A Bicentennial Saturday

The first Saturday after the bicentenary still holds several special events:

In Stanbury:

Me & Charlotte Brontë
Collections Manager Ann Dinsdale speaks at Ponden Hall, Stanbury
April 23rd 2016 03:00pm - 05:30pm

Haworth author Ann Dinsdale has spent most of her life communing with Charlotte Brontë in one way or another during more than 25 years working at the Brontë Parsonage Museum. Now, in the week of Charlotte's bicentenary, Ann joins us at Ponden Hall on Saturday April 23 at 3pm to talk about a relationship spanning two lifetimes and 200 years in her talk, 'Me & Charlotte Brontë'.
Ann's talk will be followed by a luxurious cream tea, and the chance to have a guided tour of Ponden Hall, a place dear to all four Brontë siblings. 

In Cleckheaton:

On Saturday the 23rd of April 2016 at 2.15 pm and 7.15 pm the Whitechapel Church on Whitechapel Road, Cleckheaton, will be hosting screenings of ‘Devotion’ - the 1946 American film on the lives of the Brontës.
Admission : £2.00 - refreshments and a raffle
Bookings : email philip.hardill@btinternet.com to reserve tickets for the 2.15 pm or 7.15 pm showings. For further details, call: 01274 678637
Before each showing of this film there will the opportunity to see the grave of Rose Ann Heslip, niece of Patrick Brontë, and the only Brontë grave in the Spen Valley. We will also be hosting a Brontë-themed flower festival in support of the Whitechapel Church restoration project.

In Hathersage:

23 & 24 April, 11:30am-03.00pm
North Lees Hall
Open Heritage Weekend
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Brontë

In Gomersal:

Saturday, April 23, Oakwell Hall.
Oakwell Hall: In the steps of Charlotte Brontë
In the steps of Charlotte Brontë is a six-mile circular walk on footpaths and roads visiting places associated with Charlotte. This is for people with good physical ability as it will include some rough terrain and hills.

In Dewsbury:

On Saturday April 23 (1.30), fans can follow a two-mile heritage trail from Dewsbury Minster, where Rev Brontë was curate, to St John’s Church in Dewsbury Moor via Crow Nest Park. To book a place, call Rev Kathy Robertson on 01924 438302. The cost is £2. (Source)

In Brussels (Belgium):

Victorian dinner in celebration of Charlotte Brontë's bicentenary in Brussels Centre de Gastronomie Historique

Saturday 23 April
Restaurant L’Eperon d’Or, Rue des Eperonniers 8, 1000 Brussels
20.00: Victorian dinner in celebration of Charlotte Brontë’s bicentenary, organised by the Centre de Gastronomie Historique

In Madrid (Spain):

Conferencia 'Charlotte Brontë, 200 años de la autora de Jane Eyre'
A cargo de Mª José Coperías Aguilar, profesora titular de Filología Inglesa en la Universidad de Valencia
23 de abril, 12.00 h.
Auditorio del Museo del Romanticismo (acceso por c/ Beneficencia, 14)

Charlotte Brontë forma junto con sus hermanas Emily y Anne uno de los fenómenos más extraordinarios dentro de la literatura inglesa, pues no es habitual que tres mujeres de una misma familia consiguieran publicar sus libros y tener éxito. Aunque Charlotte Brontë escribió cuatro novelas, es por Jane Eyre por la que perdura su fama. Con su protagonista creó un nuevo tipo de heroína: menuda y poco agraciada, pero rebelde y apasionada. Con esta conferencia rendimos homenaje, en el día del Libro, a la inmortal figura y obra de Charlotte Brontë, en el doscientos aniversario de su nacimiento.

And this is not a Charlotte event but an Emily one in Manchester:

Echoes of a Mountain Song
Unquiet EarthWords & music about the life & work of Emily Brontë

Clare Hammond piano
Jane Wilkinson soprano
Suzanne Casey violin
Kenneth Woods cello
Peter Davison narrator

Saturday 23 April 3.00pm Barbriolli Room
Bridgewater Hall, Great Northern Arts Spring Festival
Beethoven Pathétique Sonata
Robin Walker Four Songs of Emily BrontëBeethoven Cantata: Adelaide
Mendelssohn Adagio from Cello Sonata No.2
Andrew Keeling Piano Trio ‘Unquiet Earth’