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In Another Realm Exhibition with The Travelling Gallery
In Another Realm, a group exhibition developed in collaboration with Sculpture Placement Group (SPG) and featuring the work of artists Laura Aldridge, Nick Evans, Louise Gibson, Aimee Lax, Aniara Omann & Daisy Richardson. In Another Realm takes inspiration from science fiction’s engagement with the environment and the genre’s value as a tool for thinking critically about climate change. The selection…
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Graveyard Wildlife Safari with SWSEIC
Join South West Scotland Environmental Information Centre for a morning of wildlife hunting at St Michael’s Churchyard. We’ll be looking for the plants and critters that call these hallowed grounds home and recording them through citizen science to raise our local and national understanding of the role graveyard play as a habitat for wildlife. Event…
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Dumfries and Galloway and the World with Dumfries Museums
Join Museum Curator, Judith Hewitt, for a fully illustrated talk exploring the many and varied connections between Dumfries and Galloway and the world. This talk will consider objects in the museum’s collection that are evidence of our global history – shabtis from Ancient Egypt, Native American clothing, items from China, Japan and Africa. It will…
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Zoetrope Workshop with St Michael’s Church
Join us for a creative day of making your very own mini animation using a zoetrope. The theme for this workshop will be “Geese in Flight.” What is a Zoetrope?Imagine a simple spinning drum with pictures inside. When you spin it and look through the slots, those still images come to life and appear to…
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Feathers with Stories with The Devil’s Porridge Museum &
Join us at The Devil’s Porridge Museum for Feathers and Footsteps, a creative and immersive workshop exploring powerful stories of migration — in both the natural world and human history. Organised as part of the Wild Goose Festival, led by The Stove, this special event is a collaboration between The Devil’s Porridge Museum and WWT…
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Zoetrope Workshop with St Michael’s Church
Join us for a creative day of making your very own mini animation using a zoetrope. The theme for this workshop will be “Geese in Flight.” What is a Zoetrope?Imagine a simple spinning drum with pictures inside. When you spin it and look through the slots, those still images come to life and appear to…
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Halloween Bat Walk with Loch Ken Trust & Castle Douglas Development Forum
Come along to The Crannog, next to beautiful Carlingwark Loch for a spooky kids Halloween Bat Walk, with storytelling and crafts. 4:30pm Bat Talk5pm Games and Crafts6pm Bat Walk6:30pm SunsetBack for hot chocolates Event InformationThis is an outdoor event.Children to be accompanied by an adult.Price includes hot chocolate.To book email [email protected]. From £2.50 Booking Required
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Dusk Flight with WWT
As the sun goes down, walk out to look over the saltmarsh whilst waiting for the geese to fly over to the mudflats where they spend the evening. Enjoy a hot drink on return to the Visitor Centre. Event InformationThis is an outdoor event.Please wear warm and waterproof clothing and footwear. Binoculars are encouraged, although not required.…
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A Bardy Gather In with Margot Henderson & DJ McDowell
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River Writes with DJ McDowell & Margot Henderson
Join DJ McDowell & Margot Henderson for a reflective writing walk along the river Nith, following the rhythm and rhyme of the river as it flows through place and time. We’ll share some simple writing prompts on All welcome. Come if you feel drawn. Like the river, the writing twists and turns, but there’s no…