8pm Friday 20th September

Guest speaker Elaine Taylor, garden historian.
Created by Lord Leverhulme, the gardens have many a tale to tell, including burning of the bungalow by suffragette Edith Rigby. In recent years the gardens have undergone extensive renovations. Tonight’s speaker will discuss the history of the gardens and the project to restore them, an astonishing story in itself. Sure to be a fascinating evening.
Free event

Monthly meet-up for the local poetry and spoken word group. £1 plus raffle Everyone welcome!

Saturday 3rd August 12.00 noon – 12.30 at the cenotaph opposite Bolton town hall. Bolton CND/Stop the War will be holding a silent vigil to remember the victims of the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Please join if you can.

Monthly meet-up for the local poetry and spoken word group. £1 plus raffle Everyone welcome!

Dr. Mona El-Farra is the Director of Gaza Projects of the Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA),a  human rights and women’s rights activist, Vice President of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society of the Gaza Strip, and member of the Union of Health Work Committees. She is also founder of the Afaq Jadeeda Community Centre in Gaza with which the club is twinned. Mona will be giving  an update on the appalling situation in Gaza, and her work with MECA. Please come down to show solidarity with the besieged people of Gaza and ensure a warm welcome for this truly inspirational woman.

Creative writing in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. This month’s workshop is led this month byEve on the topic of 'Overheard'

Monthly meet-up for the local poetry and spoken word group. £1 plus raffle

Unknown Pleasures 40th anniversary gigRead more

No homes, no answers, no justice
The evening begins with a vigil on the town hall steps at 6.30 and continues with a debate at the club at 7.30. Discussion Panel
Tomassini Hessel – Grenfell resident
Karl Sorfleet – Fire Brigades Union
John Nicholson – GM Law Centre
Kat Wright – Acorn

An Evening with Walt Whitman'slegacy
Walt Whitman’s influence has been huge and long lasting. Yet even today aspects of his work and vision can be a challenge. This evening will explore some of the ways his poetry has influenced later writers including Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Langston Hughes, Alan Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. We’ll also be Skype-linking with celebrations at the Grolier Club in New York where our US counterparts will also be commemorating the bicentenary. With Dave Morgan, Kevin Bates, Rosie Adamson-Clarke, Nat Clare, John Smeathers, Billie Meredith and others.
Free event Bucket collection