What’s on this week

EXHIBITIONS

Images Of The Night by Yorkshire Monochrome Group. Batley Art Gallery, Market Place, Batley.

Exhibition of paintings by Brighouse artist Matthew Evans, Batley Art Gallery, Market Place, Batley.

Shapes and textures in oils and acrylics on canvas by Abigail Louise Oliver, Matthew’s Coffee House, Market Street, Cleckheaton.

Barbara Hepworth – Hospital Drawings at the Hepworth, Wakefield.

To Hope, To Tremble, To Live. 01924 247360, www.hepworthwake
field.org.

THEATRES

City Varieties

Leeds 0113 243 0808

Sex and Docks and Rock ‘n’ Roll - January 21-February 16

Grand Theatre and Howard Assembly Room

Leeds 0844 848 2705

Otello, La Clemenza di Tito, La Voic Humaine and Dido and Aeneas by Opera North - until February 23

MONDAY JANUARY 28

TALKS

Batley History Group

Humorous social historian Ian Dewhirst talks about Life in the Fifties at Batley History Group, Batley Town Hall 7.30pm. Entry £2 for members, £4 for non-members.

MUSIC

St Paul’s Cathedral principal pianist Simon Johnson, lunchtime concert at Huddersfield Town Hall. Lunches available from 11.30am. Tickets £3.50-£5 on the door or from the box office on 01484 223200.

TUESDAY JANUARY 29

PUBS AND CLUBS

Leeds Jazz Club

Peter Frankland Dixieland All Stars. Leeds Jazz Club, Armley Conservative Club, Ridge Road, Armley, 8.30pm-11pm. Raffles, adhmission charged. Ring 0113 252 3844.

Millbridge WMC

Liversedge. Eddie Martell with the Ronnie Bottomley Quartet, an evening of entertainment and dancing. Admission £2.50.

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 30

WALKS

Around Hartshead. Please park at Spenborough swimming pool car park at 10.30am. Derek Brearley will lead.

MUSIC

The Works, Sowerby Bridge:

Ryburn 3 Step Folk Club presents country blues and ragtime from Eddie Walker, 8pm. Tel: 01422 834821.

Leeds College of Music, Quarry Hill:

Organ concert by Dr Simon Lindley with music by Bach, Poulenc and others, 10.15pm. Admission free.

THURSDAY JANUARY 31

PUBS AND CLUBS

Legends

Bradford Road, Batley. Tribute to Blondie and Debbie Harry, doors open 7.30pm, free entry before 9.30pm, £2 after.

Topic Folk Club, Bradford:

Lovely songs, great voice from Scottish singer and songsmith Wendy Arrowsmith, Bradford Irish Club, Rebecca Street, 8.30pm. Tickets £6 and £5.