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====The arts==== The Winding Wheel, hitherto an [[Odeon Cinemas|Odeon Cinema]], is a venue for concerts, exhibitions, conferences, dinners, family parties, dances, banquets, wedding receptions, meetings, product launches and lectures.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/default.aspx?CATID=328&TType=Summary&CID=1723 |title=Winding Wheel β Chesterfield Borough Council |publisher=Chesterfield Borough Council |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> Past notable performers include [[Bob Geldof]], [[The Proclaimers]] and [[Paddy McGuinness (comedian)|Paddy McGuinness]]. It also hosts performances of the Chesterfield Symphony Orchestra.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfieldsymphonyorchestra.co.uk/|title=Chesterfield Symphony Orchestra |publisher=Chesterfield Symphony Orchestra |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> The "Pomegranate Theatre", formerly the Chesterfield Civic Theatre and previously the Stephenson Memorial Theatre, is a listed Victorian building in what is now known as the [[Stephenson Memorial Hall]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/346754 |title=SK3871: Stephenson Memorial Hall |publisher=[[Geograph]] |access-date=13 May 2011}}</ref> It has an auditorium that seats about 500 people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pomegranatetheatre.co.uk/ |title=Pomegranate Theatre |publisher=Pomegranate Theatre |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> Shows are given throughout the year. Also in the Stephenson Memorial Hall is the [[Chesterfield Museum]], opened in 1994. Until 1984 it was used as the town's main library. The museum is owned by Chesterfield Borough Council, as are the Winding Wheel and the Pomegranate Theatre. The box office for both venues is located in the entrance area of the theatre. The Royal Mail building, Future Walk, in West Bars, was once the site of Chetwynd House, referred to locally as the AGD. Here a work by sculptor [[Barbara Hepworth]] ''Curved Reclining Form'' or ''Rosewall'' was prominently displayed for many years and nicknamed ''Isaiah'' by local critics, as it resembled a crude human face with one eye higher than the other ("eye's 'igher"). The work was due to be sold in 2005, but reprieved as a work of national significance.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/4363152.stm |title=BBC NEWS β Sculpture sell-off plans scrapped|date=21 October 2005 |work=[[BBC Online]] |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> Other artworks of note include ''A System of Support and Balance'' by [[Paul Lewthwaite]], outside Chesterfield Magistrates' Court.
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