What’s on in York: Talks and lectures at The Minster

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What’s on in York: Meet the Vikings at York Minster!

As part of the York Viking Festival – Meet the Vikings!

  • 21-23 Feb 17

10.00am

FREE (Standard admission applies)

Tuesday 21st, Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd, 10am-3pm, at York Minster.

Handle authentic and replica Viking artefacts, learn how to play a Viking board game, and discover more about the mystery that is York Minster during the Viking period.

Find out more about Vikings and their relationship with Christianity at one of our short spotlight talks, at 12:00 and 14:00.

Discover Viking stories with exciting storytelling at 11:00 and 13:00.

Activities above are free with standard admission.Admission ticket lasts for 12 months. Family 12-month ticket from £10 (valid for up to 4 children visiting the Minster with 1 adult). FREE admission to Minster for York residents with York card.

Wednesday 22nd 10am-3pm

Make a Viking Long Boat!

Suitable for ages 5+. £2.50 per participant. Standard admission charges apply.

Residents views and safety risks ignored as planning Councillors back Arts Barge plan.

Sad to see the City’s planning committee rejected professional advice last night when they gave the go ahead to mooring an “Arts Barge” near Tower Gardens.

The plan was approved by 11 votes to 4.

It means that the Council has – subject to a license being granted – agreed to the provision of another alcohol based leisure facility on a river which has already claimed the lives of 7 people in recent years. All those that have died were to a lesser or greater extent intoxicated.

Residents had been concerned about the visual effect the barge would have on the appearance of the historic core. There were also fears about noise  generation at, and near, the venue.

However the main controversy remains the liability of taxpayers for the high risk venture.

It remains unclear how much the barge operators will pay in rent (license fee)  for  a mooring in what is a prime City centre location. In many cities moorings of this sort are auctioned with fees starting at £3000 pa. ..more for commercial sites. In theory Business Rates would also be payable but these could be reduced if the facility is operated by a Trust or under a  similar legal arrangement.

The crunch will now come when an application for a premises license is submitted. The Council has shown little backbone in resisting additional applications for drinking establishments even where they breech the City centre cumulative impact policy (see below).

Following the approval of an unsuitable design for a visitor centre at Clifford’s Tower – and the Council’s Executive committee seemingly intent on dropping ugly shipping containers onto a site in Piccadilly – City centre residents must be wondering who they can turn to for support.

York Council’s policy on licensing in the central area

What’s on in York: Diego Galaraga Sougoniaev at York Minster Chapter House

Classical guitar music in the Chapter House

  • 09 Feb 17

13:00

Usual daily admission fees

Folk-influenced classical guitar music from Argentina, Chile and Ecuador

Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Diego Galárraga Sougoniaev is an Ecuadorian MA Music student at the University of York. He started learning classical guitar after finishing his BA degree in Jazz Performance from Universidad San Francisco de Quito. His current research project focuses on the implementation of techniques and musical elements from Latin American and Spanish folkloric traditions in classical guitar performance.