This season of Opera Club at the Portico Ards kicks off this Saturday 10th February with Opera North\u2019s enchanting staging of The Adventures of Pinocchio. Jonathan Dove\u2019s 21st opera is a wittily inventive feast for the eyes and ears. A full-length \u00a0grand opera with 29 characters, a sizeable chorus and a profound symphonic score, it is overflowing with visual delights.<\/p>\n
This Saturday Seagoe Parish Hall Portadown will host an antiques, vintage and collectables fair, showing casing lots of treasures from the past. 40+ stalls including Victorian jewellery, silver, china, crystal, militaria, kitchenalia, books, coins, medals, ceramics, art, vintage fashion and linens.\u00a0 Refreshments will be available. The fair is open from 10.00am to 4.00pm. This is a great day out to relive the past, to add to your collection or just to treat yourself.<\/p>\n
Love Building Bird Box Day takes place this Saturday from 2.00pm to 4.00pm at Crom.\u00a0 Spread the love between your friends and family this February as you join the National Trust in preparation for National Nest Box Week by learning to build your own bird box. \u00a0Learn how to create your own bird box, just in time for the upcoming nesting season as we care for our beloved birds. February is the perfect time to show your love for others and wildlife by constructing your very own bird box.\u00a0\u00a0 For more information visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk\/crom<\/a><\/p>\n With dozens of songs featured on numerous hit US television shows & movies and writing for some of the world\u2019s biggest selling artists, Gareth Dunlop has become one of Ireland’s most revered and successful songwriters. It\u2019s a reputation based on a wonderful singing voice and a strong body of material, influenced by soul, country, folk and blues. See Gareth perform live at Ranfurly House Dungannon this Saturday 10th<\/sup> February at 8.00pm.<\/p>\n The Linenhall Upperlands is the venue this Saturday night for the Ampertaine PS Fundraiser.\u00a0The night will see performances\u00a0 from local singer\/songwriters Eilish Mulholland, Tiernan Heffron, James Bradley Music and formal pupil Charlene Bradley’s\u00a0band Aria Sail. Magician extraordinaire Rodd Hogg also be in attendance to amaze guests with his magic! Refreshments provided with a DJ to finish the night.<\/p>\n Larne Museum & Arts Centre is open on Saturday 10th February.\u00a0 Come along to visit the Main Gallery which hosts permanent displays reflecting the agricultural, industrial, military and maritime history of the local area.\u00a0This will also be an opportunity to visit the temporary exhibition ‘Painting Pictures in My Mind – Remembering the 1950s and 1960s’, an exhibition which focuses on local life in the 1950s and 1960s.\u00a0Admission is free!<\/p>\n Join in the NICHS Red Dress Run this Saturday 10th<\/sup> February to take action for your own heart health and raise funds to continue the fight against heart disease!\u00a0 Grab your red dress, red hat, red knee socks\u2026absolutely anything\u00a0RED<\/strong>\u00a0and join us for this truly unique charity 5km and 10km running event, where you\u2019ll walk, jog or run around Stormont Estate in Belfast, all in the fight against heart disease.\u00a0 With a choice of running or walking two distances and a real element of fun, there\u2019s something for the ladies, men and kids alike to enjoy! Grab your friends, family or work colleagues and be part of this spectacular new charity running event. If you would like to chat with one of the team about the Red Dress Run 2018 give Cheryl a call on 02890 266740 or email\u00a0cbrown@nichs.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more details on these events and to add your events free go to\u00a0whatsonni.com<\/a>. Follow us on twitter @whatsonNI and on facebook at\u00a0fb.com\/www.whatsonni.com<\/a>\u00a0for news, competitions and what\u2019s on near you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Down This season of Opera Club at the Portico Ards kicks off this Saturday 10th February with Opera North\u2019s enchanting staging of The Adventures of Pinocchio. Jonathan Dove\u2019s 21st opera is a wittily inventive feast for the eyes and ears. A full-length \u00a0grand opera with 29 characters, a sizeable chorus and a profound symphonic score, … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1555],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15747,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15746\/revisions\/15747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tyrone<\/h1>\n
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