UnConvention, a free one-day music conference aimed at the grassroots of the industry, returns for the fourth year to Hastings Fat Tuesday Music Festival, taking place on Monday 12 February, 10am–5.30pm in the Sussex Hall, White Rock Theatre, Hastings. Hannah Collisson writes.
Words by local resident, thinker and dedicated worker in the field of autism, Kay Early, who adds: “A double meaning quote I made up whilst watching the rain and feeling a bit flat, but also in awe of our world.”
‘Sounds of Grace.’ Liking the sound of these words and drawn to the concept of sound healing, HOT’s Zelly Restorick went along to Kings Road Studio in St Leonards to experience one of Carolina Baranski’s sound therapy sessions. Having enjoyed the experience, she asked Carolina about her connection with sound and how she arrived in Hastings from Brazil.
Give in to your inner game nerd, writes John Knowles. Say the word ‘board games’ and the immediate image is of family holidays and enforced playing of Monopoly, Scrabble or Cluedo. But oh my friends, there is a world of joy that awaits you in the new world of board games… for a start they don’t all have boards! Discover more at Games at The Albion.
Hastings is to get another local nature reserve in Hastings, its eighth. Hastings Borough Council agreed unanimously at its meeting on Monday (8 January) to declare Ponds Wood a local nature reserve – and to extend the Churchwood local nature reserve
“Come and listen and be inspired. Come and speak and be inspiring.” Earlier this week, HOT’s Zelly Restorick crossed paths with Tim Crook, the man who created the Bavard Bar talks at Kino-Teatr and, fascinated by the project, his initiative and creative motivation, she asked him some questions about how it all came into being. Read on to discover how to join the ranks of the speakers – and be one of the listeners.
Severe modifications are being proposed to the unbuilt visitor centre in Hastings Country Park. Will the new design benefit the Country Park? Bernard McGinley takes a wild guess, and finds the application still wanting.
Lee Humphries of Printed Matter Bookshop has organised a book reading of The Leveller Revolution with author, John Rees, who tells the gripping story of the Levellers, the radical movement at the heart of the English Revolution. Zelly Restorick asks Lee Humphries about the book, the author and his dream of running his own bookshop.
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