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Fourteen Aberdeen Artists Society members respond to Keith Rand's twin sculptures at Aberdeen Art Gallery from Saturday. The same source subject, wildly different interpretations.

Into the Light explores Rand's legacy as sculptor, teacher and constructor.
Out and About: Into the Light at Aberdeen Art Gallery
Into the Light brings together fourteen members of Aberdeen Artists Society, each showing new work made in response to sculptures by Keith Rand.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Nuart Aberdeen swaps murals for poetry in a world-first move. We explore how the festival is turning city walls into canvas for words instead of images this April.

Poetry hits the streets from 23-26 April with international artists.

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Nuart Aberdeen Swaps Big Murals for Poetry in a World First
Nuart Aberdeen shifts from large-scale murals to text-based street art this April, in what curator Martyn Reed calls a world first.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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We've put together a guide to Spectra 2026. The festival runs 5-8 February with 12 installations across Aberdeen for free.

Check out our guide to plan your route through the light festival. Discover what's waiting around each city centre corner.

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Everything You Need to Know About Spectra 2026
Fire sculptures, suspended lanterns and giant blooms take over Aberdeen after dark. This year’s festival runs from 5–8 February.
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January 22, 2026 at 12:05 PM
We've put together a guide to Spectra 2026. The festival runs 5-8 February with 12 installations across Aberdeen for free.

Check out our guide to plan your route through the light festival. Discover what's waiting around each city centre corner.

⭕ Only on POST
Everything You Need to Know About Spectra 2026
Fire sculptures, suspended lanterns and giant blooms take over Aberdeen after dark. This year’s festival runs from 5–8 February.
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January 22, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Pulse returns to Drummonds on Belmont St tonight. 10pm till 2am playing the best in new indie, plus all the usual classic indie/alt tunes.

Free entry as always!

Sponsored by @doricstudio.bsky.social

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January 22, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Cinderella gets a Soho makeover at Aberdeen Arts Centre from tomorrow. Robbie works the laundrette while mayoral candidate James Prince hides an illicit affair.

Politics, scandal and true love collide on Old Compton Street.

Tickets 👇🏼
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January 20, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Glasgow four-piece Plasticine bring grunge, indie and pop to The Tunnels on 20 February. Summer Skye leads the charge across genre boundaries.

Moody Moody and Lecki Lecki support. Three bands filling Tunnels for an evening of alternative rock.

Tickets 👇🏼
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January 20, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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The Nortthen Lights are cool AF rn.

Or.....there's some kind of technicolour catastrophe over the central belt.
January 19, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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A little of that Art Deco, early in the morning.
#photography #Aberdeen
January 19, 2026 at 7:50 AM
It's been an absolutely brutal few days for small businesses in Aberdeen. What can be done to turn this around?
If you missed this week's Geek Grotto, where Craig and I talk about the closure of Plan 9 in Aberdeen, and that state of the comic shop industry generally, the Listen On Demand is available here: www.mixcloud.com/SHMUFM/geek-...
Geek Grotto Episode 257
In this week's Geek Grotto, with the sad news of Aberdeen's Plan 9 comic shop closing, Craig and I sit down to talk memories and the state of the comics collecting scene in Aberdeen and beyond
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January 19, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Bloomsbury's new Bill Gibb book launches at Cowdray Hall tomorrow. Fashion journalists, academics and poets gather to celebrate the Fraserburgh designer who won Designer of the Year in 1970.

Poetry performances and audience Q&A make for a proper celebration of his legacy.

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January 16, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Scott Kyle brings his most personal show to the Tivoli tomorrow. Storytelling meets animation exploring foster care and resilience.

It's Not Where You Start traces memory, belonging and second chances. A powerful tribute to transformation on stage.

Tickets 👇🏼
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January 16, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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Great work by the organisers 👏
January 15, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Aberdeen Jazz Festival lost The Blue Lamp weeks before announcing their 2026 programme. So they went hunting and found 18 unusual spaces across the city instead.

New venues, fresh stages and jazz in unexpected places. Read how the festival bounced back on POST now.

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Aberdeen Jazz Festival Finds New Stages in Unusual Places
After losing a key venue, organisers scattered this year’s programme across 18 spaces. Rather than fall back, organisers went hunting for spaces.
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January 15, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Whoa! We just published post number 500 to our website.

It's the January newsletter that was previously exclusive to subscribers.

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This is January: Looking Back, Looking Forward
We look back at 2025 and forward to what's on in Aberdeen in January. A year of building connections and meeting people showed what matters most.
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January 13, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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I AM FUCKING *DECEASED* LOL

Spanish equivalent of The Onion or The Beaverton announces "Denmark changes the name of Greenland to Epstein Island so that Trump will quit talking about it"
"Seré muy clara: la Isla Epstein es nuestra", ha afirmado la primera ministra danesa esta mañana en una rueda de prensa.

Lee la noticia completa en la web:
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January 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
This hits all the local news internet notes:

1. A cry for help
2. Inclement weather
3. Promise of sexiness
4. Wellies
January 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Support the #STVStrike!

Tomorrow NUJ members at STV will go on strike over damaging cuts to jobs and programming.

Please share solidarity messages or join them in-person if safe to travel ❄️ locations and times ⬇️
January 6, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Has anyone actually told the council about the snow?
January 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Check your inbox ⭕️
January 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Lovely bit of salmon pink sky over the 'Deen just now.
January 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
An hour or so until we hit send. Get in or miss out.
Yo, we're going to send out the January newsletter on Monday.

For now it's going to be exclusive to subscribers (free and paid), so if you aren't already subscribed, get on that now.

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Exploring Aberdeen's arts, music, theatre, and community events. Your guide to what's happening in Scotland's Granite City.
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January 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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Well, I got milk. Was it worth it? No milk, no tea. No tea, no life.
January 4, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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No one going anywhere 😅❄️🌨️
January 5, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Snow-maxxing.
January 5, 2026 at 12:39 PM