Aesthetica Videotheque – part of the Aesthetica Short Film Festival

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York Explore Library :

Thu 8 Nov – Sun 11 Nov :

Various Times

As part of the eighth edition of the Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York Explore hosts the renowned Videotheque, a unique opportunity to pick and choose from 400 BAFTA-Qualifying films.

Whether you’re interested in Comedy or Drama, curate your own screening and experience the best in new cinema, with the entire festival programme in one location. With award-winning filmmakers from over 45 countries – including UK, USA, China, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, Canada, Syria and Lebanon – stories from all over the world are available at your fingertips in these personalised sessions.

Spaces are limited.  www.asff.co.uk/tickets

Free access for York Card holders between 1pm & 2pm each day.

What’s in in York – Deadly Fictions: Writing Horror and the Macabre with Naomi Booth Sponsored by York Literature Festival

Nov _9Deadly

York Explore Library :

Thu 8 Nov :

5.30pm -7.00pm :

£5

A masterclass for writers who want to produce unsettling works of fiction. We’ll experiment with different approaches to the macabre, from Edgar Allan Poe’s formula for horror to contemporary versions of the uncanny. This will be a chance to experiment with new approaches, in order to inspire new pieces of writing or to help you develop work in progress. The class is suitable for new writers and those who are more experienced. You can expect a discussion of key writers and approaches, as well as some time to write and share work. We may discuss some gruesome topics—you have been warned!

Author’s Biography:
Dr Naomi Booth is an award-winning writer and academic who lives and works in York. Her first work of fiction, The Lost Art of Sinking, was selected for New Writing North’s Read Regional campaign and won the Saboteur Award for Best Novella 2016. Her debut novel, Sealed (Dead Ink Books, 2017) is a horrifying tale of body mutation and environmental contamination, described by The Guardian as “not for the faint-hearted… a marvellous first novel”. Her uncanny short fiction, “Cluster” was long-listed for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award 2018. Naomi is Subject Director of Creative Writing at York St John University.

Please visit our ticketing website to book a place.

What’s on in York: Masterclass – The Glory of Gilding A Beginners Guide

Nov _8Guilding

Fairfax House :

Thu 8 Nov :

5.30pm – 9.00pm :

£50.00 (Members: £45.00)

Rob Oldfield, master gilder, explores the art of gilding and the magic of gold leaf by candlelight in the eighteenth-century house. This practical masterclass will introduce you to the different uses and traditional techniques of laying gold leaf. Under Rob’s tuition you will develop the skills to be confident in undertaking your own projects and bring the magic of gilding into your own home. By the conclusion participants will have their own gilded decorative Christmas ornament to take home. All materials for this workshop are included as well as a hearty soup & sandwich supper, wine and refreshments.

This event is not suitable for children.

For further information please visit our website.

What’s on in York – Book Launch: The Story of Museum Gardens Story

Nov _7Museum

York Explore Library :

Wed 7 Nov :

2.00pm – 4.30pm :

Free

Join us to meet Dr Peter Hogarth and Professor Ewan Anderson as they introduce this new copiously illustrated book.  Discover the story of the gardens, including the Roman fortress, the medieval St Mary’s Abbey, the Yorkshire Museum and the botanical garden.

Signed copies of the book, published by The Yorkshire Philosophical Society, will be on sale at a discounted price. Refreshments will be available.

The book will interest garden lovers, historians and anyone with treasured family memories of visiting the gardens.

This event will take place in The Marriott Room and there will be refreshments available.

For more information please call the library on (01904) 552828 or york@exploreyork.org.uk.

What’s on in York – Frankenstein’s science: How does Victor Frankenstein animate his creature?

Nov _6Frankenstein

York Explore Library :

Tue 6 Nov :

6.30pm – 7.45pm :

£5

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, published 200 years ago in 1818, engaged in detail with the scientific culture of its day. Mary Shelley read scientific manuals, attended lectures and read newspaper reports of the latest attempts to uncover the mysteries of electricity, chemistry and medicine, and incorporated that knowledge into her novel. But how does Victor Frankenstein animate his creature? Shelley ensures that Victor’s methods remain a secret, but this talk will explore the hints that she writes into the novel, and compare Shelley’s text with cinematic adaptations, which offer much more explicit and spectacular accounts of the creature’s animation.

Author’s Biography:
Dr Mary Fairclough is a lecturer in English and Related Literature at the University of York. Her research interests lie in the intersection between literature, politics and science in the long eighteenth-century. She teaches an MA module entitled Literature, Medicine & Revolution: Electricity from Franklin to Frankenstein.

Please visit our ticketing website to book a place.

The Big Lit Quiz

Nov _5Lit Quiz

York Explore Library :

Mon 5 Nov :

6.00pm – 7.30pm :

£2

Join us for the Big Lit Quiz to celebrate this year’s Big City Read.
Round up your team of five (be that friend or foe) and join the quiz to test your knowledge. We advise you have read The Radleys before arrival, and swatted up on your classics, gothic literature and know all your favourite authors by sight – easy right?

We have some fabulous prizes to be won and promise a fun and competitive evening.

Teams can be up to five people. 1 ticket per person.

Cheaters will be shot from a canon and disqualified.

18+

Please visit our ticketing website to book a place.

Family Day at Acomb Explore

Acomb Explore Library :

Sat 3 Nov :

10.00am – 2.00pm :

Free

Oct _30Family DayFun for all the family.

We will have lots of different activities you and an adult to try, including crafts and storytime.

Just drop in for one or stay longer and try them all!

We also have two other events on the same day

Minecraft Mastercrafter – Build a Haunted House

12pm – 2pm

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Come along and build a creepy Minecraft haunted house complete with zombies, spiders and pumpkins! The event is free but booking at the library essential.

E-reading Explained!

10am – 11am

Join us for a whirlwind tour of all the many ways you can enjoy books and audiobooks on your digital device.

We’ll be demonstrating the best e-reading resources including Amazon, Kobo, Google Play Books and our very own Explore E-Library.

Booking at your local library essential.

To book tickets please call Acomb Explore Librray on (01904) 552651 or acomb@exploreyork.org.uk

What’s on in York: York in the First World War – Family Session

Oct _20Tea - Yortime

York Explore Library :

Thu 1 Nov :

2.00pm – 3.00pm :

Free

Using the fantastic new education packs developed by York Civic Trust and Explore York, learn about the impact of WWI on York and life during wartime using this wonderful new resource while enjoying the rare opportunity to interact with original archives from World War One.

Suitable for children aged 7 – 12 and their parents/carers. This event will take place in the Archives Reading Room at York Explore Library.

Free, but booking essential

To book tickets please click here.

What’s on in York: The Worlds of Whedon

York Explore Library :

Thu 1 Nov :

6.30pm – 7.30pm :

£5

Few television producers have had the impact and influence both on TV and the broader fabric of popular culture in the early 21st century than Joss Whedon.

From his iconic Buffy the Vampire Slayer, to the complex Dollhouse; from creating universes entirely his own such as Firefly, to inhabiting the Marvel world as Executive Producer of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Whedon’s works have re-defined what long-form serial drama can do. He has done this against a backdrop of staggering technological, regulatory and financial change.

This talk Professor Matthew Pateman will celebrate, challenge, contest and debate this impact and legacy on 21st century televisual culture.

Author’s Biography:
Professor Matthew Pateman is the Head of the Media Department at Edge Hill University.
“I’ve made a career out of teaching, and writing about, the novels, poems, plays, films, TV shows, music, ideas, cultures and histories that enthrall, amuse, affect, delight, challenge, embolden and move me. This career has taken me around the UK and Europe, the USA and Canada, allowed me to teach in India, to meet heroes and icons. I have met and made friends with people of diverse backgrounds and differing aspirations whose minds have enriched mine, whose ideas have developed mine, whose generosity has thrilled me: these students and scholars – from Scarborough to Saskatoon; from Arkansas to Ahmedabad; from Oslo to Ormskirk – make each day a joy.”

Please visit our ticketing website to book a place.