Light Night, Leeds Dock and Hundreds of Boats and Lanterns
Leeds Dock will be bathed in colour and light with a new installation for this year’s Light Night, when flower lanterns and origami boats set sail on the canal. First-timers at Light Night, The British Library, based at Boston Spa, is collaborating with two of Leeds’ buddhist communities to produce Reflections on the Water and Voyage, in […]
Leeds – UK’s First Women Friendly City
After a successful bid for funding from Comic Relief, Women’s Lives Leeds has confirmed the pending launch of Women Friendly Leeds. Women’s Lives Leeds, a consortium of 11 women’s and girl’s organisations in Leeds, have been awarded funding from the Comic Relief “Power Up” Initiative. Theirs was one of 700 bids across the world and […]
Yorkshire Dance – Ageless Festival 25 and 26 October
Ageless Festival is bringing together artists, film-makers and speakers from around the world in a celebration of Yorkshire Dance’s work with older people in Leeds and elsewhere in Yorkshire. The Festival will occupy three venues in the Quarry Hill area of Leeds, featuring a mix of intimate and revealing conversations, motivating workshops and exhilarating performance, including […]
Tetley’s Associate Artists Programme – Artists Announced
The Tetley is now nationally recognised as a pioneering centre for contemporary art, and in the coming year, the Tetley’s Associate Artists Programme will mentor and support four more artists: K.P.Culver, Ro Hardaker, Jack Pell and Annabel Taylor-Munt were selected by Bryony Bond, Artistic Director at The Tetley, Dr Helen Pheby, Head of Curatorial Programme […]
Gamezstation – Celebrating its 6th Birthday
The 6th birthday of this successful gaming company is being celebrated with charity in mind at Northern Monk on 14 September. Whilst enjoying his gaming hobby, co-founder Scott Deighton had the idea for the company when he realised there was a way to help parents organise a birthday party, and from this an offer was […]
