York Artists Open Their Studios

The 7th York Open Studios 2008 Opening times:
Friday 4 April 2008 6-9pm
Saturday 5 April 2008 10am-7pm
Sunday 6 April 2008 11am-6pm

York Open Studios comprises a group of selected professional York artists, which changes every year. They open their studios or homes over one weekend in the year to exhibit their work. You can tour some or all of the artists' studios and spaces following our map, meet the artist in person and view their work. You can also buy direct from the artist. Open Studios provides an opportunity to experience excellent work by local artists in an informal setting. Free directories will be available from early 2008.
www.yorkopenstudios.co.uk

Historical Novel Conference 2008

The Historical Novel Society will celebrate its 10th Anniversary at the next UK Conference, which will be held at the National Railway Museum in York on Saturday 12th April 2008. For a fee of £79 per person, you will enjoy a choice of talks by Elizabeth Chadwick, Susannah Dunn, Jude Morgan, Andrew Martin, and Lynne Patrick, publisher at Crème de la Crime. For more details visit www.historicalnovelsociety.org
The fee includes lunch, and refreshments during the breaks in the morning and afternoon. Enquiries: jaysd@mistral.co.uk

York Accommodation

Exhibition of Needlework

Thursday 17th April 2008 10am-4pm
The Yorkshire Embroiderers are classes from York taught by Jennifer Hall. This is the 4th exhibition of their work. All monies raised go to Marie Curie. The York Minster Broderers are also exhibiting some of their exquisit work. We hope you enjoy the exhibition.
Location: The Tithe Barn, Nether Poppleton, York YO26 6LF

The Middle Yard - NCEM

Saturday 12th April
This month, Read Write York will host the premiere of ‘The Middle Yard’, an epic storytelling event and sequel to last year’s sell-out performance, ‘The Twisting Field’ on Saturday 12th April at the NCEM.

‘The Middle Yard’ is an exceptional story of leadership, power, corruption and ambition, brought vividly to life by two of the UK’s finest professional storytellers, Nick Hennessey and Simon Heywood, who weave the tale in between original songs played on harp and guitar. Expect drama, passion, twists and tragedy!

The National Centre for Early Music
St. Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, York Y01 9TL
www.ncem.co.uk

York Theatre Royal

04 - 26 April 2008

Three Men In A Boat
Written by Jerome K. Jerome / Directed by Paul Burbridge
Designed by Sean Cavanagh / Adapted for the stage by Paul Burbridge
York Theatre Royal and Riding Lights Theatre Company.

Ever been on a disastrous summer holiday? Three Men in a Boat will make yours seem like a honeymoon picnic. Jerome’s classic comedy comes roaring to life in a delightfully accident-packed evening as three men take a boat trip up the Thames in 1889. Through a series of hilarious mishaps and ineptitudes, a healthy rest-cure on the river goes badly adrift.

Splendidly adapted from what is arguably the funniest book in English literature, the renowned trio of ‘young fogies’, Jerome, Harris and George, give you a comic cavalcade of escapist diversions – everything from the affair of the strong cheese on a crowded train to Harris’s farcical attempts to sing a comic song at a polite dinner party. An ingenious production, with a masterpiece of a boat. A brilliant evening for everyone in the holiday mood – shot though with classic music hall songs from the Victorian period. More Info

York Theatre Royal, St. Leonard's Place, York, YO1 7HD
Box Office Tel: 01904 623568

The Grand Opera House York - April

York Grand Opera House Theatre, Cumberland Street, York YO1 9SW.
Tickets Prices Here

Harrogate Spring Flower Show 2008

24 - 27 April 2008
At The Great Yorkshire Showground, Horrogate HG2 8PW
Opening Hours: 09.30 - 17.30

The Harrogate Spring Flower Show is regarded by many as the start of the UK's gardening show season. Flower Halls 1 & 2 are home to over 100 of the country's leading horticultural nurseries, all exhibiting and competing for Best In Show and the NEHS Trophy. All the nurserymen are experts in their field and are happy to offer specialist advice.

See plant marquees, show gardens, buy gardening accessories, floristry & flower arranging, demonstrations, arts & crafts, Yorkshire food marquees and more..

For tickets & more info visit www.flowershow.org.uk
Harrogate Flower Shows. Tel: 01423 561049

York City Jog, York Racecourse

Tuesday 15th April 2008
York Racecourse / Registration 5pm, Event starts 6pm.
The evening York City Jog offers something for everyone. A 5km or 3km route around the racecourse, taking in the famous County Stand of York's Knavesmire. You can canter, walk or take a trot around with your family, friends, or colleagues and feel a great sense of achievement when you cross the finish line. For the sake of your heart just take part, have fun and raise vital funds for the British Heart Foundation's pioneering research and patient care. More info at www.bhf.org.uk/york

Broadway to Hollywood

15th - 19th April 2008
Tadcaster Theatre Company
A show of song and dance, with a selection of songs from many shows like, Me and my Girl, Barnum, Paint your wagon, les miserables, and Hairspray, also songs from the Rat Pack and our comedy version of the TV show, Dinner ladies and many more. The show will be held at the Riley Smith Hall in Tadcaster between the dates 15th - 19th April with a matinee on the 19th.
To book tickets please call 0845 2255 770 or
email us at enquiries@tadcastoraos.co.uk
Evening performances at 7.30pm matinee at 2.30pm

York Minster Art Show and Auction

Saturday 29 March to Friday 18 April
Location: North Transept of York Minster.
York Minster has been a magnet for artists for many centuries and is still an inspiration for many people. It has among its own community a whole host of talented painters:  from members of the congregation, to the Minster’s Surveyor of the Fabric and a former Archbishop of York. These and many more who love the Minster will be supporting the York Minster Revealed project by displaying their own works based on their interpretation of the building they love in an exhibition in the Minster.

© Ruth Demack

Auction: Friday 18 April 2008

18 artists, all associated with York Minster in some way, have produced works expressing their feelings on York’s own wonderful Cathedral. The paintings will then be sold at an auction to be held in the Minster on the evening of Friday 18 April 2008. The varied styles and methods of all the artists involved in the exhibition mean this will be a truly unique display and the only chance to see these varied interpretations of York Minster together. At the auction, Jake Attree, well known Yorkshire Painter, will speak about his love of the Minster and how it has inspired his work. Tickets for Jake Attree’s talk and the auction of paintings will cost £5 and are available from Church House Reception, Ogleforth, York YO1 7JN
Tel: 01904 557208 or on the night in the Minster. 

The proceeds from the auction of the artworks will go towards the York Minster Revealed project, which will open up the beauty of the Minster and increase craft and skills training in stone masonry and stained glass conservation.