Chris Smith, who chaired the judges in 2012 when RAMM won the ArtFund Prize for Museum of the Year, will reflect on the aspects of RAMM’s transformation that particularly won the judges’ admiration and on how this leads into a broader vision of how museums generally can fulfil their best and most compelling roles in the future.
Tickets are £7, £5 conc, available in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours.
Following on from the success of their annual Plant Sales, the 2013 Garden Fair at Poltimore House seeks to offer a diverse range of plants and other garden related products of the domestic garden.
Suitable for anyone interested in gardening. Refreshments will be available throughout the day.
Dogs on leads welcome.
Adults £3 (£2 Friends of Poltimore House), £5 for 2 adults, children under 16 free.
For more information email: events@poltimore.org or telephone: 01392 248938
Michael Morpurgo, the award-winning author of War Horse, Private Peaceful and Adolphus Tips, is RAMM’s chief patron and a passionate supporter of museums.
He has visited RAMM many times as a parent, grandparent and writer. In this family evening he will talk about his connection with and love of Devon, its people and landscape, and their place in his stories.
A fundraising event for the RAMM Development Trust.
Tickets are £10, £5 conc and are available in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours.
West Country-based winner in the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, researcher and ecologist, Mark Tatchell, will share his passion and fascination with the pristine Antarctic environment in a lecture building on his extensive experience of working as a wildlife guide on expeditions.
Through his photographs, he will explore the wildlife of this beautiful icy continent.
Complementing the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition which is at RAMM until 2 June 2013.
Tickets £6 (£4.50) are available in person or by...
The Budleigh Jazz Festival 2013 brings three nights of live Jazz to suit all tastes to the town of Budleigh Salterton.
The exciting line-up this year features:
Friday 19 April - Both of the Devon Jazz Youth Orchestras 1 and 2
These students will display their abilities under the direction of Brian Moore. They play big band arrangements including those from the Count Basie Band.It is not often one can hear a live big band playing Jazz today.
Tickets £10.
Saturday 20 April - An All Star evening features…Trumpet and Flugel Horn, Bruce Adams
Emma Johnson has an international career as a soloist. She has performed across Europe, the USA and the Far East, as well as in Africa and Australia in venues such as the Kennedy Center, the Concertgebouw, the Louvre and the Barbican.
In Britain she has achieved particular popularity with her two discs on the Universal label, Voyage and The Mozart Album, which spent many weeks at the top of the Classical Charts. She is joined by her regular duo partner, the distinguished pianist John Lenehan.
Happy nappies is the name of the game this week as the Devon Real Nappy Project joins in the celebrations for Real Nappy Week (15-21 April).
This national annual event is designed to raise awareness, promote the benefits and show parents how easy modern real nappies are to use. This year’s theme is Real Nappies…..Real Change! to inspire a new generation of parents to make the change and go real.
Real nappies –also called washable, reusable or cloth - are around £500 cheaper than disposables, up to 40% better for the environment and don’t contain chemicals or gels found in...
Hospices across England providing end of life care for children and adults have been awarded a share of £60 million government funding to improve care environments and settings.
A total of 176 hospices will benefit from the fund, which will be used to invest in creating new spaces for patients, their families and carers, whilst also supporting the care hospices provide to people in their own homes.
Successful initiatives awarded funding in the South West include:
• £509,592 for a new day care unit building at Hospicare in Exeter...
A weekend of folk music and entertainment held mostly at indoor venues in the village of Cheriton Fitzpaine - just a short drive from Crediton, Tiverton and Exeter.
As well as ticketed concert events, there will be free entertainment around the village, such as Morris Dancers, for all the family to watch and enjoy.
Entertainment takes place on Friday night, Saturday afternoon and Sunday lunchtime.
Click here for the full programme of entertainment and booking information.
Some camping space is available in the village. See website for venue map and advice...
