Daily Life-what's on this week

Friday

STONYWORDS!8. A host of talent pays homage to song writer Jackson Brown at Running on Empty at The White Horse, Stony Stratford. Starts at 8.30pm.

MK MANGA Club Meeting. 2012 is the Year of the Dragon. The Chinese New Year was on Monday and to celebrate activities at

the meeting will relate to the event. New members welcome, no ticket required,

6-7.45pm, CMK library.

NEED some chill out time after a busy week? Yoga relaxation and stretch at St Michael’s Church, OU Campus, 6-7.30pm. For more information call 01908 218915, or email hypnomk@googlemail.com.

STONYWORDS!8. Bard to Verse8, Bull Hotel, Stables Bar. The Speakeasy people are back from 8pm. All styles of poetry are welcome; just email martin@writerbrock.co.uk if you want to perform.

Saturday

MK RAMBLERS meet at 10am in the car park in Newport Pagnell at the back of

the medical centre for a seven-mile

circular walk. For more details call 01908 607215.

TABLE Top Sale, Sherington Village Hall. Raising funds for community pre-school. Pop along to grab yourself a bargain, books, cakes, toys and even some garden goodies. From 10am-1.30pm.

Sunday

MK RAMBLERS’ ten-mile circular walk from Lavendon taking in part of the Milton Keynes Boundary Walk. Meet at Lavendon War Memorial at 10am. Bring packed lunch. No dogs. More details from 01908 606595.

LUNCHTIME live music at Woughton Leisure Centre, free entry, families welcome. This week rock covers band Spaced Out, from 1-4pm.

STONYWORDS!8. Jim Loach’s thought-provoking Oranges and Sunshine is being shown at The Cock Hotel - a film about the deportation of children in care to Australia, starring Emma Watson. Starts 7pm, tickets cost £5 (£3 for concessions) and are available from the hotel.

OPEN Night - Rotary Club of the Brickhills. The club is having a party as they have fun raising money for the local, national and international community, plus they have 420 trees to plant. Help wanted. From 7pm at DoubleTree by Hilton, stadiummk.

More information is available at www.brickhillsrotary.co.uk

Monday

STONYWORDS!8. Gardening Women, a talk by Catherine Horwood about her book at The Cock Hotel at 7.30pm. She will set the record straight on the overlooked lives of female gardeners. For tickets email

gifford11@btconnect.com, or call 01908 562025. Costs £5, proceeds to Willen Hospice.

Tuesday

PUSHCHAIRS in the Park. Enjoy Howe Park Wood with The Parks Trust. Meet in the car park off H7 Chaffron Way, 10am, free.

SHERINGTON Pre-school open morning, Sherington Village Hall, 9.30-11.30am. See first hand how they cater for you and your child’s individual needs in their first steps into active learning. More details at www.sherington.org.

Wednesday

OPEN Film Society, Women Without Men. Set in Teheran during the 1953 CIA coup, this visually dense and highly allegorical work tells of four women whose lives become intertwined with one another and the fate of their country. Showing at 6.15 and 8.45pm. More details at www.openfilmsociety.co.uk.

YOGA Meditation. Chanting and relaxation at Portfields Community Centre, Newport Pagnell, 8-9pm. For more information call 01908 218915, or email hypnomk@

googlemail.com.

STONYWORDS!8. The festival ends with the Literary Stuff Quiz at the Cock Hotel, 7.30pm. Keeping with tradition, the questions will be written by last year’s winners. Entry costs £5 for a team of four to six. Email gifford11@btconnect.com, or call 01908 562025 for tickets.