The Crack

14/02/2025

Bridget Jones Mad About The Boy, the fourth, and presumably final instalment, gets the series back on track with its surprisingly heartfelt take on middle-age and the need to move on. David Willoughby's review here:https://www.thecrackmagazine.com/view-editorial/10423

14/02/2025

Valentine's present? Right Nice Stuff is a Yorkshire based clothing brand celebrating Northern culture. They made this tee last Summer. https://rightnicestuff.com/

13/02/2025

Now available at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and BALTIC Shop!

If you're a northern music lover interested in the region's musical heritage, author Ian Fawdon has interviewed over 30 artists to find out what it means to be a musician from the North East.
'Too Far North - Musical Scenes from the North East' is available in all good bookstores, Newcastle Libraries City Library or online at www.newcastle.gov.uk/NLTyneBridgePublishing for £14.99.

12/02/2025

Tonight!!

Theyre on their way, over land and sea to play here tonight. Rats on Rafts give us their new album (pick one up at the venue, get one signed even). Also playing are TV Death, who you really dont want to miss. Final tickets here: https://www.terns.co.uk

12/02/2025

Exhibition - Conversations with Stone, Curated by Elizabeth Oughton is on view at Newcastle Cathedral until 15th February.

The group exhibition includes local artists, current students & graduates from the MFA (Fine Art) programme at Newcastle University;- Alia Gargum, Bex Etheridge, Bridget Kennedy, Carol McCourt, Elizabeth Oughton, Sarah March & Sean Auld.

The show explores the spiritual, social, cultural & economic histories of the building, interpreted through artistic practice.

Top tip - they also do great cake in the cafe!

Open: Sat 8am - 5pm
Mon - Frid 8am - 6pm

Café 16
Mon-Sat 10am - 4pm

https://newcastlecathedral.org.uk/event/conversations-with-stone-curated-by-elizabeth-oughton/
Visual Arts in Rural Communities

11/02/2025

❤️ Nice window!
The Find in Newcastle's Ouseburn.

Local artist makers & designers, plus great vintage and mid century finds!

11/02/2025

🦋The WORLD PREMIERE of The Moth by Paul Herzberg tours the North East this Spring.

“You think you know me. You don’t. So it’s time to talk.”

Based on an award-winning short monologue that has been seen all over the world, The Moth is a thriller that deals with race, war, the legacy of history, the power of our actions, the quest for redemption and the limits of forgiveness.



27 Feb -1 March, Queen's Hall Arts, Hexham
4 March, Gala Durham
5 March, Ushaw Historic House, Chapels & Gardens
6 - 8 March, Laurels, Whitley Bay
13 March, Blackhall Community Centre
14 &15 March, Live Theatre Newcastle
21 March, St Thomas Church Hall, Stanhope
22 March, Barningham Village Hall
25 March, Hullabaloo Space, Hippodrome Darlington
26 March, The Witham Barnard Castle
27 & 28 March, Alnwick Playhouse
31 March, East Stanley Working Men’s Club
3 April, Stokesley Community Library
4 April, Bishop Auckland Town Hall
5 April, Newton-le-Willows Village Hall
8 April, The Athenaeum, Sunderland
9 April, The Friarage Theatre, Yarm

https://elysiumtc.co.uk/2024/11/25/the-moth/

11/02/2025

ANNOUNCING - Electric Day Dreams are here on April 5th *Between 3-8pm* for their first Day Club outing, head over to their page for more info. Tickets: https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/electric-daydreams-the-new-day-the-engine-room-tickets/13691474

10/02/2025

Northumberland artist, & founder of Drawing for the Planet, Jane Lee McCracken will give a talk about her work at Queen's Hall Arts, Hexham on Wednesday 19th Feb 7pm.

Jane founded Drawing for the Planet, a global art & environmental education charity & partners with international wildlife charity Born Free, founded by Bill Travers & Dame Virginia McKenna, who starred in the film, Born Free (1966).

⭐There'll also be an auction of a print of a stunning original drawing by Jane that was displayed in the Chimpanzee Community exhibition in Nov 2024. All profits will go directly to LCRP’s chimpanzees.

(The Chimpanzee Community project in partnership with LCRP, & Born Free, raises awareness of one of our closest living relatives - endangered chimpanzees.)

Tickets £5. www.queenshall.co.uk/whats-on/jane-lee-mccracken-artist-talk-auction

Bidding on the print is now open;
charityauctionstoday.com/bid/chimpanzeedrawingauctioninaidofchimpanzees

To find out more about Jane's work;
Jane Lee McCracken
www.drawingfortheplanet.org

09/02/2025

Dilettante is the brain-child of longtime BC Camplight member Francesca Pidgeon. Debut album ‘Tantrum’ was followed by single ‘Stone’ & she’s been invited to record 2 sessions for BBC 6 Music. Francesca & band play Cluny 2 Sun 23 March.

thecluny.com/listing/dile
The Cluny
Dilettante

08/02/2025

08/02/2025

In light of the recent spate of major corporations spitting their dummies out over diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) let me make myself clear on where I, my staff and my business will always stand.
We love diversity. We live for equality. We strive for inclusion. We stand WITH those who identify as whoever the heck they want, however the heck they want. Honestly, it's none of our business, and we are grateful for and very much value your business. You do you and please know that here, at Prohibition, you will be welcome and you will be safe. We've got you. 😊

We are a diverse, equal and inclusive space. We always have been and always will be. For our performers, for our staff, for you. Without diversity, equality and inclusion this world would be a VERY boring place. We only get one shot around this crackers Earth folks, so make it count, be yourself and simply allow others the same courtesy. Easy peasy! 😁 🙏🏼❤️

Gan canny you lovely lot! ~ Mitch 🥃

07/02/2025

06/02/2025

We've come a long way..

We're time traveling back to February 1991.. (💫 wavy lines, wavy lines). Slowdive for £2.50 & Throwing Muses for £5 at the Riverside and ads for The Broken Doll, Heartbreak Soup & FLIP Vintage American Clothing.

Riverside Newcastle 1985-1999
Quayside in the 80s, Barley Mow, Baltic, Riverside, Egypt’s - I was there!

06/02/2025

Join us for Connected Communities: Smoggie Queens – From Script to Screen, an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of the hit BBC Three series that filmed on location in Tees Valley! 🎬

The event will have two panels featuring the brilliant team behind the show and is perfect for those interested in the production process and how ideas are developed for screen.

After the panel there will be an opportunity to network with the speakers, fellow attendees and invited guests.

📍Where: Middlesbrough Town Hall

📅When: Friday, 14th of Feb

🕛Time: 2pm - 5:30pm

🔗Secure your place here: https://bit.ly/3CtMhOq

Created by local talent Phil Dunning, Smoggie Queens is a hilarious BBC Three comedy celebrating Middlesbrough's vibrant LGBTQ+ scene. The show was produced by Hat Trick Productions and supported by the North East Production Fund.

05/02/2025

Complete a short survey about cultural & heritage events & you can choose to be entered into a prize draw to win a pair of tickets to a Concerts by Candlelight event of your choice at Newcastle Cathedral during June to Dec 2025 (terms & conditions apply).

The survey & prize draw will close 9am Tues 22 April 2025.
https://newcastlecathedral.org.uk/cathedral-events-programme-survey/

05/02/2025

If you haven't been yet - Jam Jar Cinema is a local, friendly, affordable and inclusive cinema in the heart of Whitley Bay. Forget your big multiplex cinema - Jam Jar offer a cosy hug rather than a corporate handshake! 🤗

(Just so you know....Jam Jar Cinema is a historic idea where you used to be able to get into the cinema at a discounted rate, or for free, on production of a Jam Jar!! It spread to cinemas all over the country, mainly in areas of heavy industry like Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield & Glasgow; where it was known as J’eely Jar Cinema).

Bridget Jones Mad About The Boy (15), starts Thurs 13.
Renée Zellweger returns to the role that established a romantic-comedy heroine for the ages.
Some screenings have sold out so extra show times have been added to meet demand.👉🏼
https://www.jamjarcinema.com/movie/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy
Jam Jar Cinema

05/02/2025

Next in our Gallery programme...

BEHOLD, WE WILL DO A NEW THING
An exhibition of new paintings by Paul Harvey, from original posters and record covers by Chris Morton

PREVIEW THIS SATURDAY
Sat 8th Feb, 2-4pm in our Gallery
All welcome

This collaboration between legendary designer Chris Morton, aka C-More-Tone, and acclaimed painter Paul Harvey explores the (sometimes) difficult relationship between fine art and graphic design…

It will discuss process in the pre- & post digital age and how different processes relate to the act of creativity, and will propose that the term ‘Graphic Artist ’be rehabilitated and celebrated.

Morton was the original art director at Stiff Records from 1976, producing many of the record covers and publicity for some of their most important and influential artists. He went freelance in 1983, subsequently working for the likes of Scott Walker, Tom Verlaine, The Cramps, Philip Glass, Dire Straits and Siouxsie & The Banshees amongst many others.

Harvey has been involved in the Stuckist art movement since 2001 and has had significant solo shows of his work both at home and abroad including London, Prague, Opava and Turin.

Find out more about the artists and the exhibition here > https://newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk/behold-we-will-do-a-new-thing/