Do you love taking great photographs? Are you under 16? If so, here’s your chance to win some great prizes from your hobby.
The prizes will include a 20 x 16 inch canvas print of your photo donated by Dents Photo, trip boat vouchers donated by the Chesterfield Canal Trust, a studio shoot voucher donated by Photogenix and a canal trip DVD
Support is gathering pace for an innovative creative project led by East Midlands’ professional orchestra Sinfonia Viva to win a prestigious National Lottery Award.
Sinfonia Viva, based in Derby, is up against six other creative projects across the UK to clinch the Award. It is in recognition of the success of its ‘Dark Clouds are Smouldering into Red’ education project which, last year, commemorated the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One.
This summer over 50 independent retailers in Glossop are taking part in Art in the Window 2015 transforming the streets into art galleries and providing local artists and artisan makers in the area the perfect opportunity to showcase their work.
Art in the Window will take place from the 1st August to 31st Bank Holiday Monday.
Award-winning playwright James Beagon debuts Women of the Mourning Fields at the 35th Buxton Fringe.
Derby College has teamed up with Derby-based epm:technology to boost the number of young people entering the workplace with skills in advanced composites manufacturing.
Applications are now being taken for the epm:technology Advanced Composites Academy which will start in September. An open day for potential students to find out more will be held at the Roundhouse on Tuesday July 14 between 3pm and 7pm.
After a successful run at Fairfield Halls, Croydon earlier this year, south-London based production company Dame for a Laugh bring their brand new children's musical Nana and Nunu - The Big Sneeze! to the Buxton Fringe.
We took some time out to meet the show’s creators Simon Sladen and Helen Friel. They spoke to us about this new show, including where they got the inspiration for a certain sneezing aardvark…
So give us a quick introduction to the world of Nana and Nunu.
A very personal Greek crisis with an authentic, intimate Greek voice.
Mairoula is a name. Maybe it’s her name; she never says. She will explain the acronym though, as well as a few other acronyms of her own invention. But first she’s got some other things she wants to tell you. About sex and death and watermelons, why she’d welcome a devastating earthquake, and how she wishes you all the happiness in the world. Funny and profound, ‘M.A.I.R.O.U.L.A’ will have you rapt.
Derby Cathedral Quarter’s Lunchtime Walks hosted by renowned local historian Richard Felix return for another year providing visitors with the opportunity to learn more about the history, landmarks,key characters and events that shaped the area.
The first of the weekly walks will be held on Thursday July 16 starting 12 noon and then every Thursday throughout the summer until September 17.
Food lovers are in for a treat next month as Bolsover Food & Drink Festival returns for a second year.
The popular event, which attracted some 6,000 visitors its first year in 2014, will once again fill the streets with culinary delights on the last weekend of July.
Almost all last year’s stall holders have rebooked already, serving up all kinds of sweet and savoury morsels, from gourmet sausage rolls to smoking BBQs, and global influences from Jamaica to France.
Award-winning Derbyshire women’s chorus DaleDiva will be performing at Buxton Festival Fringe for the first time this year as part of its lead up to the World Championships.
The group will be performing ‘Feelin’ Good with DaleDiva’ at St John’s Church, Buxton on Saturday 25 July ahead of its preparations for international competition in Las Vegas.
The Divas won gold in national competition last year which has earned them the opportunity to represent their county and their country in the USA in October.