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  • Baroque collective gives variety and individuality

    La Serenissima at the King’s Hall, Ilkley La Serenissima is a baroque specialists’ collective that on this occasion sent us two violinists with cello and harpsichord continuo. Such groups go down well at early music events but do not always find

  • Poem set to music to be sung at event

    THE Fairfax Singers will be bringing the beautiful poetry of Longfellow’s Hiawatha, set to the exciting music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, to Christchurch at the Grove in Ilkley. American Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was fascinated by Native American

  • Bicentenary celebrations

    THE Brontë Society has unveiled some of its plans for next year’s bicentenary of the birth of Charlotte Brontë. The Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth teamed up with Marc de Luca, proprietor of Emily’s in nearby Thornton, to host a party on Tuesday

  • Premiere is big success

    AN ENTHUSIASTIC audience of Brontë lovers watched the local premiere of an opera based on Wuthering Heights. Brontë Parsonage Museum worker Charissa Hutchins organised last Saturday’s performance. Bernard Hermann, the American composer of classic

  • Tale of betrayal will have you in stitches

    IF VARIETY is the spice of life then Ilkley Players are serving up a veritable Vindaloo in the next few months. The first genre on offer is the French farce Ding Dong from writer Marc Camoletti. Ian Wilson has combined forces with Denise MacGregor

  • Plant sale fundraiser

    Plant sale fundraiser A FUNDRAISING plant sale will be held in Otley this week. Otley Lions are holding the event at their bookshop, in Mercury row, on Friday, Saturday and during the morning of Sunday. A variety of perennials, shrubs and other

  • Messy Church fun

    FAMILIES are being invited to Trinity Church, Rawdon, this weekend to enjoy a free fun event featuring stories and crafts. Messy Church will take place from 3pm to 5pm on Saturday. Trinity Church is next to the roundabout at Rawdon.

  • Art and craft class

    A NEW after school art and craft class starts at St Margaret’s Parish Hall in Ilkley on Tuesday. Artburst is run by two primary school teachers with more than 20 years of classroom experience, who both have a big passion for art and craft and love

  • Film director is helping others focus on careers

    SUCCESSFUL film director and ex-Ilkley Grammar School student, Corey Greenop, met and talked to Ilkley media students about his experiences as a professional film director just before the Easter holidays. Corey shared his story of how he fought

  • Take to a dance class

    BEGINNERS lessons in ballroom and Latin American dancing are being held in Horsforth.  The classes take place in St Margaret’s Church Hall, from 7pm to 8pm on Mondays. Contact Gary on 07914 081680.  

  • Yoga for everyone

    A Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Dru Yoga Day Retreat is taking place on Sunday, May 10, from 10am-4pm at Clifton Village Hall near Otley. Participants will enjoy a morning of yoga practice, suitable for everyone. The afternoon will explore

  • Wool festival at court

    OTLEY Courthouse is preparing to be taken over by ‘all things woollen’. The arts centre will host Wharfe Wool Fair, featuring knitting, spinning, felt-making and crochet supplies exhibitors, on Saturday, May 9. The 10am to 4pm event will also

  • War of words over the future of civic centre

    A SCHEME to re-open Otley Civic Centre as an entertainments hub has either been put on hold or withdrawn altogether, depending on who you believe. Businessman Jamie Hudson confirmed last week that his Venue 21 bid was still viable, while acknowledging

  • Charities in dispute over logos on leaflet

    TWO national charities asked for their logos to be removed from a document produced by the local Liberal Democrat candidate. Greg Mulholland consulted with several groups, including the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and the National

  • Church picture sale has 50 originals

    AN EXHIBITION and sale of pictures takes place at Addingham Methodist Church on Saturday from 10am to 4.30pm and Sunday, from 1pm to 4.30pm. There will be 50 framed original paintings on sale. All proceeds are to be divided between charity Sightsavers

  • Bring pets to open air service

     ALL creatures great and small will be welcome at an Open Air Pet Service at St Peter’s Church in Addingham on Sunday, May 10. The children and pet-friendly service will be held in the grounds of the church, or indoors if wet, starting at 3pm.

  • Planning committee diary date

    ILKLEY Parish Council’s Plans Committee will meet at Ilkley Town Hall on Tuesday, April 28. The meeting will take place in the council chamber, starting at 7.30pm.  

  • Literature festival seeks playwrights and singers

    ILKLEY Literature Festival has launched an appeal to find poets, writers and live literature performers of all kinds for this year’s Festival Fringe, as tickets go on sale for a series of spring events. The festival has organised a series of special

  • Lynda fights her way to dream

    AN INSPIRATIONAL Burley-in-Wharfedale woman has battled back from cancer to achieve her goal of opening her first podiatry clinic in the village. In March 2013, Lynda Forbes-Wake was diagnosed with endometrial cancer four days after celebrating

  • Search for woman in relation to a burglary

    POLICE have released an e-fit image of a woman they would like to trace following a burglary in Menston. At about 6pm on Saturday, April 11, a woman was at home in Main Street when she became aware of someone else in her house. The woman went

  • Ilkley hope they can upset the apple cart again

    AFTER gaining a creditable fifth place on their return to the top flight last season, Ilkley know it will be hard to build on that in what looks set to be a very competitive Aire-Wharfe League Division One.An opening-day defeat at newly-promoted Follifoot