What’s on in York: Pirates at Acomb Explore on Monday
What’s on in York: Football coaching course at Foxwood Community centre
Castle car park to close for BBC “CBeebies” event.
A York Council statement says,
“The York council has been approached by an event and production company, Thesus, to seek its permission to locate the BBC CBeebies themed children’s rainbow adventure experience within part of Castle car park between 9th September and 6th October 2020.
It is intended that the facility will be provided in various locations across the UK through a road show and York has been chosen as one of the preferred destinations.
The facility will provide a hosted children’s experience providing a CBeebies branded soft play and learning adventure experience.
The council is charging an income which it will obtain up front and which is in line with anticipated income it would receive from the parking spaces that the facility will occupy.
The proposal follows similar events held on the Castle Car Park, such as the Rose Theatre. It also adheres to the aspirations of the Castle Gateway project which identifies the site as a future events space and for which the Council are trialling different uses upon”.
The Council is currently building a multi storey replacement for the Castle car park. It is unlikely to be finished before the end of the year,
What’s on in York: Thor blamed for Jorvik Viking Festival venue changes
What’s on in York: A Harvest of Words
Wednesday February 12th
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Free
The Bootham Writers’ Group launch their second anthology.
Seven writers from the Bootham Writers’ Group read from their new anthology. An interesting and often amusing mix of memoir, poetry, short stories, and flash fiction. Copies of the anthology and other recent publications from the group will be available for sale.
What’s on in York: Nuisance Inspector – A live audio drama by Paul Birch
February 8 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Free
Extra date after two hugely successful sell out shows.
“I was blown away with the creativity of the event and production.”
“I was thoroughly immersed.”
“A significant success.”
Experience a sinister slice of York’s history by joining us for a live retelling of the drama behind the Hungate Clearances.
More details https://nuisanceinspector.eventbrite.co.uk
Where York Explore, Library Square, York YO1 7DS
When Saturday 8 February – Show starts at 7.30pm.
Doors open at 7.00pm.
Please arrive in good time for start of the show.
Entry FREE suitable for age 11 upwards
Booking Tickets available www.nuisance-inspector.eventbrite.co.uk
What’s on in York: Ira Wolf – Live in Libraries York
Friday February 7th @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
A sensational coup for our Live in Libraries York season of intimate concerts.
Ira Wolf was named one of Spotify’s ‘Best of Folk/Americana 2016’ and ‘Fresh Folk, Best of 2017’ artists.
What’s on in York: Haven’t they grown with Sophie Hannah
Tang Hall Explore at The Centre @ Burnholme
Friday 31st January 2020
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
£6
oin Sophie Hannah as she discusses her latest psychological suspense thriller, Haven’t They Grown.
Explore York in partnership with Fox Lane Books and York Literature Festival presents Sophie Hannah, described in The Times as ‘one of the great unmissables of the genre –intelligent, classy, and with a wonderfully gothic imagination’ at Tang Hall Explore at The Centre@Burnholme on 31st January 2020
Haven’t They Grown
All Beth has to do is drive her son to his Under-14s away match, watch him play, and bring him home.
Just because she knows that her former best friend lives near the football ground, that doesn’t mean she has to drive past her house and try catch a glimpse of her. Why would Beth do that, and risk dredging up painful memories? She hasn’t seen Flora Braid for twelve years.
But she can’t resist. She parks outside Flora’s house and watches from across the road as Flora and her children, Thomas and Emily step out of the car. Except…
There’s something terribly wrong.
Flora looks the same, only older – just as Beth would have expected. It’s the children that are the problem. Twelve years ago, Thomas and Emily Braid were five and three years old. Today, they look precisely as they did then. They are still five and three. They are Thomas and Emily without a doubt – Beth hears Flora call them by their names – but they haven’t changed at all. They are no taller, no older.
Why haven’t they grown?
What’s on in York: Adventures in the Cherry Orchard – Anton Chekhov and me
Wednesday January 29th
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
£5
| Why is Anton Chekhov so beloved and called “the father of the modern theatre”? Helen Wilson of York Settlement Community Players will explain why through anecdotes and a little biography; casting a light on why he called his plays comedies. |
Come and toast Chekhov’s 160th birthday with a glass of vodka or wine. Be entertained by extracts of his work from the cast of The Seagull (27th February – 7th March at York Theatre Royal). As she directs the fourth of his major plays Helen shares her enthusiasm for a great Russian dramatist.
To book tickets for The Seagull production at York Theatre Royal visit: https://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/the-seagull/
To book tickets for this event, Helen’s talk on Anton Chekhov, please press the booking button.
What’s on in York: Finding the words – Stanza Showcase
York Explore
23rd January 2020
@ 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm
Free
Twelve poets from York’s renowned Stanza Group to entertain and enthral you.
| Carole Bromley is the York Stanza rep. Latest publication, Sodium 136 (Calder Valley).Janet Dean is a novelist, playwright and poet living in York.Joseph Chaplain is an unpublished poet currently living in the Peak District.Mary Ann Dearlove is always travelling and likes to write about her experiences in far off places.Melody Clarke is a fresh, new, contemporary, untrodden, recent, modish York Stanza member who owns a thesaurus.Miles Salter sings, writes and likes cheese.Nairn Kennedy lives in Leeds.Nick Boreham has been longlisted for the National Poetry Prize and his poems have appeared in a range of magazines.Patrick Lodge is an Irish-Welsh poet living in Yorkshire whose latest collection is “Remarkable Occurrences” ( Valley Press, 2019).Phil Connolly has been enjoying himself at the Stanza for several years now and is looking forward to hearing everyone’s poems and reading a couple himself.Richard Carpenter writes poems and plants trees.Rob Miles is a Leeds-based multi-award winning poet, widely published in magazines and anthologies.Finding the Words is our monthly poetry evening featuring poets from Yorkshire and beyond. Discover new poetry in a welcoming and relaxed atmosphere. Bar available. Booking advised. |
York Explore Phone:01904 552828 Email:york@exploreyork.org.uk