Date | Event | Description | Time & Venue | Cost |
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SEPTEMBER 2018 | Venues are in Berkhamsted unless other- wise stated |
Local code 01442 applies unless otherwise stated. Tickets are available on the door unless sold out. DC = Dacorum Card accepted |
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Thu
6 Sep & Thu 13 Sep |
Tour B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
Heritage Open Day (HOD): Repton’s Ashridge
Marking the bi-centenery of Repton’s death. Repton was commissioned by the 7th Duke of Bridgewater to design gardens to go with his new gothic style mansion |
Main entrance to Ashridge House 14:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk Free but booking essential as numbers are strictly limited. KSherw9100@aol.com 865158 |
Thu 6 Sep
& Fri 7 & Thu 13 Sep |
Tour B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
HOD: A Walk Back in Time A guided tour of the historic town centre |
Castle. Tours
6th: 10:30 7th: 15:00 13th: 10:30 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk Free but please book in advance. KSherw9100@aol.com 865158 |
Fri 7 Sep & Sat 8 Sep |
Tour B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
HOD: A Walk into the Past – Berkhamsted Place This tour takes you into what remains of this once very large Elizabethan mansion. It includes a visit to the Great Barn, probably older still |
Top of Castle
Hill, B’sted Place, HP4 1HQ. Tours 7th: 10:00 8th: 14.00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk Free but please book your place. KSherw9100@aol.com 865158 |
Sat 8 Sep |
Tour
B’sted Citizens Association & B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
HOD: Lost Wharves of Berkhamsted Follow the lost wharves along this canal tour. The canal led to the growth of industry and the expansion of Berkhamsted in Victorian times |
Bank Mill Bridge near Old Mill Pub
10:00 – 11:30 |
www.berkhamstedcitizens.org.uk www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk Free but booking required in advance KSherw9100@aol.com 865158 |
Sat 8 Sep |
Choral B’sted Choral Soc |
Haydn’s Creation
Mary Nelson Soprano,Colin Judson Tenor,Dyfed Wyn Evans Baritone, Graham Wili Conductor. Fresh from our summer performances at Tewkesbury Abbey and the cathedrals of Gloucester and Hereford |
St. Peter’s Church 19:30 |
Tickets Brown & Merry, High St. £15 (under 18 free) 07500 431643 |
Sun 9 Sep |
Tour B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
HOD: Old Hall and Chapel Berkhamsted School Visit the original school building of 1544, the largest schoolroom in the country at the time. The beautiful Victorian chapel is modelled on a chapel in Venice and designed by CH Rew |
Old Hall Berkhamsted School Castle Street. Tours
10:30 and 14:30 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk Free but please book your place in advance KSherw9100@aol.com 865158 |
Sun 9 Sep |
Entertainment B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
HOD: Remembering the Fallen of WW1
An afternoon of poetry, drama and music which will complement the ‘Memorials to the Fallen’ (16 Sep) and the people of Berkhamsted in WW1. Come and see the transformation taking place |
Rectory Lane Cemetery 14:00 – 17:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk Free but please book your place in advance KSherw9100@aol.com 865158 |
Sun 9 Sep |
Tour
B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
HOD: St Peter’s Church and Court House
The 13thC. church has an extensive history and many memorials depicting the history of the town and its people, the Court House is Tudor |
St. Peter’s
Church 15:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk
Free but please book your place in advance KSherw9100@aol.com 865158 |
Sun 9 Sep |
Tour
B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
HOD: Inns of Court Then (1914-18) and Now
During WW1 the IOCOTC was stationed here, this tour takes you to some of their haunts and shows you with the aid of photographs what it was once like |
Rear of the
Station. Tours 11:00 and 12:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk
Free but please book your place in advance KSherw9100@aol.com 865158 |
Sun 9 Sep |
Tour
B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
HOD: Berkhamsted Town Hall
Tour of the Town Hall Market House, Assembly Hall and rooms for the Mechanics’ Institute. Open 10.15-13.30. Tour at 11.00 |
Town Hall 11:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk
Free but please book your place in advance KSherw9100@aol.com 865158 |
Sun 9 Sep |
Tour B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
HOD: Berkhamsted Castle This Norman motte and bailey castle has an extensive history of royal associations |
Castle. Tours
10:30 14:00 16:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk Free but please book your place in advance KSherw9100@aol.com 865158 |
Sun 9 Sep |
Tour B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
HOD: Ashlyns School – Former Foundling Hospital
This gives you the opportunity to learn what life was like for the children who grew up there during 1935-55. Make the most of it since few former foundlings remain. Booking essential |
Ashlyns School reception. Tours
13:30 and 15:30 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk Free but booking for this tour is absolutely essential KSherw9100@aol.com 865158 |
Fri 14 Sep |
Tour
B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
HOD: Berkhamsted Castle
This Norman motte and bailey castle has an extensive history of royal associations |
Castle. Tours
10:30 and 14:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk
Free but please book yout place in advance KSherw9100@aol.com 865158 |
Sat 15 Sep |
Tour B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
HOD: DHT Museum Store Here collections from the different areas of Dacorum are kept in museum conditions. They are not normally open to the public. The largest collection is that belonging to Berkhamsted. Inaccessible to people with walking dfficulties |
DHT Museum Store (behind Civic Centre via Clarence Rd)
10:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk Free but booking essential as numbers are restricted KSherw9100@aol.com 865158 |
Sun
16 Sep |
Tour
B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
HOD: Memorials to the Fallen of WW1
Visit both the Town and St Peter’s Memorial, Berkhamsted School, Baptist Church and British Legion Rolls of Honour and the War Commission graves in the cemetery |
West door of St
Peter’s Church 15:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk
Free but please book your place in advance KSherw9100@aol.com 865158 |
Sun
16 Sep |
Tour
B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
HOD: Post A Letter
This tour tells you something of the postal history of the town |
Front of the
Station 10:30 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk
Free but please book your place in advance KSherw9100@aol.com 865158 |
Mon
17 Sep to 22 Oct |
Course
WEA B’sted |
Novels of Julian Barnes
An introduction to the novels of Julian Barnes and his writing with some biographical details |
Friends’ Meeting
House 10:30 – 12:30 |
www.wea.org.uk
£45 for a 6 week course. 2 hours a week. 0300 3033464 info 872432 |
Mon
17 & Tue 18 Sep |
Film
B’sted Film Soc |
Lady Bird
Humour and pathos in the turbulent bond between a mother and her teenage daughter. Lady Bird (Saoirse Ronan) fights against her mom but is exactly like her. Dir: Greta Gerwig/2017/USA/Cert 15/94min |
Civic Centre
20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
Thu 20
& Fri 21 Sep |
Festival
Graham Greene BT |
Graham Greene Festival: Guided Walk
A town walk of about one hour, led by Brian Shepherd, with readings from A Sort of Life, The Human Factor and The Captain and the Enemy. If wet, illustrated talk with readings in the Court House on Thu and the Town Hall on Fri |
Rear entrance of the Station. Tours
20th :14:15 21st :12.45 |
www.grahamgreenebt.org
£5 (under 21 and DC free) grahamgreeneboxoffice@gmail.com 07988 560496 |
Thu
20 Sep |
Festival
Graham Greene BT |
Graham Greene Festival: Supper and Film
May We Borrow Your Husband? (Yorkshire Television/1986/101 mins). Dir Bob Mahoney, starring Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Attenborough. Intro by Quentin Falk. A pre-film two-course supper can be purchased |
Town Hall
Film 19:15 Supper from 17.15 |
www.grahamgreenebt.org
Supper and film £28, supper only £18, film only £10 (under 21 and DC free, excludes supper) grahamgreeneboxoffice@gmail.com 07988 560496 |
Fri
21 Sep |
Festival
Graham Greene BT |
Graham Greene Festival: Morning Talks
The Third Man Museum by Karin Höfler and Gerhard Strassgschwandtner. A Journey With Maps: Adapting Stamboul Train by Graham Greene for BBC Radio 4: Jeremy Front interviewed by Dr Martyn Sampson |
Town Hall
09:45 – 12:15 |
www.grahamgreenebt.org
£16 (under 21 and DC free) grahamgreeneboxoffice@gmail.com 07988 560496 |
Fri
21 Sep |
Festival
Graham Greene BT |
Graham Greene Festival: Afternoon Talks
Graham Greene: Treachery and Trust by Monsignor Roderick Strange (David Pearce Memorial Talk). The Book that Greene Never Wrote: To Beg I Am Ashamed by Emeritus Professor François Gallix |
Town Hall
14:30 – 17:00 |
www.grahamgreenebt.org
£16 (under 21 and DC free) grahamgreeneboxoffice@gmail.com 07988 560496 |
Fri
21 Sep |
Festival
Graham Greene BT |
Graham Greene Festival: Music and Film
Songs and music by Matt Saxton and band, inspired by Graham Greene. Film Under the Garden (Thames Television/1976/50 mins), with Denholm Elliott, Arthur Lowe and Vivian Pickles. Intro by Mike Hill |
Civic Centre
19:30 – 21:30 |
www.grahamgreenebt.org
£10 (under 21 and DC free) grahamgreeneboxoffice@gmail.com 07988 560496 |
Fri
21 Sep |
Wine tasting
Cowper Soc |
St Peter’s kulturelles Oktoberfest
Entente Cordial winetasting to commemorate the end of WW1 – wines with food from UK, France and Germany |
Court House
20:00 – 22:00 |
www.stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk Tickets Parish Office single £12.50 churchoffice@greatberkhamsted.org.uk 878227 |
Sat
22 Sep |
Festival
Graham Greene BT |
Graham Greene Festival: Morning Talks
Adventures in the Greene Trade: Collecting Greene Rarities and Stalking the Man Himself by John Baxter. Journalists and Novelists: Facts and Truth by Robin Lustig, acclaimed journalist and presenter |
Deans’ Hall, B’sted School
09:45 – 12:15 |
www.grahamgreenebt.org
£17 (under 21 and DC free) grahamgreeneboxoffice@gmail.com 07988 560496 |
Sat
22 Sep |
Festival
Graham Greene BT |
Graham Greene Festival: Afternoon Talks & Birthday Toast Coloring Catholicism Greene in the Age of Pope Francis by Father Mark Bosco. The Making of The Third Man, Angela Allen iconic script supervisor in conversation with Dr Brigitte Timmermann. Toast | Deans’ Hall, B’sted School
14:30 – 17:30 |
www.grahamgreenebt.org
£23 (under 21 and DC free) grahamgreeneboxoffice@gmail.com 07988 560496 |
Sat
22 Sep |
Orchestral concert
Bridgewater Sinfonia |
Symphony concert
As part of St Peter’s Oktoberfest: Bach/Elgar Fantasia & Fugue BWV 537, Lekeu Adagio for Strings, Schubert Symphony No 4 “Tragic”, Elgar Enigma Variations |
St. Peter’s
Church 19:30 |
www.bridgewater-sinfonia.org.uk
Tickets Aitchisons High Street. Friends Membership season ticket (annual) £49 + donation; single concert £15 in advance, £17 on the door (under 18 and DC free) 873205 |
Sun
23 Sep |
Festival
Graham Greene BT |
Graham Greene Festival: Tour & Morning Talks
Tour of School & Archives. Literary Outcomes of Greene’s Travels with Father Durán: Monsignor Quixote and the Manuscript Book Picasso by Dr Beatriz Jiménez. ‘The Virtue of Disloyalty’ by Dr Jon Wise |
Old Hall, B’sted
School 09:00 – 12:30 |
www.grahamgreenebt.org
£16 (under 21 and DC free) grahamgreeneboxoffice@gmail.com 07988 560496 |
Sun
23 Sep |
Bavarian Breakfast
Cowper Soc |
St Peter’s kulturelles Oktoberfest
Bavarian Breakfast comprising of beer, bretzel and sausages accompanied by music. (Soft drinks and vegetarian options available) |
St. Peter’s
Church 11:00 – 13:00 |
www.stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk |
Mon
24 Sep |
Talk
B’sted and Dist Arch Soc |
Masterpieces in Miniature: Coins and Their History
Illustrated lecture |
Music Rm, B’sted
School 19:45 |
www.berkhamstedarchaeology.co.uk
Visitors £5. peterclayton383@btinternet.com 267400 |
Mon 24
& Tue 25 Sep |
Film
B’sted Film Soc |
Happy End
Top acting talent, including Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Toby Jones, in a biting satire on bourgeois family values. Dir: Michael Haneke/2017/ France,Austria/Cert 15/107min/Subtitles |
Civic Centre
20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
Tue
25 Sep to 4 Dec |
Course
WEA B’sted |
Isaac Newton
Explore Isaac Newton’s life and works and the personal convictions that drove his mathematical philosophy and his unorthodox research with Paul Ranford |
Friends’ Meeting
House 10:30 – 12:30 |
www.wea.org.uk
£75 for a 10 week course 2 hours a week. 0300 3033464 info 872432 |
Wed
26 Sep |
Talk
B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
The 1618 grant of arms to Berkhamsted
Patrick Dickinson, Clarenceux King of Arms and Secretary of the Order of the Garter, will talk about the granting of Berkhamsted’s coat of arms |
Town Hall
20:00 – 21:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk Annual subs £10 single , £12 joint. Visitors welcome on the door £3 |
Thu
27 Sep to 6 Dec |
Course
WEA B’sted |
Women Gardeners
Men had the upper hand in the design and layout of gardens for centuries but, in the Victorian period, women began to exert their influence. They gave us some of our greatest gardens |
Tring Community Centre
13:30 – 15:30 |
www.wea.org.uk
£75 for a 10 week course, 2 hours a week. 0300 3033464 info 872432 |
OCTOBER 2018 | ||||
Tue 9 Oct |
Art B’sted Art Soc |
Wintry Scenes in Watercolour
A demonstration of painting wintry street scenes in watercolour by Keith Hornblower |
Civic Centre 20:00 – 22:00 |
Visitors (i.e. non BAS members) £3 at door |
Sat 13 Oct |
Music
Dacorum Symphony Orchestra |
Orchestral Concert
Programme to include Beethoven Symphony No 1 and Poulenc Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani. Conductor Thomas Loten, soloist Alex Flood |
St John’s Church, Boxmoor
19:30 – 21:30 |
www.dacorumso.weebly.com
Tickets Luminous and Vogue, 24 Lower Kings Road. £12, £10 conc (under 18 and DC free) 01494 727240 |
Mon 15 Oct |
Talk The Friends of St Peter |
The Myths and Realities of the First World War – 100 years on A talk by Dr Heather Jones UCL Professor of Modern & Contemporary European History with Music and Poetry from WW1 |
St. Peter’s Church 19:00 |
www.stpetersberkhamstsedfriends.org.uk Tickets Berkhamsted Library or www. stpetersberkhamstsedfriends.org.uk £15 ugrego@btinternet.com |
Mon 15 & Tue16 Oct |
Film B’sted Film Soc |
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
British actor Peter Turner’s story of his romance with Gloria Grahame, legendary star of Hollywood film noir, during the later years of her life. Dir: Paul McGuigan/2017/UK/Cert 15/105min |
Civic Centre 20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
Wed 17 Oct |
Talk
B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
The Prison at Norman Cross
Paul Chamberlain talks about the Napoleonic Prison of Norman Cross: The Lost Town of Huntingdonshire |
Town Hall 20:00 – 21:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk
Annual sub £10 single £12 joint. Visitors welcome on the door £3 |
Mon 29 & Tue 30 Oct |
Film B’sted Film Soc |
Loveless
A razor-sharp portrayal of a family and society on the edge of collapse. The son of a couple going through a vicious divorce disappears. Dir: Andrey Zvyagintsev/2017/Russia/Cert 15/127min/Subtitles |
Civic Centre 20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
NOVEMBER 2018 | ||||
Mon 5 & Tue 6 Nov |
Film B’sted Film Soc |
Journey’s End
March 1918. A young lieutenant arrives at the front line to join the war-weary officers of C Company as they wait for the start of a new German offensive. Dir: Saul Dibb/2017/UK/Cert 12A/107min |
Civic Centre 20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
Tue
13 Nov |
Art
B’sted Art Soc |
Print making
A demonstration of print making techniques by Laura Boswell |
Civic Centre
20:00 – 22:00 |
www.berkhamstedartsociety.com
Visitors (i.e. non BAS members) £3 at door |
Wed 14 Nov |
Music People not Borders |
Berko Rocks A fundraising concert with eight acts across musical genres, including international star Ian Shaw (jazz), plus indie and Irish folk, classical guitar, soul and bluegrass rock, in aid of refugees. |
Ashlyns School Hall 20:00 – 23:00 |
www.berkorocks.co.uk
Tickets Cafee Epicure, The Berkeley, Berkhamsted Arts and Crafts, Cecily Townhouse Spa. 24 and under £10, Earlybird £12, Other £15. suehampton@btinternet.com 07975 812866 |
Wed 14 Nov |
Talk
B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
Daniel Axtell: The Berkhamsted Regicide
Murray Neil speaks of this Berkhamsted Parliamentary Soldier in the Civil Wars. He was Captain of the Guard at the trial of King Charles I |
Town Hall 20:00 – 21:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk Annual sub £10 single £12 joint. Visitors welcome on the door £3 |
Mon 19 & Tue 20 Nov |
Film B’sted Film Soc |
A Man Called Ove
Comedy. Ove, the quintessential grumpy old man who has just about given up on life, develops an unlikely friendship with his new neighbours. Dir: Hannes Holm/2015/Sweden/Cert 15/117min/Subtitles |
Civic Centre 20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
Sat 24 Nov |
Symphony concert Bridgewater Sinfonia |
Concert Dvorak The Noonday Witch, Mendelssohn Violin concerto, soloist Griga Cuciuc, Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique. (Conducted by Associate Conductor Steven Joyce Myall) |
St. Peter’s Church 19:30 |
www.bridgewater-sinfonia.org.uk
Tickets Aitchisons High Street. Friends Membership still available – contact Kate Perera through the website. Single ticket in advance £15, on the door £17 (under 18 and DC free) 873205 |
DECEMBER 2018 | ||||
Sun 2 to
Sat 8 Dec |
Art B’sted Art Soc |
Berkhamsted Art Society – Winter Art Exhibition
Art Exhibition – a wide range of members artwork in all media, including ceramics, to view and for sale |
Civic Centre 14:30 – 17:00 |
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Thu 6 to Sat 8 Dec |
Theatre B’sted Youth Theatre |
The Importance of Being Earnest The fantastically funny Oscar Wilde comedy – come and see our fabulous young actors in this iconic piece of British theatre |
Court Theatre, Pendley, Tring 19:30 |
www.courttheatre.co.uk
Tickets Beechwood Fine Foods, Tring, Berkhamsted Imaging, The Court Theatre. £10, £8 concessions – all Thurs tickets £5 |
Sun 9 Dec |
Choral B’sted Choral Soc |
Christmas Concert
“Gloria” by Bob Chilcott, supported by carols,seasonal music and Concert brass |
St. Peter’s
Church 19:30 |
www.berkhamstedchoral.co.uk
Tickets Brown & Merry, High St. £15 (under 18 free) 07500 431643 |
Mon 10 & Tue 11 Dec |
Film B’sted Film Soc |
Cycling with Moliere
A warm, literate comedy. Two actors, friends at odds with one another in almost every way, plan a production of Molière’s The Misanthrope. Dir: Philippe Le Guay/2013/France/Cert 15/104min/Subtitles |
Civic Centre 20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
Wed 12 Dec |
Talk
B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
Historic Gardens in and around Berkhamsted
Kate Harwood talks about local historic gardens from Capability Brown to the Arts and Crafts |
Town Hall 20:00 – 21:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk Annual sub £10 single £12 joint. Visitors welcome on the door £3 |
Mon 17 Dec |
Film B’sted Film Soc |
Loving Vincent
Preceded by a short AGM. The world’s first feature-length painted animation. A young man investigates the mystery around van Gogh’s death. Dirs: D.Kobiela,H.Welchman/2017/UK,Poland/Cert 12A/94min |
Civic Centre 20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
Sun 23 Dec |
Choral
Chiltern Chamber Choir |
Bach ‘Mass in B Minor’
With the Bridgewater Sinfonia. Director Adrian Davis. Presented by the Cowper Society and Friends of St. Peter’s |
St. Peter’s
Church 19:30 |
www.chilternchamberchoir.com Brown & Merry, 124 High Street. TBA (DC free) |
JANUARY 2019 | ||||
Mon 7 & Tue 8 Jan |
Film B’sted Film Soc |
Churchill
Bravura performances from Brian Cox and Miranda Richardson reveal the terrifying anxieties which beset the great man before the D-Day landings. Dir: Jonathon Teplitzky/2017/UK/Cert PG/96min |
Civic Centre 20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
Tue
15 Jan |
Art
B’sted Art Soc |
Portraits in Acrylic
A demonstration of painting portraits in acrylic by Mark Fennell |
Civic Centre
20:00 – 22:00 |
www.berkhamstedartsociety.com
Visitors (i.e. non BAS members) £3 at door |
Wed 16 Jan |
Talk B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
Art & Design in the Chilterns
Graham Twemlow’s talk focuses on some of the 20th C. artists working in the area such as Paul & John Nash, John Piper, Eric Gill, E. McKnight Kauffer and Marion Dorn |
Town Hall 20:00 – 21:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk Annual sub £10 single £12 joint. Visitors welcome on the door £3 |
Mon 21 Jan to 1 Apr |
Course WEA B’sted |
Contemporary Literature
Explore a diverse selection of contemporary writing, covering novels, short stories, poetry and non fiction. The texts will cover a range of social and cultural experiences and points of view |
Friends’ Meeting House 10:30 – 12:30 |
£75 for a 10 week course, 2 hours a week 0300 3033464 |
Mon 21 & Tue 22 Jan |
Film B’sted Film Soc |
Harmonium
An explosive drama which captures the collapse of a seemingly ordinary Japanese family when an outsider enters their inner circle. Dir: Koji Fukada/2016/Japan/Cert 12A/120min/Subtitles |
Civic Centre 20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
Tue
22 Jan to 2 Apr |
Course WEA B’sted |
Charles Darwin Paul Ranford will explore the life and times of Charles Darwin |
Friends’ Meeting
House 10:30 – 12:30 |
www.wea.org.uk
£75 for a ten week course, 2 hours a week 0300 303464 |
Thu
24 Jan to 4 Apr |
Course WEA B’sted |
Baltic History
A historical overview of the Baltic Region from the 19th to the 20th century with Gregor Davey |
Tring Community
Centre 13:30 – 15:30 |
www.wea.org.uk
£75 for a ten week course, two hours a week 0300 303464 |
FEBRUARY 2019 | ||||
Mon 4 & Tue 5 Feb |
Film B’sted Film Soc |
The Death of Stalin
The one-liners fly as fast as political fortunes fall when Joseph Stalin dies and his parasitic cronies square up in a frantic power struggle. Dir: Armando Iannucci/2017/UK/Cert 15/105min |
Civic Centre 20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
Tue
12 Feb |
Art
B’sted Art Soc |
Landscape painting in watercolour
A demonstration of painting landscape scenes in watercolour by Frank Walters |
Civic Centre
20:00 – 22:00 |
www.berkhamstedartsociety.com
Visitors (i.e. non BAS members) £3 at door |
Wed 13 Feb |
Talk B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
The Siege of London in 1066
Kathleen Tyson leads us through the Siege of London in 1066 which concludes with the surrender of rebels at either Westminster or Beor ham stede (Berkhamsted) |
Town Hall 20:00 – 21:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk Annual sub £10 single £12 joint. Visitors welcome on the door £3 |
Mon 18 & Tue 19 Feb |
Film B’sted Film Soc |
The 100-Year-Old Man …
… Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. An off-beat treat. When Allan escapes from the care home anything can happen. And it does. Dir: Felix Herngren/2013/Sweden/Cert 15/114min/Subtitles |
Civic Centre 20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
Wed 20 Feb |
Entertainment B’sted Citizens Association | Show Biz Secrets
A BBC TV Director and leading session guitarist both at the top of their profession share their fascinating career secrets |
Town Hall 20:00 – 22:00 |
www.berkhamstedcitizens.org.uk
Free to members – £5 for non members on the door |
MARCH 2019 | ||||
Mon 4 & Tue 5 Mar |
Film B’sted Film Soc |
Beast
Romance, murder mystery, psychodrama. On Jersey a troubled woman is torn between her oppressive family and a roguish outsider suspected of brutal killings. Dir: Michael Pearce/2017/UK/Cert 15/107min |
Civic Centre 20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
Sat 9 Mar |
Symphony concert Bridgewater Sinfonia |
Concert Borodin Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor), Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3, soloist Dinara Klinton, Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition |
St. Peter’s Church 19:30 |
www.bridgewater-sinfonia.org.uk
Tickets Aitchisons High Street. Season ticket no longer available. Friends membership contact Kate Perera via website. Single ticket in advance £15, on the door £17 (under 18 and DC free) 873205 |
Tue
12 Mar |
Art
B’sted Art Soc |
Flower painting in watercolour
A demonstration of painting flowers in watercolour by Jill Winch |
Civic Centre
20:00 – 22:00 |
www.berkhamstedartsociety.com
Visitors (i.e. non BAS members) £3 at door |
Wed 13 Mar |
Talk
B’sted Lcl Hist & Mus Soc |
Lord Austin and Lord Nuffield: Giants of the British Motor Industry Julian Hunt, eminent local historian tells us of these two giants of the British Motor Industry. This talk follows the AGM |
Town Hall 20:00 |
www.berkhamsted-history.org.uk Annual sub £10 single £12 joint. Visitors welcome on the door £3 |
Mon 18 & Tue 19 Mar |
Film B’sted Film Soc |
The Other Side of Hope
A wry comedy and bittersweet tale of human kindness about two mismatched outsiders whose paths cross fortuitously. Dir: Aki Kaurismaki/2017/Finland/ Cert 12A/98min/Subtitles |
Civic Centre 20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
Wed 27 Mar |
AGM/Award B’sted Citizens Association | Environment Awards
Environment Awards and AGM followed by a guest speaker – the bar will be open |
Town Hall 20:00 – 22:00 |
www.berkhamstedcitizens.org.uk
Entry free to members – £5 for non members at the door |
APRIL 2019 | ||||
Mon 1 & Tue 2 Apr |
Film B’sted Film Soc |
Faces Places
Pioneer filmmaker Agnès Varda joins photographer JR on a whimsical tour of rural France, creating a mosaic of memories with massive posters. Dirs: Agnès Varda,JR/2017/France/Cert 12A/89min/Subtitles |
Civic Centre 20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
Sun 14 April |
Choral
Chiltern Chamber Choir |
J.D. Zelenka ‘De Profundis’ and ‘Missa Divi Xaverii’
With Bridgewater Sinfonia. Director Adrian Davis. Presented by the Cowper Society and Friends of St. Peter’s |
St. Peter’s
Church 19:00 |
www.chilternchamberchoir.com
Tickets Brown & Merry, 124 High Street. TBA (DC free) |
Mon 15 & Tue 16 Apr |
Film B’sted Film Soc |
Frantz
After WW1 a relationship develops between a German woman and a Frenchman. They experience complex personal conflicts with no easy answers. Dir: Francois Ozon/2016/France/Cert 12A/114min/Subtitles/B&W |
Civic Centre 20:00 – |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
Mon
29 April to 17 Jun |
Course WEA B’sted |
Post war British film and society
Explore how hopes for a reconstructed society were represented on film. Look at issues of change, conflict and continuity across genres of films from the 1940s to the early 1960s |
Friends’ Meeting House 10:30 – 12:30 |
£45 for a six week course, two hours a week 300 303464 |
Mon 29 & Tue 30 Apr |
Film B’sted Film Soc |
Call Me By Your Name
A powerful portrait of first love. Over a life-changing summer a precocious 17-year-old and a graduate student discover awakening desire. Dir: Luca Guadagnino/2017/Italy,USA/Cert 15/132min |
Civic Centre 20:00 |
www.berkhamstedfilmsociety.co.uk Annual sub: joint £65, single £35. Visitors £5 at door (no conc) 863155 |
MAY 2019 | ||||
Wed 1 May |
Music Cowper Soc |
May Day Madrigals
Members of Chiltern Chamber & St Peter’s Church Choirs sing madrigals from the church tower followed by breakfast in the Court House. Director Adrian Davis |
St. Peter’s Church 06:15 |
www.stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk, www.chilternchamberchoir.com
No charge but donations requested for the breakfast. |
Thu
2 to Sat 4 May |
Musical Theatre B’sted Youth Theatre |
TBC Another exciting show from Berkhamsted Youth Theatre |
Court Theatre, Pendley, Tring 19:30 |
www.courttheatre.co.uk
Tickest Beechwood Fine Foods, Tring, Berkhamsted Imaging, The Court Theatre. £10, concessions £8, Thurs – all tickets £5 |
Wed 8 May |
Choral B’sted Choral Soc |
The Dream of Gerontius by Elgar
Performed by The English Philharmonia Chorus (Berkhamsted and Chorleywood Choral Societies and The Leconfield Singers) and Orchestra, Soloists Kathleen Wilkinson, Colin Judson and Njabulo Madlala |
Royal Festival Hall, London 19:30 |
Royal Festival Hall Booking Office £15 – £37.50, 25% reduction for concessions. 07500 431643 |
Sun
12 to Sat 18 May |
Art B’sted Art Soc |
Berkhamsted Art Society – Spring Art Exhibition Art Exhibition – a wide range of members artwork in all media, including ceramics, to view and for sale |
Civic Centre 14:30 – 17:00 |
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JUNE 2019 | ||||
Sat 8 Jun |
Symphony concert Bridgewater Sinfonia |
Concert
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis, Dvorak Cello concerto, Beethoven Symphony No 3 “Eroica” |
St. Peter’s
Church 19:30 |
bridgewater–sinfonia.org.uk
Tickets Aitchisons High Street. £15 in advance, £17 on the door (under 18 and DC free) 873205 |
Fri 14 to Sun 16 Jun |
Art Artinthenave.uk |
Art Exhibition and Sale Vibrant Festival of Visual Arts Comes to Hemel Old Town Art in the Nave 2019 will focus a bright spotlight on the visual arts when it opens at the beautiful, historic Church of St Mary’s in Old Hemel |
Saint Mary’s Church Hemel Hempstead Old Town 11:00 –
17:00 |
Exhibition admission £2 includes catalogue artinthenave@gmail.com |
Sat 15 Jun |
Choral
Chiltern Chamber Choir |
Summer Concert
Director Adrian Davis. Presented by the Cowper Society and Friends of St. Peter’s |
St. Peter’s
Church 19:30 – |
www.chilternchamberchoir.com
Tickets Brown & Merry, 124 High Street. TBA (DC free) |