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We're declaring it Spring- winter is just to bleak. Spring School newsletter out now mailchi.mp/e5e805900d9d...
Festival of Languages has started! We're supporting with free, online classroom resources to do some creative language learning expressyourselfne.com/culture-box-...
Kicking off Thursday by listening to the @collaboratecic.bsky.social podcast with our own Zahra Bazarganianpour discussing Human Learning Systems open.spotify.com/episode/5fe6...
Yesterday's ceilidh dancing, language translating, art making Imagine If conference was such a breath of fresh air, rewatching this today to stay inspired www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcXW... @northeastmuseums.bsky.social
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From the archive weβre listening to an old track from Kema Kay and DJ Ads for #AntiBullyingWeek with students at Chopwell Primary School, St Wilfrid's RC Primary School in 2018!
BIG NEWS! Weβre super excited to announce that GemArts Masala Festival has been nominated for the North East Culture Awards 2025 in the Arts Council England Award category.
the awards on 27th Nov at The Stockton Globe Theatre.
#NECultureAwards #MasalaFestival #ACESupported #LetsCreate
A gorgeous weekend of Diwali celebrations! Hope we can take the celebrations with us into half term and have keep the fun going π€π½π€π½
Project Play Tuesday 28th! Open to all families, whether youβve been dancing to 'Mera Joota Hai Japani' since you were a baby or donβt know your baen from your daen.
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With #Diwali around the school our school workshops are booking up fast- get in touch to bring an artist into your school to bring the festival of light to your students.
Weβre shining a light on some of our Diwali celebrations from the archive this week- we hope youβre inspired to make your own lantern with this workshop from Sofia Barton
These Young Creatives are so many things- check out the beats they made with DJ Ads to see a teeny tiny piece of their creativity youtube.com/shorts/XcYu5...
Itβs National Inclusion Week! We support schools, community groups and workplaces to get creative and inclusive every week π
Donβt be shy- get in touch to get inclusive!
A new school year means a new year of East by North East! Our young
musicians have been making music all over Newcastle and Gateshead since 2016! Here they are making incredible music at last yearβs celebration
Riverside Ragas: β―Tar Rang β 100 Colours, 100 String! Expressive. Soul-stirring. A rare jugalbandi.
19th September, 8PM, Β£11.30 - Β£22.50,The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
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@alphabettitheatre.bsky.social hitting it out of the park again www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/dial1foruk
Bringing some of our own #SouthAsianHeritage from the archive today, weβre looking at all the different kinds of Indian classical and contemporary dance weβve brought to the region in the last 25 years. From Bollywood to Kuchipudi, Kathakali to Kathak
It doesn't matter how old you are when it comes to Masala Festival, check out these incredible tiny Bollywood dancers at today's workshop ππΊππ½
Yesterday we had a gorgeous afternoon @vanegallery.bsky.social inspired by Sofia Barton's exhibition: Death Magic. Sullivan Alenzi lead a great discussion and workshop around the themes of the show πͺ·πΈπΊ
Meet the participants from yesterday's shadow puppetry workshop with Saya Naruse- from CPD to full play time they all had different reasons for taking part and they all smashed it!
Yesterday we kicked things off with Akash Odedra at Theatre Royal Newcastle and yoga with Palak- tag us in your photos of Masala Festival and let us know what you're excited for!
First day of Masala Festival 2025! Let it raaaaaain! @gemarts.bsky.social brings the sunshine! www.gemarts.org/whatson
Gem Arts' Masala Festival opens tomorrow right at Newcastle Theatre Royal with Aakash Odedra's Songs of the Bulbul! πMon 14 July ποΈ bit.ly/3XTUXFf @gemarts.bsky.social
Lush to hear all the excitement for Masala Festival 2025 of Spice FM- make sure you've got tickets to everything you fancy for next week π¦πͺ· gemarts.org/whatson
New exhibition! 14 July β 2 August: βDeath Magicβ, by Sofia Barton for GemArts Masala Festival, a contemplation on the connections between life and remembrance. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/...
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We've been drawing shadows on the sunny Bensham Grove lawn. Hesam is our volunteer arts leader for walk and draw sessions with artists who are seeking sanctuary πΏ
Another gorgeous addition to the Masala Festival line up- join Sullivan Alenezi for a workshop about remembrance to create a community made installation πͺ·
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Get ready for some Mini Mela fun! This #masalafestival2025 we're going WILD with animal crafts and projects. Put it in your diary, get it on the calendar and head on down to a great day of free family fun to kick off your summer holidays!
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Join award-winning short story writer, Gurnaik Johal, as he reads from his debut novel 'Saraswati' - a tale of love, lust, violence and loss in the lives of six relatives.
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Just a few tickets left for the event held at Northern Stage on Tuesday 15 July >> bit.ly/44FUbiK