Thursday 14 June 2012

Doors 7.30pm
Wharfedale Room
St George Hotel
1 Ripon Road, HG1 2SY

Tickets: £12*
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Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain :

Are you a glass half-full, or a half-empty type of person? Or do you swing both ways? Could you change your approach if you wanted to? Don’t worry if you don’t know the answers because for our second ever Salon North, Prof Elaine Fox will be on hand to help you understand just what makes you tick from an entirely scientific point of view.

Elaine Fox is a neuroscientist of note who has researched widely on the science of emotions. She is currently a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford and Professor of Psychology at the University of Essex. Her studies and discoveries of the genetic aspects of optimism are wildly influential, and have even led to her appearance in an ABC documentary with Michael J. Fox (no relation) entitled The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist. Time to figure out if your optimism (or pessimism) is curable.

Draw Like Picasso :

Have you ever wanted to explore your inner cubist, your secret surrealist, your undercover dadaist or your covert expressionist.  NY/LDN artist Susan Supercharged will be on hand with the materials and the sweet skills for you to learn just how to draw like Picasso, Mondrian and Kandinsky in this wild whirlwind session.  No artistic talent is required just come prepared to create your own Abstract masterpieces to take home and wow your friends and family with your latent talent.

Supersuasion :

Ever dreamed of being able to make the people around you bend to your every whim? Then Salon North will make this a reality as Kevin Dutton, the psychological expert on social influence from the University of Cambridge, is a man you need to talk to. Kevin, who single handedly qualified the world’s most successful pick up line, will be sharing the secrets of incisive, pitch-perfect influence. This is the subject of his book, Flipno-sis: The Art of Split Second Persuasion, a heady piece of writing which unlocks the secrets of persuading people to do exactly what you want, by influencing them at the exact moment of their decision. Come and learn from the master.

*Booking fees: Please note: Telephone bookings are subject to a £1.50 credit/debit card charge. Online bookings are subject to a 10% booking fee which is levied by the box office provider We Got Tickets.

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Thank you very much for running the Musical Mums sessions. Me and my son have really enjoyed it so far, so a big thank you.

- Young Parent

Sessions also offer opportunities for signposting to guidance on healthcare, housing, education, training and employment opportunities as well as access to additional social activities such as baby swim sessions. This signposting is made possible by working in partnership with Connexions, SureStart, Bumps2Babes (the local midwifery service) and other partners with a wealth of information and advice. Through these partners the project is able to have a greater impact, encouraging mothers to participate in other activities and providing support and guidance. Involvement in additional signposted activities continues to demonstrate far-reaching benefits for young mothers’ educational and working lives, along with their emotional wellbeing and that of their children.

Bus fares are reimbursed for all of the mothers so there is no cost involved in attending sessions and Musical Mums works with various partners to encourage and enable the mothers to attend regularly.

I never used to sing with my kid because I felt a bit daft, but now we’ve learnt loads of songs and actions and it’s really fun. I try and carry it on at home too, she stops crying when we sing!

- Young Parent

Sessions run on Friday afternoons, 2-3pm @

Bilton Sure Start Centre
Woodfield Road
Harrogate
HG1 4HZ

The project has been developed from the hugely successful Divas and DJs project that has taken place in Harrogate for the past five years, but instead of running for just one week the new programme extends across ten weeks and reaches different areas of the city, recognised as areas of multiple-deprivation. The weekly workshops included the chance to learn new skills with professional DJs, learn to MC, mix tracks and perform, as well as the chance to work with the resident writer to create lyrics for the tracks. Using crime scenes, crime fiction and by addressing issues in their community, participants were given a new voice to communicate their feelings, perceptions and own personal circumstances, and benefit from the skills learnt through expressing themselves through the written word.

The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate’s 2012 Big Read title is the masterful mystery On Beulah Height. Come along to one of our special Big Read events to share your thoughts on this haunting crime novel by Reginald Hill.

Festival Reader-In-Residence Martyn Waites will be taking a whistle stop tour of the North of England to meet readers in Yorkshire and the North East.

Events 2012

• Tue 15 May, 1.30pm, Skipton Library. Tickets £3. Tel. 0845 034 9538 or email: skipton.library@northyorks.gov.uk
• Tue 15 May, 7.30pm, Ripon Library. Tickets £3. Tel. 0845 034 9524
• Tue 22 May, 2.30pm, Selby Library. Tickets £3. Tel. 0845 034 9540
• Tue 22 May, 7.30pm, Knaresborough Library. Tickets £3. Tel. 0845 300 5112
• Wed 23 May, 2pm, Bentham Library. Tickets £3. Tel. 08450349532 or email: bentham.library@northyorks.gov.uk

• Mon 14 May, 6.30pm, Leeds Central Library. Tickets Free. Tel. 0113 247 6016
• Wed 16 May, 1.45pm, Yeadon Library. Tickets Free. Tel 0113 214 6501

• Wed 16 May, 7.30pm, Whitley Bay Library. Tickets £3. Tel 0191 200 8500
• Mon 21 May, 6pm, Newcastle Central Library. Tickets FREE. Tel. 0191 277 4100 or email: information@newcastle.gov.uk
• Wed 23 May, 7.30pm, Stockton Library, Tickets FREE. Tel. 0164 252 6521 or email readers@stockton.gov.uk

Global Villages is Harrogate International Festival’s flagship music project, bringing global music and culture to rural areas. Past projects have included traditional Brazilian music, flamenco dancing, African drumming, classical Indian music, Samba drumming and Javanese gamelan. Workshops are aimed at 7-12 year olds and take place over a half term holiday, with one day’s workshop happening in five different locations around Harrogate & District. The programme is always popular, with workshops filling up within days of being promoted.

The next Global Villages will take place during October half-term. Watch this space for details on how to book or join our mailing list to make sure you find out first and don’t miss out.

Tickets:  £27, £25, £18, £15 || Boxes: £75, £50

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Soloist: Noriko Ogawa (piano)

Director: Adi Brett

The Festival’s Opening Gala Concert promises an inspirational night to remember with the signature creativity and energy of the Manchester Camerata  in combination with the superlative poetry of pianist Noriko Ogawa.

Opening with Webern’s uncharacteristically lush early Slow Movement, Adi Brett leads the orchestra through a thrilling string programme, including Mozart’s brilliant Piano Concerto No.2 and Elgar’s beautiful Serenade for Strings.The Festival’s Opening Gala Concert promises an inspirational night to remember with the signature creativity and energy of the Manchester Camerata in combination with the superlative poetry of pianist Noriko Ogawa.

Programme:

Webern                 Langsamer Satz

Mozart                   Piano Concerto No. 9 in Eb Major, K271

Elgar                      Serenade for Strings

Mozart                   Symphony No. 29

…Ogawa responds… with such clarity and refinement that you are lost in wonder.

- Gramophone

Manchester Camerata – deserve at least three rounds of applause on their own.

- City Life

Supported by The Audrey & Stanley Burton Charitable Trust

Tickets: £8 (unreserved)

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Victoria Hislop is a phenomenally successful novelist. Her first novel, 2005′s The Island, was selected by The Times as one of the 100 books that defined that decade. Educated at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, Victoria began her career in publishing before moving

into PR. Becoming a mother in 1990 was the catalyst for a career change and she started work as a freelance journalist. She branched into travel journalism before becoming a novelist.

Embracing a Greek backdrop, The Island held the number one slot in the Sunday Times paperback charts for eight consecutive weeks and has sold over two million copies worldwide. Her second novel, The Return, was also a Sunday Times bestseller, and her books have been translated into more than 20 languages. The Thread is the third and latest of her Greek odysseys.

Hislop’s fast-paced narrative and utterly convincing sense of place make her novel a rare treat.

- The Guardian

Part of the Raworth’s Literature & Lecture Series

Tickets: £23.50, £20, £17.50, £15 || Boxes: £60, £40

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Get ready to swoon as Curtis Stigers, the American jazz vocalist, saxophonist, guitarist and songwriter, swings into town. Stigers’ career began in jazz and blues and his smooth blend of soul and rock translated into massive commercial appeal, with hits including I Wonder Why.  Today, he continues to blaze a path as one of his generation’s finest and most original interpreters of modern songs.

Expect an evening of suave, sharp interpretations of jazz standards and some smart post-modern surprises as Stigers filters the past through the present, providing the perfect soundtrack for the Mad Men generation.

When Curtis Stigers came on stage it felt as if someone had upped the wattage in the bulbs … I hadn’t quite been prepared for the sheer brio with which he tears into a crowd.

- The Wall Street Journal

Tickets: £3. One free adult ticket per child.

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Drop in any time between 10am and 2pm to have a go at animation. The Learning Team from the National Media Museum will show you how to bring your favourite Lego characters to life. Then get to play the part of the director and create your very own animated movie!

Suitable for families with children aged 6+.
Children must be accompanied at all times by an appropriate adult.

Tickets: £8 (unreserved)

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Michael Frayn is one of the most acclaimed writers at work in Britain today. A modern master, acclaimed for his outstanding journalism, brilliant comic and cerebral plays and subtle novels, he is one of our finest contemporary writers best known for the long-running and much-loved farce, Noises Off. His dramas Copenhagen and Democracy recently featured in a high profile retrospective of his work. His latest novel Skios is a story of mislaid identity, misdirected passion and miscalculated consequences set on the Greek island.

Frayn boasts a résumé that would make even Gore Vidal feel inadequate … 15 plays; 10 novels; screenplays; he’s translated Chekhov and Tolstoy and won so many literary awards and medals that if he wore them all at once, he’d look like one of those Soviet generals on top of Lenin’s tomb on May Day. He is, in so many words, a significant literary personage.

- The New York Times

Part of the Raworth’s Literature & Lecture Series