Branded Studios in Dorset have partnered with Showcase Cinemas, a world leader in the cinema exhibition industry, to release the critically acclaimed Rocky documentary – Becoming Rocky: The Birth of a Classic on their brand new video-on-demand streaming platform.
An emergency grant of £255,038 for Lighthouse has been announced by Arts Council England and confirms the short-term survival of Poole’s centre for the arts.
Poole Museum and Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum in Bournemouth have reopened today, Tuesday 7 July.
Dorset Arts Festival, a brand new three-day outdoor event showcasing the best artists and makers in the county, was launched on 3 July and continued throughout the weekend.
Libraries managed by Dorset Council, which have been much missed over the past three months, are to re-open next week. However, it will be phased.
To mark the Royal Corps of Signals 100th anniversary, a balloon carrying a Royal Corps of Signals cap badge – called a Jimmy – was sent into space.
Weymouth Town Bridge will be 90 years old on 4 July, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, celebrations will be kept low key.
Best-selling author Minette Walters wants children and young people to share their lockdown experiences for a summer short story competition in aid of Julia’s House Children’s Hospice.
Due to government guidelines regarding the coronavirus pandemic, the Swanage Railway ran its last public trains on the weekend of 14 and 15 March with its shop and café closing on Thursday 19 March.
Following the coronavirus pandemic, the organisers of Wimborne Minster Folk Festival re-scheduled the event from 12-14 June to 7-9 August this year.
