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discover
middlesbrough
festival 2018
15 October
- 4 November
Billingham Redcar
discover
Wilton Centre
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by a special exhibition We hope it will continue to
generate people’s interest
locally and across the Mick Thompson
Executive Member for
Tees Valley. Enjoy. Culture and Communities
Event listings correct at the time of print and promoted in good faith.
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Your Town Hall Middlesbrough: Red Army TV Discover ‘In Happy Memory’
Tours - A Town of Middlesbrough Special of Felix Corbett -
Transformation Rampant Sin Wed 17 Oct, 5pm - 6pm Middlesbrough’s
for the 21st Century Tues 16 Oct Dickens Inn, 4 Southfield Road, first Borough
2pm - 3.30pm Middlesbrough, TS1 3BZ
Tues 16 (10.30am), Thurs FREE Organist
18 (10.30am), Mon 22 The Courtroom,
Middlesbrough Town Hall, Special TV broadcast from the makers of Boro fan TV station Red Army
Thurs 18 Oct
(10.30am & 2pm), Tues 2pm - 3.30pm
23 (2pm) & Wed 24 Oct Albert Road, Middlesbrough, TV for Discover Middlesbrough – our own bespoke TV show featuring
TS1 2QJ many of the highlights to come in this year’s autumn festival. Come The Courtroom,
(10.30am) along watch and maybe take part in the recording at Dickens Inn for Middlesbrough Town Hall,
Middlesbrough Town Hall, FREE. Booking required.
free. More information:www.facebook.com/bororedarmy Albert Road, Middlesbrough,
Albert Road, Middlesbrough, An illustrated talk exploring TS1 2QJ
TS1 2QJ the story of drinking, crime Magical Mystery History Tour FREE. Booking required.
FREE. Booking required. and rampant sin in nineteenth
century Middlesbrough, and Thurs 18 Oct, 9.30am - 12.30pm In the Concert Hall of
Talk & Walk: Come and see the major how those responsible for law The Dorman Museum, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough Town Hall a
changes we’ve made to open and order responded, by local Middlesbrough, TS5 6LA highly decorated window
Transport & up new spaces for you in the historian Martin Peagam. FREE commemorates the life of Felix
Town Hall building, turning this
Travellers well-loved landmark into a Come for a magical bus ride
Corbett. In this illustrated talk by
More information and to book Neil Cooke, Middlesbrough Town
Mon 15 Oct venue fit for the future of this as we explore the history of
(160 max): Hall Volunteer, you will hear about
2pm - 3pm town and its amazing past. Middlesbrough.
Middlesbrough Theatre Box Office the musical life of Felix Corbett
Hebrew Prayer House, Tour lead by Liz Hayward, 01642 815181 Time Traveler Martin Peagam and of the famous names,
Linthorpe Cemetery, Engagement and Learning www.middlesbroughtheatre.co.uk will be your guide as we travel such as Dame Nellie Melba,
Officer. on a restored double decker Paderewski, Sir Edward Elgar and
Ayresome Green Lane,
Middlesbrough, TS5 5DW provided by The Teesside Rachmaninov, that he brought
More information and to book 500 Group. to Middlesbrough in his annual
FREE (donation for (20 max):
During the journey our guide series of Celebrity Concerts from
refreshments) Middlesbrough Theatre Box Office the year that the Town Hall was
will bring to life places, events
Railways, airplanes, sea 01642 815181 opened until his death in 1940.
and characters from the history of Middlesbrough.
transport: local historian and www.middlesbroughtheatre.co.uk
www.mytownhall.co.uk Our tour will embrace a variety of places, events and More information and to book
friend of the cemetery Ian
characters important in the history of the town. (160 max):
Stubbs will lead this walk relating
to people associated with many The tour will end at the refurbished Town Hall, where there will be Middlesbrough Theatre Box Office
forms of transport who are the opportunity to enjoy refreshments, or to return back to the 01642 815181
buried in Linthorpe Cemetery. Dorman Museum. www.middlesbroughtheatre.co.uk
www.mytownhall.co.uk
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Introduction to MIMA Marking the end of Middlesbrough and
Teesside Archives New Exhibition the First World War Suffragettes – No
Thurs 18 Oct Opening in Middlesbrough Place for Terrorists?
2.30pm - 4pm Sat 20 Oct Mon 22 Oct Tues 23 Oct
Teesside Archives, 10am - 4pm, Community 2pm - 3.30pm 10.30am - 12pm
Exchange House, Lunch at 1pm Teesside Archives, Exchange The Courtroom,
Exchange Square, Middlesbrough Institute of House, Exchange Square, Middlesbrough Town Hall,
Middlesbrough, TS1 1DB Modern Art, Centre Square Middlesbrough, TS1 1DB Albert Road, Middlesbrough,
FREE Middlesbrough, TS1 2AZ FREE TS1 2QJ
Join us for a free session to FREE 2018 marks the centenary of
FREE. Booking required.
find out about the collections Gilkes Street Artists
Cook Society Join us for our new exhibition Armistice which led to the end of A century ago, some
held at Teesside Archives
opening, a day of talks, tours Open Studio Day the First World War, but how easy women obtained the vote.
and how to access them for Annual Meeting and making activities and a was the process of transitioning Martin Peagam will explore
your research. Take a look Sat 20 Oct
Sat 20 Oct shared Community Lunch. We from war to peace for the people Middlesbrough during the years
behind the scenes in one of 11am - 2pm of Middlesbrough? This talk
10am are open from 10am to 4pm, leading up to this event. He
our archive strongrooms and
with lunch at 13:00. All free. Gilkes Street Artists Studios, examines the public mood, the will consider the local figures
visit our conservation studio The Captain Cook Brentnall Business Centre, challenges and the celebrations involved, how much support
to find out how we look after Birthplace Museum, More information: 65 Gilkes Street, experienced in the town in there was for the Suffragette
our collections. Stewart Park,Middlesbrough, 1918-19.
www.visitmima.com/whats-on/ Middlesbrough, TS1 5AP movement tactics, the opposition
TS7 8AT events/ FREE to change, and what happened
Please note this event will include More information and to book:
FREE to members once the law was changed.
stairs. More information and to The open studio will give visitors 01642 248321 or teesside_
book: We are once again delighted an opportunity to meet and archives@middlesbrough.gov.uk More information and to book
01642 248321 or to be hosting this prestigious chat to the artists working in (160 max):
teesside_archives@ event. Guest speakers will be
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their studios. Their current work Middlesbrough Theatre Box Office
middlesbrough.gov.uk sharing their Captain Cook includes painting, printmaking, The Notorious 01642 815181
www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ knowledge throughout the day.
teessidearchives
drawing, collage and tapestry Seymour www.middlesbroughtheatre.co.uk
weaving. www.mytownhall.co.uk
Tues 23 Oct
The Gilkes Street Artists’ Studios
are located on the first floor
2pm - 3pm Join local historian p.a.morbid for
(via stairs) within The Brentnall Middlesbrough Central a look at Victorian Middlesbrough’s
Business Centre on Gilkes Street. Library, Victoria Square, most colourful character, William
Middlesbrough, TS1 2AY White Collins Seymour.
More information: £2
www.gilkesstreetartists.co.uk More information and to book:
01642 729002
Cook 250 logo options B
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Meet Poets of Evacuees During the War Policing Victorian
Middlesbrough Wed 24 Oct, 1pm - 3pm Middlesbrough
Wed 24 Oct St Marys Cathedral, Dalby Way, Coulby Wed 24 Oct, 2pm - 3.30pm
12pm - 3pm Newham, Middlesbrough, TS8 OTW The Courtroom, Middlesbrough Town Hall,
Boro Bookworm & Sacred FREE booking essential Albert Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2QJ
Alien Comix, 41 Wilson Evacuees - Have You A Story To Tell? FREE. Booking required.
Street, Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough played a major part in the war
What was it like to be a policeman in Victorian
A Walk Around TS1 1SA effort. People made this happen, but not without
Middlesbrough? Were the police crime-fighters
sacrifice.
the Old and New FREE booking essential or enforcers of middle-class morality? And how
Were you an evacuee or have close personal did the police cope with the hostility (including
Village of Linthorpe Meet poets of Middlesbrough,
stories about evacuees? Join us to hear some mass assaults) that they met from certain
Talk & Walk: established and up and
Wed 24 Oct coming who will be reading the fascinating and inspiring stories… quarters? This talk by Professor David Taylor of
Died Abroad 10.15am - 12.15pm extensive collection of poetry Huddersfield University will answer these questions
Meet outside Dorman by local poets from the 1970’s More information and to book: as it surveys the early years of modern policing in
Tues 23 Oct 01642 061 019 Middlesbrough.
2pm - 3pm Museum, Linthorpe Road, to the present. Host Khadim
Hussain will be reading his work lindaford@hope-foundation.org.uk
Hebrew Prayer House, Middlesbrough, TS5 6LD More information and to book (160 max):
FREE including the first ever poem Middlesbrough Theatre Box Office 01642 815181
Linthorpe Cemetery, about Middlesbrough FC in www.middlesbroughtheatre.co.uk
Middlesbrough, TS5 5DW In the mid nineteenth century a Punjabi. There will be many www.mytownhall.co.uk
FREE (donation for new Victorian village replaced more including Bob Beagrie and
refreshments) the old one in Linthorpe. Join Andy Willoughby who will bring
Mike McCann for a walk to the some of their University students
The History of the Transporter Bridge
People from Middlesbrough old village to see how people to perform their work in public Thurs 25 Oct, 1pm
lived and worked overseas and lived and worked and compare for the first time. Tees Transporter Bridge Visitor Centre,
graves in the cemetery record this with the housing, industry Ferry Road, Middlesbrough, TS2 1PL
distant lands where they passed and way of life in the new More information:
away. There were soldiers, sailors, FREE
village. www.facebook.com/borobooks
travellers and other people who Bridge Supervisor, John Ivison will be giving a presentation
Afterwards an opportunity to visit
died in South America, Africa on the longest working transporter bridge in the world,
the Christopher Dresser Exhibition
and various other places, as The Tees Transporter Bridge.
in Dorman Museum and for
well as other parts of Europe Opened in 1911, the “tranny” as it is affectionately known,
refreshments in the Café.
and many other lands. This walk celebrated its centenary with a major Heritage Lottery Fund
and talk will allow us to have (HLF) £2.6m award for refurbishment and upgrade work. It
More information:
a geography lesson learning remains an iconic symbol of Teesside’s engineering and
www.menvcity.org.uk/
about them. industrial heritage. Hear more about the long and colourful
walkingforhealth/
history of Teesside’s favorite industrial landmark.
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Foundry Tour Joseph Banks and Raffles v Boro Captain Cook’s
Thurs 25 & Fri 26 Oct his role on the Holmes - Book of Birthday
1pm - 3pm Endeavour
William Lane Brass Foundry,
the Month Special celebrations and
Forty Foot Road, Fri 26 Oct Fri 26 Oct the Museum’s
Middlesbrough, TS2 1HG 1pm 2pm - 3pm
The Captain Cook Birthplace Twisted Lip (upstairs),
40th Birthday
FREE - small donation to the
poppy appeal Museum, Stewart Park, 11-13 Baker Street, celebrations
Middlesbrough, TS7 8AT Middlesbrough, TS1 2LF
Putting Ladies As featured on BBC Two £3 per person or free with
Thirty Years of Fly Sat 27 Oct
FREE 10.30am - 2.30pm
on a Pedestal:
programme Great British Railway
an explorer pass Me To The Moon The Captain Cook Birthplace
Journeys with Michael Portillo, A literary head to head
Inspirational this is a chance to visit the Joseph Banks and his role on between two Teesside Fanzine Museum, Stewart Park,
last foundry in the heart of the the Endeavour. Talk by Paul Scott heavyweights – Middlesbrough Sat 27 Oct Middlesbrough, TS7 8AT
Teesside Women ironmasters district. of the Joseph Banks Society born E V Hornung’s cricketer 10.30am - 5pm £2 per person or free with
Thurs 25 Oct Hear an explanation of casting At 25 years old, Joseph Banks and gentleman thief, Raffles, an explorer pass
was appointed as the official is pitted against Melvyn Small’s
(showing until Sat 3 Nov)
2pm - 3pm manufacture and tour around Boro Bookworm & Sacred
Botanist on Cook’s first great contemporary Boro version 40th Birthday Celebrations with
Middlesbrough Central the facilities including the
voyage in 1768. He quickly of Sherlock Holmes. The man Alien Comix, 41 Wilson St, Inner State Theatre Company
Library, Victoria Square, original foundry building dating
back to 1890. became an invaluable in the middle is Siren Radio Middlesbrough, TS1 1SA Today marks the 40th birthday
Middlesbrough, TS1 2AY member of the crew because and Southside Broadcasting FREE of the Museum itself and the
£2 The foundry’s current project is of his ability to develop friendly founder Alex Lewczuk, joined 290th birthday of Captain Cook.
commemorating the end of the relations with the islanders. by author Jennie Finch in An exhibition launch at Boro There’s plenty to celebrate at
Come along and discover First World War. Bookworm & Sacred Alien Comix the museum with Inner State
He developed a mutual trust this Southside Broadcasting
some amazing women! showing three decades of the Theatre Company performing
The event is not suiitable for children through his openness, natural special edition Discover
In the year that marks the curiosity and fascination with Middlesbrough Podcast. Boro fanzine, presented by “Cook’s Secret recipe.” This
or wheelchair users, flat shoes and
centenary of some women
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their customs and way of life. editor Robert Nichols from the short and hilarious performance
sensible clothes must be worn.
being granted the right to vote, Come and learn more about very first hand drawn, typed and will see what Captain Cook is
More information and to book: photocopied black and white
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cooking for his crew and will
we take the opportunity to Banks and his experiences on
01642 242871 issue to the present day colour they like it?
celebrate local women. board the Endeavour.
More information: publication. From Ayresome to
Time Traveller Martin Peagam will the Riverside. Rioch to Pulis. To Birthday Cake cutting will take
www.williamlanefoundry.uk place around 1pm.
explore the lives of 100 Teesside Europe and back. 1988-2018
Ladies who perhaps deserve still shooting for the moon.
greater recognition.
More information:
More information and to book: www.facebook.com/borobooks/
01642 729002 Cook 250 logo options B
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Cook 250 logo options B
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option b
The Glass Ceiling Periplum bring to life the self- Captain Cook’s Responses to Larchfield
styled feminine incendiaries’,
Sat 27 Oct and the men who marched Birthday Service Fascism: Stockton Community
8pm alongside these pioneers
Centre Square, of direct action. Sensory,
Sun 28 Oct and Middlesbrough Tues 30 Oct
4pm 10am - 12pm, 2pm - 4pm
Middlesbrough, TS1 2AY spectacular and ultimately
St Cuthberts Church,
in the 1930s Larchfield Community,
FREE uplifting, this surround
Marton, Mon 29 Oct Stokesley Road, Hemlington,
performance uses innovative
staging and pyrotechnic TS7 8JU 2pm - 3.30pm Middlesbrough, TS8 9DY
Spectacular visual theatre
marking 100 years since the first design, new music, writing FREE Family drop-in The Courtroom, FREE
and aerial performance in a Middlesbrough Town Hall,
British women were able to vote
gritty depiction of the struggle
Andrew Grant, the Vicar of craft activities Albert Road, Middlesbrough,
At Larchfield Community,
Created and performed by St Cuthbert’s church, where on the edge of Hemlington,
Periplum. Fire & Pyrotechnics to gain the vote and break Cook 250 logo options B
Mon 29, Tues 30 TS1 2QJ
Captain Cook was baptised, will Middlesbrough, we provide
delivered by Lightfires. through a glass ceiling.
be holding a service to mark
& Wed 31 Oct FREE. Booking required. supported living to 37 adults with
The Glass Ceiling will tour James Cook’s birthday this year. 10am - 3pm learning disabilities and offer
The Glass Ceiling is an ambitious During the 1930s right-wing
across the Tees Valley with We will be accompanied by a Middlesbrough Town Hall, day placements to a further 65
new visual theatre work fascist groups attempted to
support from the SIRF, Tees “band from Middlesbrough Sea Albert Road, Middlesbrough, emulate the success of Hitler, adults from all over Teesside.
marking 100 years since the
Valley Combined Authority Cadets.” TS1 2QJ We provide meaningful work
first British women were given Mussolini and Franco in Europe,
and 5 Borough Councils – FREE. Booking required. opportunities in a variety of
the right to vote. Inspired by the by targeting areas of high
Stockton, Darlington, Redcar workshops including; café,
Suffragettes and Suffragists, the unemployment.
& Cleveland, Hartlepool and Drop in during the day to enjoy kitchen, bakery, craft, farm and
show celebrates activists from These areas included Stockton
Middlesbrough. craft activities making stained gardens.
the Tees Valley region whose and Middlesbrough.
glass windows, music shakers,
courage propelled this historic Local historian Martin Peagam Come along and enjoy a stroll
and more out of modelling
movement to achieve political will explore what happened around our 160 acre farm and
materials to take home with
recognition. when the fascists arrived in see our cattle, sheep, chickens
you. All ages welcome to take
Teesside. and geese and enjoy lunch in
part in creative and enjoyable
activities inspired by the Town our cafe.
More information and to book
Hall building. Take the opportunity to have a
(160 max):
look around our farm shop and
Middlesbrough Theatre Box Office
For the safety of the performance, More information and to book: the display of craft work for sale.
01642 815181
please be aware there are no Middlesbrough Theatre Box Office On the day there will be the
www.middlesbroughtheatre.co.uk
dogs and bicycles allowed within 01642 815181 opportunity to take part in craft
www.mytownhall.co.uk
the performance site. www.middlesbroughtheatre.co.uk activities in the main hall, with
some of the people we support.
Advice for parents, this show is not No need to book.
recommended for children under
8 years More information: www.cvt.org.uk
image: Dawn McNamara Photography
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Trials & Tribulations Hocus Pocus
- Courtroom Half Term
mini dramas for Wed 31 Oct & Fri 2 Nov
everyone to join in 1pm - 3pm
Dorman Museum, Linthorpe
Tues 30 Oct Road, Middlesbrough,
2pm - 3.30pm TS5 6LA
The Courtroom, £1 per child
Middlesbrough Town Hall,
Drop in family craft activities
Albert Road, Middlesbrough, Torchlight Tour at with a Harry Potter and
TS1 2QJ
FREE. Booking required.
Teesside Archives Halloween theme.
Tues 30 Oct Friends of Nature’s
Based on genuine
Middlesbrough Police Court
6pm - 7pm Abbi Steedman Fancy dress is not mandatory World - Bird Garden
Teesside Archives, Exchange but it does make things more
records from the end of
House, Exchange Square, Halloween fun. Party
the 19thC and early 20thC
recreated for fun. Scripted for Middlesbrough, TS1 1DB Handicap Your £2 donation will go to South
Thurs 1 Nov
you to take part and feel what it FREE Tees Diabetes Family Support
Wed 31 Oct 11am - 1.30pm
was like to be part of the court Group.
Join us for a torchlight tour Registration from 5.45pm; Nature’s World Secret
proceedings. What was the Park at Hemlington Viewley
crime? Who did it? How were of the archives and a look race starts at 6.15pm; Gardens, Ladgate Lane
Centre shops car park.
they punished? Then escort the at selected items from our Finish around 8.30pm Middlesbrough,TS5 7YN
collections. You will get a unique Habinteg Centre, 6 Cresswell
prisoners as they are ‘sent down’ FREE
into custody in the Police Cells view behind the scenes of an Close, Hemlington, TS8 9QB
iconic Middlesbrough building Friends of Nature’s World invite
on their way to punishment. £2 charity donation
rarely accessible to the general you and your family to our first
More information and to book public. Join us this Halloween for “Bird Garden Party”. From the
(160 max): Please note this event will include a terrifying trot around common sparrow and robin to
Middlesbrough Theatre Box Office stairs. Places are limited so contact Hemlington Lake in the annual the elusive woodpecker and
01642 815181 us now to book: Abbi Steedman Halloween owl, join us to celebrate and
www.middlesbroughtheatre.co.uk 01642 248321 or Handicap. Choose your support all the wonderful birds
www.mytownhall.co.uk teesside_archives@ creepy course from the 5k and found at Nature’s World!
middlesbrough.gov.uk 2k options and meet in the
www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ Habinteg Centre afterwards More information:
teessidearchives for terrifying treats and Witches’ www.friendsofnaturesworld.co.uk
Brew*. (*tea)
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North East on Film - MIMA Exhibition Wilton at Night Cook v Kirk
Middlesbrough and Middlesbrough Thurs 1 Nov Fri 2 Nov
6pm - 8pm 1pm - 2pm
Archive Screening Collection Tour Middlesbrough Central
SABIC, Wilton Centre, Redcar, TS10 4RF
and Home Movie Thurs 1 Nov FREE Library, Centre Square,
1.45pm - 2.45pm
Event TS1 2AY
Middlesbrough Institute of This guided coach tour of Wilton International is a FREE
Thurs 1 Nov Modern Art, Centre Square rare opportunity to see some of the UK’s leading
1pm - 3pm A great opportunity to view the 250th anniversary
Middlesbrough, TS1 2AZ process industries at night. The skyline looks
Middlesbrough Central magnificent in the dark and inspired Director, Ridley of the Cook voyages through the lens of Gene
FREE. No need to book. Roddenberry`s world of Star Trek with some
Library, Victoria Square, Opening of the Scott to base the dramatic opening shot of the sci-fi
intriguing views on the legacy of James Cook to
Join our Assistant Curator for a classic Blade Runner on Wilton’s skyline at night.
Middlesbrough, TS1 2AY Cleveland Art 21st century science fiction and to vote for your
tour of our new exhibition which
FREE favourite captain.
looks at the Middlesbrough Society Winter Cook 250 logo options B
North East Film Archive has Collection from a queer
a treasure trove of films, perspective. Exhibition More information and to book: CTLHS Lectures
celebrating the past 100 years The exhibition showcases Thurs 1 Nov www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ Sat 3 Nov
of the region’s history. Come artworks from the Middlesbrough wilton-at-night-tickets-49591629900 10.30am - 1pm
5pm - 7pm
and watch archive films of Collection by artists whose life The Heritage Gallery at Dorman Museum, Linthorpe Road,
Middlesbrough and the north or work deviate from long-
east and bring down your own Cargo Fleet, Cargo Fleet Middlesbrough, TS5 6LA
held norms around gender and
old cine films and videos and sexuality. Following the tour, we
Offices, Middlesbrough Talk & Walk: FREE
talk to us about adding them to take a behind the scenes look Road, Middlesbrough, For King & Country Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society is
the region’s film archive. at the Middlesbrough Collection TS6 6XJ celebrating its Golden Jubilee. Founded in 1968, the
Fri 2 Nov
which comprises artworks from FREE Society has been at the forefront of encouraging and
More information: 1900 to the present day.
11am - 12pm
publicizing research into the heritage of the area,
www.northeastonfilm.com Our region’s original and Hebrew Prayer House, delivering lectures and day-schools and publishing
authentic art group - Linthorpe Cemetery,
More information: the outcomes of research throughout that time.
Cleveland Art Society, used Middlesbrough, TS5 5DW
www.visitmima.com/whats-on/
to reserve the end of year For this meeting, the topics are Westerdale During the
events/
calendar slot for their Annual
FREE (donation for refreshments) Time of the Knights Templar and Home Comforts. The
Exhibition. They are delighted Army, Navy, Air Force personnel and civilians Role of the Red Cross Auxiliary Hospitals in the North
to land at the Heritage Gallery and Merchant Navy people died in the conflict Riding 1914-1919. Two different periods of history, two
and promise, as usual, a between 1914 and 1920. This Walk and Talk different topics, all fascinating!
special treat for the admirers will explore a selection of them buried in or Come and join Members of the Cleveland and
of that inescapable art form - commemorated in the cemetery and will also Teesside Local History Society at one of our regular
painting. point the way to find out more. meetings.
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EXHIBITIONS Middlesbrough:
My Town My Future
Exhibition
Thirty Years of Fly
Me To The Moon
Fanzine
Cook’s Sites Until Thurs 18 Oct Sat 27 Oct - Sat 3 Nov
During Library Opening 10.30am - 5pm
Exhibition
Hours Boro Bookworm & Sacred
Mon 15 Oct - Sun 28 Oct Middlesbrough Central Alien Comix, 41 Wilson St,
Museum open Tues - Sun, Library, Victoria Square, Middlesbrough, TS1 1SA
10.30am - 3.30pm Middlesbrough, TS1 2AY FREE
The Captain Cook Birthplace FREE
Museum, Stewart Park, An exhibition launch at Boro
Middlesbrough residents Bookworm & Sacred Alien Comix
Middlesbrough, TS7 8AT
£4 per adult, £2.50
have been taking part in fun The Cleveland showing three decades of the
workshops to tell their stories Boro fanzine, presented by
concesstions, £10 explorer about the town. They’ve Art Society Winter editor Robert Nichols from the
pass for a family of up to worked with Mark Williams, Exhibition very first hand drawn, typed and
3 adults and 2 children for a photography tutor from photocopied black and white
the 2018 season Middlesbrough Community Check Dates issue to the present day colour
Learning, and creative writing 5pm - 7pm publication. From Ayresome to
Using a magnificent series of tutor Natalie Scott, to learn The Heritage Gallery at Harry Potter: A the Riverside. Rioch to Pulis. To
large format photographs taken how to take inspirational Cargo Fleet, Cargo Fleet History of Magic Europe and back. 1988-2018
still shooting for the moon.
by New Zealand photographer photographs and write creative Offices, Middlesbrough
Mark Adams, Cook’s Sites stories, poems, and narratives Until Sun 4 Nov
option b
Road, Middlesbrough, More information:
documents the places Cook about what Middlesbrough Museum open Tues - Sun,
TS6 6XJ www.facebook.com/borobooks/
came from and takes us on means to them. We invite you to 10.30am - 3pm, Last
view the work featuring images
FREE
a tour of his discoveries that Admission 2.45pm
helped shape his own life and from across the town. Our region’s original and Dorman Museum,
that of 18th century Britain. Middlesbrough: My Town authentic art group - Cleveland Linthorpe Road,
My Future has been funded Art Society, used to reserve the Middlesbrough, TS5 6LA including magical and
by Arts Council England. end of year calendar slot for non-magical creatures,
their Annual Exhibition. They
FREE
More information: wizarding school supplies,
are delighted to land at the The Harry Potter: A History of an apothecary and vampire
www.mytownmyfuture.co.uk Heritage Gallery and promises, Magic exhibition features slayer’s toolkit, and welcoming
as usual, a special treat for the various artefacts from the ghost, all displayed within a
admirers of that inescapable art museum’s collections relating miniature Diagon Alley and a
form - painting. to mythology and folklore, sample of Hogwarts’ interior.
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Mon 15 Oct Talk & Walk: Transport & Travellers 2pm - 3pm Hebrew Prayer House
Tues 16 Oct Your Town Hall Tours: Transformation for the 21st C 10.30am Middlesbrough Town Hall
Middlesbrough: A Town of Rampant Sin 2pm - 3.30pm Middlesbrough Town Hall
Wed 17 Oct Red Army TV Discover Middlesbrough Special 5pm - 6pm Dickens Inn
Thurs 18 Oct Your Town Hall Tours: Transformation for the 21st C 10.30am Middlesbrough Town Hall
Magical Mystery History Tour 9.30am - Starts at The Dorman
12.30pm Museum
‘In Happy Memory’ of Felix Corbett - 2pm - 3.30pm Middlesbrough Town Hall
Middlesbrough’s first Borough Organist
MIMA Autumn Exhibitions Introduction to Teesside Archives 2.30pm - 4pm Teesside Archives
Check dates Sat 20 Oct Cook Society Annual Meeting 10am The Captain Cook
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Centre Square, TS1 2AZ Birthplace Museum
Tues, Wed, Fri and Sat 10am - 4.30pm, Thurs 10am - 7pm, Sun 12pm - 4pm
MIMA New Exhibition Opening 10am - 4pm MIMA
FREE
Gilkes Street Artists Open Studio Day 11am - 2pm Gilkes Street Artist Studios
Middlesbrough Institute of social and political activism, folk made quilt that has been crafted Mon 22 Oct Your Town Hall Tours: Transformation for the 21st C 10.30am & Middlesbrough Town Hall
Modern Art (MIMA)’s autumn traditions and colonial legacies, over many months by Cloth Club, 2pm
season exhibitions feature a solo shaped by her upbringing in a a constituent group who meet to
presentation and two group working class Punjabi Hindu family learn and share skills in textiles. Marking the end of the First World War in Middles- 2pm - 3.30pm Teesside Archives
displays that show the importance in Liverpool. brough
We look at the Middlesbrough
of making as a way of expressing Making, a Life, is an exhibition Collection from a queer Tues 23 Oct Middlesbrough and Suffragettes: 10.30am - Middlesbrough Town Hall
identity, and shaping community. of the work of the Cumbrian folk perspective and showcase 12pm
No Place for Terrorists?
Join us on our opening day for artist Peter Hodgson and includes artworks by artists whose life
talks, tours and making activities. pieces in diverse materials or work deviate from long-
Your Town Hall Tours: Transformation for the 21st C 2pm Middlesbrough Town Hall
Artist exhibitions include British including ceramics, leather, held norms around gender and The Notorious Seymour 2pm - 3pm Middlesbrough Central
Asian artist Chila Kumari Burman horn, textiles, wood, print-making, sexuality. The focus of this show Library
who makes prints, sculptures writing and film. Part of this display, is political and activist, and it
Talk & Walk: Died Abroad 2pm - 3pm Hebrew Prayer House
and films. Her work focuses on is a newly made piece, The includes themes around racism,
themes of female empowerment, Middlesbrough Quilt, a hand- sexism and class inequalities.
20 A festival celebrating the town, its attractions and its people A festival to explore the past, present and future of life in Middlesbrough 21LISTINGS CONTINUED... Mon 29 Oct Family Drop-In Activities
Responses to Fascism: Stockton and Middlesbrough
in the 1930s
10am - 3pm
2pm - 3.30pm
Middlesbrough Town Hall
Middlesbrough Town Hall
Wed 24 Oct Your Town Hall Tours: Transformation for the 21st C 10.30am Middlesbrough Town Hall
A Walk Around the Old and New Village of Linthorpe 10.15am - Meet at The Dorman Tues 30 Oct Family Drop-In Activities 10am - 3pm Middlesbrough Town Hall
12.15pm Museum Larchfield Community 10am - 12pm & Larchfield Community
Meet Poets of Middlesbrough 12pm - 3pm Boro Bookworm & 2pm - 4pm
Sacred Alien Comix Trials & Tribulations - Courtroom mini dramas for 2pm - 3.30pm Middlesbrough Town Hall
Evacuees During the War 1pm - 3pm St Marys Cathedral everyone
Policing Victorian Middlesbrough 2pm - 3.30pm Middlesbrough Town Hall Torchlight Tour at Teesside Archives 6pm - 7pm Teesside Archives
Thurs 25 Oct The History of the Transporter Bridge 1pm The Transporter Bridge Wed 31 Oct Family Drop-In Activities 10am - 3pm Middlesbrough Town Hall
Visitor Centre
Hocus Pocus Half Term 1pm - 3pm Dorman Museum
Putting Ladies on a Pedestal: 2pm - 3pm Middlesbrough Central
Abbi Steadman Halloween Handicap Registration Habinteg Centre
Inspirational Teesside Women Library
5.45pm
William Lane Foundry Tour 1pm - 3pm William Lane Brass Thurs 1 Nov Friends of Nature’s World - Bird Garden Party 11am - 1.30pm Nature’s World
Foundry
North East on Film Middlesbrough Archive Screening 1pm - 3pm Middlesbrough Central
Parlaiment Rd and Gresham Rd 6pm - 7.30pm Off the Ground Café Library
Fri 26 Oct William Lane Foundry Tour 1pm - 3pm William Lane Brass MIMA Exhibition and Middlesbrough Collection Tour 1.45pm - MIMA
Foundry 2.45pm
Joseph Banks and his role on the Endeavour 1pm The Captain Cook Opening of the Cleveland Art Society Winter Exhibition 5pm - 7pm The Heritage Gallery
Birthplace Museum
Wilton at Night 6pm - 8pm SABIC, Wilton Centre
Raffles v Boro Holmes - Book of the Month Special 1pm - 2pm Twisted Lip
Fri 2 Nov Hocus Pocus Half Term 1pm - 3pm Dorman Museum
Sat 27 Oct Thirty Years of Fly me to the Moon Magazine 10.30am - 5pm Boro Bookworm &
Sacred Alien Comix Talk & Walk: For King & Country 11am - 12pm Hebrew Prayer House
Captain Cook’s 250th and Museum’s 40th Birthday 10.30am - The Captain Cook Cook v Kirk 1pm - 2pm Middlesbrough Central
Celebrations 2.30pm Birthplace Museum Library
The Glass Ceiling 8pm Centre Square Sat 3 Nov Cleveland and Teesside Local History Lectures 10.30am - 1pm Dorman Museum
Sun 28 Oct Captain Cook’s Birthday Service 4pm St Cuthberts Church
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