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The Flaming Elders Wed 21 Oct 2pm FREE Using different art forms, Tricky Hat has been working with groups of older people in 3 different parts of Scotland and will create new theatre pieces which seek to explore what growing older in Scotland looks and feels like today. The Catstrand, High Street, Castle Douglas, Castle Douglas DG7 3RN 01644 420 374 www.catstrand.com A collaboration with Glasgow Life, Your Voice (Inverclyde) and The Catstrand (New Galloway) and funded from The Big Lottery’s Investing in Ideas programme
Luminate Photography Challenge: Pop-up Exhibition Fri 23 - Sat 31 FREE Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm, Sat 10am - 4pm, Sun 12pm - 4pm A pop-up exhibition of photographic portraits of people from different generations created by people living across Scotland. The exhibition includes photographs by people of all ages who took part in the first Luminate Challenge, and by photographic artist Robin Gillanders who created portraits to help guide the Challenge participants. Come and explore the wonderful stories behind the portraits!
Luminate Photography Challenge: image by Robin Gillanders
Divine Discontent Sat 31 Oct 7pm - 8pm £7 Divine Discontent, written by Carolyn Yates and Vivien Jones, takes a sideways look at contemporary women as they age through childhood, adolescence, love, marriage, birth and maturity. Its narrative core tells the story of Doxy. Woven in and out of her story are poems - an ‘Everywoman’ text for the time we live in. Richard Greenhow Centre, Central Avenue, Gretna DG16 5AQ 01988 403 222 info@wigtownbookfestival.com Part of Writers' Gathering Out East
The Catstrand, High Street, Castle Douglas, Castle Douglas DG7 3RN 01644 420 374 www.catstrand.com
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