 | - Beowulf and the Saxons Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Visitors to West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village can experience a memorable re-telling of the legendary Beowulf tale on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June when it is brought to life by costumed interpreters. [More...]
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| - Henry VIII and the Dissolution of the Monasteries Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Join local author and lecturer, Pip Wright, at Moyse’s Hall, Bury St Edmunds on Friday 12 June at 2pm for the first of four lectures, during June and July, looking at medieval life. [More...]
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| - Mary Beale in residence Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Mary Beale, (b 1633, m 1652, d 1699) England’s first professional female painter, is coming back 357 years to her home town on Saturday 13 June, allowing visitors to Moyses Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds to discover more about her life. [More...]
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| - Moth night at West Stow Country Park Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Late night nature lovers are in for a treat on the evening of Saturday 6 June between 9.30pm and 11.30pm when moth expert Tony Prichard shines a spotlight on the nocturnal moth species that are to be found at West Stow Country Park. [More...]
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| - A second chance to catch sell out lecture Monday, May 18, 2009
Moyses Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds is offering a second chance for those unfortunate to miss last weekend’s sell out Bury Festival lecture on ‘Women in Late Stuart and Georgian Suffolk 1660 – 1830. [More...]
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| - Footsteps through time Monday, May 18, 2009
Visitors to West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village on Sat 30 and Sun 31 May can step back in time and meet the Farende Folc, a band of travelling Anglo-Saxon traders, as they stop off at West Stow on their journey through England. [More...]
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| - Spoon carving and basket weaving workshops Monday, May 18, 2009
Visitors to West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village on Sat 30 and Sun 31 May can gain the skills needed to transform local raw materials into useful household objects, with the choice of two expert-led workshops. [More...]
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| - Stitch in Time bank holiday textiles event Friday, May 15, 2009
Bank Holiday visitors to West Stow on Sat 23, Sun 24 and Mon 25 May can explore a patchwork world of textiles, basketry and ropes from the Stone Age to the modern day. [More...]
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| - Suffolk councils take boundary review to the courts Friday, May 15, 2009
Three Suffolk councils today confirm that they have begun legal proceedings against the Boundary Committee for England (BCE) and will ask the High Court to judicially review the BCE’s actions in respect of the local government review for Suffolk. [More...]
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| - Anglo-Saxon antler carving and pottery workshops Monday, May 11, 2009
Visitors to West Stow Anglo-Saxon village on Sun 17 May can join two fascinating workshops to learn the skills their ancestors employed to transform local raw materials into useful household objects. [More...]
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| - Brush with the past as Anglo-Saxons return to West Stow Monday, May 11, 2009
Visitors to West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village on Sat 16 and Sun 17 May will have the opportunity to experience life as it may have been lived by its original occupants 1,500 years ago, and to see how a modern day artist based in the village responds to her “brush with the past”. [More...]
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| - Council meets in Haverhill Tuesday, May 5, 2009
St Edmundsbury residents are invited to come along to St Edmundsbury Borough Council’s Cabinet meeting, to be held at Samuel Ward Arts and Technology College at 5pm on Wednesday 20 May. [More...]
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| - Facilities for Bury Festival visitors Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Ram Meadow car park in Bury St Edmunds is being kept open for an extra hour at night during the Bury Festival. [More...]
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| - Launch of BurySOUND09 Tuesday, May 5, 2009
BurySOUND is back in style for a twelfth year, bigger and better than ever. BurySOUND09 will be launched at a must-go party on Friday 8 May at the Lounge, Hatter Street, Bury St Edmunds with exclusive live performances from the BurySOUND 08 winners ‘Headfull’ supported guest bands. [More...]
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| - Woman artist in residence at Moyse’s Hall Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Visitors to Moyse’s Hall can have their portrait painted as part of the ‘Women by Women’ exhibition now showing. [More...] |
