The Tweedies Bar: Kirk McElhinney
2:53pm Tuesday 15th May 2012
RIGHT in the heart of the Lake District I have discovered a brilliant hip bar which played some amazing songs until the early hours of the morning.
Thu, 17th May 2012
Lancaster Get It Loud: Team Me
3:02pm Tuesday 15th May 2012
THEY'RE a band whose energy vibrates off their instruments and into the minds of their listeners.
Top pianist Anthony Hewitt pedals his way to Bowness
8:40am Sunday 13th May 2012
Internationally-renowned pianist and avid cyclist Anthony Hewitt is pedalling his way from Land’s End to John O’Groats, with his piano trailing in a van, in aid of charity.
Making Music and Steve Hall back together on Kendal stage
3:40pm Sunday 13th May 2012
STEVE Hall reprises his comical 2006 performance as the oldest of the three wicked sisters in Making Music’s massive 2012 show.
Book cover designs of Arts and Crafts movement are focus of new Blackwell exhibition
5:20pm Saturday 12th May 2012
BLACKWELL has opened its elegant doors to another show of artistic importance.
Overton's masters of comedy promise another rib-tickling romp
12:00pm Saturday 12th May 2012
RIP-ROARING comedy at its best comes to Overton Memorial Hall as Overton Players tackle David Tristram's full-on rib tickler Inspector Drake and the Time Machine.
Review: Jeff, Who Lives at Home, (15)
4:46pm Friday 11th May 2012
FILM-making brothers Jay and Mark Duplass, two key exponents of the low-budget mumblecore movement, err dangerously close to the mainstream with this quirky comedy of ill manners.
Review: All in Good Time, (12A)
4:48pm Friday 11th May 2012
LOVE won’t necessarily tear you apart, but it will certainly inflict some serious bruising.
Engaging set from great singer-songwriter Albert Hammond
9:56am Friday 11th May 2012
Songwriter and performer Albert Hammond, playing his first UK tour since 1973, seemed genuinely delighted and moved by the warm response he received from the audience in the intimate surroundings of the Malt Room at Kendal’s Brewery Arts Centre.
Sheila Cockbaine’s Serendipity exhibition brings splash of colour to Ulverston's Coronation Hall
9:10am Friday 11th May 2012
SHEILA Cockbaine’s paintings reflect her love of the Lake District, as well as her many travels overseas near and far where she has lived or just visited.
Even my pizza was Cumbrian!
12:49pm Thursday 10th May 2012
THERE are some venues that are so Cumbrian it’s hard to pin down all the finer details which create this impression, but as soon as you walk in you just know.
Review: Grange Bridge Cottage, Grange-in-Borrowdale
3:40pm Thursday 10th May 2012
THERE are some venues that are so Cumbrian it’s hard to pin down all the finer details which create this impression, but as soon as you walk in you just know.
Brewery launches 40th birthday facelift appeal
6:00pm Wednesday 9th May 2012
THE Brewery Arts Centre has reached a new milestone clocking up 40 years of inspired entertainment.
Ulverston Choral Society performs Haydn's Creation
12:30pm Wednesday 9th May 2012
HAYDN'S Creation will be performed by Ulverston Choral Society in Ulverston Parish Church on Saturday, May 19 (7.30pm).
Flock project sees thousands of minature pom-pom sheep 'herded' to Farfield Mill
11:30am Wednesday 9th May 2012
A ‘WOOLLY’ project inspired by works such as Antony Gormley’s Field for the British Isles is on show at Farfield Mill.
Review: Swallows and Amazons at Blackpool's Grand Theatre
7:24am Wednesday 9th May 2012
As well as acknowledging the need for practical items such as a barometer and plenty of provisions, the Walker children in Arthur Ransome’s children’s novel Swallows and Amazons display amazing imaginative power, seeing themselves as conquistadors and intrepid explorers as they set out to camp on Wild Cat Island during a Lake District family holiday.
Kendal Amateur Operatic Society celebrates a century
8:40am Monday 7th May 2012
KENDAL Amateur Operatic Society has announced its big November production - Whistle Down the Wind Based on the original novel by Mary Hayley Bell, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hugely popular show premiered in 1998 and follows the fortunes of a fugitive caught between the prejudice of adults and the innocence of the young. Entertaining and colourful with an emotive score combining hauntingly beautiful love songs and explosive rock music with lyrics by acclaimed songwriter Jim Steinman, it promises to be a great way for KAOS to celebrate its 100th birthday.
Andrew Motion in the literary spotlight at Ulverston
9:30am Sunday 6th May 2012
ATTEMPTING to pen a sequel to one of the greatest adventures stories ever written is a pretty tall order.
Lakeland Motor Museum hosts TVR Car Club
9:10am Saturday 5th May 2012
CAR lovers are in for a treat tomorrow Sunday (May 6) at Backbarrow’s Lakeland Motor Museum.