I personally feel like this year the opportunities are there if we are prepared to push ourselves out there more and get more involved with life! I'm excited and looking for interesting and fun things to do in Newcastle and around the country. I'll try and update as much as I can - there's nothing worse than just missing out! (Like the couple I met at the XX gig a few weeks ago who didn't realise they were on in Leeds the night before, and paid hundreds of pounds to come to Newcastle)!
Newcastle Restaurant Week - 21st January - 27th January - getintonewcastle.co.uk
As if you haven't already eaten enough food, you're being encouraged to eat more towards the end of January, just when your new found motivation to get back into shape might have kicked in. Oh well, when in Rome... With many well-loved eating places participating with two courses for a tenner I'm certainly going to find it hard to resist - As You Like It, Electric East, Fat Buddha, Hotel du Vin and Cafe 21 plus many others are involved.
Delia Derbyshire Commission - The Star & Shadow Cinema January 20th 8pm £6/£4
If you like electro pop music this should be a great night. Delia wooed up the Dr Who theme tune and was part of the BBC team producing new sound effects and music in the 60s. The night will provide a mix of visual art, sound installations and a documentary on the lady herself.
Poke, Star & Shadow Cinema, Saturday January 26th, 10pm - 4am £5
Gay indie disco. What more could you want? Not just indie - electro, punk, hip-hop and dirty disco are also invited. So are you - bring your friends.
Cornish in Paris, University Gallery, Northumbria University - until Feb 8th.
I'm a sucker for anything to do with Paris, as are many others. Best known for his symbolic work documenting North East life (predominantly mining), Norman Cornish went to la Belle Ville in '66 to make a documentary for Tyne Tees TV. The work he did whilst there has been turned into an exhibition, giving an insight into life at the time. I love the detail, it's all very "real" and you see something different everytime.
The Oh F**K Moment Northern Stage Wed 30th Jan - Friday 1st Feb 6pm - 8pm £14.50/£12
Yay - a night where we can all go and delight in the fact that we are all guilty of major f*** ups - like the time I tried to stroke a horse and electrocuted myself on a fence, or when I took a short cut trying to catch a train in Peterborough, jumped off a six foot high fence and broke my ankle. I'm going to feel better about myself. Funnier than when things go "right" anyway.
Dance City workshops www.dancecity.co.uk
Want to try something a bit different? I want to do Hang Aerial - where you fly around on a kind of trapeze, or yoga in the air. I might also try a bit of Burlesque - a bit late jumping on the bandwagon with that though.
Happy 2013!
Newcastle Restaurant Week - 21st January - 27th January - getintonewcastle.co.uk
As if you haven't already eaten enough food, you're being encouraged to eat more towards the end of January, just when your new found motivation to get back into shape might have kicked in. Oh well, when in Rome... With many well-loved eating places participating with two courses for a tenner I'm certainly going to find it hard to resist - As You Like It, Electric East, Fat Buddha, Hotel du Vin and Cafe 21 plus many others are involved.
Delia Derbyshire Commission - The Star & Shadow Cinema January 20th 8pm £6/£4
If you like electro pop music this should be a great night. Delia wooed up the Dr Who theme tune and was part of the BBC team producing new sound effects and music in the 60s. The night will provide a mix of visual art, sound installations and a documentary on the lady herself.
Poke, Star & Shadow Cinema, Saturday January 26th, 10pm - 4am £5
Gay indie disco. What more could you want? Not just indie - electro, punk, hip-hop and dirty disco are also invited. So are you - bring your friends.
Cornish in Paris, University Gallery, Northumbria University - until Feb 8th.
I'm a sucker for anything to do with Paris, as are many others. Best known for his symbolic work documenting North East life (predominantly mining), Norman Cornish went to la Belle Ville in '66 to make a documentary for Tyne Tees TV. The work he did whilst there has been turned into an exhibition, giving an insight into life at the time. I love the detail, it's all very "real" and you see something different everytime.
The Oh F**K Moment Northern Stage Wed 30th Jan - Friday 1st Feb 6pm - 8pm £14.50/£12
Yay - a night where we can all go and delight in the fact that we are all guilty of major f*** ups - like the time I tried to stroke a horse and electrocuted myself on a fence, or when I took a short cut trying to catch a train in Peterborough, jumped off a six foot high fence and broke my ankle. I'm going to feel better about myself. Funnier than when things go "right" anyway.
Dance City workshops www.dancecity.co.uk
Want to try something a bit different? I want to do Hang Aerial - where you fly around on a kind of trapeze, or yoga in the air. I might also try a bit of Burlesque - a bit late jumping on the bandwagon with that though.
Happy 2013!
