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Lecture Programme 2009
The Association provides an opportunity for National Trust members to meet together for lectures and organised visits to NT properties and other venues and also to join in with more extended tours both in the UK and abroad...
National Trust Milton Keynes

Coming Up...
The Chrysalis Theatre is part of Camphill Milton Keynes, a working community where 50 residents with learning disabilities live together with co-workers and their families, many of whom are volunteers from all over the world. The community arranges a programme of events throughout the year - concerts, drama, story-telling, talks, films and eurythmy.
Chrysalis, Milton Keynes

June/July 2009
Bletchley Park, home to the codebreakers of World War Two, launches its 2009 programme.. It's programme includes a range of events to suit everyone, from grown ups and children, to World War Two re-enactors, plane spotters and bus fanatics. There will be a number of breathtaking flypasts by Spitfires, Hurricanes and Lancasters from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flypast squadron* and many highlights...
Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes

Tuesday 7th - Saturday 11th July
Milton Keynes Theatre of Comedy are delighted to present this exclusive stage premiere: Written by former members of the Monty Python team, Michael Palin and Terry Jones, this classic BAFTA award-winning TV comedy series (originally shown in the late 1970's) has been exclusively adapted for the stage by David Pibworth. Three daft tales that take a gentle, comic dig at Boys Own adventure style stories and the "golden age of empire", mixed with satire and much silliness!
Ripping Yarns, Milton Keynes

Friday 24th July - Sunday 26th July 2009
The city's ultimate free summer festival returns to Station Square and this time the Beach is bigger! The main stage will rock with 100's of performers and bands, the Station Square will host local skateboarders pulling off cunning trix and stunts, volleyball matches and beach sports will takeover the beach, the International OXDOX Film Festival will be screening Extreme Sports Flix and Docs from around the Globe in the Blackout tent plus loads more!
Musik 4U, Milton Keynes

3rd/4th/11th July
Ayckbourn celebrates 50 years of playwriting (1959-2009) Ayckbourn, the master of domestic comedy, believes his funniest play is Table Manners, part of his Norman Conquest trilogy first performed in 1973. To celebrate his anniversary Milton Keynes drama group Tread The Boards will present this hilarious comedy at two local venues. We have in the past presented the two other plays, Round and Round the Garden, and Living Together, so we complete the set with this production.
Tread the boards, Milton Keynes

4th July – 30th August 2009
Artist Lyndall Phelps' exhibition The Pigeon Archive, documents the re-enactment of pigeon manoeuvres undertaken during both World Wars, through photographs, film and other paraphernalia. In the Second World War it was recommended that every military aircraft leaving Britain carry two pigeons in case of emergency. If the plane was shot down, pigeons were dispatched carrying the survivor's coordinates for rescue.
Phelps, Milton Keynes

Monday 6th July
Always rushing around? Missing out on quality time with your family? As the nights grow longer bring the whole family for a relaxing evening walk after a busy day at work. Join park rangers from The Parks Trust for a new series of Working Parents' Walks organised to take place monthly after working hours and starting in April. The Parks Trust, Milton Keynes

Saturday 11th July
Have you played Meal or No Meal yet? It is still running, though probably only for another month or two, and is proving quite addictive for some people … especially those with their mind set on a particular prize. Click through to the competition from our website home page and find out for yourself why it has travelled the country!!
Milton Keynes Theatre District

Sunday 12th July
BBC ONE'S ever popular Sunday evening programme, The Antiques Roadshow will be filming for its 32nd series at Bletchley Park on Sunday 12 July, 2009. The doors open at 9.30 am and close at 4.30pm. This will be presenter Fiona Bruce's second year with the Roadshow and she says, “Presenting the Antiques Roadshow is for me, one of those rare and very lucky coincidences in television when you get to work on a show that you already love to watch.
Antiques Roadshow, Milton Keynes

Saturday 18th July
On Saturday 7th March '09, Willen Hospice officially launched Milton Keynes' first ever Midnight Walk -‘The MK Midnight Moo' – with a fantastic line up of entertainment at Midsummer Place. The 10 mile walk for ladies, organised by and in aid of Willen Hospice, will take place at Midnight on Saturday 18th July...
Midnight Mooo-n Walk in MK

Sunday 19th July
Bletchley Park's ninth annual Polish Day on Sunday 19 July will celebrate the important contribution made by the Poles to the breaking of the Enigma Cipher. Bletchley Park remembers the three mathematicians who are commemorated on its Polish Memorial – Marian Rejewski, Henryk Zygalski and Jerzy Różycki. This year is the 70th anniversary of their contribution. Guided tours of Bletchley Park will be available in both Polish and English languages...
Polish Day, Milton Keynes

Saturday July 18th
Parklife is now in its eighth successful year of showcasing quality, new and exciting music/arts and 2009 should be no exception. There will be two performances areas: a main stage and acoustic stage. Interspersed within the music areas are stalls and exhibition spaces for local art and displays...
More on Parklife, Milton Keynes

Wednesday 22nd July
'Qudduson' - For centuries the word 'Qudduson' has reverberated through the sacred music of East and West. In this new programme, The Clerks join virtuoso singers from Syria, each steeped in the traditions of Sufism, Islam and the Orthodox church. Together they explore music from different faith traditions in a dynamic conversation between Eastern and Western musical genres and techniques.
The Clerks, Milton Keynes

Friday 24th July
Campbell Park will, for the first time, host an open-air Shakespearean theatre production this summer courtesy of The Parks Trust. Residents and visitors to Milton Keynes will be able to enjoy a magical open-air performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream – one of Shakespeare's best-loved, romantic comedies. Performed by the Illyria Theatre Company the play will take place on Friday 24 July 2009, 7.00pm in Campbell Park. Shakespeare, Milton Keynes

Saturday 25th July
Buckinghamshire Family History Society will be holding its Open Day on Saturday 25th July 2009, 10am to 4pm, at the Grange School, Wendover Way, Aylesbury HP21 7NH (south east of town between A413 and A41). Many attractions for Bucks researchers including full Bucks FHS library and databases, talks, guest societies and commercial suppliers. Free admission and free car parking at the school.
Bucks Family History Open Day

@ Ortega, Milton Keynes Every Thursday
Every Thursday night, Ortega Tapas Restaurant, Theatre District, Milton Keynes, plays host to a live Flamenco Guitarist. Nick Sherreard has been a working musician for nearly twenty years. In the past he has shared stages with the likes of Peter Green, Gwyn Ashton, Stan Webb's Chicken Shack, The Hamsters and Nine Below Zero.
Flamenco, Milton Keynes

Saturday 14th November
On 14 November, for the first time, the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA), in Milton Keynes, promises to rescue self-confessed motorbike fans from their daily humdrum, and take them across India for a therapeutic 1825km ride on Royal Enfield Bullets. These classic bikes will carry fundraising volunteers through an 11-day Indian experience of a lifetime called the Rajasthan Motorbike Challenge.
More on SIA, Milton Keynes