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We make no claim that the Events listing below is a comprehensive listing of all that is "going-on" in York, but rather a selection of Events that we would possibly attend - given the time.... Being slightly biased, each date starts with "one day" York Events first, then those outside York, and finally those events going on for more than just the one day. Enjoy - Graham UPDATED 5th February 2012 |
Please note - the events listed may be subject to CANCELLATION OR ALTERATION AT ANY TIME, FOR WHICH WE CANNOT BE RESPONSIBLE. Please CHECK using the contact details supplied BEFORE setting off for any event. |
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Snowdrop Spectacular - Wander through a wonderful blanket of snowdrops in our woodland walk. 11.00 am - 4.00 pm | Burton Agnes Hall |
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Dutch Landscapes: Paintings from the Royal Collection Exhibition. | The Bowes Museum Barnard Castle |
To 15th April 2012 |
Games People Play. This small exhibition, curated by members of the community, shows the games people have played over the years and the way these have been depicted by artists. Community groups from around York have worked with curators, artists and creative writers to interpret images and objects from York Museums Trust's collections. Many of the images can be used to reflect on broader issues from the times in which they were made. |
York Art Gallery |
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5th February 2012 |
Kiplin Hall events - Snowdrops and Spring Flowers. Kiplin Hall Gardens re-open Sunday 5 February. Swathes of snowdrops and aconites give way to primroses and other spring flowers. Bulbs in the green for sale. Tea Room open for homemade cakes, scones and lunches. Kiplin Hall was built in the 1620s for George Calvert, Secretary of State to James I, later 1st Lord Baltimore and founder of Maryland, USA. |
Kiplin Hall nr Northallerton |
5th February 2012 |
Harrogate International Sunday Series presents - Pavão String Quartet. The all-female Pavão String Quartet have rapidly established themselves as one of the most exciting young string quartets in the UK. With the great canon of music for string quartet at their heart, this versatile ensemble is highly regarded on the classical stage. The quartet’s varied programme spans three centuries, with the last (and most ambitious) works written by Haydn and Mendelssohn and a masterpiece by Britten which by contrast was composed when he was just a child. Their debut appearance on the Harrogate stage is definitely not to be missed. Haydn Quartet No. 66 in G major, Op. 77, No. 1 Britten ‘Simple Symphony' Op. 4 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80 ‘An ensemble that hasn’t forgotten how deeply sensual and emotionally liberating playing in a string quartet can be.’ The Strad Magazine 11.00 am |
The Old Swan Hotel Harrogate Harrogate International Sunday Series |
| 5/6th February 2012 |
York Barbican presents - 'Swan Lake'. Moscow City Ballet makes a welcome return to the UK following a sensational 2010-2011 season which included sell-out performances and rave reviews. Performing the dazzling Swan Lake, audiences can not only marvel at the perfection of its corps de ballet but witness the excellent technique and grace of principal dancers Alevtina Lapshina and Liliya Oryekhova. The epic story of Prince Siegfried and his love for Odette, who tricked by the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart and his daughter Odile would rather die together then live apart, is performed beautifully to the familiar score by Tchaikovsky. Founded by Victor Smirnov-Golovanov in 1988, Moscow City Ballet is one of Russia’s most successful and popular touring ballet companies, highly admired for its distinctive style, exciting choreography and exceptionally gifted dancers. “The dancers are elegant, superbly rehearsed and very savvy...The principals finished with a dazzling flourish and justifiably brought the house down.” Sunday Express Moscow City Ballet will be accompanied on tour by the Moscow City Ballet Orchestra who will provide a dramatic soundtrack to this magical season of dance. 7.30 pm |
York Barbican |
6th February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - 'Inaugural lectures' - 'Speaking the speech: Actors, scripts, performances' with Speakers: Professor Michael Cordner and Professor Mary Luckhurst, Department of Theatre, Film and Television. Professor Michael Cordner: (Mis)advising Shakespeare's players - Shakespeare's scripts make severe, and ever changing, demands upon their players. Yet contemporary Shakespearean scholarship pays little attention to his persistent experiments with verse as a medium for drama, and the challenges those experiments pose to his performers. In his lecture Michael Cordner explores the advice offered by a variety of experts to contemporary actors as they prepare to rehearse a role in one of his plays. Professor Mary Luckhurst: Staging biography: Actors on real lives - Why are theatre and film directors currently obsessed with staging real lives? What are the challenges of performing the lives of the celebrated? Can a stage performance ever capture the detail of biography/autobiography? Mary Luckhurst reflects on these questions, examining the philosophies of various actors, including Colin Firth, Michael Sheen and Cate Blanchett. No tickets necessary. |
5.30 pm The Theatre Department of Theatre, Film and Television UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
6th February 2012 |
The Monthly Monday Meal - A longstanding tradition at Melton's, they are very popular and booking is necessary. Todays' theme - Pork. A menu using the rare breed meat of Taste Tradition (Thirsk). - Salad of Black Pudding and Dry Cured Bacon - Stuffed Pigs Trotters (Slice of) - Cured Loin of Pork with Apple and Horseradish - Lemon Tart |
Meltons Restaurant opens pdf file |
6th February 2012 |
The York Artworkers Association - The York Artworkers is an eclectic association of craftsmen, artists, conservators, academics and others who share a serious interest in the design of buildings, interiors and landscapes. Members represent architectural craftsmanship, other applied arts, fine arts, architecture and conservation. We welcome not only practitioners in these fields but anyone keen to broaden and share their knowledge.
2011/12 Talks - Emily Sutton: Artist and Illustrator. Emily Sutton studied Illustration at Edinburgh College of Art and Rhode Island School of Design. Her work is rooted in a love of drawing and detail, and is inspired by mid-20th Century illustrators including Edward Bawden, Eric Ravillious and Barnett Freedman. She has just finished work on her first children's book for the V and A, 'Clara Button and The Magical Hat Day', as well as other book commissions for Faber and Faber and Betty's. Emily has also had several exhibitions of her three-dimensional embroidered fabric birds which have been featured in World of Interiors magazine. Talk starts at 7.30 pm |
Jacob's Well Trinity Lane Micklegate York Artworkers Association |
6th February 2012 |
Helmsley Decorative And Fine Arts Society present Chariots of Fire: The Olympic Games a lecture by Hilary Hope Guise. Hilary Hope Guise trained as a painter at St Martin’s. She has exhibited in Berlin and France and lectures widely in London and America. This lecture will cover the story and excitement of the Olympic Games in this topical year. |
7.30 pm Helmsley Arts Centre |
7th February 2012 |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens 2012 Workshop Series - We have some fantastic workshops for you this year at Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens. All courses include coffee and biscuits and the opportunity to look at books and leaflets of interest. ALL WORKSHOPS INCLUDE GARDEN ENTRY. Pre-booking is Essential. Today - Pruning an Apple tree with Vanessa Cook with Vanessa Cook. This hands-on workshop with the Garden Owner, Vanessa Cook will show you how to prune apple trees to maximise cropping potential for the year ahead. Please bring your secateurs. Runs from 10.00 am to 12 noon. |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens |
| 7th February 2012 |
Yorkshire Museum Curators Talks - Roman Gods of Love. 12.30 pm | Yorkshire Museum York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
7th February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - one of 'The Science of Sound lecture series' - 'Music and Physics' with Speaker: Dr Peter Main, Department of Physics. A glimpse into the fascinating world of sound: the discoveries of Pythagoras and the basis of music, how the sounds around us affect our mood, how our hearing system can be tricked and finally we explore what we want from recordings of music and whether we get it. No tickets necessary. |
7.00 pm Room P/L001 Physics Dept UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
7th February 2012 |
Yorkshire Philosophical Society - Promoting the understanding of science for over 180 years. Lecture Programme 2011/12 - tonight - 100 Years of Nature Conservation. The Michael Clegg Memorial Lecture, by Michael Allen, Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. This talk starts at 7.30pm. For more information please call 01904 656713. |
Tempest Anderson Hall Yorkshire Museum Yorkshire Philosophical Society |
| 7th February 2012 |
The Milton Rooms and The Charles Dickens Society presents - 'A Celebration Of Charles Dickens'. To celebrate the bicentenary of his birth The Dickens' Society of Malton present an evening of readings from his works. Join us and special guests Garry Cooper and Jane Hollington for a journey with your favourite characters in our relaxed and friendly Studio Theatre Bar. 7.30 pm |
Milton Rooms Malton |
8th February 2012 |
The Ebor Lectures - The Ebor Lectures are a response to the growing need for theology to interact with public issues in contemporary society. 2011-2012 The Good Society? Re-invigorating Public Life - There has been recent political debate about the importance of re-invigorating society, and increasing the engagement of citizens in public life. As part of this debate, the Government has proposed the development of the Big Society, encouraging people to engage in neighbourhoods and communities. They propose a shift of power from the state to communities, through support of social enterprise, charities and co-operatives. Some argue that the Big Society represents a retreat from state provision. Within this context the 2011-12 Ebor Lectures, in partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, ask fundamental questions about the nature of the 'good society', and the role of citizens, government, faith communities and voluntary organisations in the re-invigoration of civic life. Tonight - 'The hidden wealth of nations?' with Dr David Halpern, Director of Behavioural Insight Team, No.10 and the Cabinet Office/Senior Fellow of the Institute for Government. Admission is free but by ticket only. |
York St John University The Ebor Lectures |
8th February 2012 |
The Historical Association York & NY Branch Lecture Programme 2011/12 - tonight - "Medieval Heresies". With Professor Peter Biller, University of York. This talk starts at 7.00 pm. |
Queen Margaret's School Escrick The Historical Association |
| 8th February 2012 |
York Bibliographical Society
present - "THE MEDIEVAL LIBRARY" with Prof. Richard Gameson, Dept. of History, University of Durham. York, has long been associated with books, through printing, publishing and selling, makes a natural base for a society initiated by, and dedicated to those who love books. The Society combines information and scholarship with entertainment and sociability. All who have an interest in books are welcome to join this active group of booklovers. |
Brigantes Bar and Brasserie 114 Micklegate York Bibliographical Society |
8th February 2012 |
York Concerts present de ereprijs. Roger Marsh What Charlie did next Joe Cutler September Music Donnacha Dennehy An Irish Process Gwynn Prtichard Harmoniemusik Nick Caswell new work Richard Ayres No 44 The Dutch ensemble de ereprijs makes a welcome return to York with a programme devised for the Musis Sacrum concert hall in Arnhem in 2009. Composed especially for de ereprijs, by British composers who have become their regular collaborators, these pieces reflect the virtuosity and sense of fun for which the group has become renowned through its 30-year history. With their distinctive sound – wind and brass with electric guitars and percussion – and the informality of their concerts, an exhilarating evening is promised. |
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall UoY York Concerts |
8th February 2012 |
Scarborough Jazz present - Ron Burnett and Greg Wadman. An amiable pairing of two fine musicians who generate a party atmosphere. Ron began playing the trombone while still a Hull schoolboy. A fellow pupil, Chez Chesterman, asked him to join his band which played Skiffle and Trad. Over the years, Ron has played with Bobby Wellins, Acker Bilk and Humph. He leads the Mardi Gras Band, a seven piece mainstream jazz outfit that also has Greg in the front line. Greg plays trumpet and flugelhorn in a lyrical manner. He began his career in the big bands of Ray McVay and Ken Mackintosh. He was in the backing bands of Val Doonican and Frankie Vaughan and notched up many BBC broadcasts. Together, Ron and Greg play a varied repertoire that spans many decades of jazz history. |
The Cask Inn Scarborough Scarborough Jazz |
9th February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - one of 'Experts in Industry lecture series' - 'The future of civil society' with Speaker: Sir Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive, National Council for Voluntary Organisations. Sir Stuart Etherington has been chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) since 1994. He was knighted in the 2010 Queen's Birthday honours. During his time, NCVO has undergone a substantial rise in public profile and has seen its membership rise eight-fold to 8,278 organisations. Sir Stuart has a BSc in Politics, two MAs - one in social service planning and the other in international relations and diplomacy - and an MBA from London Business School. Throughout his career he has been involved in the leadership of voluntary organisations and policies surrounding them. As such he has become a leading commentator, both through his writing and his media profile. Stuart is Pro-Chancellor of Greenwich University, a Council Member of the Institute of Employment Studies, an Advisory Group member for the Policy Centre at the British Academy and for the Lord Mayor’s Trust Initiative and a member of the Economic and Social Committee of the European Union. His Government appointments have included the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit. He has also served on the Cabinet Office Performance and Innovation Unit’s Advisory Board on the Voluntary Sector and HM Treasury’s Cross Cutting Review on the role of the Voluntary Sector. Admission: is by free ticket only. |
6.30 pm Ron Cooke Hub Auditorium UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
| 9th February 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club present - Singers & Musicians Night. All acoustic performers are made welcome, and listeners besides, at our popular Open House session. The more the merrier, so do come along. |
8.00 pm Black Swan, Peasholme Green B.S.F.C. |
9th February 2012 |
'Travelling Light' - National Theatre Live. A groundbreaking initiative to broadcast the best of British theatre to cinemas around the world. Three productions from London's National Theatre will be broadcast live, via satellite, to the Selby Town Hall. In a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900, the young Motl Mendl stumbles on a revolutionary way of story-telling. Forty years on, Motl (now a famed American film director) looks back on his early life. Nicholas Wright’s new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood’s golden age. The award-winning Antony Sher – whose previous work with the National Theatre includes Primo and Stanley – returns to play Jacob. |
7.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
10th February 2012 |
Midge Ure - An artist who has received Ivor Novello, Grammy, BASCAP awards along with a flotilla of gold and platinum records, really needs very little introduction. His bands include Visage, Ultravox and the most famous group in music history Band Aid for which he wrote Do They Know its Christmas with Bob Geldof. Over recent years Midge Ure has continued to tour extensively solo, with his own band and with the reformed Ultravox and on this tour he presents an intimate acoustic evening combining a collection of his own classic songs, stories and some of the songs that inspired him. SOLD OUT |
Pocklington Arts Centre |
10-12th February 2012 |
Winter Steam Gala - Our Winter Steam Gala takes place between Friday 10th - Sunday 12th February 2012 featuring up to 7 locomotives in steam including recently restored LNWR 'Coal Tank' owned by the National Trust, appearing in British Railways Livery for the first time in preservation as no. 58926 paired with LNWR 'Super D' No. 49395. Alongside the usual KWVR home-fleet of KWVR engines: BR (LMS) 4F 43924 BR Std 4 80002 (Subject to a retube in January and is hoped will be completed in time for the Gala.) BR Ivatt 2MT 41241 L&Y 957 Hudswell Clarke 1704 Nunlow Guided Tours - As usual, we will be offering guided tours of Haworth Locomotive Shed on each of the three days of this event. Tours will take place on the hour, every hour from 10.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m., starting from the Station Forecourt at Haworth (booking hall if wet). They will take in the locomotive works and sheds and cover not only the locomotives there, but information on how they are used and what makes the KWVR operations tick. These tours are usually very popular and pre-booking is generally essential. A receptionist will be located in the booking hall or office all day and you must register with him before joining any tour. You will be asked to consider a donation to the KWVR however this is not compulsory, the tours in themselves are free. As a guide, £5 is the usual donation given by most people which is put towards the Oakworth Bridges Appeal that funds the essential repairs to Bridges 18 and 17 just south of Oakworth. If at all possible, please give generously; if you pay tax, then you can gift aid this and the Railway will receive an additional 25p in the £1 from the Inland Revenue, at no cost whatever to you. |
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway |
11th February 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - The Choccy & Sweetie Tour. A delicious tour - hear the history of Terrys & Rowntrees, visit Choccy and Sweetie shops and taste free samples. Walks start at 10.30 am and 2.00 pm |
Yorkwalk |
| 11th February 2012 |
York Georgian Society - York Georgian Society was founded in 1939 to promote the preservation and care of Georgian buildings in and around York, England, while fostering the study and appreciation of them. It is the second oldest society outside London devoted to the Georgian era. The Society's remit extends beyond architecture and the crafts associated with building to include the arts, culture and society of the period from 1660, the year of George I's birth, to 1837, the year of William IV's death. YGS lecture - ‘It will quite eclipse Napoleon’: The Prince Regent on seeing John Nash’s Plans for London in 1811 with David Watkin, Hon. FRIBA, FSA, Emeritus Fellow of Peterhouse and Emeritus Professor of the History of Architecture, University of Cambridge. 2.30 pm |
Dianne Willcocks Lecture Theatre (DG/017) De Grey Court York St. John University York Georgian Society |
11th February 2012 |
The Western Front Association lecture - "Horne, The ‘Unknown’ General" by Professor John Derry. Sir Henry Horne (Commander of First Army 1916-18) is one of the least known of British Generals, but he typifies the quiet professionalism of the British Army and the ‘learning curve’ which is now recognised as one of the main features of the British military experience in the Great War. An artilleryman, he was identified with technical developments such as the ‘creeping barrage’. Both as a man and a soldier, innate integrity was one of his most prominent attributes. The Western Front Association (WFA) was formed with the aim of furthering interest in The Great War of 1914-1918. We also aim to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of all those on all sides who served their countries in France and Flanders and their own countries during The Great War. |
2.30 pm Room 138 Holgate Block York St John University WFA Lectures |
11th February 2012 |
York Concerts present Lieder Day. 10.30 am Masterclass with Richard Jackson. Distinguished baritone and teacher Richard Jackson gives a masterclass on dialogues in early Lieder with students from the University of York. Richard Jackson was a founder member of The Songmakers' Almanac, visiting the USA, Hong Kong and the festivals of Edinburgh, Bath, Aldeburgh and Bergen. He has taught both German and French Song at the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at Trinity College of Music. He is in demand as leader of masterclasses from Baroque music to German and French Song which he has given at the Royal Northern College of Music, the Welsh College of Music, at the Birmingham Conservatoire and as far afield as the Australian National Academy of Music. As an adjudicator Richard judges competitions at several of the London Colleges and has served twice on the jury of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards. 1.00 pm Solo songs and duets. Solo songs by Zelter, Mozart, Haydn, Hensel and Mendelssohn. Duets by Reichardt, Schumann and Mendelssohn. Two of the world's top Lieder singers perform solo songs and duets in the intimate surroundings of the NCEM. 3.30 pm An Early Liederabend. The University of York Chamber Choir present - Dialogues and partsongs by Haydn, Zelter, Reichardt and Schubert. 7.00 pm Schubert Die schöne Müllerin and solo songs by Schubert and Beethoven. Two of the world’s top Lieder singers take part in this year’s song day, now established as a regular event in York’s musical calendar. Both have been regular visitors to York, most recently in a memorable recital of Schumann in 2010. James Gilchrist’s interpretation of Die schöne Müllerin is extraordinary: ‘Deeply moving’, BBC Music; ‘a touching vulnerability throughout’ BBC Music Magazine. Barbara Schlick is one of the most highly-regarded German sopranos of her generation, particularly in the song repertoire. |
National Centre for Early Music York York Concerts |
| 11th February 2012 |
York Barbican presents - Anton & Erin - Let's Do It. Following a sold out UK tour in 2011 Anton du Beke and Erin Boag return with a sensational new show. Britain’s favourite dance couple will be joined by singer Lance Ellington, superb guest dancers and a Live Orchestra conducted by Richard Balcombe. With music from George Gershwin, Irving Berlin Kander & Ebb and Cole Porter featuring classic hits such as An American in Paris, Fascinating Rhythm, It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing), The Blue, Danube Waltz, Don’t Rain on My Parade and Cavatina. |
York Barbican |
11th February 2012 |
House Concerts present - Jesca Hoop (USA) and Rachel Sermanni. When Mercury prizewinners Elbow toured the US, they chose a hugely talented but unknown American singer/songwriter to support them. Then Jesca Hoop followed them home to Manchester… for "a musical marriage made in heaven" [The Observer]... and now she plays York..... Touted as a protégé of nu-folk Brit award winners Mumford and Sons, 19 year-old unsigned singer/songwriter Rachel Sermanni has not only caught the eye of Communion records (co-founded by Mumford’s Ben Lovett) , she was also the youngest act chosen to perform in January’s BBC Celtic Connections festival. If you’re lucky enough to have seen her perform live, this won’t come as any surprise. SOLD OUT House Concerts - Not a normal venue, more like a mix of the Radio One Live Lounge, and hearing every note as if you're sitting in the corner of the artist's recording studio. If you'd like to come along it's simple:- choose a gig - have a listen - donate to the artist - we send out your personal invite - & that's it. It's by private invitation only, very limited spaces, non-profit making and all about the music not the money! |
House Concerts |
11th February 2012 |
The Wiyos - Formed 10 years ago in Manhattan's legendary CBGB club, and taking their name from the toughest gang to prowl the streets of old New York. The Wiyos fuse the vintage sounds of early 20th century Americana with more contemporary punk attitudes. Mixing grungy harp, crazed steel guitar, rockabilly bass, human beat box, New Orleans rhythms and three-part harmonies, the band's vaudevillian live shows have become something of a phenomena - exuberant, thrilling, intense and filled to the brim with stunning instrumental prowess. Following 14 weeks spent in the Americana Chart top 20 for their album 'Broken Land Bell', The Wiyos were handpicked to perform alongside Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp on Bob Dylan's massive US stadium tour, as well as featuring prominently in the BBC's Folk Americana documentary series with timeless compositions that have universal appeal. |
8.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
| 11th February 2012 |
Coastival’s Rather Splendid Day Out - Main highlight of 11thFebruary will be a coup for Coastival and for Scarborough as it is chosen to host the first part of a major theatre event by award-winning theatre company Slung Low. At 6.00 pm at the Spa Sun Court, Slung Low will present 'Darkness at the Sun Court', which is the first of five pieces to be performed at arts festivals across North Yorkshire under the collective name Converging Paths. Scarborough’s is a stand-alone performance but can also be viewed as part a five-show “epic, audience adventure”. Television and radio personality Craig Charles will be another big draw for the ‘Splendid Day Out’. Craig, who is well known for his television work in Red Dwarf and Coronation Street, will be wearing his funk/soul DJ hat for this event as he hosts four hours of music from 10.00 pm at the Spa Grand Hall. This event also includes a performance by popular jazz/funk/soul band Nick Pride and the Pimptones. Another highlight is likely to be the Comedy Gala evening at the Spa Theatre from 8.00 pm. Names of the acts taking part are being kept under wraps but organisers promise plenty of fun and lots of laughs. A marathon ten and a half hours of live music will be on offer at the Acoustic Lounge at the Spa Vitadome from 12 noon to 10.30 pm. Acclaimed local band ISHKA will lead a host of local talent. Throughout the rest of the day there will also be art exhibitions and installations, as well as theatre and performance at a wide range of venues including Scarborough Library and Information Centre, Hull University Scarborough Campus and local galleries. There will also be art, dance and music sessions and workshops for children and young people through the Rollercoastival February Fiesta. |
Various venues in Scarborough Coastival |
| 11-19th February 2012 |
Wizard Week - Half term fun, including rides on the steam star from the Harry Potter movies. The magic returns to the Museum again with a week of spells, tricks and mischief. Ride the steam star from the Harry Potter movies (small charge applies) and enjoy fun family activities. All action wizard duels Broomstick flying trick photography (small charge applies) Best-dressed wizard competition Science shows Stunning owls on display |
National Railway Museum |
| 11-19th February 2012 |
The 27th Annual Jorvik Viking Festival! - Martin Simpson Trio & Enkelit - We're very pleased to welcome this multiple BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards winner back to the National Centre for Early music for an evening of sensational folk music, accompanied by Andy Cutting on melodeon and Andy Seward on double bass. Supported by the magical voices of Enkelit, this promises to be an event to remember! Having performed at NCEM to a sell-out audience, Martin is sure to be a popular addition to the 2012 Viking festival. The Vikings' Song - A Quest for Freedom - A fantastic chance to see a unique performance! Adapted from children's author Peter Ward's Viking Trilogy with an eclectic mix of music composed by Early Music specialist Michael Fields, combined with a dynamic young cast from York St John University and authentic reproductions of Viking instruments, this Viking musical promises to be an exciting addition to the 27th annual Jorvik Viking Festival. Black Tie Viking Banquet with Special Celebrity Guest Speaker - An exclusive addition to this year's Festival; visitors will be welcomed to a unique event at an historic venue by a torchlit Viking War band, before enjoying an evening of revelry, authentic Viking feast, music and song followed by our special celebrity guest speaker to entertain and delight! York Minster Viking Wedding - Following the hugely successful Fit for a King event at York Minster in 2011, we return to this richly historical venue to witness a Viking wedding followed by musical celebration including contributions from the fantastic Sarah Dean & Soundsphere. Don't miss this unique opportunity for a special experience in a magnificent setting! Jorvik Japes with Jeremy Strong - Join the brilliant Jeremy Strong, author of the famous 'Viking at School' and 'Viking in my bed' books for children, for an exclusive treat! Meet a host of Viking characters and the man himself before enjoying a Viking-themed afternoon tea time! With a bonus chance to get your books signed, this is an event not to be missed! Festival of Fire Finale! - This is a finale event not to be missed! See the magnificent torchlit procession! Behold the spectacular longship burning when it receives the body of a fallen warrior! Marvel at manifestations of Norse mythology engulfed in flames! And wonder at the fire juggling and the amazing Festival firework display! Many more events will be added! |
Various Venues Jorvik Viking Festival! |
| 11-19th February 2012 |
Viking Family Fun Trail - Concealed within these castle grounds are the mini model Viking Gods and Goddesses who promise a small prize to those who can find them. In conjunction with the Jorvik Viking Festival. 10.00 am - 6.00 pm | Cliffords Tower |
11-19th February 2012 |
York Stories - Bring the whole family along this half term to discover some of the stories that have affected people through the ages in peace and war. These hands-on sessions are part of the York 800 celebrations, marking the 800th anniversary of York being granted a charter to govern its own affairs. Bringing up Baby - Explore the history of baby care, dressing, feeding, soothing and celebrating from swaddling bands and baby grows to murder bottles and silver teething rings. Parents and grandparents are invited to tell us about their experiences... From Trenchers to Toast - Find out about bread making in the past and taste some fresh bread from the studio kitchen. Bread has been an important food for centuries. Did you know a gram of yeast contains 20 billion single-celled living micro-organisms and in making bread you kill them all? The Lee Enfield 303 Rifle - Handle the most famous weapon of the First World War, drilled, fired, cleaned and inspected by millions of soldiers from 1907 to 1957. Soldiers in the First World War could fire it so quickly that some Germans thought it was machine gun fire. |
York Castle Museum |
| 11-19th February 2012 |
Below Stairs Tours - Step below stairs to discover the spaces and places where the Beningbrough servants worked. Imagine the hardships of the laundry maid and get a taste of Victorian life through games and themed restaurant dishes. 11.00 am - 3.30 pm | Beningbrough Hall |
11-19th February 2012 |
Stuck for something to do? - The North Yorkshire Moors Railway has the answer! If you're feeling a little chilly this winter, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway has plenty to warm your spirit. Step aboard and embark on a journey deep into the heart of the North York Moors, where you will be transported back to an era where magnificent steam engines ruled the railways. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is open from 11-19th February. Start your journey at Pickering and discover the history of the Railway in the visitor centre. Head into the North York Moors and relive the magic of Harry Potter and Heartbeat with a visit to Goathland our celebrity station; before walking to Grosmont along the rail trail. Why not indulge in a delicious warming hot chocolate or tuck into some scrumptious Yorkshire Fayre at one of our station tea rooms along the line. |
North Yorkshire Moors Railway |
11-19th February 2012 |
Love Nature - This February half term, get your wellies on and get out and about at Harewood's Love Nature event - a fabulous week to celebrate the coming of Spring. In honour of conservation and all things natural, we're putting together a schedule of fun activities to celebrate the great outdoors to be enjoyed by children and adults alike. Love nature, love Harewood... Activities include: - Make and take crafts: Get crafty making your own bird feeders, cress & grass heads, plantpots, or personalise a welly peg or sticker to take home! 11am – 4pm Education Rooms and Bird Garden Marquee. Charges Apply approx. £1 per craft. - Our brand new Harewood Walks Booklet will be available to purchase from the Information Centre - 4 walks to explore the beautiful countryside on the Harewood Estate. - Join our Head Gardener Trevor Nicholson for a talk and walk around Harewood's wonderful Gardens, exploring the grand, venerable, ancient and elegant trees we have here. 2.30pm 13th - 19th Feb, wrap up warm and meet at the Courtyard. - Our Bird Garden Curator John Waller will be showing our visitors around the Bird Garden. You'll meet some of the most popular residents of the Bird Garden and see the daily Penguin feeding too! 1pm daily, meet at the Courtyard. - Pottery demonstrations with Fired Art Designs will be taking place throughout the day, using paints, brushes, stencils, stamps and sponges... and the opportunity to have a go yourself. Gawthorpe Room. Charges apply. £5 per piece. - Wooden Furniture demonstrations with Mawdsley Williams. Mawdsley Williams are all about individual design... 'Foodies are connoisseurs of good food, woodies appreciate fine timber. You know who the foodies are, well come in and meet the woodies'. Daily 11th – 16th Feb. - Seed Potting: plant a seed or plant to take away with you and watch it grow! Daily 13th - 19th Feb. - All you ever wanted to know about using Aplaca fleece or keeping Alpaca's with the Yorkshire Alpaca Group: Alpacas and spinning alpaca wool demonstration, sales of alpaca wool goods. Daily 16th – 19th Feb.NEW! 'Environmental Swap Shop' - the ultimate recycling depot, bring your un-needed gems to swap for a more desirable piece...Wooden goods, clothing (good condition), toys and small items which will fit in an average-sized car... Unfortunately we can't accept anything that requires special disposal eg. electrical goods. - Red Kite info point and viewings. Daily throughout the day. Talks 15th Feb only, 11am and 2pm. - Spot the Owls: Family fun owl trail. In the Bird Garden. - Catch-a-Monkey: Guess where the monkey is hiding and win a prize! |
Harewood House |
| 11th February - 19th March 2012 |
Dali at Nunnington - An exhibition of prints, photos and sculpture from the surrealist genius, Salvador Dali. | Nunnington Hall |
| 11th February - 13th May 2012 |
Fear and Fascination - Experience the fear and fascination surrounding the birth of early railways. Featuring previously unseen pieces of our earliest railway artwork; see art that shows off the scale and power of the emerging railway, contrasting with pieces designed to calm concerned public and landowners experiencing this big change to the British countryside. This is the third major exhibition in our art gallery and demonstrates the polarised public attitudes to the railways in the 1800s. Exhibition and museum entry is free. |
The Art Gallery National Railway Museum |
| 11th February - 10th June 2012 |
Gordon Baldwin: Objects for a Landscape - This exhibition showcases more than 100 works by one of the country's leading ceramic artists.
Baldwin, born in 1932, is internationally regarded as the UK's most distinguished living sculptural potter, who, for the last fifty years, has been producing the most radical and exciting work in clay. He has been highly influential both as a teacher and artist and can be seen as a key post-war artist, whose activity has helped move ceramics onto a sculptural platform and away from its more traditional functional concerns. Gordon Baldwin is a sculptural potter who has been very influential in moving ceramics towards sculptural forms and away from traditional functional pots. This show will display his works thematically, alongside related drawings, collages and photographs. Most of the work on display will be from the 1980s onwards, including new works made by Baldwin as he approaches his 80th birthday. |
York Art Gallery |
| 12th February 2012 |
York Barbican presents - Van Morrison. The legendary Van Morrison returns in February for his first York Barbican show in over nine years. The singer-songwriter returns to York Barbican for the first time since January 2003 to perform hits from a five-decade spanning career, including tracks from the classic albums Astral Weeks, Moondance and Into The Music. Van Morrison’s distinctive blend of soul, rhythm and blues, rock ‘n’ roll and Celtic influences has earned him numerous awards including six Grammys, an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. ‘Van the Man’ has enjoyed one of the most enduring and consistently impressive careers in musical history. His classic hits include Jackie Wilson Said (I’m In Heaven When You Smile), Brown Eyed Girl, Moondance, Bright Side Of The Road and the anthem Gloria. 7.30 pm |
York Barbican |
| 12th February 2012 |
Sowerby Music present 6Pac Jazz – Just to get your toes tapping on a cold February afternoon, it is great to have the full band back again with their amazing horn section, classy standards and irrepressible joie de vivre. 3.00 pm | St. Oswald's Church Sowerby Thirsk Sowerby Music |
| 13th February 2012 |
Catterick Bridge Races | Catterick Racecourse |
| 13-17th February 2012 |
Love Your Heritage - Family Half Term activities on all week, fun for all ages! Come and celebrate your heritage with crafts, cooking and more through the week! | Ryedale Folk Museum |
14th February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - one of 'The Science of Sound lecture series' - 'Listening to the world: Sounds and the environment' with Speaker: Dr David Chesmore, Department of Electronics. We are continuously surrounded by sounds which can effect our mood; they make us happy when we hear birds, irritated by loud music, nostalgic or even sad. This lecture will explore the world of sounds from birds and insects, through singing fish to anthropogenic (man made) sounds and their effects on humans and animals. It will cover ways of measuring sounds in /soundscapes/, particularly the development of automated methods for identifying sounds. The lecture will be full of interesting and unusual sounds. The Science of Sound lectures glimpse into the fascinating world of sound: the discoveries of Pythagoras and the basis of music, how the sounds around us affect our mood, how our hearing system can be tricked and finally we explore what we want from recordings of music and whether we get it. No tickets necessary. |
7.00 pm Room P/L001 Physics Dept UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
| 14th February 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club on Tour present - The Martin Simpson Trio plus the Finnish-style vocal group Enkelit. It is always a delight to see this most superlative of English guitarists and singers in York. The winner of multiple Folk Awards, Martin is joined by melodeon ace Andy Cutting and bassist Andy Seward. This concert is promoted by the Jorvik Viking Festival 2012, in association with the Folk Club. See www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/viking-festival/. Plus the Finnish-style vocal group Enkelit. NOW BOOKING on 01904 615505 |
8.00 pm The National Centre for Early Music B.S.F.C. |
| 15th February 2012 |
York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme - Curators Talks. Dutch paintings. 12.30 pm |
York Art Gallery York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
15th February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - one of 'Experts in Industry lecture series' - 'Austerity or stimulus? How Keynes and Hayek shape our economic debate' with Speaker: Nicholas Wapshott, Journalist and Writer. Nicholas Wapshott is a prominent British journalist and writer. He is a Reuters contributing columnist and an online content consultant to a number of media and private clients. He was the editor of The Times Saturday edition as well as the founding editor of The Times Magazine. He has written a number of biographies including those of Margaret Thatcher and Carol Reed. His book Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics was published by W. W. Norton in October 2011. Admission: is by free ticket only. |
6.00 pm Ron Cooke Hub Auditorium UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
15th February 2012 |
York Concerts present Roy Howat piano. Chabrier Aubade Debussy Images, 1re série Chabrier Ballabile; Caprice; Feuillet d’album Debussy D'un cahier d'esquisses; L'isle joyeuse Debussy Preludes Book 2 Roy Howat is internationally renowned as both pianist and scholar, one of a few British artists invited to teach and play French music at major French-speaking Conservatoires and on French radio. He is specially known for his lively lectures and masterclasses, which he has given worldwide at venues including the USA's Juilliard and Eastman Schools. In a wide-ranging career he has also conducted professionally, played violin in major London chamber orchestras, and held University posts in several countries. His recent book The Art of French Piano Music received outstanding reviews and his editions of piano music by Debussy and Chabrier are regarded as definitive. |
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall UoY York Concerts |
| 15th February 2012 |
York Barbican presents - Katherine Jenkins. Katherine Jenkins, the record-breaking multi platinum selling mezzo-soprano, has announced a date at the York Barbican next February, as part of her Daydream tour. Making her debut appearance at York Barbican on Wednesday 15 February, Katherine will be performing up close and personal for her first theatre tour in three years. Katherine is the first British classical crossover artist to have two number one albums in the same year and her third album, Living in a Dream, reached number 4 in the pop album charts. This album contained the moving cover of Dolly Parton’s I Will Always Love You. This tour coincides with the release of her latest album, Daydream, which debuted at Number 6 in the pop charts. The album is her most personal to date drawing together music and songs she loves from across classical, traditional, folk and easy pop that have inspired her over the course of her life. The Daydream tour will also see Katherine perform some of her best-known songs that she has performed and recorded over her last seven albums including tracks from her debut album Premiere through to her best selling album Believe. 7.30 pm |
York Barbican |
15th February 2012 |
Scarborough Jazz present - Frank Brooker. His beguiling and fluid tenor sax and clarinet skills have earned Frank great popularity throughout the North. He began his long career during the Trad Jazz boom, but now presents a wide range of jazz through an interesting and diverse programme. He champions unfairly neglected tunes and is happy to play requests. Frank leads his own quartet and has recorded with his excellent trio. He usually has some of his CD's with him but his modesty means that you have to ask to see them! Over the years he has developed a good rapport with the Mike Gordon Trio, who back him tonight. |
The Cask Inn Scarborough Scarborough Jazz |
16th February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - one of the 'Learning from Human Rights Defenders series' - 'The struggle for women’s rights in rural Pakistan' with Speaker: Khalid Usman, Khwendo Kor. The Centre for Applied Human Rights hosts up to 10 human rights defenders at risk through its innovative Protective Fellowship scheme. In this new seminar series, human rights defenders from around the world share their experiences and discuss the challenges they face. No tickets necessary. |
1.15 pm Room LMB/030 Law and Management Building UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
16th February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - one of the 'Know Thyself Philosophy Lectures' - 'The virtues of character' with Speaker: Dr Debbie Roberts, Department of Philosophy. Dr Roberts' research interests focus on metaethics, but she is also interested in other areas of philosophy that relate to this work including metaphysics, philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. Her current research focuses on thick evaluative concepts, and the nature of evaluation. In particular, she defends a non-reductive account of thick concepts. She is particularly interested in the metaphysics of the evaluative, the distinction and relation between the evaluative and the deontic, and the relation between thick and thin evaluation, and what it is for a concept or property to be evaluative. She has just started working on the nature of evaluative dependence. No tickets necessary. |
6.30 pm Bowland Auditorium UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
16th February 2012 |
YAYAS (Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society) lecture - The Bio Archaeology of the Barbican Site, York by Lauren McIntyre (On-Site Archaeology). Founded in 1842 YAYAS objectives are - "to promote the study of ecclesiastical architecture, antiquities, and design, the restoration of mutilated remains, and of churches which may have been desecrated, within the county of York: and the improvement, as far as may be within its province, of the character of ecclesiastical edifices to be erected in the future." |
7.30 pm Friend's Meeting House Friargate YAYAS |
16th February 2012 |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (York Group) lecture - "A Potteric Carr Nature Reserve Year" by Susan & Alan Parker. 7.30 pm | Temple Hall York St. John University RSPB York |
| 16th February 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club present - Gloria Jeffries. An occasional Singers Night visitor who always entertains, Gloria now does a first guest booking under this name, although in other guises she has been a frequent and favourite club guest ever since the early 1980s. A great singer and a skilled guitarist, she has some excellent self-penned material and a wide range of traditional tunes and other covers, including some beautiful pieces on the flute. |
8.00 pm Black Swan, Peasholme Green B.S.F.C. |
| 17th February 2012 |
York Astronomical Society presentation - 'Relativistic Jets' by Sam Falle, University of Leeds. Some galaxies produce relativistic jets whose power output is much larger than that of the all the stars in the galaxy put together. These jets are generated by an object in the centre of the galaxy which is about the same size as the solar system; almost certainly a black hole. This talk describes how these jets are formed and how they blast their way out of the galaxy. 8.00 pm |
Denham Room Priory St Centre Priory Street York Astronomical Society |
| 17th February 2012 |
British Music Society of York presents - The Doric String Quartet - Alex Reddington and Jonathan Stone (violins), Simon Tandree (viola) and John Myerscough (cello) playing - Haydn - Quartet in D, Op. 20 No. 4 Chausson - Quartet in C minor, Op. 35 Schubert - Quartet in D minor, D. 810 (Death and the Maiden) |
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall University of York British Music Society of York |
17th February 2012 |
York Concerts present [rout] - 'Lost & Found'. In Lost & Found, amplified ensemble [rout] explores found and discarded sounds. The group has worked with composers Paul Newland, Andrew Poppy, James Saunders and Michael Wolters to create new performances from salvaged, revealed and rediscovered materials: texts, sounds, scores, images, objects, instruments and contexts. The performance also features a new collaborative work by Stephen Cornford and Paul Whitty, it pays my way and it corrodes my soul. This is the second of our new Rymer Nights series showcasing new work in the perfect acoustic of the Rymer Auditorium. |
Rymer Auditorium UoY York Concerts |
17th February 2012 |
'Egil Skallagrimson Keeps his Head' - for the third year on tour! When Icelandic hardman Egil and his crew are storm driven up the Humber and into the hands of his old enemy Erik Bloodaxe, their days of travelling trading and trashing seem numbered. But Egil has more strings to his bow ... and his harp, than first appear. North Country Theatre originators of the Olivier Award Winning West End and Broadway hit version of "The 39 Steps" and many other ripping yarns turn their cunning creativity, word web weaving and bardic brilliance on a Yorvik episode from 10th century Egil's Saga. "Poetry at the cutting edge!" Anglo Saxon Evening Chronicle. |
Kirkby Fleetham Village Hall 'Egil Skallagrimson Keeps his Head' |
17th February 2012 |
Connie Lush and Blues Shouter - Widely regarded as one of the finest blues singers that the United Kingdom has ever produced, Connie Lush's inimitable, explosive and unforgettable voice has wowed audiences across the globe for over 20 years. She has recorded with some of the world's greatest blues artists including The Memphis Horns and The Hodges Brothers (Al Green's backing band), as well as touring Britain with the legendary BB King. Connie was voted Best UK Female Vocalist by readers of Blues in Britain for five successive years, earning a richly deserved place in their Gallery of the Greats and was also honoured in the French Blues Trophies awards as European Singer of the Year as well as winning Blues Personality of 2006 in the Digital Blues Awards. Connie is one of the nation’s foremost blues divas and, alongside her band, Blues Shouter, continues to produce some of the best rocking and soulful music this side of the 1920s. |
8.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
| 17th February 2012 |
Anna Massie & Mairearad Green in Concert. | Reeth Memorial Hall |
17/18th February 2012 |
The Fantasist's Waltz Directed by: Kyle Davies and Lizzie Wiggs. Set in a world of misguided passions, momentary lifetimes and crumbs of desire, The Fantasist’s Waltz is a haunting modern fairy tale of an isolated man who disappears into his imagination for solace; a magnificent dream world in which he is the centre of wonder and the object of desire. Through the veins of TongueTied’s tale pulses a live original score and inventive physical storytelling, bringing to life the story of a man’s fight for survival in a world that has seemingly forgotten him. |
York Theatre Royal |
17th February - 3rd March 2012 |
The Diary of Anne Frank. Anne Frank's world famous diary charts two years of her life from 1942 to 1944. This extraordinary personal account of hope, courage and survival has united and touched people world wide. Whilst hidden from the German Nazis, with her Jewish family, in a secret annex in Amsterdam, Anne documented her hops, frustrations and day to day experiences in confinement. Anne's wry observations of herself and her companions have been dramatised in this stunning play, evoking all the original sentiments of a young girl's dramatic and heartbreaking diary, written in the most hostile of environments. |
York Theatre Royal |
18th February 2012 |
York Farmers Market - The York Farmers Market was one of the first to be established in the north of England in the Autumn of 1999. The success as the forerunner to this movement in the north has led to a large number of other markets opening up in the area and, more importantly, created an alternative source of income to many farmers and producers. The main benefit of the farmers market here at Murton is that it is all under cover come rain, snow or high wind with a large private car park adjacent. There is always seasonal activity and special events at the markets, adding extra value and interest. The main principle of the farmers market is that it is local producers selling fresh quality produce direct to local consumers in an atmosphere which promotes dialogue and understanding of food production including environmental and welfare standards. This cuts down food miles and puts money back into the local economy rather than imported goods. The market always offers an extensive range of produce including:- Yorkshire beef, lamb & pork; Organic vegetables; Free range chicken & eggs; Fresh handmade bread & cakes; Pastries; Fish; Sausages; Soups; Preserves & much more... A fantastic choice of fresh quality local produce at very competitive prices and the benefit of knowing where it's come from and how it's been produced. |
York Auction Centre Murton, York |
| 18th February 2012 |
York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme - Fossils of the
Yorkshire Coast. This one-day class will show you examples of the common fossils to be found on the Yorkshire Coast and will give you an idea of what you might find where, and how. Discover how a bit of beach-combing can help improve our understanding of the history of life on Earth with palaeontologist, Liam Herringshaw. 9.30 am - 4.30 pm |
Yorkshire Museum York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
18th February 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - The Choccy & Sweetie Tour. A delicious tour - hear the history of Terrys & Rowntrees, visit Choccy and Sweetie shops and taste free samples. Walks start at 10.30 am and 2.00 pm |
Yorkwalk |
18th February 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Snowdrops and galanthomania with Tutor: Michael Myers. Snowdrop expert and horticulture tutor, Michael Myers, will give you the low-down on the beautiful snowdrop. Michael will give a presentation illustrated with images and real specimens to show you the huge range of different snowdrop varieties. He will also give you tips on growing snowdrops in your own garden, advice on cultivation and suggestions for suitable companion plants to show them to their best advantage! 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
18th February 2012 |
'Egil Skallagrimson Keeps his Head' - for the third year on tour! When Icelandic hardman Egil and his crew are storm driven up the Humber and into the hands of his old enemy Erik Bloodaxe, their days of travelling trading and trashing seem numbered. But Egil has more strings to his bow ... and his harp, than first appear. North Country Theatre originators of the Olivier Award Winning West End and Broadway hit version of "The 39 Steps" and many other ripping yarns turn their cunning creativity, word web weaving and bardic brilliance on a Yorvik episode from 10th century Egil's Saga. "Poetry at the cutting edge!" Anglo Saxon Evening Chronicle. |
Middleham Key Centre 'Egil Skallagrimson Keeps his Head' |
18th February 2012 |
Kula Productions is pleased to welcome AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH DAVE SWARBRICK. When Dave asked Kula if he could return to the Frazer to present an intimate evening of songs and anecdotes – how could we refuse?! In ours, and many others eyes, Dave Swarbrick is a legend and icon of the folk-rock movement as well as being a virtuoso fiddle-player. His career spans across five decades during which time he played an intregal part in the classic line-up of Fairport Convention. He has also worked with Martin Carthy over many years with whom he SOLD OUT the Frazer Theatre in 2009. |
The Frazer Theatre Knaresborough Kula Productions |
19th February 2012 |
SambaSunda
Quintet. These groundbreaking gamelan innovators have a flair for experimentation. In their latest incarnation, the Quintet reflect a tradition of Sundanese music whilst also creating something fresh, modern and original. The music is centred on the kacapi, a boat-shaped zither whose mellifluous tones have been heard in Sunda (West Java) for centuries. Using kacapi, violin, suling (flute) and the unique, tuned kendang (drums) to accompany singer (and dancer!) Rita Tila, SambaSunda use an ancient repertoire to articulate a distinctly urban accent suffused with a contemporary awareness of global sounds. |
National Centre for Early Music |
19th February 2012 |
Harrogate International Sunday Series presents - Martin Roscoe, piano. One of Britain’s most prolific recitalists, Martin Roscoe is equally at home in concerto, recital and chamber performances. In an ever more distinguished career, his popularity and critical acclaim are built on a deeply thoughtful musicianship, allied to an easy rapport with audiences and fellow musicians alike. Illustrating his breadth of experience, Roscoe’s programme takes us on a journey from the playful ‘Scenes from Childhood’ in Schumann’s Kinderszenen, to the sombre and tragic sonorities of Beethoven’s masterpiece, and the turbulent drama from Schubert’s sonata, written just two months before the composer’s death. Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15 Beethoven Sonata No. 8 in C minor for Piano, Op. 13 'Pathétique' Schubert Sonata in B flat D.960 ‘…Roscoe is a pianist who both thinks and offers full-blooded playing of breadth and depth. In this country, he is an uncommon creature…’ Daily Telegraph. 11.00 am |
The Old Swan Hotel Harrogate Harrogate International Sunday Series |
19th February 2012 |
Wildlife Wander - A gentle two mile walk discovering the wonders of the estate's wildlife. Meet at the Visitor Centre. 2.00 pm. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
19th February 2012 |
Piano Recital - Alasdair Beatson. Highly regarded as a distinctive and accomplished musician, the young Scottish pianist continues to make an impact on the classical music scene. This season he holds an artistic residency at Perth Concert Hall, performs in Belgium, in Bath's Mozartfest, appears three times at the Wigmore Hall and continues his extensive work with a welcome visit to Helmsley. Tonight he will play: Mozart Sonata in F K332 Faure Preludes op 103 Ravel Sonatine Schumann Fantasy op 17 |
7.30 pm Helmsley Arts Centre |
19th February 2012 |
Benjamin Francis Leftwich - At just 21 years of age, Ben’s song-writing has a complex quizzical innocence, echoing the enchanting wordplay of Feist and the delicate elegance of Elliott Smith. Ben’s new album Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm follows on from the success of 2010‘s A Million Miles Out EP, which have placed him as one of the most exciting upcoming talents in the UK. The success of the the EP led Jo Whiley to make lead track, Atlas Hands, one of her tracks of 2010. His on-line success includes over 1,000,000 views on YouTube. Pictures led to backing from Radio 1 and XFM with the title track awarded Zane Lowe’s Hottest Record in the World and Greg James’s ROTW. “Brit-folk's pretty new voice” NME |
Pocklington Arts Centre |
20th February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - one of the 'Human Rights Lecture Series' - 'The struggle against impunity in Uruguay for past Human Rights violations' with Speaker: Felipe Michelini, House of Representatives of Uruguay. Felipe Michelini is Professor of Human Rights at the School of Law of the University of the Republic (Uruguay). He is also founder of the Mercosur Human Rights Public Policies Observatory. In 2009, he served as the Uruguayan Delegate to the High Authorities to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations. No tickets necessary. |
6.00 pm Room RCH/204 Ron Cooke Hub UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
21st February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - 'York Medieval Seminar' - 'Changing minds around 600' with Speaker: Professor Guy Halsall, Department of History. Professor Guy Halsall joined the department of history in January 2003. His doctoral research, carried out at York, was on the archaeology and history of the Merovingian region of Metz (north-eastern France and southern Germany), c.350-c.750. This was published as a monograph, Settlement and Social Organization: The Merovingian region of Metz (Cambridge, 1995). The research for that project fuelled his interest in the study of early medieval cemeteries and led to a number of articles examining the ways in which the evidence of funerary archaeology could be used to drive a new social history of the post-Roman world, and to a critical offensive against the interpretation of particular burial styles as representing the graves of migrating Germanic barbarians. No tickets necessary. |
5.30 pm Room K/133 King's Manor University of York Free Public Lectures |
21st February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - one of 'The Science of Sound lecture series' - 'Listening to the world: Sounds and the environment' with Speaker: Professor David Howard, Department of Electronics. This lecture will review the way our ears process sound in terms of what is relevant to hearing music. It will then consider the operation of the MP3 player in terms of how it is that a CD recording can be very significantly shrunk in size without obvious audio degradation; when you purchase an MP3 track you only receive around 10% of the original CD quality audio data! The Science of Sound lectures glimpse into the fascinating world of sound: the discoveries of Pythagoras and the basis of music, how the sounds around us affect our mood, how our hearing system can be tricked and finally we explore what we want from recordings of music and whether we get it. No tickets necessary. |
7.00 pm Room P/L001 Physics Dept UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
21st February 2012 |
Yorkshire Philosophical Society - Promoting the understanding of science for over 180 years. Lecture Programme 2011/12 - tonight - Fifty Years of Lasers: Cold and trapped - using lasers to approach absolute zero. A lecture by Dr Andy Pratt, Department of Physics, University of York. This talk starts at 7.30pm. For more information please call 01904 656713. |
Tempest Anderson Hall Yorkshire Museum Yorkshire Philosophical Society |
| 21st February 2012 |
Wetherby Races - Yorkshire's premier National Hunt Racecourse presents Weekday Racing | Wetherby Racecourse |
21-25th February 2012 |
'David Copperfield'. All the tradition of a Dicken's classic but with much much more, York Stage Musicals are celebrating Charles Dickens' 200th Birthday with a new stage adaptation of his favourite novel David Copperfield - a story filled with adventure, excitement and wonder. Charles Dickens said of all his heroes: "I have in my heart of hearts a favourite.and his name is David Copperfield" - Like a Dickensian Harry Potter, David leads us on a magical journey, encountering villains and challenges that will have you on the edge of your seat. The Joseph Rowntree stage will be transformed into a magical playground as David sets sail on the high seas in a playful world full of puppets, donkeys, music and invention. PLAY PERFORMED AT THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE THEATRE; TICKETS ONLY FROM THEATRE ROYAL BOX OFFICE. |
York Theatre Royal |
22nd February 2012 |
York Minster - Ash Wednesday. Today marks the beginning of the season of Lent. Worship will be held throughout the day, with the opportunity at all services for those who wish to receive in ash the sign of the cross. 7.45 am Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes. 11.00 am Imposition of Ashes. 12.30 pm Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes. 2.00 pm Imposition of Ashes. 5.15 pm Sung Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes - The Ash Wednesday Sung Eucharist (which includes the singing of Allegri’s Miserere) offers a full liturgical celebration with which to begin the observance of Lent. |
York Minster Opens pdf file |
22nd February 2012 |
York Concerts present The University Chamber Orchestra. Elgar Romance for bassoon Martinu Double Concerto for flute and violin Beethoven Symphony no. 8 in F op. 98 Beethoven's effervescent symphony is well known, but this concert includes two rarities that should not be missed: Elgar's Romance is a short and poetic work for solo bassoon and Martinu's subtle pairing of flute and violin soloists is irresistible. |
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall UoY York Concerts |
22nd February 2012 |
Scarborough Jazz present - The John Etheridge Trio North. This has become a long awaited performance having twice been cancelled, once through bad weather and then because of illness! The wait will prove worthwhile as John is one of the UK's finest guitarists who has worked with Soft Machine, Yehudi Menuhin, Nigel Kennedy, Stephane Grappelli, John Williams and Pat Metheny. Humphrey Lyttelton said, “John Etheridge is a versatile guitarist whose wizardry enables him to produce a whole anthology of unexpected sounds.” The trio have performed across the UK and in London. Ben Crosland is on bass with Dave Tyas on drums. Both are well known musicians who have worked with many of the UK's finest and visiting soloists from the US. Together they play an attractive mix of standards, originals and blues/rock material. |
The Cask Inn Scarborough Scarborough Jazz |
22nd February - 3rd March 2012 |
Old Bomb Theatre presents Bed. In Jim Cartwright’s extraordinary play about sleep, insomnia and growing old, eight elderly characters relive their lives and evoke their dreams. Old Bomb, the theatre company behind recent productions of Pinteresque, Cigarettes and Chocolate and Waiting for Godot, bring you another intimate and atmospheric show, complete with specially composed music and a very large mattress. Bring your pyjamas, join in the fun and get ready for bed! |
York Theatre Royal |
23rd February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - one of the 'Learning from Human Rights Defenders series' - 'Fighting discrimination against persons living with HIV in Somaliland' with Speaker: Guleid Osman Abdikarim, Talowadag Coalition. The Centre for Applied Human Rights hosts up to 10 human rights defenders at risk through its innovative Protective Fellowship scheme. In this new seminar series, human rights defenders from around the world share their experiences and discuss the challenges they face. No tickets necessary. |
1.15 pm Room LMB/030 Law and Management Building UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
23rd February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - 'Stockholm Environment Institute York Annual Seminar' - 'Can technology save the planet?' with Speakers: Mark Lynas (Journalist), Doug Parr (Greenpeace UK) and Liz Barclay (Radio 4 journalist). Human pressure on the Earth’s ecosystem has now reached a point where rapid global environmental change is possible. There are a total of nine planetary boundaries which we must not cross if the Earth is to continue to support life and our civilisation. We have already crossed three of these boundaries: climate change, biodiversity and nitrogen input to the biosphere. Since these boundaries are strongly connected crossing one may seriously threaten our ability to stay in safe levels of the others. The extent we will be affected by crossing these planetary boundaries will be dependent on our ability to cope with and prevent rapid environmental change. Is it now time to use our technological mastery over nature to protect the planet from ourselves? Traditionally, environmentalists have been suspicious of new technologies and have rejected calls to embrace GM crops and nuclear power. Is our failure to fully embrace technologies hindering environmental social progress and putting humanity at risk? Is it time to revisit the role of nuclear power and genetic engineering as part of a global effort to protect the planet and humanity from rapid environmental change? The York SEI 2012 Annual Seminar will address the role of technology in tackling current and future environmental challenges with contributions from Mark Lynas and Doug Parr followed by discussion. Admission: by free ticket only. |
5.30 pm National Science Learning Centre Auditorium UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
23rd February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - one of the 'York Biology Lectures' - 'New insights into prehistoric human diet and agriculture through ancient biomolecules and stable isotopes' with Speaker: Professor Richard P Evershed FRS, University of Bristol. Professor Richard P Evershed is a Professor of Biogeochemistry at the Organic Geochemistry Unit at the University of Bristol. He is an internationally renowned analytical organic chemist and the leading exponent of biomolecular archaeology who has revolutionized aspects of archaeological science. His analytical procedures use the specificity of molecular structure and compound-specific isotopic signature to trace the history of artefacts or fossils. This has resulted in many new insights into the lives of ancient peoples and advanced the understanding of biomolecules in fossils. In soil ecology his molecular and stable isotope approaches are providing new means of studying unculturable microorganisms and minute soil invertebrates and have resulted in new temperature proxy from peat bogs for palaeoclimate reconstruction. No tickets necessary. |
6.30 pm Room BS/005 Berrick Saul Building UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
| 23rd February 2012 |
Tutored Wine Tastings - Wines of Chile. Tutored wine tastings, run in association with The Wine Academy with a two course supper and coffee. Wine Academy staff or a guest speaker will conduct the relaxed, informal tasting and our chefs will choose a two-course meal to compliment the theme of the evening. 7.30 pm |
Meltons Too opens pdf file |
| 23rd February 2012 |
York Barbican presents - Port Issac's Fisherman's Friends. English folk music has enjoyed a renaissance in the last decade, especially in the West Country. Now, after their success at the 2011 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award, these Shanty men of Port Isaac are out on the road to delight and enthral audiences with their voices in an incredibly rousing and joyful set of Shanties and Cornish folk songs. The authentic sound of the shanty can be heard loud and clear via the mighty, brawny chorale of The Fisherman’s Friends. Be prepared to have your ears blown clean off. Between them, they are five baritones, two top tenors, two second tenors, and one bass it makes a fat sound, a full sound, a solid wall of sound. The Fisherman's Friends from Port Isaac have delighted visitors and locals there for more than 15 years, with almost 300 live performances under their belts, a major album release and now these selective live dates. 7.30 pm |
York Barbican |
| 23rd February 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club present - Patsy Matheson & Becky Mills. One half of the now defunct award-winning female group Waking The Witch, Patsy and Becky are touring as an acoustic duo. As songwriters and guitarists with roots in folk, blues, R & B, jazz and rock, and with a special emphasis on intricate vocal harmonies, they have a unique and very personal sound. Add in their engaging charm and sense of humour for an evening of top quality contemporary musical entertainment. |
8.00 pm Black Swan, Peasholme Green B.S.F.C. |
23rd February 2012 |
York Minster - Lent Meditation
followed by Compline. The first of a series of short talks for the season of Lent, followed by the Office of Compline, sung by the Ebor Singers. 8.30 pm |
York Minster Opens pdf file |
23rd February 2012 |
Punchline Comedy Club featuring Seann Walsh. Seann Walsh is taking his all-new show of razor-sharp observational comedy across the UK. Charming and charismatic, a natural born observational storyteller, he is one of the most frighteningly precocious talents to emerge from the comedy circuit in years. Within two years of his first comedy performance Seann became the winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year. Shortly after, other accolades included Chortle Best Breakthrough Act Nominee 2010 and Chortle Best Compere Nominee 2011. Seann has also been listed as one of DAVE's top 10 stand-ups to catch in 2011. Seann's recent TV appearances include: Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Mock The Week , 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow. |
Pocklington Arts Centre |
24th February 2012 |
York Minster - Stations of
the Cross. This service takes the form of a walk around the Minster, with readings, prayers and hymns reflecting on Ghislaine Howard’s powerful images marking Christ’s journey from his trail to his burial. 11.45 am |
York Minster Opens pdf file |
24th February 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Gardens by design with Tutor: Marilyn Elm Good gardens require careful thought and planning to be successful. Marilyn Elm is an experienced Garden History and Garden Design tutor who will share her expertise enthusiastically to help you make the most of your garden site. Through illustrated presentations and discussion she will give you guidance on basic design principles – from creation of a workable layout to the choice of appropriate planting, decoration and use of hard materials and visual effects. 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
| 24th February 2012 |
Kula Productions is pleased to welcome NICK LOWE. NICK LOWE began his musical career as a member of Brinsley Schwarz, during which time he wrote (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding, a hit for Elvis Costello in 1979, and Cruel to Be Kind, a solo hit the same year. After leaving Brinsley Schwarz in 1975, Lowe began playing in Rockpile with Dave Edmunds. The following year Lowe released So It Goes, the first single on Stiff Records where he was an in-house producer. Dr. Feelgood’s hit single Milk and Alcohol was co-penned by Lowe, which along with I Love The Sound of Breaking Glass, reach the Top 10 in 1978. He also produced The Damned's first single, New Rose, considered the first English punk single, as well as the group's debut album, Damned Damned Damned. After the demise of Rockpile, Lowe toured for a period with his band Noise To Go and later with The Cowboy Outfit. In 1992, (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding was covered by Curtis Stigers on the soundtrack album to The Bodyguard, an album that sold over 15 million copies. Lowe played Glastonbury 2011, performing a short solo set of Brinsley Schwarz tracks on The Spirit Of 71 stage, where they played back in 1971, before heading to the Acoustic Stage for a full band show. Nick’s NEW album The Old Magic will be released in September. |
The Frazer Theatre Knaresborough Kula Productions |
25th February 2012 |
The Ebor Singers present - Fauré Requiem Parry I was glad Vaughan Williams Psalm 100 Elgar Great is the Lord Of the many settings of the Requiem, Gabriel Fauré's is possibly the most widely loved. It is its very quality of understatement which contributes to the works universal appeal. We perform it alongside choral works by English composers, including Parry's I was glad and Vaughan Williams' Psalm 100, both sung at Elizabeth II's coronation. |
7.30 pm The Quire York Minster The Ebor Singers |
| 25th February 2012 |
Charity Concert - The Fab Beatles. Here’s a great Christmas present idea for Beatles music lovers! Tickets are now on sale for a spectacular show which will take place on Saturday 25th February at Malton’s Milton Rooms, featuring the UK's number one Beatles tribute band, the Fab Beatles! We’re expecting it to be a sell-out concert and have everyone “dancing in the aisles” with all proceeds going to local charity Ryedale Special Families. Formed in 1991 the Fab Beatles have risen through sheer hard work and dedication to be one of the most sought-after Beatles tribute bands in the world today, with concerts performed all over the UK, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. Chosen by the BBC as "The Best", and commissioned by EMI to promote the "Beatles 1" CD, the Fab Beatles pride themselves on their professionalism and attention to detail. It is well documented that their sound is the closest you will ever hear to the original Beatles! Their show starts with early "Hamburg" material and goes right through to “Let It Be” and the break-up of the band, with costumes from the 1965 "Shea stadium" look to "Sgt Pepper" and "Abbey Road", with a repertoire that is second to none! The Fab Beatles use only authentic instruments and costumes, and even boast to have the very drum-kit used by Ringo on The Beatles 1964 American tour! 7.30 pm |
Milton Rooms Malton |
25th February 2012 |
Hunt Roberts Theatre presents 'Fast Woman' By Stuart Howson. Directed by Finetime Fontayne. Daredevil Helle Nice was a fast woman in every sense: in life, in love and in motor-racing. Roaring through the 1920's she danced her way to notoriety at the Casino de Paris, posed nude for Parisian photographers and risked her life many times in adventures as diverse as skiing, high wire acts, mountaineering and speed record attempts. Her skill and courage brought her success; her brazen media savvy brought her enemies - one in particular. In him she met her match... |
7.30 pm Helmsley Arts Centre |
25th February 2012 |
'Egil Skallagrimson Keeps his Head' - for the third year on tour! When Icelandic hardman Egil and his crew are storm driven up the Humber and into the hands of his old enemy Erik Bloodaxe, their days of travelling trading and trashing seem numbered. But Egil has more strings to his bow ... and his harp, than first appear. North Country Theatre originators of the Olivier Award Winning West End and Broadway hit version of "The 39 Steps" and many other ripping yarns turn their cunning creativity, word web weaving and bardic brilliance on a Yorvik episode from 10th century Egil's Saga. "Poetry at the cutting edge!" Anglo Saxon Evening Chronicle. |
The Junction Goole 'Egil Skallagrimson Keeps his Head' |
25th February 2012 |
'John Peel's Shed' - In 2002, John Osborne won a competition on John Peel's Radio One show. His prize was a box of records that took eight years to listen to. A decade after receiving his reward, Osborne presents one of the sell-out smash hits of last year's Edinburgh Festival - an ode to radio, those records and anyone who's ever sought solace in wireless. Inspired by his own acclaimed book Radio Head (BBC Radio 4’s Book Of The Week) - which tells the story of what happened when John decided to listen to a different radio station every day, all day, for a month - the performance is a heart warming, witty, charming, poignant and beautifully written love letter for radio fans across the generations. Directed by Submarine writer Joe Dunthorne, and with a Daniel Kitson-esque eye for the significance of everyday trivia, John Osborne's show features records previously owned by Peel and was awarded a host of five star reviews during its Edinburgh run. |
8.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
25th February 2012 |
Howden Live presents Paul Liddell. Following a superb support slot with Jim Diamond and Snake Davis at the Yorkshire Cancer centre concert last year it was only a matter of time before he appeared at the Shire Hall headlining in his own right.Paul Liddell is a working musician/singer/songwriter/recording artist based by the sea in the North East of England. So far he has released two solo albums and 3 EPs. His first album ‘A Lighthouse Keeper’s Diary’ was released on his own label ‘Regulus Music’ and was distributed in stores around the UK by Universal/Absolute, and his current album, the excellent ‘Milestones And Motorways’ is a proudly home-made and independent release. Paul is an experienced live performer with an unstoppable work ethic, clocking up on average 20 gigs a month both solo and with his band ‘Delphians’ for the past three years. Live, his singularly unique voice and unpretentious delivery combine with the use of live sampling, guitar percussion and layered vocal harmonies to provide a great platform for his wonderful songs to shine. Paul has also toured in America, whipping up a storm in several little coffee houses across California. While there he performed on a TV show filmed in Time Warner studios in Hollywood, and got his song ‘Brighter Lights’ placed on a nationally distributed and TV advertised folk compilation CD. Other live highlights include a show-stopping performance on the main stage at the Beverley Folk Festival, and a memorable show at the Piperine Free Festival in Milan. Other artists Paul has shared billing with include Beth Rowley, Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze), Karine Polwart, Polly Paulusma, Kathryn Tickell, Nick Harper, Amy Wadge, Nerina Pallot, Billy Bragg and Florence And The Machine. Paul’s songwriting and performance have been recognised throughout the industry, claiming awards for ‘Best Male Artist’ at the International Acoustic Music Awards, a finalists place at the Independent Music Awards, and a winning place in the International Songwriting Competition. |
Shire Hall Howden Howden Live |
| 26th February 2012 |
York Barbican presents - Joan Baez. Since she began her legendary residency at Boston's famed Club 47 and her debut at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival Joan Baez has remained a musical force of nature whose influence is incalculable - marching on the front line of the civil rights movement with Martin Luther King, singing on the first Amnesty International tour, standing alongside Nelson Mandela when the world celebrated his 90th birthday in London's Hyde Park. Her earliest recordings fed a host of traditional ballads into the rock vernacular, before she unselfconsciously introduced Bob Dylan to the world in 1963 and focused awareness on songwriters ranging from Woody Guthrie, Dylan, Phil Ochs, Richard Fariña, and Tim Hardin, to Kris Kristofferson and Mickey Newbury, to Dar Williams, Richard Shindell, Steve Earle and many more. 7.30 pm |
York Barbican |
27th February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - 'Joseph Rowntree Foundation/School of PEP lecture' - 'How to build the economy of the future' with Speaker: Dr Diane Coyle OBE, Enlightening Economics. Since the onset of the financial crisis, which seems to defy all attempts to bring it to an end, a growing number of people have begun to question the fundamentals of an economic system that has benefited only the rich minority. It would be a mistake to conclude that economic growth itself is the problem, however. The trends which have brought about the present instability and inequality are technological and political, as well as financial, and have deep roots. To address them will require substantial institutional reform, on a scale not seen since Victorian times. Admission: by free ticket only. |
6.00 pm Bowland Auditorium Berrick Saul Building UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
28th February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - 'Royal Institute of Philosophy Lecture' - 'What do animals think?' with Speaker: Professor Tim Crane, University of Cambridge. Professor Tim Crane is Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy in the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of Peterhouse, one of the colleges of that University. His work is mostly in the philosophy of mind and metaphysics. He is interested in questions about the nature of the human mind, and in questions about the place of the mind in the rest of nature. What is it to have a mind? What is involved in thinking about the world? What is consciousness and how is it related to the unconscious mind? How are thought and consciousness related? What is the relationship between the everyday knowledge we have about our own minds and the knowledge we get from neuroscience and psychology? How are the mental lives of humans different from those of other animals? How is our capacity for thought embodied in our brains and bodies? Since August 2011, he has been the General Editor of the Routledge Encylopedia of Philosophy. No tickets necessary. |
6.30 pm Bowland Auditorium Berrick Saul Building UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
28th February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - one of 'The Science of Sound lecture series' - 'Perfect sound forever? Recording and recreating sound' with Speaker: Dr Jez Wells, Department of Electronics. What are we trying to do we when reproduce sound in our living rooms that has been recorded elsewhere? If digital technology is so marvellous why are there some who still cling to analogue systems? Why have some new formats that claim to offer improved quality failed? This lecture will explore issues surrounding these questions and invite the audience to come to its own conclusions. The Science of Sound lectures glimpse into the fascinating world of sound: the discoveries of Pythagoras and the basis of music, how the sounds around us affect our mood, how our hearing system can be tricked and finally we explore what we want from recordings of music and whether we get it. No tickets necessary. |
7.00 pm Room P/L001 Physics Dept UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
28th February 2012 |
'My Favourite Summer' by Reform Theatre Company in association with Harrogate Theatre. From the company that brought you Thick as Thieves, Bouncers and Weekend Breaks comes the funny, heart warming play My Favourite Summer by Nick Lane. Every once in a while a play comes along that reminds you of the glorious summers of your twenties. The long, hot days, that fantastic trip abroad with your mates, the moment when the girl you’ve fancied for years suddenly realises she feels the same way, and you live happily ever after. This is not that play. Instead join Dave as he spends a month working alongside a nutcase called Melvin in the summer job from hell. In its first outing since its universally acclaimed original release, My Favourite Summer is a comedy for everyone who’s ever been in love… and lived to tell the tale. |
Pocklington Arts Centre |
29th February 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - one of the 'York Biology Lectures' - 'How UK soils are changing and the implications for ecosystem services' with Speaker: Professor Bridget Emmett, Environment Centre Wales. Professor Emmett works on Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Function at Centre for Ecology & Hydrology at the Environment Centre Wales. Originally a botanist, her experience includes plant-soil interactions, biogeochemistry and ecosystem experimentation. Her current projects include the impacts of nitrogen deposition and grazing pressure on upland acid grassland and their interactions, impacts of climate change in heathlands, soil nitrogen transformations in semi-natural soils, carbon and nitrogen sequestration in forest systems (EU CNTER project), the GANE roof project (impacts of reductions of N and S deposition in acid grassland and the interaction with climate change), impact of land management on soils and hydrology (Pontbren study), and modelling the effects of nitrogen and acidity on plant species cover. No tickets necessary. |
1.15 pm Room P/X001 Physics Dept UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
| 29th February 2012 |
YAS Free Public Star Party - YAS Free Public Star Party on the Knavesmire. From 7pm till late, weather permitting. We will be there, even if it rains, for about half an hour for a chat. Observe through our telescopes, or feel free to bring your own along for help and advice if needed. Objects on show should include: the Moon, planets (Mercury and Uranus setting, Venus, Jupiter and Mars will be rising), star clusters (Hyades, Pleiades, M44, M67), and galaxies (M31). |
Knavesmire York Astronomical Society |
29th February 2012 |
York Concerts present The University Jazz Orchestra with Home is where the Music is - the sounds of Hugh Masekela. The Jazz Orchestra is delighted to present a selection from the career of one of the giants of world music – South African trumpeter, composer, singer, and anti-apartheid activist Hugh Masekela. First given a trumpet when he was 14 by Louis Armstrong, Masekela made his recording debut three years later in the Father Huddleston Band before forming the Jazz Epistles and making the first jazz LP to be recorded by an African band. Following the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, Masekela entered a prolonged period of exile and became a key voice in the international anti-apartheid movement, releasing a string of politically aware hits. Masekela’s career is notable for his unusual ability to combine the roles of a respected jazz artist, a pioneer in the world music movement, and a commercially successful pop artist – his U.S. No.1 hit ‘Grazin’ In The Grass’ sold four million copies worldwide. |
National Centre for Early Music York York Concerts |
29th February 2012 |
Scarborough Jazz present - Julie Edwards and Kevin Dearden. Vocalist Julie and guitarist Kevin have been musical partners for twelve years and have attracted much favourable comment. Jazz Journal said, “they have an enviable empathic relationship”, and Jazz UK declared them, “Fast becoming a top attraction on the jazz club circuit”. Although an accomplished reeds player, Kevin accompanies Julie on guitar. They have appeared at a great many festivals and jazz venues in the UK, Ireland and Spain and have issued several successful CD's. Tracks from these have featured on local and national radio. |
The Cask Inn Scarborough Scarborough Jazz |
1st March 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - one of the 'Know Thyself Philosophy Lectures' - 'Soliloquy' with Speaker: Dr Barry Lee, Department of Philosophy. Dr Lee's research interests are in metaphysics, the philosophy of logic and language and the philosophy of mind. His current projects are on persistence, particularly the explication of the endurance/perdurance distinction. He is also working on co-location, particularly in the difficulties which arise for notions of substance which see substances in terms of their roles in the causal structure of the world, on the one hand, given that co-location would seem to make for a great deal of causal overdetermination. He is also working on time and tense, particularly the development of truth theories which assign tensed, as opposed to 'B-series' truth conditions to tensed sentences. No tickets necessary. |
6.30 pm Bowland Auditorium UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
| 1st March 2012 |
York Barbican presents - Matt Cardle. X-Factor 2010 winner Matt Cardle will be making his debut appearance at the York Barbican on Thursday 1st March next year. This performance is the only date announced in Yorkshire so far. After winning the X-Factor, Matt Cardle’s debut single When We Collide hit the UK charts at number 1 and stayed there for three consecutive weeks, becoming the second biggest selling single of the year. He was the most popular X-Factor contestant last year, being beaten only once in the weekly voting numbers. This year has been about touring with X Factor, and over the last four months, studiously writing and recording his debut album Letters, which reached number 2 in the UK album charts. Not only has Matt created something special, he has come up with a combination of music and lyrics far beyond the expectations of any chart debutant. On his upcoming tour, Matt will be performing songs from Letters, including hit single Run For Your Life. Don’t miss your chance to see him performing his amazing new material live. 7.30 pm |
York Barbican |
| 1st March 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club present - Kieran Halpin. Little introduction is needed for this great Irish singer who is one of our perennial favourites. Kieran is an exceptional songwriter, widely covered by other artists, and a dynamic live performer, his skills honed by 30 years on the road across Europe and beyond. Powerful, passionate, intimate and intense, he lives every song on stage. |
8.00 pm Black Swan, Peasholme Green B.S.F.C. |
1st March 2012 |
THE HAMSTERS - 25TH YEAR AND FAREWELL TOUR! Retiring after 25 years together and here for one final show in Pocklington, the guitar, bass and drums trio The Hamsters have long been established as one of our premier live attractions. Although primarily playing their own brand of Rock, Blues and Americana, they're also widely regarded as the UK's leading interpreters of the music of JIMI HENDRIX & ZZ TOP - and will no doubt be featuring some tonight. Also, another popular feature of their two-hour performance will be the inclusion of a few acoustic songs! Guitarist/singer Slim has recently been featured in Guitarist magazine's 'Blues Guitar Heroes' book. "The Hamsters are fabulous: one of Britain's very best live bands" - Bob Harris, Radio 2 |
Pocklington Arts Centre |
1st March 2012 |
'The Comedy of Errors' - National Theatre Live. A groundbreaking initiative to broadcast the best of British theatre to cinemas around the world. Three productions from London's National Theatre will be broadcast live, via satellite, to the Selby Town Hall. Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale. Shakespeare’s furiously paced comedy is staged in a contemporary world into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the first time. Starring Lenny Henry as Antipholus of Syracuse. |
7.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
2nd March 2012 |
York Concerts present The Chimera Ensemble with The Twilight Zone. Ligeti Éjszaka Xenakis Thalleïn Christian Mason Noctilucence Pierre Boulez Dérive 1 Ligeti Reggel For its second concert of the season, the department's versatile contemporary ensemble explores music that bridges the borders of night and day. Bookended by Éjszaka and Reggel, György Ligeti's vibrant choral depictions of night and morning, the evening provides a fantastic opportunity to hear the work of Royal Philharmonic Society Award-winning composer and York alumnus Christian Mason. Written in 2009, Noctilucence takes its inspiration from dusk clouds and has been praised by Richard Morrison (The Times) and Ivan Hewitt (The Telegraph). The concert also includes striking works from two giants of 20th-century sound architecture: Iannis Xenakis and Pierre Boulez, as well as the premiere of this year's undergraduate commission. |
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall UoY York Concerts |
| 2nd March 2012 |
York Barbican presents - Rebecca Ferguson. X-Factor 2010 runner-up Rebecca made a huge impact on last year’s show, Nicole Scherzinger describing her as ‘our generations songbird’. She received standing ovations for her renditions of Make You Feel My Love and Candle In the Wind, as well as amazing the audience with her duet performance of ‘Beautiful' joined by Christina Aguilera herself. Liverpool born Rebecca will be playing songs from her new album Heaven, including her debut single Nothing's Real But Love, which has received rave reviews. 7.30 pm |
York Barbican |
| 2nd March 2012 |
York Astronomical Society presentation - 'The Solar Neighbourhood – A guide to the nearest stars' by Colin Steele. 8.00 pm | Denham Room Priory St Centre Priory Street York Astronomical Society |
2nd March 2012 |
North York Moors Chamber Music present - Schubert - Nocturne Mendelssohn - Piano trio in C minor, Op.66 Ravel - Piano trio in A minor performed by Jamie Walton - Cello, Daniel Grimwood - Piano and Min-Jin Kym - Violin. 7.00 pm |
St Mary’s Church Lastingham NY Moors Chamber Music |
2nd March 2012 |
'Egil Skallagrimson Keeps his Head' - for the third year on tour! When Icelandic hardman Egil and his crew are storm driven up the Humber and into the hands of his old enemy Erik Bloodaxe, their days of travelling trading and trashing seem numbered. But Egil has more strings to his bow ... and his harp, than first appear. North Country Theatre originators of the Olivier Award Winning West End and Broadway hit version of "The 39 Steps" and many other ripping yarns turn their cunning creativity, word web weaving and bardic brilliance on a Yorvik episode from 10th century Egil's Saga. "Poetry at the cutting edge!" Anglo Saxon Evening Chronicle. |
Newton le Willows Village Hall 'Egil Skallagrimson Keeps his Head' |
2nd March 2012 |
Reform Theatre In Association With The Harrogate Theatre presents 'My Favourite Summer' By Nick Lane. Every once in a while a play comes along that reminds you of the glorious summers of your twenties. The long, hot days, that fantastic trip abroad with your mates, the moment when the girl you've fancied for years suddenly realises she feels the same way, and you live happily ever after. This is not that play. Instead join Dave as he spends a month working alongside a nutcase called Melvin in the summer job from hell whilst trying to save money to take the girl he loves away on holiday with him before she disappears out of his life forever. Still, at least the weather's nice for him. In its first outing since its universally acclaimed original release, My Favourite Summer is a comedy for everyone who's ever been in love… and lived to tell the tale. |
7.30 pm Helmsley Arts Centre |
2nd March 2012 |
Ellen & The Escapades - Blending elements of folk, pop and rock, the band’s distinctive and unabashedly appealing sound seems to have everyone talking. After winning last year’s Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition and playing BBC Introducing stages at both Reading and Leeds Festivals, the band have gone from strength to strength. Ellen’s dusky, enchanting vocals and strikingly well-crafted songs have already captured the attention of BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music and Amazing Radio. Fans include Lauren Laverne and Steve Lamacq. Latest single When The Tide Creeps In hit the top spot in both the Amazon Folk and Amazon Rock Charts during its release week. The song is taken from the band’s debut album, which is set for release in spring 2012. |
Pocklington Arts Centre |
3rd March 2012 |
The Late Music Concerts are a unique series of concerts devoted exclusively to the work of living composers who create the diverse and exciting sound world of today's contemporary classical music. Today - Simon Turner (cello) & Richard Casey (piano). David Power: David Lumsdaine: Blue upon Blue (solo cello) Philip Glass: Metamorphosis II (solo piano) Nicola LeFanu: Prelude (solo cello) Elliott Carter: Sonata for Cello and Piano Philip Glass: Metamorphosis III (solo piano) Anthony Gilbert: Rapprochement WP Arvo Pärt: Fratres |
The Unitarian Chapel St Saviourgate Late Music Concerts |
3rd March 2012 |
First Saturday Lunches - A longstanding tradition at Melton's, they are very popular and booking is necessary. Todays' theme - NORMANDY. A favourite region, ever popular with the English - is it the geographical closeness or the combination of comfort food and haute cuisine? - Pâté de Canard au Porto - Duck Pate with Port - Soupe à L'Oseille à la Crème - Sorrel Soup - Poulet à la Normande - Chicken with Apples, Cream and Cider - Omelette Soufflé à la Calvados |
Meltons Restaurant opens pdf file |
| 7th February 2012 |
The Milton Rooms presents Malton Food Lovers Market. Producers have been hand picked from within 30 miles of Malton to show off the extraordinary variety of great food locally. Together with chef demos, a tasting table there will be great music. As a special treat Stephanie Moon, star of BBC's Great British Menu, will be on our new demonstrations stage with some superb cooking and menu advice. It is not something to miss! As it was so busy with well over 2500 people for our debut market in November we have had a look at the layout and have made more space for stalls and customers alike so shopping and eating should be easier! 9.00 am |
Milton Rooms Malton |
3rd March 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Garden Craft Hedge laying practical day with Tutor: Daniel Wright. Come and learn the ancient craft of hedge laying in this very practical outdoor workshop which will cover the benefits of traditional hedges and give you the skills to maintain them. The many different laying styles will be covered along with topics such as basic health and safety, tool use, and all the methods of hedge laying that you could possibly need to know. You will have the opportunity to practise this art outdoors, regardless of the weather, so please come wearing stout footwear, gloves and appropriate clothing! 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
3rd March 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Garden Craft Make a marvellous mosaic with Tutor: David James. Brighten up your garden or home with a wonderful botanically themed mosaic. This workshop is perfect for those with little or no experience of this craft and you will be carefully guided through the process, step by step. David, from Olicana Mosaics in Ilkley, will show you how to cut and lay glass and ceramic tiles so that by the end of the day you will have your very own 30cm x 30cm (1ft x 1ft) square framed-mosaic to take away. 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
3rd March 2012 |
World War II Re-enactor Weekend - WWII Re-enactors on site over the weekend, dressed in British and U.S. military uniform, German POWs, Home Guard and civilians. Museum is open to general public as normal, but re-encators must be members of Northern WW2 Association. Eden Camp is a multi-award winning Modern History Theme Museum housed within the grounds of an original World War Two prisoner of war camp. Eden Camp has people of all ages visiting from around the world to see the story of World War Two re-created using sights, sounds, smells and moving figures to create a unique atmosphere that makes it feel like you travelled back in time to wartime Britain. |
Eden Camp Malton |
3rd March 2012 |
'Egil Skallagrimson Keeps his Head' - for the third year on tour! When Icelandic hardman Egil and his crew are storm driven up the Humber and into the hands of his old enemy Erik Bloodaxe, their days of travelling trading and trashing seem numbered. But Egil has more strings to his bow ... and his harp, than first appear. North Country Theatre originators of the Olivier Award Winning West End and Broadway hit version of "The 39 Steps" and many other ripping yarns turn their cunning creativity, word web weaving and bardic brilliance on a Yorvik episode from 10th century Egil's Saga. "Poetry at the cutting edge!" Anglo Saxon Evening Chronicle. |
The Galtres Centre Easingwold 'Egil Skallagrimson Keeps his Head' |
3rd March 2012 |
North York Moors Chamber Music present - Schubert - Piano trio in E flat major Chausson - Piano trio in G minor, Op.3 Shostakovich - Piano trio No.2 in E minor, Op.67 performed by Jamie Walton - Cello, Daniel Grimwood - Piano and Min-Jin Kym - Violin. 7.00 pm |
St Hilda’s Westcliff Whitby NY Moors Chamber Music |
3rd March 2012 |
'An Instinct For Kindness' - In November 2010, Chris Larner accompanied his chronically ill ex-wife to Switzerland’s Dignitas clinic. He came home with an empty wheelchair and a story to tell. This moving, bittersweet show reflects on the circumstances, morality and humanity surrounding the journey. In a candid, poignant and sometimes comic performance, Chris explores both the profound personal implications and the wider ethical considerations surrounding the contentious issue of assisted dying. The show was one of the major success stories of last summer's Edinburgh Festival, where it won the coveted Scotsman Fringe First Award as well as being featured on BBC Newsnight Review as a highlight of the festival. |
8.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
| 3/4th March 2012 |
Orchid Festival - A stunning collection of orchids centred around the Great Hall, sales and advice on growing orchids. 11.00 am - 4.00 pm | Burton Agnes Hall |
| 3rd March 2012 - 31st January 2013 |
Natural Arts: Great Landscape Designers of the 18th Century. This exhibition pairs contemporary landscape photography with portraits of 18th Century garden designers, to celebrate their work and explore their living legacies. |
Beningbrough Hall |
4th March 2012 |
Keziah Thomas - The Virtuosic Harpist. Keziah Thomas presents a programme of showpieces highlighting the full capacity of her magnificent instrument. In her recent Carnegie Hall debut in New York, Keziah was hailed by the New York Concert Review as ‘Stupendous…totally original and engaging’ and is set to show the harp as being an exciting, dynamic instrument in a concert that includes works by Britten, Parish-Alvars and Piazzolla. |
3.00 pm Helmsley Arts Centre |
5th March 2012 |
The Monthly Monday Meal - A longstanding tradition at Melton's, they are very popular and booking is necessary. Todays' theme - NORMANDY. A favourite region, ever popular with the English - is it the geographical closeness or the combination of comfort food and haute cuisine? - Pâté de Canard au Porto - Duck Pate with Port - Soupe à L'Oseille à la Crème - Sorrel Soup - Poulet à la Normande - Chicken with Apples, Cream and Cider - Omelette Soufflé à la Calvados |
Meltons Restaurant opens pdf file |
5th March 2012 |
The York Artworkers Association - The York Artworkers is an eclectic association of craftsmen, artists, conservators, academics and others who share a serious interest in the design of buildings, interiors and landscapes. Members represent architectural craftsmanship, other applied arts, fine arts, architecture and conservation. We welcome not only practitioners in these fields but anyone keen to broaden and share their knowledge.
2011/12 Talks - "Revelations of Textile Conservation" by Mary Brookes: Textile Conservator. The conservation of textiles and dress aims to ensure physical survival so that objects can be studied, displayed and enjoyed but can also reveal hidden histories, especially through investigative techniques such as radiography. This lecture explores the importance of textiles to human experience and examines how ideas about completeness and cleanliness influence conservation practice. Examples include Nureyev’s shoes, military uniform and 18th century dress. Mary has published, taught, researched and lectured in most aspects of textile conservation in this country, Europe and America. She is now based in York working freelance, both on objects and as a consultant for museums and universities. Talk starts at 7.30 pm |
Jacob's Well Trinity Lane Micklegate York Artworkers Association |
5th March 2012 |
Helmsley Decorative And Fine Arts Society present a lecture by Matthew Williams : Tyntesfield - A Victorian house re-discovered. Matthew Williams lectures widely on the subject of design and is especially interested in that of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is the curator of Cardiff Castle. This lecture gives the story of one of the last great Victorian Country Houses still intact and saved by the National Trust at the eleventh hour. |
7.30 pm Helmsley Arts Centre |
| 6th March 2012 |
Yorkshire Museum Curators Talks - Prehistory Through an Eggshell. 12.30 pm | Yorkshire Museum York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
6th March 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - one of the 'Human Rights Lecture Series' - 'Avoiding the dictatorship vs democracy debate: Alternatives to the Good Governance Agenda' with Speaker: David Booth, Overseas Development Institute. David Booth is Director of the Africa Power and Politics Program at ODI. He was Editor of Development Policy Review from 2000 to 2009. No tickets necessary. |
5.30 pm Lakehouse Room Ron Cooke Hub UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
6th March 2012 |
Yorkshire Philosophical Society - Promoting the understanding of science for over 180 years. Lecture Programme 2011/12 - tonight - The Invention of the Fact, 1453-1800. A lecture by Professor David Wootton, University of York. This talk starts at 7.30pm. For more information please call 01904 656713. |
Tempest Anderson Hall Yorkshire Museum Yorkshire Philosophical Society |
6-17th March 2012 |
'The Sound of Music' - The Sound of Music was orginally conceived as a play, it was to feature songs from the repertoire of the Trapp Family Singers. Broadway star Mary Martin who was to play Maria had an inspired idea. She asked her good friends Richard Rodgers (the composer) and Oscar Hammerstein (the lyricist) if they would write a song especially for her to sing in her new play. R&H were sceptical and felt that the play should either be transformed into a musical, with an entirely new score that they would write, or it should remain a play, dotted with authentic folk music. Furthermore, the ever-in-demand R&H cautioned that if they were to join this project, it would have to wait at least one year since they were in the midst of writing another musical, Flower Drum Song. The flattering reply from Martin and Co.? "We'll wait." The musical was ready to go by mid-summer 1959 and rehearsals began in August, the world premier occurred in New Haven in October, and Broadway had a new smash hit musical by November. So, in York, the hills are alive once more with the sound of a nun and a singing family telling us about a few of their favourite things, edelweiss and explaining that a doe is a deer, a female deer! Widowed Captain Von Trapp employs a young nun Maria as a governess to his seven rowdy children, who have already seen off a host of other nannies. Through her love and the power of music she bonds with the children, while also falling in love with their father. This Rodgers & Hammerstein show is one of the world's most loved musical and won six Tony Awards when it premiered on Broadway in 1959. The 1965 Hollywood film, in which Julie Andrews donned the habit, won five Oscars, including Best Picture. The score for The Sound of Music touches the hearts of all ages and brims over with some of the most memorable songs ever performed on the musical stage including My Favourite Things, Do-Re-Me, Edelweiss, Climb Ev'ry Mountain, Sixteen Going on Seventeen, The Lonely Goatherd and of course the glorious title song The Sound of Music! The perfect theatrical experience for the entire family! |
York Theatre Royal York Light Opera Company |
7th March 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - Literary Women in York. A walk highlighting the contribution of women to literature in and inspired by York. Walk starts at 10.30 am |
Yorkwalk |
7th March 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - 'Computer Science Roundhouse lecture' - 'Did Twitter save Bletchley Park?' with Speakers: Dr Sue Black, Senior Research Associate, University College London and Simon Greenish, Director of Bletchley Park. Bletchley Park is the historic site of secret British codebreaking activities during World War II and birthplace of the modern computer. The work carried out there is said to have shortened WWII by two years, saving possibly 22 million lives. The Park is now a museum, with a 26 acre site, many exhibitions and working rebuilds of machines such as the Colossus, a forerunner of today's computers, invented to mechanise codebreaking. The museum is staffed by a 75% volunteer workforce and is grossly underfunded compared to its historical importance. Dr Sue Black visited Bletchley Park in July 2008, and she was so appalled at the state of decay of this important site that she started a campaign to get the true historic value of the site recognised and to save it from being lost to the nation. She sent a letter to the UK broadsheet newspaper The Times signed by 97 eminent UK computer scientists, which was published and highlighted in BBC television and radio news broadcasts. Following traditional media coverage, a blog was established, and then social media (particularly Twitter) used to great effect to raise awareness and support for the campaign. Campaign efforts have received national coverage on television, on radio, and in the press and have contributed to the Park recently receiving £4.6 million funding from the UK Heritage Lottery Fund. In this lecture, Simon Greenish, Director of Bletchley Park, will describe the history of Bletchley Park from the Domesday Book through to the present day and gives an insight into its fundamental contribution to the ending of World War Two. Dr Sue Black will describe the campaign to save Bletchley Park, exploring the effectiveness of traditional vs. social media, highlighting how the use of social media has contributed greatly to campaign success. Since the Saving Bletchley Park campaign started, visitor numbers have increased, along with public awareness of the contribution of the site to world heritage and the history of the computer. This public lecture is part of the Computer Science Athena Swan initiative to promote women in science. Admission: by free ticket only. |
7.00 pm Ron Cooke Hub Auditorium UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
7th March 2012 |
York Concerts present The University Choir and Northern Sinfonia. Haydn Te Deum Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat K.364 Haydn Harmoniemesse Haydn’s Harmoniemesse takes its name from the large-scale orchestration and the prominence given to the wind section. Haydn responds to the text in characteristically ecstatic style. His Te Deum, written in 1800 for Empress Maria Theresa, again has generous wind forces and its celebratory mood brings it into close association with the Harmoniemesse. The famous Sinfonia Concertante dates from 1778-80, a time when Mozart wrote some of his greatest music even though it wasn’t part of his contracted output for Salzburg. We are delighted to continue our association with the Northern Sinfonia and to welcome the leader and principal viola of the orchestra as soloists. |
York Minster York Concerts |
7th March 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club on Tour present - Kris Drever & Eamonn Coyne. This is an exciting collaboration between the singer and guitarist in award-winning folk band Lau and the dynamic banjo player from Salsa Celtica. Acclaimed as a song writer and interpreter, Kris has released two best-selling solo albums and has performed with such greats as Kate Rusby, John McCusker, Roseanne Cash and Eddi Reader. Dublin-born Eamonn plays in a range of musical styles and has worked with Sharon Shannon, The Wrigley Sisters, Béla Fleck and others. He and Kris first joined forces for a duo CD in 2007 and they revisit that material, plus Kris’s extensive song repertoire, on this tour. |
8.00 pm The National Centre for Early Music B.S.F.C. |
| 7th March 2012 |
Catterick Bridge Races | Catterick Racecourse |
7-17th March 2012 |
York Settlement Community Players present
Miss Yesterday. Life in your teens, as Tammy discovers, can be unfair and even cruel. School is a disaster and at home she can do nothing right. Then something really terrible happens. When she gets the chance to undo the tragedy, she grabs the opportunity. But is it possible to change the world around you without changing yourself? This serious comedy is a rare chance to see one of Alan Ayckbourn’s plays for young people and families. The issues it explores, its sense of fun and its gripping plot will appeal to people of all ages. |
York Theatre Royal |
8th March 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - one of the 'Learning from Human Rights Defenders series' - 'Litigating against Mexico at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' with Speaker: Juan Carlos Gutierrez Contreras, Mexican Commission for the Promotion of Human Rights. The Centre for Applied Human Rights hosts up to 10 human rights defenders at risk through its innovative Protective Fellowship scheme. In this new seminar series, human rights defenders from around the world share their experiences and discuss the challenges they face. No tickets necessary. |
1.15 pm Room LMB/030 Law and Management Building UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
8th March 2012 |
The Historical Association York & NY Branch Lecture Programme 2011/12 - tonight - The Aylmer Lecture "People who believe in nothing: Intolerable Thoughts in Renaissance Italy". With Professor Ed Muir of Northwestern University, U.S.A. This talk starts at 5.30 pm. |
Humanities Research Centre UoY The Historical Association |
| 8th March 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club present - Singers & Musicians Night
All acoustic performers are made welcome, and listeners besides, at our popular Open House session. The more the merrier, so do come along. |
8.00 pm Black Swan, Peasholme Green B.S.F.C. |
8th March 2012 |
Lloyd Cole - Lloyd Cole is probably best know for his work as front man and songwriter for UK band The Commotions in the mid 1980s producing such classics of literate, pop song craft as Perfect Skin and Rattlesnakes. In fact, they stormed across the charts with four Top 20 albums and five Top 40 singles in the UK. In the 90s he relocated to New York City and produced a series of fine solo albums working with some of the best musicians of the time. In recent years he has chosen to become more of a singer songwriter, recording and touring solo and his trademark sultry voice is as strong as ever. History has been kind to Lloyd and many younger artists now see him as groundbreaker in the indie genre. Lloyd’s latest album Broken Record, reaped high praise in Europe and the UK. |
Pocklington Arts Centre |
9-11th March 2012 |
The Milton Rooms presents Yorkshire Cajun & Zydeco Festival. The Milton Rooms is the central host to the first ever Milton-wide Yorkshire Cajun & Zydeco Festival. Three days of dancing and music from top European Cajun bands including Downtown Cajun Band, ZydeGoNutz, Cajun Aces, Red Hot Boudan, Acadian Driftwood, The Bearcats, Creole Kings and the Wandering Aces. With the biggest sprung dance floor in North Yorkshire the Milton Rooms is the ideal venue for this fantastic weekend of great bands, Cajun dancing, jam sessions and authentic Creole food. 7.30 pm |
Milton Rooms Malton |
10th March 2012 |
Yorkwalk History and Heritage Coach Tours - Explore parts of England other visitors miss. Guided day long visits by luxury coach to sites of historical and cultural interest both great and small. Today - Liverpool Anglican Cathedral and NEW Liverpool Museum. Our first trip of the year is to Liverpool to see two new attractions. We shall visit the Anglican Cathedral for a guided tour and then have the opportunity to visit the new Visitor Centre, which tells the story of the Cathedral and has a changing series of exhibitions. For the fit and able there will be the opportunity to climb the tower to enjoy spectacular views over the city. After lunch we shall transfer by coach to Albert Dock to visit the new Liverpool Museum, telling the history of the city. You may also like to visit the other museums around Albert Dock if time permits - these include the excellent Maritime and Slavery museums. Or you may prefer to make your own way to visit the Catholic Cathedral or Liverpool’s other attractions. |
Yorkwalk |
| 10th March 2012 |
York Georgian Society - York Georgian Society was founded in 1939 to promote the preservation and care of Georgian buildings in and around York, England, while fostering the study and appreciation of them. It is the second oldest society outside London devoted to the Georgian era. The Society's remit extends beyond architecture and the crafts associated with building to include the arts, culture and society of the period from 1660, the year of George I's birth, to 1837, the year of William IV's death. YGS lecture - How to get ahead in Business: James ‘Athenian’ Stuart as Painter and Architect in eighteenth-century London with Kerry Bristol, Senior Lecturer and Director, Centre for Architecture and Material Culture, School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds. 2.30 pm |
Dianne Willcocks Lecture Theatre (DG/017) De Grey Court York St. John University York Georgian Society |
10th March 2012 |
The Western Front Association lecture - "The Battle of the Sambre, 4 November 1918" by Derek Clayton. This battle was the last large-scale set-piece battle of the Great War: twenty-four British divisions of the Third and Fourth Armies under Generals Byng and Rawlinson came up against thirty German divisions in defensive positions in front of the Forest of Mormal and along the Sambre-Oise Canal. Derek will explain how the breaking of this line brought an end to the war. The Western Front Association (WFA) was formed with the aim of furthering interest in The Great War of 1914-1918. We also aim to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of all those on all sides who served their countries in France and Flanders and their own countries during The Great War. |
2.30 pm Room 138 Holgate Block York St John University WFA Lectures |
10th March 2012 |
York Concerts present The University Symphony Orchestra. Wagner Prelude und Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Mahler Symphony no. 4 Tristan and Isolde, ill-fated lovers, are the protagonists of Wagner's immense opera; the work performed here gives the essence of their passion and tragedy. Opening with the distinctive sounds of flutes and sleighbells, Mahler's fourth symphony is one of the composer's most popular works. It is based around the song 'Das himmlische Leben', a child's view of heaven, which is hinted at in the first three movements before being sung by the soprano soloist in the fourth movement. |
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall UoY York Concerts |
10th March 2012 |
York Cantores present 'Despair and Hope'. Tallis Lamentations I & II, Byrd Infelix Ego and the premiere of Dick Blackford's reworked Missa Bonae Spe. 8.00 pm |
St Olave's Church Marygate York Cantores |
10th March 2012 |
Yorkshire Bach Choir present - Bach - Magnificat BWV 243 Easter Oratorio BWV 249 Ascension Oratorio BWV 11 Bach’s Magnificat is always one of his most accessible and popular pieces. The two oratorios, also scored for his festival orchestra (trumpets, timpani, oboes, flutes, bassoon and strings) have a self-contained ‘plot’, or take the form of narration with dialogue, but otherwise are not dissimilar to Bach’s church cantatas or Christmas Oratorio with the persuasive mixture of choruses, chorales, recitatives and arias. 7.30 pm |
St Michael le Belfrey Church Yorkshire Bach Choir |
| 10th March 2012 |
York Barbican presents - The Black Dyke Band. Black Dyke Brass Band are the most recorded band in the world with over 300 recordings and growing every year. It is also the most successful contesting band in the world having won the European Championships eleven times, most recently in 2005, the British Open no fewer than 29 times (most recently 2006) and the National Championships of Great Britain 22 times (most recently 2008 and 2009). Black Dyke was also the first band to achieve the "Grand Slam" in 1985 by winning the Yorkshire regional, European, British Open and National Championship contests, along with being voted BBC’s Best Band of the Year. The band have also released a single on The Beatles's Apple Records label, which was an instrumental composed by Lennon and McCartney called Thingumybob, as well as an instrumental version of Yellow Submarine. They have recorded with Tori Amos, Peter Gabriel and The Beautiful South. 7.30 pm |
York Barbican |
10th March 2012 |
House Concerts present - Martin Rivas and Cara Sebastian. A mainstay of the New York singer/songwriter community, Rivas has had the pleasure of watching this current scene evolve and transform over the past few years. With so many talented singer/songwriters and musicians to choose from Martin claims, "I can't imagine a greater concentration of talent at any time other than what's taking place right now in New York. It's a different industry now; every artist has immediate and instant global reach. And you can do with it whatever you want, the question is, is there someone out there to pick up on what you're doing." Cara Sebastian (no, not 2 characters from Brideshead Revisited) - is a guitar thumping- string slapping- old record of a person who likes to notice things about people. She has just finished making an EP in a tiny bedroom in Dalston with one mic and an old friend which refuses to record digitally, and is very proud with how its turned out and that they didn't kill each other in the process - definitely one to watch for the future, and say you saw her here first. There are comparisons to an early Ani Difranco, but her influences range from old Skiffle & Swing through to Prog Rock, 80s & 90s Pop-Soul and wonky blues. House Concerts - Not a normal venue, more like a mix of the Radio One Live Lounge, and hearing every note as if you're sitting in the corner of the artist's recording studio. If you'd like to come along it's simple:- choose a gig - have a listen - donate to the artist - we send out your personal invite - & that's it. It's by private invitation only, very limited spaces, non-profit making and all about the music not the money! |
House Concerts |
10th March 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Spring pruning workshop with Tutor: Nigel Harrison. Learn the fundamentals of getting the best out of your garden shrubs and plants by pruning the right plants at the right time. Nigel will teach you the theory of pruning through illustrated presentations and demonstrations. He will then take you on a walk – so please come dressed appropriately – to show you key specimens and he will describe how to prune them. Course notes will be available to take away. 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
10th March 2012 |
World Heritage Site Tour - Find out what makes Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal a World Heritage Site. Meet at the Visitor Centre. 10.30 am. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
| 10th March 2012 |
The Karpenters - a tribute. The Karpenters were formed in 2002, with the intention of being much more than just a tribute band. A great effort has been made to fully retain the integrity of the Carpenters music. Every note from the smallest percussion part to the richness of the huge backing vocal sound has been meticulously transcribed, recreating the unique sounds of The Carpenters to perfection. The show incorporates all the wonderful hits of the Carpenters as this six piece live band takes you on a nostalgic journey through the life and times of the Carpenters, performing all the hits including "Close to you", "Masquerade", "Top of the World", "Sing", "Rainy Days and Mondays", "Superstar" and "Please Mr. Postman" to name but a few. 8.00 pm |
Galtres Centre Easingwold opens pdf file |
10th March 2012 |
Aireborough Gilbert & Sullivan Society presents 'Trial By Jury' and G&S Songs from the Shows. In the first half of the concert, we invite you to sample the delights of love, romance and intrigue as celebrated in a selection of favourite Gilbert & Sullivan songs. And the second half presents a staged performance of Trial by Jury. The opening night at the Royalty Theatre on 25 March 1875 was Gilbert and Sullivan's second collaboration and this witty and tuneful piece was an immediate hit with Londoners. It is quite short and, alone of all the G&S works, contains no spoken dialogue. Many people consider this to be the most perfectly constructed of all the operas and it is indeed a little gem of wit, sentiment and charm. |
7.30 pm Helmsley Arts Centre |
10th March 2012 |
Aynsley Lister - solo acoustic. Regarded as one of the county's finest proponents of rocking blues, this is a rare chance to see Aynsley Lister up close and personal in a stripped down, intimate acoustic set-up. Influenced from an early age by 60s RnB, Aynsley takes the era's key elements and mixes them with a more contemporary, melodic and lyrical approach. He is one of very few artists playing blues infused rock with a modern edge - tangible, heartfelt, soul searching, played with passion and vitality and full of fine song writing. After live sessions for BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris and Paul Jones, and performances alongside the likes of Buddy Guy, John Mayall and Robert Cray, Aynsley became the only British performer to be featured in Classic Rocks Top 10 Contemporary Blues Rock Artists. These solo performances are the perfect platform to witness Aynsley's amazing ability to sync rhythmical chords, bass lines, and stinging lead guitar, accompanied by soulful vocals and his custom built stomp box. |
8.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
11th March 2012 | Lambing Day - A Fantastic Day out for all the family, come and meet our new lambs and if you're lucky you may even witness new lambs being born! Activities on the day include: Free children's activities- face painting, bouncy castle and balloon modelling Tractor Tours Visit the dairy - robotic milking and traditional milking Plants for sale Lambing day cafe and picnic area Butchery demonstration 10.00 am - 4.00pm |
Askham Bryan College York |
11th March 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - Women In York History. As part of international Women's Week, a walk for all highlighting the contribution of women to York's heritage. Featured on BBC Radio 4's 'Women's Hour'. Walk starts at 2.15 pm |
Yorkwalk |
11th March 2012 |
Yorkshire Philosophical Society - Promoting the understanding of science for over 180 years. Lecture Programme 2011/12 - this afternoon - Are Olympic champions made or born? Family Lecture for National Science & Engineering Week by the Sports Science Department, University of York St John. This talk starts at 2.30pm. For more information please call 01904 656713. |
Tempest Anderson Hall Yorkshire Museum Yorkshire Philosophical Society |
11th March 2012 |
Ampleforth College Big Band - Charity
Performance in aid of St Catherine's Hospice and Ryedale Folk Museum. Ampleforth College Big Band was founded by their leader, William Dore in 2003 to balance the strong choral and orchestral traditions present in the College music-making. The group consists of around twenty students and two adults, playing a range of music from 1930s swing, soul, and arrangements of jazz-funk and rock numbers. The band has been in constant demand and this is the third time the Big Band have performed at the Arts Centre. It is a great pleasure to be helping to raise money for these two valuable causes. The performance will be from 3pm - 4.30pm with a short break between the two sets. Tea and buns will be served at the end - everyone invited. |
3.00 pm Helmsley Arts Centre |
12th March 2012 |
Open Cabinets - Ever wondered what lies behind the doors of some of our furniture? Here's your chance to see, with one of a series of "Open Cabinets" days at Treasurer's House. 11.00 am - 4.30 pm Only a few metres from York Minster, this was the first house ever given to the National Trust complete with a collection - and it is not all that it first seems. It has a history spanning 2,000 years, from the Roman road in the cellar to the Edwardian servants' quarters in the attics, and thirteen period rooms in between. These house one man's remarkable collection of antique furniture, ceramics, textiles and paintings from a 300-year period. Infamous ghost stories are another of the many quirky attributes of this property. |
Treasurer's House York |
13th March 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - 'Writers at York lecture series' - Alice Oswald reading with Speaker: Alice Oswald, Author. Memorial by Alice Oswald. This glitteringly original new poem from prize-winning poet Alice Oswald retells the story of Homer’s Iliad. Matthew Arnold praised the Iliad for its ‘nobility’, as has everyone ever since - but ancient critics praised it for its enargeia, its ‘bright unbearable reality’ (the word used when gods come to earth not in disguise but as themselves). To retrieve the poem’s energy, Alice Oswald has stripped away its story, and her account focuses by turns on Homer’s extended similes and on the brief ‘biographies’ of the minor war-dead, most of whom are little more than names, but each of whom lives and dies unforgettably - and unforgotten - in the copiousness of Homer’s glance. ‘The Iliad is an oral poem. This translation presents it as an attempt – in the aftermath of the Trojan War – to remember people’s names and lives without the use of writing. I hope it will have its own coherence as a series of memories and similes laid side by side: an antiphonal account of man in his world… compatible with the spirit of oral poetry, which was never stable but always adapting itself to a new audience, as if its language, unlike written language, was still alive and kicking.’ Alice Oswald. Alice Oswald lives in Devon and is married with three children. Dart , her second collection, won the T.S. Eliot Prize in 2002. Her third collection, Woods etc , won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 2006, and in 2009 she was awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Sleepwalk On The Severn , a poem for several voices set at night on the Severn Estuary. From Song of a Stone there was a woman from the north picked a stone up from the earth when the stone began to dream it was a flower folded in "What's startling is the sheer bravura, the idiosyncrasy, the uniqueness of the work. It's extremely rooted and almost unfashionably English and rural…’ In her introduction to Weeds and Wild Flowers, she says her hope is "that the experience of reading and looking at the book will be a slightly unsettling pleasure, like walking through a garden at night, when the plants come right up to the edges of their names and beyond them". ‘a gatherer, an amateur, a scavenger, a comber, my whole style’s a stone wall, just wedging together what happens to be lying about at the time’ It is probably not the nature tag itself so much as its shadow, the sense of well-mapped rural cosiness, that puts Oswald on the defensive: the proud transcendentalism of her poems has little in common with the signposted nature trails of some of her contemporaries’ treks to the wilderness. No ticket required. |
6.30 pm Bowland Auditorium Berrick Saul Building UoY University of York Free Public Lectures |
13th March 2012 |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (York Group) lecture - "The Wildlife of the Seychelles" by Ian Robinson. 7.30 pm | Temple Hall York St. John University RSPB York |
| 14th March 2012 |
York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme - The Geology Behind York’s Buildings. Join the Yorkshire Museum’s Geology Curator for a different and surprising, look at what the buildings of York are built from! Following the walking there will also be chance to examine specimens from the Yorkshire Museum Geology collection. Please note that the content of the morning and afternoon sessions will be the same. 10.30 am - 12.30 pm and 2.00 - 4.00 pm |
Yorkshire Museum York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
14th March 2012 |
The Ebor Lectures - The Ebor Lectures are a response to the growing need for theology to interact with public issues in contemporary society. 2011-2012 The Good Society? Re-invigorating Public Life - There has been recent political debate about the importance of re-invigorating society, and increasing the engagement of citizens in public life. As part of this debate, the Government has proposed the development of the Big Society, encouraging people to engage in neighbourhoods and communities. They propose a shift of power from the state to communities, through support of social enterprise, charities and co-operatives. Some argue that the Big Society represents a retreat from state provision. Within this context the 2011-12 Ebor Lectures, in partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, ask fundamental questions about the nature of the 'good society', and the role of citizens, government, faith communities and voluntary organisations in the re-invigoration of civic life. Tonight - 'Title TBC' with Baroness Warsi, Co-chairman of the Conservative Party/Minister without Portfolio. Admission is free but by ticket only. |
York Minster The Ebor Lectures |
| 14th March 2012 |
York Bibliographical Society
present - "THE BAYNTUN-RIVIERE BINDERY" with Edward Bayntun-Coward. York, has long been associated with books, through printing, publishing and selling, makes a natural base for a society initiated by, and dedicated to those who love books. The Society combines information and scholarship with entertainment and sociability. All who have an interest in books are welcome to join this active group of booklovers. |
Brigantes Bar and Brasserie 114 Micklegate York Bibliographical Society |
14th March 2012 |
York Concerts present The University Chamber Choir and Baroque Ensemble. Handel Israel in Egypt Handel’s great oratorio Israel in Egypt is a vivid and dramatic telling of Exodus with some of his best-known music, including the graphic setting of the ten plagues, and culminating in one of the composer's most joyful choruses. The first performance met with an unenthusiastic response from the audience, probably because of the profusion of choral material and the lack of solo numbers - but now, perhaps, the reason why it is one of Handel’s most popular oratorios with modern choirs and audiences. |
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall UoY York Concerts |
14th March 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Starting from scratch: A beginner’s guide to growing vegetables with Tutor: Amy Lax. A full day workshop covering the essential basics to get you started growing vegetables, including assessing your site and soil; vegetable families and rotation; planning what to grow and how; timing and spacing and where to go from here! Using the wealth of experience gained in Harlow Carr’s Kitchen Garden, Amy will aim to answer the questions which concern the beginner most. Amy will deliver her course through an illustrated talk and a walk around the productive garden; she will also demonstrate seed sowing giving you some key tips. 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
| 15th March 2012 |
Tutored Wine Tastings - Wines of South Africa. Tutored wine tastings, run in association with The Wine Academy with a two course supper and coffee. Wine Academy staff or a guest speaker will conduct the relaxed, informal tasting and our chefs will choose a two-course meal to compliment the theme of the evening. 7.30 pm |
Meltons Too opens pdf file |
| 15th March 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club present - O'Hooley & Tidow. The music of Belinda O’Hooley (formerly enjoyed in York with The Unthanks) and fellow songwriter Heidi Tidow defies easy description, crossing as it does folk and classical boundaries with hints of burlesque theatricality. After the success of their debut CD (one of Mojo’s Top 10 Folk Albums in 2010), these dapper gentlewomen are now touring to promote follow-up record The Fragile, with their irresistible blend of striking arrangements, sublime harmonies and cheeky Northern banter. |
8.00 pm Black Swan, Peasholme Green B.S.F.C. |
16th March 2012 |
Yorkshire Philosophical Society - Promoting the understanding of science for over 180 years. Lecture Programme 2011/12 - tonight - Captain Oates: soldier, explorer, hero. A Centenary Commemorative Lecture by Major General Patrick Cordingley, DSO, DSc FRGS. This talk starts at 7.30pm. For more information please call 01904 656713. |
Tempest Anderson Hall Yorkshire Museum Yorkshire Philosophical Society |
16th March 2012 |
YAYAS (Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society) lecture - Royalty and York – facts, myths and hidden agendas by Prof. David Palliser. Founded in 1842 YAYAS objectives are - "to promote the study of ecclesiastical architecture, antiquities, and design, the restoration of mutilated remains, and of churches which may have been desecrated, within the county of York: and the improvement, as far as may be within its province, of the character of ecclesiastical edifices to be erected in the future." |
7.30 pm Friend's Meeting House Friargate YAYAS |
16th March 2012 |
York Barbican presents - Hats Off to Led Zeppelin. ‘Hats off to Led Zeppelin’ are the UK's most authentic tribute to the greatest rock band in the world. You’ll feel like you’ve traveled back in time when you experience these four top class musicians on stage, recreating Led Zeppelin’s magical concerts. Featuring Peter Eldridge from the West End production of We Will Rock You; Jack Tanner and Kevin Oliver Jones from the world tours of Thriller Live and Dancing in the Streets; and Simon Wicker as Bonzo incarnate, they play all the right instruments and hit all the right notes in this fantastic live show. From Kashmir to Stairway you’ll be blown away by the authenticity of Hats off to Led Zeppelin. Audience reactions include: ‘One of the best tributes I have seen!’ and ‘Shut your eyes and you would think you were listening to the real thing!’. They are proud to be the ONLY tribute act in the country officially endorsed by Marshall amplifiers! Dave Lewis from Tightbutloose, the world's number one Led Zeppelin fan site, said: ‘Hats Off went down a storm… delivered in a no messin' style… play it they did and rock we did!’ 7.30 pm |
York Barbican |
| 16th March 2012 |
York Astronomical Society presentation - The Traveller's Guide to the Solar System by Sky Marshall Johanuss von Whipp III (Junior). York Astronomical Society would like to offer the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join Sky Marshall Johanuss von Whipp III (Junior) aboard the good ship YORKAS! Once boarding has completed, KAL (the ship's computer) and the Sky Marshall will take us on a whistle-stop tour of the Solar System! 8.00 pm |
Denham Room Priory St Centre Priory Street York Astronomical Society |
| 16th March 2012 |
British Music Society of York presents - Andrew Zolinsky (piano) playing - Schubert - Piano Sonata in A major, D. 664 Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit Rachmaninoff - Preludes, Op. 23 Barber - Piano Sonata |
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall University of York British Music Society of York |
16th March 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Floral Art Flower arranging for beginners with Tutor: Angela West. Come and make a flower arrangement with beautiful fresh flowers and foliage which will grace any room. This course is ideal for those with little or no experience of flower arranging but who would like to make a display to be proud of. Angela will give you step-by-step guidance so that you can create a simple 'Basic Line' arrangement – a front-facing design which could be placed against a wall or perhaps in a window. 10.00 am to 2.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
| 16th March 2012 |
Other Roads in Concert. | Reeth Memorial Hall |
16/17th March 2012 |
1812 Youth Theatre presents 'Deadly Deeds and Terrible Tales!' Directed by Alison Priestley. Are you brave enough to put yourself into the monkey's paw..................? Edgar Allen-Poe's classic ghost story The Tell- Tale Heart is the centre piece for this terrifying evening of ghost stories which will include a new version of the classic W W Jacobs short story The Monkey's Paw as well as a new and original work written for the youth theatre by local acclaimed writer Kit Park. |
7.30 pm Helmsley Arts Centre |
17th March 2012 |
York Farmers Market - The York Farmers Market was one of the first to be established in the north of England in the Autumn of 1999. The success as the forerunner to this movement in the north has led to a large number of other markets opening up in the area and, more importantly, created an alternative source of income to many farmers and producers. The main benefit of the farmers market here at Murton is that it is all under cover come rain, snow or high wind with a large private car park adjacent. There is always seasonal activity and special events at the markets, adding extra value and interest. The main principle of the farmers market is that it is local producers selling fresh quality produce direct to local consumers in an atmosphere which promotes dialogue and understanding of food production including environmental and welfare standards. This cuts down food miles and puts money back into the local economy rather than imported goods. The market always offers an extensive range of produce including:- Yorkshire beef, lamb & pork; Organic vegetables; Free range chicken & eggs; Fresh handmade bread & cakes; Pastries; Fish; Sausages; Soups; Preserves & much more... A fantastic choice of fresh quality local produce at very competitive prices and the benefit of knowing where it's come from and how it's been produced. |
York Auction Centre Murton, York |
17th March 2012 |
Steam Train Excursion - 'The Heart of Midlothian'. This excursion by special train provides an excellent opportunity to enjoy a relaxing journey to the beautiful, cosmopolitan city of Edinburgh. The Heart of Midlothian recalls the former status of the city and the title of a novel by Sir Walter Scott. The latter refers to the Old Tolbooth Prison, the site of which is marked by a heart-shaped mosaic in the pavement on the Royal Mile. We shall be steam-hauled from York to Edinburgh by Britannia class steam locomotive No. 70013 “Oliver Cromwell”. The Heart of Midlothian will be diesel-hauled for its early morning departure from Huddersfield and stop to pick up passengers at Dewsbury, Leeds and York. Here steam locomotive No. 70013 “Oliver Cromwell” will take over our train for the rest of the journey to Edinburgh. As we leave York we pass the National Railway Museum and head north along the East Coast Main Line (ECML) towards Darlington. The ECML has some long sections of fairly straight and level track, particularly between Thirsk and Northallerton, where our locomotive will be able to run at its maximum speed. The chime whistle on the locomotive will sound frequently as we race through stations packed with onlookers. We pass high above Durham and view its Norman Cathedral to the right and later see the Angel of the North sculpture which heralds our approach to Tyneside. We cross the River Tyne on King Edward VII Bridge and enter the busy metropolis of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Leaving Newcastle behind, we continue north through Morpeth, and then beside the North Sea with its magnificent coastal views. In the distance across the shoreline can be glimpsed the Farne Islands, renowned for the heroic exploits of Grace Darling, and Lindisfarne or Holy Island where the monastery is famous for its Lindisfarne Gospels. We cross the spectacular Royal Border Bridge over the River Tweed at Berwick-on-Tweed and enter Scotland. More sea views follow and the route begins a long climb through Grantshouse which will test the staying power of our steam locomotive. Soon after Dunbar we enter an urban area and arrive at Edinburgh Waverley Station, located conveniently in the heart of the city. Edinburgh has many attractions to entertain visitors, including the famous mile-long shopping paradise of Princes Street and its famous imposing castle overlooking Princes Street Gardens. There are numerous art galleries, museums and interesting buildings, particularly in Old Town along the Royal Mile. Here can be found St. Giles Cathedral, the Scottish Parliament, the Abbey and Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen’s official residence in Scotland which is well worth a visit. After a break of around four hours in which to savour the atmosphere of the Scottish capital, our train returns to York and Huddersfield hauled by a diesel locomotive. We stop at the same stations as on the outward journey to set down passengers. Departs York 09.00 hrs. |
'The Heart of Midlothian'. |
17th March 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - The Choccy & Sweetie Tour. A delicious tour - hear the history of Terrys & Rowntrees, visit Choccy and Sweetie shops and taste free samples. Walk starts at 10.30 am |
Yorkwalk |
| 17th March 2012 |
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem; Bruckner: Motets (Selection) and Bruch: Violin Concerto performed by York Musical Society Chorus & Orchestra. Brahms’ Requiem (to be sung in German) is very different in character from the traditional settings of the Latin Mass. The selected Biblical texts omit specific Christian references and Brahms indicated that he wanted humanity to be at the centre of this work. It is a warm, passionate and profoundly moving piece addressing the sorrows of earthly existence, but ultimately, as it reaches its meditative close, celebrating life’s consoling joys. Bruch’s deservedly popular 1st Violin Concerto will provide a fittingly lyrical companion piece with its rich orchestral scoring and exquisite melodies. Founded in 1765, York Musical Society (YMS) is the oldest Musical Society in England. |
York Minster York Musical Society |
17th March 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Salads for all Seasons with Tutor: Sarah-Jane Mason. There is more to salads than the simple Lactuca sativa. Would you like to be able to harvest your own salad leaf selections nearly all year round? Come along to this 2 hour workshop to learn more about the wealth of salad varieties which are suitable for both outdoor and protected growing throughout the year. You will be able to have a go at sowing, pricking out and potting on a selection of varieties to take home. 10.00 am to 12.00 noon. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
| 17th March 2012 |
Simon Hoggart - "The Long Lunch – My Stories and I'm Sticking to Them." Ninety minutes of hilarity and astonishment as the award winning parliamentary sketch writer talks about and reads from his compendium of jokes and anecdotes from his life in journalism. Hear how he made a fool of himself talking to Princess Diana, about Jeffrey Archer's greatest fibs, whether or not Cherie Blair is the rudest guest ever and lots more besides. A question and answer session is included. 7.30 pm |
Galtres Centre Easingwold opens pdf file |
| 17th March 2012 |
Sowerby Music present Countess of Munster flautist, Matthew Featherstone. Already playing in the senior British orchestras Matthew is another supremely talented musician from the Countess of Munster Award Scheme with a beautiful programme of pieces familiar – the Mozart and Poulenc Sonatas, Debussy’s “Syrinx” and Ibert’s “Jeux” – and some less familiar but nonetheless entertaining. A breath of fresh air. |
St. Oswald's Church Sowerby Thirsk Sowerby Music |
| 17th March 2012 |
The Band Room - variously described as 'England's tiniest major venue,' 'The greatest small venue on Earth,' and 'a corrugated iron shed in the middle of nowhere.' (It's all true...) - present English folk giants Martin & Eliza Carthy together in concert. One family: two legends of folk play an intimate concert in Farndale on St Patrick's Day 2012. Martin Carthy introduced BOB DYLAN and PAUL SIMON to English folk and inspired their recordings of Girl From the North Country and Scarborough Fair respectively. Dylan - with whom Carthy famously trashed a piano for fuel in the Arctic winter of 1962 - later called Carthy 'incredible'...and the Englishman thought Dylan was pretty cool too. Five decades on, his towering importance within the folk tradition has made Martin Carthy almost transcendent. His daughter Eliza Carthy is a superstar in her own right. A demon fiddler with an incredible back catalogue, she has been key in helping the family dynasty propel English folk music into the 21st century. |
The Band Room |
18th March 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - The Jewish Heritage Trail. A walk recalling the Jewish contribution to York's history, visiting sites connected with mediaeval and modern Jews. Finishing at Clifford's Tower, the site of the dreadful massacre of the Jews in 1190. Walk starts at 10.30 am |
Yorkwalk |
| 18th March 2012 |
York Barbican presents - The Bootleg Beatles in Concert. The Bootleg Beatles' reputation for performing the most authentic and entertaining Beatles show in the world is richly deserved. The show chronicles the musical evolution of the Fab Four from the Cavern Club to the roof of the Apple Building. With four costume changes, an 8-piece orchestra and a giant screen providing a visual backdrop to accompany one hit after another, audiences could well believe they have been transported back in time. The Bootleg Beatles bring the sounds and the atmosphere of the Beatles to life with as much authenticity as is humanly possible. 8.00 pm |
York Barbican |
18th March 2012 |
Harrogate International Sunday Series presents - Julian Bliss, clarinet with Robert Bottriell, piano. Firmly established on the international concert scene, Julian Bliss has already appeared as a soloist with a number of major international orchestras and as a recitalist has graced some of the world’s most prestigious stages, most recently as a soloist in the 2011 BBC Proms. Bliss adds Harrogate to the list in 2012 with a virtuosic programme, showing off his technical dexterity and lyrical prowess in the most demanding scores for clarinet from the likes of Francaix and Bernstein, while Weber’s Concertante presents two equally virtuoso solo parts for both clarinet and piano, promising a vibrant performance that won’t fail to impress. Francaix Tema con Variazioni Olah Sonata for Solo Clarinet Bernstein Sonata Horovitz Sonatina Debussy Premiere Rapsodie Weber Grand Duo Concertante ‘It isn’t just his technique, though that is astonishing enough. It’s the wit, poise and vivacity in his playing.’ The Times. 11.00 am |
The Old Swan Hotel Harrogate Harrogate International Sunday Series |
18th March 2012 |
An Afternoon With The Archaeologist Gillian Hovell - 'A Muddy History of Britain'. Gillian Hovell is an award-winning local author who worked for the BBC before moving to Yorkshire and becoming deeply (and muddily!) involved in local archaeology. Join Gillian for an afternoon's richly illustrated journey from the dawn of mankind in Britain to the nineteenth century. Explore special sites in Yorkshire and their place in our history: you'll never look at an empty field in the same way again. Handle a piece of history from thousands of years ago and browse through (and buy) copies of Gillian's book Visiting the Past. |
3.00 pm Helmsley Arts Centre |
| 18th March 2012 |
Russell Kane: Manscaping. Join Fosters Comedy Award Winner and star of loads of stuff on telly, Russell Kane as he mercilessly explores the ridiculous state of masculinity in the modern world. He shaves his chest fur; you watch and laugh. “A seriously good comedian” The Times SOLD OUT |
8.00 pm Pocklington Arts Centre |
20th March 2012 |
York Glaziers Studio Tour and Lunch - See the great East Window of York Minster up close at Bedern Glaziers Studio. The tour organised by the York Glaziers Trust will be led by a conservation expert and followed by a two course lunch with wine at Treasurer's House. Pre-booking Essential. 11.00 am Only a few metres from York Minster, this was the first house ever given to the National Trust complete with a collection - and it is not all that it first seems. It has a history spanning 2,000 years, from the Roman road in the cellar to the Edwardian servants' quarters in the attics, and thirteen period rooms in between. These house one man's remarkable collection of antique furniture, ceramics, textiles and paintings from a 300-year period. Infamous ghost stories are another of the many quirky attributes of this property. |
Treasurer's House York |
| 20th March 2012 |
Yorkshire Museum Curators Talks - The Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector. 12.30 pm | Yorkshire Museum York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
20th March 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Garden Craft Spring tonics made from seasonal medicinal herbs with Tutor: Bel Charlesworth. Plants found in your garden and hedgerows are perfect for making seasonal herbal remedies – find out how with OtleyApothecary’s Bel Charlesworth. Come dressed for a walk around the garden where you will discover the many different types of herb, then back in the classroom you will create herbal infusions, tinctures and salves. The spotlight will be on traditional vitality boosters and herbs that cleanse the skin and aid digestion, as well as treatments for that seasonal bugbear, hayfever. This day is suitable for complete beginners or anyone who has previously attended Bel’s workshop, “An introduction to using medicinal herbs at home”. 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
20/21st March 2012 |
Phoenix Dance Theatre: Reflected - Works by Lost Dog, Philip Taylor, Sharon Watson and Richard Wherlock. Following 2010’s Declarations, Phoenix Dance Theatre return to York Theatre Royal with their latest diverse and entertaining mixed programme Reflected. Featuring critically acclaimed new pieces and the return of a Phoenix classic, Reflected offers the perfect opportunity to get reacquainted with this internationally renowned contemporary dance company. The bill includes Richard Wherlock’s sensual and vibrant Switch and Melt by Phoenix Artistic Director Sharon Watson which features an innovative blend of aerial dance and contemporary choreography. Philip Taylor’s What It Is is a sultry, playful take on love and sexuality set to a mesmerising soundtrack, and there is also a welcome return for audience favourite Pave Up Paradise, Ben Duke and Raquel Meseguer’s tongue in cheek retelling of the story of Adam and Eve. |
York Theatre Royal |
21st March 2012 |
The Milton Rooms presents Hilarity Bites - An Evening With Rob Rouse. I am in a state of torpor. Only 48 hours ago I was, 'down the business end', whilst my girlfriend squeezed out our second child, a beautiful baby girl. I'm typing this with one hand, desperately trying not to wake her, whilst Ronnie, our faithful mongrel, has emitted a gas with a smell akin to the concentrated odour of the unwashed penises of 1,000 madmen. 'The Wright Stuff' burbles on the telly in the background as they discuss whether or not the current crop of Christmas TV ads are 'missing the real point of Christmas'. For the first time in my life, I feel the urge to actually call in and scream "Of course they are! They're adverts, what do you expect, you bunch of dick-heads?!", but I don't, because it doesn't matter. It's 11 o'clock and I'm still in my pyjamas. I'm happy and feel like the luckiest man alive, but can't help but wonder about the ridiculous world I've brought another child into. Some, all, or possibly none of the above will be discussed in my new show 'Life Sentences'. As seen on 8 out of 10 Cats, Dave's One Night Stand, Live at the Comedy store. 8.00 pm |
Milton Rooms Malton |
21-24th March 2012 |
'How To Disappear Completely and Never be Found'. In debt, in trouble and in despair, Charlie holds the urn of his cremated mother in his hands. With his life crumbling around him, he is offered the chance to change his life forever. But to do this he will have to make ‘Charlie’ disappear completely… Each year in England over 250,000 people are reported as missing, some are just late but the majority of people are missing by choice. What drives someone to give up everything they’ve ever known? And, can you ever truly escape your past life? A fast-paced and movement orientated story of a young man at a crossroads. |
York Theatre Royal |
22nd March 2012 |
University of York Free Public Lectures - Every term, the University organises free public lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience. Some require tickets (available from the Communications Office) but most do not. Where tickets are needed, this is indicated. Today - 'The Merchant Adventurers' Science Discovery Lecture' - 'Drugs down the drain: impacts of pharmaceuticals in the natural environment' with Speaker: Professor Alistair Boxall, Environment Department. Alistair Boxall was appointed lecturer in Environmental Science in September 2004. He is an environmental chemist with research interests in the fate, behaviour and effects of pesticides, biocides, veterinary medicines, industrial chemicals and nanomaterials in the environment. He has worked in a number of areas including: environmental risk assessment; bioavailability of contaminants; environmental monitoring studies; toxicant identification evaluations; environmental fate modelling; and the use of molecular modelling techniques to predict toxicity. With a broad based training in environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology, Alistair has previously worked at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, The University of Sheffield, Liverpool John Moores University, the Water Research Centre, and more recently at Cranfield University where he was joint head of the Cranfield Centre for EcoChemistry. He is or has been a member of a number of professional bodies that include the UK Veterinary Products Committee, the UK Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances, the UK Nanotechnology Research Co-ordination Group Task Force on Exposure Assessment, the EFSA ad hoc committee on risk assessment of feed additives, the RSC expert group on water, the Bioactives Group of the Society of Chemical Industry and the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Admission: by free ticket only. |
7.00 pm Merchant Adventurers' Hall Fossgate University of York Free Public Lectures |
| 22nd March 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club present - Duck Baker. A welcome return by one of the world’s premier fingerstyle guitarists, with a repertoire ranging from traditional Irish and Appalachian music to blues, gospel, ragtime, swing and modern jazz. As well as being a dazzlingly proficient player, Duck is a delightfully witty and engaging stage character. |
8.00 pm Black Swan, Peasholme Green B.S.F.C. |
| 22nd March 2012 |
York Barbican presents - The Waterboys in Concert. Folk rockers The Waterboys will be making their return to the York Barbican after the release of their new album An Appointment with Mr Yeats. The Waterboys, formed by Mike Scott, have gone through many different musical phases in their career, from their early rock and roll ‘Big Music’ days, which led them to support both The Pretenders and U2, to their Irish folk influenced music of the 1980’s, back to Radiohead inspired experimental rock as heard in their 2000 album A Rock in the Weary Land. Receiving much critical acclaim, The Waterboys have influenced musicians such as Eddie Veder, Johnny Goudie and Bono. An Appointment with The Waterboys will be an evening dedicated entirely to their music, with no support act. Mike Scott confirms that one half of the show will be “a killer set of vintage Waterboys” to please their most ardent of fans, including songs such as the classic The Whole of the Moon. The other half will concentrate on An Appointment with Mr Yeats which has received rave reviews. The Waterboys will be appearing in a new seven-piece line up including legendary fiddler Steve Wickham, Irish chanteuse Katie Kim, keyboard ace James Hallawell, lap steel/ electric guitar maestro Melvin Duffy, bassman Marc Arciero and drummer Raplh Salmins. |
York Barbican |
23rd March 2012 |
Get The
Blessing - Winners of the BBC Jazz Award 2008 for their
debut album ‘All Is Yes,’ this band is one of the
UK’s most exciting live bands. Featuring bassist Jim Barr and drummer Clive Deamer from trip-hop legends PORTISHEAD, plus the twin horns and electronics of saxophonist Jake McMurchie and trumpeter Pete Judge, they have forged a unique signature sound that defies easy classification, yet never loses sight of thumping tunes, infectious beats or joyous collective spontaneity. Their latest album OC:DC is released this year ahead of a European tour. Influences range from Ornette Coleman and Tortoise, to Blondie and Samuel Beckett. ‘this outfit will surely recharge the jazz world’ BBC Music Magazine |
National Centre for Early Music |
23rd March 2012 |
Clare Teal - One of Britain’s most loved jazz singers returns to York Theatre Royal. Clare’s unique performance is held together by the concept of the great “British” song. Although rooted in the jazz traditions of the 1930’s and 40’s, the show covers a huge spectrum of sounds and genres. The show focuses on Clare’s interpretations of these well-written songs which have stood (and are standing) the test of time. From Noel Coward to Annie Lennox, the show wends its way through 100 years of great songwriting, including songs such as Try A Little Tenderness and A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square. |
York Theatre Royal |
23rd March 2012 |
York Barbican presents - Nanci Griffith in Concert. Country and folk singer Nanci Griffith will play York Barbican with support from special guests The Kennedy’s. Whether performing her own poetically evocative material or the compositions of her influences, friends, and peers, Nanci Griffith possesses a powerful gift for inhabiting the songs she sings - for communicating unspoken intimacy and heartache through her tender voice and lilting, delicate phrasing. Rolling Stone magazine once described her as a unique form of "folkabilly" music. Yet Griffith emerged as more than just a bright star in a new genre. In a career that has now spanned nearly three decades, numerous awards (including three GRAMMYS and the BBC's Life-Time Achievement Award) and twenty studio albums she continues to trail blaze that path into 2012. |
York Barbican |
23rd March 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Growing herbs for the kitchen with Tutor: Rachel Petheram. Herbs not only enhance the beauty of your garden but can liven up your cooking and benefit your health too! Rachel will give an illustrated talk covering the culinary and medicinal properties of herbs, how to propagate and cultivate them, how to plan a herb garden and share ideas for growing herbs in small spaces. You will also have the opportunity to sow some herbs to take away. So, by the end of the day you will have the knowledge and materials to start your own herb garden! 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
| 23-25th March 2012 |
York Open Studios - one of the highlights of York's visual arts calendar. York Open Studios promotes direct public access to York based Artists/Makers presenting contemporary work in non-gallery spaces. Many of York's best creative practitioners open the doors to 30 venues around York inviting the public to enter their working world. Artists and makers will be showing their latest work in studios, homes, schools and community centres and with fifty participants this much anticipated event will be the best yet offering an exciting opportunity to talk to the artists and to see how and where they work. There will be demonstrations and children's activities in a number of venues and an opportunity to take part in an interactive installation. Access to all the venues is free to encourage active participation in the arts across the community. As always there will also be a wide variety of work on offer to buy - paintings, prints, textiles, jewellery, ceramics, artists books, furniture, photography, sculpture and more. |
York Open Studios |
| 24th March 2012 |
Bird Watching for Beginners - An illustrated talk on equipment and photography, followed by a birding walk in the grounds. 11.00 am - 1.00 pm | Beningbrough Hall |
24th March 2012 |
The Ebor Singers present - Pergolesi: Stabat mater and Charpentier: Le reniement de St Pierre. Music for Holy Week from Rome and Paris, with Pergolesi's powerful setting of Stabat mater, and Charpentier's oratorio depicting Jesus' betrayal by St Peter. |
7.30 pm National Centre for Early Music The Ebor Singers |
24th March 2012 |
Stewart Lee - 'Carpet Remnant World'. Following his much acclaimed second BBC series, maverick comedian, writer and director Stewart Lee comes to York with a brand new full length show - Carpet Remnant World. What can a sexless middle aged married man, whose life now consists mainly of watching Scooby Doo cartoons with a four year old boy, possibly find to write comedy about? Formerly stand-up’s youthful iconoclast, Lee now gawps blankly at News 24 as Britain burns down around him, and blinks weirdly at the vast wayside retail outlets during endless journeys to and from increasingly indistinct provincial theatres. Once he lived on the pleasure planet. Now he is trapped in Carpet Remnant World. And so are you... |
York Theatre Royal |
24th March 2012 |
York Barbican presents - Noah and the Whale in Concert. Indie rockers Noah And The Whale will be making their debut appearance at the York Barbican. The band – whose album Last Night On Earth has, since its release last spring, firmly established itself as one of the Albums of 2011, will be playing their first show in York since 2008. Since forming in 2006, Noah And The Whale have risen to success, their first album Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down getting to number 5 in the UK album charts. More recently they performed at Reading and Leeds festival, as well as Glastonbury festival earlier this year, and have supported the likes of Arcade Fire, The Zutons and Snow Patrol. Noah And The Whale are currently in the middle of their biggest tour so far. The current dates are accompanied by Waiting For My Chance To Come, the latest single to be taken from Last Night On Earth, one of the highest selling albums of the year. Waiting For My Chance to Come is accompanied by a video directed by the American photographer Autumn de Wilde. Following the current UK tour, the band heads to the US and Mexico for further dates. |
York Barbican |
| 24th March 2012 |
Meet the Gardeners: Spring Hanging Basket Workshop - Join the Head Gardener for a garden tour and talk on hanging basket creation, care and maintenance. Take part in an exciting workshop with the Head Gardener to create a your very own luxury and unique Spring hanging basket. Including Lunch or Afternoon Tea in the Brodsworth Hall Tea Room. Pre-Booking Essential. 10.00 am –12.30 pm & 1.30 – 3.30 pm | Brodsworth Hall |
24th March 2012 |
Bird Watching for Beginners - Find out more about equipment and photography before you set out on a guided birding walk around the estate. Meet at the Visitor Centre. 11.00 am. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
24th March 2012 |
Spain and the New World with The Chanticleer Singers - We present a programme that captures the exotic flavours of Hispanic music, from the spiritual sounds of early Spanish sacred music to the rhythmic vitality of the Missa Criolla of the Argentinian composer , Ramirez, with percussion, piano and guitar. John Mackenzie will also delight us with classical guitar pieces from the Romantic period. 7.30 pm |
Church of St Mary Lastingham The Chanticleer Singers |
24th March 2012 |
Nine Below Zero - For three decades, Nine Below Zero have delivered an explosive mix of blues and rock in live performances that never fail to leave their audiences illuminated and exhausted. Formed in 1977 by lead singer and guitarist Dennis Greaves, the band recorded three albums for major label A&M, appeared on The South Bank Show, Old Grey Whistle Test and the first ever episode of The Young Ones, and supported The Who and The Kinks on tour. Following their original split in 1983, the band regrouped to mark the tenth anniversary of debut album 'Live at the Marquee' and have been wowing crowds ever since with their powerful sound and incendiary on-stage chemistry. With sold out venues across Europe and high profile tours with Eric Clapton, Sting and Brian May, the band continue to go from strength to strength. |
8.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
24th March 2012 |
Kula Productions is pleased to welcome AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH JIM MORAY. Jim Moray is one of the most consistently inventive musicians working in traditional folk music today. After three ground-breaking and award-winning albums – 2003’s BBC Radio2 Folk Album of Year ‘Sweet England’, ‘Jim Moray’ in 2006 and fRoots Critics Poll and Mojo Folk Album of the Year winner ‘Low Culture’ in 2008 - he now finds himself at the forefront of a new folk revival in the UK, and hailed as a pivotal influence by a new generation of folk musicians while still only being in his 20s himself. He most recently broke with convention, giving his fourth album ‘In Modern History’ away on the cover of Songlines magazine before releasing a deluxe two disc version in June 2010. Outside of his own albums, he has branched out as producer of his sister Jackie Oates’ award-winning ‘Hyperboreans’ album and been awarded Honorary Life Membership of Birmingham Conservatoire for outstanding achievement in music. |
The Frazer Theatre Knaresborough Kula Productions |
24th March 2012 |
The Milton Rooms presents Northern Soul Evening. Following on from The Milton Rooms' inaugural Northern Soul Evening in September, we are thrilled to annouce the second evening. Originating in the British Mod scene of the 60's Northern Soul still evokes a large following and cult status influencing many aspects of modern culture from music to dance and fashion. Featuring sets by DJs Andy Garside and Steve Luigi - plus more DJs to be announced. 8.00 pm |
Milton Rooms Malton |
24/25th March 2012 |
Jazz At Its Very Best! - Helmsley Jazz'n'Swing Weekend. Stand by for a full weekend of traditional jazz, swing and American songbook evergreens at the Helmsley Jazz'n'Swing weekend on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th March. Organised by Britain's 'ace drummin' man', John Petters, the event features some of the top performers in the UK. As well as the live music, there will be a chance to test your knowledge with the 'Jazz Quiz', a fun ‘Jazz Forum', where a panel of musicians will be played a selection of recordings blindfold and asked to name performers. Saturday Programme - 2.00 pm St Phillip St Breakdown - a celebration of New Orleans Clarinettist George Lewis, with two of Australia’s finest exports, Karl Hird (clarinet) and Annie Hawkins (bass), with Tim Phillips, (banjo) and John Petters (drums) 4.45 pm The Jazz Lecture - John Petters looks at the career of the iconic jazz drummer, Gene Krupa - with vintage video and recordings 7.00 pm This Joint is Jumpin’ - The life and music of Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller John Petters and his Rhythm celebrate the harmful little armful purveyor of 50,000 kilovolts of jive! Featuring stride piano genius, Dave Browning. 9.15 pm Swingin’ Down Memory Lane - A celebration of the American Songbook, Gershwin, Berlin, Ellington, Porter, Carmichael, Mercer etc.. Featuring the swinging tenor saxophones and clarinets of Julian Marc Stringle and Karl Hird. Sunday Programme - 10.30 am The Jazz Forum - John Petters plays a series of recordings from 80 years of recorded history to the panel of musicians and seeks their views and those of the audience. 12.15 pm The Special Magic of Benny Goodman - Julian Marc Stringle, Dave Browning and John Petters celebrate the classic Goodman, Wilson, Krupa Trio of the mid 1930s. 3.00 pm The Jazz Quiz - test your knowledge of this great music - CD awarded to the winner. 7.00 pm Back to New Orleans - featuring Hymns & Spirituals, Stomps, Blues and Rags, with hot cornetist Allen Beechey, Karl Hird, Julian Marc Stringle, Karl Hird, Tim Phillps, Keith Donald & John Petters. 9.15 pm Salute to Satchmo Louis Armstrong was the most important figure in Jazz history. This affectionate tribute to the great Satch features many of the popular numbers from the Armstrong repertoire. |
Helmsley Arts Centre |
25th March 2012 |
The Lord Mayor's Charity Gala Concert. To kick off the year-long celebrations of the 800th anniversary of the city's mayoralty, this concert features local performers and groups including among others: York Stage Musicals, Attitude Dance, New York Brass Band, the Shipley Family, York Light Opera Company and Rebecca Newman. All proceeds go to the Lord Mayor's Charities, York Against Cancer and York Mind. |
York Theatre Royal |
26th March 2012 |
The Historical Association York & NY Branch Lecture Programme 2011/12 - tonight - "The Harrying of the North". With David Palliser, Professor Emeritus, University of Leeds. This talk starts at 7.00 pm. |
Bootham School York The Historical Association |
26th March 2012 |
Aly Bain & Phil
Cunningham. Simply the best Scottish traditional musicians you are ever likely to hear. Aly, a stylish fiddler, launched the popular TV series 'Transatlantic Sessions', while the stunning accordion player Phil is also in demand for TV, films and theatre. Winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards – Best Duo – they are highly entertaining – two virtuoso musicians and some gripping humour – unbeatable! ‘They are simply the best traditional musicians you are ever likely to hear’ The Glasgow Herald |
National Centre for Early Music |
26/27th March 2012 |
The Science Museum Live On Tour. Experience spectacular science, dangerous demonstrations and extraordinary experiments as the Science Museum takes to the stage with a fantastic live show to blow your mind and challenge your brain! Fast, furious and frenetically fun, Science Museum Live on Tour will propel you on an exploratory theatrical adventure into the wonderful world of science. Get set for a breathtaking ride that will entertain,inform and inspire. |
York Theatre Royal |
27th March 2012 |
The Orchestra of the Age of Enightenment with the UNIVERSITY OF YORK BAROQUE ENSEMBLE AND CHAMBER CHOIR. Peter Seymour director, Matthew Truscott leader, Cherry Forbes and James Redwood presenters. 'Anthem' - The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and students from the University of York join forces for the celebratory final concert of the OAE’s flagship Anthem tour, which will have seen the OAE work with over 5,000 primary pupils, 300 secondary students and 200 university students throughout England. The programme will include J S Bach Wachet Auf, Vivaldi Gloria and James Redwood My Cry. Join us for some lively Handel marches and fanfares in the foyer from 6.00pm, and meet the players after the concert! |
National Centre for Early Music |
27th March 2012 |
Rosanne Cash In concert with John Leventhal. A rare trademark of quality and emotional honesty runs through Grammy Award winner Rosanne Cash's three-decade recording career, consistently displaying a reverence of song and depth of artistry only hinted at by her peers. Blurring the genres of country, rock, roots and pop she is erudite and sophisticated, armed with a broad range and a gloriously haunting voice. In 2009 Cash released The List, the album features Cash’s contemporary interpretations of 12 classic songs culled from a list of essential country tunes that her legendary father Johnny Cash gave her in 1973, and filtered through her own unique, sophisticated perspective. The result is a glorious range of sounds and moods, as rich and complex as such Cash masterworks as Seven Year Ache, Interiors, and Rules of Travel. Produced and arranged by Grammy Award winner John Leventhal (Cash’s husband, who also contributes striking guitar work throughout), a handful of truly special guests join her for some of the recordings including Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and Rufus Wainwright. SOLD OUT |
Pocklington Arts Centre |
27th March - 7th May 2012 |
Through Lichfield's Lens - A world premiere exhibition of Patrick Lichfield Polaroid boards, which once decorated his London studio, recording the many faces and memories of those he photographed along the way. The walls of the models' changing room in his west London studio were adorned with nearly 1,000 Polaroid instant pictures - a record of every major assignment Lord Lichfield undertook from 1971 onwards. Lord Lichfield always put together the best of the Polaroid test shots from each session at the edn of each year to remind him of his shoots over the previous twelve months. This exhibition will show the variation of the commissions Lichfield had, from royal assignments to fashion, beauty to cars, tourism to calendars, and magazine covers to advertising. They are an almost complete record of his work. |
Nunnington Hall |
| 28th March 2012 |
York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme - The Gardens in Spring. A guided tour of the Museum Gardens with the Garden Manager, Sjaak Kastelijn, to look at the spring horticultural highlights. 2.00 pm |
Yorkshire Museum York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
| 28th March 2012 |
YAS Free Public Star Party - YAS Free Public Star Party on the Knavesmire. From 7pm till late, weather permitting. We will be there, even if it rains, for about half an hour for a chat. Observe through our telescopes, or feel free to bring your own along for help and advice if needed. Objects on show should include: the Moon, planets (Jupiter, Venus and Mars), star clusters (Pleiades, M35, M44), and galaxies. |
Knavesmire York Astronomical Society |
28th March 2012 |
Roberto Fonseca - York is lucky to have one of a few national touring dates for the fully-fledged Buena Vista Social Club prodigy. Roberto leads a new generation of Cuban artists on a journey that weaves in and out of the island’s traditional music, picking up jazz, classical, and Afro-Cuban influences along the way to create an astonishingly original musical landscape. Roberto is joined by Ayanna, whose beguiling vocals skip and swing over intimate, honey-sweet cello. For the chance to meet and greet Roberto after the concert, visit his micro-site (which also has some bonus audio-visual content). |
York Theatre Royal |
28th March 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Growing a mini veg plot with Tutor: Alison Mundie. Have you always loved the idea of growing your own produce, but never thought you had enough space? Harlow Carr’s Kitchen Gardener, Alison, will show you how to create a productive and attractive vegetable plot in even the smallest of gardens, covering design, choice of crops and management. Alison will give an illustrated talk and take you on a guided walk of Harlow Carr’s 3m x 3m vegetable plot. 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
28th March 2012 |
1812 Theatre Company presents 'Table No. 9' A new play by Sara Murphy, in the Studio Bar. Two friends meet up after losing touch for thirty years. We meet them in full flow of their renewed friendship. They share a cafe with two young women, who pity them. The older ones envy the younger pair. What they don’t realise is how similar they actually are Enid and Maude also end up envying each other, proving that we never really know what goes on behind closed doors. |
7.30 pm Helmsley Arts Centre |
28/29th March 2012 |
'A Sentimental Journey'
- A Sentimental Journey is a digital opera for a mixed ensemble of technologies, remote audiences and live performers. It is inspired by Laurence Sterne’s novel, first published in 1768. The work will be performed live to the theatre audience, and streamed to hundreds of people around the world, who will be reporting back with photos and postcards of their sentimental journeys. The end result is a shared experience between the audience(s), the performers, the music, the book, and the collective imagination. Created in association with the Laurence Sterne Trust and dedicated to Patrick Wildgust. Each performance will include a post show discussion. |
York Theatre Royal |
29th March 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - The Literary Tour of York. A fascinating look at authors & books inspired by York from Anglo-Saxon Alcuin to the Brontes and Dickens to Robinson Crusoe. Includes a visit to the birthplace of W.H. Auden. Walk starts at 10.30 am. In Association with York Literature Festival. |
Yorkwalk |
29th March 2012 |
York Literature Festival presents - Neil Hanson - 'Escape From Germany': The Greatest POW Break-out of the First World War. Neil Hanson is an acclaimed writer of popular history, with 8 books to his name. The Confident Hope of A Miracle told the story of England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada while The Dreadful Judgment looked at the great fire of London. As well as being in demand as a ghost writer, Neil is currently royal literary fellow at York St John University. At this event, Neil will talk his book Escape from Germany, a thrilling tale of courage and resilience from World War I. Audience questions welcome. |
6.00 pm Waterstones York Literature Festival |
29th March 2012 |
York Literature Festival presents - NT Live: 'She
Stoops To Conquer'. To come to my house, to call for what he likes, to turn me out of my own chair, to insult the family, to order his servants to get drunk, and then to tell me, “This house is mine, sir”. By all that’s impudent, it makes me laugh… Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with his old pal’s son, with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he’s mistaken by his prospective son-in-law for an innkeeper, and his daughter for the local barmaid. One of the great comedies of the English language, Goldsmith’s She Stoops To Conquer is a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family. |
7.00 pm City Screen Coney Street York Literature Festival |
| 29th March 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club present - Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer. It is all of 6 years since we last hosted this great duo. Best known at that time for their instrumental prowess (Vicki on Scottish smallpipes, nyckelharpa and flute, Jonny on guitar and accordion), they are now highly rated as singers too. Apparently effortlessly, they blend traditional tunes and ballads with modern arrangements and original material, developing a sound which is familiar yet also fresh. |
8.00 pm Black Swan, Peasholme Green B.S.F.C. |
29th March 2012 |
York Literature Festival presents - Ian McMillan & Andrew McMillan. We’re delighted to welcome Ian McMillan, poet, broadcaster, raconteur and champion of the spoken word to York Literature Festival 2012. Ian will be joined by his son Andrew McMillan. Both will read from their poetry. Don’t miss this sparkling evening of wit, words and Yorkshire wisdom. Early booking recommended. ‘The John Peel of poetry’' Alec Finlay ‘A jovial, poetic troll’ Mark Radcliffe |
8.30 pm City Screen Coney Street York Literature Festival |
29th March 2012 |
'She Stoops To Conquer' - National Theatre Live. A groundbreaking initiative to broadcast the best of British theatre to cinemas around the world. Three productions from London's National Theatre will be broadcast live, via satellite, to the Selby Town Hall. One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family as misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms and mayhem ensues as one man searches for his daughter's suitor. |
7.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
30th March 2012 |
York Literature Festival and Yorkshire Voices - in Association with York Poetry Society present Oz
Hardwick, Pat Borthwick & Ian Duhig. Oz Hardwick is a York-based writer, photographer and musician, who has published three well received poetry collections, most recently The Illuminated Dreamer (Oversteps, 2010). He is Professor of English at Leeds Trinity University College, where he is Programme Leader for English and Writing. Pat Borthwick is the Stanza Rep for Rural Yorkshire. She has three full length collections and prizes include the Amnesty International Human Rights prize and the 2011 Keats-Shelley Poetry Award. She is currently Writer in Residence for the RSPB at Bempton Cliffs. Ian Duhig has written six books of poetry, most recently Pandorama (Picador, 2010). Duhig has won the Forward Best Poem Prize once, the National Poetry Competition twice and been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize three times. He is widely regarded by as one of the UK’s finest poets. |
7.30 pm Jacob’s Well York Literature Festival |
30th March 2012 |
'Psalms from the Horse's Mouth' - Hugh Lupton turns his lyrical eye towards the magical connection between man and horse, to evoke the mystery and the sense of otherness that horses conjure. Intertwining Navajo mythology, Celtic wondertales and slave ballads, this programme has at its heart ‘The Horses’, Hugh’s stunning narrative poem in praise of the life of a horseman’s daughter Jenny Wing. This is poetic storytelling at its very best. |
York Theatre Royal |
30th March 2012 |
York Literature Festival and York Amnesty International present Ayo Akinfe - 'Fuelling The Delta Fires'. Ayo Akinfe is a London-based journalist who has worked as a magazine and newspaper editor for the last 20 years. He was born in Manchester but spent his formative years in Nigeria where he witnessed the horrors that poverty, an unfair trading environment, under-development, corruption and mismanagement visits on African countries. After working in journalism for 19 years, Ayo decided to switch to book writing. Fuelling the Delta Fires is one of a series of novels aimed at highlighting Africa’s sorry plight and the misleading image peddled about her. Based on the real life situation in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, Fuelling the Delta Fires is an expose and action adventure novel. In this talk for York’s Amnesty International, Ayo discusses the continuing turmoil in the world’s sixth largest crude oil exporter. |
7.30 pm Bar Convent 17 Blossom Street York Literature Festival |
30th March 2012 |
Souvenir D'Anne Frank A young Japanese girl journeys into a magical landscape of dreams and memories in the premiere tour of this original work which celebrates the life of Anne Frank, and the story of the beautiful Souvenir d’Anne Frank rose. The live music of a piano trio, woven with song and words drawn from Anne’s extraordinary diary, bring East and West together in a haunting theatrical fusion that will both move and inspire. |
York Theatre Royal |
30th March 2012 |
Vienna Festival Ballet Presents Swan Lake.
Music By Tchaikovsky One of the best known love stories, performed by the ever popular Vienna Festival Ballet. Lavish costumes, stunning scenery, international stars, and the glorious music from Tchaikovsky make this a night not to be missed. Swan Lake is the most popular ballet in the world. It's the ballet that captures like no other the full range of human emotions - from hope to despair, from terror to tenderness, from melancholy to ecstasy. An evening not to be missed. |
York Grand Opera House |
30th March 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - How to grow a cut flower garden with Tutor: Rachel Petheram. Learn the skills for growing beautiful cut flowers to enhance both the outside and inside of your home! This course will cover all the essentials you need to grow flowers for cutting. You will learn how to select your site and plan what to grow where and when. Find out which varieties are best, and learn tips on planting, growing, cutting and preserving the life of cut flowers. Rachel will give an illustrated talk covering all these areas and she will run a seed sowing workshop to get you started. 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
| 30th March 2012 |
Wetherby Races - Yorkshire's premier National Hunt Racecourse presents Weekday Racing | Wetherby Racecourse |
| 30th March 2012 |
The Winter Dance Party Tour - A Tribute to Buddy Holly. On January 23th 1959 Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and Dion and the Belmonts embarked on "The Winter Dance Party Tour", a tour that meant they would play 24 cities in just 3 weeks. On February 2nd the tour bus developed heating problems so a plane was chartered for the next leg of the tour. A fateful decision as this plane carrying Holly, Valens and The Big Bopper crashed just outside Mason City. There were no survivors. Winter Dance Party recreates that historic last tour of Buddy Holly. It stars Marc Robinson ("Stars in Your Eyes" and "The Buddy Holly Story") as Buddy and features the country's best Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper and Dion tribute artistes supported by The Counterfeit Crickets. This superbly authentic show is packed full of rock n roll hits – 40 songs performed with the same raw energy that the original artistes thrilled their audiences with. 8.00 pm |
Galtres Centre Easingwold opens pdf file |
| 30th March 1st April 2012 |
York Open Studios - one of the highlights of York's visual arts calendar. York Open Studios promotes direct public access to York based Artists/Makers presenting contemporary work in non-gallery spaces. Many of York's best creative practitioners open the doors to 30 venues around York inviting the public to enter their working world. Artists and makers will be showing their latest work in studios, homes, schools and community centres and with fifty participants this much anticipated event will be the best yet offering an exciting opportunity to talk to the artists and to see how and where they work. There will be demonstrations and children's activities in a number of venues and an opportunity to take part in an interactive installation. Access to all the venues is free to encourage active participation in the arts across the community. As always there will also be a wide variety of work on offer to buy - paintings, prints, textiles, jewellery, ceramics, artists books, furniture, photography, sculpture and more. |
York Open Studios |
31st March 2012 |
York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme in Association with York Liyerature Festival presents - Poetry: Shape and Form. An inspiring writing workshop with poet Andrew McMillan. Andrew will help participants to explore the shape and form of poetry, inspired by Gordon Baldwin’s abstract sculptures. Andrew McMillan is one of the “poets who will dominate UK poetry in years to come” according to the seminal new anthology The Salt Book of Younger Poets. His debut pamphlet, every salt advance, was published in 2009, and was dubbed a “delightfully imaginative debut”. Andrew has held residencies nationwide from Dorset to the South Pennines to Newcastle and recently completed a commission for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad which was subsequently featured on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. 10.30 am – 3.00 pm |
York Art Gallery York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
31st March 2012 |
York Literature Festival presents - Matt Haig:
To Be A Cat. Matt Haig is the author of 3 novels, including the bestselling The Radleys, about Vampires living in Bishopthorpe. At this event, Matt will sign copies of his new book for children, To Be A Cat, to be published in March 2012. To Be A Cat follows the story of Barney Willow. Barney thinks life couldn’t get any worse. He’s weedy, with sticky-out ears. Horrible Gavin Needle loves tormenting him - Barney has no idea why. And headteacher-from-hell Miss Whipmire seems determined to make every second of Barney’s existence a complete misery! Worst of all, Dad has been missing for almost a year, and there’s no sign of him ever coming home. Matt will sign copies of To Be A Cat and talk to members of the public about writing. |
3.00 pm Waterstone's York Literature Festival |
31st March 2012 |
York Literature Festival presents Tony Benn & Roy Bailey:
'The Writing on The Wall'. Another chance to see a uniquely powerful show. Tony Benn, Politician, Writer, Broadcaster and campaigner, and Roy Bailey, folk singer, perform their moving history of dissent in words and music. The Writing on The Wall is crammed with wisdom, humour and music, fusing stories, songs and anecdotes. It has consistently toured the UK for over ten years. Tony Benn’s stories recall memories and anecdotes from a lifetime at the forefront of British politics, illuminating and extremely funny. Roy Bailey is a truly international artist and respected in the world of folk and acoustic music. In 1998 he gave a hugely successful concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall celebrating 40 years as a performer. Tony considers him “The greatest socialist folksinger of his generation.” |
5.00 pm Temple Hall York St John University York Literature Festival |
31st March 2012 |
The Micklegate Singers present - Love and Marriage. From youth's first flush of love to a lifetime together, love is explored in all its variety in this programme of ravishing 20th and 21st century music. Including Paul Mealor's anthem for the royal wedding, we also touch on folksong and Gregorian chant. Swingle and Buchenburg provide a delightful light contrast. Jackson - To Morning Jackson - I gaze upon you Walton - Set me as a seal Duruflé - Ubi caritas et amor Harper - Ubi caritas et amor Mealor - Ubi caritas et amor Briggs -Ubi caritas et amor Grainger - Soldier, Soldier The Gypsy's Wedding Day Whitacre - A Boy and a Girl hope, faith, life, love This Marriage Holst - My Sweetheart's like Venus Hill - Love on my heart from heaven fell Swingle - It was a lover and his lass L'amour de moi Buchenberg - Klangfelder-Raumschwingungen-Oszillationen Loach - The Lord bless you and keep you. 8.00 pm |
Chapter House York Minster Micklegate Singers |
31st March 2012 |
'Captain Murderer and the Morecambe Mermaid' - Captain Mermaid Theatre Company present a performance of their pitchblack musical comedy, Captain Murderer and the Morecambe Mermaid, featuring original songs and additional dialogue by Charles Dickens. A sinister visual feast, with puppets and masks, illusions and projections, it’s all about addiction, sexual exploitation, immigration and kiss-me-quick cheekiness. |
York Theatre Royal |
31st March 2012 |
York Symphony Orchestra present - Elgar - Froissart Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes of Weber MacCunn - Diarmid: Prelude to Act IV Scene 2 (first modern performance) Glazunov - Symphony no.5 in B flat major. More chivalry features in Elgar’s concert overture that evokes the 14th century as seen through the chronicles of the eponymous writer. In 1902 Elgar wrote incidental music to Yeats’ play Diarmuid and Grania, but five years earlier Hamish MacCunn had written a grand opera on the Celtic subject; we play the passionate prelude to the last scene. Orchestral fireworks are provided by Hindemith’s reinterpretation of Weber, replete with percussive tintinnabulations, and Glazunov’s finest symphony, his 5th – sometimes known as ‘The Heroic’. 8.00 pm |
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall UoY York Symphony Orchestra Opens pdf file |
31st March 2012 |
York Literature Festival presents York Talent Cabaret:
Words, Music and Laughter with Anneliese Emmans Dean, Henry Raby, Rob Nightingale, Mike
Barfield & Union Jill. There are many talented people in York - here are a few that we think deserve wider recognition. Anneliese Emmans Dean is a performance poet based in York. She has performed at Literature Festivals and on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour. Henry Raby is a master of the spoken word, winning second place at the Edinburgh Hammer and Tongue Slam at 2011’s Fringe. His spoken word show, Letter To The Man, will be performed in York in 2012. Union Jill are North Yorkshire’s female acoustic duo par excellence. They have played gigs all around the north of England. Helen and Sharon continue to win fans with their songs, harmonies and banter. Rob Nightingale writes irreverent and hilarious songs that have to be heard to be believed. Rob lives in York and performs locally. Mike Barfield lives in York. He wrote Chris Tarrant’s gags for Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and his books have included This Sceptic Isle (Ebury, 2008). He writes hilarious and offbeat jokes that sometimes rhyme. Plus Friday Folk, Second Year York St John Performance Students will speak, sing and dance traditional and original compositions. |
8.00 pm Temple Hall York St John University York Literature Festival |
31st March 2012 |
House Concerts present - Miss Quincy & Band (Canada). "Your Mama Don't Like Me" was recorded in a small cabin in Northern BC during a cold snap where temperatures dropped below -40 degrees. If you listen closely you may just hear the crackling of a wood stove or the swish of a whiskey bottle. This is an album that could easily slip into legend, like "The Campfire Tapes". House Concerts - Not a normal venue, more like a mix of the Radio One Live Lounge, and hearing every note as if you're sitting in the corner of the artist's recording studio. If you'd like to come along it's simple:- choose a gig - have a listen - donate to the artist - we send out your personal invite - & that's it. It's by private invitation only, very limited spaces, non-profit making and all about the music not the money! |
House Concerts |
31st March 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Spring pruning workshop with Tutor: Nigel Harrison. Learn the fundamentals of getting the best out of your garden shrubs and plants by pruning the right plants at the right time. Nigel will teach you the theory of pruning through illustrated presentations and demonstrations. He will then take you on a walk – so please come dressed appropriately – to show you key specimens and he will describe how to prune them. Course notes will be available to take away. 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
31st March 2012 |
Humphrey Ker is 'Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher'. In 1943, Agent Dymock Watson of the Special Operations Executive, an elite unit of special forces commandos, was parachuted into Romania charged with undertaking an extremely dangerous secret mission - to single handedly smash the Nazi's! Now his grandson, Humphrey Ker, gives this true(ish) story hilarious life in a multi-character hit adventure comedy. The debut solo show from Ker sold out its entire Edinburgh Festival run in 2011, was featured on Newsnight Review, achieved multiple five star reviews and went on to win one of the most prestigious prizes in comedy, The Fosters Award for Best Newcomer. Humphrey is also a regular contestant on BBC2 panel show Fast and Loose and appears frequently on BBC Radio 4 as one third of award winning sketch troupe The Penny Dreadfuls. |
8.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
| 31st March/1st April 2012 |
York Open Studios - one of the highlights of York's visual arts calendar. | York Open Studios |
| 31st March & 1st April 2012 |
Batty About Bats - Like bats or know nothing about them? Join Mark as he leads a special walk at dusk to uncover these revered little creatures with his bat detector. Dusk. | Beningbrough Hall |
| 31st March/1st April 2012 |
Magic Mirror Garden & Alice in Wonderland Trail - Enter the magical world of Lewis Carroll in this enchanting Trail around the Victorian Garden at Brodsworth. There are 6 magic mirrors to find along the paths that lead visitors around the garden. Mirrors that can make you look tall or small, in keeping with the tale of Alice. There's a certificate prize for all who complete the Trail. 10.00 am - 5.30 pm | Brodsworth Hall |
1st April 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - The Literary Tour of York. A fascinating look at authors & books inspired by York from Anglo-Saxon Alcuin to the Brontes and Dickens to Robinson Crusoe. Includes a visit to the birthplace of W.H. Auden. Walk starts at 10.30 am. In association with York Literary Festival. |
Yorkwalk |
1st April 2012 |
York Literature Festival presents The Dickens
Enigma - John Bowen In Conversation. John Bowen discusses the life and work of Charles Dickens for the bicentenary of the Victorian novelist’s birth. John joined the University of York’s English department in 2005 from Keele University, where he was Professor of Modern English Literature. John is the author of Other Dickens: Pickwick to Chuzzlewit (Oxford University Press, 2000), writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row, In Our Time, PM and Today. John will discuss Dickens’ life and body of work. Audience questions are welcome. Compered by Miles Salter. |
11.30 pm York Central Library - Garden Room York Literature Festival |
1st April 2012 |
Yorkshire Air Museum - "Thunder Day”. Live ‘Thunder Days’ will be extra exciting this year as for the first time they will feature our historic propeller driven aircraft such as the historic wartime Dakota and De Havilland aircraft in addition to the Jets of the mighty Nimrod MR2!! This is a 'Engine Running Day' with historic live jets and propeller aircraft and vehicles on display! YAM is the largest original RAF Bomber Command Station open to the public, this year being the 70th Anniversary of the commencement of operations with 77 Squadron. Halifax bombers of No. 77 Squadron RAF were the first to be stationed here in 1942, followed by the only two Free French Heavy Bomber Squadrons of the Second World War 346 Guyenne and 347 Tunisie. This was the only base to be operated by French personnel – a close history which continues to this day. The collection at YAM includes the famous Halifax Bomber and Mosquito Nightfighter plus aircraft from the early 1900’s through both World Wars and the Battle of Britain right up to the jet-age with examples of Meteor; Javelin; Lightning; Harrier and Tornado. |
Yorkshire Air Museum York |
1st April 2012 |
York Literature Festival presents Drums & Tanka. Kaminari Taiko drumming group join forces with York writers Oz Hardwick and Amina Alyal to present powerful rhythms and intricate wordplay. A dynamic spectacle of words, sounds and biceps. Kaminari Taiko is a japanese-style drumming group drawing members from North and West Yorkshire and has been playing in the local area for three years. Taiko is an art form that reinterprets ancient shinto and buddhist drumming traditions for the modern day, and is rhythmic, dynamic, atmospheric, and visual. Amina Alyal is a poet and a lecturer in English literature. Her interests cover Renaissance literature, poetry, drama, oratory and myth. Amina has written for music and for musical performance and is currently working on two collections of poetry. Oz Hardwick has written three collections of poetry, including The Illuminated Dreamer (2011). |
2.00 pm Clements Hall Nunthorpe Road York Literature Festival |
1st April 2012 |
York Literature Festival presents Poetry Afternoon. An afternoon of poetry featuring four
acclaimed writers with York connections,
compered by Robert Powell. Antony Dunn has published three collections of poems, Bugs (Carcanet Oxford Poets 2009), and is working towards completion of a fourth. He has been Poet in Residence at the University of York (2006) and at Ilkley Literature Festival 2010. Antony is Assistant Director of the Bridlington Poetry Festival. Abi Curtis’ first collection Unexpected Weather was published by Salt in 2009. It was a recipient of the Crashaw Prize and short-listed for the London Festival Fringe Poetry Award. She received an Eric Gregory Award from The Society of Authors in 2004. Her second collection is forthcoming from Salt in 2012. She lectures in Creative Writing and English Literature at York St John University. Carole Bromley teaches Creative Writing for York University’s Centre for Lifelong Learning. Winner of many prizes, including the Bridport, she has two pamphlets with Smith / Doorstop (Unscheduled Halt 2005 and Skylight 2009). Her first full-length collection, A Guided Tour of the Ice House, was published in October 2011. Carole lives in York. Jack Mapanje’s 2007 poetry collection, Beasts of Nalunga (Bloodaxe), was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection. Jack was head of the Department of English at the University of Malawi when the Malawi authorities arrested him in 1987 after his first book of poems had been banned. He was released in 1991, following an international outcry against his incarceration. He now lives in exile in York with his family, and is currently a visiting professor in the faculty of art at York St John University. |
3.00 pm Friargate Theatre Friargate York Literature Festival |
1st April 2012 |
York Literature Festival presents Pub Shorts. Join Helen Cadbury and friends for some gripping new short stories from Yorkshire writers, and a panel discussion about the future of the e-book versus print in short story publishing. Writers include: A.J. Ashworth, whose debut short story collection, Somewhere Else, or Even Here, won The Scott Prize and was published by Salt in November 2011. Tony Dew, subsidiary prize winner of the 2010 Bridport Short Story Competition, whose memoir Rock Ahead - The Autobiography of a Rocking Horse Maker is published on Kindle. Steve Toase, whose quick-fire flash fiction graces several online publications. James Wall - a Bridport shortlisted short story writer from Harrogate. Hosted by Helen Cadbury, winner of the Malton Literature Festival Short Story Prize, whose stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio Four and published by Ether Books for iphone and ipad. |
4.00 pm Wolfe Room Black Swan Pub Peasholme Green York Literature Festival |
1st April 2012 |
York Literature Festival presents in film - Dickens
Before Sound. Introduced by Andrew Higson. A rare chance to see silent movies films depicting some of the stories of Charles Dickens. The films, made between 1901 and 1913 in the UK or US and are: Scrooge, The Cricket on the Hearth, Oliver Twist, The Boy and the Convict, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfi eld, Pickwick Papers - The Honourable Event. The films will be introduced by Andrew Higson, head of Department of Theatre, Film and Television at The University of York. |
5.30 pm City Screen Coney Street York Literature Festival |
1st April 2012 |
York Literature Festival presents Pennine Poets - Andrew
Boobier, Josie Walsh,
Pauline Kirk and Julia
Deakin. Followed by ‘open
mic’ for local writers. The Pennine Poets and York guests,
followed by an ‘open mic’ celebration
to close the 2012 Festival. Andrew Boobier attended York University, gaining a 1st class degree and winning a prize for translating a French pornographic novel. His poetry collection, Reader, help me, was published by Graft poetry in 2008. Josie Walsh has published two collections: Breathing Space (2004); Another Breath (2009). She is working on Breathing Still. Pauline Kirk is a performance poet, novelist and editor of Fighting Cock Press. Ten collections of her poetry and three novels have been published: Waters of Time, The Keepers and Foul Play (written with her daughter as P J Quinn.) Her poems have also been set to music. She lives in York. Julia Deakin teaches at the University of Bradford. The Half-Mile-High Club was a Poetry Business Competition winner and her first collection, Without A Dog, appeared in 2008. Widely published, she has read on BBC Radio 4’s Poetry Please and won several first prizes, including the Yorkshire Open in 2011. The reading will be followed by an ‘open mic’ for any writers who would like to read their work. Readers will be invited to make a small donation towards Festival Funds. Put your name down as you arrive if you would like to read then. It will be fi rst come, fi rst served! |
6.00 pm Upstairs at Black Swan Pub Peasholme Green York Literature Festival |
1-30th April 2012 |
Mr Aislabie's Garden Tour - Enjoy a guided tour taking in the grand design of the Georgian landscape including Deer Park and Water Garden. Meet at Porter's Lodge. Daily at 11.30 am. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
1-30th April 2012 |
Abbey Tours - Join a tour to discover fascinating facts and stories about the Abbey and monks. Meet at Porter's Lodge. Daily at 11.00 am; 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
2nd April 2012 |
The York Artworkers Association - The York Artworkers is an eclectic association of craftsmen, artists, conservators, academics and others who share a serious interest in the design of buildings, interiors and landscapes. Members represent architectural craftsmanship, other applied arts, fine arts, architecture and conservation. We welcome not only practitioners in these fields but anyone keen to broaden and share their knowledge.
2011/12 Talks - “The Transferred Image: how prints work” by Irma Gemmell: Artist and Designer. What is the difference between an etching, a linocut and a silk screen print? Irma is going to talk about the many ways of printing and how she uses them in her work. The making of images has always been an essential part of her life. After extensive travel she has settled in York, where she has a printmaking studio in a small, converted Methodist chapel which forms part of her house. She concentrates on etching, but wood and linocut relief printing are indispensible too. Her work includes several sets for productions in the Theatre Royal, Rowntrees Theatre and The Early Music Centre. She has also recently finished writing and illustrating a children's book called The Dragon Tree. Talk starts at 7.30 pm |
Jacob's Well Trinity Lane Micklegate York Artworkers Association |
2nd April 2012 |
The York Artworkers Association - The York Artworkers is an eclectic association of craftsmen, artists, conservators, academics and others who share a serious interest in the design of buildings, interiors and landscapes. Members represent architectural craftsmanship, other applied arts, fine arts, architecture and conservation. We welcome not only practitioners in these fields but anyone keen to broaden and share their knowledge.
2011/12 Talks - "The Transferred Image: how prints work" by Irma Gemmell: Artist and Designer. What is the difference between an etching, a linocut and a silk screen print? Irma is going to talk about the many ways of printing and how she uses them in her work. The making of images has always been an essential part of her life. After extensive travel she has settled in York, where she has a printmaking studio in a small, converted Methodist chapel which forms part of her house. She concentrates on etching, but wood and linocut relief printing are indispensible too. Her work includes several sets for productions in the Theatre Royal, Rowntrees Theatre and The Early Music Centre. She has also recently finished writing and illustrating a children's book called The Dragon Tree. Talk starts at 7.30 pm |
Jacob's Well Trinity Lane Micklegate York Artworkers Association |
| 2-13th April 2012 |
Easter Holidays - Two weeks full of trails and activities, arts, crafts and more! | Ryedale Folk Museum |
| 3rd April 2012 |
Yorkshire Museum Curators Talks - A Yorkshire Herbarium. 12.30 pm | Yorkshire Museum York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
| 3rd April 2012 |
Yorkshire Museum Curators Talks - 1212: The Making of a City. An introductory talk to this new exhibition about York in 1212, with curator Natalie McCaul. 12.30 pm | Yorkshire Museum Yorkshire Museum |
3rd April 2012 |
Yorkshire Philosophical Society - Promoting the understanding of science for over 180 years. Lecture Programme 2011/12 - tonight - Taming the Banks: is the new regulatory framework fit for purpose? A lecture by Hugo Radice, Life Fellow, School of Politics & International Studies, University of Leeds. This talk starts at 7.30pm. For more information please call 01904 656713. |
Tempest Anderson Hall Yorkshire Museum Yorkshire Philosophical Society |
3rd April 2012 |
'The Barber of Seville' - Effervescent, high-spirited, vocally brilliant, a work of comic genius: Rossini's masterpiece The Barber of Seville is a favourite with audiences around the world. ETO's new production, directed by the exciting and imaginative Thomas Guthrie and conducted by an experienced master of Italian opera, Paul McGrath, promises to be one of the highlights of the artistic calendar in 2012. The roguish young Count Almaviva, masquerading as the student Lindoro, will be sung by Nicholas Sharratt, one of the UK's most promising Italianate tenors. Sung in English Translation. |
York Theatre Royal |
3rd April 2012 |
'Ghost Track' - The work re-tells the story of act one scene one of King Lear through three microphones, and a Nano pad. Other stories are then weaved into a narrative about the Father to reveal the complexities of the psyche, the workings of the vocal chords and the intricate and anxious lives we can lead. Ghost Track juxtaposes experimental text based performance with stand up comedy and with sincerity. This work offers an entertaining way to think about Freud and performing autobiography. Claire Hind collaborated with Gary Winters from Lone Twin to write Ghost Track and with Alexander Kelly of Third Angel as co-director. |
York Theatre Royal |
3-15th April 2012 |
Magic Mirror Garden & Alice in Wonderland Trail - Enter the magical world of Lewis Carroll in this enchanting Trail around the Victorian Garden at Brodsworth. There are 6 magic mirrors to find along the paths that lead visitors around the garden. Mirrors that can make you look tall or small, in keeping with the tale of Alice. There's a certificate prize for all who complete the Trail. 10.00 am - 5.30 pm | Brodsworth Hall |
4th April 2012 |
The Ebor Lectures - The Ebor Lectures are a response to the growing need for theology to interact with public issues in contemporary society. 2011-2012 The Good Society? Re-invigorating Public Life - There has been recent political debate about the importance of re-invigorating society, and increasing the engagement of citizens in public life. As part of this debate, the Government has proposed the development of the Big Society, encouraging people to engage in neighbourhoods and communities. They propose a shift of power from the state to communities, through support of social enterprise, charities and co-operatives. Some argue that the Big Society represents a retreat from state provision. Within this context the 2011-12 Ebor Lectures, in partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, ask fundamental questions about the nature of the 'good society', and the role of citizens, government, faith communities and voluntary organisations in the re-invigoration of civic life. Tonight - '‘The hidden wealth of nations?’' with Dr David Halpern. Dr David Halpern is a senior fellow at the Institute for Government, currently on secondment to both No.10 and the Cabinet Office full time as Director, Behavioral Insights Team, Chief Strategy Advisor, Cabinet Office and support on the Big Society and wellbeing agendas. David previously worked as Chief Analyst in the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit (2001-2007). He led numerous reviews, including the UK Government's Strategic Audits and recent Policy Reviews; set up the Social Exclusion Task Force and drafted its Action Plan; and authored many of the Strategy Unit's most influential papers. Before entering government, he held tenure at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Cambridge University, where he still remains an Affiliated Lecturer. He has also held posts at Nuffield College, Oxford; the Policy Studies Institute, London; and as a Visiting Professor at the Centre for European Studies, Harvard. Admission is free but by ticket only. |
York St John University The Ebor Lectures |
4th April 2012 |
'Eugene Onegin' - English Touring Opera’s production of Tchaikovsky's romantic classic Eugene Onegin received critical acclaim and popular ovations around the country in 2007. ETO Director James Conway and Conductor Michael Rosewell return to this striking production with a new cast, including emerging star Nicholas Lester in the title role. With its heartfelt arias and ensembles, its splendid choruses and ballroom scenes, and Tchaikovsky's gift for melody, rich orchestration and drama, Eugene Onegin is a night at the opera for romantics of all ages. Running time: 2 hours and 33 minutes. Sung in English Translation. |
York Theatre Royal |
4/5th April 2012 |
'The Dumb Waiter/ The Lover' - A double-bill of Harold Pinter's classic short, black-comedies. In The Dumb Waiter, two hit-men are waiting in a basement room to do a job. Strange messages keep appearing via a serving hatch. Who are they from? Why are they waiting? And who is their next victim? In The Lover, Richard and Sarah have been married for 10 years. Every morning he commutes into the City to pour over balance sheets and graphs while she shows her lover the hollyhocks. Both thrillingly powerful with an air of mystery. |
York Theatre Royal |
5th April 2012 |
Pluck - 'The Titanic Show'. Pluck, the classical string trio with a seriously silly side, presents a tribute to them musicians who played on until the end. Nobody knows what filled the days of those brave few musicians before tragedy struck...So Pluck have made it up! Featuring a real iceberg, one massive porthole and the biggest peanut you may ever see - and NO Celine Dion!! ‘Classical music for all ages and shoe sizes’ The Sunday Times |
York Theatre Royal |
| 5th April 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club present - Dan Walsh & Will Pound. Labelled as “one of the most original harmonica players in Britain” and “the UK's top clawhammer banjoist”, Will and Dan create an astonishing live act, fusing musical genres with ease and energy. Prepare to be entertained by stunning vocals, banjo wizardry and sounds you didn’t think possible on harmonica. This duo is destined for great things, with their CD nominated for Best Debut Album in the Spiral Earth Awards and Will in the running for Best Musician in the BBC Folk Awards 2012. |
8.00 pm Black Swan, Peasholme Green B.S.F.C. |
5th April 2012 |
Mercury - Over a decade on tour, Mercury are now established as one of the world’s most authentic tributes to Freddie Mercury and Queen. With a dynamic stage show that fully emulates the true charismatic appeal of rock’s most flamboyant front man backed up by superbly crafted harmonies and intricate guitar work, Mercury faithfully and accurately recreate the distinctive Queen experience. Recently they were asked to perform at the unveiling of the 1st memorial to Freddie Mercury in the UK in front of Queen's Brian May and Freddie Mercury's family in Feltham. |
Pocklington Arts Centre |
6th April 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - The Graveyard, Coffin & Crypt Tour. Visit the hidden city of the dead; descend to a secret crypt, sample Roman and mediaeval coffins and visit plague sites. Walk starts at 10.30 am |
Yorkwalk |
6th April 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - The Historic Toilet Tour. A unique saga of convenience through the ages from Roman sanitation to the 18th Century 'Sugar' House and 19th Century attempts to prevent 'nuisance' and promote public decency. And, of course, the opportunity to sample the dubious comforts of mediaeval garderobes! Walk starts at 2.15 pm |
Yorkwalk |
6th April 2012 |
Good Friday Service - An ecumenical service in the Abbey. Everyone welcome. 3.00 pm. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
6-9th April 2012 |
York Chocolate Festival - The city of York has had a long and distinguished history with the confectionery and chocolate industry, even back in 1781 the city boasted 8 confectioners for it's 17,000 inhabitants. Today the Nestle Chocolate Factory still creates a million Kit Kats a day, whilst the city has a pungent, comforting smell of dark chocolate lingering over it on roasting days. Many of York's population have had family that once worked in the confectionery dynasties of Rowntree, Terrys and Cravens, and everyone has a lasting memory of their favourite chocolate bar, many of which were created in our fair city. Join us Friday 6th to Monday 9th April 2012 as York becomes transformed into a Chocolate City and the industry, chocolate lovers, artisan chocolatiers, museums and attractions share a piece of York's chocolate history. York's Parliament Street will be filled with with chocolate traders from the Yorkshire region and beyond. Discover an array of chocolate creations from biscuits, cakes, hand made chocolates as well as savoury chocolates, bean to bar and origin chocolates. The York Chocolate Festival program is full of chocolate dinners, workshops, tastings, lectures, Easter Egg hunts as well as demonstrations from the region's premier chocolatiers. We're working on creating an indulgent schedule perfect for any chocolate lover. |
York Chocolate Festival |
| 6-9th April 2012 |
Easter Family Fun Trail - Can you crack our clues to complete this 'egg-citing' trail? Complete the Trail and you'll be rewarded with a yummy Easter prize. 10.00 am - 6.00 pm | Cliffords Tower |
| 6-9th April 2012 |
Easter Weekend - This Easter weekend there'll be loads to see and do on site at the Museum. Card making, cooking and more. | Ryedale Folk Museum |
| 6-9th April 2012 |
Easter Family Fun Trail. Can you crack our clues to complete this 'egg-citing' trail? Complete the Trail and you'll be rewarded with a yummy Easter prize. 10.00 am - 6.00 pm |
Richmond Castle |
| 6-9th April 2012 |
Easter Family Fun Trail. Can you crack our clues to complete this 'egg-citing' trail? Complete the Trail and you'll be rewarded with a yummy Easter prize. 10.00 am - 6.00 pm |
Whitby Abbey |
7th April 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - The Choccy & Sweetie Tour. A delicious tour - hear the history of Terrys & Rowntrees, visit Choccy and Sweetie shops and taste free samples. Walks start at 10.30 am and 2.00 pm |
Yorkwalk |
7th April 2012 |
A York Literature Festival additional event - The Great North Songbook - Forum. The Great North Songbook is a Late Music initiative which aims to bring together local and regional poets and composers to collaborate, promote and celebrate the work of artists from the North of England. Chaired by Dr Abi Curtis and David Lancaster from the faculty of York St John University, the forum will initially focus on the collaborations between the composers and poets featured in the evening’s song recital by Jeremy Huw Williams and Nigel Foster. This will be followed by a short introduction from the Chair of the York Literature Festival, Miles Salter, with an invitation to any local/regional poets to perform readings of their work. Finally, over light refreshments, all the composers and poets will be encouraged to network as a basis for future collaborations. All participants will be offered half-price tickets for the evening’s Late Music song recital. |
12.30 pm The Unitarian Chapel St Saviourgate York Literature Festival |
7th April 2012 |
First Saturday Lunches - A longstanding tradition at Melton's, they are very popular and booking is necessary. Todays' theme - CHOCOLATE. Celebrating York as a Chocolate City! - White Chocolate and Truffle Oil Risotto - Chorizo-Chocolate Croute - Daube of Beef with a Red Wine Sauce scented with Bitter Chocolate - Trio of Chocolate |
Meltons Restaurant opens pdf file |
7th April 2012 |
The Late Music Concerts are a unique series of concerts devoted exclusively to the work of living composers who create the diverse and exciting sound world of today's contemporary classical music. Today - Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone) & Nigel Foster (piano). Colin Matthews: Strugnell's Haiku David Power: New Work WP Paul Mealor: Twilight Edward Caine: New Work WP Ailis Ni Rian: New Work WP Howard Skempton: The Maldive Shark David Lancaster: New Work WP Julian Broughton: Shadow Play WP Peter Byrom-Smith: Three Songs WP Steve Crowther: Songs for Fred |
The Unitarian Chapel St Saviourgate Late Music Concerts |
7th April 2012 |
York Barbican presents - The Osmonds Up Close And Personal - The Final Tour Plus Support. For over five decades The Osmond Brothers have been entertaining sold out crowds throughout the world and 2012 marks the year of their biggest ever UK Tour. The tour will take fans on a journey through their many unforgettable hits - from classics such as One Bad Apple, Down By The Lazy River, Let Me In and Love Me For A Reason to Crazy Horses and Long Haired Lover From Liverpool – the 1972 number One from Jimmy, who has more recently appeared in London’s West End in Grease and Chicago. 'We truly want this tour to be a great big thank you to all our fans for their love and support through the years. We've performed in the UK many times, but this final tour will take us all around the UK and allow us to get up close and personal with our fans – we can’t wait!' - Jimmy Osmond A maximum of 4 tickets per address (seated). Please note Donny and Marie Osmond will not be appearing in this performance. 8.00 pm |
York Barbican |
7th April 2012 |
Charlie Dore - Widely held to be amongst the UK's finest singer-songwriters, Charlie Dore is one of only a select number of UK female artists to secure a top 20 chart hit in the US Billboard Hot 100, where her enduring radio classic, Pilot of the Airwaves, reached number 13. Her songs have been recorded by a veritable who's who of popular music, including Tina Turner, George Harrison, Lisa Stansfield, Paul Carrick and Celine Dion, while her chart success has continued with a number four US hit for Sheena Easton and a UK number one for Ain't No Doubt, sung by Jimmy Nail. While Charlie's songwriting talents have been recognised with two industry ASCAP Awards and an Ivor Novello nomination, she has also found considerable success as a screen, theatre and radio writer and actress starring alongside the likes of Eric Idle and Robin Williams. Her latest album, Cheapskate Lullabyes, mixes folk, country, jazz and pop, and led to performances at Glastonbury, Cropredy and Summertyne Americana Festival as well as a BBC Radio 2 session for Bob Harris. |
8.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
7-9th April 2012 |
York Model Railway Show - All that's best in QUALITY MODEL RAILWAYS AT THE NORTH'S FRIENDLY SHOW. Easter wouldn't be Easter without the North's Finescale Model Railway Show - We aim for a total of between 110 and 130 stands including:- around 40 working layouts in several scales Demonstrations by well known modellers Static displays Stands by specialist societies Open 10.00 am - 5.00 pm |
York Racecourse York Model Railway Show |
7-9th April 2012 |
Medieval Falconry - Join our costumed master medieval falconers, Raphael Falconry with demonstrations of the “Sport of Kings". Witness spectacular aerial displays of Birds of Prey in flight and discover how these Birds were used by the nobles of the Medieval Period for sport and for the table. 12.00 noon - 5.00 pm |
Rievaulx Abbey |
7-9th April 2012 |
Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum Easter Opening - Bradford 40 Event... After the Closure. The Trolleybus Museum is home to the world's largest collection of preserved trolleybuses. The Museum is also home to a selection of other vehicles with trolleybus era or local area connections. |
Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum nr Doncaster |
| 7th April - 31st December 2012 |
York 800 Festival - In 2012 it will be 800 years since the city was granted a Royal Charter by King John in 1212, allowing York to take charge of its own affairs by electing a council, creating the post of mayor, and giving a voice to its people. In celebration of the anniversary, there is a special programme of events running from January to December 2012. New medieval exhibition for 2012 - When King John granted a royal charter to York almost 800 years ago, in 1212, it marked a pivotal moment in the history of the city. Gaining independence from the Crown meant that York could regulate its own affairs, collect its own taxes and even appoint a mayor. This paved the way for the success that was to flourish here over the following centuries. In effect; it was the making of the city. To commemorate the 800-year anniversary of York’s independence, The Yorkshire Museum are planning a new exhibition, set to open at Easter, called 1212: The Making of the City. Set amongst the ruins of St Mary’s Abbey, our medieval gallery is perfectly placed to tell the story of medieval York and celebrate the people, places and events that have contributed to the city’s medieval heritage. The Yorkshire Museum’s medieval collections will still take centre stage, with the York Helmet, Middleham Jewel, Sapphire Ring and St William’s Shrine all given pride of place. Original manuscripts and a fantastic array of paintings and works on paper from York Art Gallery will add real richness to the stories we will be telling. By flooding the exhibition with colour, sound and film, we hope to capture the vibrancy of the medieval city and celebrate the imagination, creativity and skill of its people. |
Yorkshire Museum |
9th April 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - The Choccy & Sweetie Tour. A delicious tour - hear the history of Terrys & Rowntrees, visit Choccy and Sweetie shops and taste free samples. Walks start at 10.30 am and 2.00 pm |
Yorkwalk |
9th April 2012 |
The Monthly Monday Meal - A longstanding tradition at Melton's, they are very popular and booking is necessary. Todays' theme - CHOCOLATE. Celebrating York as a Chocolate City! - White Chocolate and Truffle Oil Risotto - Chorizo-Chocolate Croute - Daube of Beef with a Red Wine Sauce scented with Bitter Chocolate - Trio of Chocolate |
Meltons Restaurant opens pdf file |
9th April 2012 |
Fountains Hall Tour - Join a guided tour to find out more about the history of this beautiful building and the families that lived here. 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm and 3:30 pm. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
| 9/10th April 2012 |
Wildflower Planting - Come and leave a lasting memory at Beningbrough by planting some wildflowers in our Orchard. Plants, bulbs, tools and equipment provided. 11.00 am - 3.00 pm | Beningbrough Hall |
10th April 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - The How the Minster was Built Tour. A fascinating tour around this great church to see how it was built by the mediaeval master masons, with a glimpse of the modern stoneyard. Walk starts at 10.30 am |
Yorkwalk |
10th April 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - The Historic Inns and Pubs of York Tour - over 18's only. What better way to relax than to visit some of York's historic inns and alehouses. Many go back to Mediaeval and Tudor times. Relive the Golden Age of Coaching when the streets rattled with coaches from all parts of the kingdom. And of course the opportunity to sample a few beers on the way! Walk starts at 7.30 pm |
Yorkwalk |
10th April 2012 |
'Brian looks like Alan Rickman'. Guys don’t talk about their feelings but, like most twenty something lads, Jonny, Brian and Finley all have some fear about what their life will hold, what they could achieve or what they may not. Not content with the direction his life is going, Jonny begins to ask “What if there’s more to life than this?” This bittersweet play follows the boys as they finally step outside their comfort zones and chase their dreams. And did we mention it’s also really quite funny. |
York Theatre Royal |
| 10th April 2012 |
Pontefract Races | Pontefract Racecourse |
10-12th April 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Botanical Art Spring flowers and bulbs with Tutor: Colin Swinton. This three day workshop focuses on a delightful seasonal subject for the botanical artist. As an intriguing challenge and exciting contrast to the flowers you could include details of the bulb or corm in your painting; these can have shiny, papery or netted surfaces. Demonstrations and individual tuition will guide you through the watercolour painting process making this course suitable for beginners or those with more experience. 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
10-13th April 2012 |
'The Awkward Squad' - What chance does Lorna have of a quiet weekend when both daughters and her granddaughter descend on her with their own problems? She’s spent three decades working for everyone else through the miners’ strikes, community milk schemes and library closures and tomorrow she’s to be given an honorary PhD - but her granddaughter thinks her boob job is more important…. On top of that a BAFTA, an impending divorce, redundancy and a very upmarket caravanette force Lorna to reconsider both the past and the future – for everyone. What’s a woman to do? Accept everything that’s thrown at her, or become a fully paid-up member of the ‘awkward squad’? BAFTA-winning Emmerdale writer Karin Young’s play is a state-of-the-nation comedy, taking a sideways look at the challenges faced by modern women of all ages. Starring Libby Davison (The Bill, Hollyoaks), Charlie Hardwick (Val Pollard in Emmerdale), Barbara Marten (Casualty, Coronation Street, Brookside), and Lisa McGrillis (Pitmen Painters). |
York Theatre Royal |
11th April 2012 |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens 2012 Workshop Series - We have some fantastic workshops for you this year at Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens. All courses include coffee and biscuits and the opportunity to look at books and leaflets of interest. ALL WORKSHOPS INCLUDE GARDEN ENTRY. Pre-booking is Essential. Today - Small Trees with Vanessa Cook. Learn about the many small trees available and their different shapes and sizes followed by a garden tour to see many of the trees discussed whilst they are in flower, especially Malus, Prunus and Sorbus. Handouts and catalogues will be used for reference. Runs from 10.00 am to 12 noon. |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens |
11th April 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - 'Inaccessible and Hidden York' - A series of several different walks to places not open to the public. Today - Mansion, Cellar and Priest Hole - Visit parts of York off the beaten track going into a mediaeval house off Micklegate and a chance to visit the hidden chapel and priest hole at the Bar Convent. We also visit a magnificent Georgian Town House, not open to the public, and explore its cellars, attics and state rooms. Walk starts at 10.30 am |
Yorkwalk |
11th April 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - 'Inaccessible and Hidden York' - A series of several different walks to places not open to the public. Today - Guildhalls & Secret Passages - Visit parts of York not open to the public including some of York's fine Guildhalls, the Roman East Angle Turret and a hidden Crypt. Walk starts at 2.15 pm |
Yorkwalk |
11th April 2012 |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (York Group) lecture - "The Birds of Bempton Cliffs" by Steve Race. 7.30 pm | Temple Hall York St. John University RSPB York |
11th April 2012 |
'Playing Burton'. From humble roots as the 12th child of a drunken Welsh miner, he rose to become the world’s first megastar. Infamously married to Elizabeth Taylor, the word ‘paparazzi’ was coined for them. But the real Burton, little Richie Jenkins, was known only to a few. Directed by Burton’s great-nephew, Guy Masterson, and presented in Burton’s own words and those of the great writers he admired, Welshman Josh Richards brings the flawed genius astonishingly to life. With Josh Richards as Richard Burton. |
York Theatre Royal |
11th April 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club on Tour present - The Jenna Reid Trio. Making her second headlining appearance at NCEM is one of the brightest young talents ever to grace the Scottish traditional music scene. A protégé of the great Shetland fiddlers Tom Anderson and Willie Hunter, Jenna Reid has appeared all over the world with the bands Filska and Dòchas and with Scottish supergroup Deaf Shepherd. More recently, she featured in the last two series of Transatlantic Sessions and was invited to join Blazin’ Fiddles. A player and composer of huge ability and great charm, she is joined by her younger sister Bethany, another award-winning fiddler and pianist. The Edinburgh-based jazz-influenced guitarist Kevin Mackenzie completes the trio. |
8.00 pm The National Centre for Early Music B.S.F.C. |
| 11th April 2012 |
Catterick Bridge Races | Catterick Racecourse |
11th April 2012 |
Deer Park Walk - A family walk to enjoy the view of over 500 wild deer that live in the medieval parkland. Meet at the Visitor Centre. 2:00 pm. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
11/12th April 2012 |
'Missing Mysteries
' - York Theatre Royal youth theatre groups will be performing some of the Mystery Plays which are not included in the production in the Museum Gardens in the summer, in six York churches over two days. Each church will host one of the stories, performed by young people aged 11-16 and the audience will be encouraged to join the parade and experience these stories in our wonderful York churches. Each piece will last up to 40 minutes and audiences can attend as many performances as they would like on each day. Events are free and donations will be welcome. 10.30 am - Cain and Abel at All Saints Church, Pavement 11.30 am - Ten Plagues at St Helen's Church 12.30 pm - Crossing of the Red Sea at St Deny’s Church 2.00 pm - Flight into Egypt/Baptism at St Martin’s Church 3.00 pm - Mortification of Christ at Holy Trinity Church 4.00 pm - Coronation of the Virgin at St Olave’s Church The 8-10s groups will be creating Mysteries radio plays in all churches over the two days. |
York Theatre Royal |
| 11-13th April 2012 |
Go Potty! - Bring a pot, cup or even a welly and plant vegetable seeds to grow at home. 1.00 - 3.00 pm | Beningbrough Hall |
12th April 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - In the Steps of the Mystery Plays. A tour to coincide with the epic York Mystery Plays 2012 production by York Theatre Royal, Riding Lights Theatre and York Museums Trust, we start by visiting the 1400 seat auditorium set which uses St Marys Abbey as a backdrop. Tonights' Mystery Play will include a performance of plays long thought to have been "lost and missing." We then turn to the mediaeval plays and discover how they were produced following the exact route used by the original Guild wagons on which the plays were presented in the middle ages, looking at mediaeval art and stained glass. Walk starts at 10.30 am |
Yorkwalk |
| 12th April 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club present - Singers & Musicians Night
All acoustic performers are made welcome, and listeners besides, at our popular Open House session. The more the merrier, so do come along. |
8.00 pm Black Swan, Peasholme Green B.S.F.C. |
12th April 2012 |
Southern Tenant Folk Union - The most highly acclaimed folk/bluegrass band in the UK today, Southern Tenant Folk Union, released their fourth album Pencaitland last year and received rave reviews. Using banjo, mandolin, fiddle & harmony vocals STFU perform with ’soul & beauty’ on their murder ballads & laments and tear it up with their ’Hootenanny sawdust-kickers’ and high energy sound. Receiving airplay from the likes of Bob Harris & Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 2 & Radio 4’s Loose Ends plus praise for their music in The Sunday Times, The Guardian and The Independent has seen the band light up the folk music scene. |
Pocklington Arts Centre |
12-15th April 2012 |
The Great North Steam Fair - Relive the golden days of steam at the Beamish Great North Steam Fair from Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th April 2012. A wide variety of vintage and veteran steam engines, motor cars, motorcycles, buses and stationary engines will be in action across the Beamish site. You will see a wide range railway locomotives of varying ages; both standard gauge and narrow gauge; main line and industrial in operation on four railways. An intensive electric tramway service will be running, including at least one historic visiting tramcar. All of the attractions will be working around the site, either on the railways or out on the roads within the Museum along with the usual attractions like our 1893 steam gallopers and at least 20 engines of all types and shapes will be in steam each day. A must for steam and transport enthusiasts alike, there is no extra charge for this event and admission is included in the regular museum entry price. |
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street |
13th April 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - 'Inaccessible and Hidden York' - A series of several different walks to places not open to the public. Today - Kings Manor - A unique chance to visit this former Royal palace, hear its turbulent history and see parts not open to the public. Walk starts at 10.30 am |
Yorkwalk |
13th April 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - 'Inaccessible and Hidden York' - A series of several different walks to places not open to the public. Today - Henry VIII Trail - Follow in the footsteps of this obese, diseased & constipated Monarch on his state visit to York and see the havoc he wrought on the monasteries and hospitals. Walk starts at 2.15 pm |
Yorkwalk |
| 13th April 2012 |
Gary Grace – Songs from Hollywood. Gary Grace returns to the Centre with his "Songs from Hollywood" show. This includes songs associated with the glamour and romance of some of Hollywood's greatest films and singers. With a hefty nod to MGM and to the Broadway musicals that transferred to the big screen, this is a night of real music and cinematic nostalgia. Don't miss it! 8.00 pm |
Galtres Centre Easingwold opens pdf file |
| 13th April 2012 |
Benny Graham, Chuck Fleming & Bert Draycott in Concert. | Reeth Memorial Hall |
13th April 2012 |
The Poozies - Formed in 1990 following a collaboration between Patsy Seddon and Mary Macmaster, of Scottish harp duo Sileas, and singer Sally Barker, The Poozies are Britain's premiere female folk supergroup. Originally joined by all-Ireland accordion champion Karen Tweed and fiddler Jenny Gardiner, the band have enjoyed critical acclaim as one of the most joyous and life affirming acts on the folk scene, playing a mix of traditional and contemporary English and Scottish acoustic music with trademark spine-tingling close vocal harmonies. They were joined for two years in 1996 by Kate Rusby, before her meteoric rise to stardom via the Mercury Awards swept her away from the group to be replaced by Highfield Band fiddler Eilidh Shaw and, more recently, accordionist and piper Mairearad Green. Comprising five members, each with astonishing virtuoso pedigree, The Poozies are masters of heart stopping instrumentals and breathtaking harmony songs. |
8.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
| 13/14th April 2012 |
York International Postcard Expo 2012 - Probably the largest specialist annual postcard collectors fair in Britain, now in its twenty-second year. Over 110 dealers regularly attend, coming from all over Britain & abroad (France, Germany, Canada, Cyprus and Belgium last year), and attracting about 1000-1500 collectors over the two days, again from all over the UK and overseas. Almost all the dealers - sell and buy - pre-1930 cards, and two or three specialise in modern cards. Friday 11.00 am - 7.00 pm; Saturday - 10.00 am - 5.00 pm. Telephone 01347 822722 or 01268 743222 for details | York Racecourse Main Stands York International Postcard Expo |
14th April 2012 |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens 2012 Workshop Series - We have some fantastic workshops for you this year at Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens. All courses include coffee and biscuits and the opportunity to look at books and leaflets of interest. ALL WORKSHOPS INCLUDE GARDEN ENTRY. Pre-booking is Essential. Today - Poultry Keepers Workshop with White Barn Poultry. This hands-on course is designed for both new and experienced poultry keepers and covers all aspects of poultry care including: Positioning your poultry house correctly Poultry house maintenance Daily and weekly cleaning Feeding and drinking Health care, hands on Egg laying Seasonal care Final questions Runs from 09.30 am to 12 noon. |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens |
14th April 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - 'The Bloody Execution Tour'. See turrets where heads were impaled on spikes; hear of Dick Turpin's last hours, public hangings, floggings, brandings and duckings. Walk starts at 10.30 am |
Yorkwalk |
| 14th April 2012 |
York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme - Drawing Form. Inspired by Baldwin’s exploratory drawings – using natural forms and cloud formations to generate large, bold, sculptural drawings with tutor Fiona Fitzgerald. 10.30 am – 3.00 pm |
York Art Gallery York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
14th April 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - 'Inaccessible and Hidden York' - A series of several different walks to places not open to the public. Today - Mediaeval Stained Glass - An expert guided tour of the finest mediaeval stained glass of York's parish churches, some in quiet backwaters of the City. Walk starts at 2.15 pm |
Yorkwalk |
14th April 2012 |
The Western Front Association lecture - "The role of brigade staff in operations" by Aimée Fox. The performance of the Staff during the First World War has always invited controversial and, at times, apocryphal opinions. In this talk, Aimée challenges the myth that the Staff operated safely behind the lines. She will look at the roles, responsibilities and training of brigade staff officers. Aimée will then consider the operational performance and development of brigade staff officers between 1916-1918. Battle studies (taken from the Somme, Cambrai and the final 100 days) will be used to illustrate her main theme. The Western Front Association (WFA) was formed with the aim of furthering interest in The Great War of 1914-1918. We also aim to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of all those on all sides who served their countries in France and Flanders and their own countries during The Great War. |
2.30 pm Room 138 Holgate Block York St John University WFA Lectures |
14th April 2012 |
Double Duo - Double Conversations
for Oud & Percussion. Individual, inventive and energetic Khyam Allami is a London based artist of Iraqi descent. His passion for music has led him on a remarkable journey from child violinist in Damascus to rock drummer in London to the stage of the BBC Proms. Making Tracks will enable Allami to develop new work especially for this tour based on a ‘double duo’ idea, working with highly respected Palestinian oud player Ahmad Al-Khatib, extraordinary percussionist Youssef Hbeisch (as seen with Trio Joubran), as well as Italian frame drummaster Andrea Piccioni. |
National Centre for Early Music |
14th April 2012 |
'Titanic The Musical'. On the 14th April 1912 the passenger liner Titanic hit an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic. Exactly 100 years later, York Musical Theatre Company presents a concert performance of the Tony Award winning Titanic The Musical, which follows the stories of the people on board, from the triumphant moment of setting sail to the final tragedy. The company received great critical acclaim in 2004 for Titanic’s UK premiere at the York Theatre Royal. Join members of that original cast with full chorus and orchestra for an unforgettable evening. |
York Theatre Royal |
14th April 2012 |
'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'. A comedy show about love in all it's many forms, starring Kevin Tomlinson and guests. Featuring sketches, improvisation, storytelling and stand up. Romantic love. Platonic love. A love for a hobby. Or a love for one's pet. The love of money. Or the love of a God. You name it, this comedy show explores it. Come along and join in the fun! Kevin Tomlinson is now recognised as one of the UK's leading comic improvisers. His career took off in 1999, when he performed alongside the cast of Whose Line Is It Anyway? Since then his improvisation shows have toured the world to great critical acclaim. |
York Theatre Royal |
14th April 2012 |
House Concerts present - Barnaby Bright (USA). Brooklyn-based indie folk rock duo Barnaby Bright, are Rebecca and Nathan Bliss (holy alliteration batman !) - they have garnered high accolades for their lyrically captivating and impeccably balanced songwriting and sound. The ying to each other’s yang, Becky’s angelic voice enchants audiences, while Nathan’s brilliant mastery of multiple instruments and writing styles guides the songs down their path. Finalists in the prestigious New York Song Circle Contest for two years in a row, Barnaby Bright was awarded the Grand Prize, winners in November 2010 for their song, “Don’t Look Down.” House Concerts - Not a normal venue, more like a mix of the Radio One Live Lounge, and hearing every note as if you're sitting in the corner of the artist's recording studio. If you'd like to come along it's simple:- choose a gig - have a listen - donate to the artist - we send out your personal invite - & that's it. It's by private invitation only, very limited spaces, non-profit making and all about the music not the money! |
House Concerts |
14th April 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Propagation workshop with Tutor: Nigel Harrison. Propagating is one of the most rewarding activities for a gardener! Come and find out which plants can be propagated by softwood and hardwood cuttings, division, root cuttings and seed sowing, and when and how to do this successfully. Nigel will cover the theory of propagation in the classroom and then you will have the chance to put your knowledge into practice in a propagation workshop. after the course, get propagating at home and give your new plants to friends and family or simply expand your own plant collection! 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
14th April 2012 |
World Heritage Site Tour - Find out what makes Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal a World Heritage Site. Meet at the Visitor Centre. 10.30 am. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
14th April 2012 |
Specialist Tour: Medieval Industry - Join a guided tour to learn about the industrious Cistercian monks during the Middle Ages. Meet at the Visitor Centre. 1.30 pm. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
| 14th April 2012 |
Sowerby Music present Martin Roscoe. Beethoven ‘Pathetique’ and 'Appassionata’ plus Schumann ‘Scenes of Childhood’ and Debussy ‘Children's Corner’ – one of the great British pianists. |
St. Oswald's Church Sowerby Thirsk Sowerby Music |
15th April 2012 |
Yorkwalk History and Heritage Coach Tours - Explore parts of England other visitors miss. Guided day long visits by luxury coach to sites of historical and cultural interest both great and small. Today - Thrumpton Hall and Papplewick Pumping Station (Nottinghamshire). Papplewick is Britain’s best preserved working Victorian Water Pumping Station. It has its original steam engines of 1884 set in a profusion of stained glass windows, elaborately decorated columns and polished mahogany. Here we shall have coffee or tea and biscuits before a private guided tour. This will be followed by lunch in Nottingham. Thrumpton Hall is a private Jacobean gem, rarely open to the public. The house includes a priest hole and Byron memorabilia. We shall have a private guided tour led by a family member and opportunity to explore the lovely gardens. We shall be served afternoon tea and biscuits in one of the reception rooms in the house before departure. |
Yorkwalk |
15th April 2012 |
Harrogate International Sunday Series presents - Paul Watkins, cello with Huw Watkins, piano. Acclaimed for his inspirational performances and eloquent musicianship, Paul Watkins enjoys a distinguished career both as a conductor and one of Britain’s foremost and best loved cellists, demonstrated in the six concerto appearances at the BBC Proms on his resume. Watkins’ lyrical programme includes Beethoven’s sonata that marks the transition into the romantic string chamber repertoire, a Mendelssohn sonata that pays homage to the Bach Chorale and the Suite Italienne based on Stravinsky’s neo-classical ballet Pulcinella. Performing with his brother, composer and pianist Huw Watkins, the duo bring our 2012 Sunday Series to a triumphant close. Beethoven Sonata in C Major Op. 102 No. 1 Stravinsky Suite Italienne Mendelssohn Sonata in D Major Op. 58 ‘…Watkins delivers some of the most accomplished cello playing to be heard in Britain today.’ Evening Standard. 11.00 am |
The Old Swan Hotel Harrogate Harrogate International Sunday Series |
15th April 2012 |
Specialist Tour: Seen and Unseen - the architecture of Fountains Abbey. Join a guided tour to find out about the architecture of the Abbey over 400 years looking into the incomplete remains following the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Meet at the Visitor Centre. 1.30 pm. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
15th April 2012 |
Jeremy Hardy - Has been a stand-up comic since 1984 and will be one until he dies or wins the lottery. Still alive and able to speak unaided for lengthy periods, he is best known for his work on BBC Radio 4, most notably The News Quiz, I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and the two time Sony Award winning Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation. Jeremy has also written three books - including 2010's My Family and Other Strangers, chronicling his desperate search for interesting ancestors - starred in two feature films and inexplicably presented an episode of Top of the Pops. He has appeared as a guest on QI, Mock the Week and Grumpy Old Men, was team captain on BBC2 panel show If I Ruled The World and became a recipient of comedy's most prestigious prize, The Perrier Award. |
8.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
16th April 2012 |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens 2012 Workshop Series - We have some fantastic workshops for you this year at Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens. All courses include coffee and biscuits and the opportunity to look at books and leaflets of interest. ALL WORKSHOPS INCLUDE GARDEN ENTRY. Pre-booking is Essential. Today - Willow Weaving with Rachel Carter. We are thrilled to have Chelsea exhibitor Rachel Carter here for 2 x half day’s willow weaving workshops. She will show you how to make a willow obelisk and it is just the time of the year to learn as they are ideal for training annual climbers such as sweet peas, runner beans or any other climber. The class is designed for beginners and you should be able to make two obelisks to take home in the time available. Morning Workshop 09.30 am to 12.30 pm, afternoon Workshop 1.30 - 4.00 pm. |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens |
16th April 2012 |
'Doubt' - This Pulitzer prize-winning play is a brilliant and powerful drama, set in a Catholic school. It tells the story of Sister Aloysius who takes matters into her own hands when she suspects a charismatic priest of sexually abusing a student. Faced with the prospect of charging the priest with unproven allegations which could destroy his career as well as her own, Sister Aloysius tries to enlist help from the boy's mother and from an idealistic young nun who finds her faith severely challenged. An eloquent and provocative investigation of truth and consequences. A gripping mystery...TIME OUT. |
York Theatre Royal |
16-21st April 2012 |
'Yes, Prime Minister' - 'Best New Comedy’ Whats On Stage; 'The audience loved it. A hit.' Daily Mail. The original writers of the classic BBC TV series, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn have reunited for this anniversary production and now the Prime Minister Jim Hacker played by Graham Seed (Nigel Pargetter- The Archers) and his Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby played by Michael Simkins (Mamma Mia, Above Suspicion) are back in this hilarious new play. In a world of spin, BlackBerrys and ‘sexed up’ dossiers, the PM is staring disaster in the face. The country is on the brink of financial meltdown and the Government’s only apparent salvation comes from a morally dubious deal with the Foreign Minister of Kumranistan. Will Jim Hacker and his team of advisors be able to rescue the country from the edge? ’Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey are back in truly vintage form. As politically sharp and blissfully funny as ever’ Daily Telegraph |
York Theatre Royal |
17th April 2012 |
Yorkshire Philosophical Society - Promoting the understanding of science for over 180 years. Lecture Programme 2011/12 - tonight - Details to be announced later - A joint lecture with the University of York Senior Common Room, King's Manor. This talk starts at 7.30pm. For more information please call 01904 656713. |
Tempest Anderson Hall Yorkshire Museum Yorkshire Philosophical Society |
17th April 2012 |
Kiplin Hall events - Art in an English Country House -The Male Portrait. What do paintings tell us about history, the artist and the subject? Art historian, Sandra Pollard, reveals the story, imagery and symbolism in works she examines during this first in a fascinating series of talks about paintings that hang at Kiplin Hall. Sandra Pollard, B.A., M.A., is an experienced freelance lecturer for NADFAS and the Art Fund as well as currently an associate lecturer for the Open University and for the University of Liverpool School of Continuing Education. This is the first in a series of four talks. Each talk is stand alone, and commences with background detail regarding the genre of paintings to be discussed, then the group move around, looking at the Kiplin Hall paintings. Pre-booking required. Kiplin Hall was built in the 1620s for George Calvert, Secretary of State to James I, later 1st Lord Baltimore and founder of Maryland, USA. |
Kiplin Hall nr Northallerton |
17/18th April 2012 |
'Karen's Weg' - This captivating play tells the life story of the Jewish Kindertransport survivor and poet, Karen Gershon. Based on Karen’s words and poems and also inspired by music the drama moves from Germany to Britain and beyond in a diaspora renewed. A new play by the award winning writer of 'Exchanges in Bialystok' Vanessa Rosenthal. |
York Theatre Royal |
18th April 2012 |
York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme - Curators Talks. Gordon Baldwin. 12.30 pm |
York Art Gallery York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
18th April 2012 |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens. Today - Get Gardening Week RHS as part of this week we are offering free entry to all visitors between 1.00 pm and 5.00 pm |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens |
| 18th April 2012 |
Beverley Races | Beverley Racecourse |
18th April 2012 |
Zulu - Zulu is a company of genuine young Zulu singers and dancers who deliver a heady mix of African harmonies (traditional songs as well as Afro-Gospel) and high-energy, athletic dance all traditionally costumed and with drum-rhythms. This new and vibrant troupe reaches back into the past to preserve ancient skills while stretching forwards to contemporary Africa. Direct from Durban in KwaZulu Natal, individual members of Zulu have performed in the UK and abroad, including special events for the Queen and for Nelson Mandela. Their stage shows are exciting, enthralling and hugely entertaining – not to be missed!! |
Pocklington Arts Centre |
| 19th April 2012 |
Tutored Wine Tastings - Spain & Portugal. Tutored wine tastings, run in association with The Wine Academy with a two course supper and coffee. Wine Academy staff or a guest speaker will conduct the relaxed, informal tasting and our chefs will choose a two-course meal to compliment the theme of the evening. 7.30 pm |
Meltons Too opens pdf file |
19th April 2012 |
'Phoenix Rising' - D.H. Lawrence - Son & Lover. 1928, Ille de Port-Cros, Var, France. D. H. Lawrence is a very ill man. In a series of animated snap-shots, Lawrence presents the personalities and events which shaped his early life. A portrait emerges of a man able to view his life with a mixture of pathos and good humour – not the serious persona implied in his writings nor the puritan sage of his biographers. Phoenix Rising is a colourful portrait of an extraordinary artist at full throttle! A powerful, brilliant, entertaining and utterly compelling, one man tour de force! …one actor, a table, a chair, a few books and one enormous imaginative talent! Talk Festival. |
York Theatre Royal |
| 19th April 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club present - Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller. Here are two of the very best young singers to emerge from Scotland in recent years. Two strong and natural voices blending beautifully together, a rich repertoire of traditional songs plus modern and self-penned material, and all embellished by Jeana’s virtuoso fiddle and Siobhan’s piano. They were voted BBC Young Folk winners in 2008 and have won numerous awards since then. Shows in England are rare, so don’t miss this one! |
8.00 pm Black Swan, Peasholme Green B.S.F.C. |
| 19th April 2012 |
York Barbican presents - Bombay Bicycle Club in Concert. Having just finished their sold out, UK album tour Bombay Bicycle have announced their debut appearance at the York Barbican in April. Since the release of their first album, I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose, the indie rock band have risen in popularity, supporting acts such as The Young Knives, appearing at Reading and Leeds Festivals and winning NME’s Best New Band award in 2010. More recently, Bombay Bicycle Club performed DJ sets at Reading and Leeds Festivals in August this year. Their third album, A Different Kind of Fix, was released at the same time, and reached number 6 in the charts, with hit songs including Shuffle and Lights Out, Words Gone. A sold out tour followed, suggesting their new April 2012 tour is not to be missed. |
York Barbican |
| 19th April 2012 |
Ripon Races - Ripon Racecourse commonly known as the Garden Racecourse is suitably located in one of the country’s most beautiful and quaint cities. With the market town being one of the oldest cities in England it is a great place to visit. Yorkshire’s Garden Racecourse known widely for its picturesque surroundings was fittingly presented with the Gold Rose Award by the Yorkshire in Bloom; the county’s regional body representing the national Britain in Bloom campaign. |
Ripon Racecourse |
20th April 2012 |
YAYAS (Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society) lecture - Lost Houses of Dringhouses by Dorothy Reed. Founded in 1842 YAYAS objectives are - "to promote the study of ecclesiastical architecture, antiquities, and design, the restoration of mutilated remains, and of churches which may have been desecrated, within the county of York: and the improvement, as far as may be within its province, of the character of ecclesiastical edifices to be erected in the future." |
7.30 pm Friend's Meeting House Friargate YAYAS |
20th April 2012 |
'Hot' - Get ready for the new sizzling cabaret theatrical sensation, HOT. Damsel Sophie has teamed up with Alex Wright (Belt Up Theatre, The Flannagan Collective) to create a smouldering new piece of cabaret that explores self-love, donkeys and proper important theatre. Set to tour Australia and UK don't miss HOT at the York Theatre Royal studio in April. Comedy-cabaret performer Damsel Sophie was winner of the Adelaide Fringe best cabaret award 2011. ‘Triumphant’ Time Out London |
York Theatre Royal |
| 20th April 2012 |
York Astronomical Society presentation - 'The Life Cycle of Stars' by Mark Dawson. 8.00 pm | Denham Room Priory St Centre Priory Street York Astronomical Society |
20th April 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Garden Craft Willow twigwams for climbing plants with Tutor: Philip Bradley. Make your very own support for your favourite climbing plants, whether it be for sweet peas, climbing French beans or clematis! Willow craftsman, Philip Bradley, will show you a variety of willow weaving techniques and take you through the stages involved in producing a robust, conical plant support that will add additional interest to your garden. You will be able to take your creation home with you at the end of the day. Weather permitting, some outdoor work may be included so please dress appropriately. 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
20th April 2012 |
Prodigal Theatre presents 'Caruso and The Monkey House Trial' by Will Steers. With Ignacio Jarquin as the legendary tenor. Celebrity. Scandal. Monkeys. Opera! When legendary Tenor Enrico Caruso is accused of pinching women's bottoms at the Central Park Zoo in New York, it's not his reputation but his whole career that's at stake. With text drawn from contemporary newspaper accounts, the audience plays the jury and must pass judgement: guilty or not guilty? Prodigal's opera hero returns in a new collaboration with Andrew G Marshall. Featuring live singing from Puccini and Verdi. |
7.30 pm Helmsley Arts Centre |
21st April 2012 |
York Farmers Market - The York Farmers Market was one of the first to be established in the north of England in the Autumn of 1999. The success as the forerunner to this movement in the north has led to a large number of other markets opening up in the area and, more importantly, created an alternative source of income to many farmers and producers. The main benefit of the farmers market here at Murton is that it is all under cover come rain, snow or high wind with a large private car park adjacent. There is always seasonal activity and special events at the markets, adding extra value and interest. The main principle of the farmers market is that it is local producers selling fresh quality produce direct to local consumers in an atmosphere which promotes dialogue and understanding of food production including environmental and welfare standards. This cuts down food miles and puts money back into the local economy rather than imported goods. The market always offers an extensive range of produce including:- Yorkshire beef, lamb & pork; Organic vegetables; Free range chicken & eggs; Fresh handmade bread & cakes; Pastries; Fish; Sausages; Soups; Preserves & much more... A fantastic choice of fresh quality local produce at very competitive prices and the benefit of knowing where it's come from and how it's been produced. |
York Auction Centre Murton, York |
21st April 2012 |
'Isis & Hecate' - Teetering between the sharply hilarious and the devastatingly provocative, this pair of rollercoaster performances combines mythology, fairytale, playground rhyme, and the things people get up to in their pursuit of love, happiness and enlightenment. Xanthe Gresham reveals herself to be the fool of the world, she delves deep into Isis and Osiris, the Egyptian tale of love versus murder, rape and betrayal, and brings Hecate, the great goddess of blackness and beginnings back onto the dance floor. |
York Theatre Royal |
21st April 2012 |
Fountains in Spring - Discover the delights of springtime nature on a guided walk around the estate. Meet at the Visitor Centre. 11.00 am. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
| 21st April 2012 |
Thirsk Races 2012 - Opening Meeing. | Thirsk Racecourse |
| 21st April 2012 |
Kirkby Fleetham Folk Club presents - Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts + Mic & Susie Darling | Kirkby Fleetham Village Hall Kirkby Fleetham Folk Club |
21st April 2012 |
Brass Monkey - The nation's foremost all male folk supergroup sound like no-one else on earth! Their most recent album, ‘Head of Steam’, heralds another chapter in the life of a band that have thrilled the live music scene in various incarnations since the early 80s. English folk's most celebrated performer, Martin Carthy, and former Steeleye Span and Albion Country band accordionist John Kirkpatrick, naturally lock into one another's playing with an ease and precision that can only come from performing together for over thirty years. Sharing the vocals, and sometimes singing together in unison on their 30th anniversary tour, Martin and John are joined by Roger Williams, tripping effortlessly through the fastest of tunes on the bass trombone and creating soft melodies on the euphonium, Martin Binsford, adding sweetness or punch on his mouth-organ, and Paul Archibald, whose classical trumpet training and love of folk music have added another dimension to the band's much loved sound. |
8.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
| 21/22nd April 2012 |
York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme - Introduction to
Hooky Rag Rugs. Please note: This is a one day course - the same course content will occur on both days. Back by popular demand! Expert York-based rag rug artists Louisa and Lewis Creed guide you through starting your own hooky rag rug. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to learn from the masters! 10.00 am - 3.00 pm |
York Castle Museum York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
| 21/22nd April 2012 |
Dragon Family Fun Trail - Calling all dragon hunters! St George needs your help to find all the mini dastardly dragons before they distress the damsels. Your dragon hunting skills will be rewarded with a small prize. 10.00 am - 6.00 pm | Cliffords Tower |
| 21/22nd April 2012 |
Spinning, Weaving and Knitting - Cleveland Fibre Arts demonstrating all weekend, taking wool from the sheep and demonstrating the processes taken to make it into a jumper! All in a day! | Ryedale Folk Museum |
21/22nd April 2012 |
Medieval St George's Weekend. Make way for the pageant of St George. Join the Medieval soldiers and nobles celebrate St George's day with military drill, mounted skill at arms and a pageant in his honour at 12 noon & 3.00 pm. See the mysterious knight himself, mounted in shining armour as he faces his famous foe, the dragon in a play to entertain all the medieval citizens and soldiers. 11.00 am - 5.00 pm |
Richmond Castle |
21/22nd April 2012 |
Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum - Manchester and Ashton Weekend. Featuring Manchester 1344 and Ashton 87 with visiting contemporary motorbuses. The Trolleybus Museum is home to the world's largest collection of preserved trolleybuses. The Museum is also home to a selection of other vehicles with trolleybus era or local area connections. |
Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum nr Doncaster |
21/22nd April 2012 |
World Heritage Weekend - Come and celebrate International World Heritage Day with us. 11.00 am - 4.00 pm. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
| 21-23rd April 2012 |
Pickering Walking Festival - details to be confirmed. The 2011 Festival was described thus - Over the weekend of Friday 8 to Sunday 10 April, Pickering held its second walking festival. We welcomed 105 individual walkers this year, who joined us on fourteen different walks. There were 167 bookings for walks, even more than last year, as so many more people decided to spend the whole weekend here. This year, we had a definite "Boots and Steam" theme, with most walks using our fabulous North Yorks Moors Railway on Saturday and Sunday, along with others making use of a mini-bus to explore more remote areas of the moors. On Friday afternoon, walkers had the choice of two walks. The first was an interesting guided town walk with a very knowledgeable local town guide. The second was a circular walk from Pickering to look at the industrial history alongside the railway, but we also saw a profusion of wild flowers - daffodils, wood sorrel, wood anemone, primrose, cowslip, early dog violet, and the rarer sweet violet. On Saturday, there was a choice of six walks, from a challenging 15 mile linear walk from Goathland to Pickering, to a 2.5 mile special interest walk looking at the forgotten railways south of Pickering. Also on offer was a circular walk from Pickering, exploring the footpaths in the wider area around the town. Others enjoyed a walk from Newtondale Halt to Levisham Station, with a National Park Ranger when they had the opportunity to see and hear how Levisham Estate is managed. They were also lucky enough to see two adders, basking in the sunshine. Some walkers chose to walk from Rosedale Abbey to the Lion Inn, where they had the opportunity to learn about the local historic ironstone industry and ecology of the area. Others chose to take their cameras and let the mini bus take the strain. Sunday offered a choice of five more walks. The most challenging was a 14 mile circular walk from Pickering, taking in Cawthorne Roman Camp and the spectacular Newtondale, with a North Yorkshire County Council Ranger. Some chose a walk from the Hole of Horcum, where they explored high moorland and gentle wooded valleys, and maybe even saw evidence of the argument the giant Wade had with his wife Bella! Others enjoyed a picturesque linear walk from Levisham Station back to Pickering. Those who wanted a more relaxing day chose between the traditional circular route of the famous Farndale daffodil trail, and a stroll along Stephenson's original horse-drawn railway line from Goathland to Grosmont where they had the opportunity to learn about the local wild life. On Saturday evening, over 100 people, walkers and local residents from Pickering, joined us in the Memorial Hall for an evening's entertainment with talented local folk and acoustic singers and musicians, and helped us raise £375 for St Catherine's Hospice. All of the performers, some professional, gave their time freely to help us raise this money and give us all a fantastic evening. |
Pickering Walking Festival |
| 21st & 28th April 2012 |
York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme - Creating Form. Sculptural form in clay and mixed media, inspired by the work of Gordon Baldwin with tutor Fiona Fitzgerald 10.00 am – 1.00 pm |
York Art Gallery York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
22nd April 2012 |
Jonathan Gee
& Larry Bartley. The contemporary swing and feel produced by these musicians is consummate and seemingly effortless. Jonathan Gee is one of the UK’s finest jazz pianists and has been quietly building a reputation as a musician who can adapt and play in any form of music. Recent collaborations include young British trumpet star Jay Phelps and US saxophone legend Pharaoh Sanders, and he appeared with Tony Kofi at the NCEM. Larry Bartley’s deep resonant sound has been an integral part of many groups led by the likes of Courtney Pine, Julian Joseph, Andy Sheppard and Soweto Kinch. ‘Gee is a compelling pianist, and his albums outstanding, his incisive improvisatory style is capable of packing a wealth of rhythmic and harmonic ideas into a single phrase’ Time Out |
National Centre for Early Music |
23rd April 2012 |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens 2012 Workshop Series - We have some fantastic workshops for you this year at Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens. All courses include coffee and biscuits and the opportunity to look at books and leaflets of interest. ALL WORKSHOPS INCLUDE GARDEN ENTRY. Pre-booking is Essential. Today - Willow Weaving with Rachel Carter. We are thrilled to have Chelsea exhibitor Rachel Carter here for 2 x half day's willow weaving workshops. She will show you how to make a willow obelisk and it is just the time of the year to learn as they are ideal for training annual climbers such as sweet peas, runner beans or any other climber. The class is designed for beginners and you should be able to make two obelisks to take home in the time available. Morning Workshop 09.30 am to 12.30 pm, afternoon Workshop 1.30 - 4.00 pm. |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens |
| 23rd April 2011 |
York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme - An Introduction to
Crewel Embroidery. Take inspiration from the Castle Museums’ wonderful collection of Crewel Embroidery. Join qualified tutor Nicola Hulme from ‘The Silver Thimble’ craft workshop, who will show you how to stitch a lovely Jacobean Flower design to take away. Learn a variety of interesting and traditional stitches using Appleton’s crewel wool and linen twill. Perfect for beginners and improvers. 10.00 am - 4.00 pm |
York Castle Museum York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
23rd April 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club on Tour present - The Hut People. Champions of the standing ovation, Sam Pirt (The Pack, 422) and Gary Hammond (The Beautiful South) are gaining a reputation as one of the most entertaining and unusual folk acts around, attracting rapturous feedback from audiences, promoters and critics alike. They perform a high-octane blend of self-penned tunes mixed with British, Nordic and European folk music, engagingly executed by Gary’s dazzling array of exotic percussion and Sam’s driving accordion and occasional foot drumming and step dancing. It’s an unlikely instrumental combination, but one that works brilliantly, thanks to their combination of musical virtuosity with exuberant good humour, spontaneity and a total commitment to getting listeners involved. |
8.00 pm The National Centre for Early Music B.S.F.C. |
| 23rd April 2012 |
Pontefract Races | Pontefract Racecourse |
24th April 2012 |
Open Cabinets - Ever wondered what lies behind the doors of some of our furniture? Here's your chance to see, with one of a series of "Open Cabinets" days at Treasurer's House. 11.00 am - 4.30 pm Only a few metres from York Minster, this was the first house ever given to the National Trust complete with a collection - and it is not all that it first seems. It has a history spanning 2,000 years, from the Roman road in the cellar to the Edwardian servants' quarters in the attics, and thirteen period rooms in between. These house one man's remarkable collection of antique furniture, ceramics, textiles and paintings from a 300-year period. Infamous ghost stories are another of the many quirky attributes of this property. |
Treasurer's House York |
24th April 2012 |
The Hut People. Champions of the standing ovation, Sam Pirt (The Pack, 422) and Gary Hammond (The Beautiful South) are gaining a reputation as one of the most entertaining and unusual folk acts around. They perform a high-octane blend of self-penned tunes mixed with British, Nordic and European folk music, engagingly executed by Gary’s dazzling array of exotic percussion and Sam’s driving accordion and occasional foot drumming and step dancing. It’s an unlikely instrumental combination, but one that works brilliantly, thanks to their combination of musical virtuosity with exuberant good humour, spontaneity and a total commitment to getting listeners involved. ‘A bewildering array of percussion and accordionfired compositions … truly infectious!’ BBC Radio 2 |
National Centre for Early Music |
24th April 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Photography Getting the best out of your digital compact camera with Tutor: Steve Gosling. A one day workshop on getting the most from your digital compact camera with award winning photographer Steve Gosling. The day is designed for those trying to understand and master their digital compact cameras to improve their flower and plant photography. The workshop will cover the pros and cons of using a digital compact and how to get the best from them by, for example, choosing the most appropriate subject matter, getting the correct exposure every time, maximising image quality and producing sharp photographs. This day would be suitable for new or inexperienced photographers who are interested in plants and flowers and who want to take better pictures of these subjects. using inspiring images as a stimulus, Steve will discuss photographic techniques in the classroom and then you will have the opportunity to explore Harlow Carr’s beautiful gardens and put your new skills into practice. 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
24th April 2012 |
Kiplin Hall events - Walk with the Head Gardener. Kiplin Hall's Head Gardener, Chris Baker, leads a walk through the gardens and grounds, talking about their history and ongoing restoration. 10.30 am Pre-booking Requested. Kiplin Hall was built in the 1620s for George Calvert, Secretary of State to James I, later 1st Lord Baltimore and founder of Maryland, USA. |
Kiplin Hall nr Northallerton |
24-28th April 2012 |
'Lillies on the Land' - A truly remarkable and sparkling piece of theatre which celebrates an extraordinary episode in Britain’s history – the Women’s Land Army of World War II. This delightful and often deeply touching play charts the personal journeys of four women who sign up to become Land Girls, determined to work endless, backbreaking hours on farms across the country in a bid to do their best for the war effort. Based on hundreds of letters from and interviews with the original Land Girls along with songs from the period, Lilies on the Land is a revealing, funny, wonderfully moving and utterly captivating portrait of some of Britain’s pluckiest, unsung heroes. Simply unmissable, this is theatre at its most memorable. |
York Theatre Royal |
25th April 2012 |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens 2012 Workshop Series - We have some fantastic workshops for you this year at Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens. All courses include coffee and biscuits and the opportunity to look at books and leaflets of interest. ALL WORKSHOPS INCLUDE GARDEN ENTRY. Pre-booking is Essential. Today - Garden Walk with Vanessa Cook. This is an opportunity to tour the garden and vegetable plot with its creator Vanessa Cook and learn about its development and maintenance with particular reference to the plants that are at their best in each particular month. It is a great opportunity to have some expert advice and the tours are tailored to the needs and interest of each group. Runs from 10.00 am to 12 noon. |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens |
| 25th April 2012 |
YAS Free Public Star Party - YAS Free Public Star Party on the Knavesmire. From 7pm till late, weather permitting. We will be there, even if it rains, for about half an hour for a chat. Observe through our telescopes, or feel free to bring your own along for help and advice if needed. Objects on show should include: the Moon, planets (Venus, Mars and Saturn just rising), star clusters, and galaxies. |
Knavesmire York Astronomical Society |
25th April 2012 |
One day map reading course - Step out with confidence in 2012. Learn how to use a compass, understand an OS map, learn new outdoor skills, and stay safe on the hills. Course includes: full day's navigation skills at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, free entry on to the estate, tea / coffee in the morning, OS Map and compass for use during the course, course notes, and use of our Berghaus gear if required. Booking Essential. 9.00 am - 5.00 pm. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
| 25th April 2012 |
Catterick Bridge Races | Catterick Racecourse |
25-28th April 2012 |
1812 Theatre Company presents 'Born In The Gardens' By Peter Nichols. Directed by Richard Noakes. Maud lives in a dilapidated mock-Tudor house with her son Mo, an antiquarian bookseller and trad-jazz enthusiast who accompanies records on his drumkit and encourages Maud's eccentricities such as the war she wages on hordes of (imaginary) mites which infest her life. Maud's other children, Hedley and Queenie, arrive for their father's funeral. They try to persuade Maud to go to a modern duplex in London and Mo to join Queenie in California, but both prefer to remain where they are. “Not all of us,” Mo says, "want freedom. Captivity has its points as well." |
7.30 pm Helmsley Arts Centre |
26th April 2012 |
Yorkwalk Historical Guided Walking Tours - In the Steps of the Mystery Plays. To coincide with the epic York Mystery Plays 2012 production by York Theatre Royal, Riding Lights Theatre and York Museums Trust, we start by visiting the 1400 seat auditorium set which uses St Marys Abbey as a backdrop. Tonights' Mystery Play will include a modern interpretation of the Mystery Plays. We then turn to the mediaeval plays and discover how they were produced following the exact route used by the original Guild wagons on which the plays were presented in the middle ages, looking at mediaeval art and stained glass. Walk starts at 10.30 am |
Yorkwalk |
| 26th April 2012 |
Beverley Races | Beverley Racecourse |
| 26-29th April 2012 | 2012 Harrogate Spring Flower Show - The Harrogate Spring Flower Show is regarded by many as the start of the UK's gardening show season. Flower Halls 1 & 2 are home to over 100 of the country's leading horticultural nurseries, all exhibiting and competing for The Premier Award and NEHS Trophy for Best-in-Show. All the nurserymen are experts in their field and are happy to offer specialist advice. A huge range of gardening accessories on sale: summerhouses, statues, a ceramic pot, gardening tools...we've got the lot! Much of the Showground is hard-surfaced and over 70% of the Show is under cover, either in fully ramped and floored marquees or in the two permanent exhibition halls. A grand day out…whatever the weather |
9.30 am - 5.30 pm The Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate Flower Show |
26th April - 19th May 2012 |
'blue/orange' - Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Play and The Evening Standard Best Play of the Year. In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictator. blue/orange is an incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a failing NHS. ‘Exuberant… Penhall has the gift of making serious points in a comic manner and of conveying moral indignation without preaching...Stinging satire’ The Guardian ‘Provocative, blackly funny...taut with thought-provoking ambiguity’ Independent |
York Theatre Royal |
27th April 2012 |
'Eddie and the Gold Tops' - A brand new comedy with music, from the team behind the sell-out success 'Back to the Land Girls'. Written and directed by Kate Bramley (Back to the Land Girls/ Ex-Hull Truck Theatre) With original songs and music by Jez Lowe (SONY Radio Academy Award Winner/ BBC Radio 2 Radio Ballads). It’s the 1960’s and every village in England has a band determined to hit the big time. This tale follows our Eddie, a hard-working milkman, inspired by the cream of the pop charts and tired of the milk-float of ordinary life, ever dreaming of stardom and success. Eddie inherited the family milk round from his father, and has fulfilled his deathbed promise to never miss a delivery for the good people of the village. But suddenly things are on the up! His songs are heading up the charts and if he can get there by tonight he’ll be on Top ofThe Pops..... So, get ready, Eddie, go! You’re heading for the high life, with the fabulous Gold Tops behind you every step of the way! But when things take a churn for the worse, will you get back for the morning milk? |
Fewston Parochial Hall 'Eddie and the Gold Tops' |
27th April 2012 |
Kieran Goss - Long hailed as one of Ireland's leading songwriters and performers! Kieran Goss’s music has won him fans across the globe, but if his songs have brought him stardom, it's Kieran's live shows which have made him a legend in his homeland, selling out venues for over 20 years, including a series of huge shows at Belfast's Opera House where he was supported by the likes of Tom Paxton and Eddi Reader. One of the biggest selling artists in Ireland, his album Worse Than Pride achieved double platinum status in under nine months and produced a string of hit singles. Drawing comparisons with the likes of Crowded House's Neil Finn and fellow countryman Brian Kennedy, Kieran's honest, heartfelt songwriting has a timeless quality, while his extraordinary ability to reach out and connect with an audience has taken his star to another level. |
8.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
28th April 2012 |
Reunion of Escapers & Evaders – Escape Lines Memorial Society. Annual Re-union for members of Allied aircrew who bailed out over enemy territory and evaded capture to return to their own side, or who escaped from enemy Prisoner of War camps to make a Home Run back to Britain. Also civilians of the occupied countries who helped them on their way - members of the Resistance, Safe House Keepers etc. Eden Camp is a multi-award winning Modern History Theme Museum housed within the grounds of an original World War Two prisoner of war camp. Eden Camp has people of all ages visiting from around the world to see the story of World War Two re-created using sights, sounds, smells and moving figures to create a unique atmosphere that makes it feel like you travelled back in time to wartime Britain. |
Eden Camp Malton |
28th April 2012 |
Yorkshire Air Museum - "The Baedeker Raids". “The Baedeker Raids” – A 70th Anniversary Lecture with Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork and a Guest Speaker. YAM is the largest original RAF Bomber Command Station open to the public, this year being the 70th Anniversary of the commencement of operations with 77 Squadron. Halifax bombers of No. 77 Squadron RAF were the first to be stationed here in 1942, followed by the only two Free French Heavy Bomber Squadrons of the Second World War 346 Guyenne and 347 Tunisie. This was the only base to be operated by French personnel – a close history which continues to this day. The collection at YAM includes the famous Halifax Bomber and Mosquito Nightfighter plus aircraft from the early 1900's through both World Wars and the Battle of Britain right up to the jet-age with examples of Meteor; Javelin; Lightning; Harrier and Tornado. |
Yorkshire Air Museum York |
| 28th April 2012 |
The Chapter House Choir present - An American in Spring with Catherine Griffiths Mezzo-soprano American choral works of the 20th and 21st century. Eric Whitacre’s Sleep was recently performed by a ‘virtual’ choir of 2000 singers in 58 countries. Copland In the Beginning Barber Agnus Dei Whitacre Sleep Whitacre i thank You God for most this amazing day Randall Thompson Alleluia Arr. Moses Hogan We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace Arr. Robert Shaw My God is a Rock Commences 7.30 pm |
The Chapter House York Minster Chapter House Choir |
| 28th April 2012 |
Lokananta - The gamelan of the gods. An all night shadow puppet play with traditional and new music, performed by gamelan groups from across Britain. How did the music begin? With the clash of weapons and the roar of the war gong, songs sung in faux madness, and a devine set of gongs and chimes that sound without musicians. An all night wayang kulit (shadow puppet play) never previously performed, weaving together myth, legend and folktales about music from the island of Java.... and the story of the Gamelan in the West. Running through the night from 7.30pm to 3.00 am in a relaxed, informal atmosphere, with food and drink available until late. |
University of York |
| 28th April 2012 |
Ripon Races - Ripon Racecourse commonly known as the Garden Racecourse is suitably located in one of the country's most beautiful and quaint cities. With the market town being one of the oldest cities in England it is a great place to visit. Yorkshire's Garden Racecourse known widely for its picturesque surroundings was fittingly presented with the Gold Rose Award by the Yorkshire in Bloom; the county's regional body representing the national Britain in Bloom campaign. |
Ripon Racecourse |
28th April 2012 |
The Milton Rooms presents The Carrivick Sisters. The Carrivick Sisters are twins Laura and Charlotte Carrivick from South Devon, England. They play a variety of bluegrass instruments (mainly guitar, mandolin, banjo, dobro and fiddle) with vocal harmonies and are both songwriters. Although their background is in bluegrass, their music has a strong folk influence which is evident in their original songs, many of which are inspired by their local landscape and stories. The Carrivick Sisters first started performing as a duo in 2006, originally as buskers before starting to play more and more proper gigs, turning professional when they left school in 2007. In 2007 they won the South West Busker's and Street Entertainer's Competition, gaining themselves their first spot at Glastonbury Festival. In 2008 Laura achieved 2nd place at the RockyGrass Fiddle Contest in America. More recently, the Carrivick Sisters were finalists in the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards 2010. 7.30 pm |
Milton Rooms Malton |
28th April 2012 |
'Eddie and the Gold Tops' - A brand new comedy with music, from the team behind the sell-out success 'Back to the Land Girls'. Written and directed by Kate Bramley (Back to the Land Girls/ Ex-Hull Truck Theatre) With original songs and music by Jez Lowe (SONY Radio Academy Award Winner/ BBC Radio 2 Radio Ballads). It's the 1960's and every village in England has a band determined to hit the big time. This tale follows our Eddie, a hard-working milkman, inspired by the cream of the pop charts and tired of the milk-float of ordinary life, ever dreaming of stardom and success. Eddie inherited the family milk round from his father, and has fulfilled his deathbed promise to never miss a delivery for the good people of the village. But suddenly things are on the up! His songs are heading up the charts and if he can get there by tonight he'll be on Top ofThe Pops..... So, get ready, Eddie, go! You're heading for the high life, with the fabulous Gold Tops behind you every step of the way! But when things take a churn for the worse, will you get back for the morning milk? |
North Stainley Memorial Hall 'Eddie and the Gold Tops' |
28th April 2012 |
The Toy Hearts - play country, bluegrass and western swing with the kind of style, passion and absolute commitment that has made them one of the country’s finest live bands. Led by three members of the Johnson family, sisters Hannah and Sophia and father Stewart, the band are completely immersed in the magical music of the American south, recording their most recent album in Nashville under the watchful eye of Grammy nominated producer David Mayfield. The Toy Hearts have toured as support for Imelda May, Hot Club of Cowtown and country legend Gene Watson, recorded a session for BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris and performed at some of the USA’s premiere bluegrass festivals. With exquisite blood harmonies, fine original songwriting, instrumental virtuosity and a deep love for that high lonesome sound, the band’s stunning stagecraft always leaves audiences gasping for more. |
8.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
| 29th April 2012 |
Wetherby Races - Yorkshire's premier National Hunt Racecourse presents Family Day | Wetherby Racecourse |
1st May 2012 |
Yorkshire Philosophical Society - Promoting the understanding of science for over 180 years. Lecture Programme 2011/12 - tonight - Fifty Years of Lasers: Lasers for consumer products, communications, sensing and time-keeping. A lecture by Dr Jeremy Everard, Department of Electronics, University of York. This talk starts at 7.30pm. For more information please call 01904 656713. |
Tempest Anderson Hall Yorkshire Museum Yorkshire Philosophical Society |
1st May 2012 |
St Mary's Church Tour - Enjoy a guided tour taking in the grand design of the Georgian landscape including Deer Park and Water Garden. Take a tour of the richly decorated Victorian High Gothic church designed by William Burges. Meet at St Mary's Church. 11.00 am. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
1-5th May 2012 |
'Love's Labour's Lost' - Take four dashing young men. Add a vow of celibacy. Throw in a handful of beautiful young women…and wait for the sparks to fly! Northern Broadsides celebrates its 20th anniversary year with a delicious comedy that will entertain and delight. Romantic, mischievous and filled with youthful exuberance, Love’s Labour’s Lost fizzes like bubbles in a champagne glass. Barrie Rutter directs a charismatic cast of 17 multitalented northern actors who will literally fill the stage in this fast-paced battle of the sexes. In true Broadsides’ style there’ll be rousing song and dance, scintillating performances, jaw-dropping comic timing and hilarious ‘steal-the-show’ scenes. “The best Shakespeare around.” The Independent on Sunday |
York Theatre Royal |
1-31st May 2012 |
Mr Aislabie's Garden Tour - Enjoy a guided tour taking in the grand design of the Georgian landscape including Deer Park and Water Garden. Meet at Porter's Lodge. 11.30 am daily. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
2nd May 2012 |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens 2012 Workshop Series - We have some fantastic workshops for you this year at Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens. All courses include coffee and biscuits and the opportunity to look at books and leaflets of interest. ALL WORKSHOPS INCLUDE GARDEN ENTRY. Pre-booking is Essential. Today - Making Corn Dollies with Margaret Wilding. The making of corn dollies is an ancient craft that can be incorporated into flower arrangements, used at harvest or as a pretty decoration in its’ own right. You will make a dolly called “A Neck” during the workshop. All materials are provided but please bring a pair of scissors if possible. Seed will also be available if you would like to grow your own materials for next year. Runs from 10.00 am to 12 noon. |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens |
| 2nd May 2012 |
YAS Free Public Star Party - YAS Free Public Star Party on the Knavesmire. From 7pm till late, weather permitting. We will be there, even if it rains, for about half an hour for a chat. Observe through our telescopes, or feel free to bring your own along for help and advice if needed. Objects on show should include: the Moon, planets, star clusters, and galaxies. |
Knavesmire York Astronomical Society |
2nd May 2012 |
The Ebor Lectures - The Ebor Lectures are a response to the growing need for theology to interact with public issues in contemporary society. 2011-2012 The Good Society? Re-invigorating Public Life - There has been recent political debate about the importance of re-invigorating society, and increasing the engagement of citizens in public life. As part of this debate, the Government has proposed the development of the Big Society, encouraging people to engage in neighbourhoods and communities. They propose a shift of power from the state to communities, through support of social enterprise, charities and co-operatives. Some argue that the Big Society represents a retreat from state provision. Within this context the 2011-12 Ebor Lectures, in partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, ask fundamental questions about the nature of the 'good society', and the role of citizens, government, faith communities and voluntary organisations in the re-invigoration of civic life. Tonight - 'Title TBC' with Will Hutton. Will’s best-known book is probably The State We’re In, which was seen at the time as setting the scene for the Blair revolution. Since then he has published The State to Come, The Stakeholding Society, On The Edge (with Anthony Giddens), a groundbreaking analysis of globalisation and The Writing on the Wall: China and the West in the 21st Century. His latest book, Them and Us: Changing Britain – Why we need a fair society, was published by Little, Brown last year and is already said to have influenced Labour leader Ed Miliband. Will is a governor of the London School of Economics. He is also a member of the Scott Trust board, and a fellow of the Sunningdale Institute. In 2004, Will was invited by the European Commission to join a High Level Group on the mid-term review of the Lisbon Strategy and act as its ‘rapporteur’ for the final report. He also regularly contributes to The Guardian and The Financial Times. He is currently the chair of the Commission on Ownership which is examining how Britain can promote good ownership( which it also defines) due to deliver its findings in January 2012. He also chaired the Public Sector Fair Pay Review which published its final report in March 2011, and whose recommendations the government has agreed to implement. Admission is free but by ticket only. |
York Minster The Ebor Lectures |
2nd May 2012 |
York Concerts present Peter Seymour organ. University organist Peter Seymour plays music by Bach and his contemporaries, many of whom influenced his compositional style. The Grant, Degens and Bradbeer instrument in the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall is one of the finest recital organs in the country and is the ideal instrument for this exhilarating programme which serves also as an appropriate aperitif to Saturday 5th's Baroque Day. |
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall UoY York Concerts |
2nd May 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Floral Art Floral wedding arrangements with Tutor: Angela West. Would you like to extend your flower arranging skills? Do you have a family wedding on the horizon? If so, this course is for you! Aimed at beginners, Angela will teach you how to wire flowers and foliage to create bridesmaid circlets, buttonholes, boutonnieres and corsages. This course is ideal for those with little or no experience of flower arranging as Angela will take you through each creation step-by-step. Please note, this class will not include bridal bouquets. 10.00 am to 2.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
| 2nd May 2012 |
Pontefract Races | Pontefract Racecourse |
| 3rd May 2012 |
York Barbican presents - 10cc In Concert. Not only were 10cc makers of some of the greatest hits of the 70’s, but they are currently one of the most exciting live bands in the country! They are coming to the York Barbican next May, celebrating 40 years in the business. Catch up with 10CC as they perform their Greatest Hits and more including: Rubber Bullets, I’m Not In Love, Dreadlock Holiday, Donna, Art For Art’s Sake, Good Morning Judge, The Things We Do For Love, I’m Mandy Fly Me, Life Is A Minestrone, The Dean And I and The Wall Street Shuffle. One of the definitive sounds of the 1970’s, 10cc have been compared to many greats, including The Beatles and the Beach Boys. 10cc have sold over 15 million albums in the UK and about 30 millions albums worldwide. Their art rock music has influenced the likes of Axel Rose, Fun Lovin’ Criminals and The Flaming Lips, to name but a few! 7.30 pm |
York Barbican |
| 3rd May 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club present - Andy Irvine. Once again we are honoured that this legendary name in Irish folk music is still available to perform in our intimately small club venue. From Sweeney’s Men through Planxty to Patrick Street, Mozaik and numerous other projects, Andy has given us a lifetime of great music. Long may he continue! EARLY BOOKING ADVISED. |
8.00 pm Black Swan, Peasholme Green B.S.F.C. |
3rd May 2012 |
Fairport Convention - A welcome return to the originators of British folk-rock music, Fairport Convention remain one of the most entertaining bands on today’s concert circuit. Their sell-out gigs always attract critical acclaim and delight audiences. Fairport has a vast repertoire to draw on and this concert will mix old and new. The band has won a coveted BBC Lifetime Achievement Award and Radio 2 listeners voted Fairport’s groundbreaking album Liege & Lief ‘The Most Influential Folk Album of All Time'. Whether you are a long-time fan or a newcomer to their music, book now to enjoy an evening with Fairport Convention. |
Pocklington Arts Centre |
4th May 2012 |
York Concerts present 'Lamentations'. Lamentations - theatre of sorrow. Greek singer Angelica Kathariou joins Black Hair musicians Damien Harron and Jos Zwaanenburg, in an evocative theatrical presentation of Roger Marsh's powerful 'Lamentations' and Damien Harron's exploration of Samuel Beckett 'What is the Word?' This Black Hair production is a 60 minute event without interval. |
Rymer Auditorium UoY York Concerts |
4th May 2012 |
York Astronomical Society presentation - 'Images of the Space Shuttle' by Paul Money. In Paul Money's second talk of the year, he gives a tribute to the Space Shuttle in what he personally feels are the 10 best, or most iconic images that sum up the Shuttle era. Paul will then go on to tell the story behind the image and why he feels it belongs in his "top 10". This talk also forms part of the YAS 40th anniversary events. 8.00 pm |
Denham Room Priory St Centre Priory Street York Astronomical Society |
| 4th May 2012 |
Al Parrish in Concert. | Reeth Memorial Hall |
| 4-7th May 2012 |
North Yorkshire Moors Railway - Spring Steam Gala. The event will feature locos and activities portraying both the history of line and of railways in general. Visiting locos will attend - list still to be confirmed. |
NYMR |
5th May 2012 |
First Saturday Lunches - A longstanding tradition at Melton's, they are very popular and booking is necessary. Todays' theme - EAST COAST FISH. A celebration of the variety of fish landed on the Yorkshire Coast. - Hot-Smoked Mackerel (straight from the smoker) with Horseradish Relish - Fritto Misto with a Duo of Dips - Roast Turbot (cooked on the bone) with Hollandaise Sauce - Bread and Butter Pudding |
Meltons Restaurant opens pdf file |
5th May 2012 |
York Concerts present Baroque Passions - The Passion of Christ and Passions of the Soul. The theme for this year's Baroque Day has inspired a choice of repertoire dealing not only with Christ's Passion and Resurrection but also with passions – emotions – in both vocal and instrumental music. Buxtehude's exquisite cycle of seven cantatas was composed in 1680 and is considered to be the first Lutheran oratorio; Schütz's biblical narratives are from earlier in the century and are the finest examples of Passion Histories before Bach's great Passions of the 1720s. Purcell's great opera, Dido and Aeneas, vividly portrays the emotions not only of the title characters but also of the members of the Queen's court. 12.30 pm Compagnia d'Istrumenti: programme to include works by Biber, Schmelzer and Telemann. 3.00 pm Buxtehude Membra Jesu nostri. Buxtehude's exquisite cycle of seven cantatas was composed in 1618 and is considered to be the first Lutheran oratorio. 4.30 pm Schutz St John Passion; Seven Last Words. Biber Mystery Sonatas. Continuing the day's theme of Baroque Passions - the Passion of Christ and Passions of the Soul - Schutz's biblical narratives date from the early 17th century and are the finest examples of Passion histories before Bach'sgreat Passions of the 1720s. Biber's virtuosic Mystery Sonatas are taken from his set of 15 sonatas, each depicting a mystery of the rosary. 7.30 pm Purcell Dido and Aeneas and music by Blow, Purcell and Jeffreys. |
National Centre for Early Music York York Concerts |
5th May 2012 |
The Late Music Concerts are a unique series of concerts devoted exclusively to the work of living composers who create the diverse and exciting sound world of today's contemporary classical music. Today - Ligeti String Quartet. Philip Glass: String Quartet No 4 John Adams: Fellow Traveller Steve Crowther: String Quartet No. 1 Nicola LeFanu: String Quartet No 2 David Lancaster: New Work WP Philip Glass: String Quartet No 2 |
The Unitarian Chapel St Saviourgate Late Music Concerts |
5th May 2012 |
York Barbican presents - Sing-a-long-a ABBA. From the producers of the smash hit “Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music.” The concert event Abba fans have been waiting for… The Swedish supergroup’s greatest hits performed live with on-screen lyrics so everyone can join in! With live singers on stage, a party bag for everyone, fancy dress, Dancing Queen competition, the big screen with lyrics and of course some of the best music you’ll ever hear – Sing-a-long-a ABBA is the perfect night out for all! Fancy dress is not obligatory but highly recommended! 7.30 pm |
York Barbican |
| 5th May 2012 |
York Astronomical Society 40th Anniversary Spectacular. You're only 40 once and YAS are celebrating in style! A special full-day event, packed with lectures from Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Prof. Monica Grady, Dr. Allan Chapman and Nik Szymanek. Full details of the days events will be posted nearer the date, so make sure you keep coming back for more. |
Denham Room Priory St Centre Priory Street York Astronomical Society |
5th May 2012 |
Early Birds - walk and listen to the chatter of the early birds. Hearing is believing!. Meet at Studley Royal Car park. 10.00 am. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
| 5th May 2012 |
Thirsk Races 2012 - Thirsk Hunt Cup. | Thirsk Racecourse |
5-7th May 2012 |
The Dales Festival of Food and Drink - held at Leyburn in the Heart of Wensleydale. Weaving together the three fundamental elements that make the Dales Festival of Food and Drink a success – Food, Farming and Fun - this event already has a real buzz about it. Not least because the Farming for Food events include talks and demonstrations on beekeeping by the Richmond and District Beekeepers Association. Visitors will find something for everyone from the best locally sources organic meats to award-winning beers within the festival's own Drinks Marquee and 'Beer Festival'. To entertain the DFFD brings together live cookery demonstrations from the region's top chefs, a 'Speakers Corner' featuring established authors and speakers, plus a range of rides and entertainments for children and young people. But the festival is not just about a great show – it is organised by the Leyburn and Mid-Wensleydale Partnership Ltd, a registered charity and any financial surplus from the event goes to community causes. Since its inception in 2002, the Dales Festival of Food and Drink has generated surplus funds of over £140,000. These funds have been distributed to local community organisations which have ranged geographically from Hunton to East Witton and from Constable Burton to Bainbridge, and range from Christmas lights and small Rotary Club initiatives, to village hall expenditure in Newton-le-Willows, Wensley and Thornton Rust, for example. We are proud to have contributed to the Multiple Sclerosis Society, and it is fair to say that the Leyburn Band has benefited hugely from Community Fund Grants. The event supports small, local businesses, and has often acted as a springboard to success. At the 2004 Festival, for example, one trader was running home at the end of each day to make more stock. They are now well established and selling to Fortnum and Mason! |
Dales Festival of Food and Drink |
5-7th May 2012 |
Preparing for Royalty - Take a step back to the Edwardian era, the year is 1912 and the gentleman of the house has responsibility for a forthcoming royal visit. Meet the household and servants of Brodsworth as they prepare the master and mistress for this royal occasion, from fashion, to etiquette, food and drink and a healthy mix of gossip, intrigue and chatter – and that's just the servants! Witness a series of scenes inside and outside the Hall during this event. 12.00 noon - 5.30 pm (House open 1.00 - 5.00 pm |
Brodsworth Hall |
| 5-7th May 2012 |
Railway Children Weekend 2012. More details shortly... |
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway |
5-7th May 2012 |
Meet the Executioner. Meet Gilbert Savage, medieval executioner, fearsome and imposing with his heavy axe and block. Hear his grisly tales of crimes and punishment medieval style. 11.00 am - 4.30 pm |
Conisbrough Castle |
5-7th May 2012 |
Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum - Six Wheeler Weekend featuring three-axle trolleybuses. The Trolleybus Museum is home to the world's largest collection of preserved trolleybuses. The Museum is also home to a selection of other vehicles with trolleybus era or local area connections. |
Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum nr Doncaster |
5-7th May 2012 |
Mixed Traction Weekend. A Branchline Weekend / Mixed Traction gala is in the advanced stages of planning for the May Day Bank Holiday weekend. It will feature a total of 5 locomotives (subject to availability) from the steam and diesel fleets and will see trains running every thirty minutes from both stations. Directors Saloons will be attached to the passenger trains, the Stately Trains 6-wheelers will be in service, and goods trains will be run. |
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway |
6th May 2012 |
Burnby Hall Garden Concerts - Our Sunday band concerts are a feature throughout the season. Concerts last approximately two hours and commence at 2.00 pm. Today - Markham Main Colliery Band. These delightful Gardens are home to a National Collection of Hardy Water Lilies - the biggest such collection to be found in a natural setting in Europe. The two lakes that contain the lilies are set in eight acres of beautiful gardens - including rock gardens, a natural shrubbery, formal beds, the Secret Garden, a Victorian Garden and many other attractions. |
Burnby Hall Gardens Pocklington |
6th May - 4th July 2012 |
Kiplin Hall events - Fired by Nature - An exhibition of ceramics in the gardens at Kiplin Hall. Nature fires the kilns as well as the imagination for local artists Annette Cole and Carol Metcalfe. Both are committed to using renewable solar and wind energy in the creation of artworks, inspired by their shared fascination with natural forms and textures. Open - every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Kiplin Hall was built in the 1620s for George Calvert, Secretary of State to James I, later 1st Lord Baltimore and founder of Maryland, USA. |
Kiplin Hall nr Northallerton |
7th May 2012 |
The Monthly Monday Meal - A longstanding tradition at Melton's, they are very popular and booking is necessary. Todays' theme - EAST COAST FISH. A celebration of the variety of fish landed on the Yorkshire Coast. - Hot-Smoked Mackerel (straight from the smoker) with Horseradish Relish - Fritto Misto with a Duo of Dips - Roast Turbot (cooked on the bone) with Hollandaise Sauce - Bread and Butter Pudding |
Meltons Restaurant opens pdf file |
| 7th May 2012 |
May Day Celebrations - Alongside crafts there will also be traditional Maypole dancing on site for May Day. Come along and join in the fun! | Ryedale Folk Museum |
7th May 2012 |
Fountains Hall Tour - Join a guided tour to find out more about the history of this beautiful building and the families that lived here. 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm and 3:30 pm. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
7th May 2012 |
Kiplin Hall events - Fired by Nature - Meet the Artists. Local artists, Annette Cole and Carol Metcalfe, talk informally about their work and inspiration, answering questions about their ceramics, which are created using renewable solar and wind energy. 1.00 - 4.00 pm Kiplin Hall was built in the 1620s for George Calvert, Secretary of State to James I, later 1st Lord Baltimore and founder of Maryland, USA. |
Kiplin Hall nr Northallerton |
| 8th May 2012 |
Yorkshire Museum Curators Talks - York’s Mystery Plays. 12.30 pm | Yorkshire Museum York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
8th May 2012 |
St Mary's Church Tour - Enjoy a guided tour taking in the grand design of the Georgian landscape including Deer Park and Water Garden. Take a tour of the richly decorated Victorian High Gothic church designed by William Burges. Meet at St Mary's Church. 11.00 am. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
| 8th May 2012 |
Catterick Bridge Races | Catterick Racecourse |
8th May 2012 |
An afternoon with the Head Gardener. Learn about the history of the walled garden and go behind the scenes of the award winning gardens with the Head Gardener. 1.30 pm onwards. Pre-booking required. |
Burton Agnes Hall |
8th May 2012 |
'Eddie and the Gold Tops' - A brand new comedy with music, from the team behind the sell-out success 'Back to the Land Girls'. Written and directed by Kate Bramley (Back to the Land Girls/ Ex-Hull Truck Theatre) With original songs and music by Jez Lowe (SONY Radio Academy Award Winner/ BBC Radio 2 Radio Ballads). It's the 1960's and every village in England has a band determined to hit the big time. This tale follows our Eddie, a hard-working milkman, inspired by the cream of the pop charts and tired of the milk-float of ordinary life, ever dreaming of stardom and success. Eddie inherited the family milk round from his father, and has fulfilled his deathbed promise to never miss a delivery for the good people of the village. But suddenly things are on the up! His songs are heading up the charts and if he can get there by tonight he'll be on Top ofThe Pops..... So, get ready, Eddie, go! You're heading for the high life, with the fabulous Gold Tops behind you every step of the way! But when things take a churn for the worse, will you get back for the morning milk? |
Little Weighton Village Hall 'Eddie and the Gold Tops' |
9th May 2012 |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens 2012 Workshop Series - We have some fantastic workshops for you this year at Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens. All courses include coffee and biscuits and the opportunity to look at books and leaflets of interest. ALL WORKSHOPS INCLUDE GARDEN ENTRY. Pre-booking is Essential. Today - Shade Plants with Vanessa Cook. Learn about different types of shade, how to improve the conditions and to view it as an asset, not a problem. See the numerous plants which thrive in shade, followed by a walk around the garden to see many of them growing. Runs from 10.00 am to 12 noon. |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens |
9th May 2012 |
Open Cabinets - Ever wondered what lies behind the doors of some of our furniture? Here's your chance to see, with one of a series of "Open Cabinets" days at Treasurer's House. 11.00 am - 4.30 pm Only a few metres from York Minster, this was the first house ever given to the National Trust complete with a collection - and it is not all that it first seems. It has a history spanning 2,000 years, from the Roman road in the cellar to the Edwardian servants' quarters in the attics, and thirteen period rooms in between. These house one man's remarkable collection of antique furniture, ceramics, textiles and paintings from a 300-year period. Infamous ghost stories are another of the many quirky attributes of this property. |
Treasurer's House York |
9th May 2012 |
Camille O'Sullivan - 'Feel' Camille enjoys a formidable international reputation for her dramatic interpretations of the songs of Brel, Cave, Waits, Bowie and more. The awardwinning singer has stunned audiences around the world including a show-stealing appearance on Later with Jools Holland (BBC TV). Dark, fierce, amusing and mesmerizing, Camille transforms each song into an intense theatrical experience. |
York Theatre Royal |
9th May 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club on Tour present - Boo Hewerdine & Brooks Williams STATE OF THE UNION Tour. Here is an exciting collaboration between two apparently different musicians who have found a creative writing and performing chemistry. Tapping into wide-ranging influences, they make music that will delight fans of hook-laden songs, fiery and emotional guitar playing and soulful vocals. Whether it is authentic Americana, delicate ballads, modern pop or reworked classics, this Union delivers. A cult English songwriter with over 400 recorded cover versions, Hewerdine was lead singer of The Bible and has worked with artists such as Eddi Reader, Heidi Talbot and Jerry Douglas, while Williams is a bluesy American singer and composer with a reputation as one of the world’s best slide guitarists. Two guys, two guitars and a clutch of songs – the old formula has seldom worked better. |
8.00 pm The National Centre for Early Music B.S.F.C. |
9th May 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Propagation workshop with Tutor: Nigel Harrison. Propagating is one of the most rewarding activities for a gardener! Come and find out which plants can be propagated by softwood and hardwood cuttings, division, root cuttings and seed sowing, and when and how to do this successfully. Nigel will cover the theory of propagation in the classroom and then you will have the chance to put your knowledge into practice in a propagation workshop. after the course, get propagating at home and give your new plants to friends and family or simply expand your own plant collection! 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
| 10th May 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club present - Singers & Musicians Night
All acoustic performers are made welcome, and listeners besides, at our popular Open House session. The more the merrier, so do come along. |
8.00 pm Black Swan, Peasholme Green B.S.F.C. |
11th May 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Garden Craft Willow spheres with Tutor: Philip Bradley. Willow spheres are growing in popularity as they provide sculptural interest to the home and can be put to many uses. This is the first time we have offered a willow sphere workshop at Harlow Carr and making a 30cm (12” ) diameter sphere will enable you to develop your willow weaving skills. Philip will show you how to start your creation by making a willow framework and then he will guide you through the overweaving process to complete your natural sphere. Once home you can use your sphere to decorate indoors or outdoors; they have been used as plant containers, garden features and even bird nesting boxes! 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
| 11th May 2012 |
Ripon Races - Ripon Racecourse commonly known as the Garden Racecourse is suitably located in one of the country's most beautiful and quaint cities. With the market town being one of the oldest cities in England it is a great place to visit. Yorkshire's Garden Racecourse known widely for its picturesque surroundings was fittingly presented with the Gold Rose Award by the Yorkshire in Bloom; the county's regional body representing the national Britain in Bloom campaign. |
Ripon Racecourse |
11th May 2012 |
'Withering Looks' - LipService Theatre, Britain’s favourite literary lunatics, present their cult Brontë spoof - winner of the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award and the Critics Award for Comedy at the Edinburgh Festival. Comic duo Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding dust off their crinolines, don an array of flattering bonnets and sit at rained-lashed windows in a pale and decorative manner, all for your entertainment. Withering Looks gives an “authentic” insight into the lives and works of the Brontë sisters – well, two of them actually, Anne’s just popped out for a cup of sugar. Who is the Brontës' mysterious neighbour, Mr. Moorcock of Ravaged Heath House, and what does the maniacal laughter coming from his attic mean? Do unfulfilled souls really wander over the wild and heather-clad moors? Who should Cathy marry, Heathcliff or David Niven? Peopled with many of the characters we know and love, Maggie and Sue move effortlessly from frock to frock coat. Don’t miss this chance to share in the silliness too! |
8.00 pm Selby Town Hall |
11/12th May 2012 |
Birmingham Royal Ballet. This breathtaking programme presents a work from great British choreographer John Cranko, alongside a brand-new ballet by Jessica Lang, and thrilling excerpts from some of the world-famous classics with which Birmingham Royal Ballet has made its name. In Pineapple Poll we get to see what a classic cartoon might look like if brought to life on stage. With the aid of a foottapping medley of the best of Gilbert and Sullivan and a comic choreographic touch, this is your opportunity to find out. Following the success of the excerpts on last year's tour, Birmingham Royal Ballet presents two more highlights from some of our best-loved ballets. The Clog Dance and Lily of Laguna pas de deux from Director David Bintley's Hobson's Choice, is a funny and warming peek into the lives of two unlikely lovers. The programme finishes with the stunning, virtuoso pas de deux from Marius Petipa's great classic, Don Quixote. |
York Theatre Royal |
| 11-13th May 2012 |
North Yorkshire Moors Railway - Spring Steam Gala. The event will feature locos and activities portraying both the history of line and of railways in general. Visiting locos will attend - list still to be confirmed. |
NYMR |
| 11-13th May 2012 |
The National Model Engineering and Modelling Exhibition 2012 | The Great Yorkshire Showground Harrogate Model Engineering and Modelling Exhibition |
| 12th May 2012 |
York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme - Early Drawing Techniques. A day of practical drawing activities exploring the materials and techniques used by European artists from the Renaissance to the 1700s. 10.00 am – 2.00 pm |
York Art Gallery York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
12th May 2012 | PlantFest 2012 - Consult our Tree and Plant Doctors on all your horticultural issues. Get hints and tips from the experts - learn how to make the perfect flower arrangements and create your own hanging baskets. Plus so much more! 10.00 am - 4.00pm |
Askham Bryan College York |
| 12th May 2011 |
York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme - Silver Clay Pendants. Be inspired by our jewellery collection at the Castle Museum, and make your own silver clay pendant to take home. With jewellery and craft expert Lynne Glazzard. 10.00 am - 3.00 pm |
York Castle Museum York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
| 12th May 2012 |
York Guildhall Orchestra present - Mozart - Piano Concerto No.23 with soloist– Sarah Beth Briggs Mahler – Symphony No.9 Concert at 7.30 pm |
York Barbican Centre York Guildhall Orchestra |
12th May 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Make a summer hanging basket with Tutor: Andrew Willocks. Come and plant up a summer hanging basket for your own home with RHS Garden Harlow Carr’s Andrew Willocks. Andrew will take you through the basics of good basket design, planting and maintenance as you create your own basket. 10.00 am to 12.00 noon. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
12th May 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Photography Creative flower and plant photography with Tutor: Steve Gosling. This practical workshop includes a session in the garden and builds on your existing photography skills. Produce creative images of plants and flowers based on a personal interpretation of form, pattern, colour and light. This workshop is aimed at people with some knowledge and understanding of photographic techniques who already know how to use their cameras to a basic level. Bring your own camera (preferably 35mm/digital SLRs). 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
12th May 2012 |
World Heritage Site Tour - Find out what makes Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal a World Heritage Site. Meet at the Visitor Centre. 10.30 am. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
12th May 2012 |
Specialist Tour: The Aislabie's Deer Park - Join a guided tour to find out more about this fascinating part of the estate. Visit St Mary's church, the Valley of the Seven Bridges, the Ice Houses and see where Studley Hall once stood. Meet at the Visitor Centre. 1.30 pm. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
| 12th May 2012 |
Thirsk Races 2012 - Country & Western Night Evening Meeting. | Thirsk Racecourse |
| 12th May 2012 |
Sowerby Music present Metropolitan Brass – ace Manchester brass quintet with Horovitz, Bernstein, Piazzolla and traditional tunes. | St. Oswald's Church Sowerby Thirsk Sowerby Music |
13th May 2012 |
Martin Taylor
& Alan Barnes. In this inspired pairing, world-class guitarist Martin Taylor meets multi award-winning reeds man Alan Barnes. Taylor is known for his long association with Stephane Grappelli and his highly successful solo career which includes the recent 'Last Train to Hauteville' CD, which featured Barnes as part of his Spirit of Django group. Barnes is Britain's number one mainstream reeds player and concentrates solely on clarinet on their new album – Two for the Road. The repertoire is wide-ranging and unusual yet is complemented by two catchy and accessible originals from the pen of each player. Martin Taylor: ‘…. one of the most awesome solo guitar players in the history of the instrument’ Pat Metheny Alan Barnes: ‘Whatever the instrument, he plays it hard and fast and with the sort of inventive flexibility and invention that ensures that he has his own sound and style..’ Jazz Journal |
National Centre for Early Music |
13th May 2012 |
Spring Plant Fair - The annual Spring Plant Fair at Newby on Sunday 13th May will bring together some of the top garden professionals in the north of England and this year for the first time, Harrogate Flower Show Director, Martin Fish will be the guest speaker, supported by Newby’s Head Gardener, Mark Jackson and will conclude with a Gardeners’ Question Time-style session. Specialist independent nurseries will be selling plants as diverse as Bonsai trees and rare tomatoes, with a good sprinkling of the more familiar garden favourites. A handpicked selection of quality gardening accessories will also be available. Young gardeners will have a chance to get their little fingers dirty, with a ‘plant your own’ table, a sunflower growing competition and the day will be rounded off with tea and scones and music from a local jazz band. Newby Hall is famous for its 25 acres of award winning gardens. Dominated by one of the longest double herbaceous borders in Europe, they consist of numerous formal compartmented gardens full of many rare and beautiful plants. The gardens are designed to be at their best throughout the year making this truly a “garden for all seasons” and visitors to the plant fairs can explore the gardens at their leisure. Gates open at 10am and close at 4pm. |
Newby Hall nr Ripon |
13th May 2012 |
Classic Car Rally. The Cambridge-Oxford Owners' Club will be showcasing their stunning collection of classic cars in the stunning surroundings of Burton Agnes Hall. 11.00 am - 5.00 pm. |
Burton Agnes Hall |
13th May 2012 |
Specialist Tour: English Architecture - Join a tour and learn about the succession of great architecture at this World Heritage Site. Visit the Abbey, Fountains Hall, the buildings of the Water Garden, St Mary's church and the Visitor Centre. Meet at the Visitor Centre. 1.30 pm. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
13th May 2012 |
An Intimate Evening With The Unthanks, with support from Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell. Don't miss this opportunity to see The Unthanks close-up and paired down. Fronted by sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank, The Unthanks prefer to see folk as an ongoing unwritten history, rather than a style of music. Influenced as much by the minimalist eccentricity of Steve Reich, Antony & The Johnsons, Robert Wyatt and Miles Davis, as they are by their Geordie native North East England, The Unthanks prove that staunch traditionalism and sonic adventure need not be opposites. Special guests will be Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrell, who were such a hit on The Unthanks 2009 Here's The Tender Coming tour. Jonny and Lucy will be performing songs from their debut album Kite, released Autumn 2011, described by Lauren Laverne as "absolutely gorgeous". |
Pocklington Arts Centre |
14th May 2012 |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens 2012 Workshop Series - We have some fantastic workshops for you this year at Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens. All courses include coffee and biscuits and the opportunity to look at books and leaflets of interest. ALL WORKSHOPS INCLUDE GARDEN ENTRY. Pre-booking is Essential. Today - Watercolour Painting with Helen Wright. Helen Wright, an inspirational teacher will help you to produce a wonderful painting in the glorious surroundings of Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens at this beautiful time of year. If you have any equipment please bring it along though we can provide basic equipment for beginners. Runs from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens |
14th May 2012 |
The York Artworkers Association - The York Artworkers is an eclectic association of craftsmen, artists, conservators, academics and others who share a serious interest in the design of buildings, interiors and landscapes. Members represent architectural craftsmanship, other applied arts, fine arts, architecture and conservation. We welcome not only practitioners in these fields but anyone keen to broaden and share their knowledge.
2011/12 Talks - Suzanne Dekker, glass artist. Suzanne found her niche after taking part in a taster day at York College, where she had the opportunity to make some leaded glass. Three years of night classes followed and then she started her degree course. In 2008 she won the student category of the Warm Glass Prize, a national competition for glass artists. In 2010 she graduated with first class honours. Her work is inspired by nature, with a strong interest in the work of British Land Artists. Reuse of waste glass is something that she is passionate about and she uses a wide range of techniques in her work, including copper foiling, leading, painting, fusing, slumping, casting and lamp working to achieve the desired outcome. Talk starts at 7.30 pm |
Jacob's Well Trinity Lane Micklegate York Artworkers Association |
15th May 2012 |
Yorkshire Philosophical Society - Promoting the understanding of science for over 180 years. Lecture Programme 2011/12 - tonight - Looking down on Roman Yorkshire: an aerial archaeologist's view. A lecture by Dave MacLeod, BA, Senior Investigator, Aerial Survey and Investigation, English Heritage. This talk starts at 7.30pm. For more information please call 01904 656713. |
Tempest Anderson Hall Yorkshire Museum Yorkshire Philosophical Society |
15th May 2012 |
St Mary's Church Tour - Enjoy a guided tour taking in the grand design of the Georgian landscape including Deer Park and Water Garden. Take a tour of the richly decorated Victorian High Gothic church designed by William Burges. Meet at St Mary's Church. 11.00 am. Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England's most spectacular Georgian water gardens. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space. |
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Gardens |
| 15th May 2012 |
Beverley Races | Beverley Racecourse |
15-18th May 2012 |
'Henry IV' - Written by: Luigi Pirandello.
After he is knocked off his horse during a masquerade, a man loses his mind and remains locked in a castle for the next 20 years believing he is the medieval emperor Henry IV. A troupe of actors collude in this delusion daily, until one day he receives a visit from the woman he once loved and a psychiatrist determined to cure him. But who is sane and who is mad? And what is madness anyway? Exploring the knife edge between illusion and reality, Out of Character bring their unique perspective to this fascinating and darkly humorous 20th Century classic. Out of Character make challenging work for inquisitive audiences with the aim of transcending the boundaries of modern theatre and our perceptions of mental health, claiming the territory between inspiration and medication. |
York Theatre Royal |
| 16th May 2011 |
York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme - Victorian Chocolate Making. Learn how Victorian chocolates were made back in a time when a fancy box of chocolates was an extraordinary treat. You’ll learn the art of sugar boiling, a skill at the centre of Victorian confectionery and medicines. During the Victorian era chocolate from the west encountered sugar from the east and became an accessible luxury that thrived in York. Discover how amazing flavours were made back then that are still enjoyed today. With York chocolatier, Sophie Jewett of ‘Little Pretty Things’ and to celebrate the reopening of Kirkgate. 1.00 - 3.00 pm |
York Castle Museum York Museums Trust Adult Learning Programme Opens as pdf file |
16th May 2012 |
York Concerts present Tim Lowe cello with James Bailieu piano. JS Bach Viola da Gamba sonata in G minor Beethoven Cello sonata in C op. 102 Kodaly Adagio Bloch Three Pieces from Jewish LifeBrahms Cello sonata no. 2 in F op. 99 A former York Minster chorister, Tim Lowe is now enjoying huge success as a solo cellist after studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he is a fellow and tutor. With James Baillieu, he has given concerts at major venues around the country, supported by awards from the Kirkman Concert Society and the Tillett Trust. He will give his first solo Wigmore Hall recital on 17 February 2012, accompanied by James Baillieu in a programme of Saint-Saens, Beethoven and Brahms. South African pianist James Baillieu is fast establishing himself as the leading accompanist of his generation, working with instrumentalists and singers in the UK and Europe. |
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall UoY York Concerts |
16th May 2012 |
La Fille mal gardée Live broadcast from the Royal Opera House, London. La Fille mal gardée was choreographed by Frederick Ashton from the 19th century original and became an instant hit for The Royal Ballet. The simple story of Lise, her suitor Colas and Lise’s larger-than-life mother, the Widow Simone, who tries to marry her off to the simpleton son of a rich neighbour, is full of delicious comedy, but also wonderful, characterful choreography. One of the greatest pleasures of Fille is the way in which the steps, though at times devilishly difficult, never get in the way of the natural, easy storytelling. It is the perfect ballet for first-timers of all ages, but also one to which ballet-lovers will return again and again with renewed pleasure at every performance. |
Pocklington Arts Centre |
16-18th May 2012 |
York Races - The Dante Festival. York in May is a fantastic place to come racing, the season lies ahead and many star horses have risen to prominence on the Knavesmire over these three fantastic days. Last season, saw the Queen’s Carlton House ridden to victory by Ryan Moore in the totepool Dante Stakes, held on Thursday, become the subsequent favourite for the Investec Derby. Look out for this year’s winner who will likely be favourite again for the Classic. Highlights of the Dante Festival in previous years have included Sariska, winning the Tattersalls Musidora in 2009 which is held on the opening day of the festival, going on to win both the English and Irish Oaks. The top horses from the action on Friday will often reappear in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, as the leading stayers take centre stage in the Yorkshire Cup. Last year’s winner, Duncan, went on to win the Group One, Irish Field St.Leger. The winners at this year’s festival will again be the ones to watch throughout the season. |
York Racecourse |
16-19th May 2012 |
'That's Entertainment!' - Enjoy a dazzling night in the West End. A company of principals and chorus will be joined on stage by a full live orchestra for an evening of the very best of musical theatre. Let the music take you to the glittering lights of the West End with songs from shows including Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Wicked, Guys & Dolls, Chicago, Mamma Mia, Cabaret and Oliver. 2012 is a year to celebrate, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the London Olympics, the 800th anniversary of the City of York receiving its Royal Charter and our own 110th anniversary. |
York Theatre Royal |
17th May 2012 |
NCEM Composers Award 2012. Hear music composed by the finalists of the 2012 NCEM Composers Award presented in association with BBC Radio 3 and The Tallis Scholars. This National Award, now in its 4th year, has attracted much interest. Shortlisted finalists will have the opportunity to work with composer Christopher Fox and York’s Ebor Singers to prepare their pieces for this public performance. The winners will be announced on the night and the winning pieces performed by The Tallis Scholars in Durham Cathedral in June. |
All Saints’ Church North Street National Centre for Early Music |
| 17th May 2012 |
Tutored Wine Tastings - Champagne & Sparkling. Tutored wine tastings, run in association with The Wine Academy with a two course supper and coffee. Wine Academy staff or a guest speaker will conduct the relaxed, informal tasting and our chefs will choose a two-course meal to compliment the theme of the evening. 7.30 pm |
Meltons Too opens pdf file |
| 17th May 2012 |
The Black Swan Folk Club present - Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley. This remarkable duo first established its reputation in the 1990s before going on to have huge success with Last Night’s Fun. The deep empathy between Chris’s virtuoso concertina playing and Denny’s inventive guitar work is breathtaking. Add to the mix Denny’s distinctive Irish vocal style and Chris’s wickedly funny stage banter and you have a top class folk act. |
8.00 pm Black Swan, Peasholme Green B.S.F.C. |
17th May 2012 |
History Talk with our Head Guide Pauline Waslin. Held in the Dining Room at Burton Agnes Hall, Pauline Waslin will give an insightful talk about the life and times of an Elizabethan home. 2.00 pm. |
Burton Agnes Hall |
18th May 2012 |
York Concerts present Zamar Gospel Choir. Zamar Gospel Choir performs across Yorkshire in carnivals, concert halls, festivals, weddings, churches and schools. Singing a range of traditional and contemporary gospel songs from across the globe, Zamar has developed a reputation of providing lively and joyous performances full of infectious enthusiasm. Numbering around 50 singers with a smaller semi-chorus, the choir performs both a cappella and with instrumental accompaniment. |
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall UoY York Concerts |
| 18th May 2012 |
York Astronomical Society presentation - The Kielder Observatory – its first years... by Gary Fildes, Kielder Observatory. 8.00 pm |
Denham Room Priory St Centre Priory Street York Astronomical Society |
18th May 2012 |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops - RHS Garden Harlow Carr offers a wide range of workshops from pruning and propagation to art and photography, to inspire you and to enhance your knowledge of plants and gardens. Most courses include a practical element and are offered at a range of different levels of experience. Today - Garden history: The eclectic Victorian garden with Tutor: Marilyn Elm. Extensive plant collecting and technical innovation fuelled the quest for the unusual and new, in the emerging Victorian suburban plot. Come and find out about the design and diversity of the garden elements which typify this period; from glasshouses, striped lawns and ‘bedding out’ schemes, to the coming of the garden gnome! In this study day knowledgeable and enthusiastic Garden Historian, Marilyn Elm, will include presentations illustrated with inspiring images, discussions around interesting objects related to the period and, weather-permitting, a guided walk around the garden highlighting Victorian influences. 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. |
RHS Garden Harlow Carr Workshops downloads pdf file |
18th May 2012 |
Howden Live presents The Tim Kliphuis Trio with “Grappelli and Vivaldi”. Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis and his trio bring the Shire Hall to life with their high-energy brand of gypsy swing and jazzed up classical tunes: a “deliciously effervescent mix” (The Herald) featuring Scotland’s outstanding musicians, Nigel Clark (guitar) and Roy Percy (double bass) as heard on BBC’s Radio 3. Tim’s trio take Django’s Gypsy Swing several masterful leaps forward by blending it with strands of Vivaldi, Jobim and the Chieftains, and to top it off a few Stéphane Grappelli gems. Recently, they wowed 10,000 listeners at the Amsterdam Canal concert, debuted at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival, revisited Edinburgh and Brecon Jazz Festivals and played their music with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. Tim Kliphuis first made his name playing with the fiery European gypsies but soon developed a crossover style that has taken him to classical, jazz and folk venues across the world. He has since shared the stage with Les Paul, Richard Galliano and Frankie Gavin. Nigel Clark is ‘Scotland’s premier guitarist’ (Glasgow Herald). A true virtuoso with a unique sound, he has worked with an array of stars including jazz singer Carol Kidd, Russian gypsy group Koshka and rock band Hue and Cry as well as pursuing a succesful solo career. Roy Percy’s bass sound is rooted in New Orleans, injecting the Trio with raw street rhythms, barn-storming swing and infectious grooves. He has worked with American swing stars Duke Heitger, Evan Christopher and Marty Grosz. |