Category Archives: Arts

Art lovers in Crickhowell may remember an exhibition held at the Silver Birch Gallery (now closed) featuring pop art style images of sheep and other animals juxtaposed with contrasting wallpaper backgrounds. This was in 2003 and it was the first exhibition of digital art by Aberdare born artists Karin Mear and Nigel Evans who had, […]

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Therapeutic music can improve brain function underlying listening and learning skills, language, concentration, memory, behaviour, and mood in anyone. It especially can help stroke, fibromyalgia, autism, learning difficulties, dyslexia, ADHD and even the more profound complex learning disabilities. A free talk and demonstration of some of the music-based programmes developed by www.advancedbrain.com will be at […]

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On Wednesday 21st September, Abergavenny Film Society, the longest running in Wales, will launch its new season of fourteen films. The Society was established in 1978 by a group of friends with a common interest in World Cinema and independent films. Our 2016-2017 programme has been chosen carefully to provide opportunities to see outstanding foreign […]

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The 2016-2017 Brecon Film Society season gets underway this month on 5th September with the showing of Rams, a story set in a remote Icelandic farming valley where two brothers who have not spoken to one another in 40 years have to come together in order to save what’s dearest to them – their sheep. […]

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Local youngsters are being encouraged to visit their local library over the summer holidays to take part in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge. Libraries in Powys are launching the Big Friendly Read this summer as part of the Summer Reading Challenge, which is aimed for children aged 4-11. The theme for 2016 is centred around […]

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The wall2wall Jazz Festival which takes between 1st and 4th September is a home grown jazz festival that takes place right here in Abergavenny. If you’re visiting Abergavenny for the National Eisteddfod, here’s a good reason to come back and visit us again! Mike Skilton of Black Mountain Jazz gives us the lowdown on this […]

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Theatr Brycheiniog in a partnership with Friends of Brecon Jazz is introducing The Brecon Jazz Weekend Young Musician’s Showcase. The Showcase will be supported by youth music development and activities for children and families including street/outdoor entertainment. The Showcase at Theatr Brycheiniog is working with leading specialist music colleges throughout the UK to bring the […]

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In celebration of all things Welsh, Emma from Bookish in Crickhowell has selected this stunning fourth novel by Tom Bullough who lives locally in the Brecon Beacons. Addlands (i.e., headlands): the border of plough land which is ploughed last of all. The patriarch of Funnon Farm is Idris Hamer, stubborn, strong, a man of the […]

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How far would you go to get your wish? That is the question VIG Theatre Company will be asking this July in the Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. The multi-award-winning company, which has been running for 14 years, is this year tackling Stephen Sondheim’s twisted tale, Into The Woods. Into The Woods intertwines the stories of several […]

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Abergavenny Light Opera Company is alive and well again. It is one of the oldest companies in the town but had hit hard times some years ago when its then current committee decided to disband the society. This came as a shock to many of the members, some of which were determined not to let […]

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