EVENTS COMING UP IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO

Monday 2nd October 8pm for 8.30pm   Quiz Night       £1  

A perennial favourite, teams of 7 and strictly no cheating! New format means potentially big prizes each week. Arrive at this Golden Triangle pub from 8pm, quiz starts upstairs at 8.30pm

Thursday 5th November   7.15pm   Pizza / pasta meal deal with live klezmer music    £7.95

A great early meal deal. Pizza or pasta plus a drink for £7.95. Our table at this central Norwich restaurant is booked for 7.15pm (to take advantage of the meal deal). From 8pm, Pinky Umbrella, an upbeat klezmer /gypsy /folk band play the night away.

Saturday 7th November   9.45am for 10am    Guided Walk: Fungay Foray         £3.50

A guided walk around this park with one of the rangers, looking at the different types of fungi in different habitats. The walk is around 2 miles. Cost £3.50, and book your place in advance. Parking is in a paid car park by the visitor centre. Arrive around 9.45am, walk starts at 10am till 12.30pm.

Saturday 7th November  VOTE FOR: Sparks in the Park or Film: Men Who Stare at Goats

Which would you all prefer? The seasonal choice: fireworks or a newly released dark comedy starring George Clooney and Ewan McGregor? Votes please!

Sunday 8th November 11am Sunday Brunch (and gentle stroll after)    £2-£7

This central Norwich cafe does a jolly nice breakfast, veggie and regular, which makes for a smashing brunch - prices from £2 to £7. Plus they have a great range of freshly brewed coffees to choose from. Feast your eyes on the menu and sign up on the calendar. I have reserved us a table. Afterwards if we feel so inclined, a gentle stroll around the picturesque parts of Norwich.

Sunday 8th November  4-5pm   Open Pub Meet      Free

Open to members and non-members, this month congregating in the bar at Cinema City.

Sunday 8th November 5pm for 5.30pm    Film Quiz     £1

An interesting film quiz, with reasonably answerable questions, and requested again by group member Dave (our resident film quiz ringer!). £1pp. Arrive in the bar from 5pm for a 5.30pm start. Team names work best if they are film related - a prize for the best one.

Tuesday 10th November  7.15pm for 8/8.30pm Quiz & Curry Night      £1 / £6

Our favourite quiz, £1 pp, teams of 6. Arrive from 7.15pm if you want a simple curry (£6), the quiz starts around 8/8.30pm.

Wednesday 11th November  7.30pm   Book Buddies       Free

Book Buddies is a monthly book reading group meeting on the second Wednesday of each month. Copies of books can, of course, be obtained privately, but we have a group library ticket. For discussion at this meeting is: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

Thursday 12th November  8pm  Live Music (to dance to?) Mondo    Free

Music, visuals, lighting and sounds weave together for a stunning evening. Live Band + DJs...Latin, blues, jazz, world music and swing and live VJs. Sit and soak up the atmosphere or (preferably) get up and dance to what will surely be a unique night in Norwich...and it's FREE! The DJ's start at 7pm, so I suggest we get there around 8pm, ready for the band to start around 8pm / 8.30pm.

Saturday 14th November  1.45 for 2pm  Pole Dancing class! (This is it...)     £20 + £2.50

Last month's class didn't happen, so it's been moved. This company offers a well-run taster class, cost £20 plus £2.50 entrance to the facility. This group already has enough bookings to run, so grab your chance now. So fill in the booking for and send it off, in good time, with your payment. 

Saturday 14th November  8pm  Live Swing Band & Dancing    £15

This outfit is committed to damned fine music, dancing, dressing up and divine decoration. With live music from the best bands, saucy cabaret, heaven-sent DJ's, the legendary free and easy dance class from Swing City, and the mythical free prize draw you'll be spoilt rotten.

Add to that, the plethora of local acts (some with colourful language and burlesque themes), and our ever-loving Compere, Mr Cheeky Pete Dobbing, a little light alcoholic lubrication and a heady atmosphere and you've got yourselves THE perfect evening. This event has a Cold War theme - think Russia, think spies, think men and women in uniform. People do dress up within the theme at these events, and this all adds to the fun. In fact, people can feel out of place if they don't - you can't be too dressed up! Arrive at 8pm, a free Swing dance class is at 8.30pm, then dance the night away till 2am. Tickets need to be bought in advance.

Thursday 19th November  8pm  Dinner Buddies     Free

An idea that's been in the back of my mind for some while. A fair few members have said that they love cooking but lack the guests to make it worthwhile cooking for. So, drawing on the inspiration from 'Come Dine With Me', I'd like to suggest forming a few dinner buddies teams, of 4-6 people, who can take turns each month to host dinner for each other. Sounds fun? Then let's meet to talk through the details, set a budget and form some teams. 

Friday 20th November  8.15pm Salsa! Club Latino      Free

Free salsa lesson, free salsa music after to dance to, free tapas (and 'damn fine tapas it is too', according to the barmaid). Salsa lesson is at 8.30pm, so let's go along to this central Norwich pub and see how the evening pans out. It gets busy, so be warned, but come ready to enter into the party spirit.

Saturday 21st November  12.30pm  Exhibition on the Paston Family & Elm Hill     Small charge

An exhibition looking at the relationship between the Paston family and the Elm Hill area. The Pastons were a prominent Norfolk family in the 15th and 16th centuries and are nationally famous for a series of personal correspondence now known as the Paston Letters, now held by the British Museum.

The temporary exhibition features information on the Paston’s townhouse, their patronage of St Peter Hungate Church,  transcripts of the Paston Letters, images and illustrative costume. A small charge applies.

Saturday 21st November 1.30-2.30pm    Open Cafe Meet     Free

Our monthly meet, open to members and non members. Meet at the Theatre Royal cafe.

Saturday 21st November   TBA Film: Harry Brown       £6

Billed as the best film of the year, and requested by group member Dave. Set in modern-day Britain, the film follows one Harry Brown’s (Sir Michael Caine) journey through a chaotic world where drugs are the currency of the day and gun wielding gangs run the streets. Times & venue to follow.

Monday 23rd November    8pm for 8.30pm New Quiz Night     £5 per team

A new quiz for us to try. Arrive at this central Norwich pub at 8pm to get a table, quiz starts around 8.30pm. Cost is £5 per TEAM, regardless of team size, so let's make sure we have a cost effective number! But apparently most people win a prize of some sort, so all would not be lost if we didn't have the full 5 people.

Friday 27th November 8.30pm for 9pm   Live Music: Cleaving Heavages     Free

Playing saxophones, teapots, decoy ducks and a range of strange percussion, the Cleaving Heevages are almost possible to describe: jazz-caberet, swing, blues, latin, reggae, funk and if under duress, country and western with an overwhelming sense of naughtiness and fun. Wearing tight bright red dresses and smothered in feather boas these guys (gals?) promise a night of risqué entertainment… Big Smiles!!

FREE ENTRY. Arrive from 8.30pm, music starts around 9pm

Saturday 28th November  7pm  Evening Meal – British contemporary fine dining    From £20

A stylish ambiance with upmarket contemporary British food at this Golden Triangle restaurant. Well worth treating yourself, with a la carte mains from £10 - £15, or a menu du jour for £20/2 courses, £22.50/ 3 courses (including a bottle of house wine). Our table is booked, all we need is you!