A LOOK at events, from amateur theatre to rambles through our beautiful countryside.

Blackburn Local History Society meet Blackburn Society for the Blind, above the White Bull, Railway Road, Blackburn, 7.15pm. Speaker: Frank Watson.

Derek Acorah, Mechanics, Manchester Road, Burnley, 8pm.

BARSA Driving Course, Blackburn Northern Sports Club, Pleckgate, Blackburn, 8pm. Week Six: Roadcraft Video.

Blood Donor Sessions, Central United Reformed Church, Duckworth Street, Darwen, 2pm-4pm and 5.30pm-7.30pm.

Bruce Adams, Alan Barnes and Roy Williams Dixilanders, Rhythm Station, Rawtenstall, 8.30pm.

Original Oil Paintings by Tom Riley, Darwen Library. Until November 8.

Blackburn Artists Society Autumn Exhibition, Blackburn Cathedral, 9am-4.30pm.

Nelson Camera Club, Holmefield House Community Centre, Gisburn Road, Barrowford, 7.45pm.

Line Dancing, Guide Conservative Club, School Lane, Guide, 7.30pm-10.30pm.

3D Karaoke, Hare and Hounds, Padiham.

Painting for Pleasure, Religious Society of Friends, Walverden Road, Burnley, 2pm-4pm.

Disco and Quiz Night, Thatch and Thistle, Surrey Road, Nelson.

Trevor's Quiz Night, White Lion, Burnley Road, Rawtenstall, 9.30pm.

Tae Kwon Do, Padiham Town Hall, 5.30pm-6.30pm.

Victorian Industrial Landscape, The Weavers Triangle, Burnley.

After School Club for four to 11-year-olds, Burnley Boys Club, 3pm-6pm.

Museum, Gift Shop, Art Gallery and Tea Room, Pendle Heritage Centre, Park Hill, Barrowford, Nelson.

Yoga for Beginners, Nazareth Unitarian Chapel, Knights Hill, Padiham, 2pm and 7pm.

Over 50s Club, Queensgate Pentecostal Church, Burnley, noon.

Gawthorpe Hall -- Jacobean Manor House, Burnley.

Children's Street Dance Class, Sanderson Dance and Fitness Centre, 10 Churchill Way, Lomeshaye Industrial Estate, Nelson, 5pm-6pm.

Natural History Collections, Towneley Hall East, Burnley.

Rockwater Bird Conservation Centre, Foxstones Lane, Mereclough, Cliviger, Burnley.

Marcus Rees-Robers -- powerful digitally reworked images, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery.

Courses in Christian Education, St Barnabas Christian College, Johnston Street, Blackburn. Until December.

"Witchcraft" Exhibition, Clitheroe Castle Museum, 11am-4.30pm. Until December.

Parents and Tots, New Methodist Church, Blackburn Road, Darwen, 1pm-3pm.

Tae Kwon Do, Harrisons Institute, Charles Street, Blackburn, 6.30pm-8pm.

Clitheroe WI Market, Parish Church Lower Hall, York Street, Clitheroe, 10.30-11.45am.

Yoga, White Ash School, Oswaldtwistle, 7pm.

Tea Club, Parish Rooms, Worsthorne, 1.30pm-3.30pm.

Ribblesdale Camera Club, Ribble Lane, Chatburn, 7.30pm.

Aquarium, Bolton Museum, 10am-5pm.

Pub Skittles, Brewers Arms, Oswaldtwistle, 6pm. Children welcome but must be accompanied by an adult.

Craft Group, St Andrew with St Margaret and St James, Burnley, 1.30pm.

Belmont Morris Dancers, Westbury Gardens, off Audley Range, Blackburn, 6-9.30pm. Girls aged five and over.

Line Dancing, Railway Club, Rosegrove, Burnley, 7.30pm.

Bolton Astrological Society, Ukranian Centre, Castle Street, Bolton, 8pm. Beginners welcome.

Folk Night, The Bay Horse, Osbaldeston, from 8.30pm.

Sequence Dancing, Silverman Hall, Nelson, 7.30pm.

Bingo, The Collinson Club, Harvey Street, Oswaldtwistle, 1.45pm-4pm.

Tea Dances (easy sequence), Accrington Town Hall, 1.30pm-4pm.

Line Dancing (beginners and intermediates) 7pm; Advanced, 8pm, Mellor Village Hall.

Aromatherapy, reflexology, facial and beauty treatments, Ageing Well Centre, Age Concern, 4 King Street, Blackburn, 10am-3pm.

Group for anyone with addiction problems, THOMAS project, St Annes House, France Street, Blackburn, 2.30pm.

New Friends of Hyndburn Widows Club meet 13 Hereford Close, Accrington, 7pm-9pm.

Luncheon Club, 12 noon; OAP Club, 2pm-3pm, Derwent Hall, George Street, Darwen.

Sequence Dancing, Padiham Town Hall, 1.30pm.

Line Dancing, Beechwood Club, Little Harwood, Blackburn, 7pm.

Sequence Dancing, Senior Citizens Club, St Paul's Church, Audley, Blackburn, 1.45pm-3.45pm. New members welcome.

Social Bridge, Whalley Village Hall, 7pm.

Volunteer Drop-In, New Era Centre, Paradise Street, Accrington, 10am-2pm.

Line Dancing -- beginners 7pm-8pm; intermediates 8pm-10pm, Mellor Village Hall.

Territorial Army meeting, Moss Street, Daisyfield, Blackburn, 7.30pm-9.30pm. New members welcome.

Yoga, Raphael Holistic Centre, Bank Chambers, Belgrave Square, Darwen, 7.30pm-9pm.

Free Computer training, Daisyfield Centre, Blackburn.

Lunch Club and Social, noon-3pm; Youth Club, 7pm-9pm, Livesey Community Base, 132 Brookway, Blackburn.

Earcroft Community Base, Hawkshaw Avenue, Darwen: Basic IT training with creche 9.30-11.30am; public access IT noon-2pm; Teeny Group for 5-10 years 4.30-6pm.

Hippings Vale Artists, Harvey Street Community Centre, Oswaldtwistle, 9.30am-noon and 1.30pm-4pm.

Great Harwood Male Voice Choir rehearsals, Antley Methodist Church, Accrington, 7.15pm-9.30pm.

Mystique, The Horseshoe, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool.

The Bradley Beaver Show, Beaver Creek Theme Park, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool.

Sabden Horticultural Society event, a talk and slide show entitled Vegetables: Harvestiing to the show bench at St Mary's Hall, Sabden, 7.30pm.

Hot Ice, The Arena, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool.

Mental Health Support Group, 9.30am-11.30am; Senior Social Club, 1pm-3pm; Smarties Parent and Toddler, 1pm-3pm; Junior Youth Club (age eight to 11), 3.45pm-5.30pm; Exercise Class, 6pm-7pm; Senior Youth Club, 7pm-9pm, Darwen Community Centre, Knott Street, Darwen.

Southside Johnny, Jumpin Jaks, Portland Street, Manchester.

Joking Apart and Snake In The Grass, Octagon Theatre, Bolton.

The Man Who Committed Thought, The Studio, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.

Studs, Charter Theatre, Preston, 7.30pm.

The Hobbit, Alhambra Theatre, Bradford.

Hector's House, Grand Theatre, Blackpool.

Hunter Moore, Jim's Acoustic Cafe, New Market Street, Colne, 7.30pm.

The Good Olde Days, Pavilion Theatre, Blackpool.

Beauty and the Beast, Palace Theatre, Oxford Street, Manchester. Until February 8.

Return to the Forbidden Planet, Opera House, Blackpool.

The Bradley Beaver Show, Beaver Creek Theme Park, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool.

Hamlet, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Quarry Hill, Leeds, 7.30pm. Until November 30.

King Lear, Quarys Theatre, The Lowry, Manchester, 7.15pm.

CINEMA

APOLLO, Blackburn: xXx (12A), Halloween: Resurrection (15), Big Fat Greek Wedding (PG), K19: The Widowmaker (12A), Lilo & Stitch (U), Red Dragon (15), Saturday morning Spy Kids, Thurs only Windtalkers (15).

APOLLO, Burnley: Lilo & Stitch (U), My Little Eye (18), Powerpuff Girls (PG), Red Dragon (15), xXx (12A), Signs (12A), K19: The Widowmaker (12A), S1mOne (PG), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (PG), Halloween: resurrection (15), High Crimes (12A), They (15), Fri, Sat and Sun Spy Kids 2 (U), Clockstoppers (PG), Thurs only (Frailty (15), Thurs preview Changing Lanes (15), Thurs preview 28 Days Later (18), Sat morning The Crocodile Hunter (PG).

WARNER, Walton-le-Dale: K19-Widowmaker (12A), xXx (12A), Powerpuff Girls (PG), Red Dragon (15), Lilo & Stitch (U), Halloween: Resurrection (15), Signs (12A), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (PG), My Little Eye (18), Road to Perdition (15), Fri, Sat and Sun only Powerpuff Girls (PG), Fri, Sat and Sun only Clockstoppers (PG), Fri, Sat and Sun only Spy Kids 2 (U).