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October Half Term

Halloween Trail
Free
Three Halloween inspired cartoon characters stand in a spooky art gallery.

Children and Young People's Activities

Halloween Trail

30 Oct – 03 Nov 2024

Ages 3+

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National Glass Centre

Spooky Ships Trail
A child wearing a black and white top, is leaning over a clipboard with a pencil and paper.

Children and Young People's Activities

Spooky Ships Trail

30 Oct – 09 Nov 2024
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Gruesome Glass Painting
Two square glass frames, one painted with a haunted house design, the other with an orange and black pumpkin with a crooked smile

Children and Young People's Activities

Gruesome Glass Painting

30 Oct 2024

4+

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National Glass Centre

Haunted House Glass Fusing
Sold Out
Two rickerty house shapes decorated with green and brown tiles on house one, and orange, brown and yellow tiles on house two

Children and Young People's Activities

Haunted House Glass Fusing

31 Oct 2024

6+

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National Glass Centre

Spiderweb Bad Dream Catcher
A crafted dream catcher made of a paper plate and purple and blue feathers

Children and Young People's Activities

Spiderweb Bad Dream Catcher

01 Nov 2024

4+

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National Glass Centre

Rangoli Flowers
Free
Red, orange, green, yellow and pink paper flowers on a wooden surface.

Children and Young People's Activities

Rangoli Flowers

01 Nov 2024
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Felt Hand Puppets
A child's felt tiger hand puppet with orange and navy blue felt.

Children and Young People's Activities

Felt Hand Puppets

02 Nov 2024

4+

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National Glass Centre

Children & Young People’s Activities

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Spooky Ships Trail
A child wearing a black and white top, is leaning over a clipboard with a pencil and paper.

Children and Young People's Activities

Spooky Ships Trail

30 Oct – 09 Nov 2024
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Gruesome Glass Painting
Two square glass frames, one painted with a haunted house design, the other with an orange and black pumpkin with a crooked smile

Children and Young People's Activities

Gruesome Glass Painting

30 Oct 2024

4+

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National Glass Centre

Halloween Trail
Free
Three Halloween inspired cartoon characters stand in a spooky art gallery.

Children and Young People's Activities

Halloween Trail

30 Oct – 03 Nov 2024

Ages 3+

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National Glass Centre

Spooky Portrait Station
Free
Two children sit at a white table and draw with coloured pencils on white paper.

Children and Young People's Activities

Spooky Portrait Station

30 Oct – 02 Nov 2024
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Grow Your Own Pizza
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A child wearing a yellow sweatshirt holding a piece of paper. There is a glue stick and a selection of craft materials on the table in front of them.

Children and Young People's Activities

Grow Your Own Pizza

30 Oct 2024
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Celebrate Different Collective
Free
A group of six stand round a table. They are looking at pieces of paper in front of them.

Children and Young People's Activities

Celebrate Different Collective

30 Oct 2024 – 26 Mar 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Exhibitions

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Ian Macdonald - Fixing Time
Free
Five female canteen staff catch up at the end of their shift at Redcar Blast Furnace, 1983. They are sitting around a rectangle table. THere is a full length window behind them. .

Exhibitions

Ian Macdonald - Fixing Time

30 Oct – 03 Nov 2024
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time
Free
A photograph by Ian MacDonald. The black and white photograph shows a group of people gathered around a canteen table with wide windows stretching across the wall to their left.

Exhibitions

Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time

30 Oct 2024 – 04 Jan 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Jeremy Deller – The Battle of Orgreave: Screening
Free
A row of terraced houses sit in the background, with a large swathe of green grass in front. On the grass are several police men wearing helmets and carrying shields and batons. They are charging at men dressed in jeans, t-shirts, and sweatshirts.

Exhibitions

Jeremy Deller – The Battle of Orgreave: Screening

30 Oct – 03 Nov 2024
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Revisualising Women’s work
Free
A black and white image of staff standing in front of piles of wooden crates. They are wearing scarves over their heads and protective coats.

Exhibitions

Revisualising Women’s work

30 Oct 2024 – 04 Jan 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Veterans into Clay Sunderland
Free
A red brown ceramic pot. The lid, which is the same colour, is being lifted off by a white hand

Exhibitions

Veterans into Clay Sunderland

Showing in National Glass Centre Learning Gallery

30 Oct 2024 – 31 Jan 2025
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National Glass Centre

The Colour of Music - LVAC Exhibition
Free

Exhibitions

The Colour of Music - LVAC Exhibition

30 Oct – 09 Nov 2024
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Arts Centre Washington

Adult workshops & Activities

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Here to There
Free

Adult Workshops and Activities

Here to There

Delivered by Helix Arts

Thursdays, 2pm-4pm

55+

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Arts Centre Washington

Life Drawing in the Granary

Adult Workshops and Activities

Life Drawing in the Granary

31 Oct – 12 Dec 2024

18+

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Arts Centre Washington

Flameworked Christmas Decorations
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Flameworked transparent glass Christmas decoration shimmers against a black background

Adult Workshops and Activities

Flameworked Christmas Decorations

02 Nov – 15 Dec 2024

16+

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National Glass Centre

One Day Introduction to Ceramics: Throwing Technique
Two hands covered in wet clay push down on a potters wheel containing clay that is being moulded into a pot or dish

Adult Workshops and Activities

One Day Introduction to Ceramics: Throwing Technique

02 Nov 2024 – 25 Jan 2025

16+

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National Glass Centre

Threads
Free
A group of people sit at a table taking part in craft activities.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Threads

05 Nov 2024 – 04 Feb 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Shake It Up

Adult Workshops and Activities

Shake It Up

Tuesdays, 3pm-4:30pm

55+

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Arts Centre Washington

Theatre & Performance

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Nightmares
A person wearing a suit in a dark blue room, eyes cast down in sadness. There is a reflection of them at the bottom of the image but it's face is distorted to look goulish.

Theatre and Performance

Nightmares

Presented by The Book of Darkness & Light in association with LittleMighty

28 Nov 2024

14+

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Arts Centre Washington

Tinsel

Theatre and Performance

Tinsel

Wrongsemble presents Tinsel

03 – 07 Dec 2024

3+

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Arts Centre Washington

A Christmas Carol
Sold Out

Theatre and Performance

A Christmas Carol

Dyad Productions presents A Christmas Carol

12 Dec 2024

10+

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Arts Centre Washington

Mixtape Xmas

Theatre and Performance

Mixtape Xmas

The Six Twenty presents Mixtape Xmas

19 Dec 2024

14+

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Arts Centre Washington

Lee Kyle: Bottle It
An image of a man aggresivly holding a bottle behind smashed glass

Theatre and Performance

Lee Kyle: Bottle It

28 Mar 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Film

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Sunderland Film Club presents... Saint Maud

Films

Sunderland Film Club presents... Saint Maud

30 Oct 2024

15+

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City-wide

Hocus Pocus + Make Your Own Spooky Spider

Films

Hocus Pocus + Make Your Own Spooky Spider

Part of Film and Fun

31 Oct 2024
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Arts Centre Washington

The Exorcist

Films

The Exorcist

Part of Special Events

31 Oct 2024

18+

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Arts Centre Washington

Hereditary

Films

Hereditary

Part of Special Events

31 Oct 2024

18+

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Arts Centre Washington

In the Veins

Films

In the Veins

Part of Heritage Reels

Presented by Yorkshire and North East Film Archives

05 Nov 2024
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Arts Centre Washington

Lisa Frankenstein

Films

Lisa Frankenstein

Part of Babes in Arms

07 Nov 2024

12+

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Arts Centre Washington

Music

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First Friday Folk
Free

Music

First Friday Folk

First Friday of the month, 1pm-4pm
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Arts Centre Washington

Sunderland Piano Society Recital: Bocheng Wang
A person wearing a black jacket and bow tie, and a white shirt. They have dark hair and dark eyes.

Music

Sunderland Piano Society Recital: Bocheng Wang

23 Nov 2024
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Christmas Cabaret

Music

Christmas Cabaret

13 Dec 2024
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Arts Centre Washington

Special Events

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Glass Pumpkin Demonstrations
Free
A glowing hot orange pumpkin with black speckles being heated by a hot blue flame

Special Events

Glass Pumpkin Demonstrations

30 – 31 Oct 2024
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National Glass Centre

Fixing Time Event: Ian Macdonald and Warren Harrison talk + The Creek film screening
Sold Out
The top of an Equinox flood tide around Cote Hill island Greatham Creek

Special Events

Fixing Time Event: Ian Macdonald and Warren Harrison talk + The Creek film screening

Event tickets are limited to four per booking.

02 Nov 2024
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Craft Fair
Free
Four images of people dressed in warm clothes, looking at various crafted objects at National Glass Centre's Craft Fair.

Special Events

Craft Fair

16 – 17 Nov 2024
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National Glass Centre

Christmas Craft and Makers Fair
Free

Special Events

Christmas Craft and Makers Fair

23 Nov 2024
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Arts Centre Washington