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      • MOTH INSPIRATION
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    • BLUE PLAQUES
    • POP UP MUSEUM
    • VIRTUAL MUSEUM
    • WEEKEND WONDERFUL WOMEN
    • GALLERY
    • PAST FESTIVALS

THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND

VOTE FOR INSPIRING WOMEN 

Saturday 11-4, Sunday 12-4, Hope Baptist Church - Free

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Dr Amy Binns, senior lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) and author of ‘Valley of a Hundred Chapels’ asked the Hebden Bridge and Halifax Local History Societies to nominate the women who have inspired them. The resulting lists range from Boudicca and Joan of Arc to Frida Kahlo and Naomi Klein.
 
We ask you to cast your vote or if your inspiring women aren’t listed there, let’s add them in!


SHE WEARS THE TROUSERS

Saturday 11-4, Sunday 12-4, Hope Baptist Church - Free

A pop up exhibition of fashion photographs from the Daily Herald newspaper archive.

WOMEN IN BRITISH HISTORY- Katch Skinner

Saturday 11-4, Sunday 12-4, Hope Baptist Church - Free

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Selected works by Katch Skinner at Hope Baptist

SPEAKHER - Debbie Sharp

Map Chair, Town Hall(Mon- Fri 9-5, Sat 10-3)
​Installation Hope Baptist Church (26-28 October before each of the evening events) -​ Free

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speakHer is a soundscape by artist Debbie Sharp celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the Representation of the People Act. Inspired by Calderdale’s own local Women’s Social and Political Union and Emmeline Pankhurst’s rousing speech in support of the striking weavers on the wooden steps of Bridge Mill, this unapologetic soundscape amplifies what protest means to women today and what is still to be fought for.

ALL THE THINGS THEY NEVER TOLD YOU - Kate Radford

Saturday 11-4, Sunday 12-4, Hope Baptist Church - Free

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All the things they never told you is an immersive intimate installation focused on disarming the negative language and messages that are used against women their whole lives. The installation will be a hyper-feminine, soothing, semi-womb like experience, allowing the audience to feel calm, comforted, beautiful and transformed. We are raised too often to believe in the mistreatment of women is founded, and that we should spend our lives beleiving these negative messages. All the things they never told you tells you the truth about your potential as a woman, and the world that you deserve to live in.

FRIDAY 26th OCTOBER

23 NOVEMBER 2018 - **REARRANGED DUE TO ILLNESS** 
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PAMPIRIC - ​Tessa Gordziejko and Alison Andrews

6pm (Doors 5.30pm), The Banyan Tree, Market Street - Free

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 A pair of two thousand year old women congratulate each other on stealing youth from the young. They’re certainly Looking Well. They have the key to eternal beauty.

Rejuvenating treatments are just one of the things where well-provided-for Baby Boomers can choose to spend their Grey Pound. Whether in pursuit of bucket lists, luxury breaks, renewal or naturopathy, the ‘Me Time’ options for comfortably-off older women are as dizzying as an overdose of Ginseng.

On the other side of the room, the people providing the treatments may have fewer choices.

​Alison Andrews and Tessa Gordziejko are ticking things off their Bucket Lists. Braving a theatrical bungee jump into the Pamper industry. Join them for the start of the conversation, part scratch performance, part discussion group, to ask : are we pursuing self-empowerment for older women? Or draining the life force from young people in pursuit of our own eternal youth?

GRACE PETRIE

8pm (Doors 7.30pm), Hope Baptist Church - £10/£8

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A charming and engaging performer, Petrie is foremost perhaps a protest singer, but over her 12 year touring career she has earned her stripes in the folk, comedy and alternative scenes too. We’re delighted to welcome her to Hebden Bridge on the release of her first studio album, Queer as Folk
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SATURDAY 27TH OCTOBER

HEBDEN BRIDGE PUMPKIN FESTIVAL

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Join in with Hebden Bridge's pumpkin festival - Live pumpkin carving, pumpkin displays, workshops, stalls, parade, competitions, events and much more! 

Hebden Royd Town Council has teamed up with professional pumpkin carvers at Sand In Your Eye to create another great event.



WONDERFUL WOMEN - Annapurna Dance Company

5pm - Hope Baptist Church - Free

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A beautiful dance on Goddess Duraga  who has many arms -  symbol of strength of women and their ability to multi task and solving  problems wherever they are. A vibrant  folk dance of a  fortune teller  who may tell your fortune if you’re lucky ! A short dance for peace and world harmony  to commemorate 100 years since the end of WW1.

TASHA WHITTLE

1pm, Hope Baptist Church - Free

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Tasha is a visual artist, illustrator, mural painter, experimental art maker based in Manchester. She has been commissioned to paint an original mural on behalf of the festival and will be painting outside Hope Baptist Church during the day. 

“As a practicing artist and illustrator I like to incorporate as many different mediums as possible, as I believe that by challenging myself to work on new surfaces and with different materials my work can naturally develop and constantly evolve.”

ACHIEVERS AND BELIEVERS 

7pm, Humblest Of Pleasures - Free (£5 Chilli)

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Humblest of Pleasures and The Nova Collective join forces to present 'Achievers and Believers' - celebrating women's achievements by the time they are 30. 

The night will work as follows- People will bring in up to 5 minute 'presentations' these can be images, a video, a monologue, a poem, a story, a summary of women and the wonderful achievements or amazement they've created by the time they are 30. We won't know what will happen until the night, we will fit in as many women as possible. Who knows what we'll find out. 
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(Show time 1 hour)

SOMETHINGS OLD, SOMETHINGS NEW - LIZ LOCHHEAD

 7.30pm (Doors 7pm), Hope Baptist Church - £8/£6 (+ Bring a friend for free!)

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Ranging from the bittersweet to the rude and raunchy, Scotland’s National Poet, Liz Lochhead, weaves a spellbinding and beguiling show, mixing poems and monologues and accompanied by the soulful sax of Steve Kettley.





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SUNDAY 28th OCTOBER

NORTHERN POWERHOUSE FLASHMOBS

12pm, St George's Square

Northern Powerhouse is a boxing academy for women based in Eastwood. They run self defence and confidence classes for girls and young women and provide professional and non-professional boxing training. Look out for them in the streets of Hebden.

I'M NO BIRD + MAGPAHI

5pm (Doors 4.30pm), Hope Baptist Church - £5/£3

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A screening of I’m No Bird, a short film comprising images of local women at work at play throughout the 20th century taken from the Yorkshire Film Archive and accompanied by a soundtrack by Todmorden-based musician Magpahi( Alison Cooper). Alison will also be performing two specially commissioned songs inspired by local suffragettes.

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ROCHDALE'S ALL FEMALE CANTARE CHOIR and SPLINTERS BAND  with LUCY PANKHURST

7pm (Doors 6.30pm), Hope Baptist Church - £5/£3

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Come and join in and sing the suffragette anthem to end our wonderful weekend!
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  • ABOUT
    • OUR TEAM
    • OUR POLICIES
    • HEBDEN BRIDGE
    • CONTACT US
  • OUR IMPACT
  • THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES
    • Performances
    • Art Exhibitions
    • Workshops
    • Community Creative Days
    • Project Artist Facilitators
    • Engaging Neighbourhoods
    • Volunteering
    • Resources
  • VOLUNTEER
  • SUPPORT US
    • LOCAL PARTNERS
  • PAST PROJECTS
    • OPEN SPACE 70 >
      • FESTIVAL
      • DAY BY DAY PROGRAMME
      • ARTS TRAIL
      • ALLOTMENT ARTS
      • BODIES OF WATER
      • ENGAGING NEIGHBOURHOODS
      • CREATIVE SOUNDSCAPES
      • YOUNG PEOPLE'S SHORT FILMS
      • ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
      • MOTH INSPIRATION
      • CREATIVE COURSES
    • CROSSINGS
    • LAND MARKS
    • CREATIVE NEIGHBOURHOODS
    • BLUE PLAQUES
    • POP UP MUSEUM
    • VIRTUAL MUSEUM
    • WEEKEND WONDERFUL WOMEN
    • GALLERY
    • PAST FESTIVALS