Looking for something different to do in Nottingham? Try one of these! We always try to include a few options and venues that you might not have heard about before…
This week there’s a chance to learn more about big data thanks to Nottingham Skeptics in the Pub, have a proper Persian night, watch an amateur theatre production, go to a pop up party in a spa, try a ceramic making workshop, or learn how to sew.
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Learn Something New
Tues, 4th April – 7:30pm – Big Data: Does Size Matter? – The Canalhouse
Big Data knows where you’ve been and who your friends are. It knows what you like and what makes you angry. It can predict what you’ll buy, where you’ll be the victim of crime and when you’ll have a heart attack. Big Data knows you better than you know yourself, or so it claims.
Timandra Harkness writes comedy, not computer code. If she can understand what’s going on, so can you.
Timandra asks the big questions about where it’s taking us: She aims to leave you armed and ready to decide what you think about one of the decade’s big ideas: big data
Find out more HERE
Theatre
Tues, 4th April – Sat, 8th April – 7:30pm – Di and Viv and Rose – Lace Market Theatre
Have you seen an amateur production at this little hidden theatre in Nottingham? If not, here’s your chance!
Meeting at University in the 1980s three women become great friends and decide to share a house together. Capturing poignantly the passage of time, our three characters go through a great deal of laughter and sorrow….
Find out more HERE
Arts & Crafts
Weds, 5th April – 7pm – Beginners Ceramics – The Malt Cross
Get creative and make up to 8 keep sake hanging decorations, buttons. and pieces of jewellery in this workshop where you’ll be shown simple and more complex pottery techniques. Once you’re finished, your items will be taken away to be fired in a kiln and you’ll be able to pick up your masterpieces at a later date.
Find out more HERE
Film Screening & Food
Weds, 5th April – 6pm – Proper Persian – Nonsuch Studios
Nonsuch will be showing Persepolis – an animated biographical film based on Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel; the story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. Donation bar available.
The film will be followed by a short walk down to Debsh restaurant, exclusively for our use, for a three-course Persian feast!
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Pick up a New Skill
Thurs, 6th April – 6:30pm – Learn to Sew – Old Basford Community Centre
If you want to figure out what all those buttons and dials on a sewing machine do – you need to attend this workshop! Bring along your own machine or ask to borrow one, learn the basics and then make a lavender bag to take home.
Find out more HERE
Party in a Spa
Fri, 7th April – 7pm – Masquerade Pop Up Party – Beauty Temple
Beauty Temple is an oasis of calm in the city centre but once a month they open up their doors for a pop up party. You can expect a peach or strawberry bellini on arrival, canapes, an in-house DJ and a magician. Plus, you’ll get to choose a treatment – we’d personally go with the hot stone shoulder massage!
Find out more HERE
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