THE FACES OF SHERBORNE
There is no interview this month.
What’s Coming Up
- Friday 10 May: 1.30pm Woodwind recital at Cheap Street Church by the students of the Sherborne Music School. Free.
- Saturday 11 May: 10.00am – 12noon Plants, Coffees & Cakes at Abbey Grange, Hospital Lane in aid of Friends of the Yeatman.
- Saturday 11 May: 10:30am-3:30pm Joint Heritage Day involving the Somerset & Dorset Family History Society, Sherborne Museum, and the Steam & Waterwheel Centre. Stalls, raffle, book sale. Sherborne Family History centre by the Conduit. Free.
- Saturday 11 May: 7.30pm Sound of Blue Note at The Plume of Feathers, Half Moon Street. £12 Members £8.
- Sunday 12 May: 9.00am – 12 noon Car Boot Sale in aid of Friends of the Yeatman. Sellers £5. Buyers 50p. The Terraces playing-field.
- Tuesday 14 May to 12 June: Creation: A Celebration. Exhibition of beautiful tapestry & caligraphy by Sue Symons at Sherborne Abbey. Free.
- Wednesday 15 May: 10.00am-4.00pm Portraiture in Oils with James Meiklejohn. Working from live models, explore the approaches to protraiture. Digby Hall, Hound Street. Non-Members £40, Artslink £35. 01935 815899
- Wednesday 15 May: 7.00pm Sherborne Singles is back at The Arch. Free entry.
- Friday 17 May: 9.00am - 1.00pm Sherborne Farmers' market, Cheap Street.
- Friday 17 May: 1:30pm. Piano recital by the students of the Sherborne Music School. Free. Cheap Street Church.
- Friday 17 May: 6.00pm – 8.00pm.Museums at Night Unusual exhibits from the reserve collections on display. Free. Sherborne Museum.
- Tuesday 21 May: Visit to Inwood House, Templecombe. Guided tour by Richard de Pelet. Tea. Own transport. Sherborne Historical Society : 01935 816650
- Wednesday 22 May: The Old Testament –Do we need it? Insight lecture at Memorial Hall, Digby Rd. Info: 01935 816779
- Wednesday 22 May: 7:30pm. Solar variability and climate change. Talk by Prof. Michael Lockwood, University of Reading. Senior Lunch Club Hall, Digby Road. 01935 813896
- Wednesday 22 May: 7.30pm Live Music at The Arch with Robbie McIntosh, Steve Wilson & Jess Upton A guitar and vocal trio. Pre-booking advised - 01935 817022. £19.95 includes a three course meal.
- Friday 24 May: 1:30pm. Chamber Music by the students of the Sherborne Music School. Free. Cheap Street Church.
- Saturday 25 May: 9.00am-4.00pm. Antique & Fleamarket Digby Church Hall, Digby Road. 01963 250108
- Sunday 26 May: 11.00am-4:30pm. Waterwheel Open Day Featuring the massive 26ft diameter waterwheel built in 1869 at Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Centre. £5. Children free. 01963 250206
- Sunday 26 May to Monday 10 June: Dorset Art Weeks Various locations in Dorset; Biggest Open Studios Event in the country. www.dorsetartweeks.co.uk
- Monday 27 May: 10.00am-6.00pm. Sherborne Castle Country Fair Country activities, stands & entertainment, and one of the largest Rare Breed Shows in the country. Advance tickets from Sherborne TIC. www.sherbornecountryfair.com
- Wednesday 29 May: 10.00am-1.00pm. Presenting your artwork with Richard Turner Demonstration on how to use mounting and framing to present your work to best advantage. Non-Members £15, Artslink £10. Digby Hall, Hound Street. 01935 815899
- Wednesday 29 May: 7.30pm Live Music at The Arch with Birds on a Wire. Singer-songwriter/pianist Julie Dunn and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Storey present “The Kirsty MacColl Retrospective”. Free entry. Music at 8.30pm.
- Thursday 30 May: 10.00am-12:30pm, 2.00pm-4.00pm. Arts Buffet For Under 12s, no food but a lot of art materials. Just turn up and have some creative fun. Digby Hall, Hound Street. 01935 815899 www.sherborneartslink.org.uk
- Friday 31 May to 21 June: Exhibition of new work by Katherine Swinfen Eady The Jerram Gallery, Half Moon Street.
- For events that are booking now look under the What's On tab
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