Halton residents are being invited to take part in a range of fun and thought-provoking events as part of a celebration of the borough’s culture.
Starting Monday, May 17 is Halton Libraries’ Let’s Make festival, there are three lots of activities taking place at Halton Lea and Widnes libraries including puppet making with Altru Drama, pixel art and tote bag design with Mako Create, and a cyanotypes printing workshop with Rachael Prime.
There will also be a book sculpture workshop with artist Kate Bufton and an online talk with S.E. Lynes, the Amazon #1 bestselling author of psychological thrillers such as Valentina, Mother, and her latest novel, The Housewarming.
For details on dates and times and to book a place visit the Halton Libraries website at library.haltonbc.info
In June and July, the Let’s Go Green Festival will mark a celebration of the outdoors and our planet using art, stories, talks and performance.
Artist Rebecca Atherton will be exploring climate change and its effects on the animal kingdom through a series of Love Our Planet workshops where participants will design and create headdresses, depicting great mythological animal god spirits, each accompanied with an environmental pledge.
The younger generation will have the opportunity to learn about climate change, the history of protest art and then to create their very own peaceful protest placard in our Save Our Planet workshops led by artist Colette Whittington, who has worked with Tate London and Liverpool and the People’s History Museum.
Booster Cushion Theatre will be taking people on an ecological adventure across continents and Old Town Bloomers will be exploring the great outdoors.
Norton Priory’s beekeeper will also host a special workshop and Catalyst Science Discovery Centre will explore biodiversity.
There will also be a series of outdoor story walks, a talk from a nature author and a gardener’s question time, a green inspired craft workshops and an online 10 Days of Green challenge too.
The events are all part of the Celebrate Halton – Borough of Culture 2021 celebrations. For more information visit www.celebratehalton.co.uk.
If you are an individual or small group based in Halton, you can also apply for a Made in Halton small grant for up to £750 to make your own creative ideas come true. See the Made in Halton page on the Celebrate Halton website for full details and how to apply.
