Hastings Online Times

Archives for 2017 | Page 19 of 78

Formative Films Season at Electric Palace

Was David Bailey the inspiration for the central character in the film Blow Up? Style guru, lecturer, author and photographer Ted Polhemus provides his viewpoint, as the first special guest to share his choice of influential film in a new Formative Film season at the Electric Palace cinema in Hastings Old Town. Starting this Friday 20 October, Polhemus will present Michaelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 iconic film, Blow Up, a countercultural masterpiece set in the streets of swinging London. Annie Waite speaks with the social commentator Polhemus about why the “film about style which gets just about every element of styling spot on” changed his life.

Posted 08:15 Monday, Oct 16, 2017 In: Film Tags: Annie Waite, Antonioni, Blow Up, electric palace cinema, Hastings, ICA. David Bailey, Jane Birkin, jazz music, Jordan Mooney, La Notte, Old Town, punk, Repulsion, Sussex, Ted Polhemus, Vivienne Westwood

Comic Relief sponsored crowd fund for Seaview

As one of Comic Relief’s core grant holders, Seaview has been offered the challenge that if within 6 weeks they can raise £2,536.50 through an active crowdfunding campaign for a project that they endorse that they will release a matching grant of £2,536.50.

Posted 09:10 Saturday, Oct 14, 2017 In: Campaigns Tags: Activate, Assess, Crowdfunding, Develop, RADAR, Recovery, Refocus, Seaview Project, Seaview's Women's Body and Mind Project

Jazz Hastings hosts Damon Brown

Damon Brown, one of Europe’s leading jazz trumpet players and composers, will be leading his Quintet at Jazz Hastings second October session on Tuesday, 17 October at the East Hastings Sea Angling Association on the Stade. Julian Norridge writes.

Posted 08:54 In: Music & Sound Tags: All Party Parliamentary Awards, Art Themen, Damon Brown, East Hastings Sea Angling Association, Ed Jones, Jazz Hastings, John Donaldson, Julian Norridge, Killer Shrimp, Kim Minchan, Kin Daeho, Stan Tracey, Steve Grossman, the Stade

Save St Leonards Crown Post Office takes pledges to Seaford and plans a third public meeting for the local community

At 11.30pm this Saturday at Seaford Post Office, a delegation from St Leonards and Newhaven Crown Post Offices will deliver over 500 pledges to the owner of the Seaford sub-post office. Erica Smith shares the latest campaign’s latest news and plans.

Posted 23:02 Wednesday, Oct 11, 2017 In: Campaigns Tags: campaign, Crown, post office, St Leonards

Wanted – and unwanted – bikes!

Need a kid’s bike for Xmas? Got an old bike soon to be replaced? Bike Lab Hastings, the open access, free workshop that takes place every Wednesday evening from 6 – 8pm at the Labyrinth space on the Lower Promenade, has kids bikes for you for a small donation – and DESPERATELY needs your unwanted bicycles and bike bits!

Posted 08:09 In: Home Ground Tags: Bike Lab Hastings, community bike workshops, labyrinth

Transition Town Hastings invite

Transition Town Hastings (TTH) are very excited to announce their AGM on Sat 21 October at the White Rock Hotel from 10am – 12pm – and to invite you to attend. Their aim is to make the meeting both succinct and interesting.

Posted 07:56 In: Home Ground Tags: AGM, Fossil Free Hastings, Hastings Urban Bikes, sustainable transport forum, The Badger Society, Transition Town Hastings

Rocklands: Beyond a boundary

Posted 06:30 In: Home Ground Tags: Chris Hurrell, conservation area, Country Park, East Hills, HBC, Historic England, Old Town Conservation Area, planning, Rocklands, Save Ecclesbourne Glen, SEG, The Bunker

Hastings Storytelling Festival coming!

November’s just around the corner, which means Hastings Storytelling Festival’s is fast approaching. This year is the seventh festival, with a theme of India Reimagined and a plethora of exciting storytelling events for young and old alike. Naomi Robinson writes.

Posted 17:54 Tuesday, Oct 10, 2017 In: Performance Tags: 18 hours, A Heart At Sea, Benjamin Zephaniah, Benjamin Zephaniah and the Revolutionary Minds, Children’s Storytelling Carnival Day, Dick Edwards, Half A String, Hastings Storytelling Festival, Impossible Theatre, Kala Chethena Kathakali Company, Kerala, Lauren Child, Lightweight, Mandy Curtis, Sarah Evans, Sujata Banerjee Dance Company, Umi Sinha