Events

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Explore new narratives across poetry and fashion, inspired by Aberdeenshire-born international fashion designer Bill Gibb.
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150 years ago, in October 1870, noted artist James Giles died in his home in Aberdeen.
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This online symposium celebrates Gibb’s legacy, his innovative approaches to design, collaboration and manufacture, and his relationship with the north-east of Scotland.
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Sound and performance artist Maja Zećo is Aberdeen Art Gallery’s first artist-in-residence following the Gallery’s landmark redevelopment.
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Our Aberdeen dementia-friendly events share the stories behind the many different aspects of our collection. This informal session is open to anyone affected by dementia, their families, supporters…
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Talk by Dr Antonia Laurence Allen, Curator, National Trust for Scotland
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In this online session, we’ll be connecting to our collections through objects and artworks that were Made in Aberdeen, including textiles and pottery.
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ONLINE EXHIBITION ONLY This digital exhibition marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Joan Eardley (1921-1963), one of the most important artists in 20th-century Scottish art. 
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Online Talk by Jenna Rose, Curator
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We have enlisted the help of local BAS9 Ambassadors to help us make connections between groups and communities and this major exhibition of the best recent art from the UK during its first v
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Play along with us in these fun workshops for under 5s and their grown-ups. Led by an experienced storyteller, enjoy playful activities
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Play along with us in these fun workshops for under 5s and their grown-ups. Led by an experienced storyteller, enjoy playful activities
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Join community musician Sarah Eggleton for fun and friendly music inspired workshops. 
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Join community musician Sarah Eggleton for fun and friendly music inspired workshops. 
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Play along with us in these fun workshops for under 5s and their grown-ups. Led by an experienced storyteller, enjoy playful activities
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Play along with us in these fun workshops for under 5s and their grown-ups. Led by an experienced storyteller, enjoy playful activities
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Join community musician Sarah Eggleton for fun and friendly music inspired workshops. 
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Join community musician Sarah Eggleton for fun and friendly music inspired workshops. 
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Explore storytelling through music, movement and messy play in these fun workshops for pre-sch
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Online Exhibition  
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A programme of dementia and cognitive friendly events which bring people together to share their stories and feel part of a community. 
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Explore storytelling through music, movement and messy play in these fun workshops for pre-sch
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An encounter with a Gerald Laing sculpture leads to some thoughts about metal and its place in various societies around the world today and in the past.
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A programme of dementia and cognitive friendly events which bring people together to share their stories and feel part of a community. 
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Explore storytelling through music, movement and messy play in these fun workshops for pre-sch
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A programme of dementia and cognitive friendly events which bring people together to share their stories and feel part of a community. 
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Celebrating five decades of iconic design, Zandra Rhodes: 50 Years of Fabulous is the largest ever exhibition dedicated to British design legend Dame Zandra Rhodes.
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Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums is delighted to be hosting the Zandra Rhodes: 50 Years of Fabulous exhibi
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Explore storytelling through music, movement and messy play in these fun workshops for pre-sch
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An exhibition of new artworks commissioned by Aberdeen Art Gallery using the prize money from the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2020 award.
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Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Art Gallery
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Our regular monthly meet up for under 5s and their adults.
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Join us for these short online events to find out more about the Micro-commissions programme and hear from some of the commissioned artists whose new works are featured in the current exhibitions i
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Talk by Christine Arnold-Solomon, Retired Lecturer, Gray’s School of Art
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Talk by Christine Arnold-Solomon, Retired Lecturer, Gray’s School of Art
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Join us for these short online events to find out more about the Micro-commissions programme and hear from some of the commissioned artists whose new works are featured in the current exhibitions i
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Grace McIntosh – the life of a Victorian criminal Phil Astley, City Archivist, Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives
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A programme of dementia and cognitive friendly events which bring people together to share their stories and feel part of a community. 
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Our regular monthly meet up for under 5s and their adults.
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A programme of dementia and cognitive friendly events which bring people together to share their stories and feel part of a community. 
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Talk by Ashleigh Black, Archives Assistant and PhD Student Film and Visual Culture, University of Aberdeen 
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Our Aberdeen is a programme of dementia and cognitive friendly events which bring people together to share their stories and feel part of a community. They are relaxed
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Join Carla as she reflects on how therapeutic art practices can support wellbeing.
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Our Aberdeen is a programme of dementia and cognitive friendly events which bring people together to share their stories and feel part of a community.
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Guthrie the Goose playfully introduces our youngest visitors to a different artwork or theme each month. Sessions can include a mixture of music, dance, crafts and games.
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During Scotland’s Year of Stories the remarkable 10th-century Book of Deer illuminated manuscript is returning to the North-East of Scotland for the first time in more than 1,000 years.
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Saturdays 9 and 30 July, 6 August, 10 September and 1 October, 1pm (20mins) Members of the Book of Deer Project introduce one of Scotland’s greatest treasures.  
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Join curator Morna Annandale for this talk illustrated with grave goods in our collection from the Bronze Age to the present day.
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The Galloway Hoard brings together the richest collection of rare and unique Viking-age objects ever found in Britain or Ireland.
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Saturdays 9 and 30 July, 6 August, 10 September and 1 October, 1pm (20mins) Members of the Book of Deer Project introduce one of Scotland’s greatest treasures.  
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Aberdeen Art Gallery, Learning Space and Cowdray Hall
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Aberdeen has the most complete body of surviving records of any Scottish town, with a near continuous run of council registers from 1398 to the present.
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Saturdays 9 and 30 July, 6 August, 10 September and 1 October, 1pm (20mins) Members of the Book of Deer Project introduce one of Scotland’s greatest treasures.  
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Guthrie the Goose playfully introduces our youngest visitors to a different artwork or theme each month. Sessions can include a mixture of music, dance, crafts and games.
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Ages 4–12yrs
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Ages 4–12yrs
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Saturdays 13 August – 22 October, 2pm (30 mins) Find out what makes the Galloway Hoard the richest collection of rare and unique Viking-age objects ever found in Britain or Ireland.
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Since it was established by King David I of Scotland in 1136, the Port of Aberdeen has played a vital role in the city’s de
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During 2021 artists Lynne Strachan and Mary Bourne developed an arts project in The Cabrach, a remote upland area in Moray, just over the border with Aberdeenshire, and close to where they both liv
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Dr Adrian Maldonado, Galloway Hoard Researcher, National Museums Scotland
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Guthrie the Goose playfully introduces our youngest visitors to a different artwork or theme each month. Sessions can include a mixture of music, dance, crafts and games.
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Saturdays 9 and 30 July, 6 August, 10 September and 1 October, 1pm (20mins) Members of the Book of Deer Project introduce one of Scotland’s greatest treasures.  
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Ages 15–21yrs
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Dr William Hepburn and Dr Jackson Armstrong, co-producers
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Last Thursday of the month 11.30am–1pm
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There’s been a medieval murder! Or has there?
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Saturdays 9 and 30 July, 6 August, 10 September and 1 October, 1pm (20mins) Members of the Book of Deer Project introduce one of Scotland’s greatest treasures.  
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Jessica Barrie, Curator
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Guthrie the Goose playfully introduces our youngest visitors to a different artwork or theme each month. Sessions can include a mixture of music, dance, crafts and games.
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Last Thursday of the month 11.30am–1pm
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Hear from some of the best national and international artists and designers, writers and curators, in this series of free talks delivered in partnership with Gray’s School of Art.
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Share stories and enjoy being part of a community in these relaxed sessions with friendly staff who enjoy a good chat while showing you artworks and objects from the collection.
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Talk by Katherine Williams, Education Officer, St Machar’s Cathedral
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Guthrie the Goose playfully introduces our youngest visitors to a different artwork or theme each month.
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Guthrie the Goose playfully introduces our youngest visitors to a different artwork or theme each month.
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During the Holocaust, ordinary people were perpetrators, bystanders, rescuers, witnesses – and ordinary people were victims.
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Guthrie the Goose playfully introduces our youngest visitors to a different artwork or theme each month.
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'Shadows and Light, the Extraordinary Life of James McBey' by Alasdair Soussi is the first biography of the celebrated Aberdonian artist who was noted for his etchings and dry point engravings.
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Flood in the Highlands For blind or visually-impaired visitors, or for anyone who’d like a ‘closer look’, find out more about this visitor favourite, which is on display in Gallery 9 – Ba
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Talk by Dr Dee Hoole, Honorary Research Fellow in History at the University of Aberdeen
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Granite Noir is inspired by the incredible popularity of crime fiction in all its forms, by the fantastic contribution that Scottish writers make, by our love affair with Nordic Noir, on the page a
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Share stories and enjoy being part of a community in these relaxed sessions with friendly staff who enjoy a good chat while showing you artworks and objects from the collection.
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Phil Astley, City Archivist and Dr. Dee Hoole, Honorary Research Fellow in History, University of Aberdeen.
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Can you spot Guthrie the Goose with his friends and the ‘Goose Girl’ in Gallery 1?
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Join storyteller and writer Paul Bristow to discover the power of storytelling, explore how to redefine and reclaim your own story in your own voice, and reflect on how that can help you remember w
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and enjoy being part of a community.
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Can you spot Guthrie the Goose with his friends and the ‘Goose Girl’ in Gallery 1?
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The Friends of Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums provide vital support for our work, helping us to acquire works by leading artists and makers as well as objects relating to Aberdeen’s heritage.
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and enjoy being part of a community.
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Can you spot Guthrie the Goose with his friends and the ‘Goose Girl’ in Gallery 1?
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and enjoy being part of a community.
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Ross MacLennan, History Curator
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Can you spot Guthrie the Goose with his friends and the ‘Goose Girl’ in Gallery 1?
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Thursday 8 June   Nuart Plus Kick-Off 19:00-20:30, free entry
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For blind or visually-impaired visitors, or for anyone who’d like a ‘closer look’, find out more about this visitor favourite, painted by John William Waterhouse in 1912, through detailed descripti
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and enjoy being part of a community.
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Enjoy a cuppa and a blether with our friends from Football Memories Scotland
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The Bookbug team shares stories, songs and rhymes for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers.
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Join local loon and the Scots Scriever Shane Strachan for this fun-packed event that will hae ye fair trickit wi yersel!
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Join local loon and the Scots Scriever Shane Strachan for this fun-packed event that will hae ye fair trickit wi yersel!
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Join local loon and the Scots Scriever Shane Strachan for this fun-packed event that will hae ye fair trickit wi yersel!
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Enjoy a cuppa and a blether with our friends from Football Memories Scotland
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The Bookbug team shares stories, songs and rhymes for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers.
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Explore visual storytelling in this workshop with Glasgow-based illustrator and comic artist Tom Foster.
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Enjoy a cuppa and a blether with our friends from Football Memories Scotland
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For blind or visually-impaired visitors or for anyone who’d like a ‘closer look’, find out more about this visitor favourite through detailed description and historical insights.  
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and enjoy being part of a community.
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Enjoy a cuppa and a blether with our friends from Football Memories Scotland
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Talk by Margaret MacDonald, author
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and enjoy being part of a community.
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Talk by Anne Park, Aberdeen & North East Scotland Family History Society
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From ancient quarries to iconic buildings, this exhibition gives insights into how the Granite City earned its name. Local workers share their memories of quarrying and working our local stone.
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Join Scottish journalist and author Alasdair Soussi for an evening of swashbuckling adventure as he talks about his "magical and mesmerising" biography, Shadows and Light: The Extraordinary Life of
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As part of Book Week Scotland, Douglas Skelton joins us at Central Library to discuss his latest book ‘The Thief’s Justice’, book 2 in the Jonas Flynt, a Company of Rogues series.
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and be part of a community.
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and be part of a community.
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Once it was simply ‘derrin’ do’ and brute strength against the elements. Today, changes in equipment, personnel and organisation have all helped improve water safety in and around Aberdeen.
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and be part of a community.
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Talk by Bill Deans MBE, Deputy Launch Authority, Aberdeen Lifeboat Station
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and be part of a community.
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and be part of a community.
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and be part of a community.
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and be part of a community.
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and be part of a community.
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and be part of a community.
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These relaxed dementia-friendly sessions bring people together to share stories and be part of a community.