Ninety-eight years after The Picture Palace on Harbour Street opened its doors to the public, and four years after the last night of the North Star nightclub, demolition is due to begin shortly on this, one of Shetland’s iconic buildings.

Aided and abetted by Scottish satirist Rory Bremner, Scottish Opera will tour a new co-production of Orpheus in the Underworld this Autumn.

The 13th Lagavulin Islay Jazz Festival takes place from 16-18 September, 2011.

August newsletter from Sandstone Press.

Michael Mackenzie and his son James will once again tread the boards together at the famous Theatre in the Hills.

Blazin’ Fiddles play Glenuig Hall on 20 August.

Lunchtime concert featuring baroque and renaissance music from Poland performed by the early music ensemble from Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków.

A puppet show with a difference in the Play Pieces season of contemporary lunchtime theatre at the Ironworks.

Two new exhibitions open this August 2011 at the Inchmore Gallery near Inverness.

Jennifer Cantwell lives and works in Forres, Moray. Jennifer is one of four makers who is taking part in the Making Progress 2011 – a HI-Arts mentoring project for mid career makers as part of the HI-Arts Craft Development programme . Jennifer’s exhibition ‘Birdsong’ opens this weekend at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery and then runs from 13 August – 10 September 2011.