Published on Friday 18 September 2015 at 9:45 am
Director of graphic art documentary, Anthony Peters, will be introducing his film, Made You Look at the next meeting of Blackburn creative businesses.
Filed under: Blackburn is Open | Creative Hive | Creative Lancashire | Source Creative
Published on Tuesday 25 August 2015 at 1:53 pm
With the motto, Arte et Labore (By Skill and Hard Work), Blackburn is the natural place to launch Britain’s first National Festival of Making.
Filed under: arts | Blackburn is Open | Festival of Making
Published on Friday 21 August 2015 at 2:54 pm
The latest issue of By Skill & Hard Work is out now complete with ‘How To’ guides from Blackburn’s creative community.
Filed under: Blackburn is Open | By Skill and Hard Work
Published on Wednesday 8 July 2015 at 3:23 pm
Former Blackburn is Open intern has taken the next steps in her career after being chosen to help coordinate a dance show for a major international arts festival.
Filed under: Blackburn is Open | Councillor | Manchester International Festival | MIF
Published on Thursday 25 June 2015 at 4:33 pm
Here’s our list of events in & around Blackburn & Darwen from Monday, 29th June to Sunday 5th July 2015.
Filed under: Blackburn is Open | Blackburn Town Centre | Blakeys | Darwen Library Theatre | Darwen Town Centre | King George's Hall | The Bereau | Turton Tower | what's on
Published on Friday 22 May 2015 at 10:00 am
Blackburn’s Big Lunch on Sunday, June 7 will bring people together from across the borough for a summer street party.
Filed under: Big Lunch | Blackburn is Open | Blackburn Town Centre | Chutney for Change
Published on Tuesday 19 May 2015 at 1:05 pm
Did you attend the Acid House raves in the late 80s and early 90s?
Blackburn photographer Derren Lee Poole has created a photographic and audio exploration of the legacy of acid house rave culture on Blackburn.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn is Open | Derren Lee Poole | Urban Room
Published on Wednesday 13 May 2015 at 10:18 am
Artists Alex Wareing and Antonia Hennerley are getting ready to launch Blackburn’s first printmaking festival.
Blackburn Printfest will run from Friday, May 15 to Saturday, May 16 and will see printmakers come from all over the UK to show their work.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn is Open | Blackburn Printfest | The Bureau | Town Centre
Published on Wednesday 11 March 2015 at 2:33 pm
The latest downloadable Shuttle is now available for you to read in PDF format. To see all the latest news and updates about major regeneration projects in the borough, view the latest and past printed Shuttles here.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn is Open | Blackburn Town Centre | budget | Cathedral Quarter | Councillor | Just Good Friends
Published on Tuesday 10 February 2015 at 4:48 pm
The Bureau – Centre for the Arts is Blackburn’s newest arts venue and to celebrate the setting up of this exciting new venture it is flinging open its doors to invite people to Get Creative.
Filed under: Art | Blackburn is Open | Creative | The Bureau
Published on Wednesday 28 January 2015 at 4:07 pm
Retro games art exhibition Pixel Lust returns for a second time with new levels and even higher scores.
Filed under: Art | Blackburn is Open | exhibition | Pixel Lust
Published on Monday 19 January 2015 at 3:33 pm
By Skill and Hard Work (BS&HW) celebrates the talented people who live, work and play in Blackburn.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn is Open | By Skill and Hard Work
Published on Thursday 11 December 2014 at 1:29 pm
The weather is too windy to hold a lantern parade this evening and even though it may subside a little, it’s likely that it will still be too strong to walk round with lanterns.
Filed under: Blackburn Cathedral | Blackburn is Open | lantern parade
Published on Thursday 13 November 2014 at 10:36 am
Port and stilton, Bakewell tart and toast and marmalade are just a few of the delicious flavours that will soon be on offer at a new boutique chocolate shop.
Filed under: Assistance to Industry | Blackburn is Open | Blackburn Town Centre | Councillor | Local Business | Maureen Bateson
Published on Wednesday 12 November 2014 at 2:53 pm
A pop up recruitment shop is opening in Blackburn.
Capita TV Licensing, which is based in India Mill in Darwen, will be giving information out about its vacancies in the Blackburn Is Open shop in King William Street on Monday November 17 between 10am and 4pm.
Filed under: Blackburn is Open | Councillor | Executive Member for Regeneration | Maureen Bateson | Recruitment
