Last updated at 14:56, Wednesday, 01 February 2012

Your guide to exhibitions, movies, music, theatre, arts and community events for the week ahead...

Exhibitions

Whitehaven: Creative Copeland, The Beacon, until February 8.
Egremont: Paintings and Ceramics, Lowes Court Gallery, until March 6.

Gigs & Music

Whitehaven: Entertainment, Cons Club, Saturdays, 8.30pm. Live and Electric II, Rosehill Theatre, Friday, 7.30pm; Weathered II Rock, John Paul Jones, Friday, 9pm.
Cleator: Live music, The Brook, every weekend; Open mic, The Brook, Wednesdays, 8.30pm.
Nether Wasdale: Acoustic open mic, Strands Hotel, 8pm, first Wednesday of every month.
Beckermet: 13 Stars, Royal Oak, Friday, 9pm.
Keswick: Local Junior Artists Concert, Theatre by the Lake, Wednesday, 7pm.
Maryport: Connie Lush and the Blues Shouters, The Golden Lion Hotel, Saturday.

Community

Whitehaven: Wellness Club, The Samaritans, Wednesdays, 6pm to 7pm; Sivandana yoga, Senhouse Centre, Mondays and Wednesdays; Letting go of Stress, Buddhist meditation, Age Concern, Mondays 7.30pm; Weightwatchers, United Reformed Church, Wednesdays (5.15pm) and Civic Hall, Thursdays (10am); Sing Owt, choir, Quaker Meeting House, Mondays, 7pm to 9pm; West Lakes Music Centre, St Gregory’s and St Patrick’s, Tuesdays (6.30pm), Thursdays (7pm); Modern, Latin and sequence dance, Marchon Club, Mondays, 8pm to 10pm; Zumba, civic hall, Mondays (1pm), Tuesdays (7pm), Wednesdays (10.30am); Moky dance fitness, secondary school, Tuesdays (5.30pm, 6.45pm, 8pm), Fridays (5.30pm); Art and craft group, Hensingham Methodist Church hall, Tuesdays, 10am to noon; Stretch For Health class, Senhouse Centre, Thursdays, 10.30am to 11.30am; Kay’s Legs, Bums and Tums, St James’ Church room, Mondays, 5.30pm to 6.30pm; Coal Mining in 18th and 19th Century Whitehaven, rambling club talk, United Reformed Church hall, Wednesday, 7.45pm; William Street Memorial Lectures, Friends of Whitehaven Museum, The Beacon, Tuesday; Zumba - Live, Civic Hall, Friday, 7.30pm.
Mirehouse: Coffee morning (9.30am to 11am), lunch club (noon to 1pm), prize bingo (1.30pm to 2.30pm), Community Centre, every Friday; Self-defence, Community Centre, Mondays (7.30pm to 8.30pm) and Thursdays (7pm to 8pm); Counselling, Community Centre, Tuesdays to Thursdays, 9.30am to 1pm.
Egremont: Yoga, St Mary and St Michael’s Church hall, Tuesdays, 5.30pm to 7pm; Sing Owt, Youth Centre, Mondays, 7pm to 8.30pm; Zumba Cumbria, market hall, Wednesdays, 5.45pm; Weightwatchers, St Mary’s Centre, Mondays, 10am and 6.30pm; Breathing Space, drop-in, mental health group, Methodist Church hall, 1st Wednesday in month (7pm to 9pm), 3rd Wednesday in month (2pm to 4pm); Moky dance fitness, St Mary and St Michael’s Church hall, Mondays, 5.15pm. Car boot sale, Cons Club, Sundays, 1.30pm to 3.30pm.
Bigrigg: Bridge Club, village hall, Tuesdays, (6.45pm) and Fridays (1.15pm).
Cleator Moor: Exercise classes with Lynda Ridley, civic hall, Mondays and Wednesdays, 5.30pm to 6.30pm; Yoga and relaxation, Crossfield Community Centre, Thursdays, 6pm to 7.30pm; Weightwatchers, Columba Club, Tuesdays, 10am and 6pm; Moky dance fitness, St John’s Church hall, Thursdays, 11am; Yoga for Over-55s, Crossfield Community Centre, Tuesdays, 10am to 11.30am.
Keekle: Cleator Moor Brass, Keekle Mission, Mondays and Thursdays, 7pm to 9pm.
St Bees: Hatha Yoga, Hodgett’s Club, Mondays, 6pm to 7.30pm; Saints, Administrators, Builders and Sinners, talk, New College Hall, Tuesday, 7.30pm.
Arlecdon: Quiz night, The Hound, Thursdays, 9pm.
Gosforth: Art Society, village school, Mondays, 7pm to 9pm; Kay’s Keep Fit Class, public hall, Mondays, 10am to 11am.
Frizington: Moky dance fitness, St Joseph’s Church hall, Thursdays, 6.30pm.
Seascale: A Summer on St Kilda, Wildlife Trust talk, Methodist Church hall, Wednesday, 7.30pm.
Beckermet: Art class, Reading Rooms, Mondays, 10am to noon.
Seascale: Zumba Cumbria, Seascale School, Mondays, 7pm and 8pm; Kay’s Keep Fit Class, Windscale Club, Tuesdays, 6.15pm to 7.15pm.
Calderbridge: Morris dancing, village hall, Mondays, 8.15pm.
Millom: Yoga/pilates, beginners, recreation centre, Thursdays, 6pm; Modern jive classes, beginners, recreation centre, Sundays, 7.30pm; Table top sale, recreation centre, Saturday, 10am to 1pm.
Cockermouth: Managing Radioactive Waste Safely, talk, Cockermouth School Eco Centre, tonight, 7.30pm.

Film

Workington: Chronicle; Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D; Man on a Ledge; Underworld: Awakening 3D; Star Wars Episode One 3D; The Grey; A Monster in Paris 2D; The Sitter; War Horse; Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked; Puss in Boots 3D; Hugo 2D; 50/50 (Wednesday, February 8 only), all at Plaza Cinema from Friday.

Theatre

Keswick: The Merry Widow, Thursday and Friday; The Table, Saturday; A Celebration of Charles Dickens, Sunday; Tim Mosedale - From Keswick to Everest, Monday; Sherlock Holmes...The Last Act, Tuesday; Knives in Hens, February 3 to 18; all Theatre by the Lake.

First published at 12:01, Thursday, 14 July 2011
Published by http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk