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Dominic Knight November 18, 2023

Christmas news & events from Southwold Library

Southwold Library Christmas Tree Festival

Throughout December during opening hours

Guess the Christmas food! Free! Donations welcome.

Big thanks to all the local groups, clubs and businesses who have decorated our trees.

Visit Santa @ Southwold Library

Saturday, 9th and 16th December, 10am–12pm and 2–4pm

£4.50 per child.

Reindeer crafts, meet and Photo with Santa plus gift.

‘A Christmas Carol’ starring Simon Callow on the Big Screen

Sunday, 17th December, 3pm @ Southwold Arts Centre

PG 90 minutes.

Tickets £5 including refreshments.

Based on Charles Dickens’s own performance adaptation, Simon Callow and director Tom Cairns have created a one-man theatrical extravaganza of festive storytelling that is both heart-warming and deeply moving.

Following critically acclaimed, sold-out theatre seasons in 2011, 2012 and again in 2016, Simon Callow (‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’, ‘Shakespeare in Love’) returns to wow audiences with this tour-de-force performance, re-imagined especially for cinema.

A Christmas must see!

Booking via Southwold Arts Centre – tel: 01502 722572; online: www.southwoldartscentre.co.uk.

‘Lab in a Library’ – snow globes and other Christmas science experiments with Kinetics Science Adventures – SADLY THIS HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED DUE TO SICKNESS

Friday, 22nd December, 11am and 1.30pm @ Stella Peskett Millennium Hall

£2 per child.

Open to children 5+. Find out about the science behind the festive-favourite snow globes and make your own to take home. Plus other Christmas-themed science experiments.

Limited spaces. Book your place today! Tel: 01502 722519; e-mail: southwold.library@suffolklibraries.co.uk; web: www.ticketsource.co.uk/suffolklibraries.

Festive Dragon Crafts

Thursday, 21st December, 11am and 2pm @ Southwold Library

Free crafts – no need to book. Make a wide variety of festive-themed dragon items.

Bedtime Stories @ Southwold Library

Tuesdays in December and January, 5.30pm

Free drop in. All welcome for some bedtime stories – nightwear optional.

Southwold Library Reading Groups Christmas Do

Wednesday, 13th December, 6.30pm

Are you in a reading group? All reading-group members welcome to this annual Christmas get together. A chance to compare notes, discuss group favourites (and the ones you hated) and get recommendations for the new year.

Tea, coffee and squash provided, but please bring nibbles and any other drinks to add to the evening’s offerings

Southwold Arts Centre and Southwold Library Present: Southwold Community Cinema

Oppenheimer (2023) 15 (historical drama), Wednesday, 6th December, 3pm.

Tickets £5 including refreshment.

Book a ticket at www.southwoldartscentre.co.uk or visit the box office – tel : 01502 722572;

Southwold Arts Centre, Cumberland Road, Southwold IP18 6JP.

Be kind to a kid this Christmas! With Suffolk Libraries and BBC Radio Suffolk

Spread a little festive fun by donating new toys for 0 to 7-year-olds at your local library and we’ll get them to children who need them. Take what you need, give what you can at www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/be-kind.

Southwold Library Pigs in Blankets Quiz Sheet

Each of the clues has an answer with pig (or synonym) in it. To help further, next to the clue are the initials of the answer; for example: A popular pet GP? Answer = Guinea Pig.

£1 – Prize £10 book token.

Available from Southwold Library and online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/suffolklibrariesActivity.

Kids, come and read to Ash the PAT Dog

Wednesdays, 4pm @ Southwold Library

The Read2Dogs Scheme provided by PAT helps to improve literacy skills and well-being in young people by developing their confidence, interest, and enjoyment in reading.

Dogs are non-judgemental and great listeners – they don’t interrupt or correct – so they aid confidence and concentration levels. PAT Dogs are also known to encourage positive social behaviours, enhance self-esteem and inspire young people to relax and have fun.

Come and read to Ash for up to 15 minutes at a time plus enjoy a range of dog-themed games, jigsaws, and crafts while you wait. Free event, no booking required.

Activity Afternoons @Southwold Library

Weekdays from 2.15pm

Crochet every Wednesday; Scrabble third Thursday; Poetry first Friday; Mah-Jong second and fourth Friday; Ongoing jigsaw all other afternoons. Free hot drinks. Sponsored by East of England Co-op in association with East Suffolk Council.

Realise Futures Walk-in Advice And Guidance

Every Thursday, 10am–12 noon @ Southwold Library,

Do you have a learning disability/autism? Do you need some support, advice, or information?

Come along to one of our Walk-in Advice and Guidance sessions. There is no need to book an appointment. Our Advisors will talk to you about the support you need. We can provide advice, guidance, and information on housing, employment, benefits, training, money, travel, safety, health, bills/letters and social.

Please contact: Anita Fiddy, Service Locality Co-ordinator (East) – tel: 07598 582955; e-mail: anita.fiddy@realisefutures.org.

Chess Club

Every Friday, from 4.30pm @ Southwold Library

Free event, no booking required.

Free play every week for kids 7+ and adults. Beginners’ teaching and assistance from Phil weeks two and four.

Mah-Jong Group

Friday, 8th and 22nd December, 2.15–4.15pm

Second and fourth Friday of the month.

£1 per person.

Can you play Mah-Jong? Do you want to learn? Come along and join the group at Southwold Library.

Crochet Club

Every Wednesday, 2.15–4pm

£2 each.

A friendly group for all abilities of crocheter. Barbara will be on hand to teach beginners, add to your crochet skills or troubleshoot problems. Or just bring along your latest project and crochet together. Bring your own equipment or Barbara can supply at a price. Refreshment break in the Canteen.

Blyth Poets ‘The Isle is Full of Voices’

Friday, 1st December, 2.15–3.30pm

First Friday of every month.

Free event, no booking required.

A poetry group meeting at Southwold Library. All welcome to read or just listen. We invite contributions of original work or well-loved poems. Refreshment break in the Canteen.

Scrabble Club

Thursday, 21st December, 2.15pm

Third Thursday of every month.

Free event, no booking required.

All equipment supplied. Refreshment break in the Canteen.

Lego Club!

Sundays, 12.15–1pm

Free event, no booking required.

Open to kids (and adults) of all ages. This winter, we’re building: Humongous Houses. All donations of Lego welcome.

Adults: Would you like to help with Lego Club? Just ask staff.

Southwold Library Reading Group

Thursday, 4th January, 6.30pm @ Southwold Library