Jools Holland has today (Tuesday 6 December) announced he will bring his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra to Inverness, making his Highlands outdoor debut.

This week’s Freaky Friday (Friday 9th December 2011) Inverness Old Town Art (IOTA) presents works by Danny MacAskill and Rosie Newman. It brings us closer to heaven as nature slowly reclaims our industrial relics in Rosie Newman’s sculptural installation Wild Things and Danny MacAskill’s truly sublime film Industrial Revolutions.

The Islands Book Trust announce their programme of events for 2012.

Culduthel Christian Centre, Inverness, 3 December 2011.

Kilmorack Gallery, until 23 December 2011.

Cromarty, Black Isle, 2-4 December 2011.

An exhibition of designer crafts including new and original work from Orkneys professional crafts people is currently on at Northlight Gallery in Stromness

Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, until 4 February 2012.

A chance meeting with Martin Stephenson led to Ally Macleod’s debut recording.

A new publication and directory of over 70 international designers and artists, profiling Whalsay textile designers Andrea Williamson and Jen Deschênes, will be launched at Bonhoga Gallery in Shhetland this December 2011.