Valleys
Film Society
Friday FEBRUARY 3rd
High School 7.30pm
Valleys Film Society:
TOMBOY (15)
An interesting study of childhood sexual identity.
A ten year old girl, Laure, moves
to a new town, and because of her short hair
and boyish clothes is mistaken by the
other children for a boy. Unsure of herself in
this new environment she plays
along, encouraged by her younger sister.
Friday FEBRUARY 10th
7.30pm High School
Valleys Film Society:
A SEPARATION (15)
This is the most impressive and watchable film
to have come out of Iran in recent
years. Its themes are familiar - conflicting
responsibilities and expectations in
family life, exploitation between the classes
and the sexes, and problems of care
for the old. But it is set in the very unfamiliar
territory of modern Iran. Farhadi
doesn’t provide answers to these issues;
he says “The important thing is to think
and give the viewer the opportunity to think.
In Iran, more than anything else at
the moment we need the audience to think.”
Friday FEBRUARY 17th
7.30pm High School
Valleys Film Society:
PUSS IN BOOTS (U) – Half Term Special.
DreamWorks take Puss back to the time before
he met Shrek, with the usual
amazing animation and a feline voice provided
by Antonio Banderas. Puss fights to
save his town with the help of Kitty Softpaws
and Humpty Dumpty.
Friday FEBRUARY 24th
7.30pm High School
Valleys Film Society:
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (12A)
Woody Allen’s most commercially successful
film ever, and perhaps also the most
fun to watch. A struggling writer, with an unsympathetic
fiance , happens upon a
magical portal to the Paris of Hemingway, Stein,
Fitzgerald, Picasso, Dali, etc. The
plot is clearly preposterous, but that doesn’t
matter in the slightest, you just go
along for the ride, and on the way, some wise
points are made about the dangers of
excessive nostalgia and the importance of valuing
the present.
Kinokulture
The Darwin Festival
2012 - Big Bangs and Bold Ideas
11th - 19th February in various venues around
Shrewsbury
The Darwin Festival promises to inspire, entertain
and stimulate the minds of people of all ages
from 11th – 19th February in 2012. The
festival offers an imaginative series of talks,
experiments, walks and shows including a tour
of Darwin’s garden in Shrewsbury in the
company of TV naturalist Nick Baker; informal
discussions at Shrewsbury Coffee House with leading
scientists; a showing of an enthralling film,
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo and opportunities
for children to handle real dinosaur bones and
ancient fossils.
To download a Darwin Festival Events Guide
please follow this link:
http://www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/WhatsOn/
events_pages/Darwin+Festival+2012
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
Wednesday 15th February 2:30pm
The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury
We have teamed up with Shropshire Wildlife Trust and The Hive to present this special screening with directors Q&A for The Darwin Festival 2012.
Whilst insects are often greeted with a shudder in the Western world, in Japan, these tiny creatures are a source of admiration and enthralment. American naturalist and film-maker Jessica Oreck, spent six weeks in Japan filming the country's fascination with insects.
The film speaks of harmony and nature, taking a meditative look at a national culture that for centuries has been influenced by insects, from the legend of the first emperor who named Japan the "Isle of the Dragonflies" to the contemporary craze and multi-million dollar industry of keeping beetles.
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo quietly challenges the viewer to observe the world from an uncommon perspective that will shift the familiar to the fantastic and just might change not only the way we think about bugs, but the way we think about life.
The doors will open at 2:30pm for a Darwin Festival Cafe Sci Talk and introduction to the film.
The film will start at 3:00pm
An after screening Q&A session with director Jessica Oreck, who works at the American Museum Of Natural History in New York, will take place at 4:30pm via Skype.
Tickets:
Adult £5.00
Child & Shrewsbury Film Society members £3.00
Tickets can be booked by calling the Hive's box office on 01743 234970 and early booking is always advised!
Borderlines
Borderlines is the biggest rural film festival
in the UK and we are truly excited to have
been invited to take part this year and bring
three of the festival's screenings to Oswestry
audiences. We will be hosting screenings
at The Attfield Theatre and The Ironworks.
Tickets for our Borderlines screenings cost £5.00 Adult/ £3.00 Under 16's and are available either through our normal box office: 0845 2500517 or through the Borderlines Central box office:
In person at The Courtyard Hereford
Call 01432 340555
Book online
Information on the full festival programme
can be found here: http://www.borderlinesfilmfestival.co.uk/
Oswestry Screenings:
We Need To Talk About Kevin (15)
Saturday 25th February 7:30pm
The Attfield Theatre, The Guildhall, Oswestry,
SY11 1PZ
This mesmerising adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s novel tells the story of Eva, a mother haunted by the horrific actions of her teenage son who commits a high-school massacre. Eva tries to deal with her grief and feelings of responsibility by looking back over her son’s upbringing to understand how this could have happened. How did she become the helpless mother of a mass murderer? Ramsay daringly uses the haunting power of image and sound to great effect, while Swinton gives a magnetic, performance as a woman in torment who can only wonder if her child was born evil or raised evil.
“thought-provoking, confident and fearless.” Time Out
Book tickets:
Attfield Theatre, Oswestry
Just Do It - A Tale Of Modern-Day Outlaws (12A)
Monday 27th February 7:30pm
The Ironworks, Church Street, Oswestry
If you’ve ever wondered what goes on behind the ongoing media theatre of direct action and the hurly-burly of the barricades, then this engaging, eye-opening, and optimistic portrait of dedicated environmental activists is for you. Mostly young, articulate, idealistic and funny, these modern day outlaws believe it’s their urgent duty to challenge our government to take climate change seriously. How heart-warming it is to spend time with the “domestic extremists” who fearlessly put their bodies on the line as they blockade banks and occupy power stations. What would make you cross the line and ‘Just Do It’?
Book tickets: Ironworks, Oswestry
AnDa Union From the Steppes to the City (PG)
Thursday 8th March 7:30pm
The Ironworks, Church Street, Oswestry
A fascinating music doc that cuts between AnDa
Union’s extraordinary live performances,
the band members’ lives in Hohhat and
their family homes on the grasslands of Mongolia.
The haunting sound of their strange throat
singing and two string violins make for some
rousing tunes. Throw in their colourful costumes,
the making of their instruments, a wedding,
horses, much drinking and sheep slaughtering
and, above all, the wide open steppes and you’re
transported to another world. Not to be missed
by anyone interested in world music or the
awesome Mongolian landscape.
“A rare glimpse into the forgotten land of Inner Mongolia” London Film Festival
Book tickets: Ironworks, Oswestry
The Oswestry Festival Of The Word, affectionately known as OsLitFest, is coming up to its third year having firmly established itself as one of the key events in the Town's calendar. We are once again very pleased to be contributing to this event by hosting a film screening.
This year, the organisers have pulled out all the stops and have a truly stellar line-up for Oswestry. Well-known poets, authors, performers along with a wonderful array of events for young and old alike.
As in previous years, the festival is spread around several great town venues including The Walls, Oswestry School, The Ironworks and The Attfield Theatre.
The festival officially launches next week, after which the programme will be revealed and tickets will be available at a pre-booking discount – so look out for that. They are expecting tickets to fly out so please, please get yours reserved early.
To keep up to date on all the OsLitFest news
and find out what events are being held please
visit:
http://www.oswestrylitfest.co.uk/full-programme/
kinokulture will be hosting an OsLitFest screening
on Monday 12th March at The Attfield Theatre.
We are still finalising details on the film
but make a note of that date in your diary
and we will keep you informed.
For more information about kinokulture please visit our website and facebook page or follow us on twitter:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/kinokulture/285067525760
http://twitter.com/#!/kinokulture
Exhibition
Photographs from 5 Welsh Charities
Wales Africa Links: Our Global Community
Theatr Llwyn, Llanfyllin High School
10th Jan - 15th Feb 2012
Tel: 01691 648 391 for viewing times
Writing Short Stories
Tutor: Lara Clough
Have you ever thought of writing a short story but the shortness presents you with particular problems? Learn techniques and skills in short story writing, and learn from reading and analysis of published short stories. Plus get constructive criticism regarding the evolution of your own work and that of others.
From: January 21st 2012 - 24th March 2012
Youth & Community Centre, Llanfyllin
10am - 4pm
Fee: £60
Further details and enrollment form: 01970 621 580
learning@aber.ac.uk
Burns Night Ceilidh
Saturday 4th Feb
Llanfyllin High School
Doors open 7pn, dancing starts 7.30pm
with the Border Band
Bar open
Adults £5, Children £2, tickets from High School Reception or on the door
Pre-order your big plateful of haggis and tatties only £6
Oriel Wrecsam
Oriel Indigo
Jake and Dinos Chapman
My Giant Colouring Book
3 Feb - 31 March
19 of the 21 images are based loosely on join-the-dots drawings from children’s picture books. These have triggered surrealistic interventions, improvised monstrous creatures, fantastic landscapes and macabre incidents, deviating wildly from the prescribed dot-to-dot formation.
Oriel Majenta
Alison Gardner
3 Feb - 31 March
Inspired by studies and sketches of her own chickens, Alisons work captures the movement, characteristics and essence of her subject in clay.
Powys Youth Orchestra Concert
Saturday February 18th, 7.00pm,The Pavilion, Llandrindod Wells.
The Powys Youth Orchestra concert is the finale to a residential course organised
by North and South Powys Youth Music and held at Cefn Lea, Newtown, from February
13th to 16th. The joint orchestra is made up of Children and Young People from
all over Powys. Conductors John Teague and Tim Cronin have chosen a delightful
programme including Warlock's Capriol Suite and Beethoven's Violin Concerto.
Tickets: adults £7.50, £5.00 OAPs, unemployed and students; FREE
to accompanied children under the age of 18. Available from Hafren: 01686 614555,
www.thehafren.co.uk.
The Powys Youth Orchestra is an initiative of the Powys Children and Young People's
Music Strategy. The orchestra supports the aims and objectives of the Music Strategy
in creating the opportunity for children and young people to enrich their lives
through participation in music making experiences and supports the goal of maintaining,
developing and sustaining present music activities through partnership working.
We do hope you can come to this inspiring concert! And please do forward this
information to anyone who you think may be interested!
Friday 2nd March 2012, 6.30-7.30pm
Exhibition launch at the Youth & Community Centre, Top Floor in Llanfyllin.
Dry point etching from students at Llanfyllin High School and led by Jaanika Okk from Estonia.
Wine, coffee, nibbles available
Strictly Dancing - Powys Dance
Llanfair Caereinion Leisure Centre, 3rd & 4th Feb
£5 per session, £20 for all 6
Open to all levels and abilities
Friday 3rd Feb
7.30 - 8.30 - Zumba with Bethan Smith
Saturday 4th Feb
10 - 11am - Yoga with Linda Ward
11.15 - 12.15 - Latin Fever with Neil Jones
12.30 - 1.30 - Charleston with Sarah Davies
2.30 - 3.30 - Dancercise with Bethan Smith
3.34 - 4.45 - Burlesque Chair with Lucy Willis
Phone Dee on 01597 824 370 or email: powys.dance@powys.gov.uk
A-Level Performances
Friday FEBRUARY 3rd
LLANFYLLIN WORKHOUSE,
Y Dolydd
TWO PLAYS:
Promenade performances of 'The Cagebird Experiment'
and 'Hubris': two plays
devised and performed by Llanfyllin High School
A-Level Drama students and
inspired by the Victorian and more recent history
of the workhouse.
Schedule as follows:
5.30pm – Arrive / Refreshments
6.00pm – Performance ONE
6.30pm – Refreshments
7.00pm – Performance TWO
Warm clothes and torches are essential. Content
suitable for audiences aged 14 and over.
Audience with Linda Gittins
Friday FEBRUARY 17th
Public Institute 7.30pm:
CYMDEITHAS GYMRAEG - LLANFYLLIN - WELSH SOCIETY.
An evening in the company of Linda Gittins, Dolanog
who will be talking
about her career and Theatr Maldwyn productions
Noson yng nghwmni Linda Gittins, Dolanog a fydd
yn sôn am ei gyrfa a
sioeau Theatr Maldwyn
