January 2008

The West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds will entertain the crowds with performances of Beauty and the Beast, which will run until Wednesday 12 January.

People are invited to attend a day of bird-themed activities at Oakwell Hall Country Park in Birstall on Sunday 27 January.

Concert organist Carlo Curley is heading back to Huddersfield Town Hall on Monday 7 January.

Dewsbury Library is set to hold an event to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid on Saturday 26 January.

Clairvoyant Tony Stockwell is heading to Huddersfield Town Hall on Friday 29 February.

Classic pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk is entertaining crowds at the Theatre Royal in Wakefield until Sunday 6 January.

Classic pantomime Dick Whittington is set to hit the stage at the Halifax YMCA on Saturday 26 January.

A Freddie Mercury and Queen tribute act is heading to Huddersfield Town Hall on Thursday 17 January.

Bingley Arts Centre is featuring comedy Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting on a Green Park Bench until Saturday 19 January.

There will be the opportunity for people to express themselves through art with the launch of a new group at Huddersfield Library on Monday 14 January.

Starting on Saturday 26 January, Huddersfield Sports Centre is hosting a new Family Fusion exercise class.

Music lovers will be given the opportunity to listen to Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts as he performs the opera Peter Grimes from Thursday 17 January in the Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House.

There will be an opportunity to hear artist Jeanette Appleton discuss her current exhibition at the Bankfield Museum in Halifax on Sunday 13 January.

People are invited to attend a craft fair at Ogden Water in Halifax on Sunday 27 January.

There will be the opportunity to experience some culture at the Theatre Royal in Wakefield as the Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged) arrives on Monday 21 January.

A new ten-week badminton course is commencing at the Colne Valley Leisure Centre in Slaithwaite on Thursday 10 January.

People are invited to a one-day health and well-being event at Dewsbury Library and Information Centre on Wednesday 9 January.

Kirklees' Easy Riders are kicking off the new year with a cycle ride from Kirkburton on Saturday 5 January.

Children and adults are invited to attend a Mad Hatter's Tea Party at Halifax Visitor Centre and Art Gallery on Saturday 12 January.

Creators of The Edge Chronicles author Paul Stewart and illustrator Chris Riddell are set to visit Lindley Library and Information Centre on Wednesday 23 January.

Traditional folk singer Brian Peters is set to entertain the crowds at the Alma Inn in Sowerby Bridge on Tuesday 29 January.

The Theatre Royal in Wakefield will host a play fit for the venue's name on Wednesday 30 January and Thursday 31 January.

There will be the opportunity to meet Cinderella and her fairy godmother in a magical costumed workshop at Shibden Hall in Halifax on Saturday 5 January.

The New Rope String Band is on its way to The Priestley in Bradford on Saturday 26 January.

A duo of songsters are set to entertain the crowds at Dewsbury Town Hall on Wednesday 9 January.

Members of the public have been invited to a night of star-gazing in Pontefract on Tuesday 29 January.

The Orchestra of Opera North is set to perform its Romantic Greats programme at Huddersfield Town Hall on Thursday 31 January.

Pantomime Robin Hood and The Babes In The Wood is featuring at The Carriageworks in Leeds until Saturday 19 January.

People are being given the opportunity to view an exhibition celebrating Stani Art at the University of Bradford until Friday 18 January.

People are invited to take part in a walk beginning at the Black Dyke Mills crossroads in Queensbury on Wednesday 9 January.

Youngsters are invited to the Eureka! Museum for Children in Halifax for Snow Queen story times from Thursday 27 December.

The National Coal Mining Museum for England in Wakefield is set to host a storytelling day on Sunday 27 January.

Conservation Kirklees is seeking volunteers to assist in hedge-laying at Dalton Bank Local Nature Reserve in Huddersfield on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 January.

Conservation Kirklees is seeking enthusiastic volunteers to assist in maintaining Sunny Bank Pond in Mirfield on Wednesday 9 January.

Those keen to get active are invited for a walk in Mytholmroyd on Sunday 6 January.

To mark the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I, people's memories of the conflict will be brought to life at Dewsbury Museum on Sunday 27 January.