A new solo sculpture exhibition by David Sprakes will be at Beverley Art Gallery in the Treasure House from Saturday, 5 May to Saturday, 30 June.
The free exhibition includes fifty sculptures with drawings and research. The work is inspired by landscape and east coast vistas where sculptures in bronze, aluminium, steel, marble and acrylic evoke a sense of ageing, time and weathering.
It’s now 100 years since the formation of the RAF and since that time this branch of the armed forces has become a linchpin in the defence of the realm, to such a degree that it’s impossible to imagine a world without its protection.
During both World Wars and the Cold War, the East Riding region figured prominently in RAF operations and hosted a number of airfields.
The Viewfinder Photographic Society, based in Skidby, will be welcoming Jonathan Chritchley, one of the world’s foremost photographers, to Beverley at the end of April.
Jonathan, who was named amongst the ‘Top 100 Photographers of All Time’ by the Sunday Times will be in Beverley at the Parkway Cinema on 30 April.
A new exhibition at the Treasure House in Beverley, Our Histories Revealed, opens on Saturday , 5 May.
This fascinating social history exhibition, a partnership project with the William Wilberforce Monument Fund, aims to uncover the often hidden stories of people of African descent in the East Riding.
A new exhibition,Beverley’s Satellite Villages, opens at the Beverley Guildhall on Friday, 23 March, with a preview on 21 March.
Beverley’s Satellite Villages, looks beyond Beverley itself to the six villages that lie in a neat circle surrounding the town, and includes Walkington, Bishop Burton, Cherry Burton, Leconfield, Tickton and Woodmansey.
Beverley is proud of its diverse artistic and creative culture. It boasts the East Riding Theatre; West End professionalism in a local setting.
It is home to actors of international renown, musicians, artists, authors, journalists and broadcasters. Celebratory festivals abound throughout the year: folk, food, early music and literature.
Beverley Theatre Company (BTC) are pleased to announce that Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple will be appearing at the Memorial Hall in their production of ‘A Murder is Announced’, an adaption of the Christie story by Leslie Darbon.
The family and friends of Mrs. Blacklock are all bemused when the weekly copy of the Chipping Cleghorn Gazette arrives with a startling announcement in the personal column – that a murder is to take place at their home, that very day at 6.30pm.
The second Stage4Beverley festival came to an end in stunning style with the ‘Gypsy Folk Rock’ band Holy Moly and The Crackers.
The bunch of wild gypsy troubadours finished off the festival on Sunday with an exciting and visceral blend of rock, pop, folk, blues, balkan, klezmer, ska and reggae.
Dates for Beverley Puppet Festival 2018 have been announced, with exciting news about new developments that will see the quality of this award winning event soar to even greater heights.
The 8th Beverley Puppet Festival, a Beverley Arts Trust event, takes place over two days and three nights between 13th and 15th July 2018. A major boost for local tourism, the festival is set to attract thousands of visitors into Beverley’s Town Centre.
The hugely popular Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is set to return to Beverley next summer, news that has been welcomed by the council.
Visitors to Beverley Art Gallery will be able to see 100 acclaimed photographs from all the competition categories, featuring a huge variety of inspiring images.
This weeks best selling albums at Bug Vinyl Records have been released and Greg Porter is the top seller of the week, climbing 6 places in the charts to make it to number one.
Compiled by the independent record store on Ladygate, Beverley, this week sees a few new entries including White Stripes, Boosty Collins and Morrissey who come in at number 2.
This Christmas, East Riding Theatre (ERT) in Beverley will transport audiences to 1940s America as it brings to life a magical stage adaptation of Frank Capra’s classic film It’s a Wonderful Life.
Frequently voted as the best-ever Christmas movie, this heart-warming story follows the fortunes of George Bailey, a small-town clerk facing financial ruin who wonders if his town would be better off without him.
This weeks best selling albums at Bug Vinyl Records have been released and it is REM who top the sales for the week their 25th Anniversary Edition of Automatic for the People.
Compiled by the independent record store on Ladygate, Beverley, REM are joined by some other big names in music including George Micheal.
Comic-with-guitar Mitch Benn, well-known for his musical turns on Radio 4’s The Now Show, brings his new show, Don’t Fear The Reaper, to the East Riding Theatre in Beverley on the 25 November.
It’s been a morbid time for musical satirist Mitch Benn; he’s turned 46 — over the hill by anyone’s standards — his personal life is in turmoil, and his childhood heroes are dropping like flies.
Richard Durrant will be making a welcome return to Beverley for a Candlelit Christmas Concert. He will be at Toll Gavel United Church on Thursday, 14 December at 7.30pm.
This year Richard is once again joined by master folk fiddler Nick Pynn and singer Amy Kakoura, two musicians who help take this show into the heart of Christmas.