Arts & Culture
Family Theatre: The Greatest Robot Ever
Enjoy affordable and high quality theatre from the comfort of your local library!
Our libraries in Bassetlaw are some of our favourites (shh, don't tell the others!), and we can't wait for you to discover all their fantastic events this summer. Check out the list below, or find more libraries near you here
All sessions are free and no booking required, unless otherwise stated.
Celebrate Nottinghamshire Day 2024 with our Merry Making workshops! Scroll to your library below, or view all of the workshops
https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/whats-on/merry-making-workshops/
.| Library | Date/time | Event details |
|---|---|---|
| Bircotes | Friday 23 August, 10am-11am | Merry Making Workshop: Make your very own peg doll Robin Hood or one of his Merry Band, to Celebrate Notts day 2024. |
| Monday 29 July, 10am-11am | Craft and colour this summer! | |
| Tuesday 6 August, 10am-11am | Craft and colour this summer! | |
| Thursday 15 August, 2pm-3pm | Craft and colour this summer! | |
| Friday 30 August, 10am-11am | Craft and colour this summer! | |
| Retford | Tuesday 30 July, 20 August, 10am-12pm | Count on us for Olympic Fun! Join our Inspire learning team for sports-themed maths challenges for the whole family. Make, measure and model and enter our prize draw to win one of 3 shopping vouchers! |
| Throughout the summer holidays, during normal opening hours | Pug-casso and the pinched paintings treasure hunt - can you help Pug-casso retrieve the lost pieces of his famous paintings? | |
| Wednesday 31 July, 11am-12pm | Create a Japanese Kipper-Kite to take home - it'll be easy-breezy! | |
| Monday 5 August, 2pm-4pm | Poetry Cafe: Join us for a relaxing afternoon of poetry. Bring along a favourite poem or two to share, or simply listen to others. Tickets £2, includes a cream tea. Adults only, booking required. | |
| Wednesday 7 August, 11am-12pm | Outstanding Origami: make a dog, cat and more! | |
| Wednesday 14 August, 11am-12pm | Help! Retford Library is under a Clay-lien invasion! Come along and make your own Pluto Pal or Marvellous Martian that's out of this world. | |
| Wednesday 21 August, 11am-12pm | Create a recycle-saurus! | |
| Thursday 22 August, 6pm-8:30pm | Dukeries Ukeries Summer Concert: Retford Library welcomes back the fabulous Dukeries Ukeries for an evening of music and fun. Tickets £5, refreshments included. Booking required, email retford.library@inspireculture.org.uk or call 01777 708724 | |
| Wednesday 28 August, 11am-12pm | Bobbin Hood and his band of merry pegs have arrived in Retford! Make your own merry peg and help them hang the Sheriff of Knotingham out to dry! | |
| Worksop | Wednesday 31 July, 28 August, 10am-12pm | Count on us for Olympic Fun! Join our Inspire learning team for sports-themed maths challenges for the whole family. Make, measure and model and enter our prize draw to win one of 3 shopping vouchers! |
| Thursday 1 August, 11am-12pm | Bead bracelets and keyrings. All children to be accompanied by an adult due to small parts. | |
| Saturday 3 August and Saturday 24 August, 2pm-3pm | Knit and knot! Pop down and learn a new skill at our family knitting session. | |
| Monday 5 August, 10:30am-11:30am | Ukulele Family Fun: Join the East Midlands Ukulele Project for some hands-on musical fun! Over 8s only, and to be accompanied by an adult. Free, but donations to the project welcome. Booking required. | |
| Monday 5 August,12 August, 19 August, 26 August, 2 September 3:30pm-5pm | Mindfulness Monday: Enjoy a selection of activities to focus your mind, reduce anxiety and stress, and teach us new things! Suitable for ages 5-16. | |
| Thursday 8 August, 11am-12pm | Create your own colourful pasta bracelets and keyrings. Suitable for under 5s. | |
| Saturday 10 August, 1:30pm-2:30pm | Ukulele Family Fun: Join the East Midlands Ukulele Project for some hands-on musical fun! Over 8s only, and to be accompanied by an adult. Free, but donations to the project welcome. Booking required. | |
| Saturday 10 August and Saturday 31 August, 2pm-3pm | Lego Club | |
| Wednesday 14 August, 1pm-2pm | Make a dog toy! Humans only please. | |
| Thursday 15 August, 11am-12pm | Junk modelling musical instruments. Under 5s only (parents must accompany their children). | |
| Saturday 17 August, 2pm-3pm | Family games club | |
| Thursday 22 August, 11am-12pm | Junk modelling music shakers | |
| Thursday 29 August, 11am-12pm | Merry Making Workshop: Make your very own peg doll Robin Hood or one of his Merry Band, to Celebrate Notts day 2024. Afterwards, make a fun mask to fool your family. |
