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

pickaxe in minecraft designDo you have what it takes to become Minecraft Mastercrafter 2018?

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.

Acomb Jobs Fair set to host up to 25 local employers and agencies

City of York Council is offering local people job opportunities, information and advice at Acomb Job Fair, in partnership with Job Centre Plus.

The event, which is funded by 4 Community Growth, will see around 25 local employers, employment agencies and training providers offer assistance with job searches and arrange further training and support into employment.

Employers in attendance will include Tesco, The Grand Hotel & Spa, Gear4Music and Benenden Health, as well as agencies such as Work With York, who will be available at the Parish Church Hall on Front Street, Acomb, from 10am to 2pm, on Wednesday 7 November 2018.

City of York Council’s York Learning will also be at the job fair to offer educational and employment support, and help people to find the relevant training to pursue the right career path.

York had a five per cent growth in employment in 2017, with an increase of 5,000 new jobs – from 101,000 to 106,000.

For more information, please visit: https://www.york.gov.uk/YorkJobsFair

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.

What’s on in York: The Undead Kingdom – The Unnatural History of the English Vampire

Oct _30Undead

York Explore Library :

Tues 30 Oct :

6.30pm – 7.30pm :

£5

What if we told you that the vampire was more than mere superstition? And what if we told you that its birthplace wasn’t mountainous Transylvania, but leafy England? The walking dead of authentic folklore are distinct from the debonair bloodsucker found in popular culture. But the bloodline is there.

Acclaimed author and occult historian Gavin Baddeley leads us on a vampire-hunt through a Renaissance Venetian leper colony, via a cursed medieval crypt in a Slovakian chapel. We conclude, worryingly close to home, on the North Yorkshire Wolds, as the audience are invited to solve a sinister enigma still confounding historians today.

Follow Gavin on Twitter @GavinBaddeley

To book tickets please click here.

 

 

What’s on in York: Haunted Dringhouses!

Oct _30Haunted

Dringhouses Library :

Tue 30 Oct :

6.00pm – 7.30pm :

£2

Dringhouses Library after dark is a different place: ghosts fly through the rafters, witches make potions in the children’s section, skeletons read the crime books, and monsters lurk by the computers.

Enter if you dare!

This haunted library will be suitable for children aged 4-10 years, no scares too big, just spooky fun and Halloween crafts as you explore the library at night.

To book tickets please click here.

What’s on in York: Family Day at York Explore Library

York Explore Library :

Tue 30 Oct :

1.30pm – 4.30pm :

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

10.00am – 12.00pm

pickaxe in minecraft designDo you have what it takes to become Minecraft Mastercrafter 2018?

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!

2.30pm – 3.30pm

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 York Explore Library on (01904) 552828 or york@exploreyork.org.uk

What’s on in York: Hoglets Theatre presents – Sea Storm in a Tea Cup

Hedgepig

Acomb Explore Library :

Mon 29 Oct :

10.30am – 11.15am :

£4

A mermaid is an amazing gift for a young girl. But what do you do when it just wont stop growing?

A chance meeting, an act of kindness and an unusual present lead a lonely young girl on the most unexpected journey.

This new play by Gemma Curry (The Sleep Pirates) will take you on an epic adventure of mystery, magic and mermaids.

Suitable for children aged 3-7 years.

To book ticket please click here.

Look out for more performances this month at Tang Hall Explore Library on Tuesday 30th October.  The 3pm performance is relaxed and is aimed at children with autism and special needs

To book ticket please click on the times below.

1.30pm – 2.15pm

3.00pm – 3.45pm

What’s on in York: Big City Read Walk – York Cemetery History and Gothic Monuments

Oct _27Walk

York Cemetery Chapel :

Sat 27 & Sun 28 Oct :

1.45pm – 4.00pm :

£3

Explore the history of this fascinating garden of death with a 90 minute guided walk discovering interesting monuments and people, followed by tea and biscuits.

Meet at the Cemetery Chapel at 1:45pm for kitting up with the audio receivers as the walk will start at 2pm. Stout footwear is recommended. The majority of the walk is wheelchair accessible, although there are some uneven footpaths. A short section of the walk will include the catacombs with steps but the audio receivers will enable people to hear the description if they are not able to use the steps.

Please bring assistance dogs only.

There is limited parking in the cemetery. For more information about our guided walks check out our website.

Please make a donation of £3 per adult and £1 per child after the walk.

No need to book, just arrive by 1:45pm

 

What’s on in York: Right Here Write Now : Fiction just got funnier

Oct _26Right Here

Friargate Theatre :

Fri 26 Oct :

7.30pm – 10.00pm :

£5

York’s regular comedy improv night returns and this time we’re lost in a good book.

There’s no script, no safety net, and a lot of laughs as our intrepid actors skip the page and take to the stage, making it all up on the spot.

You come with the ideas and our merry band of improvisers instantly turn them into chaotic comedy to kickstart everyone’s weekend. It’s funny, it’s foolish and it’s fit for family audiences.

Join us for music, mayhem and muppetry in an unforgettable and absolutely unrepeatable evening of joy-filled nonsense… it wouldn’t be the same without you!

“Fast, funny, unpredictable and chaotic.
…should be added to every comedy fan’s calendar” (York Mix)

Aimed at adult audience though no age limit (recommended 11+)

Box Office: 01904 613000