Valloween: Anti Valentine’s Party in pictures
Cake, music, voodoo dolls, pizza, pins, buttons, craft, giggles…done. Song of the night
Valloween: Anti-Valentine’s Day party
Bitter and broken-hearted? Single and super? Sick of Schmaltz? Join our cynical celebration evening of tea, cake, pizza and avoiding all-things soppy and vomit-inducing. Make your own voodoo doll or win a prize for your best dating horror story. Suggested donation £5 (or whatever you would s
Pop-up Picturehouse: LGBT History Month Film Screenings
Join us at 6pm on Wednesday 15th February and Wednesday 29th February 2012 for our free next film screenings at Blackpool Central Library. This Month is LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans) History Month, so we have two screenings of films on LGBT issues. On the 15th we are very lucky to have tw
Flying the Flag: a crowdsourced textile art project
Hey wassup ma Knittaz! We’ve been asked to contribute piece of textile work to an art project that will be exhibited in Blackpool in March. We need to create a knitted/crocheted American flag. Can you help us? Your mission is to make squares for the flag. Squares need to be: Knitted or crochet
Pop-Up Picturehouse: Get animated for the January Screening!
Join us at 6pm on Wednesday 18th January 2012 for our next film screening at Blackpool Central Library. For more information on our feature film and to reserve tickets, please visit our Eventbrite or Facebook page. Refreshments provided. This project has been funded with support from the Eu
Whassup ma Knittaz?
IMPORTANT!: January’s KWA is on the 2nd Monday of the month (9th January) to give you all time to recover from the festivities! Back to usual from Feb 2012. Calling all knit-wits! Knittaz With Attitude knitting group. 1st Monday of every month, 6pm to 8pm at Claremont Park Community Centre
Keep Blackpool Toasty: Yarnbombing session
Join us from 6pm on Thursday 22nd December at Barista (24 Birley Street) for another town centre yarnbombing session. Do drop in for a bit of stitching, decorating, coffee and a cake. Then it’s time to head out around the town to put up some of our creations. Sign up on Facebook or Eventbr
Pop-up Picturehouse: Christmas Film Screening
Join us at 6pm on Wednesday 21st December for our Christmas film screening at Blackpool Central Library. There will be refreshments and a few cheeky-sneaky Christmas craft activities. For more information and to reserve tickets, please visit our Eventbrite page. This project has been funded with s
#craftcore: Look at our big shiny baubles!
Some baubles from this week’s craft session…
#Craftcore: A load of old baubles (Christmas decoration workshop)
Free craft workshop! Make your own baubles: Create stylish and unique decorations for your Christmas tree, accompanied by mince pies and good conversation. 6pm to 8pm on Tuesday 13th December 2011 at Blackpool Central Library. Sign up on Eventbrite. This project has been funded with support from the
Aunty Talks Tech
On Saturday Aunty hosted So! VolTech 2011 – a conference on Social Media & Technology for the Voluntary Sector – at Blackpool Central Library. We had about 50 people attend on the day – some from as far afeild as the East Midlands and Yorkshire. The morning saw five speakers sh
Pop-up Picturehouse: Monthly film screenings
Aunty’s Pop-up Picturehouse project will be screening this Wednesday evening (6pm, 16th November) at Blackpool Central Library. To come to the free screenings, you will need to join the email distribution list (part of the Eventbrite ticket request). Form more information, visit the Pop-up Pic
Aunty goes to ‘that London’: European Year of Volunteering #EYV11Tour
Last week Aunty took part in the London stage of the European Year of Volunteering (EYV) tour at Coin St Neighbourhood centre in London. The London EYV Tour events lasted a week and were designed to inspire volunteers. The events, backed by the European Commission, offered anyone interested in
Lights, Camera, Cake… I mean action, yes ACTION…that.
This is just a reminder that it’s our first meeting tonight at Blackpool Central Library from 6pm. It’s a chance for film buffs, cinema goers, film-makers and movie fans to get together and decide what you want to see in Blackpool and when. We’ll be taking a look at some videos
October Connected
Aunty is pleased to announce that tickets available for Aunty Social Connected 5 which will be on the 26th October 2011 from 6pm to 8pm at Barista Coffee on Birley Street. We have spaces for 10 surgeons and 20 patients and we’re really looking forward to spending another evening answering your