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20/5/2014
Budapest Cafe Orchestra Return To Melvich
Budapest Cafe Orchestra are BACK at Melvich Monday June 2nd 7.30pm Call me if you want to reserve email or call - probably best to do that - just in case. It was pretty busy last year.
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17/5/2014Paper Making - Adult Course - Course Now Full
Local artist Joanne Kaar has built up a reputation for producing a range or work and has is well know for her skills in paper making. Now you can benefit from her knowledge by attending a two day course she has organised..
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15/5/2014Artists step up to the mark as SEA inspired fundraiser hot’s up
Earlier this year, Caithness artists Joanne B Kaar and Liz O’Donnell started a fundraiser for Brough Bay Association and Castletown Heritage Society, inviting the public to get arty and made postcard size artwork inspired by the sea. With the deadline for handing in artwork in a few weeks time (20th June 2014), things are starting to hot up around the world with artists adding the finishing touches to their creations.
David Patrick Octet - Sketches of Spring/Riot at the Rite 
David Patrick Octet - Sketches of Spring/Riot at the Rite 31st May 2014 Time: 20:00:00 Location: Lyth Arts Centre Length: 2 hours David Patrick International Jazz Octet Sketches of Spring/Riot at the Rite David Patrick (piano), Dick Lee (clarinet), Sam Coombes (saxophone), Brian Molley (Saxophone), Tom McNiven (trumpet), Martin Zenker (bass), Ole Seimetz (drums) Stravinsky's work "Le sacre du printemps / The Rite of Spring" represents a collision of all the developments that were coming to the surface of European culture around 1913. At its first now-famous performance in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, a riot broke out among the Parisian audience.
Latheron Hall Art Show 2014
23 - 25 May 2014 Latheron Hall Art Show Preview Night is on 23rd May 7.00pm - 10.00pm Cheese and Wine Raffle Free Admission www.latheronhall.net.
Inspector Norse or (The Girl With Two Screws Left Over)
Inspector Norse or (The Girl With Two Screws Left Over) 15th May 2014 Time: 20:00:00 Location: Lyth Arts Centre Length: 2 hours A self-assembly Swedish crime thriller. It is bitter mid-winter.
13/5/2014
Live Jive In Aid Of The Highland Hospice
An afternoon of live music from the Barracuda Boogie Band and friends in aid of the Highland Hospice. Come along and listen, or get up on the dance floor to shake your tail feather with the wonderful musicians.
Do you enjoy a good thriller? - Then Head For Mill Theatre 14th May
Do you enjoy a good thriller? Are you a fan of those Nordic Noir Books, such as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, or TV Series such as the Killing? Do you like good comedy? Do you enjoy a good night out? Do you enjoy a night at the Theatre? If you have answered yes to one, several, or all of the above, please come and see Inspector Norse at the Mill Theatre Thurso on Wednesday 14th May. Tickets are available priced £8, £6 Concession, from Caithness Horizons.
10/5/2014
Go digital at goNORTH’s biggest festival in history
With the roll-out of superfast broadband set to transform the Highlands and Islands, Scotland’s largest and most ambitious creative industries event is offering its widest ever range of activity, with digital at its core. Leading industry figures from around the world, will be in Inverness for goNORTH 4-5 June 2014 to discuss and share experiences on how increased access to high speed broadband and mobile services have changed the way people watch film, listen to music and read.5/5/2014
ARTIST ROOMS: Douglas Gordon
ARTIST ROOMS: Douglas Gordon Caithness Horizons, Thurso, Caithness, Scotland 10th May - 11th October 2014 An exhibition of work by the internationally acclaimed, Turner-Prize winning artist Douglas Gordon takes place at Caithness Horizons in Thurso. The works on show – which include three video installations and one text piece – have been presented by Douglas Gordon to the ARTIST ROOMS collection, and are being shown for the first time since their acquisition.
Thurso Cinema Week Commencing 2nd May 2014
Here are the film times for the week commencing Friday 2nd May 2014. Bad Neighbours (15) Daily (not Fri): 18:20, 20:45 Mr.
26/4/2014
Drifting North
St Fergus Foyer Gallery, Wick Library 3rd - 31st May 2014 High Life Highland and the St Fergus Foyer Gallery would like to invite you to view a small exhibition of paintings by Monique Sliedrecht, named Drifting North. It will be on display in our foyer space from 3rd -31st May and will be accessible during the library building’s opening hours as well.
Bud to Bloom
Bud To Bloom At St Fergus Gallery, Wick 3rd May to 7th June 2014 High Life Highland and the Crafts Council would like to invite you to our next exhibition at the St Fergus Gallery called Bud to Bloom which will be with us from 3rd May – 7th June. Bud to Bloom presents contemporary craft works inspired by the natural world and life-cycle of plants, selected from the Crafts Council Collection.
Christine Tobin - A Thousand Kisses Deep 
Christine Tobin - A Thousand Kisses Deep 25th May 2014 Time: 20:00:00 Location: Lyth Arts Centre Length: 2 hours Christine Tobin's A Thousand Kisses Deep brings together one of the most distinctive and alluring voices in jazz with one of the great poetic songwriters of our time, Leonard Cohen, in a mesmerising evening of music. As an award-winning composer herself, Tobin has always taken a keen interest in singer-songwriters.
Nuala Kennedy Band in Noble Stranger 
Nuala Kennedy Band in Noble Stranger 8th May 2014 Time: 20:00:00 Location: Lyth Arts Centre Length: 2 hours Renowned traditional singer Nuala Kennedy is widely recognised for her passionate love of traditional music and her band was nominated as Folk Band of the Year 2013. At Lyth they will be joined by multi-award-winning Canadian fiddle and piano virtuoso Troy MacGillivray.
22/4/2014
Far North Youth Orchestra Off To A Great Start
Young musicians met last Saturday in Thurso at the first ever rehearsal day for the Far North Youth Orchestra. 37 young musicians aged 8-13 from 20 schools all over Caithness & Sutherland - for most of them it was their first ever chance to play in an orchestra.
Northern Nashville Country Music Festival 18 - 20th April 2014
Friday George Malcolm Raintown Kelly Spinks Philomena Begley and Aidan Quinn Saturday The Country Sound of Brandon McPhee Thurso High School Band Kelly Spinks The Duke Boys Highway 40 Suzy Bogguss Radney Foster Shaun Loughrey Sunday Manson Grant and The Dynamos Highway 40 New Gambler Nicky James and the State of the Heart Band Kathy Kane Rusty Rierson Suzy Bogguss Stephen Smyth www.nncmc.co.uk for full details.
12/4/2014
Local Dance Instructor's Daughter Does Well At Euro Dance
Willie Miller of rush.dance reports - My daughter Rebecca Miller has just competed at dancelines Euro dance International championships in Brean (England) this is one of the 3 big comps of the year in Freestyle. This competition was run over the weekend with dance styles going on Freestyle, slow dance, show dance and Hip Hop sections.
12/4/2014
More Trophies For Rushdance
Willie Miller of Rush.dance reports on the latest wins. Two of my Rush.dance kids Chloe MacGregor and Tyler Hutton (both from Wick) have just competed at dancelines Euro dance International championships in Brean, This competition was run over the weekend with dance styles going on Freestyle, slow dance, show dance and Hip Hop sections.
Robin And The Sherwood Hoodies - A New Musical
Thurso Players will present a fast moving musical 7th - 10th May 2014. Tickets are on sale at Caithness Horizons, Thurso.
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