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Amplifier turn it up with "Echo Street"

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:38:00 GMT

Progressive rockers Amplifier are set to release a new album and will be playing a Glasgow gig to promote thelaunch. “Echo Street” is the fourth album release from the Manchester four-piece outfit and will be on the Kscope label.

The Blackout look to start the party at King Tut's

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:51:00 GMT

The Blackout are currently touring to promote their new album "Start the Party" and will play two gigs at King Tut's on Sunday.

Weekend Film Scene with Bill Cunningham

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMT

LIGHTNING strikes twice for Liam Neeson when he is taken in a fast sequel to his body blitz action thriller hit. Echoes of the Irish troubles are revived in a cracking new spy thriller and Will Shakespeare has a lot to say about nothing in the latest trip to the Globe Theatre at Annan.

Wednesday Film Scene with Bill Cunningham

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Odeon, Dumfries

Mary Smith launches first poetry collection

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

FOR someone who says she “never wanted to write poetry”, Castle Douglas author Mary Smith has been forced to eat her words.

Weekend Film Scene with Bill Cunningham

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

THE ZOMBIES are back as Resident Evil hits episode 5; a young couple waltz their way to separation; a gang of Aussie workers hit the jackpot and end up in deadly trouble; and Meryl Streep works on Tommy Lee Jones to revive his libido.

Wednesday Film Scene with Bill Cunningham

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Odeon, Dumfries

Weekend Film Scene with Bill Cunningham

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

RAY Winstone gives The Sweeney a 21st century update; Pixar’s Scottish film returns; a Chinese lesson in cookery tempts the taste buds; the Lochside Theatre begins a new season of films; and the Lonsdale brings London’s Globe Theatre to Annan.

Murder he wrote

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:25:00 GMT

Dumfries’ treasured Theatre Royal is to become the scene of a murder in the next whodunnit by crime writer David Cargill.

Moffat, myth and magic

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:17:00 GMT

The landscapes and people of an Annandale town have provided the inspiration for a brand new fantasy fiction by debut author Annaliese Plowright.

Wednesday Film Scene with Bill Cunningham

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Odeon, Dumfries

Gretna to become scene of crime

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

GRETNA is to become a major crime scene next March when a body of aspiring authors will discover the secrets behind writing murder, mystery and suspense.

Weekend Film Scene with Bill Cunningham

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

GET ready to be spooked by witches, zombies and warlocks as a cinematic box of devilment is unleashed. Channing Tatum bares nearly all and an impressionable girl has an immaculate conception by rock music. A documentary is the moving story of a Chinese artist and dissonant and Keira Knightley plays the greatest tragic heroine of a Tolstoy classic.

Wednesday Film Scene with Bill Cunningham

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Odeon, Dumfries

Weekend Film Scene with Bill Cunningham

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

SPINNING off the comic book pages, Judge Dredd is judge, jury and executioner in a grim vision of our future. The Dark Knight rises again; Kristin Scott Thomas is a surgeon trapped by her past and her capturer; Ben stiller joins the neighbourhood watch; and your worst nightmares of your wedding video come true.

Rock and ale in Moniaive

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

THE weekend of September 21 and 22 sees the Craigdarroch Arms transformed into a buzzing venue for the Moniaive Ale and Music Festival.

Rudi makes music for people who read

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

SEPTEMBER 14 is a landmark day for Auldgirth electronic musician Rudi Zygadlo.

Jon Ronson on another extraordinary adventure

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

JON Ronson is fascinated by madness, strange behaviour and the human mind.

Titanic cookbook crosses Atlantic

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:10:00 GMT

The scion of a young violinist who went down with the Titanic 100 years ago has returned to Canada where her great uncle was buried. Yvonne Hume's Titanic Cookbook has been published by a Canadian company and brings the menus of a glorious age of dining to the shores of the North Atlantic.

Wednesday Film Scene with Bill Cunningham

Dumfries and Galloway Standard — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Odeon, Dumfries