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Dr Gerardine Mulcahy-Parker, curator of the exhibition that showcases digital painting and sculpture will help introduce digital art to a wider audience.
The new exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery called ‘A Cultural Pilgrimage from Beverley to Hull’ features the work of Gary Saunt, an artist based in Beverley and sculptures by his daughter Kat Saunt.
Beverley Male Voice Choir will be hosting a joint concert with the Seer Green Singers later this month at Toll Gavel Church in Beverley.
Taking place on 27 October at 7.30PM the concert will give music lovers the opportunity to enjoy the music from Seer Green Singers who are currently on tour.
Newbegin House, Beverley’s only five star B&B, has been included in the Good Hotel Guide 2018 and, for the third year running, has won an “Editor’s Choice” award.
In 2015, Newbegin House received a “best newcomer” award. This was followed by a “Best Value” award in 2016 and now by a “Best B&B” award in 2017.
Contractors working on behalf of East Riding of Yorkshire Council have removed 13 sunken vessels from the River Hull, between Tickton and Beverley Beck, during the month of September.
Removing the vessels was an operational requirement of the multi-million-pound River Hull Integrated Catchment Strategy (RHICS), which was adopted by the River Hull Board in July 2015.
Beverley and Holderness MP, Graham Stuart, says the community is fully behind his efforts to improve access to life-saving defibrillators after he hosted a summit for local fundraisers and the emergency services.
The MP, who for many years has championed greater awareness and availability of Community Public Access Defibrillators (CPADs) across East Yorkshire, said the conference had helped build a strategy for improving provision and education across the region.
Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan are familiar and popular names in journalism. Their careers have ranged across ITN, BBC’s Newsnight, Global TV and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Held in esteem and affection, they have seen and covered much between them and garnered many unexpected insights.
Now they discuss courage, cunning and compassion in the turbulence of war as they bring together the stories of thirty-four individuals, many untold until now. And they are coming to Lit Up Festival on Friday 20 October.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 369 is out and this week features a images from WWII Day at St Nicholas School, a roundup of the sporting action and much more.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 369 is available from Molescroft News, Woodhall or can be viewed online below.
Beverley-based social media marketing consultants Social Bods have partnered with Flemingate’s Riva Lounge to provide a free social media clinic for East Yorkshire businesses, charities, and other organisations.
Businesses and organisations of all sizes are invited to drop in to Riva Lounge from 9:45am on Friday 17 November to get help solving their social media issues and get answers to their questions about using social media for business.
Hull born and raised playwright, Richard Bean, who is celebrated for work such as The Hypocrite and Broadway success One Man Two Guvnors, is delighted at the reception of East Riding Theatre’s production of his play Kiss Me.
Due to an imminent knee replacement operation Richard Bean is unable to see the show for himself but has recently sent the cast, local actor Edward Cole with Bettine Mackenzie who recently appeared in Adrian Rawlins production of The Night Season, a card thanking them for their truthful portrayal of his characters.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has commissioned a colossal artwork by Gary Saunt, which goes on display free of charge at the Treasure House in Beverley on Saturday, 21 October, as the latest stage of its contribution to Hull UK City of Culture 2017
The huge digital painting – measuring over 20 metres in length – has been produced to celebrate the transformational impact of this cultural event on Hull and the East Riding. Gary’s artwork takes the viewer on a cultural pilgrimage from Beverley to Hull.
Creative writers filled Hull Central Library this Saturday for the announcement of the Val Wood Prize 2017.
As Hull’s award-winning author, Val Wood has sold an estimated two million novels worldwide and continues to engage her fan base with the annual release of romantic and historical novels, set in the Nineteenth Century and based on fictional characters who live in Hull and the surrounding region.
The Potting Shed in Beverley has created the ultimate winter comfort food … Christmas dinner reinvented as a burger!
Made with a juicy turkey mince patty, stuffing and cranberry and topped with parsley relish, The Winter Burger combines everyone’s favourite Christmas dinner ingredients – but on a bun.
Beverley Community Lift, the local charity that provides transport services for elderly and disabled people, was dealt a severe blow recently when its Chief Executive, Jan Stainforth, received a letter from the Department for Transport, setting out its proposals to impose restrictions that could have a seriously damaging impact on the Charity’s core services, possibly even leading to Beverley Community Lift being forced to close down.
East Rising Ward Councillor, Denis Healy, whose St Mary’s ward includes Beverley Community Lift, explained the problem in more detail following a meeting with Jan Stainforth.
Beverley’s East Riding Theatre will be hosting its first-ever Candlelight Sessions in its Café Bar, on Sunday 22nd October, offering the audience the chance to get close up to the artist; in an intimate, candlelit, in-the-round, and completely unamplified setting.
Guest artist is the highly-acclaimed Pete Dilley; a rising singer-songwriter from County Durham with four albums under his belt and impressive CV including playing alongside Chloe Hall & Beth Neilsen Chapman.
Independent retailer VERB have expanded their fashion offering for ladies as they look to fill what they say is gap in the Beverley women’s fashion market.
Owner Lee Wardell has also made some changes to the store creating a dedicated area that is softer and has a more feminine feel to it.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Humberside Police are stepping up their efforts to tackle the issue of hate crime and ensure that the East Riding continues to remain a safe place for all.
With National Hate Crime Awareness Week taking place from Saturday, 14 to Saturday, 21 October, the council is keen to increase public knowledge of hate crime, to encourage people to report hate crimes and to empower communities to work together to prevent ‘hate’.
Sophie Hannah returns to the festival to talk about her new psychological thriller, a book that has been described since its publication in August as “her absolute best” by Liz Nugent, her “best contemporary novel to date” by the Sunday Times, and “explosive” by Heat Magazine. Indeed Did You See Melody? is a gripping standalone page-turner about the most famous murder victim in America – except… what if she is not dead?
An owner of a popular seafood restaurant brand in Hull and Beverley has called for fundraising help as a team looks to pass a £25,000 target for Dove House Hospice in memory of Sally Marshall and Julie Lang.
Tina Cerutti, who runs Cerutti ‘2’ in Beverley, has been part of Team Sally, which has raised more than £24,000 so far for the local hospice which provides levels of care and support beyond the call of duty.