Montague Armstrong (Jude Montague and Matt Armstrong) have created a purr-fectly playful new exhibition, ‘Cinema Cats’, at the Electric Palace cinema for this year’s Coastal Currents. Pop along to see the artworks, says Annie Waite, and enjoy a selection of cat-themed films too. Here, we chat with Jude Montague about the upcoming show.
It’s that time of year again, as they say, and the Hastings calendar wouldn’t be complete without Coastal Currents arts festival. Alongside the open studios there are many curiosities, events and fringe activities. Here is their press release…
The ‘Edith Festival’, named after Edith Swanneck, wife of King Harold II who died at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and whose combined statue is in West Marina Gardens, is run by the Friends of Edith and presents a range of events during Hastings Week to celebrate our cultural and historical heritage. Ian Jarman, the Founder of Friends of Edith, tells us what to look forward to this October.
Hastings saw its first Quaker Meeting back in 1673. Hastings Quakers will be celebrating this anniversary during national Quaker Week which runs from 24 September and finishes on 1 October – International Quaker Day. HOT’s Erica Smith praises these gentle yet strong-minded folk.
Playing the Race Card, a trailblazing collective in Hastings championing the work of Black artists, is thrilled to announce an open call for artwork submissions for their highly anticipated exhibition at the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, scheduled to run from 3 May to 25 August 2024. Erica Smith shares the exciting news.
The Electric Palace cinema is marking Pride this month with a collection of films with gay, lesbian, trans and LGBTQ+ characters, themes or subjects at their core, says Annie Waite, before the launch of a new, regular ‘Out on Tuesday’ series of screenings coming soon.
Forget about the pleasures of Britain becoming a wine producer – whatever upsides the climate crisis may offer will be overwhelmed by the devastating downsides. These can already be seen not just in the heatwaves afflicting countries around the world, but other phenomena which foreshadow disastrous developments, says Richard Price. The world we leave to our children and grandchildren will be unrecognisable from the one we have grown up in, he says.
The paint installation Wavelength by local artists ZEROH (Daniel Hardiker and Neil
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