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October Half Term

Spooky Science Parties
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A group gather round a table watching a person in a red T-shirt. The two children holding plastic cups with green coloured slime.

Children and Young People's Activities

Spooky Science Parties

28 Oct 2024

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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Grow Your Own Pizza
Limited Availability
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

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

29 – 30 Oct 2024

4+

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National Glass Centre

Haunted House Glass Fusing
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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Teenage Craft Club
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

Teenage Craft Club

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

11-19

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Arts Centre Washington

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

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

Washington Young Film Makers Collective
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

Washington Young Film Makers Collective

Thursdays, 6pm-8pm

11-19

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Arts Centre Washington

Mini Science Club
A group of children and adults gather round a large, red plastic bowl of water. In the bowl are a selection of toys to play with in the water.

Children and Young People's Activities

Mini Science Club

18 Oct 2024 – 14 Feb 2025

1 – 4

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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 8-12)

Children and Young People's Activities

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 8-12)

Saturdays, 10am-12pm

8-12

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Arts Centre Washington

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

19 Oct – 09 Nov 2024
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

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

13 Oct – 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

14 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

14 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

14 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

14 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

14 Oct 2024 – 31 Jan 2025
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National Glass Centre

Adult workshops & Activities

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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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Arts Centre Washington

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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Arts Centre Washington

The B#'s Community Choir

Adult Workshops and Activities

The B#'s Community Choir

Wednesdays, 10am-11:30am
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Arts Centre Washington

Creative Age
Free
A person with long waved hair and a black top adds coloured strips of fabric to hessian.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Creative Age

16 Oct 2024 – 19 Feb 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Afternoon 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

Afternoon Watercolours

Wednesdays, 1:30pm-3:30pm
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Arts Centre Washington

Theatre & Performance

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Island Movements

Theatre and Performance

Island Movements

Presented by Black British Ballet with Culture House

17 Oct 2024

7+

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Arts Centre Washington

Daisy Donald

Theatre and Performance

Daisy Donald

Presented by Blackbird Creative Arts

24 Oct 2024
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Arts Centre Washington

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
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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

Film

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The Colour Purple

Films

The Colour Purple

Part of Wednesday Matinees

16 Oct 2024

12+

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Arts Centre Washington

Sunderland Film Club presents... Much Ado About Dying

Films

Sunderland Film Club presents... Much Ado About Dying

Part of Sunderland Film Club

24 Oct 2024

15+

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Arts Centre Washington

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

Music

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Sunderland Piano Society Recital: Cristian Sandrin
A person with a black shirt, dark short hair and a beard. They are holding their hands up in front of them.

Music

Sunderland Piano Society Recital: Cristian Sandrin

22 Oct 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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Arts Centre Washington

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

21 – 31 Oct 2024
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National Glass Centre

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

Christmas Craft and Makers Fair
Free

Special Events

Christmas Craft and Makers Fair

23 Nov 2024
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Arts Centre Washington