Sun 12 Mini Christmas Tree Decorating at Katie’s Garden (11.30am- 1.30pm) - Head in store for a family workshop filled with Christmas spirit this winter - Booking required - £18 www.katiesgardenuk.com - 07519 824422 Sun 12 & 19 Christmas Crafternoon Tea at Serendipity Tea and Trinkets (2pm - 5pm) Festive afternoon tea and rag wreath making. Deposit of £10 required to reserve space - £35 www.facebook.com/serendipitysunderland Sun 12 - Dec 17 Blow Your Own Christmas Bauble at National Glass Centre - Create a beautiful glass bauble to hang on your Christmas tree or to give as the perfect handmade gift - Booking required - £27 www.nationalglasscentre.com - 0191 568 9700 Tues 14 - Dec 12 Arts & Crafts at St Oswald’s Church (1pm-3pm) - Join Visual Artist David Wilkinson who will show you different craft making techniques in preparation for Christmas during this five-week course - £2 - Booking required - booking@theculturalspring.org.uk 0191 427 8197 Wed 15 Sunderland Sixth Form Open Evening at Bede Campus (4.30pm-6.30pm) - Meet your future lecturers and choose courses that will lead you towards your career - Free www.sunderlandcollege.ac.uk/events 0191 511 6000 Wed 15 Sunderland Stages: Launch Day at Sunderland College - Bede Campus (7.30pm) - In collaboration with visual artist Alexander Millar, Launch Day celebrates the industrial history of our North East shipyard communities £8.50 - www.sunderlandstages.co.uk 0191 561 3455 Wed 15 - Dec 20 Blow Your Own Christmas Bauble at National Glass Centre - Create a beautiful glass bauble to hang on your Christmas tree or to give as the perfect handmade gift - Booking required - £27 www.nationalglasscentre.com - 0191 568 9700 Thurs 16 - Dec 24 Santa’s Grotto at the Bridges - Come and see Santa in central square - £2 per child www.thebridges-shopping.com
Fri 17 Gavin Webster - It’s About Time We Had More Women in There at Arts Centre Washington (7.30pm) - Expect pertinent and vacuous points from both sides by a man arguing with his inner self - £10 www.artscentrewashington.co.uk 0191 561 3455 Fri 17 - Dec 22 Stitchin’ in the Kitchen at Arts Centre Washington - Jane Sanders produces funny, quirky and totally unique portraits of pop and rock stars using textiles from her kitchen! - Free - 0191 561 3455 www.artscentrewashington.co.uk Sat 18 Autumn Fair at Sunderland Minster (10.30am - 1pm) - With games, stalls, gifts, tombola, Christmas stall and Grand Draw - 20p - admin@sunderlandminster.org 0191 565 4066 Sat 18 Jack’s Beanstalk Trail at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens - Jack has chopped down the magic beanstalk to escape from the giant and has lost his stolen treasures. Can you find all of the treasures and reveal the secret message? - £2.50 - museumlearning@ sunderland.gov.uk - 0191 561 2323 Sat 18 Davy Lamp Folk Club present The Folk Degree Students en Masse at Arts Centre Washington (7.30pm) - Students from Newcastle University’s Folk Degree will play in a variety of sets with some beautiful vocal arrangements - 0191 561 3455 www.artscentrewashington.co.uk Sat 18 GLOW + Neon Party at Arts Centre Washington (6pm + 7pm) - Enter a stunning world of light, performance and projection. Glow is an immersive performance of breathtaking Hip hop dance and circus skills. The performance will climax with a jaw dropping fire dance in the Courtyard. Performance, 6pm; Party 7 - 8.30pm - £8 - 0191 561 3455 www.artscentrewashington.co.uk Sat 18 Flameworked Glass Pendants and Earrings at National Glass Centre (10am - 4pm) - This one day class using borosilicate glass (PYREX) will explore making pendants and earrings, creating interesting shape twistsBooking required - £80- 0191 568 9700 www.nationalglasscentre.com
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Sun 19 Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music at Sunderland Empire (7pm) - The original Sing-a-long-a show is back and celebrating the film’s half century giving it a birthday party to remember! - from £12 plus 2.85 transaction fee www.atgtickets.com/Sunderland Sun 19 Christmas Craft & Food Fayre at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens (10am - 4pm) - Craft and gift stalls, food, festive entertainment, Santa’s grotto, children’s activities and so much more. Organised by Events2gogo - Free www.facebook.com/events2gogo Sun 19 Flameworked Glass Hearts at National Glass Centre (10am - 4pm) - In this one day class you will make a number of glass hearts using clear and coloured glass rodsBooking required - £80 - 0191 568 9700 www.nationalglasscentre.com Mon 20 - 22 Tango Moderno at Sunderland Empire - An irresistible hot new stage spectacular from tango superstars Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace - from £16.50 plus £2.85 transaction fee www.atgtickets.com/Sunderland Wed 22 Bede Campus Open Event (Professional and Technical) (4.30pm - 6.30pm) - Meet your future lecturers and choose courses that will lead you towards your career - Free 0191 511 6000 www.sunderlandcollege.ac.uk/events Thurs 23 The Fire Station: Launch Night (6pm) - MAC (Music, Arts & Culture) Trust is working together with internationally-acclaimed outdoor theatre company Periplum to open Sunderland’s brand new cultural venue, The Fire Station. The event will be a spectacular live performance which will see a mixture of movement, music and drama. The project is the culmination of an ambitious participatory programme delivered by partners - Live Theatre, Dance City and Sunderland Music Education Hub (SMEH) - who have been working alongside Periplum. FREE, but ticketed, for details please see www.culturalspring.org.uk
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