Salons across the North East have pledged to ditch celebrity gossip magazines in a bid to ‘Be Kind’ after the death of Caroline Flack. A number of locally based salons have spoken about their decision to bin glossy magazines which has triggered a strong reaction from the public. Social media […]
A new free course at the National Glass Centre aims to teach young people between 14 and 18 years old glass-making skills. The course, which started on February 22 and will last until March 28, is funded by The Creative Dimension Trust. Alison Cleland, Head of Learning and Engagement at the […]
North Tyneside Council has released their plan to rebuild and renovate Tynemouth Library in efforts to create a community hub. The council’s Cabinet will hold a meeting in May 2020 to discuss the plans further. If the plans are approved in May, the 67-year-old library will undergo a complete rebuild […]
South Korean satire Parasite posted the most successful opening weekend for a foreign film at Newcastle’s Tyneside Cinema, selling over 20,000 tickets. Director Bong Joon-Ho’s tale of class warfare also became one of the cinema’s top five openers ever, selling more than 2,000 tickets and selling out almost every screening. […]
A new exhibition featuring a giant capitalist robot and an enormous snake is opening at at the Northern Gallery in the National Glass Centre. Contemporary artist Chad McCail spent three years creating the exhibition titled Toy. It represents McCail’s ideas surrounding the capitalist ideology and disconnect between the many and […]
The “Received Wisdom” exhibition at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens started on February 1st 2020, and is looking to challenge the myth that creativity and the desire to make art is something that only comes at a young age. Jonathan Weston, Exhibition Officer at Sunderland Museum and Winter gardens, said it […]
Sunderland nightclub Independent is set to get a new sound system thanks to a National Lottery Arts Council England grant. The £17,000 sound system is to be installed in the club’s upstairs room, in which local bands play most weeks . There is no definite date for installation, however the […]
After a successful run last May at The Customs House, ‘Everywhere We Go’ is back in May for the second year running. The play, co-written by Dale Meeks and Iain Cunningham of Boyle Yer Stotts Productions, is about South Shields Football Club’s historic FA Vase victory in 2017. After selling […]
Tits Upon Tyne is a live music fundraiser that was started in 2019, recruiting local bands and out of town artists with the aim to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research. Natalie Greener is a student at Northumbria University, who created a whole festival from nothing other than […]
Music has always been around us, whether that’s online or going to concerts. But if you’re from outside the city, or new to the music scene, they might be difficult to find. Newcastle has always been a renowned place to visit and is most known for it’s nightclub and music […]