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Exhibition: Breaking the Silence by Birgit Skiold at Northern Print May 10 2012

PIONEERING print-maker Birgit Skiold – the artist who inspired the North East’s International Print Biennale – is the subject of an exhibition making a big impression in Newcastle.Read

Review: Communion Unplugged, Hoults Yard, Newcastle May 15 2012

MAY is a busy month for the artist-led Communion music organisation with events in New York, San Francisco, London, Leeds, Belfast and - over two nights this past weekend - Newcastle.Read

Exhibition: About Face by Henry Tonks at DLI Museum May 09 2012

PORTRAITS never intended for public display have been put on show at the DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery, shedding light – albeit in a room with very subdued lighting – on one of the many painful themes of the First World War.Read

Preview: Summerhill Spring Fair at Summerhill Square, Newcastle May 02 2012

MAGIC courtesy of Mr Drayton and sparkling comedy from performance poet Kate Fox, pictured, are just two good reasons to take the family along to the upcoming Summerhill Spring Fair in Newcastle.Read

Exhibition: Journeys in Beadwork at Shipley Art Gallery May 02 2012

WHEN I arrive at the Shipley Art Gallery, heavy beaded collars are already on display while other multi-coloured body adornments are being carefully unpacked from a variety of boxes.Read

Exhibition: 43 Houses and a Ford Escort by Yvette Hawkins at Globe and Dovetail May 01 2012

YVETTE Hawkins’s seemingly complicated life story is told in an exhibition of simple beauty.Read

Preview: Connecting Light art installation at Hadrian's Wall Apr 28 2012

A MAJOR art installation involving at least 600 tethered weather balloons should turn Hadrian’s Wall into a visually stunning night-time attraction this summer.Read

Northumberland County Show to get boxing booth revival show Apr 25 2012

IT began over a coffee in Hexham. “You were trying to think of some art or theatre thing that could tour around,” says Harry Pearson.Read

Preview: Arab Spring Egypt and Libya at the Side Gallery Apr 25 2012

THE ‘Arab Spring’ is not yet 18 months old, but it has already seen tyrants toppled and dramatic changes in countries across the Middle East.Read

¡Vamos! carnival spirit is set to rock North + VIDEO Apr 24 2012

WITH six weeks of Latin-fuelled celebrations heading our way, Barbara Hodgson hears what ¡Vamos! has to offer.Read

A people's poem to celebrate Shakespeare Apr 24 2012

AS actor Jonjo O'Neill unveiled the new sculpture of Mercutio at the Theatre Royal, the Royal Shakespeare Company launched the World Shakespeare Festival with a new sonnet, published below.Read

Mercutio set to take up residence in Grey Street Apr 23 2012

AN exhaustive search for the North East’s favourite Shakespearean character, run by the Theatre Royal in partnership with The Journal, saw the ill-fated Mercutio come in ahead of Hamlet, Romeo, Juliet and all the rest.Read

Film hopefuls who are aiming to be reel deal Apr 18 2012

APPRENTICESHIPS used to be a common route into work when coal and ships were sources of mass employment in the North East.Read

Baltic's new baby Baltic39 gallery is off to a flyer Apr 07 2012

BALTIC’S had a baby and it’s in Newcastle. David Whetstone visits the first Baltic39 exhibition. Read

Newcastle Baltic 39 gallery to open with Switch exhibition Apr 04 2012

THE Newcastle art gallery now known as Baltic 39 will open to the public on Friday with an exhibition called Switch.Read

Olympic arts project sets castle site in new light Apr 03 2012

PEACE and love are on the agenda as a Northumberland castle finds a role in the Cultural Olympiad.Read

Review: Diversity at the Metro Radio Arena Apr 02 2012

THE British street-dance troupe first wowed a national audience in the 2009 series of Britain's Got Talent.Read

A real monster attraction brings AV Festival to a close Mar 31 2012

TODAY is the last official day of the AV Festival of contemporary art, music and film and it offers one final chance to venture into one of Tyneside’s historic buildings.Read

Gateshead church revamped into creative workspace Mar 28 2012

LOW in a wall of the old church on Brighton Road, Bensham, is a stone “laid by Ald. William Sutton JP, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1 March, 1902”. It was the new church then, of course, and the Tyneside worthy can’t have had any inkling how things would turn out.Read