What’s on in York: Explore a Story

York Explore Library :

Thu 18 May :

1.30pm – 2.30pm :

£2

Bog Baby Mud Pie‘Explore a Story’ is an interactive storytelling session for 2-5 year olds. The session uses props and games to get the children involved in bringing the stories to life.

The sessions give children the opportunity to use and develop their imaginations within the storytelling, and helps to develop their creative skills beyond the sessions also. This interactive style of storytelling shows the children different ways to read a story and opens up and re-imagines how the stories are put together.

Come with us through the swishy swashy grass on a bear hunt, with teddy to the moon, or on a perilous quest to find some secret treasure. They are encouraged to bring their own ideas and build them into the session on a journey through the imagination.

Available to pre book by coming into any York library or by telephone on (01904) 552828 or york@exploreyork.org.uk.

What’s on in York: Friends of Dringhouses Library Coffee Morning & booksale

Dringhouses Library :

Thu 18 May :

10.00am – 12.30pm :

Free

CakeCome along to our coffee morning and booksale. Join us for some chat with friends and neighbours, some tasty cakes, and some bargain books!

All proceeds go to the Friends of Dringhouses Library, who support the library to be the best it can be.

Friends of Dringhouses Library is a group of local people who want to help Dringhouses Library to thrive and deliver a wide range of activities.

Their role includes fundraising, supporting one-off activities, acting as a link between the library service and the wider community, and promoting Dringhouses Library and Explore York Libraries and Archives.

Special offers available on the day, like buy a coffee and cake and get a free book!

For more information please call Lucy on (01904) 552674 or dringhouses@exploreyork.org.uk.

 

What’s on in York: Dementia Friends workshop @ Dringhouses Library

Dringhouses Library :

Tue 16 May :

2.00pm – 3.00pm :

Free, but booking required

Dementia Friend PicJoin Dementia Friends Champion Claire for a Dementia Friends session.

Dementia touches the lives of millions of people across the country. Dementia Friends was launched to tackle the stigma and lack of understanding that means many people with the condition experience loneliness and social exclusion.

The session is all about learning more about dementia and the small ways you can help. From getting in touch with someone you know living with dementia to wearing your badge with pride, every action counts.

Tickets available from any Explore Library or call Dringhouses Library on (01904 552674) or dringhouses@exploreyork.org.uk.

What’s on in York: Finding the words special – Pavilion Poets: Ruby Robinson, Nuar Alsadir, and Jodie Hollander

York Explore Library :

Thu 11 May :

6.00pm – 8.00pm :

Free

May _11 ThreepoetsA special Finding the Words event, part of the University of York’s Writers at York series, featuring three exciting UK and US poets: Jodie Hollander, Nuar Alsadir, and Ruby Robinson.

Liverpool University Press’s Pavilion Poetry, edited by Deryn Rees-Jones, has quickly earned a reputation for publishing some of the most exciting contemporary poetry. We’re delighted to host three UK and US poets for this special Finding the Words event, part of the University of York’s Writers at York series.

Ruby Robinson was born in Manchester and grew up in Sheffield and Doncaster. Her poems have appeared in  Poetry Review and Poetry. Her debut collection Every LittleSound was published in 2016 and shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection and T. S. Eliot Prize.

Nuar Alsadir’s poems and essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Poetry London, and Poetry Review. Her previous collection, More Shadow Than Bird, was published by Salt in 2012. She is fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities, and works as a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst in New York.

Jodie Hollander was raised in a family of classical musicians. Her work has been published in Poetry Review, PN Review, Rialto,  New Criterion, Manchester Review, and Australia’s Best Poems. Her debut pamphlet, The Humane Society, was released with tall-lighthouse in 2012. My Dark Horses is her first full-length collection.

For more information please call York Explore Library on (01904) 552828 or to reserve a ticket please visit eventbrite.

What’s on in York: The Company of Merchant Adventurers and their Hall

York Explore Library :

Tue 9 May :

6.15 pm – 7.45pm :

£6 (£5 with a YorkCard)

May _9MerchantThe Merchant Adventurers’ Hall wears many hats. Not only is it a Grade 1 Listed Building and Scheduled Ancient Monument but it is also museum, wedding and hospitality venue, meeting place and home to the Company of Merchant Adventurers of the City of York.

In its 660th year, this talk will delve a little deeper into the history of this medieval marvel and reveal the fascinating story of the Hall, the unique organisation who have called it home for seven centuries and its place within the history of York.

Tickets are £6 each, or £5 with a YorkCard, and are available from all Explore libraries and from the Inspire website (www.feelinginspired.co.uk).

What’s on in York – Shakespeare’s Rival: Ben Jonson

York Explore Library :

Mon 8 May :

6.30pm – 7.30pm :

Free

May _8 Ben JonsonDiscover the larger-than-life exploits and audacious projects of Shakespeare’s friend and rival, Ben Jonson, playwright and first poet-laureate of England.

Jonson wrote for Shakespeare’s company (in fact Shakespeare acted in several of his plays), but he also established himself as an independent literary force and elevated playwriting to a publicly respected art form. Without Jonson’s leadership in self-publication, many of Shakespeare’s plays wouldn’t have been published at all.

Learn about one of the greatest writers in the history of England ahead of a rare performance of his masterpiece, Volpone, in the York International Shakespeare Festival this May.

Tickets to be booked through eventbrite or speak to a member of staff at York Explore and we can book it for you.

For more information about the York Shakespeare Project who are the organiser of Shakespeare’s Rival : Ben Jonson please visit their website.