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- Celebrating and reflecting on the film remakeCourse start date: Tue 8 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul SuttonFilm remakes often get a bad press, but there is frequently more to them than meets the eye. Whether a remake of an older classic, as in the case of Gus van Sant’s reworking of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, for example, or the Hollywood remake of a cherished European film, these types of film reveal a set of complex cultural, national, industrial and perhaps even psychological connections. Join us to celebrate and to reflect on the film remake as we explore what makes a remake and we critically analyse some filmic examples.
This session is part of the 2024 Mental Wealth Festival hosted by City Lit and partners.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - Spanish for fun
Course start date: Wed 9 Oct 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Virtu Tomás RodríguezGet a flavour of a new language and its basic sentence structure. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners. This session is part of the 2024 Mental Wealth Festival hosted by City Lit and partners.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - The Healing Power of Dionysian celebrationsCourse start date: Wed 9 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Maria ContosNietzsche in his book ‘The death of tragedy’ claims that by not experiencing Dionysian festivals in the modern world, we have lost the capacity to truly affirm life.
This session is part of the 2024 Mental Wealth Festival hosted by City Lit and partners.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - Natural facelift: taster workshopCourse start date: Wed 9 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Mark WoollardInterested in anti-ageing facial massage tecniques but don’t know where to begin? Why not try this general introduction? This highly effective and popular massage can delay the visible signs of ageing, without the need for invasive surgery. Perfect to use on yourself or friends and family.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - Celebrate through singing Welsh songsCourse start date: Wed 9 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Clare WhiteheadEnergise yourself singing and connecting with others in the Welsh language. You do not need to speak Welsh.
This session is part of the 2024 Mental Wealth Festival hosted by City Lit and partners.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - Join RED January & Decathlon: Introducing a Game-Changing Workplace Wellbeing InitiativeCourse start date: Thu 10 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Join RED January, Decathlon and some exciting guests as they reveal and explore their new workplace wellbeing initiative. RED January has raised millions for mental health causes, and inspired communities to embrace regular physical activity, helping to decrease inactivity levels and boost people’s mental health, wellbeing and quality of life.Full fee £0.00 - An Evening with Sir Grayson Perry Course start date: Thu 10 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
An exclusive evening with renowned artist and City Lit Fellow Sir Grayson Perry. Headlining this year’s Mental Wealth Festival, he will discuss the fascinating intersection between art, creativity and mental health. This will be followed by a drinks reception in the City Lit Gallery, which offers a unique opportunity to meet and interact with the artist personally. This event is a fundraiser, with all proceeds going towards the City Lit student bursary.Full fee £50.00 Senior fee £50.00 Concession £50.00 - German for opera lovers (intermediate and advanced) Course start date: Thu 10 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Katja ParmarThis is a German language course for lovers of German operas.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Working parents: Simple coaching strategies for success at work and homeCourse start date: Thu 10 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Working mother and business coach Rachel Morris shares her expertise about the transition working people navigate when they become parents. She will be sharing her insight about the needs people have before a child arrives in their lives, after the arrival of a child and the phase when they re-enter to the workplace as a ‘working parent’.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - The Super Helper Syndrome: in conversation with Jess BakerCourse start date: Fri 11 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Are you a compulsive helper? If you are, you may well suffer from ‘Super-Helper Syndrome’. City Lit’s Ian Tucknott sits down with author and psychologist Jess Baker to discuss the concept of super helpers and how it impacts their lives.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £3.00 Concession £3.00 - The Super Helper Syndrome Workshop with Jess BakerCourse start date: Fri 11 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Are you a compulsive helper? If you are, you may well suffer from ‘Super-Helper Syndrome’. Join psychologist, coach and author of The Super Helper Syndrome Jess Baker for this intimate and interactive workshop, to explore the challenges of being a super-helper and how to develop more healthy ways of helping.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £3.00 Concession £3.00 - Living & Dying – the search for meaningCourse start date: Fri 11 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
From birth to death, our lives are a quest for meaning, filled with moments of satisfaction, regret, and everything in between. Join City Lit Principal Mark Malcomson as he delves into the topic of ‘living and dying’ with palliative care doctor and best-selling author Dr Kathryn Mannix, and Books Beyond Words Chair, Baroness Sheila Hollins.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £3.00 Concession £3.00 - In Conversation with Dr Tara SwartCourse start date: Fri 11 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Join City Lit Principal Mark Malcomson as he sits down with Neuroscientist and Author of The Source Dr. Tara Swart as she discusses life, career and book, and to share pragmatic neuroscience-based messages all about our mental health.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £3.00 - Ready Steady Retire!Course start date: Fri 11 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jenny BardwellCome along and find out how your peers are coping with their newfound freedom in retirement - or perhaps you are approaching retirement and are wondering how to create structure and meaning in your new weekly routine? Maybe you will miss the deadlines and frequent communication you had with colleagues.
In this two-hour workshop, we will explore the pros and cons of retirement and find out how to combat isolation through forging new contacts and finding mental stimulus in a variety of ways from volunteering to lifelong learning.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - Humour Through Adversity #2Course start date: Fri 11 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Garth MacAnally shares his continued journey into understanding humour and the role it plays when things take unexpected turns in life.
“The road to recovery isn’t always what we might expect. An introspection of the reframed journey of recovery where a keeping a sense of humour in the face of continued adversity has been essential to my mental health.”.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £3.00
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