTURE Peter Gaw C
LIVE AT YOUR
LIBRARY & BEYOND

Our Autumn season is a big hitter, hief Executive, Inspire
packed with something for everyone to
be inspired to read, learn and enjoy culture!

The Poetry Festival makes its annual The Heritage season is packed with
appearance, now in even more venues and talks on Raleigh, cricket, old maps, football
offering readings, workshops, exhibitions and and even pantomime (oh yes it is!). Join us
special events. Join us in all corners of the for Heritage Open Days week and have
county from Worksop and Retford to West behind the scenes peek at Nottinghamshire
Bridgford and Beeston – as well as its original Archives or come along to a Heritage Café.
home, Southwell Library. Mansfield is home to Also, at Nottinghamshire Archives we will be
a headline event this year, so I do hope you’ll exhibiting Chinese and British in collaboration
join us in this annual celebration of words. with The British Library, as members of the
Living Knowledge Network.
If you don’t quite get your fix, why not join us
for free at our Annual AGM where the Paper Jazz fans of all ages can get their toes
Crane Poets collective will be giving a special tapping – we’ve got our regular Jazz Steps
performance. Join us in Beeston Library or season in four libraries, while kids will love
online to also hear about our progress our Jumpin’ Jazz concert packed with
over the last year. jazz favourites. Readers will love our adults
and children’s author events – and we’ve got
Also making its annual appearance this season family, dementia friendly and supportive
is the fabulous Fun Palace events which every film screenings.
year is a delight to host. A free nationwide
celebration of culture and community, I’m really looking forward to seeing new
Worksop as well as Mansfield Central and venues open during this season. The Newark
Newark libraries will all be rolling out the Buttermarket will be opening in the autumn
family fun this year. and later in the year the YMCA Activity Village
will both add to the inspiring scene in Newark
Libraries Week is hot on the heels, this year for culture and learning.
celebrating the central role that libraries play
in supporting life-long learning. Learning and Keep an eye on our website for the latest developments
libraries colleagues work together year-round, or sign up for updates inspireculture.org.uk/emails
but this a great opportunity to showcase how
libraries inspire learning for all and help unlock Do join us, whether it’s for
potential. With the launch of our first ever culture or to connect with your
adult learning annual course guide (see community; to get support
pages 24 & 25), this is a great year to unlock with your business or use our
your potential with Inspire! So do join us in IT facilities; to grow your skills
libraries between 3rd and 9th October to see or learn something new, there’s
what is happening – and follow us on socials something for everyone.
@NottsLibraries throughout the week.
Peter Gaw Chief Executive, Inspire

Booking Info: Booking required Advised booking No booking needed

4 INSPIRE POETRY FESTIVAL

For full and
latest details, and
for bookings, visit
the web page at:

inspireculture.org.uk/
poetry-festival

PERFORMANCES | WORKSHOPS | EXHIBITIONS | FILM

Exhibition

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE’S
LOST WORDS
FREE Retford Library

Saturday 3 September
– Saturday 8 October

Don’t miss this wonderful touring exhibition
of poetry and illustration inspired by
Nottinghamshire dialect words, whose
showing at Retford Library runs across Inspire
Poetry Festival week. Featuring poems by
Notts schoolchildren from workshops led
by local poet Andrew Graves, and beautiful
illustrations by artist Hannah Sawtell.

Workshop No booking needed

NOTTS LOST WORDS: Exhibition Advised booking
DIALECT POETRY
WITH ANDREW GRAVES POETRY PLACE EXHIBITION Booking required
£5 Retford Library FREE Arnold Library

10am – 12pm / Saturday 17 September Tuesday 13 September –
Saturday 15 October
Join writer and poet Andrew Graves as he Poet Sue Dymoke led a series of online
takes you on a weird and wonderful journey workshops with local people to create poetry
through the Nottinghamshire dialect, showing inspired by old photographs of the Sherwood
how to construct poetry and stories using Forest area from the Inspire Picture Archive.
old, familiar and lost terms and expressions. See the fascinating results in this touring
This will be a fun creative writing workshop exhibition which is at Arnold Library during
aimed at all levels of experience, with lots Inspire Poetry Festival week.
of chat, feedback and practical activities.
For details, next tour date and to view the virtual
Visit the Nottinghamshire’s Lost Words touring exhibition visit inspireculture.org.uk/poetryplace
exhibition in the library gallery for inspiration!
In partnership with the Miner2Major Landscape Partnership
For adults (16+) Scheme, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

A project in association Booking Info:
with Natalie Braber

CAN’T MAKE IT?of Nottingham
Trent University. CATCH THIS WORKSHOP

AT ARNOLD LIBRARY

10am - 12pm/ Saturday 3 December

INSPIRE POETRY FESTIVAL 5

Performance Film Screening

WORD! WITH GEORGE EVIDENTLY...
SZIRTES AND FRIENDS: JOHN COOPER CLARKE
POETRY FESTIVAL SPECIAL £3 Worksop Library
£8 / £6 concessions
Beeston Library 7pm / Tuesday 20 September

7pm / Monday 19 September This hour-long documentary,
Join George Szirtes and friends for this first aired on BBC4 in 2012, traces
much anticipated, Po-Fest-tastic, post- the life of Salford-born John Cooper
pandemic first one back in Beeston WORD! Clarke, from his explosion onto the punk
Poet, translator, biographer and former poetry scene, through years of addiction
International Booker Prize judge, George and on to his comeback.
Szirtes was born in 1948 in Budapest, and
came to England following the Hungarian Featuring interviews with stars including
Uprising in 1956. His many awards include: Bill Bailey, Alex Turner and Steve Coogan
the Faber Prize, TS Eliot Prize and the plus JCC performing some of his best-known
International Booker Translators’ Prize (twice). works, this mini bio-pic will be introduced by
George will be joined by WORD!’s Lydia Notts poet Andrew Graves, who also makes
Towsey and the acclaimed Panya Banjoko, an appearance in the film.
author of the recently released (Re)Framing the
Archive (Burning Eye Books, 2022) Contains very strong language.

To perform on the open mic - and/or to sign up for an For adults (18+)
online WORD! workshop with George on 14 September,
10.30-12pm email [email protected] Performance
For more information visit www.wordpoetry.co.uk
For adults NeurodiVERSE
POETRY EVENT
Ge £3 West Bridgford Library

Towsey 7.30pm / Thursday 22 September
orge Szirtes
Lydia Join us for a powerful insight into the
experiences of neurodivergent people
through poetry. Lead writers and poets from
Writing East Midlands’ Beyond the Spectrum
Creative Writing project will perform their
work. Many of the performers were recently
published in NeurodiVERSE - an anthology
launched earlier this year by Flapjack Press.

There will also be an opportunity to find
out more about joining this exciting
creative writing project.

For adults

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6 INSPIRE POETRY FESTIVAL

: Thom Bartley Liz B Becky Cull Headline Performance No booking needed
Photo credit
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en PAST AND PRESENT
erry £3* Mansfield Central Library

Headline Performance Photo credit: F 1.30pm / Saturday 24 September Advised booking

LIZ BERRY WITH Following the huge success of last year’s
GUEST BECKY CULLEN celebration of poetry from the region’s
£10 Southwell Library mining communities, we’re delighted to host
a sequel! Former miner David Amos and
7.30pm / Friday 23 September NTU Linguistics Professor Natalie Braber
are regular collaborators and will present a
Making her Southwell Library debut is the selection of readings old and new, by and Booking required
hugely popular West Midlands poet Liz Berry, about the work and lives of local mining
celebrated for her often beautiful, always communities, including appearances by Booking Info:
striking poems about the natural world, the present-day poets.
body, motherhood and more, all imbued
with the Black Country lilt of her home. *Join us after the performance for a hot drink
Liz is introducing a guest poet, Nottingham- and sweet treat (included in ticket price)
based Becky Cullen, who has just launched
her first full-length collection, and combines Headline Performance
writing with work as a Research Lecturer at
Nottingham Trent University. ROMALYN ANTE
£8 West Bridgford Library
For adults (14+)
7.30pm / Saturday 24 September
Online Poetry Workshop
We are delighted to host the Notts debut of
I AM A POETRY READER Romalyn Ante, who is currently receiving great
WITH JONATHAN DAVIDSON acclaim for both her own poetry and her work
£5 Online with writers for whom English is a second or
third language.
11.30am – 1pm / Saturday 24 September
“Poignant, beautiful, and meditative
Great poems want to be read! In this informal writing on movement — living in a
foreign country, being away from one’s
workshop session, we’ll be looking at some family, speaking a language not quite
your own... This is possibly the most
poems that are great to read – that feel beautiful thing I have read this year.”

like they want to be read. Some will be Maria Lewandowska
The Poetry School
much-loved classics and some will be new Poetry Books of the Year.

discoveries. Participants will be welcome to For adults (14+)

just listen, but there’ll be plenty of chances

to read poems out loud and to say aJoPhhontoactrehdiat:nLeD
Romalyn Ante
little about what you like about them. aveidAllsenon
We’ll also spend some time
talking about the best ways to

really get into reading poetry.

For adults (16+)

Mansfield
Central Library

is excited to be hosting
activities during

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Sat 3 September 2022
Mansfield Town Centre

A FREE fantastic arts festival, jam-packed
with quality shows, activities and more.

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funded by Arts Council England. First Art works in partnership with Creswell Heritage Trust at

Creswell Crags, Junction Arts, Active Partners Trust and Bolsover Together.

8 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Under 5s

ADVENTURES IN MUSIC
FREE Inspire Libraries

Starting w/c Monday 12 September

Arnold Fridays / 10.30am S1EOSSFIROENES
Beeston Thursdays / 9.30am
Bingham Thursdays / 9.45am
Edwinstowe Fridays / 11am

Hucknall Tuesdays / 9.30am

Kirkby-in-Ashfield Tuesdays / 11am

Mansfield Central Mondays / 9.30am

Mansfield Woodhouse Fridays / 1pm

Newark Wednesdays / 11.15am

Retford Thursdays / 10.15am hoto credit: Lamar FrancoisP PERFECT FOR
ALL THE FAMILY
Southwell Wednesdays / 9.45am Workshop TO TAKE PART IN
AND BE CREATIVE
Sutton-in-Ashfield Mondays / 11.15am PUPPET PLAY
TOGETHER
West Bridgford Mondays / 9.30am

Worksop Fridays / 9.30am

Adventures in Music uses rhythm, music and FREE Inspire Libraries
movement to develop your child’s language
skills, spark their imagination and build their Sutton-in-Ashfield Library
confidence in exploring and making music. 10.30am / Thursday 27 October

There are 10 sessions in total with a different Mansfield Central Library
enchanting theme each week. From pirates 2pm / Thursday 27 October
to fairies, a mermaid city to a monster
mountain – come along to clap, stamp, Arnold Library
shake, dance and sing! 10.30am / Friday 28 October

Your ticket includes 10 musical adventures in the Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library
library. Adventures in Music takes place at Edwinstowe 2pm / Friday 28 October
and Mansfield Woodhouse libraries thanks to funding
from the Miner2Major Landscape Partnership Scheme. Worksop Library
10am / Saturday 29 October
For children aged 2 – 5
Newark Library
inspireculture.org.uk/adventures 2pm / Saturday 29 October

In this creative, fun and interactive workshop
families will learn about making puppets and
how to bring them to life to tell stories, with
artist Nikki Charlesworth.

Nikki is a theatre designer, puppet designer
and recently turned animator residing in the
East Midlands who works at the forefront of
disability-led theatre making, contributing to
ground-breaking new work within the sector.

For children aged 5 – 9 and their grown-ups

inspireculture.org.uk/puppetplay

Programmed in association with The Spark Arts for Children.

Booking Info: Booking required Advised booking No booking needed

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 9

Workshop Community

THE BIG DRAW 2022: FUN PALACES
COME BACK TO FREE Inspire Libraries
COLOUR WORKSHOPS
FREE Inspire Libraries Worksop Library
10am – 3pm / Saturday 1 October
West Bridgford Library
2pm – 3.30pm / Wednesday 26 October Mansfield Central Library
10am – 2pm / Saturday 1 October
Beeston Library
10am – 11.30am / Thursday 27 October Newark Library
9am – 4pm / Friday 30 September
Worksop Library 10am – 4pm / Saturday 1 October
10am – 11.30am / Friday 28 October
Fun Palaces is a free, nationwide
Mansfield Central Library campaign for culture at the heart
10am – 11.30am / Saturday 29 October of community, and community
at the heart of culture – this is
Join professional dance artist Takeshi happening over the weekend
Matsumoto for FREE family workshops of 30 September – 2 October.
during October half term!
The hugely successful Fun Palaces will
Inspire are inviting family audiences to connect
through movement and drawing. Have fun be arriving at 3 Inspire Libraries this
moving together to make your colourful mark
and contribute to a collaborative community October, bringing free and fun ALFLOTRHE
artwork. The Big Draw 2022 Festival theme activities for all the family. FAMILY
#ComeBackToColour encapsulates what we
all hope will be a rediscovery of the vitality, inspireculture.org.uk/funpalaces
health, care and vibrancy in everyone’s lives.

For families of all ages

inspireculture.org.uk/thebigdraw

Take

shi Matsumoto Illustration Credit © Emily Medley

10 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Family Theatre Family Concert No booking needed

HALF MOON & Z-ARTS PRESENT JUMPIN’ JAZZ Advised booking
£3 library members /
GRANDAD ANANSI £6 non-library members
BY ELAYNE OGBETA Inspire Libraries
£3 library members /
£6 non-library members Newark Library
Inspire Libraries 1pm / Saturday 5 November

Worksop Library Mansfield Central Library
10.30am / Monday 17 October 1pm / Saturday 19 November

Mansfield Central Library Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library
3pm / Monday 17 October 11am / Saturday 10 December

Sutton-in-Ashfield Library A fun family concert
11.30am & 1.30pm / Wednesday 19 October filled with Jazz favourites.

Beeston Library Join Inspire Music’s Jazz Band as they play
11am / Sunday 23 October a selection of famous and familiar pieces
including music by Gershwin, Glenn Miller,
West Bridgford Library Sinatra and Louis Armstrong. An energetic
3.30pm / Sunday 23 October introduction to live music, guaranteed
to get everyone’s toes tapping.
An uplifting tale of love,
courage and letting go. After the performance meet
the musicians and try out some
Abi and her Grandad tell each other Anansi of the instruments for yourself.
folktales. They play games as they work
together in the garden among the beautiful For children aged 5 – 11
flowers and tasty vegetables. As they plant
memories, they share secrets and develop inspireculture.org.uk/familyconcerts
a bond that nothing can break. Grandad
is as smart and mischievous as the wily Booking required
Anansi legend. Can he find a way to tell his
granddaughter about his plans to return to Booking Info:
Jamaica, his beloved homeland?

Join our intrepid characters in this humorous
and heartfelt inter-generational adventure, as
they step into the unexpected. With evocative
live music, Grandad Anansi is an uplifting tale
of love, courage and letting go.

For children aged 4 – 9

inspireculture.org.uk/anansi

Programmed in association with The Spark Arts for Children

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 11

Children’s Author Event Children’s Illustrator Event

ALAN MACDONALD THE GREAT DOG BOTTOM SWAP
£3 children / WITH MEI MATSUOKA
FREE accompanying adults £3 children /
Inspire Libraries FREE accompanying adults
Inspire Libraries
West Bridgford Library
10.30am / Saturday 5 November Mansfield Central Library
10.30am / Saturday 17 December
Beeston Library
2pm / Saturday 5 November Worksop Library
2pm / Saturday 17 December
Meet award winning author Alan MacDonald
as he tells stories about Dirty Bertie, the Barking-mad storytelling and paw-some
scruffiest trouble magnet in the world. fun with the illustrator of The Great Dog
The Dirty Bertie series - with illustrator David Bottom Swap. A creative and raucous event,
Roberts - has captured the hearts of readers featuring storytelling, a rare peek into the
all over the world with 35 titles in print and creation process and the chance to make
over 1.7 million copies sold. your very own Sumo Dog.

There’ll be storytelling, participation and even Now in its 10th year, The Great Dog Bottom
a chance to draw your own Dirty Bertie cartoon! Swap is a book that has brought laughter
up and down the country and is a firm
For children aged 6 – 10 favourite of those with a cheeky
and wicked sense
of humour.

Mei Matsuoka has written
and illustrated many
books such as Burger Boy,
Footprints in the Snow
and The Great Sheep
Shenanigans. Her books
are published worldwide.

For children aged 4 – 7

Under 5s Explore a magical world, create your
own props and make your own story-choices,
CHOOSE YOUR ADVENTURE! finding friends and surprises along the way.
FREE At 12 Inspire Libraries
Sessions are ideal for children aged 2 - 5,
Monday 14 – Saturday 19 November siblings always welcome and parents/carers
are positively encouraged to join in!
Join a host of wonderful characters, in a
fully interactive choose-your-own-adventure inspireculture.org.uk/playhouse
style workshop with the theatre-making team
from Nottingham Playhouse. * Libraries include: Arnold, Beeston, Bingham, Hucknall,
Children and adults alike will love this unique
chance to explore stories, characters and Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Mansfield Central, Newark,Retford,
landscapes led by expert storyteller performers. Southwell, Sutton-in-Ashfield, West Bridgford & Worksop.

In association with FIND YOUR
NEXT ADVENTURE

For full dates
and location go to:

inspireculture.org.uk/playhouse

12 HERITAGE

HERITAGE
OPEN DAYS WEEK:
ASTOUNDING
INVENTIONS

FRIDAY 9 – SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2022

Welcome to England’s largest festival of history and culture!
Every September thousands of volunteers across England
organise events to celebrate our fantastic history and culture.
It’s your chance to see hidden places and try out new
experiences – all of which are FREE to explore.

Heritage Open Days Heritage Talk

TOUR OF TI-RALEIGH
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE FREE Worksop Library
ARCHIVES
FREE Nottinghamshire Archives 1pm / Saturday 17 September

11am / Saturday 10 September The TI-Raleigh professional cycling team,
2.30pm / Tuesday 13 September sponsored by the iconic Nottingham bike
10am / Thursday 15 September manufacturer, is one of the most famous
teams in the sport. Join Chris Sidwells – author
Come and see behind the scenes and of Cycling Legends: TI-Raleigh – to hear about
discover the secret world of archives! its remarkable achievements and successes,
including victory at the 1980 Tour de France.
Heritage All TI-Raleigh’s team bikes were built in the
UK, firstly at the Carlton Cycles works on Dock
HERITAGE CAFÉ Road, Worksop, later in a specialised unit in
FREE West Bridgford Library Ilkeston and all designed by a Worksop man,
Gerald O’Donovan. Chris explores this local
2pm / Tuesday 13 September connection in a story that is a triumph of British
engineering, as well as dedication to athletic
Are you intrigued by the past? Have you ever excellence and success.
thought about what our local area looked like
many decades ago? We will be showcasing Heritage
our heritage resources, exploring everything
from engineering and architecture to everyday HERITAGE CAFÉ:
life. So come along and enjoy a cup of tea and ASTOUNDING INVENTIONS
a chat with us as we look at the fascinating FREE Mansfield Central Library
past of West Bridgford and Nottingham.
10am / Wednesday 14 September

Join us at the library for a chat about
Mansfield memories with free refreshments.
We will be showcasing some of the books and
photographs from our local history collection
and focussing on the wonderful world of
inventions. We look forward to hearing your
stories of local life in days gone by.

Booking Info: Booking required Advised booking No booking needed

HERITAGE 13

Heritage Talk Heritage Online Talk

MANSFIELD AND PINXTON RAILWAY POSTED IN THE PAST –
(RE-ARRANGED FROM 21.6.22) THE MAYFLOWER
£3 Mansfield Central Library CONNECTION
£3 Online
2pm / Tuesday 20 September
7pm / Thursday 29 September
Denis Hill tells the tale of the horse-drawn
railway, created over 200 years ago, which Illustrated using postcards sent
eventually became the main transport more than a hundred years ago,
highway for all types of industry, this talk explores the journey of
including over twenty coal mines. The Mayflower and following events.

Passenger services involved hosing All the postcards have been researched
down trucks on market days and by Helen Baggott, revealing true stories
putting seats in them! from both sides of the Atlantic.

Heritage Talk Heritage Workshop

IT’S NOT JUST CRICKET! ROUTES TO ROOTS:
£3 Beeston Library DISCOVERING OLD MAPS
£5 Nottinghamshire Archives
2pm / Wednesday 21 September
2.15pm / Wednesday 12 October
Heritage Officer Steve LeMottee’s illustrated
talk will share some of the stories about Old maps can provide a wealth of information.
the world’s third oldest Test match venue. Join one of our archivists for this workshop
You’ll hear about history and heroes, the many where we will explore different types of maps,
other sports played at the ground, and the including tithe and enclosure records, and
role of Trent Bridge during both World Wars. show how their many uses can help to
uncover the past.
Heritage Talk
Heritage Workshop
FIELDS IN THE LANDSCAPE
£3 West Bridgford Library HERITAGE PHOTOGRAPHY
WITH NEIL PLEDGER
2pm / Tuesday 27 September £5 Mansfield Central Library

Community Liaison Officer Emily Gillott takes 1pm / Tuesday 18 October
a look at the most common feature in our rural
landscape - fields. Explore the secrets hidden This hands-on workshop with
around us, as we discover how fields have photographer Neil Pledger will
changed since prehistoric times and what their inspire you to record the local area
shape can reveal about the history of a place. for future generations to see. The 2-hour
session will begin at Mansfield Central
Library with a look at the Inspire Picture
Archive, and Neil’s introduction to photo
composition techniques, specifically tailored
to architectural and heritage photography.
Then we will take a walk around some of
the key features of Mansfield town centre
to practice these skills and learn something
of the history all around us. Bring your own
camera or phone.

14 HERITAGE

Heritage Heritage

EXPLORING ANCESTRY FAMILY HISTORY
FREE Inspire Libraries ONE TO ONE SESSIONS
FREE Online & Phone
West Bridgford Library
2pm / Tuesday 25 October 2pm, 2.45pm, 3.30pm /
Tuesday 15 November
Retford Library
10am / Saturday 12 November 5.30pm, 6.15pm, 7pm /
Tuesday 22 November
Join one of our librarians for a small group
session, where they will demonstrate some Are you looking for hints on how to discover
of the lesser-known aspects of this valuable more about your family history? Why not sign
Family History research tool. up for a FREE one-to-one conversation with
one of our librarians? Family history surgery
Ancestry.com is FREE to use in Inspire Libraries, for beginners – by phone or video call.
and at Nottinghamshire Archives.
Heritage Talk
Heritage Talk
CONTROVERSIES IN COAL:
EAST COAST MAIN LINE DISASTERS INTERNMENT, IMPOUNDMENT
£3 Mansfield Central Library AND INTRIGUE AT HARWORTH
COLLIERY 1913 – 1924
2pm / Tuesday 15 November £3 Worksop Library

The East Coast Main Line skirts the north of 2pm / Wednesday 16 November
Nottinghamshire on its way from Edinburgh
to London. Author and popular speaker Adrian Harworth Colliery had a chequered history
Gray gives examples of how inadequate safety during the eighty-two years of its working life.
measures on the line led to disaster, including The controversy started right from its initial
famous accidents at Doncaster and Grantham. development by the Anglo-German firm,
These occasions where things went badly the Northern Union Mining Company, in 1913.
wrong influenced the gradual improvement The migrant sinkers were interned following
of safety down the years. the outbreak of World War One and the
development of the colliery was stopped.

Eventually, the Barber-Walker Co.
from Eastwood restarted development
of Harworth Colliery in 1919 with
production starting in 1924.
David Amos will share
this fascinating story.

Heritage Talk HERITAGE 15

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BRIEF HISTORY OF PANTOMIME
£3 Beeston Library Heritage Talk & Book Launch

2pm / Wednesday 23 November WORKSOP TOWN FC:
BELOVED AND BETRAYED
To get us in the mood for the festive season, £3 Worksop Library
Dr. Ann Featherstone’s talk explores the very
earliest performances in the 17th and 18th Talk starts 7.30pm / Thursday 8 December
centuries, the glory days of the 19th century, Doors open / licensed bar from 7pm
and modern times - taking in spectacular
scenery, celebrities, and pantomime Join us in the library café for an evening
dames on the way. of fascinating football and social history!
In an illustrated presentation, local authors
John Stocks and Dave Pickersgill will share
milestones in the history of Worksop Town
FC. This includes the FA Cup run of 1923
which culminated in matches against Spurs at
White Hart Lane. A new, eagerly anticipated
book called “Beloved and Betrayed” explores
this remarkable chapter in the club’s history.
Started by the late Lance Hardy in 2020 after
years of research, and completed recently
by John Stocks, with help and support from
friends, the book will be on sale at the event.

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RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHIVES
£5 Nottinghamshire Archives

2.30pm / Tuesday 6 December

Join Nottinghamshire Archives for a Review
of the Year where we will highlight some
of the new additions to our collections.
Learn the stories behind
recently discovered
documents and get
up close to history.

Booking Info: Booking required Advised booking No booking needed

16 JAZZ Sam Jesson’s Magpie Trio
Billy Pod
JAZZ STEPS
LIVE AT THE
LIBRARIES

BILLY POD QUARTET SAM JESSON’S
£12 Various Inspire Libraries MAGPIE TRIO
£12 Various Inspire Libraries
7.30pm / Monday 12 – Thursday 15 September
7.30pm / Monday 7 – Thursday 10 November
Billy Pod is a Greek Jazz drummer/composer This cracking band work magic with their
based in London. His album “Drums to Heal adventurous interpretations of timeless
Society”, has not just given Vasileios Podaras tunes such as Autumn Leaves.
(aka Billy Pod) a prominent position among the Quality & excitement guaranteed. Don’t miss!
new generation of drummers internationally,
but has also demonstrated his compelling skills “Devoted young originals…
as a composer & music ensemble director, not they simultaneously cherish
a role usually associated with a drummer. where jazz has been, and relish
where it might be headed”
This quartet bring excitement, texture, and an
original sound to this very talented composer’s The Guardian
work. Subtlety and energy in equal measure.
THE WENDY KIRKLAND QUARTET
“A free-wheeling, polyrhythmic £12 Various Inspire Libraries
tour de force, and to these ears
an absolute delight.” 7.30pm / Monday 5 – Thursday 8 December

The JazzMann

These dates see the welcome return of terrific

MARTIN SPEAKE QUARTET pianist and assured singer Wendy Kirkland
£12 Various Inspire Libraries with her mellow and stylish jazz. Her quartet’s
repertoire of jazz standards and original tunes
7.30pm / Monday 10 – Thursday 13 October mix jazz styles - incorporating swing, Latin,
funk and soul.
Martin Speake is one of the most interesting

and rewarding alto saxophonists now playing Zestful and swinging, her vocals are a
jazz on any continent. His playing owes
more to the West Coast ‘Cool School’ than refreshing tribute to jazz divas such as Diana
to the 60s ideas of John Coltrane, but never
ignoring his Bebop roots. Subtle and original Krall and Nina Simone. Wendy’s quartet are
arrangements of classics as well as
self-penned material. Always original and regulars at internationally renowned Ronnie

Scott’s Club, London. Wendy Kirkla

“Mellow & stylish.”
nd
creative but never losing the listener. ss
The Sunday Times

“An alto saxophonist P hoto Credit: Daniel Devlin @ susakpre
who sounds only
like himself.”

Dave Gelly

CHECK OUT See our live jazz gigs

EVENTS DIARY At Beeston, Worksop, Southwell
P30 - 31 and West Bridgford Libraries.

FOR FULL LISTINGS For more information and to book, visit:
www.inspireculture.org/jazz

Ling S EXHIBITIONS 17

WE ARE huhua ew York Public Library
MEMBERS
OF THE LIVING Credit: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg
KNOWLEDGE Collection of English and American Literature, The N
NETWORK! Credit: The Sentinel/Stokeon TrentLive

Created by The British Library, to explore
new ways for libraries to work as one and
develop memorable experiences for our users.

Exhibition wlandson, Unsplash Frank Soo

CHINESE AND BRITISH Credit: Photo by Zach Roster Chinatown
EXPLORING BRITISH CHINESE
COMMUNITIES AND CULTURE Manche
FREE Nottinghamshire Archives

Friday 18 November –
Saturday 7 January 2023

Chinese communities have been calling the
UK home for much longer than many realise.
Tracing their heritage back to regions in East
and South-East Asia, they’ve established
a rich and diverse culture across the UK.

In a new free display, which takes its
lead from The British Library’s exhibition
(18 November 2022 to 23 April 2023),
we reflect on this long history through
photographs, manuscripts and interviews
with those who have lived through it.

Join us to celebrate the history and lasting
legacy of this vibrant community, and to
understand what it really means to be
Chinese and British.

Do you have photos, videos or documents that reflect the FIND OVUISTIT:
lives of people of Chinese heritage in Nottinghamshire? MORE,
inspireculture.org.uk/LKN
We would like to include many more items to celebrate
the contribution of all who have made their home here.

Booking Info: Booking required Advised booking No booking needed

18 EXHIBITIONS

Exhibition Exhibition

TWIDDLERS EXHIBITION LITTLE CREATIVES
FREE Worksop Library EXHIBITION
FREE Inspire Libraries
Wednesday 17 August – Sunday 2 October
West Bridgford Library
Don’t miss this wonderful wall of wool. Friday 2 September –
Nottinghamshire crafters have embellished Thursday 29 September
Worksop Library Gallery walls with rows and
rows of colourful and textured Twiddlers, Worksop Library
and they are all for charity! Saturday 29 October – Tuesday 29 November

Come and see how many different Twiddlers Over the last 5 years, our team of professional
there are - and celebrate the amazing skills artists have been working creatively to help
and generosity of Notts crafters with us. early years’ children learn new skills and
have multi-sensory fun, playful, and creative
inspireculture.org.uk/knit experiences in nursery settings and libraries
across Nottinghamshire. Inspire are very
excited to reveal the result of the hard work
in this retrospective exhibition.

inspireculture.org.uk/LittleCreatives

Exhibition

INSPIRE COMMUNITY
OPEN EXHIBITION
FREE Beeston Library

Saturday 27 August – Wednesday 12 October

Come and see the wonderful creative talents
of Nottinghamshire artists in our Inspire
Community Open Exhibition.

Every year we are delighted by the artwork
on show inspiring visitors to take up a new
creative pathway for themselves. The show
is an amazing mixture of painting, drawings,
photography and making.

Photo of Gill Edwards Br

ushes Credit: Neil Pledger LOOK AT THIS
POETRY PLACE
EXHIBITION AT ARNOLD

LIBRARY P4

EXHIBITIONS 19

Exhibition Exhibition

THE AUGMENTED NOTTINGHAMSHIRE’S
REALITY EXHIBITION LOST WORDS
FREE Mansfield Central Library FREE Inspire Libraries

Wednesday 14 September – Retford Library
Tuesday 11 October Saturday 3 September
– Saturday 8 October
This fascinating exhibition provides an insight
into the magical world of Augmented Reality. Arnold Library
Have your smart phones at the ready to watch Wednesday 9 November
the artwork on display come to life! – Saturday 17 December

inspireculture.org.uk/IYA A touring exhibition of Notts
dialect words illustrated by artist
Hannah Sawtell and featuring CHECK THIS OUT
poetry by Notts school children from
workshops led by Andrew Graves. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE’S
LOST WORDS DIALECT
POETRY WORKSHOP P4
A Miner2Major and Arts Council England project in
association with Natalie Braber of Nottingham Trent University.

Exhibition

THE BIG DRAW 2022:
COME BACK TO COLOUR
FREE Inspire Libraries

Mansfield Central Library
Friday 14 October –
Thursday 24 November

Beeston Library
Tuesday 29 November –
Sunday 15 January 2023

We are delighted to be working with
internationally renowned Japanese dance
artist Takeshi Matsumoto to co-create
artwork with local Mansfield Primary Schools
by using movement, dance and mark making.

The Big Draw 2022 invites us to rediscover
ourselves through colour and community:
the results of which burst onto display
in this exhibition!

inspireculture.org.uk/TheBigDraw

Booking Info: Booking required Advised booking No booking needed

20 READING TCHHISECOKUTNAORDWTNIATOOLLSRLIEBLDKCROST&ASHPTRROOIEWPEETSSOTF.ARORTYDRSD redit: Chris Sedgewick
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Author Event Author Event

BETH MORAN MILLY JOHNSON
£2 Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library
£2 Inspire Libraries
2pm / Tuesday 11 October
Sutton-in-Ashfield Library

12pm / Monday 3 October Join Sunday Times bestselling author Milly
Johnson as she celebrates the publication
Arnold Library of her 20th novel Together, Again. Milly was
10.30am / Wednesday 16 November born, raised and still lives in Barnsley, South
Yorkshire and is one of the Top 10 Female
Beth Moran is the award-winning author Fiction authors in the UK with millions of
of 9 novels, including the top 10 bestseller copies of her books sold across the world.
Just the Way You Are. Her stories are all set In 2020, she was honoured with the Romantic
in and around Sherwood Forest, where she Novelists’ Association’s Outstanding
can be found most mornings walking with Achievement Award and was a featured
her spaniel Murphy. She has the privilege author in the Reading Agency’s Quick
of also being a foster carer to teenage girls Reads and World Book Night campaigns.
and enjoys nothing better than curling up
with a pot of tea and a good book.

Beth will be talking about her life as an author, A writer who champions women and highlights the importance
the writing process and her books. of friendship and community, Milly’s characters are celebrations
of the strength of the human spirit.

Author Event

CATHY BRAMLEY
£2 Arnold Library

10.30am / Wednesday 12 October

Sit back and enjoy a cosy chat from Sunday
Times bestselling author Cathy Bramley – who
once hosted the world’s smallest book launch
– in a Nottinghamshire telephone box - before
she hit the bestseller list! She’ll be talking
about her writing, her favourite characters and
what influences her work, with a focus on her
festive new novel, Merrily Ever After.

Cathy’s previous novels include
A Patchwork Family, Ivy Lane,
A Match Made in Devon,
and Conditional Love.

Booking Info: Booking required Advised booking No booking needed

READING 21

Exhibition Illustration © Carol Adlam

I AM A READER EXHIBITION Find ouCt maorroe altAcadrollaadmlam.co.ukArtist Carol Adlam has selected
FREE Beeston Library some of these authentic phrases
and woven them into her beautiful
Saturday 15 October – illustrations (above).
Thursday 24 November
From what different readers see or
A unique series of beautiful hear, to what they enjoy in a story and the
illustrations exploring the impact reading has on their lives, the exhibition
experience of reading. is a striking, poignant and often moving visual
interpretation of the reading experience.
Inspired by the words and thoughts of
real readers, this exhibition reflects and “I SEE COLOURS & SHAPES -
celebrates everything that happens when SPLASHES OF LIGHT RATHER
we open a book, and poses the question: THAN A COMPLETE CHARACTER.”
is reading creative?
I Am A Reader reader
As part of I Am A Reader - Inspire’s ambitious
Arts Council England funded project exploring ON TOUREFToxlriihhafbumieublrlaatnIiroterAtuiyaoirmdlingne2gra.0Aidoslar2lgRttee3.uoser.kvuiaeisrdisti:negr
the creativity of reading - six writers worked
with six groups of adult readers to create
a short story anthology, while sharing their
individual experiences of being a reader.

iamareader.org.uk

Visit the website to find out more
about this ambitious project.

Read fascinating blogs, watch our
video vodcasts, tell us about your own

reading adventures, and look out for
the virtual exhibition coming soon.

22 FILM EVENTS

BOOK
YOUR
TICKETS

FILM SCREENINGS

Our Dementia Friendly Film Screenings are relaxed
performances suitable for all but particularly for those
with memory challenges, their friends and family.

Our Supportive Film Screenings are relaxed
performances suitable for all but particularly for
those that are Neurodiverse, their carers, and families.

Dementia Friendly Dementia Friendly

GREASE (PG) WHITE CHRISTMAS (U)
£1 Inspire Libraries £1 Mansfield Central Library

Mansfield Central Library 1.30pm / Wednesday 7 December
1.30pm / Wednesday 7 September
Irving Berlin’s songs and dances are
Worksop Library performed by two happy couples
10am / Friday 7 October who discover that love, romance
and a Christmas Eve snowfall make
70’s pop icons John Travolta and Olivia everyone’s dreams come true.
Newton-John join some of Hollywood’s old
time favourite personalities in this valentine
to the 1950’s. Things are really hoppin’ at
Rydell High when Danny (Travolta) discovers
the object of his “Summer Lovin’” fling Sandy
(Newton-John) has moved to town and
enrolled in his school.

RAMA-LAMA DING-DONG!

Dementia Friendly Film Screenings shown
in partnership with Film Hub Midlands.
Supported by:

DON’T MISS THIS
AN INSPIRED
CHRISTMAS CONCERT

P26

FILM EVENTS 23

Supportive Film Screening Film Screening

THE NIGHTMARE THE CHEAP SEATS:
BEFORE CHRISTMAS (PG) KES (PG)
£1 Worksop Library £3 Worksop Library

10am / Saturday 10 December 1pm / Saturday 26 November
Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town,
discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to Enjoy a film adaptation of a classic working
bring Christmas to his home cause confusion. class story on the big screen at Worksop
Library, with an introduction by writer
Supportive Film Screening shown Andrew Graves, author of Welcome to the
in partnership with Film Hub Midlands. Cheap Seats: Silver Screen Portrayals of the
Supported by: British Working Class. Set in poverty-stricken
1960s Barnsley, Kes tells the story of young
Billy Casper, a neglected and bullied boy
who finds a spark of hope when he begins
to train a Kestrel.

This 1969 dramatisation of Barry Hines’
novel A Kestrel for a Knave established the
reputation of director Ken Loach and won
a best newcomer BAFTA for its star David
Bradley. It’s ranked seventh in the BFI’s top
ten British Films list.

Family Film and Activity

SMALL WORLD CINEMA
FREE Worksop Library

10am / Friday 21 October

EXPLORE MAKING MOVING IMAGES
IN THIS CREATIVE FILM SESSION

Find out how early cinema pioneers invented different ways
to make images come to life. Children will make Zoetropes
and Thaumatropes, popular Victorian optical toys, to
animate images. Then settle down to enjoy a programme
of short animations, curated by the London International
Animation Festival at our brand new pop-up cinema.

For children aged 4+

Booking Info: Booking required Advised booking No booking needed

Hello!

Our new annual course guide Learn local, FREE* and Recognised
is here! Pick up a copy in your go far! low cost qualifications
local Inspire library today! courses

You’ll find an amazing range of courses
for both adults and families taking place in Inspire libraries and community venues
across Nottinghamshire, along with online and distance learning courses.

All our courses are taught by friendly, experienced tutors and we’re an Ofsted
registered ‘Good’ provider as well as winner of the 2020 Tes FE Award
for Community Learning Provider of the Year.

Whether you want to progress your career with a recognised qualification or you’re
just looking to have fun and pick up a new hobby, our courses are for everyone.
Many are short enough to fit easily around your other commitments, but still offer a
fun, friendly, high-quality learning experience.

We have hundreds of courses for you to choose from, many offered at
beginner level with support available to progress towards recognised
qualifications if you would like to. Our courses include:

• Arts & Crafts • IT & Digital Skills
• Creative Writing & Literature • Languages
• Education • Maths
• English & ESOL (English for • Music
• Science, Social Sciences
Speakers of Other Languages)
• Family Learning & Humanities
• Get Active • Sustainability & Environment
• Health & Wellbeing • Work Skills & Employment

NEW COURSE NEW VENUE!
GUIDE OUT NOW!
Be one of the first
Pick up a copy today in your to learn at our new
local library, or view online at learning centre,
inspireculture.org.uk/learning the Buttermarket
in Newark.

inspireculture.org.uk/buttermarket

*FREE or low cost subject to eligibility criteria. Visit inspireculture.org.uk/fundingyourcourse for more details.

Book | Enrol | Course Information | Course Updates

Cost and fees OPEN DAYS!

Many of our courses are no or low cost depending on your Find out more, meet
circumstances. You may even be eligible for full funding, our tutors and see
an Advanced Learner Loan or flexible payment options to course demos.
help you with the cost of accredited courses that lead to inspireculture.org.uk/
a qualification. opendays

Find out more about our affordable funding options at:

inspireculture.org.uk/fundingyourcourse

Achieve more NO OR
LOW COST!
Use your library to support your learning with
books, resources, bookable computers, free WiFi, Learn in
quiet study spaces, printing and photocopying. your local

How to book library

Book online at inspireculture.org.uk/learning (or other local
or call Ask Inspire on 01623 677 200. venue)
Our opening times are Monday to Friday 9am - 6pm,
and Saturday 9am - 4pm.

Ask Inspire times may vary at Christmas and public holidays.
Visit inspireculture.org.uk/service-disruptions

BOOK NOW! YOUR DOORSTEP Online
Courses
AFFORDABLE COURSES ON Distance
Learning

Visit inspireculture.org.uk/learning or your local Nottinghamshire
library for full course listings, dates, times and costs.

inspireculture.org.uk | 01623 677 200 | [email protected]

26 INSPIRE AGM 2022

Members Event FEEL FESTIVE
Look out for
THE Christmas pop-up
INSPIRE markets in our
2022 libraries!
AGM For more information visit:
inspireculture.org.uk/
FREE Beeston Library christmasmarkets
and Online
Live Music
7pm – 8.15pm /
Wednesday 12 October AN INSPIRED
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Please join us either in person or online £5 adults /
for our 2022 AGM where we will hear £3 children & concessions
about our progress over the last year, Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
future plans and be treated to a special
plenary poem and performance by the 7pm – 9pm / Tuesday 6 December
fantastic Paper Crane Poets Collective. Join us as we celebrate the start of
Join Beeston Library’s resident poetry the festive period with this showcase
collective for a wonderful evening of amazing performances from a host
featuring a range of exciting local poets. of talented young singers from
Nottinghamshire schools and choirs.

MWEEMLACBLOLEMRES Inspire would like to thank Arc Partnership
for their kind sponsorship of this year’s
Christmas concert.

Booking Info: Booking required Advised booking No booking needed

Gil Kahana
Founder of ChattyFeet

For every br ght dea,
everywhere

Join a thriving business community in your local library

Nurture your ambitions and plan for a bright future.

Visit us at your local library, or online at

inspireculture.org.uk/bipc

28 LIBRARIES WEEK

#LibrariesWeek

Find out more and what’s on:
inspireculture.org.uk/librariesweek2022

NEVER STOP
LEARNING

Libraries Week is an annual TRY A COURSE!
showcase and celebration of
the best libraries have to offer. Throughout Libraries Week Inspire Learning
will be running some FREE Puzzle Buster
This year, we’re celebrating the central role sessions at the following libraries:
libraries play in supporting life-long learning.
We want to show how libraries are inspiring West Bridgford Library
learning for all and helping individuals to 10am – 12pm / Monday 3 October
unlock their potential at every stage of life.
Retford Library
Inspire Learning run a variety of fun and friendly 10.30 – 11.30am / Monday 3 October
family and community learning courses on your
doorstep at your local library. Whether you Edwinstowe Library
want to fit in a new hobby, or gain a recognised 1.30 – 2.30pm / Tuesday 4 October
qualification, there’s a course for all the family.
Hucknall Library
DID YOU KNOW? 1 – 2pm / Tuesday 4 October
Our libraries have:
Quiet study areas Mansfield Woodhouse Library
FREE Wi-Fi 1 – 2pm / Thursday 6 October
PC access
Printing services Beeston Library
and a whole host of books 10.30 – 11.30am / Friday 7 October
and resources to help
with your learning. Tutors will also be on hand for you to find out
more about courses on offer and how Inspire
Learning can help you unlock your potential.

Achieve your
goals with

Inspire College

Aged 16-19 in Nottinghamshire?

Are you finishing school and
unsure of your next steps?

Are you looking to gain valuable skills,
qualifications, and support?

We offer: OL N
ENR OW!
• GCSEs and Functional Skills in English and Maths

• Employability Skills and Work Placements,
plus expert careers advice!

• Pathways (Personal and Social Development)

• Volunteering opportunities

Local bases across the county:

- Worksop Library
- Retford Young People’s Centre
- MyPlace @ Westfield Folkhouse, Mansfield
- Hucknall Young People’s Centre
- Eastbourne House, Sutton-in-Ashfield
- Eastwood Young People’s Centre
- Stapleford Young People’s Centre
- Newark Buttermarket and YMCA Activity Village

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Find out more: 0115 804 3611 | [email protected] | inspireculture.org.uk/college

30 #BeInspired

EVENTS DIARY

September - December 2022

DATE EVENT TYPE LOCATION £ PAGE

Sept Inspire Learning Autumn programme begins.
Browse and book courses at inspireculture.org.uk/learning

2 – 29 Sept Little Creatives Exhibition West Bridgford Library FREE 18

17 Aug – 2 Oct Twiddlers Exhibition Worksop Library FREE 18

27 Aug – 12 Oct Inspire Community Open Exhibition Beeston Library FREE 18

3 Sept – 8 Oct Nottinghamshire's Lost Words Exhibition Retford Library FREE 19

3 Sept The Full Shebang Festival Mansfield Central Library FREE 7
& Town Centre

7 Sept Dementia Friendly Screening: Grease (PG) Film Screening Mansfield Central Library £1 22

10, 13 & 15 Sept Tours of Nottinghamshire Archives Heritage Nottinghamshire Archives FREE 12

12 Sept – Nov Adventures in Music Under 5s Various Libraries FREE 8

12 Sept Jazz Steps Presents: Billy Pod Quartet Live Music Beeston Library £12 16

13 Sept Heritage Café Heritage West Bridgford Library FREE 12

13 Sept Jazz Steps Presents: Billy Pod Quartet Live Music Worksop Library £12 16

13 Sept - 15 Oct Poetry Place Exhibition Arnold Library FREE 4

14 Sept - 11 Oct Augmented Reality Exhibition Mansfield Central Library FREE 19

14 Sept Heritage Café : Astounding Inventions Heritage Mansfield Central Library FREE 12

14 Sept Jazz Steps Presents: Billy Pod Quartet Live Music Southwell Library £12 16

15 Sept Jazz Steps Presents: Billy Pod Quartet Live Music West Bridgford Library £12 16

17 – 24 Sept Inspire Poetry Festival Poetry Online & Various Libraries Various 4

17 Sept Nottinghamshire's Lost Words: Workshop Retford Library £5 4
Dialect Poetry with Andrew Graves

17 Sept TI-Raleigh Heritage Talk Worksop Library FREE 12

19 Sept Word! With George Szirtes and Friends: Performance Beeston Library £8/£6 5
Poetry Festival Special

20 Sept Evidently... John Cooper Clarke Film Screening Worksop Library £3 5

20 Sept Mansfield and Pinxton Railway Heritage Talk Mansfield Central Library £3 13

21 Sept It's Not Just Cricket Heritage Talk Beeston Library £3 13

22 Sept NeurodiVERSE Poetry Event Performance West Bridgford Library £3 5

23 Sept Liz Berry With Guest Becky Cullen Performance Southwell Library £10 6

24 Sept Romalyn Ante Performance West Bridgford Library £8 6

24 Sept I Am A Poetry Reader: Workshop Online £5 6
Online Poetry Workshop with Jonathan Davidson

24 Sept East Midlands Pit Poets: Past and Present Performance Mansfield Central Library £3 6

27 Sept Fields in the Landscape Heritage Talk West Bridgford Library £3 13

29 Sept Posted in the Past – The Mayflower Connection Heritage Talk Online £3 13

30 Sept - 1 Oct Fun Palaces Community Worksop, Newark FREE 9
& Mansfield Libraries

3 Oct Beth Moran Author Event Sutton-in-Ashfield Library £2 20

7 Oct Dementia Friendly Screening: Grease (PG) Film Screening Worksop Library £1 22

10 Oct Jazz Steps Presents: Martin Speake Quartet Live Music Beeston Library £12 16

11 Oct Milly Johnson Author Event Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library £2 20

11 Oct Jazz Steps Presents: Martin Speake Quartet Live Music Worksop Library £12 16

12 Oct Cathy Bramley Author Event Arnold Library £2 20

12 Oct Routes to Roots: Discovering Old Maps Heritage Workshop Nottinghamshire Archives £5 13

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DATE EVENT TYPE LOCATION £ PAGE
16
12 Oct Jazz Steps Presents: Martin Speake Quartet Live Music Southwell Library £12 26
16
12 Oct Inspire AGM AGM Beeston Library & Online FREE 19
21
13 Oct Jazz Steps Presents: Martin Speake Quartet Live Music West Bridgford Library £12 10
13
14 Oct – 24 Nov The Big Draw 2022: Come Back to Colour Exhibition Mansfield Central Library FREE 23
14
15 Oct – 24 Nov I Am A Reader Exhibition Beeston Library FREE 9
8
17 – 23 Oct Half Moon and Z-Arts Present Grandad Anansi Family Theatre Various Libraries £3/£6 10
11
18 Oct Heritage Photography with Neil Pledger Heritage Workshop Mansfield Central Library £5
16
21 Oct Small World Cinema Family Film & Activity Worksop Library FREE 16
16
25 Oct Exploring Ancestry Heritage West Bridgford Library FREE 19
16
26 – 29 Oct The Big Draw 2022: Come Back to Colour Family Workshop Various Libraries FREE 14
11
27 – 29 Oct Puppet Play Family Workshop Various Libraries FREE 14
14
5 Nov Jumpin' Jazz Family Concert Newark Library £3/£6 20
14
5 Nov Alan MacDonald Children's West Bridgford & £3 17
Author Event Beeston Libraries
10
7 Nov Jazz Steps Presents: Sam Jesson's Magpie Trio Live Music Beeston Library £12 15

8 Nov Jazz Steps Presents: Sam Jesson's Magpie Trio Live Music Worksop Library £12 23
19
9 Nov Jazz Steps Presents: Sam Jesson's Magpie Trio Live Music Southwell Library £12
4
9 Nov – 17 Dec Nottinghamshire's Lost Words Exhibition Arnold Library FREE
16
10 Nov Jazz Steps Presents: Sam Jesson's Magpie Trio Live Music West Bridgford Library £12 15
16
12 Nov Exploring Ancestry Heritage Retford Library FREE 26
22
14 – 19 Nov Choose Your Adventure Under 5s Various Libraries FREE 16
15
15 Nov East Coast Main Line Disasters Heritage Talk Mansfield Central Library £3
16
15 & 22 Nov Family History One-to-One Sessions Heritage Online & Phone FREE 23

16 Nov Beth Moran Author Event Arnold Library £2 10
11
16 Nov Controversies in Coal: Harworth Colliery Heritage Talk Worksop Library £3

18 Nov - Chinese and British Exhibition Nottinghamshire Archives FREE
7 Jan 2023

19 Nov Jumpin' Jazz Family Concert Mansfield Central Library £3/£6

23 Nov Here We Are Again: Heritage Talk Beeston Library £3
A Very Brief History of Pantomime

26 Nov The Cheap Seats: Kes (PG) Film Screening Worksop Library £3

29 Nov - The Big Draw 2022: Come Back to Colour Exhibition Beeston Library FREE
15 Jan 2023

3 Dec Nottinghamshire's Lost Words: Workshop Arnold Library £5
Dialect Poetry with Andrew Graves

5 Dec Jazz Steps Presents: Wendy Kirkland Quartet Live Music Beeston Library £12

6 Dec Raiders of the Lost Archives Heritage Talk Nottinghamshire Archives £5

6 Dec Jazz Steps Presents: Wendy Kirkland Quartet Live Music Worksop Library £12

6 Dec An Inspired Christmas Concert Live Music Royal Concert Hall £5/£3

7 Dec Dementia Friendly Screening: White Christmas (U) Film Screening Mansfield Central Library £1

7 Dec Jazz Steps Presents: Wendy Kirkland Quartet Live Music Southwell Library £12

8 Dec Worksop Town FC: Beloved and Betrayed Heritage Talk Worksop Library £3
& Book Launch

8 Dec Jazz Steps Presents: Wendy Kirkland Quartet Live Music West Bridgford Library £12

10 Dec Supportive Film Screening: Film Screening Worksop Library £1
The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG)

10 Dec Jumpin' Jazz Family Concert Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library £3/£6

17 Dec The Great Dog Bottom Swap with Mei Matsuoka Children's Mansfield Central & £3
Illustrator Event Worksop Libraries

INSPIRE
YAORTUSTH

GROUPS
FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE

From contemporary dance and drama
to street dance and song-writing, rock
schools to creating soundtracks to
films – there’s something for everyone
at one of our professionally-led classes
and programmes which take place at
The Old Library in Mansfield and
venues across Nottinghamshire.
Full and up to date details of all our
groups can be found at

inspireculture.org.uk/groups

Working with