


THREESIXFIVE TRISIACOIG - A YEAR IN THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS @ Inverness Museum And Art Gallery
In 2007, Fin Macrae ran a photography project for Highland 2007 that was wide reaching and diverse. From Shetland in the North to Argyll

THE STEAMIE @ The Little Theatre, Nairn
Written by Tony Roper and brought back by public demand.http://www.nairndrama.org.uk/

LIVE SESSION@ Hootananny
Live folk session.

HIDDEN HIGHLAND HISTORIES WW2 @ Inverness Museum And Art Gallery
Spies, code-breakers and evacuees are just some of the topics covered in this exhibition of images, photographs and film of the Second World War at home and abroad. The exhibition is based on first hand experiences which are at times harrowing and traumatic but also courageous, surprising and funny. The project was developed over 9 months as part of a national initiative, ‘Their Past Your Future 2’, in partnership with the Highland Print Studio, Highland Museums and Highland independent museums.

MERKINCH NATURE @ Inverness Museum And Art Gallery
Through March 2010Stunning photographs taken in the new local nature reserve at Merkinch.

INVERNESS MUSIC FESTIVAL@ Eden Court
Once again Eden Court will host the annual Inverness Music Festival – ten days of competition involving over 4000 performers.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND@ Vue Cinema Inverness, 9.20am
19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.

PERCY JACKSON & THE LIGHTNING THIEF@ Vue Cinema Inverness, 10.50am
It's the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters have walked out of the pages of high school student Percy Jackson's Greek mythology texts and into his life. And they're not happy: Zeus' lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Even more troubling is the sudden disappearance of Percy's mother. As Percy finds himself caught between angry and battling gods, he and his friends embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true lightning thief, save Percy's mom, and unravel a mystery more powerful than the gods themselves.

LEAP YEAR@ Vue Cinema Inverness, 12pm
A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country odyssey just might result in her getting engaged.

AVATAR 2D@ Vue Cinema Inverness, 12.50pm
A paraplegic marine dispatched to the planet Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG @ Vue Cinema Inverness, 1.40pm
The classic fairytale gets an updated twist in Disney's animated musical comedy set in the French quarter of the city of New Orleans. Transformed into a frog by the evil voodoo man Dr Facilier, Prince Naveen from the land of Maldonia goes in search of a princess to break the spell. He finds a young African-American girl called Tiana and, mistaking her for a princess, asks her for a restorative kiss. Things, however, don't go to plan when the kiss only succeeds in changing Tiana into a frog too. Together, the two unfortunate amphibians go in search of Mama Odie, the good voodoo priestess of the Bayou. As they make their way through the mystical bayous of Louisiana, they encounter new friends in the form of Louis, a trumpet-playing alligator, and Ray, a hopelessly romantic firefly.
Film Times

THE GREENZONE@ Vue Cinema Inverness, 5.30pm
Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region.

THE CRAZIES@ Vue Cinema Inverness, 6.20pm
As a toxin begins to turn the residents of Ogden Marsh, Iowa into violent psychopaths, sheriff David Dutton (Olyphant) tries to make sense of the situation while he, his wife (Mitchell), and two other unaffected townspeople band together in a fight for survival.

AN EVENING WITH CHARLIE LANDSBOROUGH@ Eden Court Empire, 7.30pm
Charlie and his five-piece band play to sell-out audiences and are well known for keeping concertgoers enthralled with his heartfelt and telling lyrics and his very human anecdotes.

MEETING OF STITCH THREAD AND BEYOND@ Culloden Academy Community Room, 7.30pm
Hand made yarn to use in embroidery with Isabel McCallum-Scott.Members £1 visitors £4All Welcome.For further information contact : Ann Carmichael at highlandeg@yahoo.com

THE PLANTS OF THE HOHE TAUERN@ Nairn Community Centre, 7.30pm
Highland Rock Garden Club Talk with Carol & David Shaw, entry £2, telephone 01309 641405 for more details

CARLENE CARTER @ The Ironworks, 7.30pm
Country rock legend. With support from Willie and Tabs MacAskill.Carlene Carter has always straddled the line between country and rock. Daughter of the legendary June Carter Cash and Country Music Hall of Famer Carl Smith, and step-daughter of the enduring Johnny Cash, she is heir to one of the richest musical legacies of all time. Long known as a Nashville 'wild child', the young Carlene Carter embarked on a series of ricochet romances, musical experiments, and headline-grabbing escapades that made her one of the most colourful characters in the country-rock pantheon. A stint in London resulted in marriage to rock star Nick Lowe and to her acclaimed 1980 album Musical Shapes, forerunner of a sound Nashville would come to embrace in the 1990s. When her 'party girl' era ended, Carlene joined her mother and aunts as a member of the Carter family. Touring with the Johnny Cash Show, Carter embraced her country roots and began her own records again, this time on Music Row. In the 1990s she earned a Grammy Award nomination and sailed to the top of the country charts with such hits as "I Fell in Love," "Come on Back" and "Every Little Thing." Carter's long-awaited current release, Stronger, represents a mature melding of influences. Her witty personality, ready smile and country-hip manner continue to charm rock and country audiences alike. Support for this night comes from Willie

FERGUS & GREG@ The Market Bar, 9pm
CHILL OUT SESSION@ The Vault, Aviemore, 9pm
Easy Listening Night with a mix of music to relax to.

QUIZ NIGHT@ The Picture House, 9.30pm
Can you answer the questions?

SCHIEHALLION@ The Gellions, 9.30pm
live music.

DEAD GREATFUL@ The Gellions, 10pm
live music.

DISCO AND DARTS@ The Vault, Aviemore, 10.30pm
THE LOVELY BONES@ Vue Cinema Inverness, 11.10pm
Based on the best selling book by Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones is the story of a 14-year-old girl from suburban Pennsylvania who is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from Heaven, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.

THE WOLFMAN @ Vue Cinema Inverness, 11.50pm
Universal Studios resurrects the classic lycanthrope with this tale of an American who experiences an unsettling transformation after returning to his ancestral home in Victorian-era Great Britain and being attacked by a rampaging werewolf. His brother having recently vanished without a trace, haunted nobleman Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro) returns to his family estate to investigate. What he discovers upon reuniting with his estranged father (Anthony Hopkins), however, is a destiny far darker than his blackest nightmares. As a young boy, the untimely death of his mother caused Talbot to grow up before his time. Though Talbot would attempt to bury his pain in the past by leaving the quiet Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor behind, the past returns with a vengeance when his brother's fiancée, Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt), convinces him to return home and aid the search for his missing brother. But something monstrous has been stalking the residents of Blackmoor from the nighttime shadows, something not quite human. Not even recently arrived Scotland Yard inspector Aberline (Hugo Weaving) can dream up a rational explanation for the gruesome spell that has been cast over Blackmoor, yet rumors of an ancient curse persist to this very day. According to legend, the afflicted will experience a horrific transformation by the light of the full moon, their animal rage becoming far too powerful for their human bodies to contain. Now, the woman Talbot loves is in mortal danger, and in order to protect her he must venture into the moonlit woods and destroy the beast before it destroys her. But this isn't your typical hunt, because before the beast can be slain, a simple man will uncover a primal side of himself that he never knew existed. Screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker pens a film directed by Joe Johnston and featuring creature effects by special-effects makeup legend Rick Baker. [D-Man2010]
Set in the late 1880s, the film keeps the plotline of the original, with Lawrence Talbot (Benicio del Toro) meeting his father (Anthony Hopkins) following the death (and in the remake, disappearance) of his brother. The film details events during Lawrence's past that led to his estrangement from his father (which includes Gwen), and the setting is changed from the mythical Welsh village of Llanwelly to the English village of Blackmore and the city of London. The official synopsis states Talbot was traumatized by his mother's death as a child, while Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt) is his brother's fiancée. Following his brother's disappearance, Talbot hunts a murderer, which turns out to be a werewolf, and the curse is passed on.
