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| Today's Featured Article |
 Not Brighton, But Worthing |
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Friday, April 18 2008 @ 09:55 AM BST
Author: Dan. Views: 167
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It's been a long time since the Revolutionary Arts Group was founded, based around a group of artists working and exhibiting in an old pottery in Worthing town centre. Back then, Worthing was bleak; there were no other contemporary arts groups in the town, and little opportunity for artists to make and show work.
But right now, Worthing's buzzing. The Revolutionary Arts Group have supported other groups as they've started up, maintained a strong annual Festival, and helped individual artists within the group to grow, too. One of them now runs a boutique, arty hotel that home to live music and regular exhibitions; and the Revolutionary Arts Group have taken over a shop in Warwick Lane. Revolutionary Music stocks CDs, records, books ... and fanzines. Small, independent, self-published magazines are a good cultural indicator, appearing to document an emerging scene but also helping it to grow and reach a wider audience.
And Worthing now has Shed, a cracker of an A5 fanzine.
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| Music, Morris and More at Boutique Hotel |
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Monday, April 28 2008 @ 02:00 PM BST
Author: Dan. Views: 61
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Cutting edge music, contemporary art, and morris dance – that's what's on offer in a new programme of events at the Beechwood Hall in Worthing. Artist Debbie Zoutewelle is the hotel's new manager, and she is planning a range of arts and music events for spring and summer.
To launch the season, Debbie has invited Sompting Village Morris to a special breakfast as part of their May Day celebrations. The traditional procession starts on May 1st at 6.30am in Worthing town centre, and members of the Morris side will stop at Beechwood Hall at 8.30am for breakfast. The public are welcome to turn up and join the dancers – who may be persuaded to perform in the hotel gardens.
From Monday 19th-Wednesday 21st May, photography students from Northbrook College use The Cellar to exhibit photography, film and installation work. Students are producing artwork inspired by the venue and its history, and the exhibition will be designed to fit the unusual space with its corners, cubby-holes and corridors.
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| Brighton Frocks presents Brighton Fashion Weekend |
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Thursday, April 24 2008 @ 01:47 PM BST
Author: Jo Reeder. Views: 77
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The stage is set, the models are ready and the venues have been confirmed for the first ever Brighton Fashion Weekend - brought to you by the same team behind the hugely successful Brighton Frocks fashion shows, launched back in 2004.
Brighton has always been a creative hub, attracting artists, writers and other creatives, and boasting top class restaurants, chic boutique hotels and some of the best British musical talent around today. |
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| Boutique Shopping in Worthing's Lanes |
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Monday, April 07 2008 @ 01:51 PM BST
Author: Dan. Views: 183
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New CDs, records and books, screenprinted posters, limited edition prints, handmade badges, fanzines, poetry and artist-made books - it's all at Revolutionary Music.
Worthing's music boutique stocks indie, rock, folk, jazz, dance and electronica - alongside art. Currently featured from the Revolutionary Arts Group are Melissa Ede (paintings), Matt Douthwaite (screenprinted posters), Michelle Dawson (limited edition prints), and Dan Thompson (small paintings). Also in stock are badges by Emmi, Mark Pawson and Dan Thompson.
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| Music Outside The Box |
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Monday, April 07 2008 @ 10:11 AM BST
Author: Dan. Views: 170
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 Music played on unlikely instruments, performances in beach-huts and on station platforms, and shows that mix music, poetry and dance are all promised in the Soundwaves Festival 2008.
Reflecting the diversity of its home city of Brighton, events in the second year of the festival go beyond music to explore connections with the visual and other performing arts.
Sarah Nicolls’ performance of works for piano and live electronics at the Pavilion Theatre on Sunday 22 June gives a flavour of the festival. It combines cutting-edge technology, the use of sensors, on-stage electronics, moving images, and live performance art by dance artist Augusto Corriere. And to add another unknown element, composer Christopher Fox will be on hand to make 'noise interventions'!
This experimental and audio-visual theme continues in three free-to-visit installations at the Sallis Benney Theatre. Open daytimes on Monday 23rd, Tuesday 24th and Friday 27 June, the creations by artists and musicians will blur the boundaries between the two disciplines
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| The City Reads... |
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Thursday, March 27 2008 @ 11:03 AM GMT
Author: sussexarts. Views: 265
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Imagine sharing a book with your neighbour, with your hairdresser; with your bus driver, and with your friends. Having one book for one city brings readers together.
Brighton & Hove City Reads 2008 invites you to join in the three-month city-wide read of Val McDermid’s best-selling crime thriller A Place of Execution. From 13 March to 23 May, there’s a huge range of special events, workshops, reading groups, and film showings devoted to A Place of Execution and crime writing in general - including an exclusive City Reads visit to Brighton Festival by Val McDermidTo join in, simply pick up a copy from Brighton & Hove libraries, participating bookshops and book drop points around the city, and start reading. Also look out for the special City Reads reader's guide in bookshops and libraries.
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| Fragments of Ice - The Hyperliterature Exchange, March 2008 |
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Tuesday, March 18 2008 @ 06:37 PM GMT
Author: Edward Picot. Views: 257
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New on The Hyperliterature Exchange for March 2008 is a review of 'The Way North' by Joel Weishaus. |
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| Artist Leads Easter Egg Hunt At Historic Hotel |
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Monday, March 17 2008 @ 09:24 PM GMT
Author: Dan. Views: 267
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A historic Worthing hotel is in the hands of a well-known Sussex artist and she's planning to help families celebrate Easter in style.
As a member of the Revolutionary Arts Group, Debbie has exhibited at venues across South-East England. She has held a solo show at Petworth House Gallery, and recently exhibited at Worthing Museum & Art Gallery. She has assisted land artist Andy Goldsworthy, travelled to China to exhibit, and worked alongside archaeologists at Stonehenge.
And now Debbie has taken the role of Functions Co-ordinator for the Grade 2 Listed Beechwood Hall, a historic 'Swiss Cottage' at the edge of Amelia Park, Wykeham Road, Worthing
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| Worthing Seafront Cafe Commission |
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Friday, March 14 2008 @ 09:58 AM GMT
Author: Dan. Views: 352
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A new seafront café is looking for an artist to devise a suitable fresco for its old blue shutters.
The Worthing café, COAST, is leading the latest initiative to bring public art to Worthing. The new artwork will be sited just metres away from the acclaimed Walter Jack Studios 'Suncloud', a £70,000 forest of poles with motion-triggered, solar powered LED panels which will be unveiled at Splash Point later this year.
COAST is situated just beyond Splash Point in the 'Esplanade' building on Beach House Green. The much underused, promenade building with its two octagonal towers and modernist chalets, provides the only town centre cafe to offer food and drink on the beach. With new wooden decking on the shingle beach and amazing wind breaks, COAST Café will open for Easter serving illy coffee, tea in china cups and the finest cakes and foccacia sandwiches
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| The Road To Mecca |
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Wednesday, March 12 2008 @ 04:57 PM GMT
Author: Dan. Views: 283
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This wonderful, intense play by South African playwright Athol Fugard is being staged at the Woodlands Centre in Rustington from March 12th-15th.
Based on the life of the extraordinary naive artist Helen Martins, the play captures the struggle in South Africa between authoritarianism and freedom, rigid religion and wild creativity. It is also a very moving love story.
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