Events in April
Showing until Saturday 10 April
LACi New Creators
Chapel Gallery, St Helens Road, Ormskirk L39
4QR
Tel: 01695 571328
Email: chapel.gallery@westlancs.gov.uk
Web: Chapel
Gallery
Price: free
LACi, the Lancashire Arts and Crafts
initiative, highlights the work of some of the most exciting fine
art and contemporary craft graduates in the North West. Come along
as see for yourself!
Sunday 11 April, 11.00am
Get your boots on- we’re going walking!
Tel: 01695 555570
Email: rebecca.wiseman@westlancs.gov.uk or amy.thompson@westlancs.gov.uk
Web: Sports
Development
Price: Entry fee £5 (under 16s free) - all proceeds go to
Twinkle House
Take part in a sponsored 10km walk around the Skelmersdale
area to raise funds for Twinkle
House (external link). Visit our
'on the move' projects page for more details and a
sponsorship form.
Showing until Saturday 17 April
Line and Form
Chapel Gallery, St Helens Road, Ormskirk L39
4QR
Tel: 01695 571328
Email: chapel.gallery@westlancs.gov.uk
Web: Chapel
Gallery
Price: free
Eleven contemporary artists demonstrate the
importance of line and form within their art practice.
Wednesday 7 April, 2.00pm
Easter Eggstravaganza
Meet at the Ranger Station, Beacon Country
Park, Beacon Lane, Up Holland, WN8 7RU
Tel: 01695 622794
Email: beacon.park@westlancs.gov.uk
Web: Junior
Rangers
Price: free
Youngsters can take part in some Easter fun with a variety of
“eggciting” activities – sturdy footwear and old clothing are
recommended. The Junior Rangers club is for 5 to 13 year olds. It’s
advisable to book as places are limited.
Thursday 8 April, 2.00pm
Easter Eggstravaganza
Meet at the bandstand, Coronation Park,
Ormskirk
Tel: 01695 585147
Email: chris.horsfall@westlancs.gov.uk
Web: Coronation Park
Price: free
Kids can enjoy Easter themed activities with
the Park Ranger– sturdy footwear and old clothing are recommended.
The Junior Rangers club is for 5 to 13 year olds. It’s advisable to
book as places are limited.
Saturday 17 April – Saturday 29 May 2010
S.K. Stevens
Chapel Gallery, St Helens Road, Ormskirk L39
4QR
Tel: 01695 571328
Email: chapel.gallery@westlancs.gov.uk
Web: Chapel
Gallery
Price: free
A showcase of expressive landscape paintings.
Each work is a complex blend of memory and direct observation.
Saturday 24 April – Saturday 5 June
Recollection
Chapel Gallery, St Helens Road, Ormskirk L39
4QR
Tel: 01695 571328
Email: chapel.gallery@westlancs.gov.uk
Web: Chapel
Gallery
Price: free
An exhibition that focuses on memory and
mementoes, from the sentimentality of nostalgia and the way in
which memory distorts over time, to the emotions evoked by the
simplest object.
Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 April, 10.00am –
4.00pm
Tawd Valley Tidy Up
Tawd Valley, meeting point to be
confirmed.
Tel: 01695 622794
Email: beacon.park@westlancs.gov.uk
Web: Countryside
Price: free
Take part in this countryside task and join
the rangers in giving this well used countryside site a much needed
spring clean. Sturdy footwear and strong gloves are essential and
old clothing is advised.
Sunday 25 April, 2.00pm
St George's Day Parade
Meet at the bandstand, Coronation Park,
Ormskirk
Tel: 01695 585147
Email: chris.horsfall@westlancs.gov.uk
Web: Coronation Park
Price: free
Join Ormskirk District Scouts in celebrating
St George's day. Their annual parade will be finishing with a
circuit of the park’s bandstand at 2.00pm.
Wednesday 28 April, 7.30pm
Spot On’ rural touring programme
Mere Brow Village Hall
Web: Mere Brow Village Hall
Price: for details/tickets contact 01772
813516
True West and Trifle Gathering Productions
will bring ‘Charity Shop Cabaret’ to Mere Brow Village Hall. It
invites the audience on a hilarious journey into Elspeth Garter’s
shop where they have not had a customer for 8 months!
Friday 30 April, 8.00pm
Astronomy Day
Meet at the bandstand, Coronation Park,
Ormskirk
Tel: 01695 585147
Email: chris.horsfall@westlancs.gov.uk
Web: Coronation Park
Price: free
Study the night sky at this star event.
Booking is advisable as places are limited.