Georgia picks up a penguin

Join a little girl on her mission to save penguins at Dorchester Corn Exchange this half-term.

Dorsetborn presents Georgia and the Iceberg, a new show for ages seven and up filled with puppetry and jokes, on Tuesday, February 14 at 11am and 2pm.

When Georgia goes to visit her big sister Helena, all she wants is to explore the big frozen continent outside her bedroom window.

While Helena is focused on completing her chores, Georgia discovers a giant iceberg on a collision course with the nearby penguin colony. If she can’t journey across the ice in time to warn them, then everyone’s in danger. She might need your help… and you may even learn some penguinese.

Exhibitions of artists to be on screen

Tickets are £8 for adults and £6 for under 18s with a £24 family ticket also available.

n For details visit dorchesterarts.org.uk/ whats-on

Gypsy jazzers unchain Django

London-based gypsy-jazz band Latchepen, pictured, are heading to Dorset for three gigs next month. Born out of a collective admiration of Django Reinhardt and anything that swings, the quartet consists of Matt Holborn on violin, Kourosh Kanani and Dave Kelbie on guitar, and Simon

Read on bass. The quartet, who are coming to Dorset with the support of Artsreach, have previously performed at the Django Reinhardt festival, Turin Jazz Festival and March Manouche UK.

Latchepen will play at Broadwindsor Comrades Hall (07796 454203) on n For more information visit artsreach.co.uk n On Tuesday, February 28 Cezanne, Portraits of a Life, filmed at the National Portrait Gallery in London nTuesday, March 21: Mary Cassatt, Painting the Modern Woman. Released to coincide with International Women’s Day, this is an in-depth examination of an artist who made a career painting the lives of the women around her. n Tuesday, April 18: Vermeer, The Greatest Exhibition. In the spring of 2023, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam will open its doors to the largest Vermeer exhibition in history n dorchesterarts.org.uk

Friday, March 3 at 7.30pm, at Langton Matravers Village Hall (01929 423834) on Saturday, March 4 at 7.30pm, and St John’s Church Hinton Martell (01258 840066) on Sunday, March 5 at 7.30pm.

Dorchester Arts will be screening three unique cinematic experiences for showcasing the work of artists Cezanne, Cassatt and Vermeer.

The films are the brainchild of the company Exhibition on Screen who works with top international museums and galleries to provide a way to visit major art exhibitions taking place all over the world, on the big screen and from the comfort of Dorchester Corn Exchange.

Imagine how cool it would be to have a demo disc you recorded as a teenage wannabe popstar back in the 1960s rediscovered and included on a compilation album of classic rock featuring such bands as Status Quo, The Kinks, The Who and the Moody Blues. That’s what happened to legendary Weymouth band Crystal Ship when their track was included in Cherry Red Records’ Think I’m Going Weird CD of Sixties psychedelia, which was released in 2021.

The band, who were hugely popular around these parts in the 1960s and 1970s, also have support slots with Tyrannosaurus Rex, Soft Machine and Fairport Convention on their CV. After many dormant years, they reformed in 2017 for the series of fundraising reunion gigs held at the Centenary Club in Weymouth. Such was the response, they decided to