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SUMMARY:Northern Soul and Motown Night
DESCRIPTION:Join us for another Soulful session when Dr Sid will bring his Northern Soul and Motown tunes to the Public Hall. \nGet ready for an evening of dancing in our beautifully restored Victorian Ballroom. \nBring your dancing shoes\, but leave the talc at home – we have a ‘No Talc on the dance floor’ policy! \nThis is an 18+ event.\nThe bar will be open serving wine\, Prosecco\,beers\, spirits\, and soft drinks and snacks. \nThe doors and the bar will open at 7:30pm\nEvents starts at 8pm\nThis is a standing event\, so don’t expect to get a table\, can’t reserve them\, first come first serve.
URL:https://stretfordpublichall.org.uk/event/northern-soul-and-motown-night-3/
LOCATION:Stretford Public Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T113000
DTSTAMP:20260921T113724
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SUMMARY:Moving with Heart - A Somatic Movement Workshop on Grief
DESCRIPTION:This somatic movement workshop will focus on deepening the connection to the body as an act of self-nurture\, with particular focus on amplifying the heart and recognising it as a central component to grief and an expression of unity. \nMovements will be relaxed\, with an inquisitive focus on listening deeply to the body. No previous dance experience is required\, please wear comfortable clothing\, you can move in. \nThe class will be led by Fae Wolfe\, a somatic movement facilitator based in Manchester. Fae holds a master’s degree in dance and somatic wellbeing. As a registered Movement Facilitator and coach with ISMETA\, Fae offers personalised one-to-one sessions\, and group workshops. \nFree tickets are available\, as well as low cost concessions tickets. Places must be booked in advance.
URL:https://stretfordpublichall.org.uk/event/somatic-movement/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T130000
DTSTAMP:20260921T113724
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SUMMARY:Remembering Sue - a quilt-making workshop
DESCRIPTION:In August 2023\, Sue Ferguson died. Sue was a driving force in our early years when we set out to take Stretford Public Hall into community ownership. Her passion for the project was contagious. Sue got involved with every aspect of volunteering at Stretford Public Hall. \nAs part of our Dead Good Stretford festival\, we are running a quilt-making workshop to commemorate our dear friend Sue. The quilt will be our way of capturing all of our memories of Sue. \nThe workshop is open to anyone who knew Sue\, who wishes to contribute. \nYou do not have to be able to sew or even to help directly with the quilt-making – you can contribute by sending a message\, or an image\, a song lyric\, or just a couple of words that you think described Sue. \nPlease send your contributions to Karen Nolan\, who will be designing the quilt and running the workshop. You can contact Karen by email on info@artbykarennolan.co.uk \n Please send your contributions by Tuesday 7th May.\n \nThe workshop is free to attend and you can drop-in at any time. Please book a free ticket\, to help with the planning. \n 
URL:https://stretfordpublichall.org.uk/event/remembering-sue-a-quilt-making-workshop/
LOCATION:Stretford Public Hall-1-4-Old Library (30)
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T143000
DTSTAMP:20260921T113724
CREATED:20240417T101235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240417T103555Z
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SUMMARY:Elegy - a poetry workshop
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, we will look at the elegy and discuss how poets and artists have approached death in their work. Following this discussion\, workshop participants will be invited to write in response to prompts – there will be an opportunity to share at the end. No previous writing experience required. \nCarson Wolfe (they/them) is a Mancunian poet and winner of New Writing North’s Debut Poetry Prize (2023). Their work has appeared or is forthcoming with Rattle\, The Rumpus\, The North\, New Welsh Review\, and Evergreen Review. They are an MFA student of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and currently serve as a teaching assistant on the online writing course Poems That Don’t Suck. You can find them at www.carsonwolfe.co.uk. \nRan by Carson Wolfe \nPart of the Death Festival
URL:https://stretfordpublichall.org.uk/event/elegy-a-poetry-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T134500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T154500
DTSTAMP:20260921T113724
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240418T172437Z
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SUMMARY:Dead Good: a documentary
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of the documentary Dead Good\, a sensitive and life-affirming documentary following three groups of people as they participate in the ritual of care after death. They are supported by a group of women who empower people to take back control. \nEncouraging family and friends to be involved in the whole or any part of the process; from advice around keeping a body at home until the funeral\, to\nbathing and dressing the deceased explaining that embalming is not necessary. And from using their own vehicle to transport the coffin to being bearers for their loved one’s final journey. \nWith extraordinary access\, the film follows three groups of people\, close up\, from after the death through to the ceremony. This relatively unknown work is part of an emerging global movement confronting the way death is approached. It is a gentle look at a human right that has been taken away\, but is gradually being reclaimed by ordinary people. \n“This is an unbelievably timely and important film. It is beautifully crafted\, so comforting as well as moving and gives the wisdom forth so simply and compellingly. Everyone should see this.” – Dame Emma Thompson \nhttps://deadgoodfilm.com/
URL:https://stretfordpublichall.org.uk/event/dead-good-a-documentary/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T150000
DTSTAMP:20260921T113724
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SUMMARY:Grief & breathwork workshop
DESCRIPTION:Breathwork is a powerful tool for helping to regulate the nervous system\, bring us into the body and quieten the mind. \nThis workshop\, with a focus on grief\, will explore various techniques for you to practice at home\, integrated with guided meditation and mindfulness. \nJoanna Lune is a trauma-informed mindfulness and yoga teacher and has been practicing breathwork for many years\, and undertook a formal training in 2020-21. She currently teaches mindfulness and movement practices in Sheffield. \nThe workshop is part of Dead Good Stretford\, a weekend-long festival focused on death\, bereavement and grief.
URL:https://stretfordpublichall.org.uk/event/grief-and-breathwork-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T160000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T115519Z
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SUMMARY:Memory hoops: embroidery workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join textile artist Hayley Mills-Styles in this hand embroidery workshop to create your own stitched memory hoop. Using a variety of fabrics\, threads and trimmings you will create a pocket design to store memories. Hayley will show you a rage of hand embroidery stitches to embellish your design and personalise your embroidery hoop. All materials and equipment will be provided but if you have any trimmings you would like to use\, please bring them along. The workshop is suitable for beginners and people with embroidery experience who would like to try something new. \nWorkshop facilitator: Hayley Mills-Styles is a Yorkshire based textile artist specialising in embroidery. She works from her home studio by the sea in Scarborough. Using fabric and thread\, she creates textile drawings and objects which tell stories. Her stories often have an autobiographical theme\, exploring mental health and personal memories.\nHayley works with a range of traditional textile techniques like hand embroidery\, appliqué and English Patchwork\, combining them with the digitally embroidered drawings using her Pfaff Creative 3.0 sewing and embroidery machine. Her work has been exhibited in museums and heritage sites across the North including Whitby Museum\, Sunny Bank Mills and the Thackray Museum of Medicine.
URL:https://stretfordpublichall.org.uk/event/memory-hoops-embroidery-workshop-with-hayley-mills-styles/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T163000
DTSTAMP:20260921T113724
CREATED:20240417T104859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240507T090656Z
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SUMMARY:Shrine making circle for pregnancy & infant loss
DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED \nCommunity gatherings to honor grief are powerful acts of recognition and healing. In our shrine-making circle\, we’ll create space to acknowledge individual and collective loss. Together\, we will craft a shrine\, a tangible symbol of remembrance and reverence. \nMaterials will be provided\, but feel free to bring personal items. However\, please be mindful that the shrine will be situated in the Stretford Public Hall foyer\, visible to the public\, so any offerings should be appropriate for a shared space. Join us in the act of remembering pregnancy & infant loss in an supportive environment\, \nThe class will be led by Fae Wolfe\, a somatic movement facilitator based in Manchester. Fae holds a master’s degree in dance and somatic wellbeing. As a registered Movement Facilitator and coach with ISMETA\, Fae offers personalised one-to-one sessions\, and group workshops.
URL:https://stretfordpublichall.org.uk/event/pregnancy-infant-loss/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240511T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240511T150000
DTSTAMP:20260921T113724
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240511T102451Z
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SUMMARY:The Dead Good Fair
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday 11th May for our Dead Good Fair\, an afternoon of activities exploring how we think and talk about death. \nThe fair will include: \n\nProject Grief – a photography exhibition which tells the stories of people finding comfort\, distraction or hope in a creative pursuit after losing someone they love\nAIDS memorial quilt – a beautiful tribute to some of those who have lost their lives to AIDS\nDeath cafe – join a death cafe and learn more about the death cafe movement\nWrite your own eulogy – with Common Theatre\n\nThere will talks taking place all afternoon in our Speakers Corner: \n\n12.30pm – How to plan a funeral – Mark Adams & Corinne Firth-Surkitt\, The Humanist Society\n1pm – What is a death cafe – Jude Evans\, Chorlton Death Cafe\n1.30pm – Advance planning for end of life – Erin Osborne\,\n2pm – Will-writing and power of attorney – Kerry Blackhurst\, BBS Law\n\nAlso at 2pm\, join volunteers from Cruse Bereavement for a workshop on ‘Talking to children about death’\, or join the Death Cafe\, run by Jude Evans from Chorlton Death Cafe. \n \nEmerald LENS will be running family-friendly craft activies\, including seed sowing and lantern making\, and refreshments available all afternoon from our cafe. \nInformation stalls will also be sharing information from local organisations including Trafford Carers\, St. Ann’s Hospice\, Farewell Flowers\, local faith organisations\, and an NHS Organ Donation Ambassador. \nWith thanks to Trafford Council and Trafford Community Collective for the funding to support our Dead Good Festival. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://stretfordpublichall.org.uk/event/the-dead-good-fair/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240512T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240512T163000
DTSTAMP:20260921T113724
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SUMMARY:Cinema screening: Coco
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a FREE family film screening of the animated adventure Coco\, which follows young Miguel on an extraordinary journey to uncover the mysteries behind his ancestor’s stories and traditions. \nDespite his family’s baffling ban on music\, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol\, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent\, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way\, he meets charming trickster Hector\, and together\, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel’s family history. \nGet into the Mexican spirit by making your own Day of the Dead mask before the screening! \n1.00pm                   Doors open\n1 – 2.30pm              Mexican mask-making activities for children\n2.30pm                   Film screening \nFilm run time: 1 hr 46 mins \nThis film screening is part of our Dead Good Stretford festival\, a weekend-long festival exploring death and bereavement. Thanks to our festival funding\, we have an unlimited number of free tickets available for the film screening. Please buy your tickets if you can afford to. \n** ONLINE BOOKING NOW CLOSED – TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR **
URL:https://stretfordpublichall.org.uk/event/cinema-screening-coco/
LOCATION:Stretford Public Hall Ballroom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240513T191500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240513T204500
DTSTAMP:20260921T113724
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SUMMARY:Stretford Singers
DESCRIPTION:The Singing Group sessions will be on Monday evenings from 7.15-8.45. \nThe session will be facilitated by Leonie Higgins and will run term time. \nSinging together as a community with the emphasis being on fun\, inclusivity and confidence. \nDrop in. \n  \nSessions will be £5.
URL:https://stretfordpublichall.org.uk/event/stretford-singers/2024-05-13/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240514T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240514T130000
DTSTAMP:20260921T113724
CREATED:20240426T151226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T102612Z
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SUMMARY:Family Information Service
DESCRIPTION:The Family Information Service provides free\, impartial\, confidential information and advice to mums\, dads\, carers\, young people and professionals on a range of subjects including\, childcare\, SEND local offer and support with childcare costs. \nDrop in
URL:https://stretfordpublichall.org.uk/event/family-information-service/2024-05-14/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240525T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240525T230000
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SUMMARY:Acoustic Café goes Strictly Ballroom
DESCRIPTION:The well-established Acoustic Cafe Manchester based down the road at the Gorse Hill Church Hall is bringing a showcase evening to the Stretford Public Hall. \nThe Showcase will bring and array of artists to perform their mainly self-penned songs to a wider audience in the splendour of the magnificent restored Victorian Ballroom. \nThis concert evening is for discerning lovers of music who are happy to respect the artist during performances and appreciate a wide range of styles.  \nFind the Acoustic Café on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1671004129880380/  \nFeatured artists: \nAlan Bitterman\, Peter King\, Cliff Cheetham\, Lucy Nyland\, Mike Byrne\, Chris Eatough\, John Atkinson and George Linton
URL:https://stretfordpublichall.org.uk/event/acoustic-cafe-goes-strictly-ballroom/
LOCATION:Stretford Public Hall Ballroom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240529T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240529T153000
DTSTAMP:20260921T113724
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SUMMARY:Holiday Comedy Club
DESCRIPTION:Big Comedy Shop run comedy sketch and improvisation workshops for young people aged between 6 and 12. Experienced facilitators and (of course) funny comedy performers lead the school holiday sessions where students take part in a drama-style workshop but where the focus is on “the funny”. \nChildren get to create their own comedy characters and sketches based on their imagination and observations of the world. Big Comedy Shop is passionate about encouraging young people to express themselves in a safe and fun environment. \nThe aims of each sessions are to: \n• provide a safe space for creativity and play \n• develop communication and social skills \n• build self-esteem \n• enhance confidence \n• allow children to feel seen and heard \n• make our students feel like they matter \n• HAVE OODLES OF FUN! \nSessions will be running this Half Term on: \nWednesday 29th May\, Thursday 30th May and Friday 31st May! \nEach Half Term Comedy Club day runs from 10:30am – 3:30pm \n£35 per day per child (plus a small transaction fee). \nBig Comedy Shop director Ali Kahn is an award-winning comedy actor and writer who can be seen as series regular Meg Watson in CBBC comedy Still So Awkward and is a new main cast member in the CBBC comedy sketch show Class Dismissed. \nHave any questions or queries? Email info@bigcomedyshop.com. \nFollow Big Comedy Shop: \nFacebook \nInstagram \nX
URL:https://stretfordpublichall.org.uk/event/holiday-comedy-club/2024-05-29/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240531T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240531T214500
DTSTAMP:20260921T113724
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SUMMARY:Evening of Mediumship at Stretford Public Hall
DESCRIPTION:Join us on an extraordinary journey with Gareth Lewis\, a seasoned Psychic Medium\, as he takes the stage for his much-anticipated ‘Walking with Spirit’ UK tour in 2024. With an illustrious career spanning three decades\, Gareth has been a beacon of light\, connecting individuals with their departed loved ones through his profound mediumship.\nAbout Gareth Lewis:\nGareth discovered his spiritual calling over 30 years ago\, and since then\, he has dedicated his life to bridging the gap between the physical and spiritual realms. His remarkable ability to communicate with the spirit world has earned him widespread acclaim and a reputation as one of the most respected Psychic Mediums in the field.
URL:https://stretfordpublichall.org.uk/event/evening-of-mediumship-at-stretford-public-hall/
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