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Highlands and Islands Cultural News archive from May 2006
Highland Artists are Bringing It Home

Two young artists from the Highlands have joined forces as they stage a combined showcase of jewellery and fine art - the first of its kind in the area .
30 May 2006


The Argyll Boxed Collection 25th November – 31st December 2006 - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

An Tobar invites Argyll and Bute artists and makers to take part in a selected exhibition to celebrate their work
26 May 2006


Deva touring the Highlands & Islands

Highlands and Islands tour for world music group, Deva, during June 2006.
26 May 2006


Radio Scotland launches its search for new musical talent

BBC Radio Scotland are delighted to support new talent and unsigned acts at this years Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival's BBC Radio Scotland Seedlings Stage.
26 May 2006


The Puzzle - Giant:Theatre on tour in Scotland

Giant:Theatre presents The Puzzle, a live theatre and animation adventure which will be touring Scotland
18 May - 22 June 2006.

25 May 2006


The Argyll Boxed Collection - Call for Submissions

An Tobar invites Argyll and Bute artists and makers to take part in a selected exhibition to celebrate their work which takes place 25th November – 31st December 2006.
25 May 2006


Dannsa and First Harvest to perform at Ardross

DANNSA, Scotland’s best known and loved traditional dance company, is combining forces with FIRST HARVEST, widely recognised as some of Gaelic tradition’s finest singers and musicians, for a performance in Ardross Hall on Saturday 17 June 2006.
25 May 2006


Love legend comes to Ardross

The lives and loves of a legend will be brought to life in Ardross Hall on Tuesday 30th May 2006 when Ophaboom Theatre Company present CASANOVA.
25 May 2006


Transparency - new exhibition for Taigh Chearsabhagh

Transparency, an exhibition by Valgerdur Hauksdottir, will be at Taigh Chearsabagh on the Isle of North Uist from 2 June until 19 July 2006.
25 May 2006


Hi-tech Tales, Magic Circles and a Sense Of Place - Hebridean Beachwalk is a World First

STORIES from the past told in a wild and beautiful landscape through brand-new media will be available at Uig Beach on Lewis from later this summer. Visitors to Uig’s Traighe Mor, one of the most beautiful beaches in the Outer Hebrides, can pick up a hand-held ipaq at the community shop and take themselves on an adventure that spans the centuries.




25 May 2006


Blas Festival Early Bird Offers

Catch worms if you want but what’s a more appealing option if you are an early bird is that you can take advantage of really attractive ticket prices for this year’s Blas Festival.
 

25 May 2006


‘North Uist Sea Poems’ wins Poetry Award

Pauline Prior-Pitt’s ‘North Uist Sea Poems’ has won the prestigious 2006 Callum Macdonald Award for Pamphlet Poetry.
24 May 2006


My Theatre in Moray

This Summer, The Moray Council’s Arts Development Team are offering young people aged 12 years and over the opportunity to spend a week with a team of arts professionals.
24 May 2006


Ian Green - Honorary Doctor of Music RSAMD

The Academic Board of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama has awarded Ian Green, of Greentrax Recordings Ltd., the honorary degree of Doctor of Music of the RSAMD.
24 May 2006


© Brodie Nairn/Nicky Burns Click for full size imageGlasstorm launch new website

With the launch of GLASSTORM’s new website, glassmaking workshops & numerous current and forthcoming exhibitions including the celebrated DCA & The Lighthouse this energetic and unique studio continues to go from strength to strength.
23 May 2006


Theo Travis. Click for full size imageThe Theo Travis Quartet - Third In The Trio of Concerts

Following on from brilliant gigs by The John Wright band and Andy Irvine, Phipps Hall, Beauly welcomes Theo Travis and his band on Tuesday 6 June 2006. 


22 May 2006


10th Year Special for Inverness Day of Dance

The ever popular annual Day of Dance in Inverness celebrates its 10th anniversary on 3 June, when it takes place at Culloden Academy Community Complex.


22 May 2006


Gaelic Society of Inverness

The Gaelic Society of Inverness will perform their Annual Event for 2006 on 26th May in the Spa Pavilion, Strathpeffer at 7.30pm.

19 May 2006


Cathy Rae Click for full size imageEden Court Jazz Favourite Cathie Rae ReturnsTo Inverness

Eden Court jazz favourite Cathie Rae is returning to Inverness for a concert at The Swallow Crown Court Hotel.
16 May 2006


Scottish Arts Council Tune Up Tour Supported By The Lottery Fund

John McSherry’s At First Light and The Chris Stout Quintet TOURING MAY 18th – 27th.
16 May 2006


Highland 2007 searching for dynamic young people

Highland 2007, the year Scotland celebrates Highland culture, is encouraging young people in the Highlands to volunteer to become part of the Highland 2007 team.
16 May 2006


Exhibiting Opportunity

University of the Highlands and Islands Exhibition.
15 May 2006


Perthshire Amber Festival Line-up Announced and news of Dougie MacLean's 'Inside the Thunder'!

Following the great success of last year's festival, Perthshire Amber,The Dougie MacLean Weekend 2006 has announced it's concert line-up and tickets are now on sale.
15 May 2006


Work by Francis Boag. Click for full size imageNew works by Francis Boag on show at Just Art

An exhibition of new work by Francis Boag will be on show in the Just Art Gallery in Fochabers from 21st May to 17th June 2006.
12 May 2006


Radiotones. Click for full size imageRadiotones live in Perth and Aberdeen

Pioneering alt.bluesers Radiotones have two shows lined-up taking them to Perth and Aberdeen at the beginning of June 2006.
12 May 2006


Anita Wardell at the Gable End and Woodwick House

Through another joint initiative between the Gable End Theatre and Woodwick House, one of the country's leading vocalists will soon be in Orkney during June 2006.
12 May 2006


Blas 2006 - Celebrating Highland Music

Blas 2006 will be celebrating Highland Music in various venues in Caithness, Sutherland, Ross & Cromarty, Skye & Lochalsh, Lochaber, Badenoch & Strathspey and Nairn from 1-9 September 2006.
12 May 2006


Resonant Spaces - extraordinary music, extraordinary places

A TUNE UP tour featuring Akio Suzuki & John Butcher will be taking place from 20-29 June 2006.
12 May 2006


First Week of Festival Ticket Sales Beyond All Expectation

The Hebridean Celtic Festival has effectively sold a fifth of its tickets for this year's event in just five days.
12 May 2006


Mull Theatre 2006 Season

Mull Theatre has two new productions this year, as well as two revivals. This is also the last season in the world-famous Mull Little Theatre in Dervaig, so don’t miss the opportunity to join 42 theatre-lovers in a uniquely intimate audience experience!
10 May 2006


Jazz musician and psychologist, Raymond MacDonald. Click for full size imageMusic – it's in us all, lecture series will explain

Jazz musician and psychologist Raymond MacDonald will talk about the importance and potential of music when he gives three lectures this month (May 2006) in Inverness, Isle of Lewis and Orkney.
08 May 2006


Writers given chance to shape new Literature Development Plan

Writers living and working in the Outer Hebrides are to be asked for their views on how Comhairle nan Eilean Siar should support and develop creative writing in both English and Gaelic.
08 May 2006


Enrique Uribe. Click for full size imageGaelic language Television: Does it get you talking?

Gaelic language Television: Does it get you talking? is the title of the project that Enrique Uribe, a young Colombian documentary filmmaker and endangered languages student, is carrying out during his residency at Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre in Lochmaddy, Isle of North Uist, from May to September 2006.
08 May 2006


Perthshire Visual Arts Forum - June 2006

Perthshire Visual Arts Forum is an inspirational two day event on 3& 4 June 2006 for career oriented visual and applied artists living in Perthshire and other parts of Scotland.
08 May 2006


Ivan Drever and Duncan Chisholm at Ardross Hall

Ivan Drever and Duncan Chisholm will be playing Ardross Hall on Tuesday 23 May 2006.
05 May 2006


An Guth - call for new unpublished work

Rody Gorman is looking for new unpublished material for the fourth annual anthology of contemporary Scottish and Irish Gaelic poetry, An Guth, at anguth@btinternet.com.
05 May 2006


Traditio.net - promoting Scottish and Italian culture in the Highlands

Traditio.net, was formed out of a love for both Scottish and Italian cultures and traditions. It is a non profitable organisation promoting Italian and Scottish Image and Heritage, outreaching initially to Milan, one of the biggest World Commercial markets.
05 May 2006


Disturbance, sound installation by Lisa O'Brien. Click for full size imageJIPB Cube Gallery

The JIPB Cube Gallery is an international collaboration between four countries - France, Japan, Scotland and Denmark.
05 May 2006


Securing a sustainable future for Scotland's artists

Significant increases in investment for dance, literature and the visual arts form the centrepiece of the Scottish Arts Council’s recent changes to its support for the arts in Scotland.
05 May 2006


Long Night Moon - The Rhythm Of Remembrance

Work by Iona artist Mhairi Killin
04 May 2006


Funding deadlines for Highland 2007 in Moray

Following a very successful and well attended launch in April, Highland 2007 in Moray is now open for business.
03 May 2006


Kate Downie at the Watermill Gallery

The Watermill Gallery in Aberfeldy, will be holding the first solo exhibition in Scotland for four years by the acclaimed artist Kate Downie from 13th May – 25th June 2006.
03 May 2006


John McSherry’s At First Light and The Chris Stout Quintet TUNE UP tour

This TUNE UP tour hears, on one evening, John McSherry (uillean pipes) and Chris Stout (fiddle), arguably the two leading musicians of their generations on these instruments in Ireland and Scotland.
03 May 2006


Inspirational event for Feis rising stars

Ceòlraidh, a special one-off concert uniting promising young Highland Feis musicians with the performers who most inspire them, will take place on 30 September 2006 at Dingwall Town Hall.
01 May 2006


The Craigmonie Centre goes global!

The Craigmonie Centre is pleased to announce their new website at www.CraigmonieCentre.co.uk
01 May 2006


 

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