What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Splat Mat is a new free art and play group for under 5s running at the Hamara Centre in Beeston, providing a positive, relaxed session each week for families with young children to play together. Discover artist Bea Lee Knowles’ colourful splat mats: squeeze, stack, pull, grab, touch, scratch, mash
There’s a stunning new public artwork at the Tower Works development in Holbeck. Artist Zoe Power has created a 300 square meter mural, A Common Thread, which incorporates cogs from factory machines and patterns from woollen weaves, nodding to Leeds’ industrial past and referencing the site’s previous use as a
Vastint UK, the developer behind Aire Park, the 24-acre mixed-use district on the Tetley’s brewery site in Hunslet, has revealed the first images and details of its plans for the iconic Tetley building as it looks to safeguard the landmark for another century. The developer’s proposals for the 92-year-old building,
Vastint UK, the developer behind Aire Park, the 24-acre mixed-use district on the site of the former Tetley’s Brewery in Hunslet, has announced the launch date for the public engagement on the future of The Tetley, with a drop-in event at the landmark building. The session will take place on
In the wilds and winding streets of West Yorkshire, a diverse ecology of community arts and social change is thriving and flourishing, creating and instigating. This work can sometimes be overlooked, which is where BIG UP steps in and plugs in the amp. By building networks between creatives, social change-makers
Project Space Leeds (PSL), the arts charity that runs The Tetley art gallery, has announced they are leaving the iconic former brewery headquarters building in the heart of Aire Park development as their lease comes to an end. The current exhibitions and the bar and restaurant will close on Sunday
The streets of Leeds will transform into a dazzling dream world next month when the exciting spectacle of Light Night Leeds returns. The two-night cultural event will be back on 12 and 13 October 2023, illuminating some of the city’s most recognisable buildings, streets and spaces with a compelling programme
If you’d told me at the start of the week that I would be speaking in a debate on concrete mixers, I might have thought it unlikely. But that’s exactly what I did recently to stand up for a local company called Mixamate that operates in South Leeds and beyond,
Light Night Leeds is the UK’s largest annual arts and light festival and returns this week on Thursday and Friday (13 & 14 October 2022). Whilst much of Light Night takes place in the city centre, here we highlight events south of the river. For the past 17 years, over
We live in a throwaway society, but one group are fighting against the tide and helping people get broken things fixed. Leeds Repair Café has been running since 2016. The idea is very simple: people with broken stuff come along and meet people who can fix things. On Saturday (20