Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 14th February
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases.
South Asian-Inspired Kite Festival Exhibition Set To Open To The Public
Dewsbury-based global arts organisation, Manasamitra, will open its new exhibition, ‘Waterfall of Kites’, to the public on Thursday 20th February 2025 at Halifax Minster, as part of Calderdale’s 50th anniversary ‘Year of Culture’ celebrations, CultureDale.
Filmmakers Of The Future Celebrated At Eduqas’ Moving Image Awards
Budding young filmmakers were celebrated at the 11th annual Moving Image Awards ceremony held at the British Film Institute on 10 February. Proud students, parents, and teachers came together across the UK to celebrate the work of young directors, screenwriters, and producers, including a pupil from Wales High School in Sheffield.
Scarborough Film Festival
Scarborough Film Festival, now in its second year, brings alternative and exciting films to the town and runs in partnership with the Stephen Joseph Theatre. This second edition brings something for everyone, with film previews, live music, collaborations, short films, children's events and workshops.
Through My Eyes’ Maternity Photo Exhibition
A new photography exhibition celebrating diversity and individuality in maternity has opened at Thackray Museum of Medicine, in collaboration with the maternity service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTHT) and Lens Lab Project, a non-profit arts organisation who are based locally in Burmantofts.
National Gallery Partnership To Bring Monet To Ferens
The National Gallery has announced it will partner with Hull’s Ferens Art Gallery as part of its Masterpiece Tour 2025-27. Ferens will join the Sainsbury Centre, Norwich; South Shields Museum and Art Gallery and Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool as part of the tour, which has been running for over a decade. This marks the first edition of the tour which will work with four partners.
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 31 January
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week. Companion (15) Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid star in this sci-fi-tinged horror from director Drew Hancock, that sees a weekend getaway turn violent when a human companionship android goes wrong.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park's New Exhibition Set To Open Featuring Bretton-Based Tony Wade
Keepers of Time by Wakefield-based artist Tony Wade celebrates the majesty of trees, time beyond our lifespans, mindfulness and nature connectedness, inviting us to notice the beauty in our local environment.
WOVEN Festival Returns To Kirklees For 2025
WOVEN, the biennial festival celebrating textile heritage and innovation in Kirklees, will take place from 1 to 30 June 2025. Established in 2019, the festival has helped communities across Kirklees celebrate the region’s textile heritage and find out more about the future of textiles in the region and further afield.
Claire Baxter’s Beautiful Worlds Of Art
Andrew Liddle talks to a Harrogate lass voted one of the Most Popular Published Artists. Welcome to the wonderful worlds, of Claire Baxter, the Knaresborough-born artist with a nationwide following. Yes, there are two of them, actually, both heart-warming. Firstly, Yorkshire, which as we all know is a wonderful world in itself.
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 3rd January
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases.
The Snowman™ Film Featuring Live Orchestra Announces Huge 2024 Christmas Tour
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Carrot Productions, has announced tour dates for The Snowman™film including performances of two brand-new shows for a truly magical Christmas experience.
Paul Town The Man WHO Paints Football
Dr. Andrew Liddle continues his series on great northern artists with a review of a Bradfordian’s first book Paul Town has to be considered the finest and most dedicated football artist in the country - period! The Turf has attracted great artists down the ages intent on capturing noble steeds, the colourful silks of the jockeys, the speed and danger of the race.
Watson Of The Wolds
Dr. Andrew Liddle talks to an artist who in later years returned to his roots to celebrate the beauty of an often overlooked area of the county The Yorkshire Wolds is a rolling, very English landscape where pretty villages nestle in wooded hollows and ancient field boundaries are marked by hedgerows, flower-filled in summer and alive with butterflies and birds.
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 22nd November
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week. From Friday 22nd November Wicked (PG) Adapted from Stephen Schwartz’s hit stage show, itself based on Gregory Macguire’s novel and L.
Town To Country Move Is Work Of Art For Gallery
Watermark Gallery, which is having to leave its Harrogate home after five years, is launching a new arts initiative with the historic Swinton Estate in the Yorkshire Dales. The gallery is vacating its premises on Royal Parade, Harrogate at the end of its lease this month as the landlord has other plans for the building and it is now searching for a new permanent location.
Andrew Storrie – A Painter For All Seasons
Dr Andrew Liddle begins a series on major northern artists by visiting one of the most popular, to see him at work … “Either I must be a very bad teacher or some of my students are slow learners!” jokes Andrew Storrie. He’s discussing the remarkable loyalty of those who have been attending his twice-weekly workshops for a decade or more.
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 15th November
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases.
Major TV Industry Event Announced For Writers Across The North
New Writing North brings a major TV industry event to Newcastle, aimed at writers from across the north who want to improve their screenwriting skills, get industry know-how, and make new connections. Sponsored by North East Screen, Screenwriting Weekender takes place at the Live Theatre in Newcastle from 31 January to 2 February.
Ferens Art Gallery Shortlisted For National Award
Ferens Art Gallery has been shortlisted for a national award from the Museum Association’s (MA) Museums Change Lives Awards for the team’s work on the Jason Wilsher Mills: Are We there Yet? exhibition. The exhibition, which took place from February to June this year, is up for the Championing Social Justice Award, with winners announced at the MA conference on Tuesday 12 November.
Lancaster’s Biggest Horror Festival, Dark Dukes Returns This October
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From the depths of darkness emerges an unforgettable week of films and events focused around all things horror. From the 23rd - 31st October, this unmissable event promises to captivate audiences with a diverse selection of horror films, live events, talks, crafts, and more.
Bring Your Own Bear To Pictureville To Mark Paddington Day
Dust off your duffle coat and pack your marmalade sandwiches, Paddington is coming to Pictureville! On Sunday 20 October, the National Science and Media Museum’s Pictureville Cinema will be hosting Paddington Day, ahead of the release of the franchise’s third installment, Paddington in Peru, this November.
Study Ranks The Scariest Movies To Watch This Spooky Season
A new study has revealed the ten scariest horror movies of all time, to get thrill-seekers Halloween-ready. The analysis, conducted by casino company VIP Grinders, used a series of factors from the number of jump scares to fear-related words used in the script to identify the most haunting Halloween horrors.
Film: Deadpool and Wolverine
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“Welcome to the MCU, you’re joining at a bit of a low point” quips Deadpool at one point…oh how much there is to read into this one jokey line.
‘It’s Changed My Life Around’: Artmakers’ Pride Seeing His Artwork Featured Alongside Famous Artists
An artmaker at local charity Henshaws says he feels ‘happy and proud’ to have his work selling alongside pieces by famous artists in a unique anonymous art sale. Oliver Fawcett, who has anxiety, dyspraxia, dyslexia and speech and language difficulties, is one of several people supported by the sight loss and disability charity Henshaws whose artwork has been featured in the Art Anonymous sale.
New Murals Unveiled In York’s North Street Gardens
York BID, in collaboration with York Cares and the City of York Council’s Eco Team, is proud to announce the completion of a transformative mural project in North Street Gardens, York.
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 11th October
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week.
Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 4th October
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases.
New Light Prize Exhibition Comes To Harrogate 12 October – 5 January
The hugely popular New Light Art Prize Exhibition will be arriving at The Mercer Art Gallery in Harrogate from Saturday 12th October until Sunday 5th January 2025. A celebration of Northern talent, this free exhibition shines a light on the incredible artistic flair that the Northern region has to offer, rewarding local artists with grants, solo exhibitions and mentoring.
Magnificent Seven Heritage ‘Game Changers’ Celebrated At Huge Land-Art Installation
The National Lottery marks 30th birthday with epic 5,400 square meter ‘Heritage Tree’ land-art enveloping English Heritage’s Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire
Unveiled on Today actor and broadcaster, Sir Tony Robinson, the artwork celebrates the extraordinary achievements of seven Heritage ‘Game Changers’ - including the founders of the Eden Project and Windrush Foundation. The breathtaking installation is created by globally renowned land artist, David Popa, who used the abbey’s vast landscape and natural pigments painted on the ground to show the Game Changer’s hands holding the roots of a tree.