Archive - Cultured. North East

What a happy Holi mess on Gateshead's Baltic Square!

The fun of a Hindu festival

4 hrs ago • David Whetstone

Cultured. On Sunday 15.03.26

Our weekend edition for longer reads and cultural recommendations

11 hrs ago • Sam Wonfor

REVIEW: RONiN, preview performance at Dance City

Dance and technology unite

23 hrs ago • David Whetstone

Boxing Clever: Happy Valley

Every week, Michael Telfer – aka Mike TV – recommends a box set to crack open. This week’s choice is so good it’s more of a prescription than a…

Mar 14 • Michael Telfer

Artists shortlisted for Sycamore Gap memorial commission

Cast your votes from artists’ shortlist for new Sycamore Gap creation. Tony Henderson reports

Mar 14

From the vaults: When Five Star kept the lights on

In a series of recollections, Sam Wonfor is sharing her rather special back catalogue of memories of and personal connection to the iconic 1980s music…

Mar 14 • Sam Wonfor

My life through a lens: Paul Alexander Knox

We’ve been asking asking a North East-based photographer to open up their archives and select two handfuls of images which encapsulate life as they’ve…

Mar 14 • Sam Wonfor

Culture Digest 13.03.26

Our round up of some of the arts and culture stories from across the North East, which caught our attention over the past week or so

Mar 13 • Sam Wonfor

Training scheme nurtures new cultural producers

Curated Place and Newcastle City Council support emerging producers with hands-on training and opportunities to stage work

Mar 13

David Olusoga to give South Shields lecture

The award-winning historian and broadcaster has been announced as the speaker for the long-running civic lecture.

Mar 13

Roger Wagner exhibition at Auckland Palace

Retrospective at Bishop Auckland brings more than 20 paintings - including two rarely seen together - to the North East

Mar 13

Flags are out at The Bowes ahead of Vivienne Westwood exhibition

A striking terrace installation is on display ahead of the upcoming exhibition

Mar 13

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