Newcastle

The nostalgic and highly entertaining musicals. Could this be a sing-along meeting as there are so many well-known hit songs? Miss Annie Oakley sharpshooter and tom boy hick rides the Deadwood stage coach. While young male American pioneers seek wives. Fabulous dance routines. Acceptable in the time, their themes are now considered to be controversial.… Read more

13.45-1530pm or bit later. Listen to and discus extracts from 4 operas - Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss - a comic opera but it includes demanding themes love, infidelity, aging, sexual predation. Die Meistersinger by Wagner. La Boheme by Puccini. Die Tote Stadt. Read more

1400-1530pm, Newcastle u3a Pink Lane Meeting rooms. In September we will be starting to look at the early American Pragmatists C.S. Pierce (1839-1914) and William James (1842-1910) Read more

1400-1530pm, Newcastle u3a Pink Lane meeting rooms. Topic to be confirmed shortly. Read more

1330pm-until we finish 1530 or later, Newcastle u3a Pink Lane meeting room 2. topic to be confirmed shortly. Read more

2pm - 5pm u3a Regional Quiz, Sunniside Social Club. We did brilliantly at the previous quiz: 1st & last!!. A really good fun day out. We are entering several teams of 4 players each. Please contact our Group Leader if interested - we'd love to have you there with us. Read more

1015 for 1030am start -1200pm. We welcome questions by u3a members and do our best to find solutions. Please join us to chat or just listen. Read more

1015 for 1030am start -1200pm. More friendly banter about electronic gadgets and systems. All welcome. No prior knowledge needed - we're all here to help each other learn. Read more

1015 for 1030am start -1200pm. Another session to help our understanding of all things IT! Beginners & questions welcomed. Read more

1400-1530pm, Pink Lane meeting room No.2 & Zoom. Terry will present on the history of "Swan Hunter" shipbuilders, the Tyneside yard founded in 1852. They built the incredible Mauretania, launched in 1907, then the largest ship in the world, and the fastest passenger ship for 20 years! Read more