Chris has organised some ice skating for us all

with an optional meal afterwards.

Skating is from 6 pm to 7 pm on Tuesday 11 December.

Please let Chris Jones know by Monday 10 December if you would like to join in so he can arrange a ticket for you.

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Christmas Grotto

Come and find Father Christmas at a secret location in Milsom Place. Children will be welcomed by Peppermint the Elf who will take your bags and coats before asking children to sign in on the Nice List. Once inside the Narnia inspired wintry wonderland, children will be offered some festive face paint and the opportunity to make a Christmas craft while they wait to meet Father Christmas.

Father Christmas will make an appearance and call each child to come and chat to him about the nice things they have done this year. After a fun photo he will invite them to find their personalised gift from under the tree.

Information

10th - 23rd December

50 minute slots available

£12.50 per child

Includes festive face paint, milk & cookies and a gift to take home

Christmas fancy dress encouraged!

Book here

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The Walcot Lantern Parade is happening again Sunday, 9 December 2018 from 5-7:30pm.

Make a lantern with professional artists! You must do a workshop (or make other arrangements with the organisers) to be in the procession. The public workshops are free, but you need to get a ticket so that the organisers can coordinate the groups.

Workshop Venue:

The Back Bar @ The Bell, Walcot St. BA1 5BW

Workshop Calendar:

Sunday 2nd December
11am – 2pm
3pm – 6pm

Saturday 8th December
11am – 2pm
3pm – 6pm

More information

E: streats@bathfringe.co.uk
FB: Walcot Lantern Parade 2018
W: wwwbathfringe.co.uk
T: 01225 480079

Book tickets here

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Lucia’s friend is running a professional makeup masterclass at the Body Shop in Bath on Thursday 6 December. Lucia will be attending so please get in touch with her if you fancy popping along with her.

Cost

• £25

Included

• £25 voucher redeemable on any makeup purchase on the same evening

• A two hour makeup masterclass by the Body Shop with a glass of Prosecco and a free gift!

• 3 for 2 on makeup and makeup brushes

To book

• Please speak to a member of the team in store or call 01225 310764.

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A fundraising event for HorseWorld.

A great opportunity to grab a Christmas present or a gift for yourself, all whilst raising money for our horses, ponies and donkeys.

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Martin Rees

Humanity has reached a critical moment. Our world is unsettled and rapidly changing, and we face existential risks over the next century. Various outcomes—good and bad—are possible. Yet our approach to the future is characterised by short-term thinking, polarising debates, alarmist rhetoric and pessimism. Renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin Rees argues that humanity’s prospects depend on our taking a very different approach to planning for tomorrow.

The future of humanity is bound to the future of science and hinges on how successfully we harness technological advances to address our challenges. If we are to use science to solve our problems while avoiding its dystopian risks, we must think rationally, globally, collectively and optimistically about the long term. Advances in biotechnology, cybertechnology, robotics and artificial intelligence—if pursued and applied wisely—could empower us to boost the developing and developed world and overcome the threats humanity faces on Earth, from climate change to nuclear war. At the same time, further advances in space science will allow humans to explore the solar system and beyond with robots and AI. But there is no ‘Plan B’ for Earth—no viable alternative within reach if we do not care for our home planet.

With fascinating insights into cutting-edge science and technology, Martin Rees examines the critical issues that will define the future of humanity on Earth and beyond.

Book tickets

Fri 23 November 2018
19:00-20:30
Wills Memorial Building
Free Admission

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The Mall's Christmas Kingdom Spectacular!

Join on Saturday 17 November for the immersive theatre event of the season! Journey in to the four realms of The Mall's Nutcracker at their all new Christmas light switch on! 

Entry is free!

Read more about timings and the events that are happening throughout the day.

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Modern day adventurer and broadcaster Ben Fogle comes to talk about his latest amazing feat – climbing Everest for the British Red Cross. Everest was the mountain of his childhood dreams and Ben’s seven-week expedition was an adventure of a lifetime. Come to listen to his account of this thrilling expedition, as he talks with his signature humour and warmth about his memoir, Up.

Venue:

Christ Church, Julian Road, Bath, BA1 2RH

Doors open:

7.30pm

Start time:

8pm

Book tickets

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View more lectures at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution.

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The Architecture Centre has secured leading US Urban Designer Damon Rich to give a talk in Bristol.

Damon Rich is a designer and urban planner creating vivid and witty strategies to help residents exercise power within the public and private processes that shape our cities. Trained as an architect, he is committed to a democratic approach to a wide range of projects, including designs for public spaces and exhibitions.

In 2017 Damon was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his ground breaking work in participative urban design and advocacy.

Full event details and booking information to be announced soon. 

Location

Arnolfini
16 Narrow Quay
BS1 4QA

Tue 23 Oct 2018
19:00 - 20:30

Booking coming soon

Cost

£9 / £7

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An in-conversation-and-chat, with one of the world's leading landscape architect designers. Learn how he turns ideas into living, breathing, urban skylines. 

Creative Bath has announced the next 'Creative Bath Inspires' event. On November 22, they will be joined by inspirational award-winning landscape architect Andrew Grant.

Andrew is responsible for the £500 million Gardens by the Bay project at Bay South in Singapore, a world-famous fusion of industry and nature in the heart of the city. 

He is the founding director of Grant Associates, established in 1997, and is known for a creative approach to ecological / sustainable landscape design and the integration of landscape with engineering and architecture. 

In 2012 Andrew was awarded the title of Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) in recognition of his pioneering global work in Landscape Architecture and is also an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA. He has worked on countless key architectural projects including the 2008 Stirling Prize winning Accordia.

Book tickets ASAP!

Location

Walcot House
90A Walcot Street
Bath
Somerset
BA1 5BG

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In this keynote lecture to launch the 2018-19 BRLSI cities series of talks, the speaker will suggest that understanding why and how we get the urban environments we do is important. He will set the stage by addressing how cities evolve and what has caused them to change over time and then focus on how cities might serve their future residents better in the future by becoming accountable for the wider environmental impacts of city living.

£4 Members/Students £2

Location

BRLSI
16-18 Queen Square
Bath
BA1 2HN

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Special exhibition evening at RWA awarding the architecture award

Location

Royal West of England Academy
Bristol BS8 1PX View Map

Book here

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Eric Parry

Eric Parry has developed a strong reputation for delivering beautifully crafted and high-quality contemporary buildings that respond to their context.

His practice, Eric Parry Architects, is renowned for cultural projects involving sensitive historic buildings such as the restoration of the historic St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Trafalgar Square and the highly acclaimed new extension for the Holburne Museum of Art in Bath, as well as several prestigious commercial projects in London’s City and West End including 1 Undershaft which will become the tallest building in the City of London crowning the new cluster of planned skyscrapers in the Square Mile.  The practice’s work also include the Stirling Prize shortlisted schemes at 30 Finsbury Square and 5 Aldermanbury Square, One Eagle Place in Piccadilly and 8 St James’s Square – which broke UK’s rent record in 2015. International projects include the residential schemes Damai Suria in Kuala Lumpur and the Westminster Nanpeidai in Tokyo for Grosvenor.

FREE for UoB Students & RIBA members/ £6 Standard

The event is hosted by The University of Bath Architecture Dept. and Edge Arts

Arrive from 5.30pm for a complimentary drink* and an opportunity to view the Parallel (of Life and Architecture) exhibition in the Andrew Brownsword Galleries

*Drinks will be soft drink, wine, cider, beer. Limited availability.

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Award winning housing

Join RIBA Bristol and Bath at their Annual General Meeting 2018 at City Hall, Bristol with talks from Bristol City Council and Emmett Russell Architects.

Location

City Hall, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR

Cost

RIBA member/RIBA Student member - Free; Non-Member - £10.00

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Museum of Bath Architecture

Janine Mariott, Public Engagement Manager at Arnos Vale Cemetery,  talks about the residents, history and architecture of this grand Victorian cemetery. In association with the Museum of Bath Architecture's 2018 exhibition: Building Memory.

Arnos Vale is a ‘secret world’ –  a unique heritage site in the heart of Bristol with 45 green acres of spectacular Victorian Garden Cemetery. It was established in 1837, with it first burial in 1839. It was laid out as an Arcadian landscape with buildings by Charles Underwood. It is Grade II* listed.

The cemetery includes a number of listed buildings and monuments, including the Grade II* listed Church of England Mortuary Chapel, Nonconformist Mortuary Chapel, and entrance lodges and gates and screen walls to the main entrance.

When

Wednesday, September 26, 2018
6:30PM 8:00PM

Location

Museum of Bath Architecture, The Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, The Paragon Bath United Kingdom (map)

Cost

£8.00

Book here.

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It was set up as an arm of the RIBA Bristol and Bath branch to offer those who live and work in the city of Bath the opportunity to discuss challenges in Bath and neighbouring regions.

The group also is a place to socialise with others working in the cities architecture practices and those who work in the related built environment industry in the area.

The idea is to meet up informally every couple of months and in the past, activities the BAG group have been involved in include;

Building tours, guided walks and talks, as well as helping to organise the Festival of Future Cities, Bath… which will be back in 2019.

The next BAG event is:

Wednesday 26th September, Museum of Bath Architecture, The Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapel, The Paragon, Bath BA1 5NA , from 17:30 - 19:00,

Please contact Amanda.Barlow@riba.org for more information.

Register here

Location

Museum of Bath Architecture
The Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapel
The Paragon
Bath BA1 5NA View Map

FREE

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Informal get together

The next informal get together for Bath young professionals is being held on Thursday 27 September at Hall and Woodhouse from 5.30pm onwards.

Meet at the bar and the long tables to the left. You’ll see some committee members with name badges on.

Contact: email: BYP.committee@gmail.com

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For all those budding photographers out there, RIBA Exeter is hosting a picture competition open to all RIBA Members, practices as well as the general public.

Closing Date: 14th September

How to enter a picture into the competition

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