A concert is organised in Berwick this month in aid of the Berwick and District Cancer Support Group, headlined by Beechy Colclough (pictured).
Beechy is bringing a band and backing singers to the Berwick upon Tweed Drill Hall for an evening of soul, rhythm and blues, supported by local musicians Stephen Cockburn and Gary Holland.
The singer-songwriter has returned to writing and touring after a period of 27 years and has recently completed his debut album.
Tickets are available from the Berwick and District Cancer Support Group at 5 Tweed Street, Berwick upon Tweed, TD15 1NG, priced at £10 and £8 concessions. People are asked to mark the envelope "The Beechy Concert" and make cheques payable to "The Berwick and District Cancer Support Group". Tickets can also bought be bought from various local businesses in the town- see local posters for details.
An exhibition that tells the story of two linked communities during the Second World War has been launched at a Northumberland library.
The Big Lottery funded Their Past Your Future II project examines life in Berwick and its Polish twin town Trzcianka during the Second World War.
The exhibition, administered through the Museums, Archives and Libraries Partnership, runs at Berwick Library in Walkergate until March 15, before going to Wooler Library and Wooler Book Fair from March 17 to 27.
An art teacher is on a mission to bring creativity into people's lives to help them 'see the world in a different way'.
Annabel Milne is determined to bring art into people's lives both through classes and also by taking children to visit art galleries for the very first time in their lives.
She has a wide background in art, including studying fine art at St Martin's College of Art in London, doing an MA at Edinburgh College of Art and then working at Tate Britain and in art publishing as well as teaching art and design and art history.
A film about a North East family of fishing tackle makers is to have a homecoming this week.
The Lost World of Mr Hardy, which tells the 136-year history of Alnwick's renowned shop Hardys, will be shown in Alnwick today and Berwick on Friday..
The film is about the value of craftsmanship in a global economy preoccupied with quantity.
The homecoming screening is at Alnwick Playhouse today from 7.30pm and the showing at Berwick's Maltings Theatre on Friday at 7.30pm.
Berwick people are invited to attend a community forum to identify and address local problems and concerns.
The forum is designed to engage with communities and encouraging everyone who lives and works in Berwick to offer their ideas and solutions to local problems, and work together to address them.
The forum will hopefully make the problems known to local government.
A popular farmers' market will return next weekend for the first time after the festive season.
The Berwick Farmers' Market will be at the Maltings Theatre and Arts Centre, in Berwick upon Tweed, this Sunday. The market is on from 10am to 1.30pm.
Churches in Northumberland have released dates for services to pray for unity across the world as congregations in Berwick and District come together for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2010.
This year, global organisers asked Scotland to host the week to mark the centenary of the first world mission conference that met in Edinburgh.
In Berwick and the surrounding area, there will be worship and fellowship over refreshments, and everyone is invited to join in.
A comedy season ticket is on offer at The Maltings in Berwick.
Those who love to laugh will doubtless be queuing up for the £40 tickets, which will offer a seat for five top comedy performances, featuring the likes of Live at the Apollo MC Russell Kane; The Sunday Times' Comedian of the Decade, Laura Solon; critically acclaimed solo shows from members of the comedy super-duo Colin Hoult and Fergus Craig and fast-rising comedy talent Jimmy McGhie .
A Christmas market will take place in Northumberland.
The Berwick Farmers' Market is to showcase a range of festive goods when it meets this weekend.
Handmade wreaths and jewellery, dry seasoned logs, free range chickens, and cakes and puddings, will be among the stalls offering their produce to visitors. Other stalls include organically produced vegetables, dairy products, cheese and bread, olives and more handmade crafts. Seasonal music will also be provided by members of the brass and woodwind sections of the Maltings Concert Band.
The market will be on Sunday December 20, from 10am-1.30pm, at the Maltings Theatre and Arts Centre, in Berwick upon Tweed.
Santa is going back to his roots at a Northumberland visitor attraction.
A green Santa will welcome youngsters at the National Trust's Lindisfarne Castle off the Northumberland coast.
The original "Santa" figure wore a long green hooded cloak and a headdress of holly, ivy and mistletoe .
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