The Peaces We Keep, Make, Transform
This is a participatory art work inviting visitors to sit, pause, and write a promise of peace for themselves, someone they love, or the wider world. You may keep it, dissolve it in water, or place it in a box.
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Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, Chester
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Improving biodiversity in your space – A Network for Nature with Chester Zoo
Chester Picturehouse Unit 10 Hunter Street, Chester, United KingdomJoin Chester Zoo to discover how communities across Cheshire West are connecting habitats, monitoring wildlife, and transforming local spaces through the Networks for Nature initiative.
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Nature at Night: Interactive Exhibition
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterJoin the Nature at Night project team to find out how bat-walks, zine-making and digital citizen science are being used to understand young people's feelings about exploring nature at night. Contribute to our research by sharing some reflections of your own.
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Mini Scientist
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterA hands-on experience where our young scientists (and their parents!) can explore the biomolecular world by extracting DNA from delicious fruits using household items.
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Practical Basic Life Support Skills for Everyone
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterA short session to recognise when someone needs medical help, learn the best way to get help quickly and learn how to perform BASIC life support until help arrives
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Wildlife Quest with Chester Zoo
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterDrop in to play a game with Chester Zoo’s Youth Board and Youth Network – discover actions that you can take to help wildlife and take on a wildlife challenge!
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Owl pellet dissection
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterOwls are beautiful, deadly and difficult to study. One non-disruptive way to learn about their habits and diets is to examine owl pellets- the leftovers of their meals. Join us to try your hand at dissecting owl pellets and exploring what our hooting friends get up to when they are heard, but not seen.
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Pop-Up Repair Café: Repair, Reuse and Reconnect
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterDrop in to a pop-up Repair Café and see community repair in action. Local volunteers will help repair everyday household items while sharing simple skills you can use at home. Alongside the practical fixing, we'll explore how repair café reduce waste, cut carbon emissions and build stronger communities. Come along to watch, learn, ask questions and discover how 'repair over disposal' can support a greener, fairer future for all communities.
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Picturing the Animal-Human Bond
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterThis interactive workshop will introduce some of the research surrounding the bond that humans have with animals as well as the role of drawing in communication, expression and artistic production. We invite everyone to share their experiences with animals they are close to, whether this is pets or other animals. Supplementing descriptions and conversations with words, we encourage participants to have a go at depicting these important relationships in pictures through a 'draw and tell' approach
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The Peaces We Keep, Make, Transform
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterThis is a participatory art work inviting visitors to sit, pause, and write a promise of peace for themselves, someone they love, or the wider world. You may keep it, dissolve it in water, or place it in a box.
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The Peaces We Keep, Make, Transform
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterA celebratory performance in response to the participatory artwork that will be in the Town Hall foyer over the four days of the Festival. In this event, staff and dance students from the University of Chester will present a live performance responding to the chair and its collected promises.
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Archaeological Finds in the Market
Chester Market Exchange Square, Chester, Cheshire, United KingdomArchaeologists from the Grosvenor Museum will be in Chester Market on Sunday morning with some of the finds from excavations in the city centre. Come and see in close-up objects used and worn by people living and working in Chester from 2000 to 300 years ago. A great opportunity to ask questions and find out more about some of the fascinating finds from the museum’s archaeological collections.