Leisure and culture

• Pop-up hub to help breathe new creative life into Leicester’s historic Church Gate

  15 February 2022

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE are being invited to discover a new pop-up creative hub located in the heart of Leicester’s historic Church Gate.

• Museums go to town for half-term

  10 February 2022

  2 minute read

  A POP-UP museum at Leicester’s Highcross shopping centre next week will give youngsters the chance to create their own street scene model or make their dream car out of cardboard.

• Exhibition will celebrate 50 years of Ugandan Asians in Leicester

  8 February 2022

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  A NEW exhibition at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery will form the centrepiece of a programme of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the arrival in the UK of thousands of Ugandan Asians.

• Return overdue books for free this month

  7 February 2022

  2 minute read

  LIBRARY users who have overdue books can return them for free this month – and can also take part in a customer survey.

• Festival of illuminated art set to light up Leicester in March

  1 February 2022

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER city centre will be lit up with some extraordinary artworks next month, with the return of a world-class festival first held in the city in 2020.

• African Caribbean Centre could be run by community

  21 January 2022

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S popular African Caribbean Centre could be run by the local community in the future.

• Knighton library gets £75,000 facelift

  20 January 2022

  1 minute read

  IMPROVEMENTS have been made to Knighton Library as part of a £75,000 investment by the city council.

• Leicester joins cities in celebrating a World Reimagined

  18 January 2022

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER has been announced as one of seven UK cities that will host a national art education project this year that aims to transform understanding of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

• New innovations on the way at Leicester’s museums

  17 January 2022

  3 minute read

  A GALLERY that tells the stories of Leicester’s communities, opportunities to interact with dinosaurs, and an AR reconstruction of the medieval friary where King Richard III was buried are just some of the developments that visitors to Leicester’s museums can look forward to.

• Latest heritage information panels take their places in the city

  11 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A SERIES of 10 new heritage panels have been installed to tell the stories behind key historic and cultural sites across the city.

• New all-weather cricket net ready for January opening

  23 December 2021

  1 minute read

  A BRAND new facility for those who love to play cricket will open in Belgrave in January.

• Pocket park reopens for local people to enjoy

  16 December 2021

  1 minute read

  A POCKET park in a city neighbourhood has been tidied up and reopened in response to local residents.