SPOOKFEST 2012
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Standing tall over the Black Country town, Dudley Castle is a foreboding place, with a history of siege, death, plague, anguish, torture and witchcraft!
As part of its 75th anniversary this May, Dudley Castle is hosting what promises to be its most extreme night of fright and fear.
SPOOKFEST 2012 heralds the return of the two Godfathers of the spirit and paranormal world, International Spirit Medium DEREK ACORAH and paranormal historian RICHARD FELIX alongside one of the UK’s most prolific hunters of ghosts, DENISE MOTT.
Live on stage, in front of 2000 people and within the hallowed Courtyard, Derek, Richard and Denise will be joined by special guests as the assembled audience are taken on a voyage into the unknown with live experiments including the dreaded Ouija Board, Seances, Human Pendulum and Table Tipping, and for those brave enough to face their fears vigils and investigations deep with the Castles ruins.
Get healthy and have fun with a new inclusive club
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Children and young people with disabilities can join a new free sports club in Halesowen.
Young people can have a go at adapted sports at the weekly inclusive sessions being held at Huntingtree Park.
Inclusive Club offers disabled children and young people aged 11 and over the opportunity to try out new sports including, rounders, table tennis, boccia, cricket and indoor curling.
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Transformations at Dudley Museum
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A new abstract art exhibition opens at Dudley Museum and Art Gallery this month.
Transformations, by Janet Glazier and Margaret Prichard opens on Saturday 11 February. The show features a selection of abstract and semi abstract paintings based around photographs of natural forms.
The two local artists have produced a range of 24 new pictures which will be on display with the photographs which have inspired them. The artists have taken the originals and ‘transformed’ them in an abstract way to create original artworks.
Tots all set for fun
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Parents and toddlers are set to have a splashing time with a series of special lessons at the Crystal Leisure Centre.
The Dudley Council facility is offering the 30-minute swimming sessions which includes tuition from qualified instructors for children aged four months to four years old and their parents.
The sessions will run on Tuesdays at 9.45am and 10.15am and Wednesdays and Thursdays at 2pm and 2.30pm.
The course helps parents introduce their children to water in a fun and relaxed way. Children learn basic water skills through nursery rhymes, games, use of toys and interaction with other toddlers.
Last chance to see solo show at Dudley Museum
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An exhibition dedicated to a single picture is entering its final weeks at Dudley Museum and Art Gallery.
The oil painting, Cromwell at the Blue Boar Tavern, Holborn shows the discovery of one of Charles I’s envoys carrying a secret message from the King, which drives Cromwell on in his quest to overthrow the monarchy.
The exhibition at the Dudley Council museum looks in detail at the painting and puts it in its historical context. With text panels, display screens, artefacts and costumes it attempts to explain how and why the picture was painted.
This exhibition is the first of a planned range of exhibitions in the smaller community gallery space which will allow visitors to see and understand in details some of the hidden gems of the museum’s collection and the Mayor of Dudley was one of the first people to see it.
