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  • Intro to Linoprinting Workshop

    Gillingham Library Chantry Fields, Gillingham

    Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. A session on learning lino printmaking. All materials […]

    Free

  • Intro to Linoprinting Workshop

    Gillingham Library Chantry Fields, Gillingham

    Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. A session on learning lino printmaking. All materials […]

    Free

  • Bound for Newfoundland

    Zoom

    Jim Case from Newfoundland, Canada will be joining Sturminster Newton Literary Festival for this special talk via Zoom on 8 June 2022. The Sturminster Newton Museum and Mill Society have […]

  • Literary Lunch with Minette Walters at Crown Inn, Marnhull

    Crown Inn, Marnhull Marnhull

    At a literary lunch, special guest Minette Walters will talk about The Swift and the Harrier, her historical novel on the horrors of the Civil War in Dorset, and will […]

    £25

  • In Conversation with Karen Dickson

    Sturminster Newton Library Bath Rd, Sturminster Newton

    Karen Dickson discusses her bestselling books and historical romance writing. Karen Dickson lives in Dorset and used to work at her local branch of WHSmith, where she was fondly known […]

    £6

  • Movement and Dance Workshop

    Beacon Room St Mary's Church, Ferndown

    Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. A session to help you to enjoy movement […]

    Free

  • Singing Workshop

    Beacon Room St Mary's Church, Ferndown

    Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. Come and have a sing- a long, taught by singing teacher Sammy Hurden.

    Free

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    Halstock Village Hall Halstock

    As in the Bard’s day, Festival Players tour as an all-male troupe of skilled professional actors. Supported by their patron, Dame Judi Dench, the company has a growing international reputation for presenting the very best in open-air Shakespeare and are committed to providing accessible and enjoyable performances for all. This summer, Festival Players invites you […]

    £8 – £18

  • Natasha Solomons in Conversation

    The Exchange, Sturminster Newton Sturminster Newton

    Best-selling novelist and screenwriter Natasha Solomons will be discussing her dazzling new novel, I, Mona Lisa, with Sherborne novelist Lulu Taylor. This is a great opportunity to hear Natasha reveal how she came to write this wonderful book and the research she carried out to bring the Mona Lisa to life. “You’ve seen my smile, […]

    £8

  • Cake Sale

    Oborne Playing Field, Oborne, Nr Sherborne DT9 4LA Oborne Playing Field, Nr Sherborne, United Kingdom

    Sale of delicious cakes, biscuits and delicacies along with teas, coffee and soft drinks. All money raised is going towards the upkeep of Oborne Playing Field.

    Free

  • FERNE PARK GARDENS – OPEN DAY

    Ferne Park Gardens Berwick st John, Nr Shaftesbury Dorset

    FERNE PARK GARDENS Berwick St John Nr Shaftesbury Dorset Will be open on Saturday 11th June 10am – 4pm To celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday In memory of Julia Hall and The Hon Alastair Campbell By kind permission of The Viscount and Viscountess Rothermere Entry via North Lodge Admission £5.00 Children Free All proceeds […]

    £5

  • Whispering Willows by Wassail Theatre

    Springhead Gardens Mill Street, Fontmell Magna

    It's 1929. Morris has been planting, harvesting, basket making and drinking tea on his Somerset willow farm since before he can remember. Every year the same pattern repeats itself. Plant, harvest, weave. Plant, harvest, weave... One day he pulls up a particularly large piece of willow with a girl clinging to the end of it! […]

    £5 – £22

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