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.

An Talla Solais, Ullapool, until 29 August 2011.

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.

IAN STEPHEN continues his log of a voyage.

Kilmorack Gallery, by Beauly, until 3 September 2011.

Poetry Beyond Text: vision, text and cognition’ is an exhibition created from a two-year research project exploring how we read, view and interpret the visual aspects of poetry. The exhibition is on show at Moray Art Centre from Tuesday 9 August until 1 October.

Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 4 August 2011.

Ann Henderson – A Retrospective exhibition continues at Caithness Horizons Gallery until 4 September.

Argyll’s Art Event of the Year, Open Studios, runs from Friday 12th – Monday 15th August 2011.