Get confident with computers

10 Week Course, every Tuesday starting 13 Nov at Fulford School, 7pm to 9pm

A very ‘hands on’ course for those wishing to move on from using basic skills on a computer.

You will learn how to use the features and functions of an ‘average’ computer by using some selected Microsoft Programs. Navigate the World Wide Web using web addresses, links and understand how to safely shop online; Create a variety of word processed documents by entering text and using different tools for editing that text. Create and understand template documents (i.e. letter headed paper). Use different formatting tools to aid meaning in your documents and layout your text by understanding how to create paragraphs change margins and spell check your work.

Cost: £60

To book online visit: www.yortime.co.uk

Make your own Christmas stocking

Create a keepsake for tomorrow using simple folk art inspired images applied, by sewing machine, to a Christmas stocking base.

Each stocking incorporates a deep cuff, which can be left plain, decorated with machine stitching or an appliquéd name/motif.

 What will you need to bring/Additional Cost?
1 Piece of plain coloured fabric ( cotton or velvet) 12” x 15” for front of stocking; 1 piece of cotton or velvet 42 x 10” for the cuff on the front of stocking; 1 piece of fabric 18” x 12” for back of stocking; 2 pieces of fabric 18” x 12” for inside of stocking—if you wish your thread to match the fabric please bring your own. I will provide all other necessary fabrics at a cost of £2.

Sat 17 Nov, 10am to 4pm at the Quilt Museum, St Anthony's Hall  Peasholme Green, York YO1 7PW   01904 613242

Cost: £30 - To book online visit: www.yortime.org.uk

Bring your own lunch or visit the wonderful Italian deli next door.

Which camera?

Basic digital camera course - buying advice and guidance

Find out what to look for when buying a camera and understand the different jargon.

You will learn to understand the different types, from simple point and shoot, standard compact and enthusiastic compact cameras.  We will also discuss megapixels, zoom, lens, resolution, LCD screens, image stabilisation and ISO range.

This course takes place on Sat 10 Nov, 9.30am to 12noon at Explore Acomb library Learning Centre.
To book go to www.yortime.org.uk

York 800 Public Lecture Series

University of York Lectures:

Tues 30 Oct York Today: A city for today and tomorrow
Lecture by Dr Rowland Atkinson, Department of Sociology
6pm, Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul Building

Wed 7 Nov York 200 Years Ago: Tourism, Archaeology and the Making of Modern York
Lecture by Dr Ann-Marie Akehurst, Department of History of Art
6pm, Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul Building

Wed 14 Nov York 400 Years Ago: Reformation, Religious Change and Social Stress? Lecture by Professor Bill Shields, Department of History
6pm, Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul Building

Tues 20 Nov 2012 'York Minster in 1212: part of the York 800 celebrations'
CMS York Medieval Seminar, Professor Christopher Norton (University of York) Huntingdon room
5.30pm, King's Manor, Huntingdon room

Wed 21 Nov 2012 'St Richard, the Devout Widow and the Feast of Corpus Christi: Life in the City in 1412'
CMS York Medieval Seminar/York 800
Dr P Jeremy Goldberg (University of York)
5.30pm, King's Manor, Huntingdon room

Please email cms-office@york.ac.uk if you would like to attend.

Kaboom!

Sun 4 Nov, 4pm to 10pm

To keep you entertained throughout the evening York’s Kaboom Fireworks Festival has organised a fantastic and exciting programme. Kaboom’s stage line up includes X Factor finalist Marcus Collin. The York Dungeon will present a live re-enactment of The Gunpowder Plot with accompanying explosive ending! There will be a funfair with dodgems, waltzers, side-stalls and food options to suit all the family.

Tickets - No ticket will be available for sale on the gate. There will be three types of ticket available for purchase via Kaboom website prior to the event:

Premium ticket - only limited ticket available including the car parking spaces at Rawcliffe Bar Park & Ride site (1,000 spaces max).

First ticket - A discounted ticket available to all. In association with transportation partner - First Group - this ticket will give the holder free travel on any First York network bus with free and easy access from all York suburbs to the city centre.

Green ticket = A discounted ticket available only to those living in the YO30 neighbourhood who commit to walking to the venue.

Book your tickets: go online www.kaboomyork.com or call the 24 hour bookings line on 01904 341 046 - just leave your details on voicemail for a call back.

Alternatively, you can purchase First and 659 tickets from the Visit York box office in the Tourist Information Centre, 1 Museum Street, York. YO1 7DT

Venue: Rawcliffe Country Park, Shipton Road, York, YO30 5XZ See location on Google maps.

Move more on Monday

Join our trained leaders in a gentle ride to the picturesque village of Bishopthorpe.  If you have not cycled for a while, why not join in one of these easy paced rides. These are free group rides suitable for cyclists of all ages and abilities and are particularly suited to those who haven’t cycled recently. This ride lasts approximately one and a half hours, stopping off at Rowntree Park for refreshments.  You will need to bring along a road worthy bike, bike pump, spare inner tube, lock and suitable clothing.

Meet at Millennium Bridge (Butcher Terrace side of the river), 11am, Mon 26 Nov

Want to know more - contact: Sarah Prescott, Active Living Officer on 01904 553377, Email: sarah.prescott@york.gov.uk  Or visit: www.york.gov.uk/cyclerides

Shine Awards

The awards are looking at how children in York have had made a postive impact to their local community. Whether they have made an actual difference or if they are inspiring other people to get more involved in local life.

There are 10 awards, which are separated into five different catergories which are Parks and Environment, Sport and Active Leisure, Arts and Culture, Libraries and Archives, and Play.

Anyone can nominate a young person who is between the ages 5-14 years old.

Please send 250 words (max) explaining why you are nominating the young person, along with their name, category nominated for, age of young person and your contact details to Tim Waudby, 18 Back Swinegate, York, YO1 8ZD, 01904 553426 or email: tim.waudby@york.gov.uk

Closing date Fri 30 Nov 2012

FAITH in the city of York

Join our trained leaders in a gentle ride to the picturesque village of Bishopthorpe. If you have not cycled for a while, why not join in one of these easy paced rides. These are free group rides suitable for cyclists of all ages and abilities and are particularly suited to those who haven’t cycled recently. This ride last approximately one and a half hours, stopping off at Rowntree Park for refreshments. You will need to bring along a road worthy bike, bike pump, spare inner tube, lock and suitable clothing.

Taking place on Mon 26 Nov, meeting at 11am, Millennium Bridge (Butcher Terrace side of the river)

Want to know more? - contact: Sarah Prescott, Active Living Officer on 01904 553377, Email: sarah.prescott@york.gov.uk Or visit: www.york.gov.uk/cyclerides

Poison pen

Book launch evening - Thur 15 Nov, 7pm to 8.30pm at Dringhouses Library

P J Quinn are a mother and daughter team who have written a series of crime novels. Their new book, Poison Pen, the second in a series featuring D I Ambrose, will be launched at Dringhouse library.

The crime is set in Old Chalk Heath village, and the writers set riddles and lay out the crime scene for you to solve.

The mother, Pauline Kirk, is a poet and her daughter, Jo Summers, is a lawyer who writes text books for the legal press.

Come along and hear Pauline and Jo explain their books and unveil dastardly crimes in Saltaire.

Tickets £2, includes free glass of wine. To book and for further information please contact Dringhouses Library, tel.01904 552674, email: dringhouses.library@york.gov.uk

Seaside stride

Wed 7 Nov, 11.15am

Our trained walk leaders will take you for a lovely stroll around Peasholm Park. The walk will take around 2 hrs, and includes a break to eat your packed lunch or even sample the local fish and chips.

Peasholm Park has been designed within a natural glen with a stream running through it which culminates in the lake at the bottom, the perfect place to walk or sit and enjoy the natural features all around. The oriental theme can be seen in the design of bridges and the layout of many areas of the park. There are lots of rare and unusual trees and flowers, both naturally wild and deliberately planted. Wild geese, swans and ducks swim around on the lake and squirrels are seen every day within the woodlands. As time has gone on and some of the original trees have died, parts of their stumps have been specially carved into figures. Look out for the squirrel and the dragon!

Meet at Peasholm Park Cafe, next to the pond - 21-23 Victoria Park, Scarborough, YO12 7TS

Want to know more contact: Sarah Prescott, Active Living Officer on 01904 553377, Email: sarah.prescott@york.gov.uk Or visit: www.york.gov.uk/healthwalks

Wellie workout

In Glen Gardens, Mon 5 Nov, 1pm to 3pm, we plan to do some work to improve the wildflower meadow.  With your help we would like to cut back the bramble that is beginning to encroach onto the area and plant some more wild flowers.

In Acomb Wood, Mon 19 Nov, 1pm to 3pm,  we will be coppicing hazel.  This is an old management technique used to provide young growth on the tree, even as the tree ages.

So come along and have fun - all tools will be provided.

Please contact Jenny Cairns on 07833 436832 or jennifer.cairns@york.gov.uk for more details.

Willow Weaving

Willow is a particularly flexible tree when collected young.  Learn about how we manage the willow to ensure we have a fresh crop for weaving with each year then collect some to use in the session.

A ranger will be on hand to demonstrate the basic techniques and provide advice about what to make to practice different skills.

Thur 1 Nov, 10.30am to 11.30am at Rawcliffe Country Park

Cost: Free

To book a place or for more information please contact Rachel Bell on r.bell@york.gov.uk or 07584 205240.

Tee off with junior golf

New four-day courses are being put on at the Heworth Golf Club from Mon 29 Oct to Thur 1 Nov, following the success of the junior golf lessons that took place earlier on in the year.

Each course consists of four, hour long sessions, with one for 6-12 year olds starting 10.30am to 11.30am and another for 12-16 year olds, from 12noon to 1pm. It will cost £15 per course and this includes an hour of expert tuition from a club professional, as well as equipment hire.

For further information or to book a place please contact Robin Lavin on 01904 553377 or robin.lavin@york.gov.uk

Open Mic Poetry Night

Thur 11 October 6pm to 7.30pm at York Explore Library Learning Centre, Front Street, Acomb, York

Join us for an evening for writers or people who just like to share or listen to poetry...

Contact Bev Leymus at York Explore 552828