In August 2022, a small boat carrying a wooden figure of the Virgin Mary made the national news when it set out on a 75-mile journey down the River Wye to draw attention to the disastrous pollution of the river by sewage and industrial waste. Three years later, two of the organisers reveal how the project was conceived, planned and staged, how people reacted, and the part the 'Lady of the Waters' played in the ongoing campaign to save the Wye.
This is a PAY AS YOU FEEL event and donations are welcome. Bar and snacks available. For further details including how to book, please click on the event title above.

This exhibition of works by Christine Smyth – her first public show – combines portraits of family and friends with evocative charcoal landscapes and studies from life. The show runs from Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 August and is open daily from 10.30 am to 4.00 pm.
Admission free – ALL WELCOME. For further details please click on the event title above.
Please note that there is now a lift to the upstairs gallery for wheelchair-users and people with mobility issues.

This gig by Stroud bands Albino Tarantino, Thee Ones and DJ Mendoza will be a top-drawer ground-shaker. Be there or be square! Please note that the venue is The Club, High St, Newnham (that big place with the pillars), NOT The George.
Plus bar and snacks. Tickets £12, bookable now.

Seven hundred years ago they were hunted to the brink of extinction. Now wild boar are back in the Forest of Dean and elsewhere in the UK. But are they a threat to people, property and landscape, or should we be actively encouraging and protecting them?
For years, Chantal Lyons has immersed herself in the world of the boar and those who live alongside them. In this fascinating talk, she shares her experiences and explores the issues raised by the presence of these idiosyncratic, highly intelligent creatures in our midst.
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Spiriting us back to the early 1970s, Keith James brilliantly recreates the haunting music of singer-songwriters John Martyn and Nick Drake, with songs such as 'May You Never', 'River Man', 'Solid Air', 'Northern Sky', 'Bless the Weather' and 'Fruit Tree'.
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