Star Trail in Slingsby | Photo by Steve Allen
18th to 26th February at various places. National Parks Dark Skies Festival 2017. For events organised by North York Moors National Park see HERE.
Local events for us include:-
18th February – Have a go holidays (Sutton Bank)
18th February – Stargazing evening (Yorkshire Arboretum)
25th February – Dark Skies at Sutton Bank
4th March – Stargazing and night time nature walk (Rievaulx Terrace)
Friends of Malton Museum lecture on Wednesday 15th February 2017 at 7.30 pm in the Library, East Wing, Malton School, Middlecave Road, Malton.
Dr Sophie Forgan from the Captain Cook Museum in Whitby, will talk on “Art and the Kangaroo”. Admission is free to Friends, others are welcome at a charge of £3. The Friends say:-
“Just over two years ago, the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich acquired George Stubbs’ famous ‘Portrait of a Kangaroo’ (1772), together with its sister painting of a dingo. Stubbs painted what became the iconic image of a kangaroo, though he had never seen a live kangaroo and had no idea of their natural environment!
“The talk traces the background to the creation of this famous painting, the problems of depicting exotic animals no one had seen before, and why Stubbs’ image is particularly successful. Succeeding artists depicted kangaroos in their natural habitat and the variety of images helped to stimulate a veritable passion for Australian mammals in late 18th and 19th century Britain.”
Tuesday 14th February 2017 at 7.15 pm in the Methodist Chapel Schoolroom. Slingsby Ladies Group AGM and Faith Supper. Anyone wishing to join the Group will be most welcome.
The secretary is Shelagh Richards (01653 628363).
The Yorkshire Arboretum has re-opened for the 2017 season. The latest newsletter is HERE and includes details of café opening times, a stargazing evening (18th February) and the annual snowdrop lunch (5th March)
