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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

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

04 – 09 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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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

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

Children and Young People's Activities

Halloween Trail

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

04 – 09 Nov 2024
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Tuesday Museum Club
An adult and child taking part in a drawing activity. The adult is on the left wearing a grey top and the child is on the right wearing a pink T-shirt. Both have long brown hair.

Children and Young People's Activities

Tuesday Museum Club

05 Nov 2024 – 04 Feb 2025

5 – 11

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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Special Interests Club
Free
A young person smiles at the camera gesturing with arms wide open.

Children and Young People's Activities

Special Interests Club

05 – 26 Nov 2024

Autistic adults (16-25)

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Teenage Craft Club
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

Teenage Craft Club

Tuesdays (Fortnightly), 6pm-7:30pm

11-19

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Exhibitions

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People's Art
Free
Wally Dogs - White Staffordshire earthenware pottery with gold lustre. The background is bright red.

Exhibitions

People's Art

02 Nov – 01 Dec 2024
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National Glass Centre

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

03 Nov 2024
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

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

03 Nov 2024
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

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

03 Nov 2024 – 31 Jan 2025
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National Glass Centre

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

04 Nov 2024 – 04 Jan 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

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

04 Nov 2024 – 04 Jan 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Adult workshops & Activities

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

Adult Workshops and Activities

Flameworked Christmas Decorations

03 Nov – 15 Dec 2024

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

One Voice Community Choir

Adult Workshops and Activities

One Voice Community Choir

Tuesdays, 5:30pm-7pm
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Morning Watercolours
A hand holds a brush into blue watercolour paint in a white painting tray that has a variety of other colours in it.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Morning Watercolours

Wednesdays, 9:30am-12:30pm
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The B#'s Community Choir

Adult Workshops and Activities

The B#'s Community Choir

Wednesdays, 10am-11:30am
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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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Tinsel

Theatre and Performance

Tinsel

Wrongsemble presents Tinsel

03 – 07 Dec 2024

3+

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A Christmas Carol
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Theatre and Performance

A Christmas Carol

Dyad Productions presents A Christmas Carol

12 Dec 2024

10+

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Mixtape Xmas

Theatre and Performance

Mixtape Xmas

The Six Twenty presents Mixtape Xmas

19 Dec 2024

14+

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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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Film

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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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Lisa Frankenstein

Films

Lisa Frankenstein

Part of Babes in Arms

07 Nov 2024

12+

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The Taste of Things

Films

The Taste of Things

 

Part of Wednesday Matinees

13 Nov 2024

12+

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Sunderland Shorts Film Festival - Winners Showcase Screening (Part II)

Films

Sunderland Shorts Film Festival - Winners Showcase Screening (Part II)

Part of Special Events

13 Nov 2024
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Sunderland Film Club presents... The Work

Films

Sunderland Film Club presents... The Work

Part of Sunderland Film Club

21 Nov 2024

15+

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Sunderland Film Club presents... Love Lies Bleeding

Films

Sunderland Film Club presents... Love Lies Bleeding

27 Nov 2024

15+

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Music

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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

First Friday Folk
Free

Music

First Friday Folk

First Friday of the month, 1pm-4pm
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Christmas Cabaret

Music

Christmas Cabaret

13 Dec 2024
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Special Events

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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

Exhibition Preview: The Skin We Live In & Harry Griffin: My name is Harry...
Free
Vinca Petersen, Untitled from the series Raves and Riots, 2000, photograph. Courtesy of the artist

Special Events

Exhibition Preview: The Skin We Live In & Harry Griffin: My name is Harry...

21 Nov 2024
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Christmas Craft and Makers Fair
Free

Special Events

Christmas Craft and Makers Fair

23 Nov 2024
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