North Yorkshire and South Durham Arts Society presents a Virtual Museum Tour via Zoom at the Ca’ d’Oro, on Wednesday 28 April 2021 at 2pm. Cost: £10. This personal commentary about The Ca’ d’Oro (https://www.cadoro.org/the-museum/?lang=en) will be live from Venice, with your guide Luisella Romeo. The museum stands on the Grand Canal directly opposite the Ri-alto Market. more »
Enabling the Arts in Darlington
North Yorkshire and South Durham Arts Society has successfully continued its 2020/2021 programme on Zoom. Although the group is eager to meet again at Blackwell Grange Hotel when it re-opens in September, one exciting advantage of online lectures is that they can engage with speakers from far afield. In celebration of this, the society has arranged more »
During the third national lockdown, Darlington’s cabaret bar The Stage Door is hosting a series of free online events. It starts this month with a Valentine’s Day concert starring Singer of the Lakes, streamed via its Facebook page on Sunday 14 February at 7pm. The Stage Door is part of Stage and Screen Productions, a production more »
Get creative to help ‘Keep The Loco in Darlo’ and you could win a family pass to The Head of Steam Railway Museum plus a family ticket* to see Cinderella at Darlington Hippodrome in Christmas 2021. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, The Head of Steam Railway Museum has been unable to distribute its ‘Keep The Loco more »
Musinc (the Teesside Musical Inclusion Partnership) is offering grants of up to £2000 for Tees Valley-based music organisations, venues, event organisers and/or promoters. Applications open from 30 November 2020 and the deadline for applications is 31 January 2021. Successful organisations will be notified within two weeks of the deadline. The fund will be available for more »
The Auxiliary Project Space now welcomes applications to its ABODE AIR programme; the deadline is 29 November 2020. ABODE AIR is a six-week ‘artist in residence’ studio programme for artists from, or living in, the north-east of England. The residency is to be held at The Auxiliary Project Space in Middlesbrough, culminating in an exhibition more »
Darlington-based The Little Quaker Distillery is supporting the current Keep The Loco in Darlo campaign by creating and selling a limited- edition gin – available from the distillery website. Built by pioneering railway engineers George and Robert Stephenson, Locomotion No. 1 was the first steam locomotive to haul a passenger-carrying train on a public railway, more »
The Arts Society had hoped to resume meeting at Blackwell Grange Hotel, however, a vigorous second wave of Covid-19 has meant that its meetings have had to be put aside for a second time. Despite its members not being able to meet face to face, The North Yorkshire and South Durham Arts Society has presented more »
Darlington Hippodrome’s pub-style quiz will return each Friday night throughout November 2020, live on social media. With the venue having to close throughout November, the weekly Friday-night Hippodrome quiz will resume on 6 November with Marketing Officer Julian Cound as quizmaster. Households can take part as one team or more – there are no prizes, more »
On 20 October 2020, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen launched a fund of more than £300,000 to help culture businesses adapt, innovate and diversify in the face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Small and medium-sized businesses, sole traders and freelancers can apply for the ‘Cultural Development and Innovation Fund’ to help them thrive in response to the more »