Creative Scotland today (17 May 2011) unveiled a £1million investment into four pilot initiatives that will test new approaches to increasing the distribution and appreciation of Scottish cultural content, develop new audiences and return greater value to Scottish companies from film activities.

In celebration of 20 years promoting events on the Isle of Skye, SEALL presents two World music events in mid-May.

Iconic Grammy award-winning American singer, songwriter, musician and author Janis Ian is to play a solo acoustic gig at Strathpeffer Pavilion on 28 October 2011, at the start of an eagerly-awaited UK tour.

An exhibition by painter and writer Marion Boddy-Evans will be held at Portree Community Library from 16 May to 30 June 2011.

Four talented authors have been shortlisted for Scotland’s largest literary prize, the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the Year Award, in partnership with Creative Scotland.

The National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music is pleased to announce the dates for this year’s whole school tour. This year’s tour will take in Glasgow and Stirling, with shows at the Scottish Music Centre, St. Andrew’s In The Square, and the Tolbooth. It is hoped that one other date will be added before the tour concludes with the final concert at Plockton High School.

An Talla Solais, Ullapool, until 5 June 2011

Spa Pavilion, Strathpeffer, 14 May 2011.

Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 14 May 2011.

Italia ‘n’ Caledonia by Mike Maran and Philip Contini tells the story of their grandparents who left Italy for Scotland at the beginning of the 20th century.