News from producers around Derbyshire

Former Derbyshire Poet Laureate Helen Mort and LoveLit will be offering a limited number of online 1 to 1 sessions on Saturday 18^th July 2020 via Zoom.

Young people and adults who are unsure of their next steps can now contact Derby College Group’s careers team via a virtual chat room for impartial advice and guidance.

Derby College Group (DCG) has remained open for certain students to attend Broomfield Hall and for children at the Little Explorers Nursery also at Broomfield Hall.

In line with government guidance, DCG are planning to expand engagement on all campuses from June 15 with some face to face contact with certain students.  

This engagement will be by invitation and will include students preparing for year two studies and those having to undertake assessment to gain their licence to practice. 

Virtual learning and studying at home are not just the ‘new normal’ for young people across the county – it is also the challenge facing hundreds of adult students at Derby College Group who are juggling their studies with work and family life.

I'm excited to let you know that the gallery is scheduled to re-open on the 27th June with SELENE!
An inaugural all female show which begins to explore the feminine. For further info on the exhibition and exhibiting artists please follow the link: https://www.theoldlockupgallery.org/selene
The show opens with a preview that is by appointment only.

Pencil in your diary our next event - Wednesday 8th July 12.30pm-2.30pm

Connect with Artists and peers over an informal Zoom event.
Click here to join us.

The weekend 26 - 28th June would have been Exile Music Festival - sadly cancelled this year due to the pandemic. However, I am hosting an on-line zoom event Fri 26th June at 7.30pm in lieu of the Poetry Aloud presents: stage at Exile Music Festival.

Featuring two Derbyshire poets Mark Gwynne-Jones and Lucy Peacock, plus an open mic with slots bookable by email to: info@lytishapoet.co.uk

For more details email Info@lytishapoet.co.uk or see the FB event: 

Acclaimed Belper-based folk and family artist David Gibb and US artist Brady Rymer, who together will release their album Songs across the Pond on July 31st.

The first song and music video from this album is called "Two Towns," and it includes scenes from Belper!

The Imagination Project. Helping kickstart creativity and banish writer's block. A collection of bespoke and unique creative writing prompts delivered to your door with workbooks and support to help get you unblocked and writing again. And just like no person or story is the same, no box of items is the same either. But there's so much more to the project too... Full details and tickets at https://peakdistrictevents.com/the-imagination-project

Let’s get the Bad News out of the way first...

Not surprisingly, you can’t run a festival with six people from two households standing 2 metres apart. We‘ve assessed all the risks and there’s no way we could run (or afford) a safe festival in its usual form – not even if government rules were relaxed (or our name was Dominic Cummings). Sadly, this year’s Stainsby Festival, in the form you’ve grown to love it, won’t be happening (not even in Durham).

We’ll see you back on the festival field again in 2021.