Two new exhibitions continue to develop the strong collaborative networks that the Pier Arts Centre has established locally.

Friends of Wighton Gaelic song classes tutored by Wilma Kennedy.

A play about love, longing and the unreliability of macaws.

Direct from London’s West End, the UK’s first and only touring burlesque show is coming to Strathpeffer.

James Mackenzie has confirmed appearances at five Inverness High Schools next month.

Elizabeth Ogilvie will be travelling to the Greenland ice floes for a project that will explore the native Inuit’s knowledge of ice.

Eleven Scottish bands, DJs and producers will showcase as part of the annual South By South West (SXSW) music festival in March 2012. This latest crop of hopefuls will be following in the footsteps of likes of Franz Ferdinand, Frightened Rabbit, Camera Obscura, Rachel Sermanni and Admiral Fallow and will be looking to the annual Austin music jamboree to provide them with the platform to take their music and their careers to US and international success.

The Silent Weaver: The extraordinary Life and Work of Angus MacPhee told in prose, poetry and film with Roger Hutchinson and Chrys Salt and a film by Joanne B Kaar will take place on Saturday 25th February at The Bakehouse in Gatehouse of Fleet

This February 2012 HI-Arts will be organising a Crowdfunding Workshop and Networking Day taking place at The Pier Arts Centre in Stromness.

The 2012 Aberdeen Jazz Festival (14-18 March 2012) was officially launched today.