On Saturday 1st February, Corrie Film Club hosts its free mini film festival Day in the Dark in Corrie and Sannox Village Hall. This year, as always, there will be a chance to see a variety of films between 10.30 in the morning and 10.00 at night as well as the chance to socialise over …
Music Arran concert – Gaia Duo Saturday 15th February, Brodick Hall, 7.30pm Tickets £10 from Arran Events, in advance from Inspirations of Arran in Brodick or on the door. Free to under 18s. See here for more info. Gaia Duo are Alice Allen, cello, and Katrina Lee, violin, and have been awarded the Enterprise Music …
Stories from the Holocaust event on 11th February 2020 in the Arran Library The generation who lived through the Holocaust is fast disappearing, but it is essential to keep alive the memory of what happened. As George Santayana said (and Churchill misquoted), “Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.” (The Life …
On Sunday February 9th, The House of Mirth (UK. 2007. Terence Davies. Cert.12. 134 mins) will be showing at 8 pm. Stunning adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel about a woman’s quest to find a wealthy husband, set against a background of wealth and social hypocrisy in turn of the century New York. The story of …
A leading cancer charity is hosting a free support course in Ayrshire for people with cancer and their close supporter. Penny Brohn UK’s two-day Living Well will be offered at the recently opened Health and Wellbeing Centre at Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire. The event will take place on Saturday 7th March and Saturday 14th March …
By Fiona Doubleday As one year closes some of our members have spent an entire year stitching wee postcard size pieces of art. Other members are just getting underway. 52 Stitched Stories is now in 24 countries around the world with hundreds of people stitching and sharing. It is a wonderfully life affirming project and …
A message from the Arran Community Land Initiative about some of their plans for 2020 – We are currently working on a number of funding applications in support of our management of the area for educational and recreational purposes. These are being progressed as we finalise our work with Scottish agricultural consultants on a plan …
Music Arran Concert Saturday 18th January, Brodick Hall 1.30 pm Trio Volant Trio Volant are Richard Beards (bassoon), Beatrice Hubble (oboe) and Tom Evans (clarinet). Trio Volant was formed in 2010 whilst all the members were studying at the Royal Northern College of Music. The Trio regularly give formal recitals and lunchtime concerts in and …
The National Trust for Scotland are hosting a volunteer tree planting day next week on Thursday 5th December, to help with our landscape scale woodland revival project in Glen Rosa. Their aim for the week – to plant 1,000 trees in one of Scotland’s most dramatic landscapes; Glen Rosa on the Isle of Arran. Generously …