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Creative and community organisations in Stoke-on-Trent have been awarded funding to bring communities together through creativity in lockdown. The micro-grants, of up to £200, were provided by Stoke-on-Trent City Council in collaboration with Voluntary Arts, to support organisations that want to help local people ease the stresses of lockdown together, by...

Community News, Culture

9th March 2020

Open Weekend offering some FREE events

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Various FREE and discounted events are taking place throughout Stoke-on-Trent for a cultural special Open Weekend. Cultural Destinations across Stoke-on-Trent are throwing open their doors and encouraging visitors to get creating and making as part of a special Open Weekend designed to celebrate the creativity of the city. Coming hot on the heels of the...

Community News, Stoke-on-Trent

21st February 2020

New service gives library users access to free e-audiobooks

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A new service which will allow customers to borrow free e-audiobooks online 24 hours a day has been launched by Stoke-on-Trent’s libraries. Library users can access BorrowBox seven days a week from their mobile phones, tablets and laptops and the service provides access to a wide range of stories from bestselling authors including Lee Child, […]

Culture, Stoke-on-Trent

14th February 2020

Superhero Exhibition at the Potteries Museum

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Superhero fans can discover more about the huge impact of their favourite characters at a new Potteries Museum & Art Gallery exhibition. The display, curated by DuoVision, explores the influence of superheroes, superheroines and supervillains on art and design and showcases the work of artists who have contributed to huge blockbuster Hollywood films such...

Culture, Stoke-on-Trent

31st January 2020

Hero war animals honoured at Potteries Museum

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A new exhibition honouring hero war animals is heading to the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent from February. The exhibition – PDSA Dickin Medal: Extraordinary Animals In Action – was created by leading veterinary charity PDSA to mark the 75th anniversary of the PDSA Dickin Medal. The Medal, introduced by the charity’s Founder Maria...

Community News, Culture, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

30th January 2020

Potteries Museum to develop natural history displays

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Natural history displays – which will share the story of Stoke-on-Trent 300 million years ago – are to be developed at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery. The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery were successful in a bid to the Arts Council England Designation Development Fund and have secured funding of £72,500 to catalogue and […]

Community News, Stoke-on-Trent

21st October 2019

Activities to Celebrate Stories for Half-Term

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Guardians of a mysterious book will take over Stoke-on-Trent libraries this half term as part of a new project celebrating reading and writing. The characters from The Mysterious Case of the Four Quarters will take families on a secret mission among the bookshelves as they tell the tale of a magical world facing its darkest […]

Culture, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent

19th August 2019

Funding to expand Arts Programme

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Staffordshire’s New Vic Theatre has been awarded an Arts Council England grant to expand the work of award-winning arts programme Appetite. A grant of £1,750,000 has been awarded to a local consortium, led by New Vic Theatre, as part of Arts Council England’s Creative People and Places programme. Creative People and Places is about more […]

Burslem, Community News, Longton, Staffordshire News, Stoke-on-Trent

16th July 2019

Stoke-on-Trent parks receive prestigious award

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Three Stoke-on-Trent parks have been recognised for their beauty in a national competition. Burslem Park, Longton Park and Park Hall Country Park are among 1,970 UK parks and green spaces – and 131 in 13 other countries around the world – that have received a prestigious Green Flag in the annual awards. The international award […]

Culture, Hanley, Staffordshire News, Stoke-on-Trent

5th July 2019

Staffordshire Hoard exhibition revamped in the Potteries

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The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery has launched a revamped Staffordshire Hoard exhibition as part of ten year celebrations. Ten years ago on 5 July 2009, the Staffordshire Hoard was discovered in a farmer’s field near Lichfield. Still the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever discovered, the Staffordshire Hoard has been seen by […]

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Eight projects kickstart Get Creative at Home Campaign

Open Weekend offering some FREE events

New service gives library users access to free e-audiobooks

Superhero Exhibition at the Potteries Museum

Hero war animals honoured at Potteries Museum

Potteries Museum to develop natural history displays

Activities to Celebrate Stories for Half-Term

Funding to expand Arts Programme

Stoke-on-Trent parks receive prestigious award

Staffordshire Hoard exhibition revamped in the Potteries

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