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Tuscany flavour for new exhibition at Woodend
A touch of Tuscany comes to Scarborough thanks to a new exhibition entitled Flowers from an Italian Garden this month at Woodend, The Crescent.
Using oil pastels, it is inspired by the flowers of a 13th century town house in the medieval walled town of Sansepolcro in Tuscany and the Italian Gardens at South Cliff.
Entry is free and the event runs from May 6-27, 9am-5pm weekdays and 10am-4pm at weekends.
Red Arrows return to big regatta weekend
The Red Arrows will be swooping into Whitby for its traditional Regatta, the biggest event in the town, thanks to funds from Scarboroughbased Sirius Minerals. The aerobatic display aces will be flying on the Sunday of the big weekend, which takes place August 10-13. A Dakota from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will also display over the weekend, which includes rowing races and the flag-grabbing greasy pole competition.
Chance to see you at the new CU university
The next Open Event at Scarborough’s CU university at Weaponness takes place on Tuesday June
19, 5.30pm to 7.30pm. A free Google Digital Garage event this week for business
Jade’s ray of light for the Rainbow Centre
owners and entrepreneurs offered digital skills training. The event, the only one in the county, was organised by Yorkshire in Business and visited Manchester and Newcastle. Scarborough artist Jade Montserrat, whose work is to feature on the London Tube guide, is exhibiting at
The Showroom, London, until
5 May, with her video Price on Request, which can only be viewed once the work has been purchased. She also uses text in charcoal on the gallery wall from psychiatric studies. Proceeds to charities including Scarborough’s Rainbow Centre.
Some of world’s largest inflatable kites fly in
The skies above Bridlington North Cliff at Sewerby Fields will be filled with kites when a free festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20, 10am to 5pm, with some of the world’s largest inflatable kites flown by professional flyers. There will be the chance to have a go at flying a kite. The event, hosted by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the Northern Kite Group, is sponsored by St Stephen’s Shopping Centre in Hull.
Nashville buccaneer is heading to Imperial Bar
Nashville-based colourful mandolin and accordion player, singer-guitarist Tom Mason will be playing on Friday June 29 at the Imperial
Bar for free in Filey. He will also perform on Friday July 6 at the Woodend Gallery in Scarborough with local band Morning Bride. Tom played last year at Filey Folk Festival run by Christopher Lee – this year’s packed Filey festival starts on Friday. See page 50
Jewel of Cote de Jade shines on Scarborough
Scarborough has been highlighted by a magazine in the twin French town of Pornic, widely distributed throughout the Brittanic ancient port, known as the ‘Jewel of the Cote de Jade’. It published an interview with Michele Harriott, president of Scalby and Newby Twinning Association, established in 1989. Four Pornic artists are exhibiting at Woodend gallery June 14-July 8.
Lisa gets set for the royal wedding ...
Lisa Whitton, East Yorkshire manager for Hull Children’s University, has been invited to Windsor Castle for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in recognition of her work with young people in Bridlington and the East Riding. “It’s absolutely wonderful,” said Lisa, after 18 years working with Humberside Police’s youth engagement team.
Twenty cars at the ready for new road access
The remarkable engineering feat that created Valley Bridge Road is featured in a new book, Scarborough From Old Photographs, by prolific author Robin Lidster. The 96-page book, published by Amberley of Stroud for £14.99, includes 160 images from Victorian days to the growth of mass tourism. The opening of the new bridge in 1928 was like the start of a race, with 20 cars waiting at the ceremony.
The shipbuilding boom in the days of young Cook
A new exhibition Whitby in the Time of Cook: The Making of a Great Seaman is this year’s exhibition at the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Grape Lane, Whitby.
It covers the shipbuilding and shipping boom, connections to the towns of the North East, to London and to the Baltic. The young Cook himself travelled as far as St Petersburg in 1750. Opening times until Sunday November 4 are 9.45am to 5pm.
Success of engineering week to be celebrated
The success of Scarborough’s Science and Engineering Week is to be highlighted at a Made in Yorkshire gathering of manufacturing and engineering businesses in Leeds on May 17. The event was first held at Plaxton’s showroom nine years ago and has seen more than 30,000 students benefit from top national and local company exhibitions at the Spa.
The lost stone age village of Star Carr is revealed
Star Carr, an important Early Middle Stone Age village which stood on the edge of now-extinct Lake Flixton, has revealed more about life at the time than any other site in the world. Scarborough’s Rotunda Museum is showcasing objects. Admission is £3 for a year and free for under-18s. Opening times are Tues-Sun 10am-5pm, closed Mondays except for Bank Holidays.