Open Mic Night 20th of October

East Midlands’ Orchestra Announces Dementia-Friendly Performances

Derby-based Sinfonia Viva, the Orchestra of the East Midlands, has launched a series of five dementia-friendly classical music performances in Derby following the success of a fundraising campaign earlier this year.

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New homegrown musical, Mountains of the Moon set to entertain and inspire all ages

An all-new family friendly musical, Mountains of the Moon, is coming to Chesterfield and surrounding area from Saturday 26 October – Friday 1 November. The story revolves around the plight of a group of animals who are thirsty as their river has dried up and who must work together to figure out a way to get the rain to fall, so that they can survive.  

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Marketing and Administration Assistant

Writing East Midlands works, from its Nottingham base, to build the region's reputation for the quality and diversity of its writers, and as a place where writing is valued as an art and for its social impact. We run programmes that raise the skills and aspirations of writers connecting them to communities.

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Derby Arena Gears Up for Thrilling Start of Men’s Tour of Britain

Excitement is building as Derby Arena gears up to host the exhilarating start of the men’s Tour of Britain on Friday, 6 September. The East Midlands route will take the cyclists from Derby to Newark-on-Trent, through Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

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Celebrating connections between humans and animals

The new exhibition, Chesterfield Menagerie, includes a wide range of items from the Chesterfield Museum collection which show humans connections with animals. It includes a beautiful Brampton salt glaze fish flask, ‘The Plough’ a stunning painting by Joseph Syddall, a wonderful figurine of a Chicken by William Gordon and much more.

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First Art in partnership with Arts Council England and Bolsover District Council is inviting individual creatives and community groups to attend this free even

First Art in partnership with Arts Council England and Bolsover District Council is inviting individual creatives and community groups based or working in the Bolsover district to attend this free event to find out how to fund their creative projects through Arts Council England National Lottery Grants. 

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