swansea News

SWIMMERS in Swansea will be making a splash for charity this spring as they complete the Swimathon 2012 challenge - a series of 2.5km and 5km distance challenges for Marie Cure Cancer Care and the Big Splash Mile raising money for Sport Relief.

This weekend, artists in Swansea will be coming together to celebrate the 1,000,049th international anniversary of Art’s Birthday.

The extraordinary tale of one of the world’s most famous polar expeditions is to be explored at a special talk at Swansea Museum on 19 January.

A photography exhibition which features the life of world famous artist Pablo Picasso has proved exceptionally popular with visitors to Swansea's Dylan Thomas Centre.

The Dylan Thomas Centre’s new programme of events has been released, featuring a varied mixture of literature, drama and music.

The Dylan Thomas Centre has a reputation for bringing big names from the world of literature to Swansea as part of its events programme.

Ice skate at Waterfront Winterland in Swansea right up until 8 January 2012! Swansea’s biggest festive attraction is open for fun until Sunday, 8 January at 10pm.

Jack and the Beanstalk, this winter’s pantomime at Penyrheol Theatre, will be a glittering family show full of beans. Presented by the Friendship Theatre Group, the show runs on selected days from Thursday 12th to Saturday 21st January 2012.

DONKEYS will join the scorpions, snakes and iguanas for a festive party at Plantasia this weekend.

Entries are open for the 2012 Terry Hetherington Young Writers Award, worth £1,000.

Santa is still in Swansea but you do need to hurry down to his Grotto at Waterfront Winterland by 23 December for a visit he leaves with his elves for their busiest day of the year!

A NEW documentary capturing personal memories of one of the darkest times in Swansea’s history is about to have its premiere.

TAKING a free dip during the Christmas holidays sounds like something only the Aussies would get to enjoy in the waters off Bondi Beach.

Gary Owen’s Free Folk will be performed at the Dylan Thomas Centre on Wednesday, 14 December at 7.30pm.

Swansea is famous for producing one of the world’s most famous poets and it is evident that poetry in the city is just as popular as it has ever been.

December has arrived! Head down to Waterfront Winterland this weekend and beyond and get into the festive spirit as the Swansea Christmas countdown begins!

A small but significant piece of history was made this week when Swansea admitted its first women hereditary freemen.

West Glamorgan Archive Service is selling a variety of unique Christmas cards featuring familiar views of Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot from bygone eras.

Keele University’s George Truscott discusses ‘Life, Death and the Carotenoids’ at this month’s Science Café, on Wednesday, 30th November at 7.30pm. The talk has been organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

A SERIES of road closures will be in place this weekend to accommodate the annual Christmas Parade and festive lights switch-on.

A SWANSEA gallery expert who’s made art more accessible to thousands of people across South Wales has been named one of the UK’s top art educators.

Innovation is key to the Success of this project. Crimson Consultants have been helping University College Falmouth take giant steps to deliver exciting and sustainable growth in student numbers.

The Dylan Thomas Centre has two exciting events coming up at the end of November.

With the successful ‘Sparks in the Dark’ fireworks display at St Helen’s over for another year, the public’s attention has now turned towards the Christmas countdown.

Although the Dylan Thomas Festival ends on 9th November, there’s still plenty to look forward to at the Dylan Thomas Centre.

The relationship between Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas is to be explored in an evening of talks and music on Friday 4 November at 7.30pm at the Dylan Thomas Centre.

ART fans across the city can browse thousands of the Glynn Vivian’s paintings, sculptures and ceramics with the click of a mouse at Swansea Civic Centre.

There will be a number of road closures in effect on Friday 4 November coinciding with the Sparks in the Dark fireworks display at St Helen’s Rugby Ground, Swansea.

Two of Swansea’s finest writers Joe Dunthorne and Sarah Coles are taking part in this year’s Dylan Thomas Festival.

Entertainment has been announced for Swansea's Sparks in the Dark fireworks display 2011

A large audience packed into the Dylan Thomas Centre for the launch of the Dylan Thomas Festival on Thursday.

It’s not just Santa’s Elves who will be busy over the next few weeks. Community groups from across Swansea are also working hard as they prepare to unveil their themed floats at this year’s Christmas Parade.

HE’S one of the world’s most famous artists ever and now a photographic exhibition dedicated to his life is about to be unveiled in Swansea.

For the first time ever Swansea's annual Sparks in the Dark fireworks display will take place on Friday 4 November.

Visitors to Swansea have been enjoying a selection of new and exciting public art works across the city over the last week.

Extra poetry reading added due to popularity of Poet Laureate event

Motaquote are pleased to announce the re-opening of their Swansea branch, along with a new customer referral scheme.

It may be a little early – or late – for Easter Egg Hunts, but the Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts is inviting the people of Swansea to a Golden Egg Hunt on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 September at 11am

A number of road closures will be in place on Sunday (25 September) to accommodate the 2011 Admiral Swansea Bay 10k race.

Dylan Thomas Centre employee Alan Kellermann is to have his poetry published by one of Wales’ top publishers.

The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery summer exhibitions are drawing to a close but there is still time to catch them before they end on Sunday 4 September.

Families can enjoy an afternoon of film fun when the popular teen sensation High School Musical 3 comes to Swansea's Big Screen

Three exciting orchestra concerts perform at the Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts this year.

SAMBA Tawe will start festivities when the annual World Party event comes to Swansea on Saturday.

The winners of the Swansea Junior Tennis Championship are crowned

Volunteers are sought to help out at the 2011 Admiral Swansea Bay 10k taking place this September

UK Bhangra enthusiasts in Swansea are in for a treat as H-Dhami has been unveiled as the headline act for Swansea’s World Party.

Visitors from around the globe have flocked to the Dylan Thomas Centre to view the renowned Man and Myth exhibition on Dylan's life and work.

VISITORS to a hit Swansea event later this month will be transported to Ireland and the Deep South.

West Glamorgan Archive Service celebrate record figures in annual report