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NORDIC WALKING IN THE PARK
Till Dec. 7, 2016
Mondays, 1 - 1.50PM /
Wednesdays, 3 - 3.50PM.
Gathering point: WhiteKnights Campus, opposite the Student Union Building.
Mondays, 3 - 3,50PM /
Wednesdays, 1 - 1.50PM.
Gathering point: Greenlands Campus, outside the Fitness Centre.
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Nordic Walking is fun and sociable; it is an enhancement of ordinary walking that provides benefits for everybody, from those with medical problems to the super fit.
READING HERITAGE TRIAL
Oct. 30, 2016
Sunday at 12noon.
Gathering point: Palmer Park Library (RG1 2EM)
Those passionate about urban walking, story telling should join Laura from Pop-Up Reading on a walk. Not just a walk but walk & talk – you'll venture the streets of Reading, find out hidden stories and history and have fun. You'll finish nowhere else but at Harvest Feast Artisan Food Market, in time to to pick up vegan and allergy-free baked goods from White Rabbit Bakery, and pancakes from Hack The Stack, and more.
ARTISTS AND WRITERS IN READING PRISON
Extended till Dec. 04, 2016
Reading Prison (RG13RV).
In September 2016 HM Prison Reading opened for the first time to the public. Artangel called for artists, writers, and performers to respond to its most notorious inmate, Oscar Wilde. They placed their artworks inside the prison's cells and corridors, and the result is astonishing. This exhibition brings together that which Wilde's final works so eloquently delineated: the pain of separation, the excruciatingly slow passage of time, betrayal, redemption, and love.
FREE DROP-IN MEDITATION CLASSES
Till Dec. 7, 2016
Every Wednesdays, 1-1.50pm. WhiteKnights Campus, Senior Common Room, Park House.
The Living Meditation series provides a comprehensive introduction to meditation and mindfulness, Each class consists of two guided meditations and instruction. Anyone can practice meditation and everyone is welcome to attend.
READING IN READING BOOK FESTIVAL
Oct. 28-30, 2016
The Olympia Shehnai (RG14AM)
Friday at 7PM. Saturday and Sunday from 10AM to 9PM
This is the first edition of the Reading Book Festival. Top speakers from literature, sport, entertainment and politics will gather this week end to read from the latest books and answer question from the public.
You can book for the whole event for just £20 a ticket.
DRACULA, THE PLAY
Till Oct. 29, 2016
The Progress Theatre (RG17DF)
Performances at 7.45pm.
When a story is as well known as Dracula, theatre makers and film directors feel compelled to stage different readings of the original Stocker's book.
This Progress Theatre’s production, continues the trend by placing the novel’s women front and centre of the ordeal and making the males accessories to the main plot.
Vampirism and Feminism? Interesting...
PATTY SMITH READS OSCAR WILDE
Oct. 30, 2016
Sunday at 12noon.
Prison?s Chapel, Reading Prison (RG1 3FB).
Part of Artangel's exhibition at Reading Prison, the musician Patty Smith reads De Profundis by Oscar Wilde. The reading will last about 5 hours, and nothing has been said about how Smith will perform it.
But it will be a memorable event.
SEX GANG CHILDREN. THE JEZEBEL TOUR
Oct. 24, 2016
Sub 89, Reading (RG1 1EP). Doors open at 19:30
Over 14s only.
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Sex Gang Children? It's a band and they are here. Back in the early 80s, the Sex Gang Children held their own unique place within the broad church of gothic rock. Less grand and majestic. More sneering and medieval. Strong bass lines and ringing guitar led by pleading, howling vocals. And after 30 odd years they recreate the theatre and drama that unsettled us back then.
THINGS TO DO THIS WEEK
There's plenty to choose