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Milton Keynes Festival of Christmas

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 02:50 AM PST


Milton Keynes Festival of Christmas, bringing together the MK Collection, the centre:mk and The Parks Trust to celebrate Christmas through the ages.


Take a step back in time during November and December with a new festival celebrating Christmases past. For the first time this year, the city's heritage organisations and partners are coming together to take Milton Keynes on a journey through the centuries - experiencing the sights, sounds, tastes and traditions of Christmas through the ages.


Events include:


16 Nov-6 Jan - The Land of Enchanted Dreams / Middleton Hall, thecentre:mk


30 Nov-2 Dec - Victorian Family Christmas / Milton Keynes Museum


1 December - Children's Christmas Crafts / Cowper & Newton Museum, Olney


2 December - Angels at the Abbey Craft Fair / City Discovery Centre, Bradwell Abbey


7-9 December - Victorian Christmas / Milton Keynes Museum


8-9 December - Festival of Christmas / Bletchley Park


9 December - Dickens Day / Cowper & Newton Museum, Olney


14-16 December - Victorian Christmas / Milton Keynes Museum


16 December - Carols in the Wood & Market / The Parks Trust, Tree Cathedral, Newlands


 


For more information please see the MK Collection website.


 

Milton Keynes Festival of Christmas

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 06:02 AM PST


Take a step back in time during November and December with a new festival celebrating Christmases past. For the first time this year, the city's heritage organisations and partners are coming together to take Milton Keynes on a journey through the centuries - experiencing the sights, sounds, tastes and traditions of Christmas through the ages.


Highlights of the programme - which runs from 30 November - 16 December - include a medieval-themed Angels at the Abbey event at City Discovery Centre on 2 December. Historians believe carolling first became popular in the middle ages, so there will be plenty of live festive song along with children's arts and crafts, seasonal tastes - and the chance to buy unique gifts and crafts.


In Olney, the Cowper and Newton Museum, which celebrates the life of two 18th century greats, is hosting a heritage hristmas crafts day on 1 December where children will get the chance to make medieval pomanders, Victorian wrapping paper and WWII paper chains.  And since hospitality was such a big part of Georgian Christmases, the Museum will be offering punch and judy shows, hot chocolate, spiced tea and mince pies as part of the town's Dickens Day on 9 December.


Staying with the Victorians, Milton Keynes Museum's ever-popular Victorian Christmas runs over three wonderful weekends from the end of November through to 16 December. The whole family can look forward to mulled wine and a candlelit sing song around the piano in the parlour, chestnuts in the forge, refreshments in the street of shops, Christmas crafts in the schoolroom, an array of present-buying opportunities from the Christmas fair - plus the chance to meet Santa in his grotto and meet the Queen. That's Queen Victoria!


There are more present-buying opportunities at Bletchley Park on 8-9 December when West Bletchley Council's buzzing Christmas market returns to the home of the World War Two codebreakers. This year the partners are aided and abetted by Milton Keynes College students taking over the Mansion house to showcase their skills. Far from making do and mend, there'll be plenty of gifts and goodies to eat on display.


Moving forward into the present, two of Milton Keynes' most popular modern-day traditions return. At thecentre:mk Middleton Hall is once again transformed into the Land of Enchanted Dreams from November 16-January 6, while this year's atmospheric open air carol service, organised by the Parks Trust in the peaceful setting of the tree cathedral on 16 December, also includes a Christmas market.


Another first for this year is the appearance of a selection of the city's artists and makers, bringing unique gift ideas to three of the events.


For full details and programme of the Milton Keynes Festival of Christmas visit www.mkcollection.co.uk. Or look out for our posters around town.

MK Arts for Health Arts on Prescription

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:57 AM PST


MK Arts for Health - Arts on Prescription


MK Arts for Health runs an Arts on Prescription project which provides arts activities for  people in Milton Keynes who are  experiencing mental health issues. This project has been developed because participation in arts activities has been shown to benefit people experiencing mental health issues through improving their self confidence and decreasing social isolation.


MK Arts for Health's Arts on Prescription workshops are available on a referral basis for clients with mild to moderate mental health conditions (depression, stress and anxiety) receiving health care in the community. Participants are offered a 10 week programme of 2 hour workshops which are socially orientated, with a small number of participants and  led by an artist experienced in working in mental healthcare.


If you would like more information or think this may benefit you please contact  info@mkartsforhealth.org.uk or call 01908 243284


This project is funded by the BIG Lottery.


 
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