LUST & The Apple is the new, biblically named venture of Paul Robertson, the former visual art curator of Summerhall in Edinburgh who abruptly left the venue last summer.

Lust & The Apple sees him shift operations to an old primary school in Temple, near Gorebridge, Midlothian for a typically adventurous programme set to be shown both inside and outside the building. Set to open on Friday February 13, the first season will feature The Potters Field by Alexander & Susan Maris, and Damocles, a major installation in the old school car park by Tim Sandys. The exhibitions run until April 20.

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LEITH Folk Club has announced a full programme for February. Singer-songwriter Rosie Nimmo (Tuesday 3rd) is followed by young Scots-Gaelic band Barluath (Tuesday 10), singing duo Sinsheen (Tuesday 17) and transatlantic roots trio Skirlie (Tuesday 24). All gigs take place at Victoria Park House Hotel on Ferry Road. Doors open at 7:30pm.

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EDINBURGH's Playtime jazz sessions celebrate the music of legendary pianist and composer Bill Evans this Thursday, January 29. Playtime regulars Martin Kershaw (saxophones), Graeme Stephen (guitar), Mario Caribe (bass) and Tom Bancroft (drums) salute Evans, who led one of the most influential piano-bass-drums trios in jazz and whose work with Miles Davis included the landmark recording, Kind of Blue. Playtime sessions take place in the Outhouse in Broughton Street Lane and the music begins at 8pm.

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DUNCAN McCrone, whose songwriting successes include the evergreen Always Argyll, is Stirling Folk Club's first guest for 2015. McCrone played in folk groups including Dapplegrim and the Clydesiders before forming his own band, who appear at the folk club's home c/o Stirling Rugby Club on Causewayhead Road on Monday, February 2. Also appearing for the folk club in February are singer, guitarist and banjo player Alastair MacDonald (Monday 9), local band Three and a Tanner (Monday 16), and Ulster singer-songwriter Fil Campbell (Monday 23). All concerts start at 8pm.

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