HPAC presents... Is This What We Have Left Launch
Sep
19
6:30 pm18:30

HPAC presents... Is This What We Have Left Launch

Tickets HERE

Is This What We Have Left? 

featuring never shown and new works by artists Kate O’Neill, Marta Dyczkowska and James Thompson. Show opens 19/09/2024 focused on the current dialogues we are having as creatives around space.

'Ephemeral traces and physical records of cultural spaces and spaces for making art, friends and dancing cross the boundaries between places and memories to create a new fictional space at the Hyde Park Book Club. These traces tells us the stories of buildings, but also about the people that designed them, how they were built and lived in. The works on exhibitions tells us the story of the people in these buildings, in particular fellow artists and their communities at large. They ask us to reflect about the changes in our cities whether they are physical, concerning the built environment, or socio-economic, dictated by specific dis/investments that attract temporary communities and more permanent residents while pushing others at the margins. After having spent years to build spaces for arts, culture and communities, when alternatives cannot be imagined or supported, is this all that remains from those experiences?

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HPBC Freshers Fair
Sep
28
11:00 am11:00

HPBC Freshers Fair

FREE just turn up

Hook a duck, BBQ, DJs & Drinks Deals, welcome back to Leeds, The HPBC Freshers Fair returns!

Last year was a blast, Come along, make new friends, find out what is happening in your local community, and buy some plants and prints.

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Sunday Vinyasa Yoga with Liv
Sep
29
1:30 pm13:30

Sunday Vinyasa Yoga with Liv

Tickets HERE

Sunday Yoga at Hyde Park Book Club

Come join us for a sunday yoga at Hyde Park Book Club. Open level class. perfect for anyone looking to unwind and stretch out on a Sunday. Move your body, flow to feel good and create stillness in your mind. Stick around for a coffee or brunch after - the perfect Sunday afternoon!

Please bring a yoga mat if you have one, however we will be able to provide some :) Liv X

Instagram @liv__moves 

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SECRETS OF A WALLABY BOY – Film Preview Screening
Oct
27
7:00 pm19:00

SECRETS OF A WALLABY BOY – Film Preview Screening

Tickets: HERE

When Tim becomes a courier for the app Wallaby, he reckons he can turn his life around: get fit, earn some money, and even get laid. He’s not accounted for his own haplessness, an antique teapot collection, and a sinister conspiracy.

Secrets of a Wallaby Boy is a modern-day queer sex comedy, starring Brandon McCaffrey and Billie Hindle alongside Colin Baker (the Sixth Doctor from Doctor Who), Mark Benton (Anna and the Apocalypse) and Laurence R. Harvey (The Human Centipede 23).

Weird Rainbow Films are excited to bring this brilliant indie movie to Leeds as part of its pre-release screening tour, and can't wait to screen it in the lovely Hyde Park Book Club.

Joining us for a post-film Q&A will be writer/director Kieron Moore plus other members of the cast and crew.

We'll also be selling some merch, including posters signed by the cast, at an exclusive discounted rate.

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Femme Fatale Faerytales Halloween: Dracula The Story of the Brides
Oct
30
7:00 pm19:00

Femme Fatale Faerytales Halloween: Dracula The Story of the Brides

Tickets HERE

Femme Fatale Faerytales Halloween: Dracula Retold The Story of the Brides!

Ages 18+

Join us for a spooky night as we reimagine Dracula's story through the eyes of the brides at our Femme Fatale Faerytales Halloween event!

Get ready for a thrilling retelling of the classic Dracula tale with only the tongue as your guide, no book in sight.

Adult storyteller Sasha Parker brings back to life the tale of the vampire, this time from three new perspectives, the untold stories of the Brides.

Think Dracula-cum-Interview-with-the-Vampire but with a female narrative times three. Find out what the Brides really thought of their Groom and of each other.

Don't miss this one-of-a-kind event that promises to be both haunting and unforgettable!

In the name of Halloween, fancy dress is encouraged.

FEMME FATALE FAERYTALE REVIEWS:

"It's like the women are speaking through you."

"Lyrical and stylish."

"A poetic bedtime story."

"Truly inspiring."

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sol x HPBC: sculpting with silver jewellery workshop
Nov
5
6:30 pm18:30

sol x HPBC: sculpting with silver jewellery workshop

Tickets HERE

Sculpting with Silver: Pendant/Ring Workshop

Craft your your very own pendant or ring using the ancient art of lost-wax casting, and have your piece made in recycled sterling silver or gorgeous golden bronze.

Under the guidance of Eliza, you'll learn the techniques and tools required to shape and sculpt your unique pendant. All materials will be provided, and no previous experience is needed!

You'll be taken step by step through the process of sculpting jeweller's wax, which will then be cast in recycled sterling silver or bronze, for you to end up with your very own bespoke pendant or ring.

Please note: ticket price is for bronze jewellery, and silver will be available for an extra £10-£15, payable on the day.

@studiosoljewellery / studiosoljewellery.com / studiosoljewellery@gmail.com

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T&C: Your silver or bronze pendant or ringwill be ready for collection from HPBC in 3-5 weeks' time, or chat to Eliza to discuss options for gold plating and postage. Max metal weight: 10g. The workshop will include use of tools, craft knives and candles. By purchasing a ticket, you are accepting full responsibility for the safe use of tools and materials as instructed.

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Leeds Lit Fest Big Open Mic
Sep
15
2:00 pm14:00

Leeds Lit Fest Big Open Mic

Tickets HERE

Leeds Lit Fest needs you! This marathon fundraiser will feature special guest headliners and an open mic showcasing the city and the region's incredible talent.

Special guest headliners will be confirmed in the run-up to the day itself.

LLF is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company run by volunteer directors. LLF was turned down for all sources of funding it applied for this year, and the festival needs you to keep LLF accessible with low- and no-cost events, and to maintain the festival's support and celebration of the independent and DIY grassroots.

Sign up for the open mic on the day, and stick around to hear slots from 10 amazing guests. All proceeds will go towards covering essential running LLF costs. 

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Cyberboss: in conversation with Craig Gent
Sep
10
6:30 pm18:30

Cyberboss: in conversation with Craig Gent

Tickets HERE

Join us for an evening of discussion with Craig Gent for the launch of his debut book, Cyberboss. Across the world, algorithms are changing the nature of work. Gent takes us into workplaces where algorithms rule to excavate the politics behind the newest form of managerial power. 

Combining worker testimony and original research on companies such as Amazon, Uber, and Deliveroo, the cutting edge of algorithmic management technology, this book reveals the sometimes unexpected effects these new techniques have on work, workers and managers. Gent advances an alternative politics of resistance in the face of digital control.

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Monopoly and More - A Waddingtons boardgames night
Sep
8
5:00 pm17:00

Monopoly and More - A Waddingtons boardgames night

Tickets HERE - PAYF

As part of the city-wide celebration of Waddingtons Games, Cards or Die
is collaborating with Hyde Park Book Club and Heritage Open Days to
bring you an evening of Vintage Waddingtons Games. Come along and
reminisce with a childhood favourite or discover an unknown classic.
Solo players are more than welcome.
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website www.cardsordie.com
email: hello@cardsordie.com

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Blaise Sales and Jon Gilbert in conversation with author Daniela Nicolaescu
Sep
7
7:00 pm19:00

Blaise Sales and Jon Gilbert in conversation with author Daniela Nicolaescu

Tickets HERE

Doors: 7.00pm , starts 7.15pm

Hyperboréen will be available to purchase on the night and Daniela will be signing copies after the talk.

Hyperboréen [Hyperborean] is an autobiographical poetry book in English and French, spanning over a decade. Under the persona of Alice in Wonderland, the author depicts her journey through time, places, and languages. Through simple, visceral, and often surreal imagery, Nicolaescu explores what it means to be human in a post-pandemic world. What does it mean to lose or inhabit a language, a home, or a body, to live in the in-between, to move through both physical and mental spaces? How do you shape your identity in the multitude, fluidity, and imagi(nation)? How do you shape the void and forgetfulness? How do you remember your personal history?

‘Daniela Nicolaescu's debut collection is a stirring ethereal whirlwind that remains rooted in the earth, corporeal. It is a bilingual edition, in English and French, but as a "free translation" (as the author terms it), almost entirely translated by Nicolaescu. It is divided into parts, Earth, Water, Air, Fire; and the fast-paced movement continues through raw earthly experience, watery furlings, twisting back and forth, airy imagining, fiery feeling. It assembles poems over a decade of writing, from 2012 to 2023, across Romania, Italy, England and France. Collected across many years, and across diverse locations, the poems reflect on version of the self across time, and the person that moves forward, containing or dismissing the voices, memories, experiences of before. It considers the natural change and continuity happening to the individual on a universal basis. The poems are also very much contemporary, reflecting and speaking of our age.’ Gertrude Gibbons

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Femme Fatale Faerytales
Sep
3
7:00 pm19:00

Femme Fatale Faerytales

Tickets: HERE

Join us on Tuesday 3rd September at Hyde Park Book Club for an evening of spellbinding oral storytelling magick. A 60-minute storytelling performance given solely by the tongue (no book in sight). Doors open: 19:00 Show starts: 19:30

Dive into an old familiar world of enchanting faerytales reclaimed and reimagined for the modern-day woman. Come face to face with fierce heroines, powerful sorceresses, wise women, and listen to what they have to say. A show fit for both Queen and King as Feminism equals Equality, after all.

For too long men have held the pen and dictated what women should and shouldn’t do and say. It’s high time we take back the narrative and allow Her to tell HerStory. Femme Fatale Faerytales challenges those outdated male narratives and celebrates the strength and wisdom of women and unsung heroines.

Don't miss out on an evening of fantasy and feminism in this fun and fabulous setting.

Adult Storyteller, Sasha Parker, Mother of Women Witches Warriors Adult Storytelling Walking Tour has set the tone with: "Captivating storytelling with a feminist agenda." - Grand Opera House York. Having trained with the last known Drut'syla, Shonaleigh Cumbers, and undergone training at RADA, Sasha knows a thing or two about how to tell a story and breathe life into the words she chooses to use.

#femmefatalefaerytales

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The Leak: Zine Launch & Fundraiser
Aug
10
7:00 pm19:00

The Leak: Zine Launch & Fundraiser

FREE ENTRY

Join the Chica Coop Collective's fundraiser for Canopy Housing, and exclusive zine launch of “The Leak”: a faux art exhibition staged in a damp, mouldy, leaky bedroom in Hyde Park, in celebration of all that ‘LS6 Landlords’ have so generously contributed to the local cultural scene.

Whilst the celebration is satirical, and the exhibition imagined, “The Leak” was a very real hole in our roof with a very real insight into the national housing and rental crisis. With this zine, we invite you into our most personal space, our home. Join us in poking fun at the exclusivity of both the arts and housing markets. Share your own similar horror stories about rats in the basement, or pigeons in the roof. After all, it is vital that we build solidarity in the fight for increased renters' rights, housing reform, and better regulation of rogue landlords - all before the roof caves in.

So welcome in! Make yourself at home. The damp has already. Amongst the debris of our water-damaged memories, we hope “The Leak” might make this shared experience of exploitative and expensive renting in LS6 more visible, and raise money for a local charity who offers alternative, affordable homes in Leeds.

Free entry. 7pm. Just turn up! Copies of the zine for sale, pay-as-you-feel, 100% donateddirectly to Canopy Housing.

Canopy Housing is a charity started and still based on Burley Lodge Road. They use a ‘self-help’ housing model to provide decent, sustainable, affordable accommodation for people that are homeless or in housing need in Leeds. With their tenants and volunteers, Canopy renovates empty and derelict houses that have been standing empty for years, and transforms them into homes. In doing so, they build not only social housing, but skills, regeneration, and networks of community support.

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Filmmaker Roundtable with Moin Hussain
Aug
5
4:15 pm16:15

Filmmaker Roundtable with Moin Hussain

Tickets HERE

Join us for a very special Filmmaker Roundtable with Sky Peals writer/director Moin Hussain.

Ahead of the release of Sky Peals, Moin Hussain's highly anticipated feature debut, we're hosting a Filmmaker Roundtable with the writer/director at Hyde Park Book Club, giving 15 participants the opportunity to discuss all things filmmaking. We're also offering attendees free tickets to a preview screening of the film and Q&A session at Hyde Park Picture House on the same day.

Moin Hussain is a writer and director based in Nottingham. His short films have screened in competition at festivals around the world, including Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique, Sitges, BFI London Film Festival and Edinburgh International Film Festival. Moin was named one of Screen International’s ‘Stars of Tomorrow’ in 2018.

Sky Peals had its world premiere at Venice Critic's Week in 2023 and is set for theatrical release on 9 August. The unconventional sci-fi drama about alienation in modern Britain follows Adam, a disaffected young man working in a motorway service station, who learns that his father has died and begins to search for answers.

Roundtable and screening details:

Roundtable discussion

16:15 - 17:15, The Snug at Hyde Park Book Club

Film Screening and Q&A

18:00, Hyde Park Picture House

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Transcribe: an evening of lgbtq prison solidarity
Jul
17
7:00 pm19:00

Transcribe: an evening of lgbtq prison solidarity

Join us for an evening dedicated to LGBTQ+ prison solidarity at Hyde Bark Book Club on Wednesday, 17th July. This workshop aims to bring our community together through the power of poetry and collective action.

Featuring:

Dalton Harrison: Renowned poet Dalton Harrison will share their evocative and powerful works, capturing the essence of LGBTQ+ experiences and resilience.

Bent Bars Clothes Collection Point: In support of Bent Bars, we'll be collecting clothing donations to assist LGBTQ+ prisoners. Your contributions will directly impact lives and promote dignity and solidarity.

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