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RBSA Portrait Prize 2019 - Call for Entries
Don’t miss the deadline of our Portrait Prize Exhibition! All entries must be in before 4pm on Wed 12 June.
4 Brook Street
Today to Wed 12 Jun
The Family Gallery
The Family Gallery is a safe space to explore art as a family. Showing work from our Collections on a particular theme, it is an introduction to using the Gallery and provides a relaxed space for you to get creative together. Practical activities are provided, but you can always use you own imagination too.
New Art Gallery, Walsall Gallery Square Walsall
Today to Sat 6 Jul
Band Of Friends featuring Gerry McAvoy, Ted McKenna & Marcel Scherpenzeel
Band Of Friends featuring Gerry McAvoy, Ted McKenna & Marcel Scherpenzeel: Tickets avaiable.
The Robin, Wolverhampton
Today
Packwood House - May half term 2019
Join us for family fun this May half term with outdoor games, and see how many of our 50 things to do before you’re 11 you can tick off. Booking Not Needed. Ideal for children. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.
Packwood House, Packwood Lane, Lapworth,
Sat 25 May 19 to Fri 31 May
Endo Ball 2019
Back for a 3rd year, join us for the Endo Ball 2019! To buy tickets, go to www.endoball.co.uk
This charity ball is a 3 course meal with entertainment in support of Endometriosis UK. Endometriosis is a reproductive disease that affects 1 in 10 women (2 million in the UK!
Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport, Coventry Road
Sat 25 May 19
Reggae, Soul and Motown Night
Reggae, Soul & Motown
Get on your Boogie Shoes for a Funky night of Reggae, Soul & Motown. Playing all those great tunes that dominated the Dance Floors of the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties, all in the capable hands of our fantastic DJ
Benjamins, Halesowen
Sat 25 May 19
Packwood House - A Closer Look - Evening House Tours 2019
A unique chance to see the house by night and discover the history of the collection. Come and hear the stories behind key pieces of the Packwood collection. Includes a glass of wine. Booking Essential. Phone: 01564 782024. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.
Packwood House, Packwood Lane, Lapworth,
Sat 25 May 19
Mathilda and the Orange Balloon
Mathilda and the Orange Balloon brings a diverse cast of Deaf and hearing actors to the stage to follow the story of Mathilda, a little grey sheep whose mind is always full of questions.
Touchbase Pears, 750 Bristol Rd, Birmingham
Sat 25 May 19
Gary Barlow Tribute Night - Knowle
Back by Popular demand and with the Take That tour starting in May 2019. Why not have a bit of Gary Barlow bringing a little of him and Take That to Knowle.
Early Booking is advised on this one.
Knowle British Legion, 1161 Warwick Road, Knowle, Solihull
Sat 25 May 19
Brand New - Nets Adventure Park - NOW OPEN
The wait is over...our brand new Nets Adventure Park is now open!
An outdoor alternative to soft play, the treetop nets adventure park is a unique attraction, with not many like it (if any) in the UK!
Baggeridge Country Park
Gospel End Road, Sedgley
Sat 25 May 19 to Sun 2 Jun
Meditate in Birmingham
The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful.
If our mind is peaceful we shall be free from worries and mental discomfort, and so we shall experience true happiness; but if our mind is not peaceful, we shall find it very difficult to be happy, even if we are living in the very best...
Kadampa Meditation Centre
1 THE POSTBOX COMMERCIAL, STREET BIRMINGHAM
Sat 25 May, Sun 26 May, Tue 28 May, Wed 29 May
Disco for LD chall behaviours mental health
Disco for people with LD. Challenging behaviours and mental health
Adults 16+
Wilson hall club. Coley gate Dudley
Sat 25 May, Sat 1 Jun
Mothers Who Make
Are you a passionate maker or artist and a mother? Do you want to develop your practice and connect with other mother makers? Would you like to meet in a welcoming, inclusive and supportive space to discuss the opportunities for growth and the challenges these dual roles present?
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well Coventry
Sat 25 May, Sat 29 Jun
Skyline Symphonica
An exclusive never seen before show, with DJ’s playing the finest Balearic beats and house + disco with a spectacular live 25-piece orchestra and accompanying vocalists.
Level 25, The Cube, 196 Wharfside St, Birmingham
Sun 26 May 19
Family Friendly Tour and Craft Activity
Come and enjoy a shorter, child-friendly tour of the museum, followed by a fun craft activity, adding colour to metal washers with inks.
Dress up as factory workers, and explore the Victorian workshops with your friendly tour guide!
The Coffin Works
13-15 Fleet Street
Jewellery Quarter
Sun 26 May 19
Great Birmingham 10K
Are you ready to take on the annual Great Birmingham 10k? Put on your running shoes, don your St Mary’s vest and join us as we take on the challenge as a team.
Broad Street, Birmingham
Sun 26 May 19
Fun Dog Show
Wythall GSD Club Annual Fun Dog Show.
All dogs over 6 months of age welcome, any breed, cross breed, shape or size.
There will be Two Novelty rings, Temptation Alley and Fun Obstacle course and more.
All proceeds go to charity.
A schedule will be available from our website www.gsdtraining.
Wythall Park, 52 Silver Street, Wythall. Birmingham
Sun 26 May 19
Packington Hall - Open Garden for NGS
Packington is the setting for an elegant Capability Brown landscape. Designed from 1750 in 100 acres of parkland which sweeps down to a lake incl 1762 Japanese bridge.
Packington Hall, nr Coventry
Sun 26 May 19
Bridge House - Open Garden for NGS
1 acre garden surrounding converted public house. Divided into smaller areas with a mix of shrub borders, azalea and fuchsia, herbaceous and bedding, orchard, kitchen garden with large greenhouse. Pergola walk, formal fish pool, pond, bog garden and lawns.
Bridge House, Bodymoor Heath
Mon 27 May, Sun 15 Sep
The Jungle Book
This classic tale follows Mowgli, a young boy raised in the jungle by wolves. When Shere Khan the tiger threatens Mowgli’s safety, Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther, agree to take the boy to the man village.
The Old Rep Station Street Birmingham
Mon 27 May 19
Functional Fitness Class for 50+
This is a fitness class specially designed for senior ’adults’ from 50 plus, but catering for all levels of fitness.
The class focuses on exercises to improve your day to day life, incorporating strength, balance and mobility which engage all of your muscles.
Longbridge Parish Church Hall, (corner of Lonbridge Lane / Turves Green) Birmingham B31
Tue 28 May, Tue 4 Jun, Tue 11 Jun, Tue 18 Jun
Pond dipping (4+)
Come and discover what lurks in the murky depths of our pond, can you find the mysterious newt?
Parkridge Centre, Brueton Park, Warwick Road, Solihull,
Tue 28 May
Den Building (5+)
Can you build shelter good enough to sleep in, test how waterproof it is and camouflage it to the max.
Parkridge Centre, Brueton Park, Warwick Road, Solihull,
Tue 28 May 19
Dinosaur World Live
Dare to experience the dangers and delights of Dinosaur World Live in this roarsome interactive show for all the family.
Grab your compass and join our intrepid explorer across unchartered territories to discover a pre-historic world of astonishing (and remarkably life-like) dinosaurs.
Belgrade Theatre Belgrade Square Coventry
Tue 28 May 19 and Wed 29 May
Minibeast Hunting (2+)
Bugs come in all different shapes and sizes, can you tell your shield bugs from your leaf bug? See what you can find as we go on a bug hunt with nets and pots.
Parkridge Centre, Brueton Park, Warwick Road, Solihull,
Wed 29 May 19