In this our 8th year of Cultural Delight we were pleased to be joined by Hastings Mayor Cllr. Judy Rogers for the Mayor’s Community Picnic and to take the opportunity to reflect on how essential it is to develop understanding and friendship beyond religious and cultural difference in order to secure a community where bonds of respect and love free us from prejudice and hatred. Report from Tim Miller of the Interfaith Forum.
The Hastings Sierra Leone Friendship Link has launched a disaster recovery appeal after the tragic events have seen hundreds of people die and hundreds more missing after flash floods and landslips hit areas of Freetown and surrounding neighbourhoods in the peninsular area of Sierra Leone. Thousands made homeless as torrents of rain and mud raged through Regent and other settlements close to Freetown in Sierra Leone on Monday night. Entire families and houses were swept away. Survivors were trapped in the mud, amongst the wreckage and in the flood waters whilst the rain continued to pour down.
Hastings Fringe Festival announces two fundraising evenings of performance to raise awareness of The Sara Lee Trust (Thursday 14 September at The Albion), and The Penny Beale Memorial Fund (Sunday 24 September at The Beacon) as part of its events taking place throughout September. Miranda Gavin writes.
This year, Sparkly Bird, a 12 song cycle telling a harrowing true story, has expanded, spread its wings a little, and now has 2 new dancers, Joanna Poulton, and Ruby Chadwick. Sparkly Bird, the emotional story of a woman’s fight with depression and ultimate suicide, now has dance throughout, as well as visuals, lightshow and live music. Local resident, Kat Lee Ryan, talented singer, songwriter and musician is the creator of this heartfelt performance.
In the light of Surrealism #2 has already been flagged up in HOT. HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths went along to see for herself the Hastings take on surrealism, and how it relates to Inverse Reflections in the adjoining Gallery.
It wasn’t the best day to visit Post Office Ltd headquarters in London, but despite the incessant and at times torrential rain, four intrepid emissaries from Save St Leonards Crown Post Office did just that on Wednesday, to hand over copies of letters from local residents protesting about their plans for our post office. Nick Terdre, one of the four, reports.
The new production by ExploreTheArch began this weekend. Erica Smith took a voyage to 19th century Russia to meet Armenian born painter, Ivan Aivazovsky.
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