Older Persons Month Events Thursday September 2

Older Persons Month Events for Thursday September 2 include:
Creative Writing session at Evington Library, 200 Evington Lane, Leicester, LE5 6DH between 2 pm – 4 pm. This will be an informal and enjoyable workshop that gets grey matter fizzing. Join Leicester Libraries’ Book Doctor Alison Dunne and write something that may just surprise you.
Contact: 0116 [...]

Leicester Libraries Buck National Trend

Citizens’ Eye spoke to Adrian Wills, Head of Service for Leicester Libraries, to get a response to news in the media about the declining use of libraries across the country.
Adrian said “I can confirm that Leicester’s Libraries buck the national trend and we have not seen usage collapse. We have looked at the pattern in the [...]

Central Lending Library Celebrates Older People

Central Lending Library, 54 Belvoir Street, Leicester, LE1 6QL celebrates Older Person’s Month in September with several events across the month.They include:
Wednesday September 1 between 12 noon – 2 pm: Watercolour Art Workshop with Fosse Arts
Wednesday September 15 between 2 pm – 3 pm: Central Lending Library Club – A talk by Phillip French, Curator, Leicester [...]

Leicester Wave Interviews Book Doctor At Lyric Lounge

See a filmed interview with Leicester Libraries’ Book Doctor Alison Dunne by young reporter, Kara Gill-Harrison of Leicester Wave young people’s newspaper, at New Walk Museum during The Lyric Lounge. Kara interviews Alison after the Book Doctor’s ‘Get Stuffed’ session in which people used preserved animals from the museum’s collection to inspire their writing. Leicester Wave is published monthly [...]

Coleman Health Day Today

Visit the Coleman Health Day on Saturday 31st July at St Barnabas Library and St Barnabas C.E. Primary School between 10.00am – 3.00pm today Saturday July 31.
Admission Free
 Drop in for a fun family event with a healthy twist!
 Enjoy free health checks and taster sessions in:

Chinese medical massage,
Head massage
Laughter yoga
Aaerobics
Boxercise
Bhangracise
CVD screening
B.P. check
Silver Diabetes Bus

 You can also enjoy: wall [...]

Wednesday August 4 – Play Day in Town Hall Square

LEICESTER’S Town Hall Square will once again be transformed into a haven for children and their families this Wednesday (4th August), as the city celebrates national Play Day.
The city council will turn the square into a giant playground, to celebrate the United Nations’ convention of children’s right to play.
The fun will run from 10am to [...]

Award Winning Exhibition At Central Lending Library

Proud of the heritage on our nation’s corners
Britain as a nation of shopkeepers is the subject of an award-winning exhibition set to tour the  Midlands from this month. It is at Central Lending Library, Belvoir Street, Leicester, LE1 6QL between 2nd – 28th August 2010.
It explores the heritage of the corner shop and small independent retailers, [...]

Launch of Leicester’s Lyric Lounge

James Black
New Walk Museum
30th, 31st July & 1st August�
Tomorrow Friday 30th July is the opening day of The Lyric Lounge Leicester. The Lyric Lounge is a poetry & spoken word festival which will take place at New Walk Museum and runs for three days and nights from 10am to 10pm. The festival offers a plethora of exciting [...]

Coleman Health Day At St Barnabas Library

If you live in Coleman Ward or are from further afield you are welcome to go along to the Coleman Health Day on Saturday 31st July at St Barnabas Library and St Barnabas C.E. Primary School between 10.00am – 3.00pm
Admission Free
 Drop in for a fun family event with a healthy twist!
 Enjoy free health checks and taster [...]

Your Say On Central Library Planning

People are being invited to submit comments regarding the planning application for changes in Central Library provision in Leicester. An article in the Leicester Mercury on Wednesday July 28 written by Peter Warzynski says:
A merger between two city centre libraries is one step closer after Leicester City Council submitted its planning application.
The £500,000 scheme involves incorporating the main Belvoir [...]

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