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Claire returning

SINGER-songwriter Claire Mooney returns to Huddersfield this month to host her fourth Sound Women event. Read

Musical taste of Tuscany

MUSICAL duo Annika Kaschenz and Francesco Attesti bring a taste of Tuscany to Huddersfield tomorrow. Francesco, an Italian pianist, and Annika, a German mezzo-soprano, will perform in a concert at Huddersfield Parish Church organised by Huddersfield Rotary Club. Their Music For A Summer Evening concert begins at 7.15pm. Tickets are £10 and £7 from the parish church or from the Keys Restaurant below. Read

Laughing Peacock

IF YOU are up for a laugh then head for Huddersfield’s latest venue. Read

Time to find out what’s in store

THEY have become something of an event in themselves. Read

First time at the Rex

HE’S a deputy head teacher and also a talented musician. Read

Charming realities

WHEN budding journalist Vijay is nearly killed in Bombay riots he is sent to a tea estate near a spectacular Christian shrine that is the object of religious wranglings. Read

Photographic treat at Beaumont Park

THERE’S a treat in store at Beaumont Park this weekend when a photographic exhibition is held. Read

Band contest

THERE’S a treat in store when the 82nd Holme Valley Brass Band Contest is held in Holmfirth on Sunday. All the action is at Holmfirth Civic Hall, starting at 2pm. Competing in the section for Third and Fourth Section bands will be Deepcar, Huddersfield Brass, Uppermill, Greenfield and Linthwaite Brass. There are four entries in the competition for Championship/First and Second Section bands: Hade Edge, Meltham and Meltham Mills, Holme Silver and Silk Brass Bands. Read

Hiya and Higher with one-woman show

COMEDIENNE Janice Connelly will be performing her one-woman show at the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield next month. Read

Actor takes to stage as comedian

FOR all Torchwood addicts, he was PC Andy Davidson, Gwen’s former partner who was desperate to get in on the action. Read

Call for young actors

HOW many theatre companies tell you that sturdy shoes and suncream are a must for its performances? Read

Storyteller shares his talents

STORYTELLER, songwriter and musician Simon Heywood (pictured) will be sharing his talents in a traditional songwriting workshop in Holmfirth in July. Read

New look at a star

CELEBRATED Hollywood biographer Charlotte Chandler sets the record straight in this intimate portrait of film legend Joan Crawford. Read

Avon calling!

THE SUN shone (there were a few red faces about!), the sightseeing was superb, the singing first-class and the hospitality splendid. Read

Handing out problems

IF YOU like your theatre to be dark and unsettling then there’s just the show for you in Huddersfield on June 5 and 6. Read

Darren’s new move has a royal touch

Darren’s new move has a royal touch

DARREN Baker, of Meltham, is a young artist whose career seems to be full of promise, the latest news being that he has been asked to make a portrait of the Queen. Read

Portrait of a woman in a dance with a difference

Test Run is described as a blistering display of dance combined with beautifully crafted live music Read

A top-line turn

THE cracking season put together by Huddersfield Jazz continues with the arrival on June 7 of top-line performer Pete Churchill. Read

Festival time coming

GET the diaries out for the date of this year’s Penistone Competitive Music Festival. Read

Concert visits the musical Middle Ages

THEY specialise in medieval music and since the early Nineties have played at festivals and historic venues throughout Europe. Read

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