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Around Nenthead - a walk with a strong sense of history

5:10pm Friday 19th March 2010

A GROUP of scientists have come up with a theory, which is that going for a walk is just as healthy as going to the gym. I did not know that - did you? I don’t believe in walking for the sake of walking, but I’m happy so long as there is something of interest to see - be it history or nature history. This walk around Nenthead is a real winner in this sense.

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Festival preview: South Cumbria Musical Festival in Ulverston

4:30pm Friday 19th March 2010

SOUTH Cumbria Musical Festival, from March 21 until March 27, is yet another fabulous feather in our region’s cultural cap.

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Artist Alan Stones on the exhibition trail in Kendal

12:30pm Friday 19th March 2010

BLENCARN-based artist Alan Stones is perhaps best known for his printmaking but his exhibition at Kendal’s Artisan provides an opportunity to view his charcoal drawings, including Clearing (ii) and Clearing (iv), which recently toured the country as part of the Jerwood Drawing Prize.

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Appleby debut for Northern Sinfonia

10:40am Friday 19th March 2010

NORTH Westmorland Arts hosts Northern Sinfonia’s first appearance in Appleby on Sunday (March 28, 7.30pm).

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Art world focuses on Mark Francis Abbot Hall exhibition

8:50am Friday 19th March 2010

A BIG hitter from the ‘Brit Art’ clique has put Abbot Hall Art Gallery firmly in the spotlight.

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Show preview: Postman Pat in Ulverston

A treat for all the family, Postman Pat’s new show A Very Royal Mission in Ulverston on July 26.

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Comedy preview: Katy Brand in Kendal

Comic Katy Brand is taking her Big Ass on tour and will be popping into Kendal on June 12.

Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

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Comedy preview: Chris Addison in Kendal

Chris Addison, star of BBC2’s Bafta-winning comedy The Thick Of It, is bringing his brand new stand-up tour to Kendal on March 31. He spoke to us about the ups and downs of being a comic.

Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

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Concert review: Halle @ lakes leisure Kendal

10:10am Wednesday 17th March 2010

THE Hallé brought an attractive programme to the Lakeland Sinfonia Concert Society’s concert: Weber’s Oberon Overture, Grieg’s Piano Concerto and Brahms’s Symphony No 2.

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Concert review: Northern Sinfonia @ lakes leisure Kendal

9:40am Tuesday 16th March 2010

NORTHERN Sinfonia’s association with the Lakeland Sinfonia Concert Society has been long and always synonymous with musicianly excellence; its recent visit was no exception.

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Concert review: Fujita Piano Trio @ Kendal Midday Concert Club

2:47pm Monday 15th March 2010

THREE elegant Japanese sisters - the Fujita Piano Trio - mesmerised members of the Kendal Midday Concert Club with unforgettable readings of Haydn’s Gypsy Trio in G and Schubert’s Trio in B flat D 898.

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Dance preview: Brewery Dance Platform in Kendal

1:00pm Sunday 14th March 2010

HUNDREDS of young dancers from across the region will be taking to the Brewery stage from March 22 to 25.

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Stunning mix of film and digital art aims to tune people into technology

11:20am Sunday 14th March 2010

FOR the first time the Abandon Normal Devices - Festival of New Cinema and Digital Art in Cumbria, leaves the city and heads for the Cumbrian hills taking with it a variety of art installations and performances.

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Dunnerdale fells walk

10:20am Sunday 14th March 2010

THIS is a very pleasing walk through the Dunnerdale fells to a fascinating causeway.

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Textile artist Lynne Stein exhibits at Farfield

10:20am Saturday 13th March 2010

USING a combination of needle-felting and rag-rugging techniques, textile artist Lynne Stein transforms redundant materials and artefacts, along with vintage fabrics, into luscious and richly symbolic two and three-dimensional works.