by stiveslocal | Mar 12, 2025 | Arts and entertainment, community news
St Ives Kite Fest is returning, the town council has confirmed, taking place on The Island on 29th March — a fun, free event for all ages! Photograph: Tom Harrison Revived by the council in 2022, the annual event is led by the culture team, who are collaborating once...
by stiveslocal | Feb 25, 2025 | Arts and entertainment
The re-opening of the St Ives Theatre this year will see the return of a local tradition in December — yes, the pantomime is coming back! The organisers have announced that the 2025 production will be Cinderella. The show, which has been written by Alan P Frayn, will...
by stiveslocal | Feb 24, 2025 | Arts and entertainment
Families across Cornwall can now access free online children’s books in different languages, including Cornish. A page from Theo’s Wobbly Tooth (Dans Lows Theo) LOTE 4 Kids is an online collection of digital children’s books in more than 75 languages, including...
by stiveslocal | Feb 17, 2025 | Arts and entertainment
Porthminster Gallery’s first big exhibition of the year opens on 6th March, showcasing work by Ben Nicholson and Patrick Haughton. Patnos Monastery, 1967, by Ben Nicholson Greek and Turkish Forms is a selling exhibition of framed signed etchings from Nicholson’s...
by stiveslocal | Feb 17, 2025 | Arts and entertainment
Uncultivated Land, which is continuing at Anima Mundi until 29th March, demonstrates Andrew Hardwick’s ongoing concern with, and depictions of, the contemporary landscape. The exhibition is another chapter or ongoing documentation of his experience, locale, and our...
by stiveslocal | Jan 27, 2025 | Arts and entertainment
Following on from a successful entrance gallery exhibition of the work of the Leach studio potters, a show of the work has now moved online. This is an array of works made in response to an object from the museum, each potter using it to inform their creative journey....