Dumfries and Galloway Standard - Lifestyle - Entertainment

Come and join the multicultural choir

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE DGMA Multicultural Choir is one of the most recent projects of the Dumfries and Galloway Multicultural Association.

New technology for traditional musicians

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A WORKSHOP for traditional musicians will help them get the most out of the latest social networking technology.

DGAA welcomes new literature development officer

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

DUMFRIES and Galloway Arts Association has a new literature development officer.

Tolbooths Arts Centre hosts Genesis sculpture and art by Kirti Mandir

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A NEW exhibition has just opened in the Tolbooth Art Centre’s main gallery in Kirkcudbright.

Pants idea to raise mountain of cash for charity

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE LAUGHS will be aimed at Dumfries comedian John Kirkpatrick at the weekend as he attempts to scale Criffel in his pants.

Dumfries Welcomes The Market of Optimism

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MISCHIEF La-Bas, Scotland’s leading Street Theatre Company, will be bringing good moods to Dumfries on Saturday with The Market of Optimism.

Dumfries and District Music Festival continues with speech section

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE Dumfries and District Music Festival continues with the speech section this weekend at Dumfries Academy in both the Main and Minerva Halls.

Ins and outs of hen husbandry at Gracefield Arts Centre

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A FASCINATING new exhibition by Christian Barnes and John Kennedy opens its doors this weekend at Gracefield Studios Dumfries.

From Rossini to Puccini - Opera highlights has it all in Castle Douglas

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

SCOTTISH Opera is coming to the Lochside Theatre, Castle Douglas, on March 18 with its annual tour of Opera Highlights – a relaxed, informal, concert-style evening of well-known opera tunes and little-known gems.

Guild of Player’s present The Lion in Winter

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE Theatre Royal’s talented guild will be staging a production of A Lion in Winter by James Goldman.

Double celebration for Dumfries poet

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

WITHIN the same month, Jean Atkin, who works as marketing officer for Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association, has won two different national awards for her poetry.

Stunning Sopranos UK premier night at DG One

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

EIGHT stunning Sopranos take to the DG One stage for one night only on Friday, March 26, accompanied by a full symphony sound provided by New Zealand’s Wellington Sinfonia and all-girl string quartet The Glamrocks.

Dumfries and District Music Festival Association results

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE music section of the 82nd Dumfries and District Music Festival Association took place in Dumfries Academy at the weekend and was once again a huge success.

Yvette Fielding's Night of Fright with Living's Most Haunted Team

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE Most Haunted team are coming to Carlisle next month for a night of frights featuring the show’s two top ghost hunters.

Dumfries and District Music Festival Association results

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE music section of the 82nd Dumfries and District Music Festival Association took place in Dumfries Academy at the weekend and was once again a huge success.

Dumfries and District Music Festival kicks off on high note

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE Dumfries and District Music Festival competition went with a real swing.

Dumfries and District Music Festival recorders at dawn

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

IS IT recorders at dawn?

Acclaimed singer songwriter Michael Marra comes to the CatStrand

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

OFTEN referred to as Scotland’s answer to Tom Waits, Michael Marra is one of Scotland’s most prolific singer-songwriters, and a much loved and respected figure in the entertainment business.

Zing into Spring with the male voice choir

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

ZING into Spring was the title given for Dumfries Male Voice Choir’s concert for the Rotary Club of Dalbeattie, held in the Town Hall on Friday.

Gun to fire-up crowd at Buccleuch Centre

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

CULT Glaswegian rockers Gun will make their first appearance in the region on March 12 as part of a UK tour.