Did you catch Barefoot Opera’s imaginative staging of Verdi’s famous opera La Traviata when it was performed in St Leonards in June? If not, you still have a chance to make the final performances. Artist Peter Fillingham describes the memorable opening night.
The Hastings Book Fair is happening this Saturday, 14 September, at the Observer Building, 11am to 4pm. It’s a great opportunity to meet creative people from Hastings and further afield. Erica Smith shares her top tip for a table stall to look out for.
The Seaside Road studios of Colin Booth have a record of impressive and worthwhile work. Final viewings of the present Coastal Currents show will be on the weekend 13-15 September, though admittance might also be possible by appointment. Bernard McGinley reports.
The Coastal Currents arts festival continues on its merry way, despite the vagaries of the weather. Although the Open Studios concluded last weekend, there are many more events under way or coming up, as Nick Terdre reports.
Following Labour’s election victory, Hastings Community of Sanctuary (HCoS) has renewed its campaign, along with other refugee support groups, to end the scandal of the arbitrary and indefinite detention of asylum-seekers and refugees. But while the new government kept its promise to scrap the Rwanda plan, on indefinite detention the Home Office has so far done little except announce the reopening of two former detention centres. Felicity Laurence of HCoS lays bare the iniquities of the system.
The dust has settled after the White Rock’s 2024 Summer Youth Project the biggest and most successful project to date where over 100 young performers filled the venue for two weeks.
Two DIY art cinema initiatives in Hastings will mark the anniversary of the invention of television in the town, Spirit of Invention and Exploding Cinema. Jude Montague explains why she wants to celebrate Logie Baird.
Local residents from across East Sussex who have installed energy-saving and green technologies will be opening their homes to members of the public throughout September. Energise Sussex Coast’s Gabriel Carlyle explains more.
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