Festival raises its curtain in Berwick
AN ESTIMATED 10,000 visitors are expected to descend on Berwick next month for an international film festival - signalling a massive tourism boost on the Tweed.
It’s curtain-up on the programme for the 6th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival – five days of film and video art from home and abroad, showcasing a number of UK premieres and specially-commissioned pieces.
The festival will be staged from 15-19 September at the Maltings Theatre & Arts Centre and at a host of unique locations across the historic border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
27.Aug.10 | Arts and Culture
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North East music businesses take to the international stage
A NORTH EAST music development agency has partnered with UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) to offer a free event for businesses and musicians wishing to take part in two of the most…
20.Aug.10 | Arts and Culture
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Wall to play for this Bank Holiday
ENGLISH HERITAGE sites will provide a welcome break for cyclists at its Hadrian’s Wall sites this August Bank Holiday. Chesters, Housesteads and Birdoswald Roman Forts are providing cyclist emergency kits to…
20.Aug.10 | Arts and Culture
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Music business event returns
A PROGRAMME which aims to boost the region’s music industry is to return to the North East next month, it has been announced. Music Business 2 Music Business (MB2MB) a ten-week…
12.Aug.10 | Arts and Culture
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A nest which nurtures local artists
THE organisation tasked with transforming Barnard Castle has announced one of its biggest projects yet, which will unite artists and creatives throughout Teesdale. The Vision-led Nest art gallery project, in the former…
5.Aug.10 | Arts and Culture
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Stockton Fringe gets underway
AN EXPECTED crowd of 10,000 people will this weekend descend on a Teesside market town for an electrifying 3 days of music and comedy. Now in it’s twentieth year, the Stockton Riverside…
29.Jul.10 | Arts and Culture
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Regional festival gets thumbs up from UN
A MAJOR North East event which promotes sustainability through education and debate has become the only UK festival to receive the UN’s stamp of approval as Dan Riley reports. The Green…
23.Jul.10 | Arts and Culture
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Are you naughty, or nice?
The English heritage has launched a new programme of events aimed at giving the families a free run of their venues. The Naughty but Nice programme is intended to give the kids…
9.Jul.10 | Arts and Culture
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Stars and beyond for region’s budding musicians
ONE OF THE region’s most contemporary live music venues is helping young bands fulfil their dream of making it to the big time. Durham Live Lounge is giving schools and colleges…
9.Jul.10 | Arts and Culture
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Wrestlemania, music and dancing comes to town
LATINO culture arrives in the North East today with the launch of the ¡Vamos! Festival. Salsa dancing, Columbian food, contemporary Afro-Cuban dance, photography and multimedia, and multi-genre performances will be on…
1.Jul.10 | Arts and Culture
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Film-maker fights back against the flab
A SELF-CONFESSED couch potato turned modern day warrior has been commissioned to film a documentary about his experience – with Hoults Yard Byker taking centre stage. Local film maker Andy…
1.Jul.10 | Arts and Culture
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An ode to Teesside
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Moviemakers move closer to the action
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Ringside seats to a corporate disaster
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TV boost for Tyneside
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Free music on Tyne
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BALTIC’s Summer Season Preview
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art launched its Summer exhibitions with a bang, with a special Summer Season Preview on Friday 18th June with a bang. Internationally-acclaimed artists Cornelia Parker, John Cage and the Cage Mix provided a feast for the senses, using differing approaches to investigate the visual representation of sound. The evening brought together World Cup fans as well as art enthusiasts and was kindly Ssupported by Laurent-Perrier and Kirin Ichiban,. this event incorporated the World Cup, with a screening of the England vs. Algeria match to cater for football afficionados as well as art enthusiasts.
Internationally-acclaimed artists Cornelia Parker, John Cage and the Cage Mix provided a feast for the senses, using differing yet bewitching approaches to investigate the visual representation of sound.
28.Jun.10 | Arts and Culture
