The Borehamwood-based Glenn Miller Orchestra will perform two shows at the Wyllyotts Centre, in Potters Bar, on Saturday February 23, at 3pm and 7.30pm. The orchestra, directed by Ray McVay, will be joined on the night by The Moonlight Serenaders and the Uptown Hall Gang. 01707 545005. The young people's theatre company, Traffic Light Productions, presents Little Shop of Horrors, the rock-soul musical set in downtown 'Skid Row', at The Radlett Centre, 1 Aldenham Avenue, from Wednesday to Friday, at 7.30pm, February 13 to 15. Tickets £9, £8 concessions. Three sets of champagne and chocolates will be given to the couples who win after leaving their names at the box office while at the Valentines Day show. Box office 01923 859291.

Tropical FM internet radio station continues its weekly salsa dancing classes at Borehamwood Football Club tonight, Thursday, for all ages and abilities, with: beginners from 7.30pm to 8.30pm, intermediates and advanced from 8.30pm to 9.30pm, and a club session from 9.30pm to midnight. Classes £6, and more information at www.tropicalfm.co.uk. 07950 420820 or 07950 123567.

A three-day course will be held in Potters Bar, from Tuesday February 19 to Thursday February 21, which promises to turn aspiring dancers into stars fit for any West End stage. The Talent Time stage company welcomes all abilities and will teach songs and a dance routine from the hit musical Cats. Costs £30. Stuart Glover 07930 400647.

Art

A wide selection of works by the artist Beryl Cook are being exhibited, by Radlett's Studio Quadro, at Elstree Golf Club, in Watling Street, Elstree, until Sunday, February 10, and all pictures are for sale. The exhibition of more than 50 limited edition prints includes Ladies Night and Girls in a Taxi. Studio Quadro 855522.

An exhibition of work, also by Beryl Cook, continues at the The McNeill Fine Art Gallery, in Radlett's Watling Street, until Sunday, February 10. Copies of every work produced by the artist are on show. Opening times: 10am until 6pm, Mondays to Saturdays, and 11am until 5pm, Sundays. 01923 859594.

Radlett Art Society presents Art Nouveau, a lecture by Eunice Kossoff, at The Radlett Centre on Tuesday, February 12, at 1pm. Admission free and all welcome. 01923 859291.

Photographs of places, produced by photography group Hot Shots, are on display at The Radlett Centre, until February 23. Open daily from 10am to 4pm, except Sundays.

For anyone who fancies a trip to the coast, but does not have the time, an art exhibition at The Radlett Centre may help to create the feeling of getting away to fresh air and sea views. Norfolk-based artist Krys Leach presents her paintings in an exhibition, Coasting, from February 26 to the end of March. Opening times, as above.

Children & teenagers

Borehamwood 12 to 16-year-olds, interested in dancing to the latest club mixes, are invited to a half-term workshop, supported by Hertsmere Borough Council. There are places at the Urban Memoirs workshop, with London's Cutting Edge Dance Company, at the Three Ways Community Centre, in Arundel Drive, from 12pm to 4pm on Monday February 18, costing £5. Herts Dance 01707 264815.

There is a Mr Men and Little Miss Show at The Radlett Centre on Friday February 22, at 1pm and 3.30pm. Tickets £7, and family tickets are available. Call the centre, as above.

General

Christians and non-Christians are invited to Alpha, an introduction to the Christian faith. Anyone wanting to know more is invited to St Michael's and All Angels Church, in Borehamwood's Brook Road on Tuesday, February 12, at 7.30pm, for an introduction to Christianity evening with supper. 020 8905 1365.

A six-week course to help people cope with arthritis will be held every Tuesday morning at Holy Cross Church, Balmoral Drive, Borehamwood, from Tuesday, February 12. Admission is free, but places limited. 020 8386 5615.

The Connecting Threads Patchwork Group is holding a meeting on Wednesday, February 13, at 7.30pm, at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Boys, in Elstree's Butterfly Lane. Gilda Baron will give a talk called Inspiration for Landscapes. All welcome. Non-members £3. 020 8953 4406.

The National Blood Service is holding a blood donors' clinic at The Radlett Centre, at 1 Aldenham Avenue, on Monday February 18, 1pm to 8pm. O-type blood is in short supply.

Participants are being sought for a locally-organised, sponsored walk in Aldenham, on Sunday May 26, to raise funds for research into a cure for breast cancer. Elaine 01923 850668, Angie 020 8207 0488 or Judith 020 8953 8521.

Hertsmere Borough Council's 50-plus team has a range of activities available. Tap Dancing classes are held from 2.30pm every Thursday at Borehamwood's Maxwell Park Community Centre, costing £2.40. Keep Fit classes are held from 9.45am every Tuesday at the Brookside Boys Club in Buckton Road, and from 2pm every Wednesday at Farriers Way Hall, in Farriers Way, costing £2.30. Singing lessons, featuring popular songs from musicals and West End shows, are held every Friday from 10am at Elstree's Allum Lane Community Centre, costing £2.90. Line Dancing lessons are held at the Maxwell Park Community Centre from 2.30pm every Tuesday, costing £2.30. 020 8207 7568.

A toy library is available for children at the Borehamwood Family Centre in Elstree Way, from 1pm until 3.30pm on Thursdays and from 1pm until 4pm on Fridays. The library loans toys, books and games to children up to ten years, and has items for young people with special needs. Membership costs £1.50 per year, or 50p concessions. 01438 737400.