AN arts and community venue will stage an open day next month.
The Spennymoor Settlement group of volunteers, which runs the town's Everyman Theatre, in O'Hanlon Street, will host the event on Saturday, June 3, from 10am to 4pm.
It is being held in response to calls for more information about its activities from residents who took part in a survey about the future of the centre.
The group hopes to raise about £160,000 to refurbish the building, which is Grade II-listed for its cultural importance and a stone carving by German sculptor Tisa Hess.
The Spennymoor Settlement was established by the Pilgrim Trust in 1930 to boost the neighbourhood's social, educational and creative opportunities and in 1939 members, mainly miners, built the venue for community groups.
It became famous for its art group, whose members included famous colliery artists Norman Cornish and the late Tom McGuinness, earning the nickname The Pitman's Academy.
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