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Guitar Lessons Learn how to play the guitar ; you dont even need to own one! Our 10 week, beginners course star ts Weds 8th Feb 6 7pm at Cannon Hussey Community Centre. 2 per session, guitars are available to hire. Cuban Salsa Classes Learn how to shine on the dance floor, impress your friends at the par ty and gain. First class is free. 5 per lesson, 4 concessions, 8 per couple. Mondays from 16th January at Sacred Trinity Church. Beginners class 7pm, advanced class 8.15pm. Bookings: info@salsa-manchester.co.uk 07414 019 111, 07951 665 861. The North Manchester group of The Vikings meet every other Tuesday at Sacred Trinity Church from 7pm to 10pm for combat training and crafts. If you're over 18 and interested in either or both, they'd love to meet you. Contact Chas on 07748 684138. Drumming and Dance Tuition Manchester School of Samba focus on Brazilian Carnival Ar t forms, and teach percussion and dance for all, beginners to advanced. At Sacred Trinity Church, Wednesdays 7 9.30pm. Visit www.sambaman.org.uk or call Tony on 07770 916330 or 0161 232 1984 for more details. Ceramics drop in Mother and Daughter potters Yasmin Stephens and Amber Sanchez host a drop in pottery session with live demonstrations, exhibits of recent work, and you can have a go at throwing clay for 1. Thursdays 12 2 at Chapel Street & Hope URC. www.monsterpots.co.uk

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Winter Activities
Free Computer Classes Suitable for beginners to intermediate level, covering basic skills, using the internet, excel/spreadsheets, Access/database, and PowerPoint/presentation graphics. At St Phils School Community Room, Tuesdays 1.45 3.45pm, from 10th Jan 2012 for ten weeks. Creche provided. Call Jackie Brandreth on 0161 921 1857 to book your place on the course. Arts Club Free sessions for people to take par t in drawing, painting, photography and film making, whilst enjoying a brew with friendly people in a relaxed environment. Wednesdays 1 3pm @ St Phils Church. Creating Art: From Idea to Exhibition. Learn how to develop your ideas for ar t, create new work and exhibit, all in 10 easy and practical sessions. At Sacred Trinity Church, Tuesdays 12.30 1.30pm, from 24th Jan. 1 per session.

Retracing Chapel Street. An exhibition documenting peoples memories of Salford Streets demolished on the 1950s and 60s. Open Thursdays 12 2pm at Chapel Gallery, Chapel St and Hope URC. White Cube. Throughout February Berlin based ar tist Antonia Low will be transforming the kitchen space at Chapel St and Hope URC into a visual diorama, using the kitchen hatch as a frame through which a perfect white cube will seem to glow. Provisionally booked for Wednesday 22nd Monday 27th Feb. See www.sevensitesproject.tumblr.com for more details.

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Winter Exhibitions
Milltown. An exhibition of photography and mixed media by Luke Cunningham, focusing on the decline of industrialism and our ever changing urban landscapes, and exploring issues relating to memory, history, cultural change and the notion of a landscape once littered with industry which has long since disappeared. Open Thursdays 12 2pm from Jan 12th at Chapel Gallery, Chapel St and Hope URC. Life and Times of a War Time Art Student. An exhibition of work by Kate Herber t, a working class girl from Lower Broughton, Salford, who realised her dreams and ambitions by passing a scholarship to Salford Ar t School, after her ar tistic ability was spotted by a teacher at the beginning of the Second World War. Work shown at Chapel St & Hope URC Thursdays 12-2pm, and Sundays 12-4pm February to April 2012, is part of a Salford Museum and Art Gallery exhibition. More details at Tel: 0161 778 0800 Email: salford.museum@salford.gov.uk Web: www.salford.gov.uk/salfordmuseum

Venue details; Chapel Street & Hope UR Church, Lamb Court, Salford M3 6AF St Phils Church, Wilton Place, Salford M3 6FR Sacred Trinity Church, Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5DW Unless stated otherwise, contact Chris on 0161 839 1180 or via email chris@salfordchurch.org or visit www.cscar ts.wordpress.com for fur ther details of activities, or to book a place. Chapel Street Community Ar ts is a not for profit organisation based in the Chapel Street area of Salford.