What’s on in York – Safe & Sound : An Introduction to Online Safety for Parents and Carers

Acomb Explore Library

Mon 23 Oct; Mon 20 Nov & Mon 18 Dec

6.00pm – 7.30pm

Free

Oct _23Safe &SoundJoin us for a free 90 minute introduction to online safety during which you’ll learn about potential online risks, using parental controls and filters, staying safe on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, helping your children to alert you to possible dangers and other useful resources.

You don’t need to bring anything with you; tablet computers will be provided during the session and refreshments will be available.

Free of charge – Booking is essential.

Please contact (01904) 552651 or email acomb@exploreyork.org.uk to reserve your place.

What’s on in York: The Ebor Singers – Dusk Songs

 

  • 21st Oct 2017

19.30-21.30

From £5

BOOK TICKETS

Dusk Songs is an evocative setting of the service of Compline, drawing on different texts, musical influences and vocal techniques. Commissioned by The Ebor Singers in 2006, this special performance will see the choir move around the building, exploring the auditory space of York Minster.

Join us as we journey from the renaissance to the present day, with the commissioned Dusk Songs interspersed with English Tudor polyphony, and hear spaces in the Minster like you have never heard them before!
Our audience will walk alongside us around the building as we sing the components of the programme.

“Dusk Songs is a captivating, enthralling journey which delves deeply into the rich and broad heritage of sacred choral music” – Cross Rhythms

‘Stunning’ – Classic FM

Copies of The Ebor Singers’ recording of Dusk Songs will be available at the concert.

What’s on in York: Castles and Prisons of York – Curators Talk tomorrow (Wednesday)

York Castle Museum

Wed 18th Oct 2pm – 2.45pm

Learn more about the various castles and prisons of the City and their fascinating stories over the centuries, with a member of our History Team.

FREE talk but Museum admission applies.

https://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/visitor-information/

Community Stadium limps towards goal line

More risk for taxpayers as restaurant providers play hard to get

There is little new in an update report on the Community Stadium which will be considered by the Council next week.

It says final contracts will be signed this month.

We will see.

The report does admit that expected leases for some of the commercial property (restaurants) included in the project have not been completed. This means that, potentially, taxpayers could lose around £1.4 million compared to the figures quoted earlier in the year.

In July the Council admitted it would get a lower price (£10.76m) when it sold the land for the southern block and the lease on the east stand restaurants.

That was £2.6 million less than forecast in March 2016.

It is that sum that is now, potentially, being further eroded 

The Council claims that this might be offset by increases in income later in the life of the complex.

The stadium itself is being paid for by section 106 contributions. It is the neighbouring sports and swimming facilities which have become a financial deadweight.

Too late to make any major changes now though.

The Council claims that the stadium will be ready for use in June 2019.

What’s on in York: The Uninvited Guest!

York Explore Library

Tue 10 Oct

6.15pm – 7.45pm

£6, or £5 with a YorkCard

Oct _10Univited GuestIt is said that York is the most haunted city in England, and the nightly, highly successful commercial tours reveal no shortage of interesting and unexplained occurrences which claim to be connected to supernatural events within the city.

One such apparition, which has up until now never been revealed to the wider public, is that of a male gentleman who walks the corridors of our Mansion House. Colin Sheppard, a city guide who hosts tours of this newly refurbished and historic building, has explored the possibilities of who this ghostly figure might have been in his earthly life. Join him as he takes you on this voyage of discovery into the identity of this ‘uninvited guest.’
Tickets are £9 each, or £8 with a YorkCard, and are available from any Explore library or from the Inspire website (www.feelinginspired.co.uk).

What’s on in York: Silence in the Minster

An opportunity to experience and enjoy stillness in the Minster, with talks, meditation, poetry and music

12th Oct 2017

7.00pm – 9.00pm

FREE

Are you exhausted by the constant assault of noise in our daily lives? Do you look for somewhere – anywhere – where you can be quiet, even if just for a short while and when you get it, what should you do with it?
Have you wondered what it would be like to experience the Minster after hours and the daily operations have disappeared?

Silence in the Minster could well be the occasion you’ve been looking for.

The event, organised by The York Minster Pilgrimage Group, will take place on Thursday 12th October from 7.00pm – 9.00pm.

The evening will start with Canon Chris Collingwood giving a talk on how to use silence – drawing on the deep well of teaching, resources and experience in the Christian contemplative tradition – before leading periods of silent meditation.  Occasional readings of poetry during the evening will also help to sustain an atmosphere of stillness and calm.

The evening is open to all, whether you are a person of faith or not, or for those who already have experience of contemplative prayer and meditation. Those taking part will also have the opportunity to explore the space of the Minster by wandering around at will or just sitting in silence and letting the Minster ‘speak.’

This is a free service. All welcome. Access is via the North West Door.