You are invited to Arcade in collaboration with Eden Arts an Exhibition #Town2Town 5th – 20th March 2010 A dual sited exhibition of arts in empty shops in both Carlisle & Penrith Launching Fri 5th March at 8pm Lowther Arcade Carlisle with Arts throughout, live music & Mini Food Fest from The Circle Cafe Bar. Launching Sat 6th March at 12 [...]

Arcade …in collaboration with Eden Arts arcade is an artist-led initiative which aims to encourage the bringing together of artists and creative practitioners working in broad ranging art forms, and to organise openly accessible events in public ‘non-gallery’ spaces. Projects to date have been organised specific to a Victorian built walkway Lowther Arcade in Carlisle city centre, [...]

One of Britain’s biggest and most innovative seasons of outdoor arts events will take place across Cumbria again this spring and summer, set against the county’s beautiful and varied landscape and heritage. This year’s Lakes Alive programme of events will run from 29 April to 5 September. It is Cumbria’s unique contribution to the [...]

Last month Arts Council England launched Achieving great art for everyone – a consultation on future priorities for the arts. The results of the consultation will inform a 10 year strategic framework and the Arts Council’s future investment decisions. Achieving great art for everyone sets out the Arts Council’s understanding of the current arts landscape and [...]

A brand new initiative We are currently putting together a summer festival of events in Eden – we call it BEST IN EDEN. The festival aims to bring together big and established local events such as Potfest, Lakes Alive and Langwathby Scarecrows for example, with new events, activities, workshops and courses. All those, that take place [...]

This spring Theatre by the Lake has over 6000 free theatre tickets to give away to young people aged under 26 – all you have to do is fill in a form – that’s it, no catch, just free tickets. Under the Arts Council’s A Night Less Ordinary Scheme the Keswick theatre has programmed 17 [...]

Comic material provided by local Cumbrian writers and performed by actors from the current Spring season. Short stories, poems and comedy combine to create a 30 minute interlude to your day. In association with edenarts After the success of last year’s readings at Theatre by the Lake, submissions are being sought for more. If you are a [...]

Hundreds of people from across the country and overseas will have the chance to take part in one of the most spectacular events planned in Britain during 2010. We are looking for 500 people to help create a line of light from one side of Britain to the other, along the length of Hadrian’s Wall, [...]

Music and memories, thrift and thread for the Highlights Spring season The new Spring season brochure is out from the Highlights Rural Touring Scheme for Cumbria and Durham. It includes details of fifteen exciting shows covering the whole range of performing arts and also has information about this year’s Contemporary Craft Tour, Thrift & Thread. Performances for [...]

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