Leisure and culture

• Join author talks and more for Green Libraries Week

  3 October 2024

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  A FASCINATING talk on travel, an insight into the mind of a local crime writer and the tale of an amusing encounter with a Time Lord are among the events on offer next week for Green Libraries Week.

• New public space celebrates Leicester’s diverse communities

  26 September 2024

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  A NEW and improved public space that celebrates Leicester’s diverse communities has been officially opened by the Lord Mayor.

• Leicester libraries mark Black History Month

  26 September 2024

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  LEICESTER’S libraries are marking Black History Month with free events and plenty of suggestions for great books by Black authors

• New book celebrates city’s German Expressionism collection

  20 September 2024

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  LEICESTER’s internationally acclaimed collection of German Expressionist art, and the eighty-year history of its development, are being celebrated in a new book.

• Free activities for Green Libraries Week

  18 September 2024

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  GREEN Libraries Week is coming to Leicester, featuring everything from poetry and author talks to energy advice and craft activities – and it’s all free.

• New exhibition from globally-renowned artist to open in Leicester

  17 September 2024

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  A NEW exhibition from a globally-renowned Indian artist is coming to Leicester Museum & Art Gallery.

• Basketware from global collection goes on display at Leicester Museum

  16 September 2024

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  RARELY-seen items from one of Leicester Museum & Art Gallery’s biggest global collections will go on display from Saturday (21 September).

• Free activity sessions mark National Fitness Day

  13 September 2024

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  PEOPLE in Leicester are being invited to get active at their local leisure centre next week – and it won’t cost them a penny.

• Second contractor working on Jewry Wall Museum project folds

  5 September 2024

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  THE opening of Leicester’s Jewry Wall Museum and Visitor Centre – currently under-going a multi-million pound transformation – has been delayed following the collapse of a second contractor working on the project.

• Artists invited to take part in Leicester's popular Open exhibition

  29 August 2024

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  LOCAL artists are being given a chance to present their work at Leicester’s flagship museum, as preparations for this year’s Open exhibition get under way.

• Leicester Museum to close for maintenance ahead of major refurbishment

  28 August 2024

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  THE CITY’S flagship museum will close for 11 days next month to allow essential maintenance works to take place, before a major refurbishment gets under way.

• Discover Leicester’s hidden heritage as free festival returns

  27 August 2024

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  LEICESTER’S historic sites and buildings will reveal their fascinating stories in a series of Heritage Open Days – and they’re all free.