A Speedcrafting event is to take place at Hung in Inverness on Friday 28th October from 6.30pm – 10pm.

Cellist Rowena Calvert will perform as an additional event in the programme of lunchtime concerts promoted by At One With Music.

Timespan Museum and Art gallery is having a change of Director at the end of the month. Nicola Henderson, who has been in post for just over 3 years is moving to Aberdeen to be near her husband, Alastair.

The return of Screen Machine to Ullapool, Lochinver, Ullapool, Kinlochbervie, Durness and Bettyhill will give film fans a chance to experience some of the latest box office hits from Friday 28 October 2011.

Legendary Glasgow-born saxophonist Bobby Wellins will lead the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra as they play his Culloden Moor Suite.

Aberdeen’s Dance Live festival is the only Scottish date on Retina Dance Company’s new touring productions this autumn.

The 19th French Film Festival presents an unparalleled selection of le cinéma français in leading cinemas around the country.

Historic Assynt has completed the third of three archaeological digs, with the successful excavation of a pre-clearance house in Glenleraig, in Assynt, Sutherland.

Internationally acclaimed piper Fred Morrison visits Mid Argyll this month to give a solo concert at the Cairnbaan Hotel near Lochgilphead. The concert on Saturday 29th October has been organised by Wild Biscuit Music as part of the development programme for their live show MOVE and includes a special workshop by Fred for local pipers to be held at Kilmartin that same day.

Celebrate island culture and heritage this autumn and winter with an action-packed line-up of exciting events as part of the Year of Scotland’s Islands festivities.