Listings
SATURDAY 28TH JANUARY Mad Dog Comedy @ The Ice House Kings Rd, Swansea. SA1 8AW. Doors 6.30pm for 8.30pm. £9 in advance; £11 on the door. 01792 649060.
Mumbles Record Fair
Ostreme Centre, Mumbles. 10am-4pm. Free admission. 01792 360551. Time Talk: The Red Lady of Paviland is 30,000 years old. How do we know? by archaeologist Dr Nicolas Riall National Waterfront Museum. 11am. Free. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk
SUNDAY 29TH JANUARY National Storytelling Week: What did Granddad have for lunch?
National Waterfront Museum. 12noon, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm. Free. Hear amazing stories about objects in the museum. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk
RSPB West Glamorgan Local Group: Birdwatching
Wildlife Centre, Blackpill. 10am–1pm. 01792 229244.
WEDNESDAY 1ST FEBRUARY Swansea Bay Orienteering Club: Street Event Port Talbot. Check website for details:
www.sboc.org.uk
THURSDAY 2ND FEBRUARY Abertawe Festival of Young Musicians Until 7 Feb. Brangwyn Hall. 01792 635432.
www.swansea.gov.uk/brangwynhall The Swansea Prom Show
Sketty Hall, Swansea. 7pm. 0800 0433 747. World Wetlands Day Activities Also 4 & 5 Feb. 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
SATURDAY 4TH FEBRUARY AFYM 2012 Celebrity Lunchtime Recital: Wissam Boustany (flute) & Nigel Clayton (piano)
Brangwyn Hall. 1pm. £5. Tickets available at the door. 01792 361868.
Break & Bend: modify defunct junk National Waterfront Museum. 1.30pm. For adults. Free. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk
Delyth Jenkins: launches her new solo album ‘Llais’; plus actors from Fluellen Theatre Company
Dylan Thomas Centre, Somerset Place. 7.30pm. Free entry and wine. 01792 463980.
www.dylanthomas.com Make & Mend: funky clocks
National Waterfront Museum. 1.30pm. £3.50pp. For adults. Booking required. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk Show & Tell: celebrating the BBC’s ‘Story of Wales’
National Waterfront Museum. 12.30pm-3.30pm. Free. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk
Table Top Sale & Second Hand Books Sketty Methodist Church Hall, Dillwyn Rd, Sketty. 10am-1pm. Admission 50p. 01792 539521. Time Talk: Time, Tides & Telescopes by Swansea Astronomical Society’s Brian Spinks National Waterfront Museum. 11am. Free. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk
SUNDAY 5TH FEBRUARY Nordic Walking
National Wetland Centre, Llwynhendy, Llanelli. 11am-12.30pm; 1.30pm-3pm. Included in admission price. 01554 741087. E-mail:
info.llanelli@wwt.org.uk.
www.wwt.org.uk/llanelli/events Swansea Bay Orienteering Club: Winter League Round 4
Pen Rhiw Wen. Check website for details:
www.sboc.org.uk
TUESDAY 7TH FEBRUARY Talk: Captain Scott – The Cardiff Connection Swansea Museum. 1pm-2pm. Free. 01792 653763.
www.swansea.gov.uk/swanseamuseum
WEDNESDAY 8TH FEBRUARY Swansea Bay Orienteering Club: Club Night Ashleigh Road Café. Check website for details:
www.sboc.org.uk
Swansea Organic Gardening Group Meeting: Seed Swap & ‘What to do at this time of Year’
The Environment Centre, Pier St. 7pm. 01792 480200. E-mail:
info@environmentcentre.org.uk
THURSDAY 9TH FEBRUARY Swansea Astronomical Society: ‘Asteroids’ with lecturer Dr Bob Owens of the National Museum of Wales
Fulton House, Swansea University. 7pm. 01792 299311.
www.swanastro.org.uk
SATURDAY 11TH FEBRUARY 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 Football Freestyling by world record holder Ash Randall
Also 12 Feb. National Waterfront Museum. 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm & 3pm. Free. Booking required. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk Half-Term Family Fun
Until 19 Feb. National Wetland Centre, Llwynhendy, Llanelli. All day. Included in admission price. 01554 741087. E-mail: info.llanelli@wwt.
org.uk.
www.wwt.org.uk/llanelli/events Taith Iaith: Welsh Learners' Tour National Waterfront Museum. 11am. Free.
www.museumwales.ac.uk
SUNDAY 12TH FEBRUARY
Darwin Day Lecture: Sibling Rivalry – The Nene vs The Canada Goose
National Wetland Centre, Llwynhendy, Llanelli. 2pm. Included in admission price. Booking required. 01554 741087. E-mail: info.llanelli@
wwt.org.uk.
www.wwt.org.uk/llanelli/events
Football Freestyling with Ash Randall National Waterfront Museum. 11 & 12 Feb. 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm & 3pm.
RSPB West Glamorgan Local Group: Birdwatching
Wildlife Centre, Blackpill. 10am–1pm. 01792 229244.
MONDAY 13TH FEBRUARY Half-Term Activities
13 – 17 Feb. Bishopston Sports Centre; Morriston Leisure Centre; Penlan Leisure Centre & Penyrheol Leisure Centre.
www.activeswansea.com
Sketty & District Horticultural Society: AGM & Illustrated Quiz St Paul’s Parish Centre, De-La-Beche Rd, Sketty. 7.30pm. Visitors and new members welcome. 01792 232860. Tic Toc, Make a Clock!
Until 19 Feb. National Waterfront Museum. 12noon & 2.30pm. £1 per clock. Booking required. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk Time Table! A drop-in holiday activity Until 19 Feb. National Waterfront Museum. 1.30pm-4pm. Free. 01792 638950.
www.museumwales.ac.uk
TUESDAY 14TH FEBRUARY Animal Antics: Jungle Survival Also 15 & 16 Feb. Plantasia, Parc Tawe. 10.30am, 12noon, 2pm & 3.15pm. £4.95 adult; £3.95 child (includes entry to Plantasia). 01792 474555.
www.plantasia.org Junior Park Rangers: Kite making Singleton Park. 11am-12noon. Free. Booking essential. 01792 635485.
www.swansea.gov.uk/jpr Junior Park Rangers: Orienteering Brynmill Park. 1pm-2pm. Free. Booking essential. 01792 635485.
www.swansea.gov.uk/jpr Talk: Worm's Head to the South Pole – the Welshman with Captain Scott Swansea Museum. 1pm-2pm. Free. 01792 653763.
www.swansea.gov.uk/swanseamuseum
WEDNESDAY 15TH FEBRUARY On the Edge
Dylan Thomas Centre, Somerset Place. 7.30pm. 01792 463980.
www.dylanthomas.com Swansea Bay Orienteering Club: Night League 5 Clyne Valley. Check website for details:
www.sboc.org.uk
Swansea Floral Arrangement Society Demonstration: Betwixt & Between Two Bridges by Kathleen Green St David’s Church Hall, City Centre. 2.30pm. 01792 464337. Visitors welcome. E-mail:
swanseafloral@aol.com
THURSDAY 16TH FEBRUARY DACE Lecture Series 3: Spitting Goddesses and Stony Snakes: The Religious Significance of Flint in Pharaonic Egypt with lecturer Dr Carolyn Graves Brown Swansea Central Library, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Rd. 3.45pm-5.30pm. In the Discovery Room. Booking essential. 01792 602211/636464.
Junior Park Rangers: Beetle Castle Coed Gwilym Park. 11am-12noon. Free. Booking essential. 01792 635485.
www.swansea.gov.uk/jpr
FRIDAY 17TH FEBRUARY Make A Bird Box
Also 19 Feb. National Wetland Centre, Llwynhendy, Llanelli. 10.30am-12midday; 1pm-4pm. Included in admission price. 01554 741087.
www.wwt.org.uk/llanelli/events or
info.llanelli@wwt.org.uk
RSPB West Glamorgan Local Group: ‘Birds of Northern India’ talk by Alan Rosney Environment Centre, Pier Street. 7.30pm. £1. 07977 258158.
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