Events Listings
7-22 Jun 2013, Broomhill, Sheffield 10
Annual community celebration, held every June since 1975, raising money for local charities. This year there are more than 50 events taking place around Broomhill including performances, exhibitions, talks, literature, heritage and family events. All this year’s events are listed on the website, or download the 2013 festival brochure.
www.broomhillfestival.org.uk
18 - 22 Jun 2013, 10am-7.30pm Abbeyfield Park House, Abbeyfield Park S4 7AT
Exhibition of Chilean Arpilleras and patchworks.
This is a unique opportunity to see arpilleras made by relatives of prisoners and disappeared people under Pinochet’s regime. These will be exhibited together with patchworks designed and made by the members of the Chilean Community’s Andes Group who responded to their exile by interweaving memories from back home and the life they now lived.
This exhibition is part of the Chile40YearsOn network commemoration of the 40th Aniversary of the social-human tragedy brought about by Pinochet’s right-wing military coup in Chile.
Arpilleras are the art of a collective national memory. During the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, many Chilean women created complex tapestries, constructed from scraps of cloth, depicting the harsh conditions of life and the pain resulting from the imprisonment of relatives and the disappeared victims of Pinochet’s repression.
In their refusal to forget, the arpilleristas created the unwritten history of a country silenced by terror and brutality. They are a visible reminder of one of the darkest periods in Chilean history.
Chile 40 Years On
Wed 19-Sun 23 Jun 2013, The East Peak area of Penistone, Denby Dale, Kirkburton & North Sheffield
East Peak Outdoors is a new festival of walking, cycling and horse riding, celebrating the outstanding natural environment surrounding the East Peak area of Penistone, Denby Dale, Kirkburton and North Sheffield. The first ever festival will include many walks, horse and cycle rides as well as workshops and cultural events, many of which are free to attend.
An East Peak Innovation Partnership project, delivered by Art in the Park (Sheffield), and the funded through the Rural Development Programme for England, which is jointly funded by Defra and the European Union.
A full programme of the festival events can be found from 1st May at www.artinthepark.org.uk/eastpeakoutdoors and tweets about the event will be tagged with #EPOutdoors. For further information, please contact Cassie Kill on Sheff 2686831 or email cassie@artinthepark.org.uk
Wed 19 Jun 2113, 1pm-2pm, St Mark's Church, Broomfield Road, Broomhill
Dr Jeremy Wight, Sheffield Director of Public Health, will offer a factual explanation of the NHS changes and what they may mean for public health. The changes are controversial but this meeting is intended solely to increase knowledge and to answer factual questions.
Admission: Donations please. One of many events which are part of Broomhill Festival.
www.broomhillfestival.org.uk
Wed 19 Jun 2013, from 3pm, the chapel in Burngreave Cemetery (top of Burngreave St.)
Friends of ASSIST Sheffield run this friendly, welcoming workshop on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday every month. They are pleased to receive help, especially donated bikes, volunteer mechanics, and home-baked treats! For info email comacworkshop (at) gmail.com or call 07792 923906
Wed 19 Jun 2013, 7.30pm, Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James St. S1 2EW
Where does money come from? Who creates it? Who decides how it gets used? And what does that mean for the millions of ordinary people who suffer when money and finance breaks down?
"97% Owned" is a documentary that exposes the privatised, debt-based monetary system that gives banks the power to create money, shape the economy, cause crises and push house prices out of reach.
Followed by discussion with supporters of the Positive Money campaign group
Positive Money Sheffield
Wed 19 Jun 2013, 7.15pm at Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James Street S1 2EW
Sheffield Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has an active campaigning presence in the city, concentrating on the militarization of university campuses, Scrap Trident Campaign and the Yorkshire connection with the US Missile Defence System (at Fylingdales and Menwith Hill). It meets on the third Wednesday of each month, except August, newcomers are welcome.
Sheffield CND website
Fri 21 Jun 2013, 7.30pm-9pm, St Matthews, Carver St. S1 4FE
A fundraising evening by Sheffield Palestinian Solidarity Campaign with an interactive quiz, good food, good company and a nice evening for all.
Sheffield Palestinian Solidarity Campaign
Fri 21 Jun 2013, start 6.30pm Barkers Pool (city centre)
Sheffield Friday Night Ride (FNR) offers a fun monthly evening bike ride for everyone. Rides are prepared in advance on themes.
This time is a visit to the Wentworth Estate, and Hoober House, in the countryside near Rotherham. Ride based on the book "Black Diamonds", an account of the aristocratic Wentworth/Fitzwilliam/Rockingham family (who got even more rich on coal-mining)
FridayNightRide website
Sat 22 Jun, 12-5pm
Heeley Festival is a large community-run event that celebrates and promotes Heeley. It is run over several sites in Heeley – Heeley Millennium Park (main field, performance, stalls, adventure sports, children’s activities) Heeley City Farm (stalls, music, animal petting, cafe, children’s activities), Anns Grove School (car boot sale) and Heeley Parish Church on Gleadless Road (cream teas and Heeley History Exhibition). In addition, sports sessions and a vintage car/bike show take place in the surrounding area.
Contact Heeley Development Trust for bookings to run a stall, or other details. See details at "It’s happening in Heeley"
Sat 22 Jun 2013, 12-5pm, Heeley Millenium Park, Heeley City Farm, & Anns Grove School
A Cycle Sheffield fringe to the main Heeley Festival offering all sorts of cycle-style stalls, events and fun! For details call 07813 615309 or email polytone@doctors.org.uk
www.cyclesheffield.org.uk
22 Jun - 7 Jul 2013, Walkley Sheffield 6
An annual community festival held over two weeks, at various locations around Walkley. Includes art exhibitions, cabaret, local walks, flower festival, fun day, and live music. Organised by Walkey Community Forum, an independent voluntary organisation, in partnership with local businesses, churches and other organisations.
Details by email walkleyforum@yahoo.co.uk or tel. Sheff. 2338793
Walkley Forum or maybe www.walkley-sheffield.info
Sat 22 Jun 2013, 2.30pm-4pm, The Beacon Methodist Church, 285 Fulwood Rd, Broomhill
Join Paul Blomfield, MP for Sheffield Central, to explore ‘What is a fair society?’ Can politicians create a suitable framework? Given the right framework, how can a fair society be delivered and what are the roles of government, individuals and the third sector in doing this?
Admission: Donations please. One of many events as part of Broomhill Festival.
www.broomhillfestival.org.uk
Sat 22 Jun 2013, 12-3pm, 268 Verdon St. Burngreave S3 9QS
Got a computer problem? Come along for all the answers. BitFixIT Café has been offering friendly and free help on Saturdays for years.
www.bitfixit.org.uk
Sun 23 Jun 2013, 6pm, Bradfield Village Hall
Sometimes the hardest part of an adventure is knowing when it is over. A true story filmed over four year by one man on a bicycle. When 23 year old Tom and his friends set off from their English Village to cycle around the world, they were expecting physical hardship, extreme conditions and a serious case of culture shock. But the hours spent poring over maps could never prepare them for the experience of life on the road: petty squabbles, the extreme hospitality, the unexpected joys and dangers.
And then Tom meets Tenny, a feisty Iranian Armenian girl with dreams of her own, and hits a crossroad. Should he give up his grand plan for the girl he loves, or cycle off and risk missing out on the greatest adventure of them all?
Watch the trailer on www.janapar.com. Film screening by Bradflix, part of Bradfest - music and entertainment at Bradfield Village Hall. Cost £2. Order a curry at the start and eat at the end of the film.
www.bradfest.co.uk
Mon 24 Jun 2013, 7.30pm, Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Rd. S2 2TP
Skeptics in the Pub is about getting people together to have a relaxed and enjoyable evening while listening to talks on a wide range of topics, usually by a notable scientist or skeptic.
This month Neil Denny, producer and presenter of the Little Atoms Radio Show and podcast, who in May 2012 he embarked upon a month long, 6614 mile road trip across America. The aim of the trip was to produce a series of podcasts which present a wide-ranging overview of science and skepticism from an American perspective. Full details on the website.
Free entry; £3 donation requested. The meetings are open to all whatever your beliefs and views so please come along.
http://sheffield.skepticsinthepub.org
Mon 24 Jun 2013, 7.45pm, Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James St. S1 2EW
Positive Money is a UK-wide organisation campaigning for monetary reform and an end to debt slavery.
They believe that the power to create money should be taken from the private banks and returned to the people to whom it properly belongs. The Sheffield group organises monthly meetings, talks, and other local events. Regular meetings on the last Monday in the month, except public holidays. Donation of £3 requested to cover the cost of the room, and £1 for tea/coffee/biscuits.
Positive Money Sheffield
Tue 25 Jun 2013, 7pm Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James St. S1 2EW
CDAS fights for asylum seekers who live in Sheffield to be allowed to stay in the UK. These people have become our friends, and contribute to the cultural identity of the city, yet many live in fear of deportation, torture, physical abuse or even death.
CDAS website
