75 Recreational courses in Lees

For many people we know, the first rule of wine is that it should be sparkling. If you fall into that bracket, or you know someone who does, allow us to introduce our Prestige Champagne and Sparkling Wine Masterclass.  There are two main ways in which this event stands out over our regular and very popular sparkling wine tastings. Firstly, we’ll be featuring eight wines rather than the usual six. Secondly, we’ll be focussing on more expensive bottles, with the line-up including a Prestige Cuvée from a well-known Champagne producer. What else can you expect? At least another couple of Champagnes as well as sparkling wines from other parts of Europe (England included) and a selection of the best of the New World. And with that amount of wine, we’ll have a couple of specially-selected cheeses on hand to mop up the bubbles and to show just how well fizz and cheese can go together. If you had to buy a bottle of each of these wines, it would cost over £300, which makes our price per ticket of just £55 look very appealing. We’re expecting this tasting to prove very popular, both for sparkling wine enthusiasts and also for those looking to buy a present for the fizz fans in their life. So if you’d like to book a place, we’d advise you to move quickly before they’ve all gone.

Open up new possibilities in your art-making. Discover interesting relationships between the image and the background via three-dimensional experiments, colour-play, and fun ways of testing different materials.

An introduction to the many ways of making paint, and a fun, guided tour through the various processes of paint application beyond the conventional use of a brush.

Consider, select and prepare different supports for painting, and focus on the significance of ground in terms of both the image and the artwork’s structure.

The MATERIAL SENSITIVITY workshop provides the opportunity to make experimental art that focuses on the qualities and art-making possibilities of different materials.

Modern calligraphy online workshop by CalligrAbility, for beginners and improvers. Perfect style for stationary, bullet journalling and greeting cards. Three-hour online session with recording available for a month. £40 enrolment fee and a basic calligraphy kit available for an extra £15.

Enjoy an evening of embroidery and socialising, in this beginner workshop with Hoop & Fred and Girls Who Walk Manchester

Whether it's a hen party, special birthday or simply an excuse to get together and be crafty, getting creative with the girls can be such a wonderful activity.

A beginner friendly embroidery workshop at Studio Dawn with Stephie from Hoop & Fred

Join Stephie from Hoop & Fred for this beginner's Embroidery workshop at the lovely Krafthaus Studio & Store in Sale, and stitch up your own hoop of Manchester's beautiful Central Library!