THERE’S LOTS ON locally to keep everyone busy over the next couple of months: Launched at the start of July but really picking up pace are the Little Picnics, a celebration of all the fantastic food retailers we have nearby packed up in a bespoke picnic bag.
We, along with Leeds City Council and ISIS [developers at Granary Wharf] wanted to shout about our area and tell the rest of the city about this haven of independent cafes, restaurants and pubs, so we teamed up with the Leeds Loves Food festival to launch the Little Picnics which are available until 5 September at seven of the best independent food suppliers from The Hop at Granary Wharf to Holbeck Urban Village favourites Engine House Café, Out of the Woods, David Street Café, Pickled Pepper, Cross Keys and the Midnight Bell. Each venue has designed its own special menu and customers can choose from lighter snacks such as a slice of home–made cake and coffee from the Engine House Café, to a jam–packed feast from the Pickled Pepper Deli which includes a salad box or slice of quiche/frittata, home-made chocolate brownie and drink.
www.holbeckurbanvillage.co.uk
THE NEXT CROSS KEYS quarterly seasonal food and craft market is a ‘Harvest Festival’ on Saturday 16 October, coinciding with World Food Day. They’ve also launched their summer menu so head on down to treat your tastebuds to some delectable dining.
www.the-crosskeys.com
ACROSS THE CANAL on 28 August is the last chance this summer to visit the Granary Wharf Pannier Markets, featuring more than 60 traders with delicatessen stalls, hat makers and vintage sellers joining the established mix of sellers of high quality cheese, sausage, retro fashion, photography and handmade gifts. www.granarywharf.co.uk
RUNNING ALONG SIDE the Pannier Markets are the Urban Story Walks led by local storyteller Joe Collins. These stories are original tales about the history of Leeds which have never been told in this way before, compiled from anecdotes and fables gathered by Collins over many years. You can book tickets on Dig Yorkshire: www.digyorkshire.co.uk
THE GREEN CORRIDOR, an ancient footpath which winds through an array
of visual delights both wild and man–made, passing Temple Works, under Holbeck Viaduct, to the meadows along Bridge Road and then onto Holbeck
Moor offers a quick walking route from Holbeck right through to the
city centre. Have a wander along the path as it explores areas which had
been a bit neglected so were given a bit of TLC.
There is new lighting and rough land has been replanted with flowers and as a reminder of Leeds’ once thriving textile industry, flax, which was used to make linen. www.holbeckurbanvillage.co.uk
PAVILION in the Round Foundry will collaborate with artist Aurelien Froment during September. Visitors to the gallery will see video pieces by the artist who was born in Paris and now lives and works in Dublin. Froment works with photography, film, sculpture and performance to interrogate the way media structures the relation between object and sign, perception and cognition, language and meaning. www.pavilion.org.uk
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Temple Works: www.templeworksleeds.com
Slung Low Theatre Company at the Holbeck Underground Ballroom: http://web.me.com/slung.low/Slung_Low/The_HUB_home.html
For the latest goings on just two of
the most innovative cultural hot spots in HUV.
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Holbeck Urban Village is constantly changing and evolving with new businesses moving in and different events occurring throughout the year, it’s great to see just how much goes on in a relatively small area.
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