Arts

  • Macclesfield artist wins Turner Prize

    By on December 6, 2016

    Maxonian Helen Marten has won the Turner Prize, and has said she intends to share the £25,000 award with her fellow nominees. The youngest on...

  • No Place Like Home

    By on December 1, 2016

    How about this for creative marketing. Mill Street shop, No Place Like Home, have created a youtube Christmas sensation – on a shoestring budge – and all...

  • Top marketing award for Tatton

    By on November 28, 2016

    Tatton Park has won the award for Cheshire’s Best Tourism Marketing Project for its successful ‘Roald Dahl’s Tremendous Adventures at Tatton Park’ experience running throughout...

  • Puss Bank wins Shop for Schools event

    By on November 26, 2016

    Above: Grosvenor Shopping Centre manager Ed Kennedy with Puss Bank School English CO Ordinator Suzanne Cross and children, Lydia Carter, Ava Cotterill, Brooke Lovatt, Mia Wilcock,...

  • What’s on at Cinemac

    By on November 25, 2016

    Cinemac Heritage Centre
, Roe Street
, Macclesfield SK11 6UT Recorded Information: 01625 423535 Enquiries: 07871 422937 MIDNIGHT SCREENING: ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY now bookable for Wednesday 14 December...

  • Buxton Opera House and Flash chapel feature on tv

    By on November 25, 2016

    Buxton Opera House and the converted Flash Methodist Chapel were recently featured on BBC 2’s Escape to the Country Check out the full programme on iplayer:...

  • Festive Fridays offer a taste of Tudor Christmas

    By on November 25, 2016

    A chance to taste Tudor Christmas nibbles, such as crab apple jelly and marchpane bacon will be on the menu as part of Festive Fridays...

  • Faces from Macclesfield’s past on show

    By on November 24, 2016

    Macclesfield Museums have acquired two eighteenth-century portraits of Macclesfield residents, which are now on display in The Old Sunday School. The paintings, by Joseph Wright of...

  • Evoke art exhibition

    By on November 23, 2016

    Featuring a range of exceptional Painting, Ceramics, Pastels, Charcoal, Landscape Photography and Mixed Media artwork  this promises to be an exciting, engaging and inspirational exhibition...

  • Painting will be brought to life at Lyme this Christmas

    By on November 18, 2016

    For the first time, Lyme will be opening some of it’s beautiful rooms for the Christmas season. Decorated in sumptuous Edwardian style, this year’s theme,...

  • Make it a Christmas to remember at Dunham Massey

    By on November 15, 2016

    Experience the most wonderful time of the year in beautiful surroundings at Dunham Massey. Enjoy festive family fun with our Find Rudolph trail, find unique...

  • Get ready – for a riot of fun!

    By on November 14, 2016

    Get ready for a riot of fun as Jimmy Cauty’s art installation, the ADP Riot Tour, comes to Macclesfield. Organisers have arranged lots of activities...

  • Council secures £90,000 for digital events

    By on November 9, 2016

    Cheshire East Council has secured a £90,000 grant to run a digital-focused programme of interactive events, exhibitions and workshops. The grant from Arts Council England...

  • English Touring Opera’s Buxton Autumn season

    By on November 1, 2016

    English Touring Opera’s Autumn Season – ‘Tales of the Serenissima: Baroque Opera from Venice’ – is visiting Buxton opera house with three productions on 17,...

  • December at Macclesfield Museums

    By on November 1, 2016

    Exhibition: Museums of Cheshire The Old Sunday School, Heritage Centre, Roe Street, Macclesfield SK11 6UT Exhibition on until 7 January 2017 Open Monday to Saturday,...

  • Keeping Macclesfield on the Cultural Map

    By on October 28, 2016

    Barnaby is championing an exciting project to bring an acclaimed artwork to Macclesfield next month and is asking for your support. Something Curious Coming to...

  • Barnaby Autumn bulletin

    By on October 20, 2016

    Welcome to the Autumn Bulletin – from the people behind the Barnaby Festival Summer may be over and we might be celebrating our successes with...

  • Record high for Cheshire East tourism

    By on October 17, 2016

    Above: Quarry Bank Mill Tourism spending has hit a new record in Cheshire East thanks to higher visitor numbers across the borough – which topped 15...

  • Shadows, spooks and superstition at Tudor hall

    By on October 15, 2016

    Not quite bell, book and candle but light, books and candle burns feature in a Hallowtide festival at Little Moreton Hall. The ‘Autumn Lights’ contemporary...

  • Arts Council boost for Barnaby 2018

    By on October 11, 2016

    Building on the success of the ten days of ‘Space’ themed celebrations in June, Barnaby has won funding to invest in developing ideas and community...