Nearly 700 people attended a jobs fair at Ilkeston Community College organised by Derby College Group (DCG) and Job Centre Plus on Tuesday (October 29).

The event was officially opened by the Deputy Mayor of Erewash Cllr Donna Briggs (pictured, left, with DCG Chief Executive Mandie Stravino).

Employers in attendance with information about jobs opportunities including East Midlands Airport, Derbyshire Police, Trentbarton and Nottingham Community Housing Association.

Lishui International Photography Festival
presents FORMAT19 

8th - 12th November 2019

To celebrate a major new partnership between FORMAT and Lishui International Photography Festival in China, Director of FORMAT, Louise Fedotov-Clements, has curated Sleight of Hand, an exhibition presenting work by six artists – Brian Griffin; Regine Petersen; John Angerson; Yvette Monahan and Jan Stradtmann, plus Max Pinckers (curated by Tim Clark), at Lishui Art Museum.

With Fran Dorricott
Thursday November 14^th, 7pm-9pm

Creating a convincing main character is one of the most essential parts of writing fiction. They are, after all, the voice that will make or break a reader's connection with your story. Using a mixture of discussion, advice and guided writing exercises, this interactive workshop will help to uncover the ways in which we can build the best characters for our plots.

With Heide Goody and Iain Grant
Saturday November 9^th, 10am-4pm

Wednesdays 6^th November - 27^th November 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Self-publishing is a better option now for authors than it has ever been and it’s growing in popularity. If you’re not sure if it’s for you, or where to begin, then this four-week course might just be for you! Looking at key areas such as preparing your work for self-publication, where and how to set your books up, financial and tax implications, marketing and much more, this hands-on course if your step-by-step guide to putting your fiction out there for an audience yourself.

Wednesdays 6^th November - 27^th November 2:00pm – 4:00pm
QUAD, Derby

This four-week course will introduce the fundamentals of writing, focussing on plot and story structure, description, dialogue, tense and perspective. The ideal course for anyone who always wanted to write a story but didn’t know where to start

The Derbyshire Record Office is thrilled to have just launched on Google Arts and Culture: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/derbyshire-record-office. 

There are three online exhibitions and 175 images online so far and online visitors are encouraged to go and take a look at the collections there. Google Arts and Culture has amazing works of art from major art galleries and museums across the world – plus other cultural organisations like ballet companies and theatre groups.  

Buxton Festival Fringe will be bidding a fond goodbye to its outgoing chair Keith Savage and appointing a new chair at its open-to-all AGM on Thursday November 21.

The event which takes place at The Green Man Gallery on Hardwick Square South, Buxton at 7 for 7.30pm is also likely to see new appointments for the roles of Treasurer and Secretary though long-standing committee member Maria Carnegie looks set to continue as Vice-chair.

Wednesday, 30 October 2019 from 15:00-17:00
Venue: 8 Albert Street , Osnabruck Square, Derby DE1 2DS

Join us for this free networking and artists’ talk event, and meet Delpha Hudson and Natasha Joseph, our current artists in residence, who will be sharing the progress of their ‘Home’ residency so far and discussing participation in artistic practice with guest speaker Steve Pool. This is a great opportunity to talk about art, and to meet and socialise with other artists.

We have plenty of fun, FREE and spooky activities to keep the whole family busy over half term