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An evening of photography
Alex Boyd, who is North Ayrshire’s Artist in Residence, gave an intriguing talk at the Ormidale Pavilion last Wednesday. He is a landscape photographer, but of an unusual kind, experimenting with the…
Art in Mind has a birthday
For ten years, Art in Mind has been running workshops for people who are lonely or depressed, and the results have been wonderful. Lots of people have found friendship and shared interest,…
Jan’s new paintings
Her collection of new work shown in Corrie Hall in mid-September showed Jan Inglis moving towards a very new, exploratory take on her theme of the sea and its increasingly significant nearby…
Corrie Film club shows The Secret In Their Eyes (El Secreto De Sus Ojos)
This stylish Argentinian thriller was made in 2009 by Juan Jose Campanella, who came into the business through making American TV shows, but that doesn’t restrict his style. El Secreto begins with…
Poem of the month
selected by David Underdown, who supplies the comment Dew Light by W.S. Merwin Now in the blessed days of more and less when the news about time is that each day there…
Bridge Challenge
East-West to defeat South’s contract of six spades. West leads.
The Wee Arran Art Shop opens
Tucked between the Arran Banner office, and Footprints, the Wee Arran Art Shop aims to cater for Arran’s thriving arts community. Whether you’re looking for essential supplies – such as white titanium…
Crossword
Across 1 Princess is feeling rather windy – how obnoxious! (10) 8 Confused cavalier loses a keyboard (7) 9 Tony’s musical love initially mumbles a song (5) 10 Some offal landed in…
McLellan Festival Joanna Nicholson: Altachorvie Tuesday 2nd September. 7.30
“virtuoso” - Sound Festival website, October 2011 “enthralling” - The Herald, June 2011 “quicksilver” - The Herald, August 2008 “superb” - The Scotsman, August 2007 Clarinettist Joanna Nicholson graduated from the Royal…
A Horse for Every Man
Cicely Gill's play about Arran's part in the 1914-18 war opened the McLellan Festival with both skill and gravitas, and left a packed audience thoughtful and moved. Written as a series of…
McLellan Festival 2014
Lev Atlas and Nigel Clark at Whiting Bay Hall on Monday 1st September, 7:30pm. Tickets £8. See above - and don't miss this! Lev Atlas and Nigel Clark run Daytime Strings, a…
And after the festival, we have the Scottish Tango Ensemble – bring your own bottle!
The Arran Music Society begins its winter season with this exhilarating group, performing in Brodick Hall on Saturday, 20th September at 7:30pm. There are four players in the Scottish Tango Ensemble, Gemma…