We understand that tickets for the charity concert at the end of the month are selling well
Entries for Foxwood garden competition invited
Chatterbox cafe July 9th – stall holders announced
Sing it, Move it, Sign it
Sing it, Move it, Sign it! – It’s all in the mix
Fri 26 June: 7pm: New Earswick Bowls Club
York-based inclusive arts charity Accessible Arts & Media champions and celebrates the talents of adults with learning difficulties and disabilities.
What better way to celebrate their 33rd birthday, than with a gig in York on Friday 26th June featuring three incredible performance groups: MiXiT, Hands & Voices and Chilli BON BON ?
MiXiT, the ground-breaking inclusive pop group from County Durham, blew everyone away when they performed in York for the first time last year.
Made up of both disabled and non-disabled singers this hugely talented group have performed all over the UK to massive audiences and they can’t wait to bring their joyful celebration of all things pop to everyone here in York.
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Murder in the libraries
Tue 23 June: 7.00pm – 8.30pm : Dringhouses Library
Join local authors and members of York Authors Pauline Kirk (writing as PJ Quinn), Julian Cole, Edwin Thomas and Adrian Paul Fayter for an evening of chat about all things crime – what is its fascination, for York Authors, and for readers.
Tickets are £5 each and include refreshments.
Books will be available to buy at a discount.
Contact Dringhosues Library for further information and to reserve tickets on 01904 552674 or dringhouses@exploreyork.org.uk
Date: Thur 25 June
Time: 6.00pm – 7.00pm
Venue: York Explore Library
Cost: £2
Join our panel of crime authors to ponder the peculiar pleasures of crime fiction.
Library events on Saturday and next Tuesday
Summer Fairs on Saturday 20th June
Saturday 20th June sees the Chapmans Pond / Love to Eat summer fair on Moor Lane, from 11am to 3pm.
There’ll be a BBQ serving hotdogs from Richardsons of Woodthorpe and a host of activities, including:
- Bouncy castle
- Vintage bric-a-brac
- Plant stalls and craft stalls
- Live music
More details click http://lovetoeat.co.uk/events/
And later on Saturday afternoon it’s the Dringhouses Primary School’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ themed summer fair, from 2.30pm to 5pm.
Summer Solstice on Hob Moor
The Friends of Hob Moor are having a Summer Solstice celebration 6.00 pm Sun 21st June!
Bring food & drink to share.
Meet at bench nr Hob Moor side of tunnel
Embroidery for all
Fri 19 June – Sun 21 June
Includes displays of contemporary and traditional embroidery, work by beginners and experienced embroiderers and exhibits from the Young Embroiderers Group.
For more information please visit :http://yorkembroidery.blogspot.co.uk/
Explore historics
Date: Tue 16 June
Mint Yard Lecture: What’s new with the Vikings? At York Explore Library . More
Date: Wed 17 and Sat 20 June
Explore your first World War heroes at Bishopthorpe Library.
Dringhouses Library
At 1.30pm – 2.30pm and 3.00pm – 4.00pm
‘It is of little comfort to Mrs Walker to receive a letter describing her son as ‘a credit to his mother,’ when it also reports him missing.’
Actor Chris Cade will play real Yorkshire veteran Arthur Walker in this interactive tale of Arthur’s journey.
Join him as Arthur is recruited, fights in the trenches and is taken prisoner!
Suitable for accompanied children 5 years and up, adults very welcome too.
Tickets available from Dringhouses Library, 01904 552674,dringhouses@exploreyork.org.uk or from any Explore library, priced at £3 for a single, or £6 for a family (up to 3 children and 2 adults).