The artist, author, publisher and curator Peter Hill will give a talk and reading from his book ‘Stargazing’ at the Pier Arts Centre on Saturday 30th April at 6pm.

IAN STEPHEN reports on the World Heritage Day collaboration with school pupils from Tarbert.

A major exhibition of painter & printmaker Michael Stuart Green’s latest work commences at Tore on Sunday 1st May.

Are you busy this weekend? Fancy a trip to Balmacara Square in Kyle of Lochalsh? Rag Tag n Textile is expanding their retail area into a new shop and Friday 22nd April 2011 is their official opening. Can’t make it, don’t worry! Rag Tag n Textile plan on being open all summer long, Monday – Saturday 10am – 4pm.

Highlands Open Studio (HOS) members are poised to welcome visitors – with their 2011 Calendar of Events having been distributed around the Highlands, logos prominently displayed at their premises, and car stickers adorning vehicles, members of the public can’t miss the message that Highlands Open Studio members are open for business!

Lochaber based designer Jen Deschenes has created an online silent auction of craft by Highland and islands makers to raise funds for her Kilimanjaro climb which she is doing in October to raise money for the charity ‘Caring Matters Now’.

The Castle Gallery in Inverness celebrates its 10th anniversary this April with an exhibition by Gillian Jones 30th April – 21st May 2011.

An Talla Solais, Ullapool, until 8 May 2011.

Wood, Paper, Stone, a display of new work by Jeremy Baster including prints and stone carving will open at the Pier Arts Centre on Saturday 30 April.

Vernacular Modernism, an exhibition by the American artist Richard Roth, will open at the Highland Institute for Contemporary Art on 1 May, 2011, 2-5pm.