LIVE MUSIC AT "THE LOFT", LYCHPIT COMMUNITY HALL
Fri 21 Dec 2018 at: 20:00 to 23:00


Do you fancy some music to end your week?

Go along from 8.00pm for "The Loft" at Lychpit Community Hall, a beautiful performance platform for local talent. Last Friday of every month. Entry is only £3 on the door for non-performers. This is an external non-hosted event ...

Bring your own drinks either with you ... or buy them from Tesco next door on the way in.

The music is great and it's a superb way of winding down at the end of the week.  
COST:     £3.00 on the door

MERRY CHRISTMAS
Tue 25 Dec 2018 at: 00:00 to 23:00
Lapland ...

Where ever you are ... we wish a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year  
ORGANISER:     Bob C

NEW YEAR "AT HOME" AT BOB & JANE'S
Mon 31 Dec 2018 at: 20:00 to 02:00

Bob and Jane  invite any members kicking their heels tonight to pop over for an "At Home" to help toast in the New Year. Please arrive from 8.00pm onwards with extra nibbles and drink in hand to share before the New Year is rung in on the TV.

Come and join us for an evening of good company and informal general chat. Well behaved children are most welcome to attend.

If you are not yet a member, this is your chance to enquire about joining Basingstoke Friends for only £15 per year. Send a private message to Bob if you need instructions on how to find the house.

 
COST:     Nibbles and drink
BOOK BY:   Sun 30/Dec/2018

NO MAKERSPACE TONIGHT: HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
Tue 1 Jan 2019 at: 19:00 to 23:00

THERE IS NO MAKERSPACE OPEN EVENING TONIGHT BECAUSE OF NEW YEAR !!!

For more details about Basingstoke MakerSpace, see their web site below:

http://www.basingstokemakerspace.org.uk/

You will find Basingstoke Makerspace will be back in their new premises at Maritime House from next week onwards. This is the old Royal Naval Association club building which they have recently taken over. Look for the flat roofed building on New Road behind the Top of Town area just past the Council Offices.

What they will be doing ...
Weekly open evening is when you can come along and chat about your projects and what you would like to achieve.

 

BIRMINGHAM IVC - NEW YEAR WEEKEND IN NANTWICH
Fri 4 Jan 2019 to Mon 7 Jan

An invitation to join Birmingham IVC for it’s 2019 New Year Weekend Celebration at a grand country house hotel , in the glorious Cheshire countryside.

A Grade II listed Victorian property, this hotel isa half-timbered country house that’s the perfect place to relax, or use as a base for exploring the local area. Located just five minutes from the Cheshire riverside town of Nantwich, this wonderful hotel delivers a memorable experience with its well-kept gardens and impressive historical features.the hotel was recently awarded four stars by the AA and a gold medal by Britain in Bloom. A variety of well-equipped bedrooms are available, some with spacious patios and balconies. Facilities include a 9-hole golf course, spa and beauty treatments, and a great range of entertainment, including an impressive cabaret restaurant.

You can enjoy stunning scenery, live entertainment & fine dining at this fantastic adult only hotel

Near our hotel is Nantwich a medieval market town with a modern edge. 
Situated on the banks of the River Weaver, Nantwich is famous for the medieval timbered buildings dotted around the town. Stroll through the atmospheric streets and visitbijoux boutiques, antiques dealers and contemporary craft shops.

Loads of things to do in the area, Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, Anderton Boat Lift, Chester, Reclaimed World and Arley Hall and Gardens to name but a few.

TO BOOK:-

Booking only via the organiser!

The cost is £153 per person, a deposit of £33 secures your place. At the moment there is no single supplement, however the availability is very limited. Payable by Bank transfer or Direct payment to our HSBC account.

When you have decided to:come on this brilliant weekend, please contact the organiser to make a booking.

You need to be a member of one of the many IVC clubs around the country to join this event.

Find your nearest IVC at www.ivc.org.uk

 
COST:     153 Pounds Per Person

WIN CAFE SCI: WIRELESS COMMS AND A CONNECTED WORLD
Mon 7 Jan 2019 at: 19:45 to 21:00
Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester

“Wireless Communications: Towards a Connected World of People and Things.”

Wireless communication has evolved from pigeon-post to paging, voice calls, text messages, video calls – and now Internet everywhere. It has become the ubiquitous means of socializing, doing business and of entertainment. There are around 5 billion mobile phones in use through which we transmit around 60 terabytes of data every month. And yet, this is just the beginning – the future is even more exciting as we are moving from the internet-of-things to holographic video calls, which can conjure up the image of a person right in the room when we talk to them. However, one of the key issues of this technology, whether we have the capacity to accommodate all these users at a high quality-of-service. An obvious solution to circumvent this problem is to increase the bandwidth used. But we only have a limited bandwidth.

In this talk, I shall shed light on how to address this problem.

SPEAKER DETAILS

K. Satyanarayana (www.satyanarayana.xyz) received his B. Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, in 2014. During Jul’14-Aug’15, he worked as a research assistant at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Currently, Satya is a research scholar in Wireless Communications at the University of Southampton in liaison with InterDigital Europe, London, UK. His research interests include millimeter wave communications, hybrid beamforming, with an emphasis on transceiver algorithms for wireless communication systems and multi-functional MIMO. He has over a dozen publications and a patent.

All Cafe Sci talks at Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street are free to attend. Please arrive from 7.15pm for 7.45 start unless otherwise advertised. Licensed bar serving hot drinks, cakes and snacks. No charge to attend. Contributions welcome.

Licensed bar available from 7pm.  
MEETING:     In the front of the library ... hosted by William Vine of Winchester Cafe Scientifique
ORGANISER:     William Vine, Organiser for Winchester Cafe Scientifique

MAKERSPACE: OPEN EVENING & SOCIAL AT WETHERSPOON
Tue 8 Jan 2019 at: 19:00 to 23:00

Science and Tech enthusiasts in Basingstoke Friends IVC Group who like practical technology are invited to try out something new at the Basingstoke Makerspace Open Evening from 7.00pm.

For more details about Basingstoke MakerSpace, see their web site below:

http://www.basingstokemakerspace.org.uk/

You will find Basingstoke Makerspace in their new premises at Maritime House. Look for the flat roofed building on New Road behind the Top of Town area just past the Council Offices.

SOCIAL AT MAIDENHEAD INN, WINCHESTER STREET
Afterwards we join up with the Basingstoke Makerspace members in the Maidenhead Wetherspoons pub from around 9.00pm for a drink and a chat. We are normally somewhere near the front of the pub ... look for the Basingstoke Friends table sign.

 

MAKERSPACE: OPEN EVENING & SOCIAL AT WETHERSPOON
Tue 15 Jan 2019 at: 19:00 to 23:00

Science and Tech enthusiasts in Basingstoke Friends IVC Group who like practical technology are invited to try out something new at the Basingstoke Makerspace Open Evening from 7.00pm.

For more details about Basingstoke MakerSpace, see their web site below:

http://www.basingstokemakerspace.org.uk/

You will find Basingstoke Makerspace in their new premises at Maritime House. Look for the flat roofed building on New Road behind the Top of Town area just past the Council Offices.

SOCIAL AT MAIDENHEAD INN, WINCHESTER STREET
Afterwards we join up with the Basingstoke Makerspace members in the Maidenhead Wetherspoons pub from around 9.00pm for a drink and a chat. We are normally somewhere near the front of the pub ... look for the Basingstoke Friends table sign.

 

MAKERSPACE: OPEN EVENING & SOCIAL AT WETHERSPOON
Tue 22 Jan 2019 at: 19:00 to 23:00

Science and Tech enthusiasts in Basingstoke Friends IVC Group who like practical technology are invited to try out something new at the Basingstoke Makerspace Open Evening from 7.00pm.

For more details about Basingstoke MakerSpace, see their web site below:

http://www.basingstokemakerspace.org.uk/

You will find Basingstoke Makerspace in their new premises at Maritime House. Look for the flat roofed building on New Road behind the Top of Town area just past the Council Offices.

SOCIAL AT MAIDENHEAD INN, WINCHESTER STREET
Afterwards we join up with the Basingstoke Makerspace members in the Maidenhead Wetherspoons pub from around 9.00pm for a drink and a chat. We are normally somewhere near the front of the pub ... look for the Basingstoke Friends table sign.

 

ACOUSTIC MUSIC OPEN MIC NIGHT AT CENTRAL STUDIO
Fri 25 Jan 2019 at: 19:30 to 22:30
Lobby Bar, Central Studio, Queen Marys College, Cliddesden Road, Basingstoke RG21 3HF

Finish the week off at the Central Studio free Open Mic Nights ... organised every few months.

This is a public event from 8.00pm at Central Studio where you can listen to some of the most talented musicians in Basingstoke. The evening is FREE and provides a chance to enjoy some fantastic music played by really talented people ... just buy drinks at the bar to show your support. This is great way to finish off a week before the weekend gets into gear.

Everybody welcome to just sit and enjoy the music .... If you want to play, please put your name on the list at the bar when you arrive.  
MEETING:     Look for the Basingstoke Friends table sign
COST:     FREE
ORGANISER:     Bob Clifford 07811 289586 (bob_clifford@email.com)

MAKERSPACE: OPEN EVENING & SOCIAL AT WETHERSPOON
Tue 29 Jan 2019 at: 19:00 to 23:00

Science and Tech enthusiasts in Basingstoke Friends IVC Group who like practical technology are invited to try out something new at the Basingstoke Makerspace Open Evening from 7.00pm.

For more details about Basingstoke MakerSpace, see their web site below:

http://www.basingstokemakerspace.org.uk/

You will find Basingstoke Makerspace in their new premises at Maritime House. Look for the flat roofed building on New Road behind the Top of Town area just past the Council Offices.

SOCIAL AT MAIDENHEAD INN, WINCHESTER STREET
Afterwards we join up with the Basingstoke Makerspace members in the Maidenhead Wetherspoons pub from around 9.00pm for a drink and a chat. We are normally somewhere near the front of the pub ... look for the Basingstoke Friends table sign.

 

WIN CAFE SCI: ORIGIN OF SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES
Mon 4 Feb 2019 at: 19:45 to 21:00
Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester

All Cafe Sci talks at Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street are free to attend. Please arrive from 7.15pm for 7.45 start unless otherwise advertised. Licensed bar serving hot drinks, cakes and snacks. No charge to attend. Contributions welcome.

Licensed bar available from 7pm.

“The Origin of the First Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe” Dr Dan Whalen.”

Most massive galaxies in the universe today harbor supermassive black holes (SMBHs), with masses from a few million to tens of billions of solar masses.  But very bright quasars powered by billion solar mass BHs have now been discovered at redshift z ~ 7, or just 775 million years after the Big Bang.  They pose serious challenges to current theories of cosmological structure formation because it is not known how BHs this massive appeared by such early epochs.  I will discuss the possible origins of the first quasars and present new supercomputer simulations of how they could form in the first billion years of the universe.

SPEAKER DETAILS

Dan’s biography: PhD University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign 2006 Research Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) 2006 – 2009 McWilliams Fellow in Cosmology, Carnegie Mellon University 2009 – 2012 Research Scientist, LANL 2012 – 2014 Deputy Group Leader, Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Univ of Heidelberg 2014 – 2016 Senior Lecturer, Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth 2016.

 
MEETING:     In the front of the library ... hosted by William Vine of Winchester Cafe Scientifique
ORGANISER:     William Vine, Organiser for Winchester Cafe Scientifique

MAKERSPACE: OPEN EVENING & SOCIAL AT WETHERSPOON
Tue 5 Feb 2019 at: 19:00 to 23:00

Science and Tech enthusiasts in Basingstoke Friends IVC Group who like practical technology are invited to try out something new at the Basingstoke Makerspace Open Evening from 7.00pm.

For more details about Basingstoke MakerSpace, see their web site below:

http://www.basingstokemakerspace.org.uk/

You will find Basingstoke Makerspace in their new premises at Maritime House. Look for the flat roofed building on New Road behind the Top of Town area just past the Council Offices.

SOCIAL AT MAIDENHEAD INN, WINCHESTER STREET
Afterwards we join up with the Basingstoke Makerspace members in the Maidenhead Wetherspoons pub from around 9.00pm for a drink and a chat. We are normally somewhere near the front of the pub ... look for the Basingstoke Friends table sign.

 

MAKERSPACE: OPEN EVENING & SOCIAL AT WETHERSPOON
Tue 12 Feb 2019 at: 19:00 to 23:00

Science and Tech enthusiasts in Basingstoke Friends IVC Group who like practical technology are invited to try out something new at the Basingstoke Makerspace Open Evening from 7.00pm.

For more details about Basingstoke MakerSpace, see their web site below:

http://www.basingstokemakerspace.org.uk/

You will find Basingstoke Makerspace in their new premises at Maritime House. Look for the flat roofed building on New Road behind the Top of Town area just past the Council Offices.

SOCIAL AT MAIDENHEAD INN, WINCHESTER STREET
Afterwards we join up with the Basingstoke Makerspace members in the Maidenhead Wetherspoons pub from around 9.00pm for a drink and a chat. We are normally somewhere near the front of the pub ... look for the Basingstoke Friends table sign.

 

CENTRAL STUDIO - LIVE MUSIC "THUNDERSTRUCK"
Fri 15 Feb 2019 at: 20:30 to 22:30
Main Theatre, Central Studio, Queen Marys College, Cliddesden Road, Basingstoke RG21 3HF

Finish the week off at a Central Studio tribute band night ... This is great way to finish off a week before the weekend gets into gear.

Thunderstruck are an AC/DC tribute act based in the South of England, that faithfully recreate the magic and hyper-active raw power that is totally AC/DC.

They present an all action stage show, reproducing all the classic songs you would expect to hear at an AC/DC concert, blasting out the adrenaline-driven AC/DC classics using the same equipment as the rock-masters use themselves. The gravel-laden power and charisma of ‘Bon Scott’ and ‘Brian Johnson’ combined, the blistering lead guitar solos and non-stop stage antics of ‘Angus Young’ along with the punch and power of the driving rhythm section of ‘Malcolm Young’, ‘Phil Rudd’ and ‘Cliff Williams’ are all reproduced down to the smallest detail. 

Thunderstruck have performed to a great reception everywhere they play, they will transport you on the ‘Rock and Roll Train’ and give you the same ultimate rock n roll experience as AC/DC.

Thunderstruck have been blowing their audiences away for a number of years (literally in some cases where the stage cannons are concerned!!). The band members are all highly experienced and have a massive combined track record of playing at all levels across the UK and the rest of the world.

Tickets £10 Advance | £12.00 On Door | Box Office 01256 418318

BUY YOUR OWN TICKET FROM THE BOX OFFICE AND MEET AT THE VENUE ...  
MEETING:     Look for the Basingstoke Friends stuffed toy tiger
COST:     FREE
ORGANISER:     Bob Clifford 07811 289586 (bob_clifford@email.com)

MAKERSPACE: OPEN EVENING & SOCIAL AT WETHERSPOON
Tue 19 Feb 2019 at: 19:00 to 23:00

Science and Tech enthusiasts in Basingstoke Friends IVC Group who like practical technology are invited to try out something new at the Basingstoke Makerspace Open Evening from 7.00pm.

For more details about Basingstoke MakerSpace, see their web site below:

http://www.basingstokemakerspace.org.uk/

You will find Basingstoke Makerspace in their new premises at Maritime House. Look for the flat roofed building on New Road behind the Top of Town area just past the Council Offices.

SOCIAL AT MAIDENHEAD INN, WINCHESTER STREET
Afterwards we join up with the Basingstoke Makerspace members in the Maidenhead Wetherspoons pub from around 9.00pm for a drink and a chat. We are normally somewhere near the front of the pub ... look for the Basingstoke Friends table sign.  

MAKERSPACE: OPEN EVENING & SOCIAL AT WETHERSPOON
Tue 26 Feb 2019 at: 19:00 to 23:00

Science and Tech enthusiasts in Basingstoke Friends IVC Group who like practical technology are invited to try out something new at the Basingstoke Makerspace Open Evening from 7.00pm.

For more details about Basingstoke MakerSpace, see their web site below:

http://www.basingstokemakerspace.org.uk/

You will find Basingstoke Makerspace in their new premises at Maritime House. Look for the flat roofed building on New Road behind the Top of Town area just past the Council Offices.

SOCIAL AT MAIDENHEAD INN, WINCHESTER STREET
Afterwards we join up with the Basingstoke Makerspace members in the Maidenhead Wetherspoons pub from around 9.00pm for a drink and a chat. We are normally somewhere near the front of the pub ... look for the Basingstoke Friends table sign.  

LONDON IVC - SWANAGE BLUES FESTIVAL
Fri 1 Mar 2019 to Mon 4 Mar

For details of this event - please contact the group

"The Swanage Blues Festival brings together an amazing collection of Blues Musicians, Fans and Friends for a weekend of Jams, Open Mics and Headline Performances that will have you coming back time after time.” So we will be joining them again - some of us go every year and its great.

The festival takes place in numerous venues around the town of Swanage. Admission to all venues is free. You will need to contact the festival organisers to buy a wrist band and programme (voluntary but recommended) which is usually only £14.50.

Go to http://www.swanage-blues.org/ to find out more about the festival.

 
COST:     £14.50

WIN CAFE SCI: WHAT IS A QUANTUM INTERNET?
Mon 4 Mar 2019 at: 19:45 to 21:00
Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester

All Cafe Sci talks at Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street are free to attend. Please arrive from 7.15pm for 7.45 start unless otherwise advertised. Licensed bar serving hot drinks, cakes and snacks. No charge to attend. Contributions welcome.

Licensed bar available from 7pm.

“What is a quantum internet?” Daryus Chandra

TBA

SPEAKER DETAILS

TBA

 
MEETING:     In the front of the library ... hosted by William Vine of Winchester Cafe Scientifique
ORGANISER:     William Vine, Organiser for Winchester Cafe Scientifique

WIN CAFE SCI: “THE VERY, VERY EARLY UNIVERSE”.
Mon 1 Apr 2019 at: 19:45 to 21:00
Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester

All Cafe Sci talks at Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street are free to attend. Please arrive from 7.15pm for 7.45 start unless otherwise advertised. Licensed bar serving hot drinks, cakes and snacks. No charge to attend. Contributions welcome.

Licensed bar available from 7pm.

“The very, very early universe”. Prof David Wands

TBA

SPEAKER DETAILS

TBA

 
MEETING:     In the front of the library ... hosted by William Vine of Winchester Cafe Scientifique
ORGANISER:     William Vine, Organiser for Winchester Cafe Scientifique

LONDON IVC - A WEEK AT THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
Sat 10 Aug 2019 to Sat 17 Aug

For details of this event - please contact the group

Join us at the world's greatest entertainment festival. After a terrific week at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 we will return in 2019. We will stay in value for money, student accommodation close to the heart of the festival. 

 
COST:     £200

WEEKEND IN BLACKPOOL - OCT 2019
Fri 18 Oct 2019 to Sun 20 Oct

 
COST:     From £192.00
BOOK BY:   Sun 31/Mar/2019
SHARED BY:     Association of IVCs (AIVC) (& Basingstoke Friends)