The fouth ‘Around the World in Music’ charity concert, organised by the Rotary Club of Westhill & District, takes place at Aberdeen Music Hall at 3pm on Sunday, March 4.

Crathes Castle is once again the venue which will host the picnic concert with Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham.

The Lang Byre at Woodend Barn has opened its doors to art lovers this week, with Fabric of the Land (FOL), curated by SMART Consultants of Aberdeen.

Film fans can look forward to two contrasting offerings at Woodend Barn this month.

Fèis Spè is once again inviting young traditional musicians to apply for a place on the 2012 Cairngorms Cèilidh Trail.

The sound of big band swing – featuring all the panache and attitude of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr during their Vegas heyday – swaggers into the granite city with the all new Rat Pack Live concert show.

Midmar Village Hall will be the venue for two Doric plays by Charles Barron - Evie and As the Bat at Noon.

Woodend Barn in Banchory is renowned for the variety and scope of its arts provision locally, but until now has stepped aside from the book group phenomena of recent times.

Historic Scotland has launched a national drive to recognise and celebrate the young ‘Heritage Heroes’ of Grampian who give their time selflessly to protect, maintain and support the nation’s historic environment.

The work of Robert Gordon University’s first Graduate-in-Residence, Banchory artist Peter Chalmers, went on show to the public in an exhibition entitled ‘Back, Forward (Again)’ on Monday (January 30) at Gray’s School of Art.

From the moment you entered Dinnet Hall, you were magically transported to Old Peking, writes Helen C Stewart.