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18/6/2009
BBC ALBA A'TOIRT THUGAINN T IN THE PARK 2009
English Version Below Chaidh fhoillseachadh an diugh gum bith BBC ALBA a' craoladh d� phr�gram s�nraichte bho f�is ce�l T in The Park 2009. Th�id d� phr�gram a bhios uair a th�de gu leth a' chraoladh air BBC ALBA air Disathairne an 11mh agus Did�mhnaich 12mh Iuchar eadar 6f agus 730f gach feasgar.18/6/2009
Young Highland Musicians Compete For Top Title
Thirteen of the Highland's most talented young musicians will gather at Drumossie Hotel, Inverness on Monday 22 June as they complete for the title 'Highland Young Musician of the Year 2009' The competition is open to all those who are currently members of any of the Highland Regional Music Groups. The competitors come from Thurso High School, Portree High School, Tain Royal Academy, Dingwall Academy and Millburn, Culloden and Charleston Academies.14/6/2009
TRANSFORM CAITHNESS - Get FREE Tickets At Caithness Horizons
TRANSFORM CAITHNESS/CRUTH-ATHARRAICH GALLAIBH Hunter/Mac an t-Sealgair Tues 23, Wed 24, Thurs 25 JUNE 2009 in THURSO FREE Tickets NOW available from: Caithness Horizons [AT] Thurso Town Hall By Phone: 01847 896508 also www.thebooth.co.uk (�1 booking fee applies) National Theatre of Scotland Learn in association with Frantic Assembly in partnership with Highland Council and with additional funding from Highland Leader and Highland Culture Fund Sponsored by ScottishPower and supported by Determined to Succeed presents: TRANSFORM CAITHNESS/CRUTH-ATHARRAICH GALLAIBH Hunter/Mac an t-Sealgair Hunter is a major new theatre event created and performed by 150 Thurso High School students and local people. This mysterious thriller takes audiences on a surprising and magical evening journey through the streets of Thurso.10/6/2009
Award-winning Caithness Talent Showcased At Gray's Degree Show 2009
Firmly poised for future success, two final year students at Gray's School of Art are anticipating the launch of their Degree Show this Friday (12 June 2009) basking in the knowledge that their work has already been credited by some of the major national players within their chosen fields. Craig Shepherd (42), a painter who is originally from Ellon and now resides in Fordoun, has been named runner up for the prestigious Scottish International Education Trust (SIET) Visual Arts Award.
10/6/2009
The Luis Palau Festival Tour - 13 June
St Georges Park,Thurso - 13th June 4.00 - 9.00pm - FREE The Luis Palau Festivals that are held around the world are usually only held in big cities with tens or even hundreds of thousands attending, but with the support from over 100 congregations and organisations from around the Highlands, the Festival is coming here. The main event will be in Inverness from the 17th to 20th of June.
7/6/2009
NH Archive Outreach Sessions at Caithness Horizons
The North Highland Archive (Caithness) is based in Wick Library. For the summer months, archivist Gail Inglis will be hosting a monthly session at Caithness Horizons in Thurso, enabling those on the west side of the county to dip into the vast resource.
7/6/2009
Highland Culture Programme - Next Funding Deadline
Highland Culture Programme The revised guidelines and application form for the Highland 2007 Legacy Programme are now available on the home page of www.highland2007.com Please note that the name of the programme has been changed to the Highland Culture Programme. The next deadline for the fund will be August 7th 2009.7/6/2009
REVIVAL OF THE WICK HERRING QUEEN FESTIVAL
26 - 28 June 2009 Wick HarbourFest Committee, organisers of last year's very successful HarbourFest'07, have announced that they will be arranging another community event in 2009 which will further develop interest in the maritime and fishing heritage of Caithness. The festival will feature the return to Telford's harbour of a heritage fishing fleet and a re-enactment of the Herring Queen Festival and crowning, last held in Wick in 1953.7/6/2009
European Cultural Fund - Artistic Projects Grant
Deadline: September 2009 (provisional) The European Cultural Fund (ECF) Artistic Project Grants are given to cultural organisations and individual artists. It supports outstanding artistic projects which show vision in illuminating the issues of diversity in Europe.7/6/2009
Paint A Letter For Robert Burns
Caithness Horizons Monday 15th June 2.00pm - 5.00pm.
North Highland Connections - William Shakespeare Season
North Highland Connections is proud to offer a rare opportunity to see two of Shakespeare's greatest plays in performance at Ullapool. The performances are a direct result of the formal partnership which we have with the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, and we intend to offer many more manifestations of this partnership in the future months and years.Matisse: Drawing with Scissors - Exhibition At Swanson Gallery
3rd June - to 27the June 2009 Swanson Gallery, Davidson's Lane, Thurso Matisse: Drawing with Scissors The French painter, sculptor and designer, Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was one of the 20th century's most influential artists. His vibrant works are celebrated for their extraordinary richness and luminosity of colour.
Competition 2009 "Another World"
'A Beautiful Monster' suggests our Monster may have come from another world ! Is there life on another planet? What is it? Where is it? Write a story or draw a picture about life on another world... There will be a prize for the best story and the best picture from age groups Primary 1-2, 3-4 and 5-7 .
'Precious Cargo' - Exhibition At St Fergus Gallery, Wick
30th May to 27th June 2009 At St Fergus Gallery, Sinclair Terrace, Wick Upstairs In Wick Library Precious Cargo 2009 is Scotland's Year of Homecoming and the calendar's theme of migration, boats and the sea reflects this. The exhibition has been designed by Brodie Nairn and Nicky Burns from Glasstorm in Tain as an innovative installation of closed Cargo boxes, one of which opens every day over the festive period to reveal a new object or contemporary 'souvenir' of the Highlands which travellers to lands across the sea might have cherished to remind them of 'home'.
26/5/2009
Solid Rok Support for Highland Culture Programme
A national building company has entered into a commercial sponsorship partnership with The Highland Council to support the Highland Culture Programme. Building and maintenance firm, Rok, is backing the programme, which was created as a long term legacy of Highland 2007 to support events and projects showcasing Highland culture.24/5/2009
The Age Of Stupid Coming To Caithness Horizons
Saturday 13th June 2.30pm and 6.30pm The Climate Buster Movie by the McLibel Director The Age of Stupid is the new four-year epic from McLibel director Franny Armstrong. Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance? For Much More Click on to The Age Of Stupid Web Site www.ageofstupid.net Bookings required by 12th June.
Kent DuChaine and Leadbessie - 2 Million Miles And Counting
Mackays Hotel, Wick Saturday 23rd May 2009 - 9.00pm Once again Mackays Hotel, Wick will play host to Kent Duchaine one of the most travelled American Blues players. He travels all over the USA every year and still manages to tour worldwide.
15/5/2009
Distance No Object For Photography Competition
Caithness and Sutherland photographers are being encouraged to get creative for a prestigious digital photography competition which has been launched to celebrate innovation in the Highlands and Islands. Anyone with a camera and a creative eye is being invited to send entries to 'Innovation Exposure' which has been organised by Fusion, an organisation supporting entrepreneurial business, and Distance Lab, the digital media and communication technologies research institute.15/5/2009
2009: A Sinclair Odyssey - May Newsletter
Hello to you all and welcome to the first Odyssey newsletter! We had our first walk on Sunday 10th of May, lead by Dieter Tuerlinckx of Caithness Ranger Services. It was a beautiful day and many thanks to all those who turned out and made it (I think) such a success.10/5/2009
Session A9 - The New Scottish Music
Session A9 Take To The Road Again In June "Session A9 and Beyond", Session A9 are Adam Sutherland, Brian Mcalpine, Charlie Mckerron, David "chimp" Robertson, Gordon Gunn, Kevin Henderson and Marc Clement. Over the years Session A9 have been described as a "Scottish super group", "The best band to have come out of Scotland in 100 years", "Tighter than James Brown" and an "Amazing Festival band", great praise indeed for a band formed through informal music sessions up and down the arterial Scottish road, the A9, culminating in their first ever tour in 2001.
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