Ten things to do: Wednesday 12/11
Here are ten things you can do today.
1 Sammy, 53 Theatre Group with Hilary Mackelden's poignant and moving portrayal of a couple coming to terms with the birth of a child with a medical disorder which turns their everyday world upside down, Library Theatre, Surrey Street, 7.30pm (7/ 6, 2862740 or 07528 254662).
2 That's All Folk, Tweed, woodwind, beards, lutes, corn rings. A crack selection of Sheffield folk aficionados, on rotation, playing lots of lovely acoustic tunes with some live guests thrown in, Bungalows and Bears, The Old Fire Station, Division Street, every Wednesday.
3 Thieves Like Us, Robert Altman's 1973 re-working of the Nicholas Ray noir classic, They Live By Night, with Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall as the innocents on the run in Depression-era America (Cert 15, Showroom, Wednesday).
4 Sheffield Writers Resource Centre, information and advice, Main Lending Library, Surrey Street, Wednesdays, 5.15pm-7.30pm (2734711).
5 Irish Traditional Music Society, Irish music classes in tin whistle, concertina (Anglo), spoken Irish, singing, etc, city centre venue, Wednesdays, 6pm-7.30pm, new members (adults and accompanied children) welcomed (contact Diz on 2491969 for current details including venue).
6 Simon Lole, organ, the former master of the music at Sheffield (1994-97) and Salisbury (1997-2005) cathedrals now pursuing a freelance career gives a recital organised by Sheffield and District Organists' and Choirmasters' Association. Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, Wednesday, 12.30pm (free, retiring collection).
7 Sequence Dancing, Norton House Country Club, Norton Lane, Wednesday, 9pm (1 for guests/members free).
8 Steel City Striders, running club meets weekly, Graves Tennis Centre, Bochum Way, Norton, Wednesdays, 7pm(2745421 steelcitystriders@hotmail.com).
9 Mark George, eminent barrister who works on both sides of the Atlantic will examine the operation of the death penalty in the United States and give an insight into working with prisoners on death row, Lecture Theatre 4, Sheffield University Arts Tower, Wednesday, 2pm (open to all).
10 Diana Lee Braithwaite, Chris Whiteley, Bob Hall & Hilary Blythe, Treat for blues and jazz fans at the Boardwalk, Snig Hill.
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Weather for Sheffield
Wednesday 23 May 2012
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Temperature: 13 C to 24 C
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