What's On

What's On . . .

Mon 28 Jan–Sun 3 Feb
Redcar and Cleveland’s Winter Walking Festival, programme of walks available from Countryside Services at www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk

Fri 1–Sat 2 Feb
Beggar’s Bridge Players panto: ‘Alice in Wonderland’, at the Robinson Institute, Glaisdale, 7.30 pm on Friday; Saturday matinee at 2.30 pm and evening 7.30 pm.

Sun 3 Feb
Classics 4 Kids: Royal Northern Sinfonia at Middlesbrough Town Hall, 2 pm: bird-inspired melodies/sections from Respighi, Vaughan Williams, Haydn…Bradley Creswick conducts family friendly introduction to the Classical genre for ages 5+, tickets £10 adult, £5 children + booking fee: 01642 729 729/www.middlesbroughtownhall.co.uk

The Great Ayton String Orchestra’s ‘Music for a Winter’s Afternoon’, a programme to include a wide range of classical and popular music for orchestra and soloists. At Saltburn Community Arts Centre, Albion Terrace, Saltburn-by-the-Sea TS12 1JW, starting at 3 pm. Admission free – retiring collection.

Mon 4 Feb
Whitby Dairy Discussion Group Meeting: ‘Succession Planning’, open to all local farmers, at The Stables, Cross Butts, Guisborough Road, Whitby YO21 1TL, 7.45 pm, with trained facilitator Siân Bushell. All farmers are welcome, however please contact Joyce Stangoe, Secretary, to book a place to ensure we can cater for the numbers expected (mobile: 07868 956919 or email: joyce.stangoe@gmail.com).

Thu 7 Feb
Seafood and Prosecco Night on HM Bark Endeavour, Orlop Restaurant, Whitby Harbour, £35 per couple. Bookings: 07483 118857. www.hmbarkendeavour.co.uk

Fri 8 Feb
Dalesgroup Talk: ‘Adventure in Armenia’ by Neil and Denise Davidson in the Robinson Institute, Glaisdale, 2 pm. Open to non-members: visitors intending to come, please call Alison (01947 897904) for catering purposes.

‘From the First Industrial Revolution to the Fourth Industrial Revolution’ a talk and demonstration on the use of 3D Digital technology to record archaeological sites in the Land of Iron, by Adrian Glasser, to be held in St Matthew’s Church, Grosmont, 7 pm. A donation of £3 towards church funds is appreciated. Refreshments provided.

Folk Award winners The Young ‘Uns present ‘The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff’ at Middlesbrough Town Hall: www.theyounguns.co.uk

Sat 9–Sun 10 Feb
Whitby Steampunk Weekend: free daytime entry to Whitby Spa Pavilion – over 80 merchandise stalls offering artisan and bespoke Steampunk, Alternative and Gothic products; free workshops, presentations, classic cinema. Springtime Cabaret Evening 7.30 pm featuring Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, Driven Serious, Biscuithead and others, tickets £18, 01947 458899.

Sun 10 Feb
The Great Ayton String Orchestra’s ‘Music for a Winter’s Afternoon’, a programme to include a wide range of classical and popular music for orchestra and soloists. At TheTrinity Centre, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, TS3 6LD, starting at 3 pm. Admission free – retiring collection.

Classical Cafe at Middlesbrough Town Hall, 3 pm: Joshua Connor, Cello, 13 year old studying for his Grade 8, tickets £3, under 16s free + booking fee: 01642 729 729/www.middlesbroughtownhall.co.uk

Wed 13 Feb
Open Planning Meeting for Glaisdale Open Gardens 2019, in Glaisdale Church Room, 7 pm. All welcome.

Thu 14 Feb
Music Session at the Duke of Wellington Inn, Danby, 8–10 pm, an informal evening with local musicians. All welcome.

Fri 15 Feb–Sun 3 Mar
Dark Skies Festival 2019: lunar satellite theme, marking the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. Events around the moors, dales, coast and Howardian Hills. Stargazing, ghost walks, gravel biking challenge, photography workshops, night zips and ‘Why Stars Matter’ trail at Dalby Forest, astronomy talks, Ale and Astronomy evenings at Whitby Brewery, film screenings of Saving the Dark, and Whitby and the Cosmos Exhibition. More info at: www.darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk

Fri 15 Feb
Special Lecture: The Search for Dark Matter, Whitby Museum, 6–9 pm, with Henrique Araujo, Professor of Physics at Imperial College, expert on dark matter, who arranged the donation of the Zeplin III dark matter detector to Whitby Museum, the centrepiece of a new exhibition at the Museum. Free entry. Booking essential: 01947 602908/email: manager@whitbymuseum.org.uk

Owl Prowl Evening, National Centre for Birds of Prey, Duncombe Park, Helmsley
YO62 5EB, 7–9 pm, warm drink refreshments, guided tour of owls by torchlight, flying demonstration of tiny owls, large owls flying free lit by torchlight, cost: adult/child: £24, booking: 0844 7422035.

‘Our Place in the Universe’: Talk at Castle Howard, 7–9 pm, by award-winning astronomer Dr Tim O’Brien of the University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics. Join the award winning astronomer for an engaging talk on astronomy and the night sky. Cost: £15 including refreshments. Booking online at www.castlehoward.co.uk; 01653 648333

Sat 16 Feb
Church Coffee Morning, Castleton Village Hall, 10 am–12 noon. Raffle, book stall, cakes/savouries stalls, Traidcraft goods.

Mon 18 Feb
Craft Club at Danby Village Hall, 7 pm: Recycled Copper and Scribble Rings with Geraldine from Bean Creative.

Wed 20 Feb
‘Saving the Dark’ film screening, explores the need to preserve night skies and how to combat light pollution, Dalby Forest Visitor Centre, Low Dalby, YO18 7LT, 7.30 pm (1 hr screening followed by 1 hr star party hosted by astronomer Richard Darn), adult £5, £3 child, booking essential via: www.forestryengland.uk/dalby-forest

Thu 21 Feb
Bakery Tasting Sessions at new micro-bakery, at The Dispensary Futurehealth Store, 25 Skinner Street, Whitby, 1.30–5 pm. Also on 28 Feb.

Fri 22 Feb
Stargazing at Dalby Forest, 7–9 pm / 9–11 pm, with astronomer Andy Exton FRAS. View constellations, planets and nebulae, then journey into deep space inside the mobile planetarium. Cost £12 (child £8), booking with Hidden Horizons on 01723 817017. Stargazing also on 23 Feb at Cober Hill; at Ryedale Folk Museum on 25 Feb; at Sutton Bank on 28 Feb.

Stargazing at Ravenscar, 7.30–9.30 pm, with Scarborough and Ryedale Astronomical Society, meet at National Trust Ravenscar Visitor Centre, free event but booking essential: 01723 870 423.

Fri 22–Sun 24 Feb
Coastival 10th Anniversary, at Woodend, Scarborough, YO11 2PW: annual arts festival of open studios, movies, music, performances, parades, workshops, https://coastival.com

Sat 26 Feb
Australia Day Celebrations on HM Bark Endeavour, Orlop Restaurant, Whitby Harbour: Australian themed evening of fancy dress, food and entertainment including DJ. Bookings: 07483 118857.

Wed 27 Feb
Winter Warmer Lunch in Moorsholm Church Hall, 12 noon–1.30 pm.

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