Monlife

Under 5's Story & Rhyme Time
2024-10-17 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-10-17 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Usk Community Hub, 35 Maryport St, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP15 1AE, United Kingdom
Join us every Thursday in Usk Hub for stories and rhymes!
No booking required.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Art History Online - Facing the Past : The Art of Portraiture
2024-10-16 10:30 - 12:30, 2024-10-09 10:30 - 12:30, 2024-10-02 10:30 - 12:30, 2024-10-02 08:00 - 17:00 | Monmouthshire
Join MonLife Heritage Museums’ exciting new art history course. From van Eyck to van Dyck, Raphael to Reynolds and Pissarro to Picasso, explore how artists’ portrayal of their sitters reflected the art, politics and religion of their era.
Course Length – 10 weeks of two hour morning lectures (one week off for half term)
Course Dates – Wednesday 2nd October – Wednesday 11th December (no class Wednesday 13th November)
Time – 10:30am – 12:30pm
Medium – Online via Zoom (with recordings available afterwards) Click here to book the in-person version of this course.
Course fee – £110
(Recordings available to members of this course, so that any lectures missed can be caught within 4 weeks, on Zoom)
This series of ten lectures takes us through the history of portraiture. From the time when it became popular in the 15th century, portraiture began to emerge from providing a mere adjunct to religious paintings to become a means to demonstrate power and status. The desire to show individual character and bring sitters to life developed alongside the portrayal of a simple likeness, until we reach the 19th century when style and exploration of new ways of painting meant the sitter’s identity became increasingly subordinate to the process of making art, until we arrive at the challenge of Modernism.
‘Facing the Past’ is also a chance to look into the eyes of people from other times – were they so different from us?

Terms & Conditions

Booking is only available online, via this page. The booking must be made 24 hours before the first session starts. The booking covers all ten sessions.
If you sign up to the online course then you agree to use Zoom for these webinar talks. You do not need to download the Zoom app, the link sent by the lecturer will take you to the Zoom website.

The Three Musketeers
2024-10-14 19:30 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Town Hall, Cross St, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
All for one and fun for all!
A brand-new comedy written and directed by Richard Tunley.
Join our heroes – D’Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis – on a riotous journey
filled with sword fights, mistaken identities, and hilarious hijinks. Expect quick
wit and boundless energy, with non-stop laughs from start to finish.

Introduction to Art: The Late 19th Century into Modernism
2024-10-14 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-10-07 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-09-30 19:00 - 20:00 | Monmouthshire
This broad ranging and absorbing course needs no background in art history, just a desire to look harder at art and understand its developments more clearly. This series of ten evening lectures takes us from 1880 and Post Impressionism through some of the first movements in Modernism.
Course Length – 10 weeks of one hour evening lectures (one week off for half term)
Course Dates – Monday 30th September – Monday 9th December (no class Monday 11th November)
Time – 7pm – 8pm
Medium – Online via Zoom (with recordings available afterwards)
Course fee – £55
(Recordings available so that any lectures missed can be caught within 4 weeks, on Zoom)
Exploring one of the most dramatic periods in the development of art history, our introductory series of ten evening lectures takes us from 1880 and Post Impressionism through some of the first movements in Modernism. Artists include Gauguin, van Gogh and Cezanne, showing how these pioneers pushed the boundaries of Impressionism to create something new; and Munch, Matisse and Picasso who explored psychology, colour and form in innovative and exciting pictures.
Terms & Conditions
Booking is only available online, via this page. The booking must be made 24 hours before the first session starts. The booking covers all ten sessions.
If you sign up to the online course then you agree to use Zoom for these webinar talks. You do not need to download the Zoom app, the link sent by the lecturer will take you to the Zoom website.
Cancellations
Custom Policy

Art History In Person - Facing the Past : The Art of Portraiture
2024-10-14 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-07 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-30 14:00 - 16:00 | The Drill Hall, The Drill Hall, Lower Church Street, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5HJ, United Kingdom
Join MonLife Heritage Museums’ exciting new art history course. From van Eyck to van Dyck, Raphael to Reynolds and Pissarro to Picasso, explore how artists’ portrayal of their sitters reflected the art, politics and religion of their era.
Course Length – 10 weeks of two hour afternoon lectures (one week off on Monday 11th November)
Course Dates – Monday 30th September – Monday 9th December (no class Monday 11th November)
Time – 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Medium – In person at the Drill Hall Chepstow (with the option to catch up on any missed session with recorded online lectures available for a limited period). Click here to book the online version of this course.
Course fee – £110

(Recordings of the online lecture course will be available to members of this course, so that any lectures missed can be caught within 4 weeks, on Zoom)
This series of ten lectures takes us through the history of portraiture. From the time when it became popular in the 15th century, portraiture began to emerge from providing a mere adjunct to religious paintings to become a means to demonstrate power and status. The desire to show individual character and bring sitters to life developed alongside the portrayal of a simple likeness, until we reach the 19th century when style and exploration of new ways of painting meant the sitter’s identity became increasingly subordinate to the process of making art, until we arrive at the challenge of Modernism.
‘Facing the Past’ is also a chance to look into the eyes of people from other times – were they so different from us?

Terms & Conditions
Booking is only available online, via this page. The booking must be made 24 hours before the first session starts. The booking covers all ten sessions.
By signing up to this talk you agree that your email address can be passed on to the lecturer (Eleanor Bird) for contact and session-related reasons (eg. to send out relevant course details).

A Night To Remember
2024-10-12 19:00 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Town Hall, Cross St, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
The musical talents of Abergavenny Borough Band, Abergavenny Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society and Ethan Stockham come together for a night to remember in memory of two much respected Abergavenny residents, Sheila Woodhouse and John Powell. Join us in a musical journey of celebration with all proceeds donated to St David’s Hospice.

Willow Weaving
2024-10-12 09:30 - 12:30 | Usk Community Hub, 35 Maryport St, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP15 1AE, United Kingdom
Willow Weaving Workshop at the Usk Hub – make an Autumnal or Halloween themed Wreath.
For more details or to book a place, please contact 01291 426888 or email uskhub@monmouthshire.gov.uk

Saturday,12th October 2024
9.30am -12.30pm
Cost £20 – includes materials

FREE Swim
2024-10-11 - 2024-10-13, 2024-10-04 - 2024-10-06, 2024-09-27 - 2024-09-29, 2024-09-20 - 2024-09-22, 2024-09-13 - 2024-09-15 | Caldicot Leisure Centre, Mill Lane, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4BN, United Kingdom
Under-16’s can also enjoy a free swim at your local MonLife Active Leisure centre during the following times:

Chepstow Leisure Centre:Fridays from 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Abergavenny Leisure Centre: Fridays between 8.00pm – 9:00pm
Monmouth Leisure Centre: Saturdays between 3:00pm – 4:15pm (Free to 16’s & under with a MonLife card)
Caldicot Leisure Centre: Saturdays between 11.30am – 12.45pm

Find out more: https://www.monlife.co.uk/monactive/swimming/

From Gold to Rio
2024-10-05 19:30 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Town Hall, Cross St, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
Celebrating the music of
Spandau Ballet & Duran Duran
With over 20 top 10 hits, the show will
feature 2 hours of non-stop, classics
including Gold, Rio, True, The Reflex,
Thru the Barricades, Save A Prayer, Lifeline, Girls on Film, to name a few – guaranteed to
leave the audience shouting for more!

Lego Workshop
2024-10-05 10:30 - 11:30 | Caldicot Community Hub, Woodstock Way, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 5DB, United Kingdom
Join us on a Saturday morning at Caldicot Community Hub for an hour of Lego building!
Click here to book.
Suitable for ages 5 – 9.
Please ensure all children are accompanied by an adult.

The History of Rock
2024-10-04 19:30 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Town Hall, Cross St, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
Another entertaining and nostalgic evening celebrating Rock music through the decades.
This time the band areturning the spotlight on Led Zeppelin and also performing the timeless songs from artists such as Cream, Guns n Roses, AC/DC, Queen and many more.
Rediscover the seeds of Rock & Roll in the 1950s, the birth of Rock in the 60s, right through to the Classic Rock of the 70s and 80s.

Abergavenny Street Food & Craft Night Market
2024-09-26 17:00 - 21:00 | Abergavenny Market Hall, 61 Cross St, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5EH, United Kingdom
A great evening of delicious street food and amazing crafts!

Caldicot Castle Guided Tour
2024-09-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Caldicot Castle & Country Park, Church Rd,, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4HU, United Kingdom
About
Caldicot Castle Guided Tour
Come and join us at Caldicot Castle for a unique insight into the fascinating and chequered history of one of Wales most beautiful castles.
Please note that due to popularity, tickets must be booked beforehand.
Our tour is led by local expert Pauline Heywood who has spent years studying the castle and its remarkable family history. Pauline will take you on a journey into the past and share with you some of the fascinating facts that are unique to Caldicot Castle. The tour will also point out some of the most interesting features in the castle buildings and may even tell you where you are most likely to see our resident ghost!
Duration: Tour lasts 1 hour
When: The last Wednesday of every month (except May), at 2pm.
Where : Tours start under the marquee within the castle grounds.
Cost: £2 per person
Suitable for: Adults and children of school age (accompanied by adults). Most of the tour is on flat ground, but there are some grass areas and chippings in parts.

Tom Parker Bowles talks to Matt Tebbutt about his new book 'Cooking and the Crown: Royal Recipes from Queen Victoria to King Charles III'
2024-09-22 14:00 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Town Hall, Cross St, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
Tom’s new book lifts the curtain on royal kitchens past and present. ‘As a food history geek,’ he explains ‘I cannot tell you how exciting it has been to read original recipes in the royal archive in Windsor, and disappear into the lives and reigns (and eating habits) of sovereigns from Queen Victoria onwards.’ The published recipes however, he assures us, are not ‘roast cygnets and ortolans’ but ‘proper recipes’ that he’s loved to cook.

Although Tom is godson to the monarch and his mother, Camilla, is Queen, he can expect no deference from Matt. Tom and Matt go back a long way, to their co-hosting days on UKTV’s Market Kitchen.

Tom Parker Bowles is the restaurant critic for The Mail on Sunday and a contributing editor for Esquire, Country Life and Conde Nast Traveller plus a regular judge on the BBC’s Masterchef. Matt Tebbutt presents Saturday Kitchen on BBC 1 and his new book Pub Food: 100 Favourites, Old and New is just out.

Our local award winning independent bookshop ‘Book-ish’ will be facilitating book signings after this event.

Admission and Book £35 (book retails at £30 so £7 discount)

Tom will be signing copies of his latest book ‘Cooking and the Crown: Royal recipes from Queen Victoria to King Charles III’ .

You can purchase copies here, alongside your ticket. You will pick you book/s up on the day. Further copies will be available to purchase at the theatre..

Jay Rayner talks to Tim Hayward about his new book 'Nights Out At Home: Recipes and Stories from 25 years as a Restaurant Critic'
2024-09-21 15:30 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Town Hall, Cross St, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
Jay’s first cookbook is inspired by the dishes that have stolen his heart over his long career as a restaurant critic; collected, taken home and carefully reverse-engineered in his kitchen: where Jay is no slouch, as he demonstrated when he destroyed the opposition to win MasterChef: Battle of the Critics 2023.

Nights Out at Home is not just a recipe book. Seasoned with anecdotes, and told with Jay’s customary wit and warmth, it’s also the story of his 25 years as a restaurant critic for The Observer; a story he shares here with fellow restaurant critic, Tim Hayward.

Jay Rayner is an award-winning writer, journalist and broadcaster. He has been the restaurant critic for The Observer since 1999 (garnering millions of views per year), and has presented the BBC Radio 4 show The Kitchen Cabinet for over a decade. In March 2023 he was named Critic of the Year in the UK Press Awards. Tim Hayward is the Fortnum & Mason 2024 Restaurant Writer of the Year. His latest book is Steak: The Whole Story.

Our local award winning independent bookshop ‘Book-ish’ will be facilitating book signings after this event.

Admission and book £30 (bookretails at £22 so £4 discount)

Jay will be signing copies of his latest book ’Nights out at Home’

You can purchase copies here, alongside your ticket. You will pick you book/s up on the day. Further copies will be available to purchase at the theatre.

Noriko Ogawa - The Romantic Piano
2024-09-17 19:30 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Town Hall, Cross St, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
Programme:
RAVEL: Sonatine
BEETHOVEN: Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”
DEBUSSY: Estampes
CHOPIN: Nocturne in C sharp minor Op posth
CHOPIN: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
CHOPIN: Waltz Op. 18 in E flat Major
CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante Op.22

Kanine Karnival
2024-09-15 10:00 - 17:00 | Caldicot Castle & Country Park, Church Rd,, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4HU, United Kingdom
Come one, come all to our Family Fun Day extravaganza! It’s a day packed with activities and entertainment for everyone in the family, including your beloved fur babies.
Includes:

Shopping Stalls
Food Stalls
Dog Shows
Music

FOR INFORMATION ON PARKING, ACCESS, COSTS AND MORE CLICK HERE

Back To Bacharach
2024-09-14 19:30 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Town Hall, Cross St, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
Fall in love again with the timeless music of Burt Bacharach in this dazzling tribute to one of the 20th century’s best-loved songwriters, as Back To Bacharach takes you on a moving musical journey through some of his greatest masterpieces.
