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

Blackburn Breast Care Support Group, Beardwood Hospital, Preston New Road, Blackburn, 7pm-9pm. Summer Party Night with Strawberries and Cream. Breast Care Nurse in attendance. All welcome.

American Car Owners meeting, The Manor Barn, Padiham Road, Burnley, 7.30pm.

"First Time" -- musical, Queen's Building, Moorhead High School, Accrington.

Higher Croft Community Association, Longshaw Community Centre, Manxman Road, Blackburn, 7pm. AGM. All welcome.

The Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society, Craft Room, Oswaldtwistle Town Hall, 7.30pm. "Women and Children in the Mines," by Alan Davies.

ALPHA Course, Lammack Methodist Church, Lammack Road, Blackburn, 7.30pm.

Friends in Bereavement, training and Development Centre, Burnley General Hospital, 7pm. Speaker: Dorothy Casford.

Blackburn Fellowship for the Hard of Hearing, Ardley Centre, Bent Street, Blackburn, 7.30pm. Food Bingo.

BARSA Driving Course, Blackburn Northern Sports Club, Pleckgate Road, Blackburn, 8pm. Week Four: Motorway Driving.

Personal Development Course, Darwen Access Point, Duckworth Street, Darwen, 1pm-3pm. Until July 16.

Tommy Whittle, Rhythm Station, Rawtenstall, 8.30pm.

"Forkbeard Fantasy" Exhibition, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Museum Street, Blackburn. Until August 31.

After School Club (four-11 year-olds), Burnley Boys' Club, 3pm-6pm.

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

Sculptural Ceramics, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Museum Street, Blackburn. Until June 15.

Surprises in Store Exhibition -- art work and treasures, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Le Mans Crecent, Bolton, 10am-5pm.

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

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

Yoga, White Ash School, Oswaldtwistle, 7pm.

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

Natural History Collections, Towneley Hall East, Burnley.

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

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

Aquarium, Bolton Museum, 10am-5pm.

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.

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.

Victorian Industrial Landscape, The Weavers Triangle, Burnley.

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.

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

Free Computer Training, Daisyfield Centre, Blackburn.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Gawthorpe Hall -- Jacobean Manor House, Burnley.

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

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

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

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

Sequence Dancing, Silverman Hall, Nelson, 7.30pm.

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

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.

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.

Huncoat Ladies' Club, 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.

The Good Olde Days, Pavilion Theatre, Blackpool. Until July 18.

Carnival Messiah, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Quarry Hill, Leeds. Until July 27.

Legends, The ShowBar, Central Pier, Blackpool. Until October 27.

Livin' La Vida Loca, Charter Theatre, Preston, 8pm.

Startime, North Pier, Blackpool. Until July 18.

CINEMA

APOLLO, Burnley: 40 Days and 40 Nights (15), Spider-Man (PG), Star Wars II - Attack of the Clones (PG), Rollerball (15), Unfaithful (15), Big Fat Liar (PG), Murder By Numbers (15), Sat and Sun only Time Machine (PG), Snow Dogs (PG), Thunderpants (PG), Spirit (U), Sat morning Evolution (PG), Thurs only About A Boy (12), Thurs preview Minority Report (12).

APOLLO, Blackburn: Spider-Man (12), Murder by Numbers (15), Rollerball (15), Star Wars II -- Attack of the Clones (PG), Sat and Sun only Thunderpants (PG), Sat and Sun preview Spirit (U), Sat morning Ice Age (U), Thurs only Oceans Eleven (12), Thurs preview Minority Report (12).

GRAND, Clitheroe: Spider-Man (PG), Sun only The Castle (15).

WARNER VILLAGE Walton-le-Dale: Murder By Numbers (15), Monsters Ball (15), Big Fat Liar (PG), Spider-Man (12), Star Wars II (PG), Unfaithful (15), The Time Machine (PG), weekend only Snow Dogs (PG), weekend preivew (Spirit (U), Thurs preview Minority Report (12)

Please note Spider-Man has been made PG certificate by Burnley and Ribble Valley Councils