Hollywood came to The Company of Ten on Thursday in the shape of A-lister Simon Pegg. The Mission Impossible and Star Trek star popped in to say hello when he dropped off a family member who was supporting one the Company's Festival of New Writing shows last night. The two-week-long, one-act feast...
The Collective Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, ‘Biophilia’, features a diverse collection of art by their resident artists celebrating the beauty, complexity and symbolism of plants, exploring our intrinsic desire to be surrounded by living things or their artistic representations. The exhibition takes place at 18 Holywell Hill from July 11-August 15,...
Sopwell Residents Association volunteers are organising the biggest-ever Sopwell community festival – the ‘Cottonmill Gathering’ taking place this Sunday, July 14. The event, which runs from 12noon to 4pm, is expected to attract over 800 people. Elaine Rainsford, who leads the Sopwell Residents Association events group, which organises the festival, said: “Our...
What do you get when you cross a drag queen turned sorceress, a rather charming member of the royal family, and a princess with a penchant for snoozing? It can only be the launch of Harpenden’s Christmas panto, this time getting in ahead of the more widely-publicised Alban Arena to...
At their all-Mozart concert this coming Saturday, St Albans Bach Choir will bid farewell to their music director Andrew Lucas, who has held the post since 1998, the longest tenure of any conductor in the choir's 100 year history. Andrew is also leaving his job as the Cathedral's Master of the...
Summer months are filled with festivals, exhibitions, shows and seasonal celebrations for all ages to enjoy, plus parents need not fret as historical and contemporary attractions such as St Albans Museums and St Albans Cathedral offer enticing programmes to keep the whole family entertained – including lots of free things...
St Albans Times editor Matt Adams will be joining Rev Peter Crumpler, associate minister of St Paul’s Church, St Albans, on Sunday evening, to discuss how to counter fake news and disinformation. The event, ‘Standing for Truth in an Age of Disinformation,’ will be held at the Blandford Road, Fleetville, church...
TEDx St Albans is returning to St Albans this autumn. The event will be held at the Abbey Theatre on October 16 from 10am-5.30pm. The TEDx programme helps communities, organisations and individuals produce TED (technology, entertainment, design) style events - whose mission is ‘ideas worth spreading,’ - at a local level. The theme...
The biggest community event of the year - a huge celebration of the city's patron saint - took place in St Albans on Saturday. For the first time, the Alban Pilgrimage and the Alban Street Festival were held on the same day, providing the perfect opportunity for the whole city to...
The environment took centre stage earlier this month as the Alban Arena hosted the district’s first ever Sustainability Festival Expo. The event, which was organised by Sustainable St Albans, hosted more than 40 different sessions in five dedicated ‘zones’, and initial comments are that it lived up to the promise of...
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