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Beauty in small paintings
2:39pm Friday 5th February 2010
AN EXHIBITION of Chinese paintings from the 19th century has opened at Durham University’s Oriental Museum.
Chance to solve a murder mystery
2:39pm Friday 5th February 2010
DURHAM crime author Roz Southey is joining forces with a library service for a mini-series of talks and murder mystery evenings.
Orchestra North East Gala Theatre, Durham
2:37pm Friday 5th February 2010
WITH mighty forces at its disposal, Orchestra North East set about demonstrating yet again its credentials as the region’s only full-scale orchestra, welcoming back the Swiss conductor Philippe Bach, along with Andrew Watkinson, who fronted Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.
Choir needed for mysteries opera
2:20pm Friday 29th January 2010
A COMMUNITY opera is to be performed in Durham Cathedral as part of plans to reevive the medieval tradition of street plays based on Bible stories.
Auditions for musical
2:21pm Friday 29th January 2010
AUDITIONS are to be held for a production of Chess by the Dionysis Theatre Company at the Gala Theatre in Durham.
Book group
2:22pm Friday 29th January 2010
THE new Durham Book Group, run by Jo Colley, meets for the first time on February 8 at Leonard’s Café, Durham. The book under discussion is What Was Lost by Catherine O’Flynn, which won the First Novel Award at the 2008 Costas.
Talk and workshop on self-portrait techniqu
2:22pm Friday 29th January 2010
THE Ruth Borchard Collection of self-portraits by leading British artists is on display at Durham Art Gallery and DLI this month.
Mining artist’s retrospective
2:18pm Friday 22nd January 2010
THE way of life of a Durham miner is told in a fascinating exhibition which opens in Durham tomorrow.
Band returns – just to play, not act
2:20pm Friday 22nd January 2010
THE NASUWT Riverside Band returns to Sunderland’s Royalty Theatre on Saturday, February 6, to give a concert at 7.30pm.
Painting yet as the light fades
2:19pm Friday 22nd January 2010
AN ARTIST who continues to paint despite failing eyesight is co-author of a book about his travels around the North in the company of a friend.
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