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Mumbles Tourist Information Centre The Methodist Church, Oystermouth Square. Mon-Sat: 10am-4pm. 01792 361302. Swansea Tourist Information Centre Plymouth St (rear of Grand Theatre). Mon-Sat: 9.30pm-5.30pm. 01792 468321.
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Mar/Apr 2012 edition: Wednesday 18 January 2012
The following information is correct at the time of going to press. However, it is always advisable to telephone the event ahead of time for any update or changes to the original details.
Daily Listings SUNDAY 1ST JANUARY
RSPB West Glamorgan Local Group: Birdwatching
Wildlife Centre, Blackpill. 10am–1pm. 01792 229244. Tick & Twitch: Wild Birdwatching (plus competition)
National Wetland Centre, Llwynhendy, Llanelli. All day. Included in admission price. 01554 741087. E-mail:
info.llanelli@wwt.org.uk or visit
www.wwt.org.uk/llanelli/events
MONDAY 2ND JANUARY Annual Print Workshop
Until 6 Jan. Swansea Print Workshop. 10.30am- 1.30pm & 2pm-5pm. 01792 464412.
www.swanseaprintworkshop.org.uk Swansea Outdoor Group: New Year’s Gower Walk
Meet at Old Swansea Baths car park. 9.30am. 07926 165768.
www.swanseaoutdoorgroup.org.uk
SATURDAY 7TH JANUARY Break & Bend: modify defunct junk National Waterfront Museum. 1.30pm. For adults. Free. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk Make & Mend: create shabby chic homeware National Waterfront Museum. 1.30pm. £3.50pp. For adults. Booking required. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk Time Talk: Happy New Year by Colin Wheldon James of the Swansea Historical Association
National Waterfront Museum. 11am. Free. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk
MONDAY 9TH JANUARY
Humbrella Natural Voice Singing Group: 1st session of the new year
Llangyfelach Church Hall, Swansea Rd. 7.30pm- 9.30pm. No experience needed. Everyone welcome. £6; £36 for block of 8. 01792 540820. E-mail:
stuartjones@ntlworld.com/
www.webjam.com/humbrella Jewish Refugees in South Wales: 1933-1945
Until 6 Feb. Swansea Civic Centre Foyer. Free. 01792 636589.
www.swansea.gov.uk/ westglamorganarchives
Sketty & District Horticultural Society: ‘Ringing the Changes’ by Gareth Davies St Paul’s Parish Centre, De-La-Beche Rd, Sketty. 7.30pm. Visitors and new members welcome. 01792 232860.
WEDNESDAY 11TH JANUARY Swansea Bay Orienteering Club: Street Event Derwyn Fawr, Sketty. Check website for details:
www.sboc.org.uk
Swansea Floral Arrangement Society: Demonstrations by members St David’s Church Hall, City Centre. 2.30pm. 01792 464337. Visitors welcome. E-mail:
swanseafloral@aol.com
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THURSDAY 12TH JANUARY Jack and the Beanstalk
Until 21 Jan. Penyrheol Theatre. 01792 897039.
www.swansea.gov.uk/penyrheoltheatre Swansea Astronomical Society: ‘Graphene- Relativity in a pencil stroke’ with lecturer Professor Simon Hands
Fulton House, Swansea University. 7pm. 01792 299311.
www.swanastro.org.uk
SATURDAY 14TH JANUARY BBC National Orchestra of Wales Brangwyn Hall. 7.30pm. £12.50-£15.50. 01792 475715 (Grand Theatre Box Office) or 0800 052 1812 (BBC Ticketline).
www.swansea.gov.uk/brangwynhall Swansea Bay Orienteering Club: Welsh Short Distance Championships Pembrey Forest. Check website for details:
www.sboc.org.uk Taith Iaith: Welsh Learners' Tour National Waterfront Museum. 11am. Free. 01792 638950
www.museumwales.ac.uk Time Talk: The Great Meridian Conference by John Ashley from the Swansea Historical Association
National Waterfront Museum. 11am. Free. 01792 638950
www.museumwales.ac.uk
SUNDAY 15TH JANUARY RSPB West Glamorgan Local Group: Birdwatching
Wildlife Centre, Blackpill. 10am–1pm. 01792 229244. Swansea Bay Orienteering Club: Welsh League
Pembrey Forest. Check website for details:
www.sboc.org.uk
TUESDAY 17TH JANUARY
WorldSong Natural Voice Singing Class: songs from Caucasus Georgia (8-week course) Holy Trinity Church Hall, Sketty Park. 7.30pm- 9.30pm. £40. No experience needed. Everyone welcome. E-mail:
stuartjones@ntlworld.com
WEDNESDAY 18TH JANUARY Science Café
Dylan Thomas Centre, Somerset Place. 7.30pm. Free. 01792 463980.
www.dylanthomas.com Swansea Bay Orienteering Club: Club Night Ashleigh Road Café. Check website for details:
www.sboc.org.uk
Welsh Musical Theatre Young Singer of the Year 2012: Preliminary Round Gowerton School, Cecil Rd, Gowerton. 10am- 4pm. £2 (includes programme). Refreshments available. Competitors: application forms & rules on
www.dunvantchoir.org or 01792 428626/413564.
THURSDAY 19TH JANUARY
DACE Lecture Series 3: The Arabian Nights in Britain with lecturer Dr Parvin Loloi Swansea Central Library, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Rd. 3.45pm-5.30pm. In the Discovery Room. Booking essential. 01792 602211/636464.
Talk: Geir Klover, Director of the Fram Museum in Oslo discusses the exhibition ‘Cold Recall – reflections of a Polar Explorer’ Swansea Museum. 7pm. Free. 01792 653763.
www.swansea.gov.uk/swanseamuseum
FRIDAY 20TH JANUARY
RSPB West Glamorgan Local Group: ‘Birds and Climate Change’ talk by Dr Rob Thomas Environment Centre, Pier Street. 7.30pm. £1. 07977 258158.
Stargazing Evening: in conjunction with BBC Stargazing Live
National Waterfront Museum. 7pm. Free. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk
SATURDAY 21ST JANUARY Indoor Car Boot Sale Tre Uchaf Primary School, Loughor. Sellers 8.30am; buyers 10.30am-12noon. £5 per table. 07980 552389. Time Talk: Day-time, Night-time, Mari-time by Swansea University’s Dr Adam Mosely National Waterfront Museum. 11am. Free. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk
SUNDAY 22ND JANUARY Chinese New Year: Enter the Dragon! National Waterfront Museum. 11am-4.30pm. Free. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk
MONDAY 23RD JANUARY Swansea City of Sanctuary: Annual Celebration and AGM
Elim Church, Dyfatty St. 4.30pm for 5pm- 7pm. Supper, music & performers until 9.30pm. 01792 513186. E-mail: swansea@
cityofsanctuary.org
WEDNESDAY 25TH JANUARY National Trust Association Abertawe Centre: illustrated talk by Dr John Hiemsrta - ‘The 1st Glaciation in Gower’ Sketty Parish Centre, De-La-Beche Rd, Sketty. 7.30pm. 01792 404345.
E-mail:
ma.simpson@
tiscali.co.uk Swansea Bay Orienteering Club: Night League 4
Pembrey Country Park. Check website for details:
www.sboc.org.uk
THURSDAY 26TH JANUARY Poets in the Bookshop
Dylan Thomas Centre, Somerset Place. 7.30pm. £4; £2.80 concs; £1.60 PTL. 01792 463980.
www.dylanthomas.com
Swansea Astronomical Society: ‘Ten Targets for Light-Polluted Astronomers’ with lecturer Bob Mizon
Fulton House, Swansea University. 7pm. 01792 299311.
www.swanastro.org.uk
FRIDAY 27TH JANUARY
Waterfront Nippers: discover clocks and time (ages 1½-5)
National Waterfront Museum. 10.30am & 1.30pm. Free. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk
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