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Young talent on display at Hastings Arts Forum

Hastings and St Leonards have a long tradition of creative energy and artistic exuberance. Historically, the town has drawn artists, writers and musicians, who have created work that is recognised nationally as well as internationally. But little recognition has been given to our very young, emerging talent. Until now, as an exhibition at the Hastings Arts Forum, Primary Art, Hastings and St. Leonards Young Artists, so well demonstrates, writes HAF member John Cole, who also took the photos.

Posted 19:11 Saturday, Oct 24, 2020 In: Community Arts Tags: All Saints Academy Dudley Infant Academy Hastings Arts Forum Primary Art Sacred Heart Catholic Primary West St. Leonards Primary young artists Young students

Hastings International Piano announces Digital Festival

Headlining Hastings International Piano’s one-day Digital Festival will be Rufus Wainwright, and there will also be piano recitals by Maxim Kinasov and Martin James Bartlett, together with a piano masterclass given by Professor Vanessa Latarche, says HOT’s Chris Cormack.

Posted 17:42 Thursday, Oct 22, 2020 In: Music & Sound Tags: Chi-chi Nwanoku Chineke! Orchestra Chris Cormack Hastings International Piano Ian Roberts Martin James Bartlett Maxim Kinasov Rufus Wainwright Vanessa Latarche

Quality classical music at Kino-Teatr

The Hastings Early Music Festival (HEMF) is an annual event bringing internationally acclaimed musicians to Hastings. HOT’s Music Correspondent, Brian Hick, was there to hear the Rautio Piano Trio playing Mozart and Faure at Kino-Teatr, St Leonards, on Saturday 17 October.

Posted 13:44 Sunday, Oct 18, 2020 In: Music & Sound Tags: Gavin Kibble Hastings Early Music Festival Jan Rautio Jane Gordon Leo Duarte Oliver Wilson Rautio Piano Trio Victoria Simonsen

Cultural Recovery Fund winner causes debate

The first round of successful applicants to the Arts Council England (ACE) Culture Recovery Fund were announced on Monday. Erica Smith looks at how and why The Piper was the only successful small live music venue in a town full of small live music venues.

Posted 12:11 Thursday, Oct 15, 2020 In: Arts News
Iggy Pop and Chicken © Kevin Armstrong

Iggy Pop stars in Squirrel Mountain’s ‘Iggy Pop to the Rescue’

Hastings is continually full of surprises; it never ceases to deliver. Just as you thought you’d seen it all, you round a corner and come face to face with something surreal. In this instance, the surreal head of punk extraordinaire Iggy Pop raises his head, featuring in a Hastings created film, Squirrel Mountain’s Iggy to the Rescue. HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths spoke to the writer, producer Angelica Campion.

Posted 13:53 Wednesday, Oct 14, 2020 In: Arts News Tags: Angelica Campion Iggy Pop Johnny Daukes Lauris Morgan-Griffiths Maureen Bocking Squirrel mountain Stefan Ashton Frank Suzie Zamitt

Local professionals encourage young people to get creative.

Culture Shift, a key partner in the “Get Hastings Reading” campaign, has launched a series of short films featuring 5 local creative professionals,  to encourage young people to take up the art of creative writing reports, HOT’s

Posted 11:52 In: Community Arts Tags: Andy Willard Cartooning Chrissy Hamar-Brown Creative Writing Culture Shift Ed Boxall Graphic Design Graphic Novels John Knowles. Script writing Siddy Bennet young people
Rebecca Marshall outside Electric Palace cinema in Hastings Old Town

Electric Palace cinema calls on community for support to save it from closure

With news of nationwide closures of the Cineworld and Picturehouses cinema chains, The Electric Palace cinema in Hastings Old Town is now calling on the local community to visit and support the cinema or it faces imminent closure, says Annie Waite.

Posted 21:49 Monday, Oct 12, 2020 In: Arts News Tags: Annie Mannion Annie Waite cinema David Quantick Electric Palace Electric Palace cinema Hastings Film fundraiser Glenn Veness Hastings Old Town Rebecca E Marshall

Eclectic art show at Southwater Area Community Centre

Time Is On Our Side, an exhibition featuring the work of local artists, is running at Southwater Area Community Centre during October. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 12:53 Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 In: Visual Arts Tags: Cath Tajima-Powell HG Wells Nick Hill Nick Terdre Southwater Area Community Centre
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