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‘See your Voice’ Craftivism drop in session in Kendal
Quaker Tapestry Museum Quaker Tapestry Ltd, Friends Meeting House, Stramongate, Kendal, Cumbria, United KingdomYesterday’s dreams shape today’s reality. What future are you dreaming of? Create a stitched dream cloud to ‘see your voice’ in this drop in craft session. All materials are provided. No craft skills are needed, just an open mind. This drop in session will focus on what changes you would like to see in the
Envisioning a world that is open to all: let us see what love can do – Woodbrooke conférence
Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre - 1046 Bristol Rd, Birmingham B29 6LJ, UK Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre - 1046 Bristol Rd, Birmingham, United KingdomA weekend conference learning about asylum and migration, hearing from those who have felt its impact, and working together to create the change that we need. Speakers, workshops, performances and panel discussions will explore the interplay between race, privilege and migration - how does it work, what can we do? Language and the media: challenging
Creative Embroidery – Mandala one day workshop
Quaker Tapestry Museum Quaker Tapestry Ltd, Friends Meeting House, Stramongate, Kendal, Cumbria, United KingdomBack by popular demand! Mandala, meaning circle, is an abstract design with one identifiable centre point, from which emanates an array of shapes. The perfect place to be mindful and to put many colourful stitches. Learn new skills and become absorbed and fascinated by this ancient art of narrative embroidery, with a modern twist. Our
QUAKER ANIMAL SONGS – at Swarthmoor Hall
Swarthmoor Hall Swarthmoor Hall Lane, Ulverston, United KingdomA performance of some new songs about “HOW DO ANIMALS SUSTAIN HUMANS?” and asks “DO HUMANS REALLY SUSTAIN ANIMALS?” A warm hearted and varied set of original songs about animals and their role in sustaining us and the world in which we all live. But how often, and for what reasons, do we sustain them?
Raise the Roof – in Malvern
Quaker Meeting House 1 Orchard Rd, WR14 3DA, MalvernNext stop Malvern! After 2017's critically acclaimed debut at the Edinburgh Fringe: a hard-hitting look at food, body respect and professional complicity in a post-truth world. Linking body shame, Grenfell and the Black Lives Matter movement with "lyrical abandon and astute acuity", this is a mesmerising and unapologetically queer exploration of the ways we connect
Music Week at Centre Quaker de Congenies
Maison Quaker, 11 Avenue des Quakers, 30111 Congénies, France Maison Quaker, 11 Avenue des Quakers,, Congénies, FranceMusic Week Lift your spirits with 5 - 8 days of musical adventure at Maison Quaker. Experience or talent not necessary--just a willingness to sing, play, learn or listen. 475€ for shared occupancy (595€ private room) includes 5 nights’ accommodation, all meals and musical fun with Jeff Dershin. All our programmes include the chance to
Quaker Mental Health Forum – Birmingham conference
Priory Rooms, Birmingham Quaker Meeting House, 40 Bull St,, Birmingham, United KingdomThe Forum is an annual conference, looking at different aspects of mental health through the lens of our Quaker faith. This year we are in Birmingham. We are exploring the impact of community on mental health, considering what makes a healthy community and reflecting on our Quaker witness in creating spiritual connections within community. The
Creative Writing – The Language of Fabric – in Kendal
Quaker Tapestry Museum Quaker Tapestry Ltd, Friends Meeting House, Stramongate, Kendal, Cumbria, United Kingdom“Fabrics – man-made and natural – have changed, defined advanced and changed the world we live in” Kassia St Clair, The Golden Thread. Using the Quaker Tapestry panels and items from our collection, we will uncover the real lives of individual people and discover how fabrics and clothing have been used as a form of
Friends in Tune at Huddersfield meeting House
Huddersfield Quaker Meeting House Church Street, Huddersfield, United KingdomAn all-day singing workshop led by Alec Davison and Tony Biggin. Everyone welcome - no experience required. "Sing your hearts out: raise the roof!" (roof insurance has been arranged!) Enjoy the most lively songs of Tony Biggin and Alec Davison (with over 100 years of Quaker music-making!)
Chantraine Day of Dance
The Place The Place, London WC1H 9PY, London, United KingdomChantraine dance is dance, movement and expression … the dance of life. It includes the spiritual as well as physical aspects of dance, and is for everyone, whatever their dance experience or ability. The Day of Dance (for children from 7, teenagers and adults without age limit) focuses on "Growth". It embraces the natural world,