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2/10/2011
Musicians to meet up for Highland Music Day
It's a year since the inaugural Highland Music Day and this years event on Thursday 6 October will see 570 young people from all over Highland arrive in Inverness to participate in a day of workshops and group playing for musicians of all levels of ability who attend Highland primary or secondary schools. Seven different venues throughout the city will be used to host activities for young musicians of strings, brass, woodwind, bagpipes and pipe band drumming, traditional music and percussion.19/9/2011
Car Park Contemporary Cinema In Inverness
Contemporary art event transforms multi-storey car park into sublime cinema experience. A sublime experience is on offer to Highland filmgoers next week when a multi-storey car park in Inverness will be transformed into a cinema with a difference on 22 - 24 September.18/9/2011
Willow Artist In Inverness and Thurso
Exhibition by leading willow artist to tour Highland galleries An Exhibition entitled "Spirit of Air" and featuring large scale suspended and wall based willow works by leading artist Lizzie Farey is currently on display at Inverness Museum & Art Gallery before visiting the Swanson Gallery in Thurso. This solo exhibition, entitled "Spirit of the Air" celebrates the new creative direction of one of Scotland's highest profile practitioners.
18/9/2011
Highland Archaeology Festival, 1- 16 October 2011
A new packed programme of special events has been launched for the eighteenth Highland Archaeology Festival, which gets underway on 1 October for two weeks. Over one hundred events, most of which are free, are included in the programme which celebrates the archaeology, history, landscape and culture of Highland.16/9/2011
Caithness Country Music Festival On BBC ALBA
COUNTRY MUSIC RETURNS TO BBC ALBA WITH EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE FROM THE CAITHNESS COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL Country music fans will be able to tune in to performances from acclaimed music artists, as BBC ALBA brings viewers the best of the action from this year's Northern Nashville Caithness Country Music Festival. BBC ALBA is delighted to cover the fourth annual Caithness Country Music Festival as part of its Ceòl Country series which has been produced for the channel by mneTV.
15/9/2011
Edwardian Concert At Castletown
Following the discovery of an original handbill advertising a Castletown village concert at the turn of the previous century, Castletown Heritage Society hopes to recreate the atmosphere of an Edwardian concert featuring local acts and performers. Produced in association with North Highland Connections we are delighted to have secured the services of Professor Chris Underwood, Head of Vocal Studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
15/9/2011
"Hurdy-gurdy" spectacle at Inverness museum
There is a rare treat in store at Inverness Museum & Art Gallery this autumn. In a magnificent spectacle of light, sound and movement, the extraordinary work of Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, returns by popular demand with a new show.
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10/9/2011"Paper Wrappers & Herbarium Sheets"
An exhibition by Joanne B. Kaar at Caithness Horizons from 13th September until 11th December 2011 Local artist Joanne B.
Singing Master Class - Open To All - FREE
North Highland Connections An important strand of North Highland Connections' work is in promoting cultural and educational residencies around the region. Currently NHC is promoting a series of 12 such activities at various centres.4/9/2011
Blas celebrates half a century of Fèisean in style
The culmination of the equivalent of nearly half a century of work by the Fèis movement in two key Highland areas will be celebrated from one of the highest points in the land as part of Blas 2011 which begins this weekend. Festival fans can join Fèis Spè and their friends on the evening of Friday 9 September as Blas 2011 gets under way in celebrating 21 years of inspiration and opportunity with the highest gig in Blas! Part of a remarkable evening's entertainment involves a scenic train ride up Cairngorm to the Ptarmigan Restaurant to see Fèis Spè participants, past and present, showcase their outstanding achievements.1/9/2011
Electric Ceilidh T11 - 3 Days At Tongue Hotel
Electric Ceilidh Tongue Hotel 23 - 25th September 2011.
30/8/2011
More Regional Gaelic Mods Heading To Caithness
Caithness National Mod Leads to Increased Frequency of Regional Mod in Caithness One of the direct benefits hoped for following the county's successful hosting of the Royal National Mod in October last year was an increase in the frequency of the regional Mod being hosted in Caithness. At the Annual General Meeting of the various committees representing the Caithness and Sutherland Mod, held in Bonar Bridge on Saturday (27th August) a proposal was put forward to increase the frequency of Caithness hosting the regional festival which attracts many visitors each year.22/8/2011
Highland pupils first to perform WWF musical in Scotland
WWF is marking its 50th anniversary in style this year with the Scottish premiere of its musical 'One Sun One World'. The piece has been specially commissioned by the environmental charity and will be performed for the first time in Scotland on Saturday 19 November at the Macdonald Aviemore Highland Resort Hotel at 2pm.21/8/2011
Traditional Music Classes - Clasaichean Ceòl Traidiseanta Inbhir Nis
The Highland Council is inviting people of all ages to join in traditional music, song and dance classes which are currently taking place in Inverness until the 24 November 2011 Places are still available in some of the 10-week series of classes which start on Monday 5 September Twenty three classes are taking place in four different venues in Inverness area with some 200 people of all ages enjoying tuition. A taster session will be on Tuesday 30th August in Crown Primary School from 7-8.30pm for people to come and try, fiddle, mandolin, whistle, banjo and guitar.19/8/2011
Reflections On A Creative Scotland
The Importance of Geography Posted on August 12, 2011 by Andrew Dixon Go to http://reflectionsonacreativescotland.com/ to read this short article describing a number of places in Caithness where art is contributing to improve the cultural life of the north Highlands..1/8/2011
Photography Competition
Caithness International Science Festival - Photography Competition Science O3, which runs the annual Caithness International Science Festival, is holding a photography competition, based on next year's Festival theme of "Energy in Caithness". We've received some excellent entries so far and the competition is open until September 2, 2011.27/7/2011
New E-Book From Wick Author Alan Calder
Willow Moon Publishing of New Orleans has just released Wick man Alan Calder's first novel, The Stuart Agenda as an e-book. Alan was born in Barrogil Street in 1944, the oldest son of John and Bunty Calder.
Local Artists Invited To Weekend Painting Residence
North Highland Connections Promotes the Third Residency of The Prince's Drawing School Students and teaching staff from The Prince's Drawing School will again be in residence at the North Lands Creative Glass Centre in Lybster, from 1st August, for ten days. This year, as a major development made possible by the additional support of a Highland LEADER grant, the outreach is being expanded to include two days when local artists have an opportunity to take part in the event, and there will be a daily morning class.21/7/2011
Creative Scotland Backs 2011 Blas Festival
The seventh Blas festival in the Highlands and Islands has received a major boost with the confirmation of £50,000 investment from Creative Scotland. The investment from the national leader for Scotland's arts, screen and creative industries has enabled the organisers of Blas, which has established itself as the premier event celebrating all that is good about the Gaelic language and culture of the Highlands, to offer a packed programme of events which features top performers and two new commissions, one celebrating the culture of Scotland's islands.19/7/2011
Kenny's Bairns - A New Book About Family Life In Caithness
Marigold Stewart the author of Kenny's Bairns is from a big family and was brought up in rural Caithness. Her new book Kenny's Bairns give an insight into many aspects or rural life in an area of the far north of Scotland.
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