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Everyone Can-Do!

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can doIf you’ve ever fancied having a go at making your own films, this week’s guest is here to tell you how you can – with just a smart phone or an iPad!

Gillian Bates will be in the studio with the Girls Around Town to talk about how she and George Bassett set up Can-Do Film back in 2014 to encourage the development and creation of great low and no budget film on both a regional and national scale.

can do 2She’ll have news of upcoming workshops in and around Nottinghamshire. Whether you want to start with just the basics and Make A Movie In A Day or delve a little deeper over two days, you’ll have the opportunity to shoot and edit your own short film. No iPad? No worries – you can even borrow one for the course!

Gillian will also be talking about the first Can-Do Film Festival in 2015, plans for the next one in 2017 and their two pop-up cinemas – one in a converted VW camper and the other in a velvet-walled marquee with vintage cinema seats – which are available to hire for screenings at events.

Join Gillian, June and Tina on air or listen online from 10am to 12 noon on Sunday. In the meantime, if you want to see the sort of thing you could achieve with Can-Do, why not take a look here at some of the films made by participants on previous courses?

Let there be lights

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Totally Locally Newark's tree for 2015

Totally Locally Newark’s tree for 2015

Newark’s magnificent Parish Church will be ablaze with fairy lights and glittering decorations from Saturday 5 to Sunday 13 December, as it hosts its eighth annual Christmas Tree Festival.

Over 100 trees are being dressed ready for the opening of the festival at 9.30am tomorrow. Local schools, charities organisations and businesses are all taking part in the event, which is sponsored by solicitors Larken & Co and Tallents.

There’ll be seasonal music, Christmas carols, stalls and a raffle, as well as refreshments throughout the nine days – admission is £2 for adults and 20p for children, with opening hours

  • 9.30am – 5pm Saturdays
  • 11am – 4.30pm Sundays
  • 10am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday

The festival will be brought to a close with Carols of Praise at 6pm on Sunday 13 December.

A feast of local flavours

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food festThe Girls Around Town will be casting the culinary net even wider on Saturday, taking a look at a fabulous festival coming up next month.

Celebrating local food from artisan producers based in and around Nottinghamshire, the Winter FoodFest returns to Thoresby Courtyard near Ollerton on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November.

And who better to give June, Tina and Sue the inside scoop on what to expect than the festival’s organiser?

Alison Lowe will be taking a break from pulling it all together to talk about some of the terrific stalls lined up for this annual event, now in its seventh year.

With cookery demonstrations by local chefs in the Kitchen Theatre, a themed Treasure Hunt for children and plenty of tasty treats to try and buy in the Riding Hall and the Courtyard, it’s a must for foodies. And the ideal opportunity to start preparing for the festive season by stocking up on Christmas fare and gifts…

The Winter FoodFest is open from 10am to 4pm both days, admission is free and there’s plenty of free parking on site too.

For the very latest on all the goodies in offer, don’t forget to tune in or listen online from 10am to 1pm on Saturday…