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bangers and beans. Bring your own drink. Contact: 01234 713468 or contact@ cowperurc.org.
Friends of Willen Hospice Quiz Night
@New Bradwell Sports and Social Club
22 April, Friday, 7:30pm
Entry fee £3 per person, maximum of 6 per team. To book your team, contact friends@ willen-hospice.org.uk or tel: 01908 617307.
‘Music - As You Like It’ Concert
@Newport Pagnell Parish Church
23 April, Saturday, 7pm
This musical event will not only celebrate the birth & death of William Shakespeare 400 years ago, but also help to raise funds for Lathbury’s Church roof which needs the lead replacing after it was stolen last year. ‘Music - As You Like It’ will be a concert for all ages, featuring Quincidence, a talented wind quintet from The Royal College of Music, Cedars Primary School Choir, Diamond School of Performing Arts and MK Acapella. Everyone welcome. Tickets £8 for adults or £2 for under 16s available from Cambourne Travel in Newport Pagnell, CT Wilson’s in Olney, or Peg Thorn 07487 531251/peg. thorn@hotmail.co.uk. You can also visit lathburyvillage.org.uk for more information on future events in the village.
Stony Celebrates Shakespeare - Opening Week Events
@York House, London Road
23 April, Saturday, 10am
Planting on a Shakespearean Theme Drama in the Garden
The Bard of Stony Stratford
Plant Sale in aid of Stony Stratford in Bloom Coffee/tea morning with home-made cakes @York House, London Road
23 April, Saturday, 7:30pm
Shakespearean Open Mic Night with contributions from ActOut, Red Phoenix, Stephen Hobbs, Ken Daniels, Caz Tricks’ Troupe of Thespians, and many more! Free
admission, real ale, cider and wine bar @The Library, 5-7 Church Street
26 April, Tuesday, 7pm
Shakespeare in Art: Tempests, Tyrants and Tragedy, a talk by Alison Cox, Head of Programming at Compton Verney; Gallery on staging a Shakespeare exhibition. Tickets from Rob and Liz Gifford: gifford11@ btinternet.com
@MK Gallery, Milton Keynes
29 April, Friday, 7:30pm
A showing of “Ran”, the lm directed by Akira Kurosawa and based on “King Lear” Tickets £5 (£3 concessions) - mkgallery.org
Pipe Organ Restoration Celebration
@St Mary & St GIles Church, High St, Stony Stratford, MK11 1BD
After 10 years of fundraising and eighteen months of restoration work, the ‘Father’ Willis pipe organ in Stony Stratfor’s St Mary and St Giles Church is nally ready to reveal its glories! A 10-week Restoration Celebration programme this spring will show off all aspects of the newly restored and enhanced pipe organ at the church. It will now play at concert pitch for the rst time, allowing choirs, orchestras and groups to perform works involving the organ. See dates below.
23 April, Saturday, 7:30pm
Inaugural choral concert with the Willis Pipe Organ by The Open University Choir. Bill Strang: Director, Paul Daggett: Organist. Tickets £12 for adults and £2 for children (aged 16 and under). The OU Choir’s conductor, Bill Strang, has put together a distinctive programme which includes music by several composers associated with St George’s Church in Edinburgh, for which the organ was originally built.
30 April, Saturday, 7:30pm
Organ Spectacular! Inaugural organ concert by Jonathan Kingston. Tickets £10 for adults, free entry for accompanied children (16 and under). Jonathan Kingston brings his wealth of experience to this wide-ranging programme of popular organ showpieces,
which will show off the delicacy and subtlety of the Stony Stratford Willis as well as its mighty power! Free entry but limited spaces. 1 May, Sunday, 9:30am
Blessing and Re-Dedication of the Willis Organ by the Bishop of Ebbs eet, the Right Reverend Jonathan Goodall.
From 27th April:
Olney Camera Club
@Olney Centre
27 April, Wednesday, 8pm start
Salon des Refusées (John Credland). A talk on photographs that failed to make it. Learn what not to do (according to competition judges). All welcome.
From 1st May:
Bedford Floral Art Society
@Addison Centre, Kempston
3 May, Tuesday, 7:30pm
Open Evening with Irene Bowkett (NAFAS National Demonstrator). Presenting ‘Curtain Up’. Raf e of arrangements. Visitors £7. All welcome. Visit bedford oralartsociety.co.uk for more information.
Emberton & District Flower Club
@Olney Centre
3 May, Tuesday
Workshop with Neil and Tracey. Meet on the rst Tuesday of every month. Everyone welcome. Visitors £6.00. Members free. For more details, please contact Trish Brock 01234 712676.
Memory Cafe
@Westbury Grange/The Limes, Westbury Lane, Newport Pagnell
4 May, Wednesday, 10am-12noon
Same time on the rst Wednesday of every month. A warm welcome and support is extended to all people living with dementia and their carers/friends. £1.50 for tea/coffee, cake and a raf e. For more information, call 01908 210322.
British Red Cross Bedfordshire Open Gardens 2016
8 May, Sunday, 1:30pm-5pm - Gardens of Westoning, Beds, MK45 5JW
15 May, Sunday, 1:30pm-5pm - Milton House, Milton Ernest, Beds, MK44 1RL 30 May, Sunday, 1:30pm-5pm - Tofte Manor, Souldrop Rd, Beds, MK44 1HH All events offer teas, toilets, plants, parking.
Olney Bowling Club Open Day
@Olney Bowling Club
8 May, Sunday, 10am-4pm
Why not come along and try your hand at Lawn Bowls? All ages and abilities welcome. The best bit? It’s fun and FREE! For more information see our advert in the Phonebox May edition, or visit: olneybowlingclub.org.
UK Astronomy Society Meeting
@Emberton Sports & Social Club, Hulton Drive, Emberton, MK46 5BS
13 May, Friday, 7:30pm-late
Subject of the month: Transit of Mercury. Toilets & cash bar available; they ask kindly that each person donates £2.50 to help them cover costs which will also include hand outs, email of the presentation and sky guides. Biscuits/hot chocolate provided by galaxy chocolate. For more information and to book your place, email info@ukastronomy.org.uk or visit ukastronomy.eventbrite.co.uk.
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