Fans of The Railway Children, Five Children and It and other books by E.Nesbit have a treat in store for them this summer when, on Friday August 17th at 7.30pm, Jabberwocky Theatre Company brings to Ardross Community Hall its five star production of her magical story The White Cat.
31 July 2007

A new tour sharing the incredible story of the people of the North-West Highlands, told through young people native to the area, begins in August with organisers confident the two-week tour will be the highlight of the summer of 2007.
31 July 2007

Visitors to Armadale Castle in Sleat will encounter the unexpected when they visit the coastal gardens of the castle.
31 July 2007

For the first time, this August Edinburgh International Festival takes a Festival show on a short tour around Scotland as part of an initiative from new Edinburgh International Festival artistic director Jonathan Mills.
31 July 2007

Cuid awbody mind tae gie the Scots Language Centre ony information anent Scots tae be pit intae its monthly Scots leid e-diary. 

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For the first time, this August Edinburgh International Festival takes a Festival show on a short tour around Scotland as part of an initiative from new Edinburgh International Festival artistic director Jonathan Mills.

27 July 2007

The 8 day music festival CITYJAM2007, organised by Inverness City Centre Management and in conjunction with Highland 2007’s InvernessFest, collected over £650 for local charity the Highland Hospice throughout the 8 days of the music festival.
26 July 2007

Inchmore Gallery outside of Inverness is completing its exhibitions calendar for 2008/09 and welcomes further submissions and proposals from painters, printmakers, metalworkers, ceramicists, sculptors and installationists.
26 July 2007

The marvellous west end production, ‘Magic of the Musicals’, is coming to the Macdonald Aviemore Highland Resort on Saturday 3 November 2007.
26 July 2007

Ullapool based Composer James Douglas, also a very accomplished Organist, has been asked to give a Lunchtime Guest Organ Recital at Inverness Cathedral (St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral), during their Flower Festival 2007.
25 July 2007

Following on from the success of the last successful two years of "Gaelic on Board", Comunn na Gàidhlig are once again running this innovative project again. This project, which is being run in partnership with Caledonian Macbrayne, will provide information on the Gaelic language and culture to passengers on Calmac ferries.
25 July 2007

viewmy.tv is an exciting, new and free Internet TV aggregation service which is rapidly opening up the world’s many TV channels whilst generating a buzzing online social community.
24 July 2007

The Aberdeen International Youth Festival is always a brilliant and colourful celebration of youthful dance and music. This year the Universal Hall, Findhorn hosts a fantastic group from the Westlake School for the Performing Arts, Daly City, California.
24 July 2007

Crafts businesses in the Highlands and Islands are being given the chance to shape the future of the industry through a new study commissioned by HI~Arts.
24 July 2007

Indie Rockers The Pigeon Detectives have been added to the Belladrum bill. The Leeds band, released an album this year which charted straight in at Number 3 in the UK. They will headline the Hothouse Stage (sponsored by MacRae & Dick) at Belladrum, near Beauly, Inverness-shire on Saturday 11^th August.

Organisers of the RBS Inverness Highland Tattoo have increased the seating capacity for the four night spectacular (25 – 28 July) to be held at Fort George due to fantastic demand for tickets.
23 July 2007

We're scouring the UK for the next wave of exciting young creatives for the 4Talent Awards 2007. Spanning the whole of the creative industries, from filmmakers to fashionistas, screenwriters to illustrators, architects to actors, writers to web designers - we want to hear from you.




20 July 2007

Alt-w, the annual award scheme which supports Scottish creative talent and web-based digital innovation is pleased to announce the successful award-winners for 2007: Jaygo Bloom, Henry Cruickshank, ~in the fields, Matt Hulse, and Jason Nelson. Open to Scottish-based researchers and practitioners within the creative industries, awards were given to both emerging and established producers in the fields of visual arts, animation, and interactive film production. The 5 full production awards, in the amount of £5000 each, will give these practitioners the resources to bring their projects to fruition by July 2008.

19 July 2007

The Highland Council is required by the Gaelic Language Act 2005 to produce a Gaelic Language Plan and to consult on it with interested parties. The current draft Plan was approved as the basis for consultation by the Council's Gaelic Committee on July 12 2007.

19 July 2007

Cuireadh gu bhith a’ gabhail pàirt ann an suirbhidh air-loidhne – làrach-lìn cànan is cultar na Gàidhlig

Progressive, an independent market research agency, are working alongside Red Cell, on behalf of Bòrd na Gàidhlig, to investigate the ways in which more people can be encouraged to learn Gaelic and find out more about Gaelic language and culture. More specifically they are conducting research into the content of a new website promoting Gaelic Http://www.mygaelic.com  

Two more Gaelic schools will be up and running in the Highlands within the next four years, it was revealed yesterday, including a new purpose-built primary school in Lochaber.

`Number 1` is in the Eastgate Centre on Sunday July 29th, from 9pm to midnight. It’s the first event from HEAT that’s the Highland Experimental Arts and Technology group that’s dedicated to pushing boundaries with the arts and technology. Its about connecting, collaborating, showcasing and doing interesting work and events.

19 July 2007

One of Scotland’s best-known contemporary artists, Alastair Fiddes Watt, will be exhibiting at The Watermill in Aberfeldy this autumn.
18 July 2007

You and your guests are very welcome to attend the opening of a summer exhibition of work by Highland Artists 'The Art of Being Highland' on Saturday July 21st 2007.
18 July 2007

The Big Shop Inverness is going to run alongside Drama Na h-Alba – Scotland’s International Theatre Festival and will be a unique event that pops up right in the midst of all those who walk, work and wander in Inverness.
18 July 2007

Lochgoilhead Fiddle Workshop is the only representatives of Traditional music in this year’s National Lottery Awards. Hopefully you will help them with your vote!
18 July 2007

The new manager of the Strathpeffer Spa Pavilion has been appointed and began work this week.
18 July 2007

Composer James Douglas and his Ensemble: The Glorious Company, celebrated the launch of their new CD in front of a packed and delighted audience at The Macphail Centre with a superb Summertime Song Concert on last Friday 6th July 2007.
17 July 2007

The quest for a name for the new Shetland Cinema and Music Venue is finally over.
17 July 2007

Perthshire’s renowned Enchanted Forest sound and light show is set to delight the senses when it returns to Faskally Wood near Pitlochry from 19th October – 4th November with a brand new theme.
17 July 2007

New Media Scotland announces Opportunities, Events, and News about deadlines that may interest those involved in Creative Work.

12 July 2007

The Dunstaffnage Music Festival (Oban) takes place on Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th of July 2007 and is one of Scotland’s most exciting independent festivals.
11 July 2007

PLANS are next week being laid for the official launch of Invergordon’s trailblazing mural trail.
11 July 2007

Last week, Porteous Brae Gallery (which opened in Dundas Street, Stromness, on 21st June 2007) held two events that were arranged in response to opportunities that arose at fairly short notice within the local artistic community.
10 July 2007

Tango Siempre are offering an exciting opportunity to take part in the passionate and dynamic music of Tango Argentino at Rogart Hall with a workshop on Monday 16 July 2007, followed by a concert of Tango Argentino.
10 July 2007

Acclaimed actor, Andrew Harrison takes the stage on 14 July 2007 for playwright Murray Watts' dramatisation of the life and work of John Muir at the Grean Arts Garden in Golspie.
10 July 2007

The Spectrum Centre celebrates the first Invernessfest Fringe with a Double Bill of comedy shows ( 21st July & 24th – 27th July ’07. ) combining the talents of two Highland companies that both have a strong reputation for delivering high-quality theatre productions.
10 July 2007

The Traverse today announces the appointment of Dominic Hill as the new Artistic Director of the Traverse Theatre, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre.
10 July 2007

Marking its ninth anniversary from Friday 14 - Sun 16 September, The Black Bottle Islay Jazz Festival showcases Scottish jazz and presents top class, international musicians: Ken Peplowski, Anders Bergcrantz, Tommy Smith, The Scottish Jazz All Stars, Moishe's Bagel and many more will perform.
10 July 2007

The organisers of ‘Proms at the Palace, which takes place at Scone Palace on Saturday 28th July 2007,  have announced a stunning programme for the evening, packed with well-known popular pieces.
06 July 2007

Aberdeenshire Arts Education team are currently building up a portfolio of freelance artists that are specifically interested in working with children.
05 July 2007

Ane o the Scots Language Centre’s maist important jobs is tae ingaither an ootpit information anent the Scots leid an the community gaithert aroon it. Ilka month oor Scots e-diary gies easy inlet til a monthly calendar o kenspeckle daeings an throupit in the warld o Scots ower the fower weeks tae come. The calendar taks in information anent weel-kent confeerances an seminars forby. Information aboot documents an warks no lang furthset (that can be haed fae the SLC) is comprehendit for ordnar. Gin ony body wad like tae hae thair ain bit screive or wark leetit here, please let us ken an we will leet it in the neist month. We howp that ye will find this e-diary uissfae. Gin ye wad like tae pit mair items oor gait for tae eik tae the diaries, please send an e-mail tae the e-backing gien abuin.

05 July 2007

Following completion of a £4.5 million project The Pier Arts Centre in Stromness, Orkney will re-open its doors to the public on Saturday 7th July 2007.

05 July 2007

Now in its third year, the Scottish Eco Prize for Creativity has opened for entries for its 2007 award.

05 July 2007

Bursaries are available for budding musicians to attend the NYOS Variations Chamber Music summer school this August in Ullapool.
05 July 2007

This year’s NYOS Variations annual chamber music week will run in Ullapool, Wester Ross, from 4-11 August 2007.
05 July 2007

As Others See Us celebrates the long tradition of artist’s portraiture and continues with the theme of Higland Culture in 2007. Twelve artists whose work has specific links with the Highlands have been invited to create both a self portrait and a portrait of another artist.
04 July 2007

Fòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis need young Gaelic speaking people, aged 16-19 years,  to take part in a discussion group about Gaelic language and culture.
04 July 2007

Talented young accordion player, Fiona Black from Evanton will be performing in Ross-shire as part of an exciting traditional band when “The Outside Track” play a concert at Ardross Community Hall on Saturday 7 July 2007.
04 July 2007

Work on the development of a new and exciting community garden project starts at Auchindrain Museum on Monday 16th July 2007.
04 July 2007

Tickets for this years 15th Mull of Kintyre Music Festival are now on sale. Headlining this year are the Stranglers, the Dougie MacLean Trio, Moishe’s Bagel, Canterach and Horizon.
03 July 2007

Arts in Motion welcome you to a preliminary meeting of an experimental Arts and Technology group. The intention of the group is to look at and discuss all of our work on the interface of arts and digital media, to bring in specialist speakers and workshops, to put on occasional events highlighting ongoing work and encouraging one off collaborations. The first meeting to gauge interest and look at how to develop will be at Arts in Motion in Alness on Friday July 20th at 8pm.
03 July 2007

Highland 2007 today (3 July) announced further funds to involve communities and voluntary groups throughout the area in the celebrations for the year Scotland celebrates Highland culture.
03 July 2007

Northwords Now Issue 6 is out early July 2007.
02 July 2007