Singing is a great boon for those suffering debilitating illnesses such as Parkinson’s Disease, as the St Leonards-based ParkinSongsters know well. They are now preparing for their summer concert, I Did It My Way, on Monday 31 July, as musical director Jane Metcalfe explains.
Hearing that Project Rewild is celebrating five years of existence, HOT’s Zelly Restorick spoke to Luke Funnell, the project’s initiator and founder, about how it feels and their biggest achievements.
The latest Silverhill Press event is the Hastings launch – at Electro Studios Project Space – of their new book – and first hardback, From the Photo-Diaries of Mick Williamson, a selection of beautiful work from the extraordinary archive of an extraordinary photographer, who is well-known and much-loved in the world of photography, but not nearly well enough known outside that world. Ian Land writes.
Local citizen science organisation, Strandliners invites you to a free online screening of the film, The Story of Plastic. This award-winning documentary investigates global plastic pollution and recycling.
Sunday the 6 August will see the annual Hiroshima Day Commemoration in Hastings. The event has been held each year by Hastings Against War (HAW) since 2007. The issue of nuclear weapons has become a hot topic since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, prompting fears that the conflict could spiral into a nuclear conflagration between east and west. Recently Russia’s President Putin announced that ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons had been sent to Belarus, a country bordering Ukraine, and militarily allied with Russia(1). Meanwhile the US has its own ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons sited at bases in 5 NATO member countries – Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey(2). John Enefer writes.
Stables Studios is celebrating the 11th year of artists’ studios in the Country Park with a weekend of open studios on Saturday and Sunday, 29-30 July, from 11am to 5pm,
If you missed the debut of Cenerentola at St Mary in the Castle just before the building closed in Novemeber 2022, you will be delighted to hear that the production will be on tour through the summer, including a performance in St Leonards on Thursday 27 July. Erica Smith recommends booking tickets to see this amazing performance of Rossini’s take on the Cinderella fairytale.
In advance of the forthcoming exhibition dedicated to Jacqueline Stanley at Rye Art Gallery, HOT’s Judy Parkinson spoke to Jane and Nichola Bruce about their mother’s work.
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