Wed 2 March 10.30 - 11.30am
Sinbad's Adventures
Scarborough Art Gallery

Thur 3 March 6.30 - 8.30pm
Life Drawing
Scarborough Collections, Woodend

Weds 9 March 10.30 - 11.30am
Sinbad's Adventures
Scarborough Art Gallery

Thur 10 MArch 6.30 - 8.30pm
Life Drawing
Scarborough Collections, Woodend

Weds 16 March 6.30 - 8.30pm
Life Drawing
Scarborough Collections, Woodend

Sat 19 March 10am - 12pm
Saturday Art Club
Scarborough Art Gallery

Weds 23 March 10.30 - 11.30am
Sinbad's Adventures
Scarborough Art Gallery

Thur 24 March 6.30 - 8.30pm
Life Drawing
Scarborough Collections, Woodend

Sat 26 March 10am - 12pm
Dino Club
Rotunda Museum

Tues 29 March 2 & 3pm
Take a Peek
Scarborough Collections, Woodend

Weds 30 March 10.30 - 11.30am
Sinbad's Adventures
Scarborough Art Gallery

Thur 31 March 6.30 - 8.30pm
Life Drawing
Scarborough Collections, Woodend

MUSIC, light, lanterns and gigantic creatures from the darkest of prehistoric ages got the weekend’s Coastival arts event off to an eye-catching start.

And with top acts such as The Levellers and comedians Jon Richardson and Shappi Khorsandi, organisers were hoping to build on the success of the original event two years ago.

Festival organiser Wendy Clews said that she was impressed with the opening parade which was a “breathtaking” sight.

She said: “So many children and their families were there and The Levellers was a brilliant gig to kick things off.

“It’s the first gig they’ve done this year and they were quite nervous about it doing those songs for the first time. They were excited and a bit nervous.

“They had a great time and they said that they definitely want to come back to Scarborough on their next tour.”

Wendy added that the festival was a “bit different” and organisers had tried to develop it from lessons learned during the first one in 2009.

Read more at ScarboroughEveningNews.com

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Art Gallery

Saturday Art Club
Sat 15 Jan 2011, 10am – 12pm continuing monthly throughout the year
A monthly Saturday morning club for all budding artists.  Each month will explore different techniques and influences based on the Gallery collections.

Sinbad’s Adventures
Wed 19 & 26 Jan 10.30am – 11.30am continuing through 2011
The pre-school adventure workshop will help youngsters aged 0-5 years old develop their creative skills in a fun and interactive way.

Rotunda Museum

Dino Club
Sat 29 Jan 2011 10am – 12pm continuing monthly throughout the year
The essential monthly Saturday morning club for all self-respecting dinosaur enthusiasts aged 5-13 years old.  Each month club members will gain new fossil hunting & geology skills and experience while gaining real hands-on experience with the museum collections.

Coastival Lantern-Making Workshop
Sat 29, Jan 2011, 12pm – 4pm
Come along to a free drop-in lantern-making workshop for children and decorate your own lantern for Coastival Lantern Parade and Opening Spectacular.

Scarborough Collections

Take a Peek
Tues 25 Jan 2011, 2pm & 3pm
Take a guided exploration of Scarborough’s history through its fascinating collections on this store tour.

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Wed 2 Feb 2011               
Fashion Show in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care                
Crown Spa Hotel
Crown Spa Hotel, Esplanade, Scarborough          
19:00    
01723 378111

Wed 2 Feb 2011               
Sinbad's Adventures     
Scarborough Art Gallery
The Crescent, Scarborough, North Yorkshire      
10:30 to 11:30   
01723 384511

Thu 3 Feb 2011
Brendan Cole - Live & Unjudged              
Futurist Theatre
Foreshore Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire                
19:30    
365789/374500

Fri 4, Sat 5 Feb 2011        
Fawlty Towers Tribute Evening
Park Manor Hotel
Weydale Avenue, Scarborough                                
01723 372090

Fri 4 Feb 2011    
G*Mania! A Celebration Of GLEE!           
Futurist Theatre
Foreshore Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire                
19:30    
365789/374500

Wed 9 Feb 2011               
Sinbad's Adventures     
Scarborough Art Gallery
The Crescent, Scarborough, North Yorkshire      
10:30 to 11:30   
01723 384511

Thu 10 Feb 2011               
Talk - When the Devil Came to Rosedale              
St Catherine's Hospice
Throxenby Lane, Scarborough, North Yorkshire                
14:00 to 15:00   
01947 881000

Sat 12 Feb 2011                
Friends of St. Mary’s Coffee Mornings  
St. Mary's Parish House
Castle Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire         
10:00 to 12:00, 00:00 to 00:00     
01723 370382

Sun 13 Feb 2011               
Solid Gold Country Legends       
Futurist Theatre
Foreshore Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire                
19:30    
365789/374500

Wed 16 Feb 2011             
Sinbad's Adventures     
Scarborough Art Gallery
The Crescent, Scarborough, North Yorkshire      
10:30 to 11:30   
01723 384511

Thu 17 Feb 2011               
An evening with Andy McKee   
Scarborough Spa Complex
South Bay, Foreshore Road, Scarborough            
19:30     01723 357869

Fri 18 - Sun 20 Feb 2011                
Coastival             
Scarborough Various
Town Centre, Scarborough, North Yorkshire      
09:00    
01723 384545

Fri 18 Feb 2011
Coastival – Opening Spectacular               
Valley Gardens, Scarborough
Valley Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire         
16:30 17:00         
01723 384545

Fri 18 Feb 2011
Coastival - Paperbirds Theatre Co. perform 'Other'          
Stephen Joseph Theatre
Westborough, Scarborough, North Yorkshire     
17:45    
01723 384545

Fri 18 Feb 2011
Coastival: Baby Charles and DJ Tooley    
Scarborough Spa Complex
South Bay, Foreshore Road, Scarborough            
23:00 to 14:00   
01723 384545

Fri 18 Feb 2011
Coastival: Levellers         
Scarborough Spa Complex
South Bay, Foreshore Road, Scarborough            
20:00    
01723 384545

Sat 19 Feb 2011                
Chuckle Bros New Show - Barry Potty 2                
Futurist Theatre
Foreshore Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire                
14:30    
365789/374500

Sat 19 Feb 2011                
Coastival - Clogging and Swords                
Stephen Joseph Theatre
Westborough, Scarborough, North Yorkshire     
19:30    
01723 384545

Sat 19 Feb 2011                
Coastival: Claire Martin Scarborough Spa Complex
South Bay, Foreshore Road, Scarborough            
19:00    
01723 384545

Sat 19 Feb 2011                
Coastival: Count Arthur Strong   Scarborough Spa Complex
South Bay, Foreshore Road, Scarborough            
20:00    
01723 384545

Sat 19 Feb 2011                
Coastival: Dennis Rollins’ Badbone & Co               
Scarborough Spa Complex
South Bay, Foreshore Road, Scarborough            
14:00 to 17:00   
01723 384545

Sat 19 Feb 2011                
Love, When It's Brass - Coastival Festival              
Stephen Joseph Theatre
Westborough, Scarborough, North Yorkshire     
13:00 to 14:00 15:00 to 15:30       
01723 362935

Sun 20 Feb 2011               
Coastival - Sound of the Sands  
Stephen Joseph Theatre
Westborough, Scarborough, North Yorkshire     
19:30    
01723 384545

Sun 20 Feb 2011               
Coastival: 17 Hippies & The Hut People
Scarborough Spa Complex
South Bay, Foreshore Road, Scarborough            
20:00    
01723 384545

Sun 20 Feb 2011               
Coastival: Rafiki Jazz       
Scarborough Spa Complex
South Bay, Foreshore Road, Scarborough            
15:00 to 17:00   
01723 384545

Sun 20 Feb 2011               
Coastival: Shappi Khorsandi and Jon Richardson                
Scarborough Spa Complex
South Bay, Foreshore Road, Scarborough            
20:00    
01723 384545

Sun 20 Feb 2011               
Love, When It's Brass - Coastival Festival              
Stephen Joseph Theatre
Westborough, Scarborough, North Yorkshire     
13:00 to 13:30   
01723 362935

Wed 23 Feb 2011             
Circus Of Horrors - 4 Chapters From Hell (Over 15)           
Futurist Theatre
Foreshore Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire                
19:30    
01723 365789 / 37450

Wed 23 Feb 2011             
Sinbad's Adventures     
Scarborough Art Gallery
The Crescent, Scarborough, North Yorkshire      
10:30 to 11:30   
01723 384511

Fri 25 Feb 2011
Formal Celebrity Dinner               
Scarborough Spa Complex
South Bay, Foreshore Road, Scarborough            
19:00    
01723 890609

Sat 16th Oct, 10am - 5pm  |  Saturday Art Club  |  Club  |  SAG  |  0-5 yr olds
Sun 17th Oct, 10am - 5pm |  Casting Off  |  Drop-in  |  SAG  |  All
Weds 20th Oct, 10-11.30am  | Sinbad's Adventures  |  Workshop  |  ROT  |  0-5 yr olds
Thur 21 Oct, 10.30-11.30am  |  Art Bugs  |  Workshop  |  SAG  0-5 yr olds
Sat 23 Oct, 10am-12pm  |  DinoClub  |  Club  |  ROT  |  5-13 yr olds

John Penrose visited Scarborough as part of a whistle-stop tour of Britain and admitted to being "amazed" by its attractions.

Mr Penrose's trip, which included the Open Air Theatre as its centrepiece, was designed to give him an insight into a traditional seaside town ahead of a government report on increasing tourism in Britain.

Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, who helped arrange the visit, said it was a coup to attract someone of Mr Penrose's calibre to the town.

He said: "It was more of a fact finding mission and a chance for him to come and see what Scarborough had to offer.

"Being the MP for Weston-Super-Mare he comes from a seaside resort but was taken by how Scarborough was quite different from his home town.

"He was certainly impressed by Scarborough's standing as the first seaside resort, he liked the look of the town and thought the Open Air Theatre was amazing. We took him on to the stage area and he thought that was quite awe-inspiring.

"I don't know the last time a Tourism Minister came Scarborough and we were really pleased he could visit."

Future funding for Welcome to Yorkshire is under review.

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The first Scarborough Fossil Festival will open its doors on Thursday 17 June with a lecture at Westwood Theatre given by Professor Pete Rawson, the Chair of Scarborough Museums Trust.  Pete will start, what is planned to be a truly palaeontological feast of events explaining how our unique coastline is such a geological gem.

Staff from the Natural History Museum in London will be based at Scarborough Collections at Woodend where the public can come along and speak to them directly, have their own fossils identified and get the chance to see some very rare geological specimens that they have brought up from London.

A whole series of talks will be taking place at Westwood Theatre (Yorkshire Coast College) including ‘Pictures from the Past’ by Dr Martin Munt where he will look at how we go about recreating what dinosaurs looked like and what the world looked like 150 million years ago!

Dr Tim Ewin, also from the Natural History Museum in London will deliver a talk on Scelidosaurus, which is Britain’s best preserved dinosaur. It lived 195 million years ago and was an armour plated plant eater.  Dr Ewin will explore what we know about it from its fossil remains and how we can tell what it ate, how it lived and what it looked like when it was alive.

As well as the talks and fossil identification sessions the North East Yorkshire Geology Trust will be based at Scarborough Library where you will be able to make your own dinosaurs, learn more about your favourite dinosaurs and which ones lived in our area as well as actually buy fossils at the Fossil Fayre based at the Library on the Saturday 19 June.

The Scarborough Art Gallery will also be joining in the fun with fossil craft and a series of walks will be taking place where participants can learn about the geology of the South Bay or take part in a William Smith inspired walk along the Castle headland.  All the walks will start at the Rotunda at 10.30am and 2.30pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Entry is free at most venues, the special Fossil Festival leaflet gives details of how you can collect stamps for both free entry to the Rotunda and the chance for kids to go free to the Sea Life Centre so you can see the living fossils on display there.

Even if you’ve never been interested in ancient rocks there will be something for everyone to explore, learn, engage, interact and generally have a great experience.

Full details can be downloaded here.

Looking for fun things to do with the kids this Easter? Make the most of the holidays with our guide to what’s happening at Scarborough Museums Trust! Under 18s FREE.

Sandsend Sea Monsters

Monday 12 April, 10am-12pm

 On this expert led fossil hunt you will find fossilised creatures that once filled the oceans during the Lower Jurassic period. No booking required. Meet on the slipway to the beach

Rotunda Family Fun Day - Egg Hunt

Wednesday 14 April, 11am-4pm

Rotunda Family Fun Days are aimed at the entire family. Each one will explore a different aspect of the museum through a combination of science and art. This event will also include a novel 'hunt' around the museum, but will it be chocolate eggs that are the ultimate treasure? No booking required.

Arty Party at Scarborough Art Gallery

Thursday 15 April, 11 – 1pm and 2 - 4pm

How would you make a bathing costume? Costume lecturers from Yorkshire Coast College, will be setting up a temporary design studio in the Family Gallery. They will be showing participants how to make simple beach wear from paper! Come along and make a ‘one-wear-only’ bathing suit. No booking required.

Via Scarborough Museums Trust