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Good morning, Sheffield π We've got lots going this week, hope you can join us at one of our special events this week, including some brilliant talks for Off the Shelf Festival Of Words π¨βπ
πΆBaby Friendly Art Club
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Tue 15 Oct, 11 - 12.30pm
π Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Develop your artistic skills in a relaxed setting with this specially designed art class for parents or carers with young babies under 12 months.
ποΈ Β£9, Booking recommended
πhttps://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/baby-friendly-art-club/
βπ¨Tour: JG Graves and His Gallery
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Tue 15 Oct, 2-2.45pm
π Graves Gallery
Join us at the Graves Gallery and find out about more about life, work and collection of JG Graves.
ποΈ Free, just drop in. Donations welcome.
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/tour-jg-graves-and-his-gallery-oct-2024/
π Off the Shelf Festival: Mind: Youβre Language - Ian McMillan and Patrick Murphy
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Tue 15 Oct , 12.30-1.30pm
π Millennium Gallery
Mind: Youβre Language explores the language of mental health and how this has changed from the establishment of Sheffieldβs Middlewood Hospital in 1872 to the current day.
ποΈ Β£9 / Β£7 Booking recommended.
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/off-the-shelf-festival-mind-you-re-language-ian-mcmillan-and-patrick-murphy/
π¨Wednesday Art Club
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Every Wednesday until 16 Oct, 5-7pm
π Millennium Gallery
Hang out, be inspired, make art at our weekly evening art club for young people aged 11-14 years.
ποΈ Β£9 per session, or Β£45 for term, booking essential
πhttps://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/wednesday-art-club-sep-and-oct-2024/
π§ΈFridays Under 5s - Get Stuck In! (messy play session)
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Every Friday during term time, 10am - 12.30pm
π Weston Park Museum
ποΈ Free, just drop in! Suggested donation Β£3
πhttps://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/fridays-under-5s-get-stuck-in/
π Off the Shelf Festival: Munichs - David Peace
π
Tue 15 Oct , 7-8pm
π Millennium Gallery
February 6 1958, British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on take-off at Munich Airport. On board were the young Manchester United team, 'the Busby Babes', and the journalists who followed them.
ποΈ Β£9 / Β£7 Booking recommended.
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/off-the-shelf-festival-munichs-david-peace/
π Off the Shelf Festival: The Start of Something - Holly Williams and The Orange Room - Rosie Price In conversation with Helen Mort
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Wed 16 Oct , 7-8pm
π Millennium Gallery
A lover. A bartender. An artist. A drag queen β¦ Set between Sheffield and Manchester, The Start of Something tells a story of ten interlocking sexual encounters. Holly Williams is the author of What Time is Love?
ποΈ Β£9 / Β£7 Booking recommended.
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/off-the-shelf-festival-the-start-of-something-holly-williams-and-the-orange-room-rosie-price-in-conversation-with-helen-mort/
π Off the Shelf Festival: We are the Monument: Decolonising Public Spaces - Yuen Fong Ling and Jon Cannon
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Wed 16 Oct , 6-7pm
π Graves Gallery
We are the Monument is an exhibition at the Graves Art Gallery. In this event artist Dr Yuen Fong Ling and graphic designer Jon Cannon will discuss the visual impact and use of text in public monuments to decolonise public spaces.
ποΈ Β£9 / Β£7 Booking recommended.
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/off-the-shelf-festival-we-are-the-monument-decolonising-public-spaces-yuen-fong-ling-and-jon-cannon/
π» Steel City Beer & Cider Festival
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Wed 16 - Sat 19 Oct
π Kelham Island Museum
Steel City Beer & Cider festival is back at Kelham Island Museum this October!
ποΈ Β£9 / Β£7 Booking recommended.
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/steel-city-beer-and-cider-festival-2024/
π Saturday Art Workshop: Printed Lampshades inspired by Lubna Chowdhary
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Sat 19 Oct , 10-4pm
π Millennium Gallery
Create your own unique and original hand printed lampshade, using the current Lubna Chowdhary exhibition PLURIVERSE as inspiration.
ποΈ Β£80 booking recommended.
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/saturday-art-workshop-printed-lampshades-inspired-by-lubna-chowdhary/
β Memory CafΓ© at the Museum: The Living Project
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Thu 17 Oct , 10.30am - 12.30pm
π Weston Park Museum
Join us for these free, friendly drop-in sessions for people living with Dementia or memory issues, their carers and friends.
ποΈ Free, just drop in
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/memory-cafe-at-the-museum-oct-24/
π Off the Shelf Festival: Ethel - Helen Mort
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Thu 17 Oct , 12.30 - 1.30pm
π Millennium Gallery
Pioneer, activist, environmentalist, poet. Ethel Haythornthwaite is virtually unknown, even in her hometown of Sheffield β the UKβs outdoor city.
ποΈ Β£9 / Β£7 Booking recommended.
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/off-the-shelf-festival-ethel-helen-mort/
π Off the Shelf Festival: The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker - Annie Gray
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Thu 17 Oct , 7-8pm
π Millennium Gallery
Historian Annie Gray walks us through the ages from the dawn of the medieval high street to today. Bustling with vivid historical detail Annie's new book explores everything from apothecaries to penny bazaars, bringing to life the sights, smells and sounds of the past.
ποΈ Β£9 / Β£7 Booking recommended.
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/off-the-shelf-festival-the-bookshop-the-draper-the-candlestick-maker-annie-gray/
π Off the Shelf Festival: Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era - Alwyn Turner
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Sat 19 Oct , 11-12am
π Millennium Gallery
An illuminating portrait of the life of women in Victorian society. Women in 19th century Britain may appear governed by a patriarchal model that reserved power and privilege for men, but they challenged not only the ideas of βseparate spheres of societyβ, but the influence of Queen Victoria herself.
ποΈ Β£9 / Β£7 Booking recommended.
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/off-the-shelf-festival-little-englanders-britain-in-the-edwardian-era-alwyn-turner/
π Off the Shelf Festival: Women in Victorian Society - Anne Louise Booth
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Sat 19 Oct , 2-3pm
π Millennium Gallery
An illuminating portrait of the life of women in Victorian society. Women in 19th century Britain may appear governed by a patriarchal model that reserved power and privilege for men, but they challenged not only the ideas of βseparate spheres of societyβ, but the influence of Queen Victoria herself.
ποΈ Β£9 / Β£7 Booking recommended.
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/off-the-shelf-festival-women-in-victorian-society-anne-louise-booth/
π Off the Shelf Festival: Weathering - Ruth Allen
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Sat 19 Oct , 5-6pm
π Millennium Gallery
An evocative exploration of the lessons the earth can teach us about grounding, resilience and recovery, from a geologist turned pioneering psychotherapist.
ποΈ Β£9 / Β£7 Booking recommended.
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/off-the-shelf-festival-weathering-ruth-allen/
π Off the Shelf Festival: More Ancient Suburbs of Sheffield - David Templeman
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Sat 19 Oct , 1-2pm
π Millennium Gallery
The final instalment of the Ancient Suburbs of Sheffield series exploring the cityβs fascinating local history and heritage.
ποΈ Β£9 / Β£7 Booking recommended.
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/off-the-shelf-festival-more-ancient-suburbs-of-sheffield-david-templeman/
π Off the Shelf Festival: Conor Rogers
π
Sat 19 Oct , 7-8pm
π Millennium Gallery
Conor Rogers is an award winning Sheffield based artist and the creator of Off the Shelfβs brochure cover 2024. He has exhibited nationally and internationally. In 2019 he won 1st Prize at the Robert Walters Group UK Young Artist of the Year Award at the Saatchi Gallery.
ποΈ Β£9 / Β£7 Booking recommended.
πhttps://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/off-the-shelf-festival-conor-rogers/
π Off the Shelf Festival: A Bookshop of Oneβs Own - Jane Cholmeley
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Sat 19 Oct , 3-4pm
π Millennium Gallery
Founded in 1980s London against a backdrop of homophobia and misogyny, Silver Moon bookshopβs mission was to promote female writers and create a safe space for any woman.
ποΈ Β£9 / Β£7 Booking recommended.
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/off-the-shelf-festival-more-ancient-suburbs-of-sheffield-david-templeman/
π Off the Shelf Festival: The Spoiled Heart - Sunjeev Sahota in conversation with Catherine Taylor
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Sat 19 Oct , 6-7pm
π Millennium Gallery
The new book from the twice Booker-nominated author of The Year of the Runaways and China Room. Sunjeev Sahotaβs The Spoiled Heart is a magnificent, multi-layered account of love, community and politics, set at the edge of the Peak District, with a deeply moving family mystery at its heart.
ποΈ Β£9 / Β£7 Booking recommended.
π https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/off-the-shelf-festival-the-spoiled-heart-sunjeev-sahota-in-conversation-with-catherine-taylor/