Under-25s clinic open every Saturday. Quick, easy and confidential sexual health screening and contraceptive service at the Terrence Higgins Trust from 12.30 - 2.30pm. And it’s free! Find us at 43 Pembroke Street, Oxford – walk along St Aldates, turn right at G&D’s coffee shop and we’re next to the phone box. 01865 243389.
BASS GUITAR: black Yamaha RBX270 plus wide extra long Levy guitar strap, padded Fender carry case. Very good condition. £150. Email Me
Bands, discos, karaoke. Equipment hire from ODS. (01865) 736660.
Alexander Technique lessons, central Oxford and Headington. Student rates. Tel. 01865 765511. s.c@btinternet.com / www.hatso.com
Drumming workshop (tabla), every Wednesday, 7pm-ish, central Oxford. Interested? Phone 01865 552000 / 07862 717805 / tapp@howard-jones.com
Fun, Professional Equipment hire for all party needs. 01865 875519 www.acdisco.com
Disco, PA, and Lighting Equipment — hire and sales. 118 Cowley Road, 01865 722027
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Sat 11th Oct — Balls Listings
Modern Jive fun dance party with mid eve Dirty Dancing comp
www.jiveplus.com / email: coralie@jiveplus.com / Tel. 07767 360854
8.00 - 1.00 am, £12 pp
Rover Club, Roman Way, Horspath Rd, Cowley
Sat 11th Oct
Odeon George Street (0871 2244 007) — Sat 11th Oct
The House Bunny [12A] Submit review
Playboy Bunny helps clueless sorority girls save their house.
11.15am, 1.45, 4.15, 8.15pm
Mirrors [15] Submit review
Evil force uses mirrors as doorways.
12.00, 2.30, 5.30, 8.30pm
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People [15]
Simon Pegg plays irritating man.
11.30am, 2.00, 5.00, 8.00pm
A few good bits but generally somewhat immature and annoying - then again, I don't really like Simon Pegg!... read more
Agent's daughter is kidnapped.
1.45, 9.00pm
Hmm. Luc Besson. This isn’t another one he wrote when he was 14, is it? You might be able to answer that if I tell you that ‘... read more
Actors in a war film are dropped into a real-life combat situation.
12.15, 2.45, 5.45, 8.45pm
Minor correction to the review below: Etan Cohen was a co-writer here, not Ethan Coen. A very significant difference. The other... read more
Richard Gere charms unhappily married woman in whirlwind romance.
11.45am, 2.15, 4.45, 7.30pm
Diane Lane (Best Actress Oscar winner for "Unfaithful", also with Richard Gere) stars in this wonderful romantic drama... read more
Meryl Streep rocks in ABBA-fuelled fun. With Colin Firth.
11.15am, 4.00, 6.30pm
The best film I have seen in a long time. I think Pierce Brosnan is great - he deserves an oscar for trying to sing.... read more
Odeon Magdalen Street (0871 2244 007) — Sat 11th Oct
Decadent England between the wars.
1.45, 4.45, 7.45pm
Brideshead: The Movie is heritage cinema at its most vacant, a Miramaxed 'periodpudding' for the US market (where it... read more
Igor [PG] Submit review
Famous voices in animation about scientist's assistant with aspirations.
12.30, 2.45, 5.00pm
Bodice-buster with Diana overtones and one funny line.
8.15pm
I went with my 12 year old daughter and this is definitely NOT a 12A movie - beware! More like a 15. Loved the movie though... read more
Phoenix Picture House (0870 758 3218) — Sat 11th Oct
Kid's Club: Speed Racer [PG] Submit review
Speed must avenge brother's death and save family business.
1.30pm, activities from 12.45pm
Opera from New York, live via satellite.
6.00pm
Went to see Don Giovanni streamed live from the Royal Opera House, and I think it was definitely worth it. But: I
... read moreTrue life stories about Italy's modern crime families. Subtitled.
3.30, 6.15, 9.00pm
It's better to clarify that is not Italy but Naples. Gomorrah stand for Camorra: the Napolitanean mafia which control economy... read more
Decadent England with bear.
12.00, 2.45, 8.50pm
Brideshead: The Movie is heritage cinema at its most vacant, a Miramaxed 'periodpudding' for the US market (where it... read more
Ultimate Picture Palace (245288) — Sat 11th Oct
1994. Swapping dope for psychiatry.
7.00pm
This is a terrific film. It's about being young, and getting old, making friends, falling in love and taking far too many drugs... read more
Masked people are unreasonably sadistic.
9.30pm
There is no point in watching this movie, unless you want to waste your money in order just to be scared. There is hardly any... read more
Vue Cinema (08712 240 240) — Sat 11th Oct
Meryl Streep in ABBA-fuelled fun. With Colin Firth.
1.15, 3.45, 6.15, 8.45pm
The best film I have seen in a long time. I think Pierce Brosnan is great - he deserves an oscar for trying to sing.... read more
Righteous Kill [15] Submit review
De Niro and Pacino as New York detectives after a strange serial killer.
10.15pm
Richard Gere charms unhappily married woman in whirlwind romance.
1.00, 3.30, 6.00, 8.30pm
Diane Lane (Best Actress Oscar winner for "Unfaithful", also with Richard Gere) stars in this wonderful romantic drama... read more
Igor [PG] Submit review
Famous voices in animation about scientist's assistant with aspirations.
12.00, 2.15, 4.30pm
Mobsters cut each other out of London property scams.
11.15pm
RocknRolla, the latest film from Guy Ritchie, is a slick and witty, very British gangster film with a retro feel that... read more
Actors in a war film are dropped into a real-life combat situation.
11.45am, 2.30, 5.15, 7.45, 10.30pm
Minor correction to the review below: Etan Cohen was a co-writer here, not Ethan Coen. A very significant difference. The other... read more
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas [12A]
Son of Nazi death-camp commandant befriends boy on wrong side of fence.
12.50, 3.00, 5.30, 8.00pm
'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas', based on John Boyne's book of the same name, is a provocative film set in Nazi Germany... read more
Death Race [15] Submit review
Unpretentious remake of Death Race 2000.
10.45pm
City Of Ember [PG] Submit review
Can two children save the city before the lights go out forever?
12.30, 2.45, 5.00, 7.15, 9.30, 11.45pm
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People [15]
Simon Pegg plays irritating man.
12.40, 3.15, 5.45, 8.15, 10.55pm
A few good bits but generally somewhat immature and annoying - then again, I don't really like Simon Pegg!... read more
The House Bunny [12A] Submit review
Playboy Bunny helps clueless sorority girls save their house.
11.15am, 1.45, 4.15, 6.45, 9.10, 11.35pm
Mirrors [15] Submit review
Evil force uses mirrors as doorways.
11.00am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00, 11.30pm
Agent's daughter is kidnapped.
7.00, 9.20, 11.40pm
Hmm. Luc Besson. This isn’t another one he wrote when he was 14, is it? You might be able to answer that if I tell you that ‘... read more
Star Wars: The Clone Wars [PG] Submit review
Animated spin-off, with "brief language and momentary smoking."
10.50am
Kids Club: Space Chimps [U] Submit review
Reluctant chimp must boldly go where only his great-grandfather has gone before.
10.40am
Sat 11th Oct — Concert Listings
www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/
1pm and 6pm, £7.50 (£5 conc) or £20 for all performances
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street.
Lunchtime musical treats by Mozart, Vivaldi, Faure, Bizet and others
www.terzina.org.uk / email: terzina.nrs@googlemail.com / Tel. 079680 29225
12.45pm, £5 on door
Wesley Memorial Church , New Inn Hall St; Email: churchoffice@wesleymem.org.uk; Tel. 01865 243216; Fax: 01865 247706.
Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante; J.S. Bach, Magnificat
www.oxfordspezzati.com / email: enquiries@oxfordspezzati.com / Tel. 07973 655489
8pm. Tickets £10 (£5)
Exeter College Chapel , Turl St.
Schubert's First Song Cycle Oxford Lieder Festival
David Owen Norris & RCM singers perform recent 'Kosegarten' discovery
www.oxfordlieder.co.uk / Tel. TicketsOxford: 01865 305305
2pm. £10 (students £5)
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street.
Ian Partridge Masterclass Oxford Lieder Festival
A public masterclass with Royal College of Music students
www.oxfordlieder.co.uk
3.30-5.30pm. £3 on the door
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street.
Schubert: Winterreise Oxford Lieder Festival
The celebrated baritone Florian Boesch with pianist Andrew West
www.oxfordlieder.co.uk / Tel. TicketsOxford: 305305
8pm. £20 (conc £17. stdnt £5)
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street.
English Baroque Choral Concert Lower Windrush Choral Society
Music by Purcell and Blow directed by Terry McNamara
email: jane@pinkhill.plus.com / Tel. 01865 300544
7.30pm £10 children free
St Mary's Church Bampton
Opera from New York, live via satellite.
6.00pm
Phoenix Picture House , Walton Street; Tel. 0870 758 3218.
Went to see Don Giovanni streamed live from the Royal Opera House, and I think it was definitely worth it. But: I love that particular... read more
Sat 11th Oct — Courses and Workshops Listings
Silk Painting Workshop Lisa Jayne Art Studio
Experimenting with Silk Painting Techniques Saturday & Sunday
www.lisajayne.uk.com / email: info@lisajayne.uk.com / Tel. 01608 677558
10.00AM - 4.00PM
The Stables, Radford, near Enstone, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 4EB
Free Meditation Courses Foundation of International Spritual Unfoldment (FISU)
An introductory talk on meditation, the benefits gained by meditating and personally prescribed techniques.
www.fisu.org / Tel. Mei: 07738 383347
1 - 2pm, free
St Christophers Place, Temple Cowley
Re-align & detoxify your body & with this ancient practice. All levels welcome.
email: srhyland@hotmail.com / Tel. 07764 582940
5.30 - 7.00pm, £7.50 (£6)
Yoga Garden, Behind Cibo's (on the right), South Parade, Summertown.
Learn Finnish Finnish Saturday School in Oxford
Finnish classes for children and adults,
email: oxford.finnish@googlemail.com / Tel. 01844 214414
10am-12
St Clare's College, 18 Bardwell Rd, Oxford
Gospel Workshop Oxford Gospel Choir
Learn how to create that amazing gospel sound with Colin Vassell
www.oxfordgospelchoir,org.uk / email: jules@oxfordgospelchoir.org.uk / Tel. 07749 942646
9.30 - 4pm
Magdalen College Auditorium, Longwall St.
Sat 11th Oct — Exhibition Listings
Treasures: Antiquities, Eastern Art, Coins and Casts
200 of the most significant objects from Antiquities, Eastern Art and Coins will be on display throughout the redevelopment of the Ashmolean. Ends 31st December 2008.
Ashmolean Museum , Beaumont Street. Open Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, 12-5pm (except Cast Gallery); BH, 10am-5pm. ; Email: education.service@ashmus.ox.ac.uk; Tel. 278000.
I found the Treasures of the Ashmolean Museum exhibition to be a rewarding and interesting experience, albeit a little eclectic... read more
Still one of Oxford's best kept secrets Submit review
40 years of Christ Chruch Picture Gallery. To 29th October.
Christ Church Picture Gallery , Christ Church (entrance via Canterbury Gate / Oriel Square) Open: 1 Oct - 31 Mar: Mo-Sa, 10.30-1pm & 2-4.30; Su, 2-4.30. 1 Apr - 30 Sep: Mo-Sa, 10.30-5; Su, 2-5. Adults £2, concs £1 ; Tel. 01865 276172.
Treasured Drawings: Christ Church Curators Reminisce Submit review
Christ Church Curators Reminisce. To 26th October.
Christ Church Picture Gallery , Christ Church (entrance via Canterbury Gate / Oriel Square) Open: 1 Oct - 31 Mar: Mo-Sa, 10.30-1pm & 2-4.30; Su, 2-4.30. 1 Apr - 30 Sep: Mo-Sa, 10.30-5; Su, 2-5. Adults £2, concs £1 ; Tel. 01865 276172.
Beyond The Work Of One Bodleian Library Submit review
Celebrating Oxford College libraries and their benefactors. (ends Nov 1st)
www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/about/exhibitions / email: tours@bodley.ox.ac.uk / Tel. 01865277178
09.00-17.00 / Admission free
Bodleian Library Exhibition Room , Old Schools Quadrangle, Broad Street.; Tel. 277224.
Roddy Mccoll - Port Meadow: A year in Photographs
Stunning Images of Oxford's Port Meadow by local artist. Till 19th October.
11am-4pm, Free
03Gallery , Oxford Castle, OX1 1AY. Mon - Closed, Tue - Fri - 12-5pm, Sat & Sun - 11-4pm. Free Admission; Email: info@03gallery.co.uk; Tel. 01865 246131.
The O3 Gallery is proud to present a series of stunning photographic images by Oxfordshire photographer Roddy McColl. The exhibition... read more
120 floodlit pictures by Yann Arthus-Bertand, each the size of a double bed. Illuminates the planet's beauty whilst raising awareness of man’s impact. Till Jan 09.
Free, any time - day or night
Oxford Castle, New Road.
A showcase of 12 diverse artists. Till 11th October
www.m8show.org/
OVADA , 21 Gloucester Green, open 10am-5pm Tue-Fri, 11am-4pm Sat, closed Sun/Mon; Email: info@ovada.org.uk; Tel. 01865 201782.
Scientific Instrument Society 25th Anniversary exhibition
An exhibition of objects from private collections celebrating the 25th anniversary of SIS.
www.mhs.ox.ac.uk / email: museum@mhs.ox.ac.uk / Tel. 01865 277280
10am - 5pm, Admission Free
Museum of the History of Science , Old Ashmolean Building, Broad Street. 12-5 Tue-Fri, 10-5 Sat, 2-5 Sun.; Tel. 01865 277280.
Christopher Townsend: Sculpture The Gallery at Waterperry
A range of indoor and outdoor sculptures by local artist Christopher Townsend.
www.waterperrygardens.co.uk / email: gallery@waterperrygardens.co.uk / Tel. 01844 338085
10am-5:30pm / Free
Waterperry Gardens , Nr. Wheatley, Oxon. OX33 1JZ. Open: April-Oct 10-5.30; Nov-Mar 10-5; Tel. 01844 339254.
Hollis & Dyer explore paranormal events and the things that "cannot possibly occur". Till 28th Oct.
The Jam Factory , 27 Park End Street, OX1 1HU. Open Mon - Fri 8am - 11pm, Sat & Sun 10am - 11pm; Email: contact@thejamfactoryoxford.com; Tel. 01865 244613.
New landscape paintings - inheriting & subverting themes & traditions
http://artjericho.com / email: info@artjericho.com / Tel. 07709 239322
10.30am-5pm.
Art Jericho, 6 King Street
Oxford Sculpture Group Friends of the Turrill Garden
The Turrill Sculpture Garden shows contemporary sculptures in a beautiful garden setting.
www.turrillsculpturegarden.org.uk / Tel. 01865 515584
9.00-16.30
South Parade
Art & Craft Exhibition St. Peter & Paul's Church
Local Artists at work - woodcarving, painting, knitting, mosaics etc. Refreshments for sale
10am to 4pm Free
St Peter & St Paul's Church, West Way, Botley
Six: A Photographic Exhibition
'SIX' photographers in an exhibition
email: six@phillipball.co.uk / Tel. 01235 529256
10:30am - 5pm / Free event
Museum of Natural History , Parks Road .Open 12noon-5pm daily.; Tel. 272970; Fax: 272950.
Metaphora By Afroditi Aparti OVADA
Sculptural installation. Part of M8 exhibition by Oxford Brookes Interdisciplinary Arts MA graduates
www.ovada.org.uk / email: info@ovada.org.uk / Tel. 01865 201782
9am-5pm. Free
Covered Market
www.puder.co.uk / email: buro@puder.co.uk
12pm - 8pm
247 iffley road, oxford
Sat 11th Oct — Family Events Listings
Family Pottery Painting The Pottery Place
Paint Your Own Pottery
www.thepotteryplace.co.uk / email: info@thepotteryplace.co.uk / Tel. 01993 704234
9.30 to 5.30 £2.50 studio fee plus pottery
The Pottery Place Witney
Food and crafts fair, apple tastings, orchard tours and fun!
www.waterperrygardens.co.uk / email: office@waterperrygardens.co.uk / Tel. 01844 339254
10am - 4.30pm Free!
Waterperry Gardens , Nr. Wheatley, Oxon. OX33 1JZ. Open: April-Oct 10-5.30; Nov-Mar 10-5; Tel. 01844 339254.
Lenny - The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Train Travelling Light
Family fun about the difficulty of being small in a big world. Age 10+.
11am, 2pm, £6.50, Children £4.50
Burton Taylor Studio , Gloucester St; Tel. 305305.
Children's activities to enthuse, educate and entertain
www.nagcbritain.org.uk / email: julietaplin@nagcbritain.org.uk / Tel. 0845 450 0295
12noon - 5.30pm £25 per child, adults free, concs available
Stantonbury Campus, MK14 6BN
Discover what everyday objects look like under the microscope
www.scienceoxford.com / email: events@scienceoxford.com / Tel. 01865 728953
10am-4pm, £3.50 child/£5 adult
Science Oxford , 1 - 5 London Place, St Clements; Email: events@scienceoxford.com; Tel. 01865 728953.
Discover what everyday objects look like under the microscope.
www.scienceoxford.com / email: events@scienceoxford.com / Tel. 01865 728953
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Rural Fair celebrating the English Apple & Orchards
www.sulgravemanor.org.uk / email: enquiries@sulgravemanor.org.uk / Tel. 01295 760205
11-5 Adults £7.50 Children £3.50 Family £20
Sulgrave Manor, Sulgrave, Banbury, OX17 2SD
Woodstock Literary Festival with The Independent newspaper
History, crime, fact & fiction, literature, tea & cake and even a Literary pub quiz!
www.blenheimpalace.com / Tel. 01865 305305
£7 - £10 for events; Lunch £25, dinner £75
various venues in Woodstock, including Blenheim Palace
The Big Draw: Drawing in Space - Dr Steven Biller & Miranda Cresswell
www.modernartoxford.org.uk / email: info@modernartoxford.org.uk / Tel. 01865 813800
FREE, just drop in 11am-4pm
Rose Hill Primary School, The Oval
Sat 11th Oct — Festivals, Fairs and Markets Listings
Every Saturday from 17th May 2008, in EOCC yard.
10.30-4.30pm (stallholder setup: 9.30) / Stalls from £5
East Oxford Community Centre, 44b Princes Street (corner of Cowley Rd), OX4 1DD.
East Oxford Farmers' & Community Market
Fresh local produce (mostly organic), crafts and eco-friendly groceries. (Check website for stallholders each week.) Cafe serving delicious food.
www.eastoxfordmarket.org.uk / email: eastoxfordmarket@gmail.com / Tel. 01865 725740
12-3pm
Asian Cultural Centre, Manzil Way, OX4 1GH.
Fantastic, reasonably priced Indian food + great stalls (including one where you can refill your Ecover washing up liquid). Friendly... read more
The Orinoco re-use store is open to all. Come and browse.
www.oxorinoco.org/update / email: office@oxorinoco.org / Tel. 01865 761113
11am to 4pm. Free. Open to all
Orinoco Scrap Store , Bullingdon Community Centre, Peat Moors (off The Slade) Headington, Oxford; Email: mail@oxorinoco.org; Tel. 07960 661748.
Swap Shop At Orinoco Orinoco & The Bullingdon CAG
Bring stuff you don't want anymore OR take stuff away. Free.
www.oxorinoco.org/swapshop / email: office@oxorinoco.org / Tel. 01865 761113
11am till 4pm. Free.
Orinoco Scrap Store , Bullingdon Community Centre, Peat Moors (off The Slade) Headington, Oxford; Email: mail@oxorinoco.org; Tel. 07960 661748.
www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/
1pm and 6pm, £7.50 (£5 conc) or £20 for all performances
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street.
Wallingford Nearly New Sale Wallingford NCT
Sale of good quality nearly new children's clothes, toys and equipment
www.nct.org.uk/in-your-area/wallingford / email: wallingfordnns@yahoo.co.uk / Tel. 07505 155015
10.30 NCT members / 10.45 all
Benson Parish Hall, Benson
Woodstock Literary Festival with The Independent newspaper
History, crime, fact & fiction, literature, tea & cake and even a Literary pub quiz!
www.blenheimpalace.com / Tel. 01865 305305
£7 - £10 for events; Lunch £25, dinner £75
various venues in Woodstock, including Blenheim Palace
Sat 11th Oct — Gig Listings
High energy dancing to live music.
www.oxfolk.org.uk / email: cat@catkelly.co.uk / Tel. 07866 804220 / 07515 410211
7.30 for 8pm, £9 (£6)
Kennington Village Hall
The First Fab Four Submit review
An Evening with the Romantics: Keats, Byron, Leigh Hunt and Shelley
www.headington.org / email: boxoffice@headington.org / Tel. 01865 759138
7.30pm / £8.50 (£7.50)
The Theatre At Headington , Headington School, Headington Road; Email: boxoffice@headington.org; Tel. 759138 .
Level 42 Submit review
Popular eighties band
7.30pm, £24.50
New Theatre, Oxford , George Street; Tel. 0844 8471585.
Jonquil + This Town Needs Guns + Great Eskimo Hoax
One of the most exciting bands to emerge from Oxford's burgeoning left field scene in recent years.
www.myspace.com/jonquiluk / Tel. 0844 477 2000
Doors 6.30pm
The Zodiac @ Carling Academy Oxford , 190 Cowley Road, OX4 1UE; Tel. Box Office: 0844 477 2000 / Info: 0905 020 3999 (25p/min) .
Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band
Jump Blues and Atomic Jazz from the Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band.
www.myspace.com/theoriginalrabbitfootspasmband / Tel. 01993 811401
8.30-Late
Killingworth Castle, Wootton Nr Woodstock
A night of outstanding House Music.
www.djsmile.co.uk / email: chris@djsmile.co.uk
8 til l8!
The Corridor, Cowley Rd
n/a
Carling Academy Oxford , 190 Cowley Road, OX4 1UE; Tel. Box Office: 0844 477 2000 / Info 0905 020 3999 (25p/min).
The Sticks, Whiskey Blitz, Bear In The Air
8pm £5
The Wheatsheaf, Wheatsheaf Alley, 129 High Street, OX1 4DF; Tel. 01865 721156.
Port Mahon, St. Clement's.
The Relationships, Les Clochards, Moiety, Blue Kite
Psychedelic rock, Gallic pop and folk pop
Bullingdon Arms, 162 Cowley Road, Oxford; Tel. 244516.
Le Volume Courbe, Vatican Cellars, King Of Spain
Folk pop
8pm. £5
Jericho Tavern , 56 Walton St.; Tel. 311775.
9pm. Free entry
Jack Russell, 21 Salford Rd, Marston; Tel. 247668.
Le Volume Courbe Back & To The Left and Coo
Cool and sultry country / folk with Vatican Cellars & King of Spain
www.myspace.com/backandtotheleft1 / email: music@6sensemedia.com / Tel. 07939 592732
8pm til late, £5 adv, £6 door
Jericho Tavern , 56 Walton St.; Tel. 311775.
R & B and Reggae Night
email: claire@the-red-lion-tetsworth.co.uk / Tel. 01865 361395
7pm till late
The Three Horseshoes, Garsington, Oxford, OX44 9DF
The Sticks + Whisky Blitz + Bear In The Air
Rock
www.whiskyblitz.co.uk
8pm, about £5
The Wheatsheaf, Wheatsheaf Alley, 129 High Street, OX1 4DF; Tel. 01865 721156.
Sat 11th Oct — Lectures, Seminars and Conferences Listings
Woodstock Literary Festival with The Independent newspaper
History, crime, fact & fiction, literature, tea & cake and even a Literary pub quiz!
www.blenheimpalace.com / Tel. 01865 305305
£7 - £10 for events; Lunch £25, dinner £75
various venues in Woodstock, including Blenheim Palace
Private Passions Scientific Instrument Society
Members of the Society talk about the instruments in their private collections.
www.mhs.ox.ac.uk / email: museum@mhs.ox.ac.uk / Tel. 01865 277280
2 - 4.30pm, admission free
Museum of the History of Science , Old Ashmolean Building, Broad Street. 12-5 Tue-Fri, 10-5 Sat, 2-5 Sun.; Tel. 01865 277280.
Ian Partridge Masterclass Oxford Lieder Festival
A public masterclass with Royal College of Music students
www.oxfordlieder.co.uk
3.30-5.30pm. £3 on the door
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street.
Sat 11th Oct — Meeting Listings
Woodstock Literary Festival with The Independent newspaper
History, crime, fact & fiction, literature, tea & cake and even a Literary pub quiz!
www.blenheimpalace.com / Tel. 01865 305305
£7 - £10 for events; Lunch £25, dinner £75
various venues in Woodstock, including Blenheim Palace
Sat 11th Oct — Music and Dance Listings
Burn calories, build confidence and learn amazing dance routines. Beginners: £15/lesson, £48/4 lessons in adv.
Intermediate/advanced: £12/lesson, £35/4 lessons in adv.
www.danceinspires.co.uk / email: danceinspires@hotmail.co.uk / Tel. 07706 708097
Classes run all day
Port Mahon, St. Clement's.
High energy dancing to live music.
www.oxfolk.org.uk / email: cat@catkelly.co.uk / Tel. 07866 804220 / 07515 410211
7.30 for 8pm, £9 (£6)
Kennington Village Hall
Jazz classes for all levels.
email: cmorris@tac-africa.org / Tel. 07778184396
2pm-3.30pm / £6
North Wall Arts Centre , South Parade, Oxford OX2 7NN; Email: sarahlacey@thenorthwall.com; Tel. 01865 319450.
Learn Street, Freestyle, Latin American and Ballroom. Contact studio for times.
email: liz.lee-selleck@tesco.net / Tel. 01235 520195
£3.50 per 45 min. lesson
Abingdon Dance Studios
Funky fun Salsa for kids 8yrs & over
email: salsahips1@yahoo.co.uk / Tel. 07776430343
10 till 11.30am
The Regal , 300 Cowley Road (corner of Magdalen Road), OX4 1US; Tel. 01865 241261.
Buena Vista Salsa Party Cubanisimo
www.cubanisimo.co.uk / email: info@cubanisimo.co.uk / Tel. 07887 613408
8pm to 2am, £10
Lord Nuffield (formerly Morris Motors) Social Club , 129 Crescent Rd. Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2NX; Email: info@thelordnuffield.co.uk; Tel. 07702 742051.
Adult Beginner Ballet Class Lisia Moala & Susie Crow
Learn from a Professional! susiecrow@easynet.co.uk
email: lisiamoala@hotmail.com / Tel. 01865 557098
11am - 12pm. £7/£6 student
United Reformed Church (Summertown), 274a Banbury Road (opposite South Parade).
Sat 11th Oct — Pubs Listings
Live World Cup Qualifier
email: charlie.guinan@btinternet.com / Tel. 790106 / 07786 383437
5.15pm
Folly Bridge Inn, Abingdon Road; Tel. 01865 790106.
Sat 11th Oct — Sports and Fitness Listings
Capoeira - Beginners Class Abolicao Oxford Capoeira
The Brazilian sport that's a martial art, a dance and a game.
www.abolicao.co.uk
11.00am-1.00pm - £7 or £5 for members (£15/yr)
Oxford Brookes University Sports Centre
Go-kan-ryu Karate Go-Kan-Ryu Karate
Non-contact family karate club for 5yrs and up, every Weds 7pm & Sat 10:30am.
www.oxfordgkr.co.uk / email: info@oxfordgkr.co.uk
9:15-10:15am (kids 5-12) and 10:30-12noon (adults)
Oxford Community School, Glanville Road
New Martial Arts Classes Oxford School of Martial Arts
For fitter, safer, happier children
www.schoolofmartialarts.com / email: claire@schoolofmartialarts.com / Tel. 01865 370 339
10.30-11.30am / Please enquire for fees
South Oxford Community Centre, Lake Street, off Abingdon Rd.
Handball – women Players Needed OU Handball Club
All skill levels welcome. Open to non-university members.
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~handball/index.html / email: handball@herald.ox.ac.uk
5.30-7.30pm
Oxford University Sports Complex , Iffley Road; Tel. 01865 240476.
Kendo Japanese Samurai Fencing Oxford City Kendo Club
Join our beginners course any week. Experienced kendoka welcome.
www.oxfordkendo.com / email: rowenadossett@aol.com / Tel. 07711 285 730
14.30 £4 beginnners
Cheney School Sports Hall, Cheney Lane, Headington
Re-align & detoxify your body & with this ancient practice. All levels welcome.
email: srhyland@hotmail.com / Tel. 07764 582940
5.30 - 7.00pm, £7.50 (£6)
Yoga Garden, Behind Cibo's (on the right), South Parade, Summertown.
Train at one of the best university clubs in the country!
email: oxfordboxing@googlemail.com / Tel. 01993 774407
6.00 - 7.30p.m
Oxford Brookes University Sports Centre
Muay Thai, Boxing, Brazilain Jiu Jitsu, M.M.A , Brazilian Vale Tudo
www.OMAA.org.uk / email: info@omaa.org.uk / Tel. 07906628444 OR 01865 774 998.
6pm - 9.30pm £4.10
381 Cowley Rd
Classic Tiger Kung Fu Classes Classic Tiger Kung Fu Club
Classic Chinese Martial Arts: friendly classes suitable for all levels
www.classictigerkungfu.co.uk
5-6:30pm; £3 students; £6 non-students (NO CLASS Nov 8th)
Lower Lecture Room, Lincoln College, Turl Street
Sat 11th Oct — Theatre Listings
Lenny - The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Train Travelling Light Submit review
Family fun about the difficulty of being small in a big world. Age 10+.
11am, 2pm, £6.50, Children £4.50
Burton Taylor Studio , Gloucester St; Tel. 305305.
Will any potential suitors match up to wilful Bathsheba Everdene? Adaptation of Hardy's classic. £10.50 - £23.50.
2.30, 7.30pm
Oxford Playhouse , Beaumont Street; Tel. 305305; Fax: 793748.
Wonderful play, we all really enjoyed it, the lead part of Bathsheba Everdene, played by Rebecca O'Hara, was acted superbly with... read more
The First Fab Four Submit review
An Evening with the Romantics: Keats, Byron, Leigh Hunt and Shelley
www.headington.org / email: boxoffice@headington.org / Tel. 01865 759138
7.30pm / £8.50 (£7.50)
The Theatre At Headington , Headington School, Headington Road; Email: boxoffice@headington.org; Tel. 759138 .
Level 42 Submit review
Popular eighties band
7.30pm, £24.50
New Theatre, Oxford , George Street; Tel. 0844 8471585.
Mile End Submit review
Inspired by the devastating true story of the murder of Christophe Duclos. Analogue Theatre Co. presents.
8pm, £12 (£10)
North Wall Arts Centre , South Parade, Oxford OX2 7NN; Email: sarahlacey@thenorthwall.com; Tel. 01865 319450.
Sat 11th Oct — Worship Listings
Prayer Meeting RCCG - Victory Centre
An hour of prayers for our personal needs.
www.rccgvictorycox.org/home / email: info@rccgvictorycox.org / Tel. 07921541229
2-3pm
Cheney School, Chadwick Hall, Gipsy Lane, Headington, OX3 7QH
Free Meditation Courses Foundation of International Spritual Unfoldment (FISU)
An introductory talk on meditation, the benefits gained by meditating and personally prescribed techniques.
www.fisu.org / Tel. Mei: 07738 383347
1 - 2pm, free
St Christophers Place, Temple Cowley
Sun 12th Oct
Odeon George Street (0871 2244 007) — Sun 12th Oct
The House Bunny [12A] Submit review
Playboy Bunny helps clueless sorority girls save their house.
11.15am, 1.45, 4.15, 8.15pm
Mirrors [15] Submit review
Evil force uses mirrors as doorways.
12.00, 2.30, 5.30, 8.30pm
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People [15]
Simon Pegg plays irritating man.
11.30am, 2.00, 5.00, 8.00pm
A few good bits but generally somewhat immature and annoying - then again, I don't really like Simon Pegg!... read more
Agent's daughter is kidnapped.
1.45, 9.00pm
Hmm. Luc Besson. This isn’t another one he wrote when he was 14, is it? You might be able to answer that if I tell you that ‘... read more
Actors in a war film are dropped into a real-life combat situation.
12.15, 2.45, 5.45, 8.45pm
Minor correction to the review below: Etan Cohen was a co-writer here, not Ethan Coen. A very significant difference. The other... read more
Richard Gere charms unhappily married woman in whirlwind romance.
11.45am, 2.15, 4.45, 7.30pm
Diane Lane (Best Actress Oscar winner for "Unfaithful", also with Richard Gere) stars in this wonderful romantic drama... read more
Meryl Streep rocks in ABBA-fuelled fun. With Colin Firth.
11.15am, 4.00, 6.30pm
The best film I have seen in a long time. I think Pierce Brosnan is great - he deserves an oscar for trying to sing.... read more
Odeon Magdalen Street (0871 2244 007) — Sun 12th Oct
Decadent England between the wars.
1.45, 4.45, 7.45pm
Brideshead: The Movie is heritage cinema at its most vacant, a Miramaxed 'periodpudding' for the US market (where it... read more
Igor [PG] Submit review
Famous voices in animation about scientist's assistant with aspirations.
12.30, 2.45, 5.00pm
Bodice-buster with Diana overtones and one funny line.
8.15pm
I went with my 12 year old daughter and this is definitely NOT a 12A movie - beware! More like a 15. Loved the movie though... read more
Phoenix Picture House (0870 758 3218) — Sun 12th Oct
Innovative, charming and odd: best of 3 minute film challenge.
1.15pm
True life stories about Italy's modern crime families. Subtitled.
12.15, 3.30, 6.15, 9.00pm
It's better to clarify that is not Italy but Naples. Gomorrah stand for Camorra: the Napolitanean mafia which control economy... read more
Decadent England with bear.
3.15, 6.00, 8.50pm
Brideshead: The Movie is heritage cinema at its most vacant, a Miramaxed 'periodpudding' for the US market (where it... read more
Ultimate Picture Palace (245288) — Sun 12th Oct
1994. Swapping dope for psychiatry.
6.00pm
This is a terrific film. It's about being young, and getting old, making friends, falling in love and taking far too many drugs... read more
Masked people are unreasonably sadistic.
8.30pm
There is no point in watching this movie, unless you want to waste your money in order just to be scared. There is hardly any... read more
Vue Cinema (08712 240 240) — Sun 12th Oct
Meryl Streep in ABBA-fuelled fun. With Colin Firth.
1.15, 3.45, 6.15, 8.45pm (singalong)
The best film I have seen in a long time. I think Pierce Brosnan is great - he deserves an oscar for trying to sing.... read more
Richard Gere charms unhappily married woman in whirlwind romance.
1.00, 3.30, 6.00, 8.30pm
Diane Lane (Best Actress Oscar winner for "Unfaithful", also with Richard Gere) stars in this wonderful romantic drama... read more
Igor [PG] Submit review
Famous voices in animation about scientist's assistant with aspirations.
12.00, 2.15, 4.30pm
Actors in a war film are dropped into a real-life combat situation.
11.45am, 2.30, 5.15, 7.45pm
Minor correction to the review below: Etan Cohen was a co-writer here, not Ethan Coen. A very significant difference. The other... read more
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas [12A]
Son of Nazi death-camp commandant befriends boy on wrong side of fence.
12.50, 3.00, 5.30, 8.00pm
'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas', based on John Boyne's book of the same name, is a provocative film set in Nazi Germany... read more
City Of Ember [PG] Submit review
Can two children save the city before the lights go out forever?
12.30, 2.45, 5.00, 7.15, 9.30pm
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People [15]
Simon Pegg plays irritating man.
12.40, 3.15, 5.45, 8.15pm
A few good bits but generally somewhat immature and annoying - then again, I don't really like Simon Pegg!... read more
The House Bunny [12A] Submit review
Playboy Bunny helps clueless sorority girls save their house.
11.15am, 1.45, 4.15, 6.45, 9.10pm
Mirrors [15] Submit review
Evil force uses mirrors as doorways.
11.00am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00pm
Agent's daughter is kidnapped.
7.00, 9.20pm
Hmm. Luc Besson. This isn’t another one he wrote when he was 14, is it? You might be able to answer that if I tell you that ‘... read more
Star Wars: The Clone Wars [PG] Submit review
Animated spin-off, with "brief language and momentary smoking."
10.50am
Kids Club: Space Chimps [U] Submit review
Reluctant chimp must boldly go where only his great-grandfather has gone before.
10.40am
Sun 12th Oct — Concert Listings
www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/
1pm and 6pm, £7.50 (£5 conc) or £20 for all performances
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street.
Schubert: Schwanengesang Oxford Lieder Festival
Prize-winning duo Joshua Ellicott, tenor, and Joseph Middleton
www.oxfordlieder.co.uk / Tel. 305305
2pm. £10 (students £5)
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street.
Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin Oxford Lieder Festival
Tenor James Gilchrist & Anna Tilbrook continue the song cycle series
www.oxfordlieder.co.uk / Tel. 305305
4pm. £20 (conc £17. stdnt £5)
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street.
English Baroque Choral Concert Lower Windrush Choral Society
Music by Purcell and Blow directed by Terry McNamara
email: jane@pinkhill.plus.com / Tel. 01865 300544
4pm £10 children free
St Mary's Church Cogges Witney
English Baroque Choral Concert Lower Windrush Choral Society
Music by Purcell and Blow directed by Terry McNamara
email: jane@pinkhill.plus.com / Tel. 01865 300544
4pm £10 children free
St Mary's Church Cogges Witney
Sun 12th Oct — Courses and Workshops Listings
Silk Painting Workshop Lisa Jayne Art Studio
Experimenting with Silk Painting Techniques Saturday & Sunday
www.lisajayne.uk.com / email: info@lisajayne.uk.com / Tel. 01608 677558
10.00AM - 4.00PM
The Stables, Radford, near Enstone, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 4EB
Free Meditation Courses Foundation of International Spritual Unfoldment (FISU)
An introductory talk on meditation, the benefits gained by meditating and personally prescribed techniques.
www.fisu.org / Tel. Mei: 07738 383347
1 - 2pm, free
St Christophers Place, Temple Cowley
Learn To Play Bridge Oxford Bridge Club
Learning Bridge will change your life. Come and give it a try. Courses last 10 weeks, and there will be a two week break for half term.
www.oxfordbridgeclub.com / email: OBCLearning@aol.com / Tel. 0796 444 3617
10am Beginners course.
Oxford Bridge Club, 147 Banbury Road
Body, Nature And Imagination Caroline Born
A Movement Workshop with Caroline Born in Wytham village.
email: movement@carolineborn.plus.com / Tel. 01548 560786
10.00 - 4.00pm £55.00/£48.00
Wytham Village Hall
Chanting Session - Kirtan. Oxford Kirtan Group
Music and Mantras, The Ancient Art of Sound Meditation
http://kirtans.blogspot.com/ / email: keshava108@gmail.com / Tel. 01865 331716
4.00pm Free / Contribution
43 St. Giles.
Life Drawing Class Fusion Arts
with local artist Francis O'Neill
www.fusion-arts.org / email: francis@francisoneill.net / Tel. 07740 779457
7-9pm / £10 per class or 5 classes £45
East Oxford Community Centre, 44b Princes Street (corner of Cowley Rd), OX4 1DD.
Gospel Workshop Oxford Gospel Choir
Learn how to create that amazing gospel sound with Colin Vassell
www.oxfordgospelchoir,org.uk / email: jules@oxfordgospelchoir.org.uk / Tel. 07749 942646
9.30 - 4pm
Magdalen College Auditorium, Longwall St.
Sun 12th Oct — Exhibition Listings
Treasures: Antiquities, Eastern Art, Coins and Casts
200 of the most significant objects from Antiquities, Eastern Art and Coins will be on display throughout the redevelopment of the Ashmolean. Ends 31st December 2008.
Ashmolean Museum , Beaumont Street. Open Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, 12-5pm (except Cast Gallery); BH, 10am-5pm. ; Email: education.service@ashmus.ox.ac.uk; Tel. 278000.
I found the Treasures of the Ashmolean Museum exhibition to be a rewarding and interesting experience, albeit a little eclectic... read more
Still one of Oxford's best kept secrets Submit review
40 years of Christ Chruch Picture Gallery. To 29th October.
Christ Church Picture Gallery , Christ Church (entrance via Canterbury Gate / Oriel Square) Open: 1 Oct - 31 Mar: Mo-Sa, 10.30-1pm & 2-4.30; Su, 2-4.30. 1 Apr - 30 Sep: Mo-Sa, 10.30-5; Su, 2-5. Adults £2, concs £1 ; Tel. 01865 276172.
Treasured Drawings: Christ Church Curators Reminisce Submit review
Christ Church Curators Reminisce. To 26th October.
Christ Church Picture Gallery , Christ Church (entrance via Canterbury Gate / Oriel Square) Open: 1 Oct - 31 Mar: Mo-Sa, 10.30-1pm & 2-4.30; Su, 2-4.30. 1 Apr - 30 Sep: Mo-Sa, 10.30-5; Su, 2-5. Adults £2, concs £1 ; Tel. 01865 276172.
Roddy Mccoll - Port Meadow: A year in Photographs
Stunning Images of Oxford's Port Meadow by local artist. Till 19th October.
11am-4pm, Free
03Gallery , Oxford Castle, OX1 1AY. Mon - Closed, Tue - Fri - 12-5pm, Sat & Sun - 11-4pm. Free Admission; Email: info@03gallery.co.uk; Tel. 01865 246131.
The O3 Gallery is proud to present a series of stunning photographic images by Oxfordshire photographer Roddy McColl. The exhibition... read more
120 floodlit pictures by Yann Arthus-Bertand, each the size of a double bed. Illuminates the planet's beauty whilst raising awareness of man’s impact. Till Jan 09.
Free, any time - day or night
Oxford Castle, New Road.
Scientific Instrument Society 25th Anniversary exhibition
An exhibition of objects from private collections celebrating the 25th anniversary of SIS.
www.mhs.ox.ac.uk / email: museum@mhs.ox.ac.uk / Tel. 01865 277280
2pm - 5pm, Admission Free
Museum of the History of Science , Old Ashmolean Building, Broad Street. 12-5 Tue-Fri, 10-5 Sat, 2-5 Sun.; Tel. 01865 277280.
Christopher Townsend: Sculpture The Gallery at Waterperry
A range of indoor and outdoor sculptures by local artist Christopher Townsend.
www.waterperrygardens.co.uk / email: gallery@waterperrygardens.co.uk / Tel. 01844 338085
10am-5:30pm / Free
Waterperry Gardens , Nr. Wheatley, Oxon. OX33 1JZ. Open: April-Oct 10-5.30; Nov-Mar 10-5; Tel. 01844 339254.
Hollis & Dyer explore paranormal events and the things that "cannot possibly occur". Till 28th Oct.
The Jam Factory , 27 Park End Street, OX1 1HU. Open Mon - Fri 8am - 11pm, Sat & Sun 10am - 11pm; Email: contact@thejamfactoryoxford.com; Tel. 01865 244613.
Art & Craft Exhibition St. Peter & Paul's Church
Local Artists at work - woodcarving, painting, knitting, mosaics etc. Refreshments for sale
11:15am to 4:30pm ring 01865-863355 to book mosaics workshop
St Peter & St Paul's Church, West Way, Botley
Six: A Photographic Exhibition
'SIX' photographers in an exhibition
email: six@phillipball.co.uk / Tel. 01235 529256
10:30am - 5pm / Free event
Museum of Natural History , Parks Road .Open 12noon-5pm daily.; Tel. 272970; Fax: 272950.
www.puder.co.uk / email: buro@puder.co.uk
12pm - 8pm
247 iffley road, oxford
Sun 12th Oct — Family Events Listings
Family Pottery Painting The Pottery Place
Paint Your Own Pottery
www.thepotteryplace.co.uk / email: info@thepotteryplace.co.uk / Tel. 01993 704234
11 to 4 £2.50 studio fee plus pottery
The Pottery Place Witney
Food and crafts fair, apple tastings, orchard tours and fun!
www.waterperrygardens.co.uk / email: office@waterperrygardens.co.uk / Tel. 01844 339254
10am - 4.30pm Free!
Waterperry Gardens , Nr. Wheatley, Oxon. OX33 1JZ. Open: April-Oct 10-5.30; Nov-Mar 10-5; Tel. 01844 339254.
Children's activities to enthuse, educate and entertain
www.nagcbritain.org.uk / email: julietaplin@nagcbritain.org.uk / Tel. 0845 450 0295
9am - 3pm £25 per child, adults free, concs available
Stantonbury Campus, MK14 6BN
Rural Fair celebrating the English Apple & Orchards
www.sulgravemanor.org.uk / email: enquiries@sulgravemanor.org.uk / Tel. 01295 760205
11-5 Adults £7.50 Children £3.50 Family £20
Sulgrave Manor, Sulgrave, Banbury, OX17 2SD
Woodstock Literary Festival with The Independent newspaper
History, crime, fact & fiction, literature, tea & cake and even a Literary pub quiz!
www.blenheimpalace.com / Tel. 01865 305305
£7 - £10 for events; Lunch £25, dinner £75
various venues in Woodstock, including Blenheim Palace
NCT Barn Dance Wantage, Grove & Villages NCT
Dance w/ your toddlers £10/fam + food
www.wantagenct.co.uk / Tel. 01235 201075
4:15pm - 9pm supper at 5:30pm
Wantage Football Club
Conservation Work Day Shotover Wildlife
Habitat creation. See notice board or call mobile to find us! Bring lunch.
www.shotover-wildlife.org.uk / email: enquiries@shotover-wildlife.org.uk / Tel. 01865 874423 (or 07881 977481 on the day)
Any time between 10am and 3pm
Shotover Country Park.
Sun 12th Oct — Festivals, Fairs and Markets Listings
sellers from 7.30am, £10 per car; buyers 8.30am -2pm, free
Tel. 01895 639912
Kassam Stadium , Grenoble Road, Oxford, OX4 4XP.
Mostly organic, local produce: fruit & veg; cheese (goat's & cow's); beef, lamb & pork; eggs & milk; home made bread, cakes, croissants. See website for stalls expected for next 2 weeks.
www.wolvercotefarmersmarket.co.uk / email: info@wolvercotefarmersmarket.co.uk
10am – 1pm
Wolvercote Primary School, First Turn, Wolvercote.
www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/
1pm and 6pm, £7.50 (£5 conc) or £20 for all performances
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street.
Woodstock Literary Festival with The Independent newspaper
History, crime, fact & fiction, literature, tea & cake and even a Literary pub quiz!
www.blenheimpalace.com / Tel. 01865 305305
£7 - £10 for events; Lunch £25, dinner £75
various venues in Woodstock, including Blenheim Palace
Large book stall, bric a brac etc. Cafe all day serving homemade cakes.
Tel. 01235 555353
11am - 4pm
Sunningwell Village Hall, Nr..Abingdon, OX13 6RD
Sun 12th Oct — Gardens Listings
Conservation Work Day Shotover Wildlife
Habitat creation. See notice board or call mobile to find us! Bring lunch.
www.shotover-wildlife.org.uk / email: enquiries@shotover-wildlife.org.uk / Tel. 01865 874423 (or 07881 977481 on the day)
Any time between 10am and 3pm
Shotover Country Park.
Sun 12th Oct — Gig Listings
Come and have a go if you think you're good enough
www.oldbookbinders.co.uk / email: mattymarren@hotmail.com
8:30 - Free
Old Bookbinders, Corner of Victor and Canal Streets; Tel. 553549.
Strange Vintage Gig For Sobell Presented by Pont Music
UK's Hoopiest party band cover Floyd / Clapton / Santana / Kinks / Stones + more.
www.StrangeVintage.co.uk / email: PontMusic@aol.com / Tel. 07769 608124
8ish till 11. Free Entry.
Folly Bridge Inn, Abingdon Road; Tel. 01865 790106.
Funk-pop and electro-punk
7pm. £6
Carling Academy Oxford , 190 Cowley Road, OX4 1UE; Tel. Box Office: 0844 477 2000 / Info 0905 020 3999 (25p/min).
Andy Yorke, Ruarri Joseph, Matt Kilford TCT Music
Local singer-songwriter promotes new album
www.andyyorke.co.uk
8pm. £7
Jericho Tavern , 56 Walton St.; Tel. 311775.
Metal
Port Mahon, St. Clement's.
Reggae & Dub with a side portion of Hiphop, Funk, Soul and Dancehall
www.cellarmusic.co.uk / Tel. 01865244761
9pm til 2am / £3
Cellar Bar , Frewin Court, off Cornmarket; Tel. 01865 244761.
Open mic with Lee Davies and featured artist Ben Sparks
email: davies_77@hotmail.co.uk / Tel. 07900224988
8.00pm free entry
The Bell, Main Road, Long Hanborough
Sun 12th Oct — Lectures, Seminars and Conferences Listings
Woodstock Literary Festival with The Independent newspaper
History, crime, fact & fiction, literature, tea & cake and even a Literary pub quiz!
www.blenheimpalace.com / Tel. 01865 305305
£7 - £10 for events; Lunch £25, dinner £75
various venues in Woodstock, including Blenheim Palace
Sun 12th Oct — Meeting Listings
Twice weekly circular walks & regular social meetups, for single people.
www.walkers.meetup.com/385 / email: aswa@hotmail.co.uk / Tel. 07833 685899
9.45 meetup for 10am walks
Various venues
Woodstock Literary Festival with The Independent newspaper
History, crime, fact & fiction, literature, tea & cake and even a Literary pub quiz!
www.blenheimpalace.com / Tel. 01865 305305
£7 - £10 for events; Lunch £25, dinner £75
various venues in Woodstock, including Blenheim Palace
Students Welcome Party RCCG, Christ's Love Assembly
Meet other students and get more information about life in Oxford etc.
www.oxrccg.org.uk / email: admin@oxrccg.org.uk / Tel. 07846140671
1pm / Admission is free
Barton Neighbourhood Centre, Underhill Circus, Barton, Oxford OX3 9LS
Chanting Session - Kirtan. Oxford Kirtan Group
Music and Mantras, The Ancient Art of Sound Meditation
http://kirtans.blogspot.com/ / email: keshava108@gmail.com / Tel. 01865 331716
4.00pm Free / Contribution
43 St. Giles.
Singles walking & social group.
www.walkers.meetup.com/385 / email: wowwalkers@gmail.com / Tel. 07833 685899
9.45 meet for 10am walk
Oxfordshire
Life Drawing Class Fusion Arts
with local artist Francis O'Neill
www.fusion-arts.org / email: francis@francisoneill.net / Tel. 07740 779457
7-9pm / £10 per class or 5 classes £45
East Oxford Community Centre, 44b Princes Street (corner of Cowley Rd), OX4 1DD.
Conservation Work Day Shotover Wildlife
Habitat creation. See notice board or call mobile to find us! Bring lunch.
www.shotover-wildlife.org.uk / email: enquiries@shotover-wildlife.org.uk / Tel. 01865 874423 (or 07881 977481 on the day)
Any time between 10am and 3pm
Shotover Country Park.
Sun 12th Oct — Music and Dance Listings
City of Oxford Silver Band Rehearsals
Come and join us!
www.cosb.co.uk / email: kate_banks2003@yahoo.co.uk
4-6pm
Temple Cowley Band Hall
Chanting Session - Kirtan. Oxford Kirtan Group
Music and Mantras, The Ancient Art of Sound Meditation
http://kirtans.blogspot.com/ / email: keshava108@gmail.com / Tel. 01865 331716
4.00pm Free / Contribution
43 St. Giles.
New Smooth Jive classes with Simon & Nicole - Begs/Ints/Advanced in particular
www.jiveplus.com / email: coralie@jiveplus.com / Tel. 07767 360854
7.30 - 10.30 pm, £8, (£5)
Rover Club, Empress Ballroom, Roman Way, Horspath Rd, Cowley
Jazz musicians from Ronnie Scotts
www.crazybeargroup.co.uk / email: enquires@crazybear-oxford.co.uk / Tel. 01865 890714
1pm - 3.45pm
The Crazy Bear
Sun 12th Oct — Pubs Listings
Come and have a go if you think you're good enough
www.oldbookbinders.co.uk / email: mattymarren@hotmail.com
8:30 - Free
Old Bookbinders, Corner of Victor and Canal Streets; Tel. 553549.
Pub Quiz every Sunday, with a curry for £3!
8pm, Quiz Free, Curry £3
Far From The Madding Crowd , Friars Entry, round the back of Borders; Tel. 01865 240900.
That's right - free pool table! Just ask at the bar. Over 18's only.
www.hollybushinnoxford.co.uk / email: thehollybush-inn@btconnect.com / Tel. 01865 242333
FREE POOL after 6pm every Sunday!
The Holly Bush Inn, Osney Island
Sun 12th Oct — Skills, Games and Volunteering Listings
Life Drawing Class Fusion Arts
with local artist Francis O'Neill
www.fusion-arts.org / email: francis@francisoneill.net / Tel. 07740 779457
7-9pm / £10 per class or 5 classes £45
East Oxford Community Centre, 44b Princes Street (corner of Cowley Rd), OX4 1DD.
Conservation Work Day Shotover Wildlife
Habitat creation. See notice board or call mobile to find us! Bring lunch.
www.shotover-wildlife.org.uk / email: enquiries@shotover-wildlife.org.uk / Tel. 01865 874423 (or 07881 977481 on the day)
Any time between 10am and 3pm
Shotover Country Park.
Sun 12th Oct — Sports and Fitness Listings
Fun, fast-paced team game for all ages. ALL abilities welcome!
Tel. 01865 512634
4-6pm EVERY Sunday - FREE
Aristotle Lane Park, Jericho, OX2 (off Kingston Rd towards Portmeadow)
Traditional aikido effective in real life situations.
www.oxfordaikido.com/ / email: ben_j_armstorng@yahoo.co.uk / Tel. 0771 9550672
2-4pm / £4 - Sensei Stuart Greenstreet
South Oxford Community Centre, Lake Street, off Abingdon Rd.
Oxford Bagua Quan Oxford Bagua Quan
Bagua Quan is a rare martial art. Regular class on Friday evenings.
www.baguaquan.co.uk / email: paulbaguaquan@yahoo.co.uk
Occasional early morning classes - please email for details
Oxford Brookes, Headington Hill Campus.
A 90 minute yoga class every Sunday. Suitable for all levels and abilities
email: cfalce@btopenworld.com / Tel. 07977 982 906
10.30am - 12noon / £8/£7(students)
Yoga Garden, Behind Cibo's (on the right), South Parade, Summertown.
Amateur Boxing Oxford Boxing Academy
Train with the former World Contender & Commonwealth Champion!
www.oxfordboxingacademy.com / email: faz1@fsmail.net / Tel. 01993 774407
10.00-11.45 a.m
St Peter's Road, Oxford
Tiger Kung Fu Classes Classic Tiger Kung Fu Club Oxford
Classic Chinese Martial Art Tiger Style: friendly class suitable for all levels
www.classictigerkungfu.co.uk
2-3:30pm; £3 students; £6 non-students
Brookes University Centre for Sport, Studio
A core stability class working on abdominals and back in a relaxed atmosphere
http://oxfit.co.uk / email: jenny_mould@btopenworld.com / Tel. 07811410573
6-7 pm £6.00 per class or £36 for 7 classes
South Oxford Community Centre, Lake Street, off Abingdon Rd.
Antenatal Pilates Ivana Starkova
2nd & 3rd trimester, work postural & pelvic floor muscles, ease back pain
www.ispilates.co.uk / email: enquiries@ispilates.co.uk / Tel. 07818 062351
10-11am / £15, £70 for 6 weeks
Summertown Church Hall, Corner of Banbury & Portland Rds, Summertown, OX2 7EZ.
9 mile walk around Northmoor and the Thames Path. Please bring packed lunch
www.oxon2030walkers.org / email: publicity@oxon2030walkers.org / Tel. 07809 830966
10.30am
Meet Near the post office in Stanton Harcourt.. Grid ref SP413058
15 mile brisk walk around Northleach & long distance paths. Bring packed lunch.
www.oxon2030walkers.org / email: publicity@oxon2030walkers.org / Tel. 01865 750249
10.00am
Meet in Market Place, Northleach. Please park considerately. Grid ref SP114146
50 mile ride to Pub Lunch at East Leigh stopping at Aston for Coffee.
http://oxonctc.prg.uk / email: helenbeane@btinternet.com / Tel. 01865 726750
Free to all.
Broad Street.
A vigorous flowing practice deeply rooted in the spiritual traditions of yoga.
email: nigelaf@hotmail.com / Tel. 0777 1515327
5-6.30pm, £8 (£6)
St Alban's Hall, Charles Street (off Iffley Road), OX4 3AU
Womens Football Headington Athletic WFC
Headington Athletic WFC welcome new experienced players
www.freewebs.com/headingtonathleticwfc / email: womensfootball@hotmail.co.uk / Tel. 07727277080
Matches 2 or 3pm ko - £3.50 or £1.75 (In full time education or not in work)
The Lord Nuffield Club, William Morris Close, Cowley., OX4 2JX
Sun 12th Oct — Worship Listings
The Religious Society of Friends meets on Sundays through Thursdays.
www.oxfordquakers.org / email: oxfordpm@yahoo.co.uk / Tel. 01865 557373
9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
43 St. Giles.
Friendly all-age congregation. Junior Church and crèche. Coffee.
www.woodstockmethodists.org.uk / email: worship@woodstockmethodists.org.uk / Tel. 01865 842214
10:30am
Woodstock Methodist Church, Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxon, OX20 1TT
Parish Mass St Frideswide's Church
Church of England service with hymns, a sermon, and refreshments.
www.frideswide.org.uk / Tel. 01865 242680
10.30am
St Frideswide's Church, Botley Rd
Sunday Services St Ebbe's Church
Fellowship, singing, a bible-based sermon and prayer. All welcome!
www.stebbes.org.uk/ / email: office@stebbes.org.uk / Tel. 01865 240438
10am; 11:30am (term time); 6:30pm
St Ebbe's , Pennyfarthing Place (behind the Westgate Centre); Tel. 01865 240438.
Sunday Services St Ebbe's in Headington
Fellowship, singing, a bible-based sermon and prayer. All welcome!
www.stebbes.org.uk / email: office@stebbes.org.uk / Tel. 01865 240438
10:30am + 7:30pm
St Ebbe's in Headington, 30-34 Lime Walk
