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Welcome to a new kind of department store. From fashion and food, to nature and energy, our departments are packed full of exciting things to explore, including a huge range of shops, installations, events, creative spaces and more!
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Make your own tropical terrarium with Sam! A tropical terrarium is a mini-ecosystem in a glass container, filled with plants, soil and rocks. Once they
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Make your own tropical terrarium with Sam!
A tropical terrarium is a mini-ecosystem in a glass container, filled with plants, soil and rocks. Once they are closed, they don’t usually need any watering because they will create their own atmosphere. You can think of a terrarium as a little greenhouse!
In this experience, you will be making your own tropical terrarium in a glass container. You will learn all about these fascinating little worlds as you are guided on creating one for yourself.
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Every Thursday, Meret from Re_Thrindle is hosting a garment repair and alteration service in the sustainable fashion workshop space. No need to book –
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Every Thursday, Meret from Re_Thrindle is hosting a garment repair and alteration service in the sustainable fashion workshop space.
No need to book – just drop by the Fashion workshop space with your garms to get them fixed or transformed!
Price list:
- Mini repair (e.g. replace a button, fix a seam) – £5
- Small repair (e.g. mend a small tear or patch) – £7-10
- Medium repair (e.g. fixing a big tear, pocket mending or zipper replacement) – £10-15
- Max repair (e.g. coat zipper repair, broken lining) – from £15
- Visible mend by hand – from £12
- Mini alteration (e.g. change hemline, shorten sleeves) – from £12
- Medium alteration (e.g. take in/let out, shorten sleeves with cuff) – from £15
- Max alteration (e.g. reline garment) – from £30
- Rework (e.g. rework clothing into something new) – from £35
Please note these prices are just a guide – as every mend and alteration is different, all garments will be examined and quoted individually on the day.
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Join us in the Re-use department and learn how to make your own books. We have a stack of reuse-ready fabric and card, and will
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Join us in the Re-use department and learn how to make your own books. We have a stack of reuse-ready fabric and card, and will teach you a beginner-friendly but impressive looking method to bind a book from scratch. They make great sketchbooks or journals.
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Sat18May(May 18)2:00 PMSun26(May 26)5:00 PMSleight Of HandDEPARTMENTImaginationTYPEEvent
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SLEIGHT OF HAND is the new tactile installation by Jo Bannon, produced by MAYK, as part of the Mayfest 2024 programme, this sumptuous work invites
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SLEIGHT OF HAND is the new tactile installation by Jo Bannon, produced by MAYK, as part of the Mayfest 2024 programme, this sumptuous work invites you to participate in a series of touch encounters with unknown objects, materials and matter, subverting the format of a touch tour.
Integrating audio description, tactile design, choreography and an immersive ASMR soundscape, SLEIGHT OF HAND explores what we can discover if we loosen our grip on the known visual world and let our senses wander.
18th – 26th May, various times between 2 and 5pm. Pay what you can, £5 to £25.
Find out more: https://www.mayk.org.uk/whats-on/mayfest-2024
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Sun19May11:30 AMSun4:30 PMRepair Cafe ORGANISERNo Small ThingDEPARTMENTReuseTYPEService
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Join us at our Sparks Repair Cafe in the Department of Reuse & Resources to mend your things! Every Sunday,
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Join us at our Sparks Repair Cafe in the Department of Reuse & Resources to mend your things!
Every Sunday, we’ll be holding two drop in sessions:
- 11.30am – 1.30pm- Repair Cafe
- 2.30pm – 4.30pm – Repair and Make Cafe
Both sessions will be focused on repair but with the afternoon offering a little more freedom and space for creativity.
If you have nothing that needs repair, we’ll have a lovely stash of items that can be reworked, dismantled and re-made, investigated, stripped for materials.
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Fri24May2:00 PMFri6:00 PMDr Bike ORGANISERBristol City CouncilDEPARTMENTTravelTYPEService
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Come and get your free bike check! Pop by our Travel Agency to have a mechanic conduct a basic bike maintenance check
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Come and get your free bike check!
Pop by our Travel Agency to have a mechanic conduct a basic bike maintenance check for you!
Available fortnightly on a first-come-first-serve basis.
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Sat25May12:00 PMSat2:00 PMThe Basics of Mending ORGANISERRe_thrindleDEPARTMENTFashionTYPEWorkshop
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Clothes Mending Workshop by Re_Thrindle. Completely new to mending? In this workshop, you’ll learn everything you need to get started on repairing your clothes and
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Clothes Mending Workshop by Re_Thrindle.
Completely new to mending? In this workshop, you’ll learn everything you need to get started on repairing your clothes and keep them happy. Meret of Re_Thrindle will teach you basic mending techniques, including fixing seams and hems, re-attaching buttons, and simple patching.
Bring a piece of clothing to repair and all other materials are provided. Book through the learn more link below!
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Clothes Mending Workshop by Re_Thrindle In this mending workshop you’ll learn the traditional Japanese mending technique Sashiko – meaning ‘little stabs’. This method
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Clothes Mending Workshop by Re_Thrindle
In this mending workshop you’ll learn the traditional Japanese mending technique Sashiko – meaning ‘little stabs’. This method is all about embracing the art of repair and prolonging the life of clothing.
Come along and learn this beautiful method on one of your own garments! Bring a piece of clothing to repair and all other materials are provided.
Book through the learn more link below!
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Being with Cows tells the heartbreaking, heartfelt, and ultimately, transformational story of how one man, shattered by the sudden death of his brother, was helped to
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Being with Cows tells the heartbreaking, heartfelt, and ultimately, transformational story of how one man, shattered by the sudden death of his brother, was helped to a place of acceptance and quiet joy through the presence and gentle stillness of his cows. It was a healing so deep and complete, that he realised others would benefit from his experience and the idea for the ‘Being with Cows’ retreats was born; a retreat where everyone can benefit from ‘cowfulness’ and the quiet journey to a simpler way of being. This event if free, book your place in advance.
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Join Mariana Trench for a loud and proud game of Bingo on the 7th of June! Celebrate this Pride season with Mariana
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Join Mariana Trench for a loud and proud game of Bingo on the 7th of June!
Celebrate this Pride season with Mariana Trench for the first of two bingo games being held at Sparks, Broadmead. Expect silly jokes, questionable anecdotes, sensational live singing and fabulous prizes! There will be a bar with a range of soft and alcoholic drinks available.
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Celebrate the powerful LGBTQ+ voices in your community. Discover and support local LGBTQ+ artists as they spread love through music in unique,
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Celebrate the powerful LGBTQ+ voices in your community.
Discover and support local LGBTQ+ artists as they spread love through music in unique, unexpected spaces. This show is part of the Sparks’ Pride and Protest series.
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Join esteemed Drag Queens Mariana Trench and DIS for an interactive workshop on the History of Drag! Mariana Trench and DIS are
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Join esteemed Drag Queens Mariana Trench and DIS for an interactive workshop on the History of Drag!
Mariana Trench and DIS are delighted to invite you to their interactive workshop, ‘A Brief History of Drag’
Join Mariana Trench and DIS as they guide you along a playful and interactive journey through the hxstory of Drag! Discover key figures in art and activism that transgressed the gender binaries to create the global sensation drag performance commands today!
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