Half-Term is here!

Need inspiration on how to keep the kids occupied this week? 

• FREE Festival of Science and Curiosity
• Crafts and trails at Nottingham Castle and Brewhouse Yard (normal admission costs apply)
• Crafts and trails at Wollaton Park (small charge)
• Forest trails and tours at Newstead Abbey (normal admission costs apply)
• FREE creative fun on Saturday at Nottingham Lakeside Arts
• School's Out: Sports and activities for 8 - 15 year olds for £1 a day 

 See what's on

Festival of Science and Curiosity  Your kids can take part in FREE activities this week, which will provide fun opportunities to learn about the universe, science, maths, and much more!  Find an event to go to

Moscow State Circus

Forest Recreation Ground 16 - 24 February

Wizard Wako, and his crazy side kick Natalia Mezentceva, invites the audience to a wondrous and mysterious enchanted garden, a place where dreams come true and a place to see magnificent feats of human achievement, the like of which have never been witnessed in Great Britain before!

Get tickets (from £15.30)

Tell us your thoughts on Light Night Fill in a short online feedback survey to give us your thoughts about Light Night, which took place on Friday 5 February.  Save the date! Light Night 2017 will happen on 10 February 2017!  Tell us what you thought

Get your tickets for the European Archery Championship 28 - 29 May Tickets are selling fast for the chance to see Team GB compete in the top-flight archery championship! Don't miss your chance to see exciting live archery in an arena in the Old Market Square. In association with The Nottingham Building Society. Get tickets (from £10)

The Tiger’s Bones & Other Stories 20 - 23 Feb at Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Welcome to a joyous world of mischief and mayhem! The foolishness of modern man, a cautionary tale about eating the wrong person's stew and a wild retelling of the nativity are all ingredients of this timeless world of folklore and fable, from one of the giants of 20th Century British poetry.

Get tickets (£8) 

FREE swimming lessons in Nottingham! Wish you could swim or had more confidence in the water? This is a fantastic opportunity to learn to swim, gain confidence or to enjoy a fun and healthy social activity.  You don’t need to book, you can simply turn up to swim. You can come along to any session or sessions at any pool. Find a session

FREE Football Sessions this week! See what FREE activities are on this week, including  Girls 14+ football sessions Nottingham Forest in the Community sessions for everyone Diversity Football Academy

Could you become a Skyride leader?

Do you love cycling? We're looking for enthusiastic, confident cyclists to help lead this summer's programme of free guided bike rides around the city.

Ride leader training takes place Sunday 19 March. Want to take part? 

Contact Martin on 07538 077587 or email martin.barradell@nottinghamcity.gov.uk  

LGBT History Month Events The University of Nottingham are putting on great, FREE events this February as LGBT History Month continues.  Polari: the lost and found gay language, 6.30pm Wednesday 17 February. Book online. LGBT rights are human rights, 5.30pm Thursday 18 February. Book online. Mojisola Adebajo: a retrospective presentation, 7pm Friday 19 February. Book online. Discipline and punish: Foucault, BDSM and his philosophy of power, 6.30pm Thursday 25 February. Book online. London Spy screening and Q&A, 4pm Sunday 28 February. Book online.

More events in Nottingham 

This week

• Tuesday 16 February: Nest Box Making at Coppice Park
• Tuesday 16 February: Dragon Mask Making at City Arts 
• Tuesday 16 February: Black Wave Cinema Night at Nottingham Contemporary (FREE)
• Wednesday 17 February: Life Drawing Classes at the Malt Cross
• Thursday 18 February: Heritage Walk at Woodthorpe Grange Park (FREE) 
• Thursday 18 February: Salt Dough Modelling at Green's Windmill 
• Thursday 18 February: Creative Creatures Sculpture making for 10 - 14 year olds at Nottingham Lakeside Arts
• Saturday 20 February: Gingerbread Baking at Green's Windmill

Next few weeks

• Daily: Malt Cross Tours
• Until end Feb: Snowdrops at Holme Pierrepont Hall
• 6 Feb - 6 March: Snowdrops at Hodsock Priory

Exhibitions

• Until 28 February: Elizabeth Frink - The Presence of Sculpture at Nottingham Lakeside Arts
• Until 28 February: The Story of Art at Patchings Art Centre
• Until 4 March: Monuments Should Not be Trusted at Nottingham Contemporary 
• Until 13 March: Larissa Sansour: In the Future they Ate from the Finest Porcelain at New Art Exchange
• Until 17 April: Inspiring Beauty: No.7 at Nottingham Lakeside Arts
• Until 31 December: Fragments in Time at Rufford Abbey

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