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Cancer awareness event for women

Wednesday, 2nd June, 12pm-3pm

The Lit & Phil

A great opportunity for all women to come and discuss health issues with local health services such as Healthy Communities Collaborative, Community Action on Health, Macmillan Cancer Support, Cancer Research UK and Patient Advice Liaison Service.

The event will include information stalls, presentations and questions and answers session.

Special guest will be Anna Maria Jopek, a Polish jazz singer (performing later at The Sage Gateshead) and supporter of the cancer awareness campaign in Poland.

Free tickets for Anna Maria Jopek will be drawn.

Time: Wednesday, 2nd June, 12pm-3pm
Venue: The Lit & Phil, 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1SE
Admission: free

Anna Maria Jopek and Nigel Kennedy
- Polish Jazz Focus

Wednesday, 2nd June, 7.30pm

The Sage Gateshead

A sensational evening of accessible jazz, starring one of the world’s most celebrated violinists Nigel Kennedy, now resident in Poland and a leading Polish jazz singer, Anna Maria Jopek.

Anna Maria Jopek, a graduate from Chopin’s Academy of Music and Manhattan School of Music’s Jazz Department, has worked with artists of the calibre of Pat Metheny and Branford Marsalis. She also represented Poland in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest.

Concert supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of POLSKA! YEAR: www.polskayear.pl.

Tickets can be booked either by calling 0191 443 4661, online at www.thesagegateshead.org or in person from The Sage Gateshead’s Ticket Office.

Time: Wednesday, 2nd June, 7.30pm
Venue: Hall One, The Sage Gateshead, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, NE8 2JR
Tickets: £10.75 – £21.50