What’s on in York: “Say Owt” Big City Read Open Mic: “Verses & Vampires” Sponsored by York Literature Festival

Shambles Food Court :

Thu 4 Oct :

6.30pm – 9.30pm :

Free

To celebrate National Poetry Day, Say Owt are teaming up with The Big City Read and inviting you to a special open mic.  This very special event will be set outside under the skies of York in the Shambles Food Court.  Here you’ll hear poetry on the theme of ’vampires’.  Poets are welcome to share their verse.  For more details email info@sayowt.co.uk

Say Owt hosts a variety of slams, open mics, workshops, and scratches attracting poets from across York and beyond.

 

What’s on in York: The Rowntrees and the Power of Reading

York Explore Library :

Oct _3Rowntree

Wed 3 Oct :

6.30pm – 7.30pm

:£3

The Rowntree family had a passion for making learning more widely accessible to all, through public libraries, adult literacy and leisure-time reading. They were instrumental in the creation of the city library (York Explore) and branch libraries, as can be seen on the foundation plaque found just inside the main entrance.

In her illustrated talk Bridget Morris will explore some of the fascinating aspects of the legacy left by the Rowntrees, both in their world-famous factory and more widely across the city of York.

The talk will take place in the Marriott Room

To book tickets please click here

York to host 2021 Rugby League World Cup?

According to the York Council the City has submitted a bid to be “a host city for matches to be held as part of the Rugby League World Cup 2021″.

A report is to be considered by the Councils Executive committee on 29th November.

The report will ask members to agree the Council’s contribution to the bid and to “commit the necessary resources”.

No details of the costs and benefits of the proposal have yet been published.

https://rlwc2021.com/

 

What’s on in York: York’s records of the First World War

York Explore Library

Oct _1York Records - Yortime:Mon 1 Oct – Sat 17 Nov :

Library opening Times :

Free

Pop in to the York Explore Library foyer to see a selection of our original WWI archives on display in our exhibition case.

From Chocolate letters to Conscientious Objectors to photographs of air raid damage this collection highlights the local impact of WWI on the city.

What’s on in York: Ebor Lecture 2018 with Julie Nicholson

 03 Oct 18

7.00pm

FREE

Julie Nicholson’s lecture will draw on personal narrative and experience in exploring the choices people make about how to live and thrive in the shadow of death and trauma, including the complex area of forgiveness.

Julie is a writer and an ordained priest in the Anglican Church. Following the sudden death of her eldest daughter in the London bombings on the 7th July 2005, Julie resigned her post as a parish priest to attend to the demands of bereavement and family support in what was a high-profile terrorist attack.

1 hour with Q&A opportunities towards the end

What’s on in York: Bram Stoker’s Dracula

York City Screen :

Oct _1Dracula

Mon 1 Oct :

8.30pm – 10.40pm :

£7.50

The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker’s fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola 1992

Certificate 18

Duration 128 mins

To book tickets please click here

What’s on in York: World War 1 on the Home Front Exhibition

Rowntree Park Reading Cafe :

Home Front Exhibition YortimeMon 1 Oct – Sun 11 Nov :

9.00am – 4.30pm :

Free

This Clements Hall Local History Group exhibition shows the impact of the War on South Bank, Clementhorpe and the Nunnery Lane areas of York.

Free publications available: a newspaper with local stories, a map/guide, and a booklet on Scarcroft School in the War.