After a successful Love Where You Live event in May, the team are returning to the North 11 and 12 Street Gardens on Thursday 23 June from 12-2pm to continue the amazing work done to clean up this area ready for the summer. Tasks on the list will include cutting back overgrown landscaping, tidying borders […]
Superman IV The Quest For Peace, starring Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman, was filmed in Milton Keynes (which doubled as Metropolis) 30 years ago in 1986. With the help of local people, artist Richard DeDomenici will reshoot key scenes during the International Festival. Go to www.ifmiltonkeynes.org to register your interest in being an extra or […]
Join MK Gallery's first ever Family-in-Residence, the Aylards from Oxley Park, for a magical family event created in collaboration with artist Alice Boland Rhodes. Expect all things mystical while celebrating the end of their residency and enjoying the activities they’ve been busily creating for you over the recent months. Find out more about the Family-in-Residence HERE. Tickets* Places […]
This symposium, organised by MK Gallery in partnership with the Open University gathers artists, curators, academics and community arts organisations together to discuss the unique heritage and present conditions of new towns, how they work with their communities to produce the common and their response to a call for the right to the (new) city. […]
There will be a meeting of the Council at 6pm at Centrecom Meeting Place. Members of the public are welcome and will be given an opportunity at the beginning of the meeting to make statements on issues on the agenda or other matters relating to the parish of Central Milton Keynes. The agenda is available here.
Annual celebration with cultural music, dance and cuisine. See dedicated Facebook page for updates - https://www.facebook.com/World-Picnic-103375863088729 The organising committee are looking for community groups, charities and local cultural performers to take part email events@theparkstrust.com to register interest. Price: Free Age Range: All Welcome Meeting Place: No public parking in the park. Nearest recommended parking at centre:mk car […]
There will be a meeting of the Town Council's Planning Committee on Wednesday 27th July. The agenda is available here. The meeting will be held at the CMKTC offices on the 3rd floor, Margaret Powell House, 413 Midsummer Boulevard. Members of the public are welcome and will be given an opportunity at the beginning of the […]
Visual artist James Aldridge has been appointed to lead MK Gallery’s pilot programme of artist-led outdoor learning, The Green Town Group. James combines sensory interaction - walking, collecting and making - with research into ecology and history. While some towns have chalk figures cut into their hillsides, from the White Horses of Wiltshire to the […]
Author Jane Burdiak will be visiting the Meet the Author corner in Milton Keynes Central Library ready to greet readers and sign copies of her new book, 'The Sporting Widow'. Copies of the book will be available to buy on the day.
The annual MK Playday will return this year for another day of activities for children and families, promising to be the biggest and best Playday to date. Fun things to do at the event include water slides, bug hunting, den making and woodland play areas. There will also be fairground rides, an under-fives’ village, ‘fun […]
A reflection event on the anniversary of the Hiroshima bomb, taking place at the MK Rose at 10.30am.
Thursday 11 August sees the return of the annual Love Where You Live 24 Hour Clean Up event! A group of hardy volunteers will set off from the Xscape branch of McDonalds at 10am before taking on a 24 hour, 24 mile route around Milton Keynes. Residents are welcome to join the group for as little or […]
