Get “Green Fingered” this Spring!
Plant bulbs with us at Luton Library
Tuesday March, 25 2014
2pm – 4pm
Event organised by Kent Wildlife Trust, the E.U. Project DNA and
Luton Library
For further information contact Noreen Ryan mob: 07740 590400
Creative and Art Events
Sequins on My Balcony – Saturday 5th April 2014 – Gillingham
Creative and Art Events
Performed by Yvette Cowles and directed by Peta Lily, Sequins on My Balcony is a new one woman show that offers a fresh perspective on breast cancer, body image, belly dance and sisterhood through a blend of stand-up, dance, drama, clowning and lots and lots of sequins!
Join Yvette on her funny, touching and sometimes surreal journey, beginning in France with her first sheepish shimmies, through medical mishaps, her mother’s misgivings and breast-free dating disasters to a life now spent pursuing her passion. The show celebrates the gorgeousness of women, whatever their age, shape or size, and asks “can a woman with no breasts still believe in herself enough to continue to belly dance”?
Some audience feedback:
More uplifting than a Wonderbra! – Wonderfully entertaining, glamorous and hilarious – Moving and fabulously funny – Life affirming – I loved it! – Delicious and delirious! – I came out with a big smile on my face – Haven’t laughed so much in ages. Ladies – and gents – you must try this! – Pure magic! – Made me proud to be a woman! – Thank you for one of the best nights out I’ve ever had!
It’s been described as “More uplifting than a Wonderbra!” and promises to be a great night out.
BOOK NOW AT http://www.sevenveils.co.uk
Screen Printing Workshop – 4th April 2014 – Chatham
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Order tickets via Eventbrite:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/t-shirt-bag-screen-printing-workshop-tickets-10594194521?aff=efbevent
Screen Printing Workshop Hosted By Rachel Moore
Friday 4th April
7.30pm start
2 hour screen printing session
£20 per person
Bag/T-Shirt included in price
Location: Nucleus Riverside Hub, 13 Military Road, Chatham
The final design will be a one-colour print onto a white t-shirt or canvas tote bag.
Before you come please create your design at home – simple shapes and silhouettes work best. If you need some inspiration please feel free to have a nose at my Pinterest boards or Facebook page.
Draw your design onto an A4 piece of paper and don’t forget to bring it with you!
You can print onto a tote bag or a T-Shirt
This will be provided as part of the ticket cost.
You can confirm your size on the ticket order form.
Tea/coffee and fruit provided!
Rats Bay Shindig – Saturday 5th to Sunday 6th April 2014 – Chatham
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A new family friendly extravaganza is taking place on the first weekend of the Easter Holidays. On Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th April the area surrounding Sun Pier in Chatham will come alive with a large celebration of arts and culture.
Between 11am and 5pm each day the weekend is host to variety of special art events and festivities. In the past 2 years the Medway art scene has seen a massive boom of activity and there is certainly a lot to celebrate in the west end of Chatham.
Overlooking the pier, Sun Pier House is opening the doors to the new Sun Pier Gallery and Tearoom for the first time. Launching with a large exhibition of work by the 15 resident artists; ‘Presenting, Sun Pier House’ incorporates a variety of art, craft and fashion. With panoramic river views the 2nd floor Gallery and Tearoom is set to become a scenic retreat in the busy town centre.
The weekend witnesses the launch of the first charter boat trips in a generation from the newly refurbished Sun Pier, with the Sailing Barge Edith May and Jetstream Tours providing unique River experiences for all ages.
The weekend will also mark the inaugural Sun Pier Arts Market, a new outdoor market that is set to take place regularly throughout the year. Stallholders will be offering a variety of work to buy, food to sample, activities to try and classic carnival games for all the family.
The Rats Bay Shindig has been instigated by the managers of new creative venue Sun Pier House, with the intention to bring some much needed life back to the west end of Chatham High Street. Over the course of the two days there is a full spectrum of entertainment on offer. Including; art workshops, live music performances, river trips, dance classes, exhibitions, history tours, evening functions and a Sunday night cult film screening.
A weekend not to be missed!
Time Lapsed – Exhibition By Marissa Mardon – 28th March to 1st June 2014 – Rochester
Creative and Art Events
Marissa Mardon will debut pictures of the historic town amongst a new display called ‘Time Lapsed’.
Mardon is known for her paintings of traditional landscapes using monochrome colours, but this exhibition shows an experimental side of the artist as she moves away from her usual style. Many of the oil paintings will illustrate Medway’s rich history and reflect on the area’s ongoing regeneration. Her canvases are bare in places, revealing visible pencil marks and brush strokes to show how a painting has developed over time – a fact that has helped inspire the name for this exhibition.
Visitors will also be able to watch a short film, capturing the process of Mardon’s work and how an image evolves from beginning to end.
Also on display at the exhibition will be ceramics by two other artists.
Imogen Noble will be presenting a selection of her crafted pots, rich in colour and inspired by natural patterns such as weathered stone and wood.
She will be joined by Raewyn Harrison, who will display her clay creations based on the themes of architecture, industry and tidal landscapes.
The artists’ work will be further complimented by historic objects loaned from the Rochester Guildhall Collection.
Felt Brooch Making With Jenni Burrows – Workshop – Chatham – 19th April 2014
Creative and Art Events
Order tickets via Eventbrite:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/felt-brooch-making-with-jenni-burrows-tickets-10899934999?aff=efbevent
Tickets just £10
Textile artist Jenni Burrows presents an evening workshop that will show you how to make a beautiful felt brooch to take home. All materials will be included, so all you need to bring is your lovely self.
Venue: 13 Military Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4JG
Time: 7pm-9pm
Please note – This venue does not have disabled access.
New Gravesend Arts Project – Footfall – From March 2014
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New Gravesend Arts Project – Footfall – From March 2014
For The Fallen – Free Film Making and Heritage Workshops – March to April 2014 – Medway
Creative and Art EventsFOR THE FALLEN
When the grass has grown over the battlefields, do we forget?
When the last gun is fired, do we forget?
When the last wound is healed, do we forget?
2014 is an important year. A hundred years ago the First World War began. At the time it was said to be the war to end all wars and now a century later, wars still rage across the globe.
We’re looking for the next generation of storytellers, those who can tackle the issues the war raised that are still prevalent today and look beyond to tell real stories about real lives past and present.
We’re running a series of master classes including writing, scriptwriting, directing, cinematography, editing & acting for those wishing to improve existing skills or looking to learn a complete new skillset
PLUS great bite sized chunks of World War One history designed to inspire and stimulate your imagination.
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive (REMLA), Blue Town Heritage Centre (BTHC) and Violafilms have received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for For the Fallen a new project , for the Medway and Swale and wider Kent area. Awarded throughHLF’s First World War: then and now programme, The project has also been lucky enough to receive funding from Creative People and Places Swale and Medway.
Masterclasses include directing, acting, cinematography, editing and much more – NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY and ALL AGES WELCOME !
We also arrange free transport from a central point to the venue for the workshops such as Sittingbourne Station, Gillingham Station, RE’s Museum and Blue Town Heritage so we can get you there
From Viola Films
St Patricks Day Parade – 16th March 2014 – Gillingham
Creative and Art Events
Just one month to go until Medway’s first St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday 16th March 2014.
This fun-filled, family event will start in Smith’s Square, Gillingham High Street, at noon.
After the Parade, festivities will continue with a showcase of Irish culture at St. Mary’s Social Club, Belmont Road, Gillingham.
In the build up to the event, there is a drop-in arts and crafts session for children, in Gillingham Library, on Saturday 15th February, at 10.30am.
Full details at:
The Cabaret Club Presents….Performance Workshops part-funded by Ideas Test – 8th March 2014 – Rainham
Creative and Art EventsThe Cabaret Club is very excited to announce a day of workshops and performance supported and part funded by Creative People and Places Medway and held at The Rainham Oast House Community Centre
Each workshop is priced at £8.50 or attend the full day of workshops from 10am to 4pm for just £15.
8th March 2014 – Rainham
All tickets for the following events can be found at:
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-cabaret-club-presentsperformance-workshops-tickets-9736886289
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Helen Ainsworth – Puppetry Making Workshop
10:00 – 13:00
Helen Ainsworth lives in London and has worked on theatre projects all over the world, travelling regularly to Portugal to perform, give workshops (in design and puppetry) and design theatre productions. She came to perform with The Cabaret Club last year and blew the audience away with her incredible puppets, manipulation skills and sheer energy in her performance!
Helen’s construction technique is well honed but based on simple sewing methods which will create an opportunity for skills sharing as she construct the puppets in front of the workshop. Puppetry is a very accessible art form which connects emotionally to childhood memories and on another level stimulates the primeval use of imagination that animates the in-animate.
In the workshop you’ll use simple and recycled materials constructing puppets using foam, thin tights and string or thin wire and old clothes and old packaging materials. The puppets are often created by wrapping the wire/string around the tights stuffed with foam or similar cushion stuffing. The effects are striking as the photos on the website below illustrate and accessible to a wide skill base and all ages above 6 years old. Some gluing or sewing of eyes and other features is also required and the puppets constructed are rod or glove puppets.
Comments about previous puppet-making workshops and pictures can be found here:
http://heart2artportsmouth.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/puppet-making/#comments
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Missy Maybe’s Burlesque Workshop
14:00 – 16:00
The Cabaret Club is thrilled to present its first burlesque workshop with the delightful Miss Maybe of Wanton Words & Burlesque Bombshells fame.
Burlesque is great for increasing your body confidence, whilst being gentle enough for everyone to participate in and best of all it is fabulous fun! It is the art of the ‘tease’ – how to move , strut and pose, and can include (though not always) an element of ‘strip tease’ – the glamorous kind that was popular in the 40’s and 50’s – cheeky , fun , sassy and sexy but not sleazy!
WHAT TO EXPECT Rest assured you won’t be required to take off all your clothes! We always work to your level of comfort and most lessons we only ever remove a glove, a boa or a shirt. Most of the moves are gentle, with options given for those with mobility issues, no dance experience is necessary. The class is always fun, and we do everything we can to make it a lovely event, relaxed and friendly with lots of laughter and chocolates!
Find out more about Miss Maybe via her website: http://www.missmaybe.com
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PLUS!!!
Dr Sketchy’s Medway – Burlesque Life Drawing Classes
19:00 – 22:30
Join us for the launch of the infamous Dr Sketchy’s in Medway!
Head to the Dr Sketchy’s Eventbrite page to book your tickets and prepare to try something new, unusual and above all – fun!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dr-sketchys-medway-tickets-10545294259
Tickets are priced at £8 (plus Eventbrite booking fee) which includes free cake!
Delicious cocktails are available to purchase throughout the evening.
Upcycling Workshops At Sun Pier House – Chatham – Feb to May 2014
Creative and Art Events
Laura Murphy has organised a programme of upcycling workshops at Sun Pier House, Chatham.
PIMP YO’ CRAP!
Saturday 22nd February, 10am – 3pm, £25 per person
Come along for a fun and friendly workshop to ‘pimp your crap!’ Do you have items at home that you love but need updating? Want to make them into something new and more useable? Then bring them along and give them a makeover! Learn upcycling skills and have something pretty to take home.
Chairs, small tables, lampshades, bric-a-brac, any random bits and bobs…bring it along. The more crap the better!
BEGINNERS GUIDE TO UPCYCLING
Saturday 22nd March, 10am – 3pm, £25 per person
Come for a fun and educational day to learn about upcycling… Learn how to paint furniture (properly- no drips or dribbles!). We will have some items for you to upcycle or you can bring something to work on. Get expert advice on how to finish your pieces, where to find items to upcycle, and get inspired and get confident to make items for your home!
CHAIR UPCYCLING
Saturday 26th April, 10am – 3pm,
£25 per person if you bring your own chair (£30 if not)
A fun day, where everyone will upcycle a chair to take home. Learn to paint furniture properly and get a professional and durable finish. We’ll have a range of fabrics for you to pick from for new seat pads, or if you have something in mind already bring it along.
Go home with an individual & funky chair… just for you!
CHALK PAINT – A BEGINNER’S GUIDE
Saturday 24th May, 10am – 3pm, £40 per person
Always wanted to use Annie Sloan paints? Want to know what the fuss is all about? Chalk paint is a versatile paint that can be used on most materials (wood, glass, matte plastic) without any primer or prepping. If you’re into shabby chic then this is the one for you! Come and experiment with Annie Sloan & Autentico and learn how to make your own chalk paint for a fraction of the cost! Bring any furniture you want to work on or we will have some items for you to purchase on the day!
For more information & to book please email heather@sunpierhouse.co.uk
Hand Embroidery Taster Workshops for Children: Wednesday 19th February 2014 – Rochester
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Hand Embroidery Taster Workshops for Children: Wednesday 19th February 2014
Morning workshop: 10-12pm- Afternoon workshop: 1-3pm.
Come along and try drawing with the sewing needle!
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Experiment with paper, fabric, recycled materials and threads to create your very own work of Art!
Jenni Burrows; a practising Textile Artist and qualified Art Teacher will lead the workshops. www.jenniburrowscontemporarytextiles.co.uk
The workshop is for children ages 5-10 years and children must be accompanied by an adult.
Cost: £2 per child
To book either workshop please email sales@ccbsewing.co.ukor phone Caroline 01634-841597
The workshops will take place at C.C.B. Sewing Machines at 304-308, Rochester High St.ME1 1HS
Free Lego Workshops For Kids – Bluewater – Kent
Creative and Art Events
Right. Lego’s definitely the best kids’ toy, and we know a few adults who are fans too. We won’t hear any arguing that it’s Barbie, Playdoh or Xbox – Lego wins it hands down (OK, OK, that’s just my opinion – MSE Charlotte).
But there’s an issue which we can’t block out – Lego can be SO expensive. So hopefully this deal will help you out.
If you’re between six and 14 (sorry grown-ups, this one isn’t for you, so please let your kids know!), go into your nearest official Lego store (there’s more info on where below) on the first Thursday of every month between 4-6pm to take part in the Lego Mini Build.
Get there as soon as you can, as stock is limited to 200-300 models per store (depending on size and location), and it’s first come, first served. Staff will show your kids how to make the model, which Lego told us is worth around £5 (but it’s not for sale). Once it’s been made – it should take about 10-15 mins – the kids can take it home for free.
The models are different each month, and you don’t know what you’re going to get till you get in there.
Thanks to Money Saving Expert for the above post!
Rochester Picture Palace Screening – The Great Beauty – Tuesday 11th Feb 7.30pm
Creative and Art Events
This coming Tuesday the Rochester Film Society are proud to present a screening of ‘The Great Beauty’ at the Rochester Picture Palace.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli
Synopsis: The story of an aging writer who bitterly recollects his passionate, lost youth. A portrait of today’s Rome.
Doors open at 7pm, come and join us, grab a drink and enjoy great cinema in a warm and welcoming environment.
Tickets are £5 and £3 concession.
For bookings and more information on all our other screenings visit our website http://www.rochesterfilmsociety.co.uk
Creepy Retro Gaming Night – 28th March 2014 – Chatham
Creative and Art Events
NEW LOCATION!
Retro’spect Kent and Creatabot present a classic night of retro computer gaming, with an additional creepy retro gaming Vault. Prepare for a nostalgic evening gaming on Atari, Amiga, Playstation and Commodore consoles plus more.
Children welcome but only with a parent/guardian.
Feel free to bring your consoles and games to trade!
Drinks and snacks available at the in house cafe (including a selection of alcoholic drinks)
Location 5 mins walk from Chatham train station.
Place: 13 Military Road, Chatham, Kent
Time: 7.30pm
We are afraid there is no disabled access to this event.
Transmit:Project – Are you the next big thing?
Creative / Artist Wanted, Creative and Art Events, Creative and Art News, Creative Communities and Inspiring Websites, Creative Opportunities
Are you a musician/filmmaker/artist/photographer/organisation etc who would like more people to know about your work and what you do?
Perhaps you always wanted to know what musicians/filmmakers/artists/photographers etc live and work and create in Medway?
Would you like to transmit your art? Would you like to project your talent?
Transmit:Project is a brand new project all about getting known. Its all about providing a platform for upcoming and established artist and performers. It’s all about having one place where people can go to find out more about the huge amount of talent that currently thrives in Medway.
This is going to be the place for local talent to be seen and heard. This is going to be the place where audience inside and outside Medway will come to see what talent is around. A while ago I wrote about some of the Medway scene with the popular Medway Visions articles. I hope these will morph into transmit:project files as well as adding new ones all the time.
But it needs you. Without talents to write about/broadcast then this project won’t get very far. Make yourself heard. Contact us.
Here’s how it works:
You send me a bio and some details about your work.
You send me a link to your work/send a cd etc.
With these things I can write about you.
You also send me a video file of you performing or a music video (musicians), interview/sequence of pictures of art (artists), sequence of photos (photographers) a short film (filmmaker).
With this I can post a clip of you/your work. (If you can’t get a video file to me then contact me anyway and we can sort something out)
This will then be shown from the transmit:project broadcast channel:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8NHTvq6pzCSPZVfrOzDmzg
In time this project might spread out, but, for now, it’s all about Medway. And what better place to start. Transmitting art. Projecting talent.
The Moon The Eye
transmitproject@themoontheeye.com
“Chatham Intra & Lesser Known Chatham” Art Competition
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Organised by Richard Watts Charities
Fantastic opportunity to win great cash prizes, have your work purchased and to take part in a 2 week exhibition held at Nucleus Art Galley.
For details www.richardwatts.org.uk or telephone Fleur Boyce on 01634 823115.
Felt Making Classes at Sun Pier House – February to March 2014 – Chatham
Creative and Art Events
Workshops led by Jenni Burrows; a practising textile artist and qualified Art teacher. The aim of the workshops is to introduce you to the art of felt making, and to equip you with the basic skills that will allow you to branch out and be adventurous evolving your own style. There are a range of courses for adults and children, with all materials are provided. (You will need to bring your own lunch for the all day courses, but tea, coffee and juice will be available).
Perfect for beginners! All materials provided!
8th February and 1st March: 10-4pm: Taster Day for Adults–experiment with a range of felt making techniques. Cost £35 per person (max: 10 places)
18th February: 10-12pm: Family Workshops for children Ages 3-6 years. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Max of two children per adult. (10 places maximum)
Cost: £10 per child
18th February: 1-3pm:Family Workshops for children Ages-7-10 years. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Max of two children per adult.
(10 places maximum). Cost: £10 per child
20th February: 10-4pm:Young People’s Workshop Ages 11-16 years.
(10 places maximum)
Cost: £25 per person
Adult Evening Workshops
A six week course beginning on Tuesday 25th February: 7-9pm experimenting with a range of techniques and materials to create a wearable piece of art.
Cost: £90 for six week course every Tuesday evening.
Location
The workshops will be held at Sun Pier House.
Full address is: Sun Wharf, Medway Street, Chatham, ME4 4HF
(We’re next to Staples and BBC Radio Kent)
Free parking is available on site for the Tuesday evening class attendants. Alternatively, there is a pay and display car park within 1 minute walk; we are 8 minutes’ walking distance from Rochester train station; 5 minute’s walking distance from Chatham train station and 2 minute’s walking distance from Chatham bus station.
The workshops will take place in a studio environment on the first floor of Sun Pier House.
Please be aware, the building is over 25 years old and while Sun Pier House CIC are in the early stages of transforming the 1980’s offices into a creative centre, there is currently no lift access. The workshops will take place on the first floor, accessed via a set of external stairs. If you have any questions or concerns about the access please contact the venue in advance of booking.
To book a place on one of the courses please email: jenniburrows@yahoo.co.uk or phone 07505899623.
Living Africa – A Talk with Steve Bloom – Saturday 5th April 2014 – Canterbury
Creative and Art Events
Join internationally acclaimed photographer, author and adventurer Steve Bloom as he takes you on an incredible visual journey across Africa. It is staggeringly comprehensive: dynamic wildlife and landscapes from desert to jungle; human cultures from remote village to teeming metropolis.
This will be followed by a Q&A and book signing.
A 365 fundraiser event, brought to you by Kent Creative Arts CIC
Tickets: Full £9 / Student £7.50
Saturday 5th April 2014
7.30pm
The Gulbenkian, Canterbury, CT2 7NB
Book is now open! Book your tickets here:
http://365projects.co.uk/steve-bloom-living-africa/
Famous Children’s Author Brings The Gruffalo To Chatham Dockyard – 15th Feb to 1st June 2014
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The Historic Dockyard Chatham opens for the 2014 season on Saturday 15th February with the perfect exhibition for families – “A Squash and a Squeeze: Sharing Stories with Julia Donaldson”, running until 1st June.
Julia Donaldson, author of children’s modern classics such as The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, Princess Mirror-Belle and The Troll, has worked with Seven Stories National Centre for Children’s Books to bring these best-selling children’s captivating stories to life, allowing visitors to enter the imagination of this much loved author and discover how she inspires her readers with story, rhyme and rhythm.
Julia’s journey can be followed from song writer for children’s television to Children’s Laureate 2011-2013. Families can share stories, cuddle the Gruffalo, crawl into the Squash and a Squeeze House, climb into Cave Baby’s cave and enjoy dressing up, looking in the funny mirrors. They can follow in Toddle Waddle’s footsteps, and even sing-a-long to her songs on Julia’s Jukebox or perform a play on the special stage! Visitors can view the amazing original artwork by her many illustrators – most famously Axel Scheffler, but also Lydia Monks, David Roberts, Nick Sharratt, Karen George and Emily Gravett – a must for any art enthusiast.
Pam Wood, Visitor Services Manager at The Historic Dockyard Chatham said; “This is going to be the perfect experience for both the young and the young at heart. We are so privileged to have Julia Donaldson’s work here at Chatham and we cannot wait to see the little ones having a “squash and a squeeze” with the Gruffalo in the gallery, not to mention listening to them during our various musical story telling sessions during the school holidays!”
About the exhibition, Julia Donaldson said; “I am thrilled that my work, and that of my illustrators, is to be presented in such a stimulating and child-friendly way, with so many mini-words and activities. Because of my love of drama and song, I am particularly excited about the theatre and the juke box!”
Kate Edwards, Chief Executive at Seven Stories said; “We are delighted to be working with Julia to bring many of her much loved stories and characters to life within this exhibition in ground breaking and interactive ways. We will also explore the importance of rhythm and rhyme in language acquisition. This not to be missed exhibition will delight her huge following of fans and will also attract new audiences to her ever popular books and songs.” Seven Stories explores the impact sharing stories has on child development through learning projects in partnership with Action for Children and children with hearing impairments.
The Historic Dockyard will be running a number of engaging and exciting school holiday family activities, all inspired by A Squash and a Squeeze exhibition:
Books, Glorious Books: 15 February – 23 February
Brilliant books are brought to life with musical storytelling and craft activities. Make your own peg Freddy or Fairy!
Monkey Business: 5 April – 19 April
Musical activities, Monkey Puzzle storytelling and the chance to produce your own paper primate!
Marvellous Monsters: 24 May – 1 June
Monster story telling with a musical difference! Make your own monster mask and take part in a ‘Monster Safari’.
A Squash and A Squeeze: Sharing Stories with Julia Donaldson runs from 15th February until 1st June in No. Smithery: The Gallery and is included in the normal dockyard admission price. All tickets are valid for a year, giving families the opportunity to visit again and again.
My Favourite Things Cocktail Night – 28th February 2014 – 7.30pm – Chatham
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Photo by Walter Wick
It has been a while but the event “My Favourite Things” is back and better than ever. Being held in the Nucleus Cafe in Chatham, the evening promises to bring inspiration, stories and creativity.
A selection of cocktails will be available for the reduced price of £5 and teas/coffees/soft drinks are also available. Booking only costs £1 and you can book by buying a ticket below.
Favourite things is a “take your turn” discussion about what inspires you and why. This could be an album, film, instrument, a particular type of creative skill, a piece of art…anything! If you can bring examples with you we will have a laptop to show videos from You Tube.
No need to dress up – this is a relaxed event, just come and chill and chat!
Buy tickets for My Favourite Things
My Favourite Things Cocktail Night – 28th February 2014 – 7.30pm
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Medway Photo Festival – 21st to 26th January 2014
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The Medway Photo Festival happens once a year in January and takes place in Rochester and Chatham. The photography exhibitions will all be open from 21st January to 26th January 2014. Exhibitions will feature exciting new work from students in their 2nd year studying Photography as Contemporary Practice at the UCA Rochester. This year the festival has become part of the Recreate project for Medway, which supports the development of the creative industries in specific regions of the UK and France.
EXHIBITIONS
FUSION
64 Chatham High Street
Chatham, ME4 4DS
BLACK BOX
SPEMCO BUILDING
337-341 High Street
Rochester, ME1 1DA
EPHEMERAL
NUCLEUS ART GALLERY
272 High Street
Chatham, ME4 4BP
FON-DU
SUN PIER HOUSE
Sun Wharf, Medway Street
Chatham, ME4 4HF
EVENT
ART IN FOCUS DAY
Sun Pier House: Saturday 25th January, 11am – 3.30pm
This event will introduce the audience to a diverse range of artists who predominantly produce work within the Medway region. Each speaker will present their work and reflect upon their inspirations and working methodology. Photography students from the University for the Creative Arts (Rochester) exhibiting as part of the Medway Photo Festival will also present their projects and group exhibitions. The day will provide a fascinating insight into the ideas and work produced by both professional and student practitioners.
11.00 – Introduction
11.15 – Rodrigo Orrantia (Art historian & curator)
11.45 – Fon-Du & Fusion Exhibition groups
12.15 – Jane Pitt (Sound artist)
12.45 – 1.30 – Lunch
1.30 – Xtina Lamb (Printmaker)
2.00 – Ephemeral & Black Box Exhibition groups
2.30 – Wolf Howard (Pinhole photographer)
3.00 – Panel discussion
3.30 End
www.medwayphoto.co.uk
Assistance For Artists, Creative Individuals and Creative Businesses – January to September 2014 – Medway/Swale
Creative and Art Events, Creative Communities and Inspiring Websites, Creative Opportunities
Ideas Test (Creative People and Places: Swale and Medway) is pleased to announce the launch of Kent Creative Live Swale and Medway, a support network for artists, art organisations and creative individuals and businesses.
The programme will start on Tuesday, January 14th 2014 and go on for 9 months, with events in Chatham, Faversham, Rochester and Sittingbourne.
Kent Creative Live helps creative professionals develop business skills and connections, enabling them to become more self-sufficient and achieve their goals. The aim is to nurture a more business like outlook, vital for their survival, and which will strengthen the professional creative community as a whole.
Thanks to funding support given by Ideas Test, the whole programme – comprising nine workshops and eight meet-ups – is a unique opportunity for creatives to grow their practice at the very affordable rate of £112, extraordinarily good value at just £6.59 per three hour session.
Kent Creative Live includes a series of practical and participatory workshops presented by experienced professionals, to improve the skills required in running a creative business. The workshops will cover business planning, project evaluation, marketing, money management and legal issues, all tailored to creative practitioners. The workshops are available to residents of Swale and Medway only.
It will also include meet-ups to talk to and exchange ideas with like-minded people, to develop relationships and get feedback from peers on specific projects, as well as opening up opportunities to build new relationships.
Nathalie Banaigs, Project Manager for Kent Creative Live, said: “Group interaction is key for the attendees at both types of event, to receive support from peers and professionals – especially valuable for those who work alone. The feedback we’ve received from previous, similar events means we’re confident that creatives from both Swale and Medway will gain valuable knowledge from their attendance, which they can apply to their practices with confidence.”
Existing members of Kent Creative Live agree, with artist Frances Beaumont saying: “I have benefitted enormously from joining. It has given me a direction and confirmed my purpose to be a practising artist.” Illustrator Mark Thatcher said: “The guest speakers and business workshops are interesting eye openers to the financial, copyright and social media stuff that I otherwise avoid even thinking about!”
For full details about the programme and to book your place, please visit the Kent Creative Live website or contact Nathalie on 01795 597 576 or email: info@kentcreativelive.org
Rochester and West Kent Art Society Welcomes New Members
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Established in 1927, The Rochester and West Kent Art Society exists to encourage the appreciation of Art in its different styles and mediums and to reinforce the artistic skills of its members.
Members and guests of the society meet at the Conference room, The Brook Theatre,Old Town Hall, Chatham. Kent ME4 4SE.
Every first Wednesday of the month, there will be a Workshop. Participation fees: member £1, guest £2
Every third Wednesday of the month, there will be an Art Demonstration or Presentation by a renowned artist. Participation fees: member £2, guest £5
Time: From 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Annual Membership: £20
The Society’s Schedule includes workshops, lectures, demonstrations, Summer outdoor painting and exhibitions.
Artists of all levels of expertise are invited to join. For more info:
Contact: rochesterandwestkentartsociety@yahoo.com
Website/blog : http://rochesterandwestkentartsociety.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RochesterAndWestKentArtSociety
Rochester Film Society Programme – 16th Jan to 13th Feb 2014 – Medway
Creative and Art EventsFor more information please visit:
www.rochesterfilmsociety.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/rochesterfilmsociety
Twitter: @RochesterFilm
SUNSHINE ON LEITHCHATHAM ODEON
Thursday 16 January [7.45pm]
Director: Dexter Fletcher
Cast: Peter Mullan, Jane Horrocks,
Based on the sensational stage hit of the same name, featuring music by pop-folk band The Proclaimers. The film follows the stories of Davy and Ally, Bho have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh after coming home from serving in Afghanistan. Both struggle to learn to live a life outside the army and to deal with the everyday struggles of family, jobs and relationships.
FRANCES HA ROCHESTER PICTURE PALACE (CORN EXCHANGE, ROCHESTER HIGH STREET)
Tuesday 21 January [7.30pm] £5 / £3 students
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner
A story that follows a New York woman (who doesn’t really have an apartment), apprentices for a dance company (though she’s not really a dancer), and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles.
THE FIFTH ESTATECHATHAM ODEON
Thursday 23 January [7.45pm]
Director: Bill Condon
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Bruhl, Stanley Tucci, Peter Capaldi, Laura Linney
A dramatic thriller based on real events, the film reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century’s most fiercely debated organisation.
LOOKING FOR HORTENSE
ROCHESTER PICTURE PALACE (CORN EXCHANGE, ROCHESTER HIGH STREET)
Tuesday 28 January [7.30pm] £5 / £3 students
Director: Pascal Bonitzer
Cast: Kristen Scott Thomas
A wife pressures her husband to solicit work papers from his civil servant father.
LE WEEK-END
CHATHAM ODEON
Thursday 30 January [7.45pm]
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Jeff Goldblum
A British couple return to Paris many years after their honeymoon there in an attempt to rejuvenate their marriage.
WHAT MAISIE KNEW
ROCHESTER PICTURE PALACE (CORN EXCHANGE, ROCHESTER HIGH STREET)
Tuesday 4 February [7.30pm] £5 / £3 students
Director: Scott McGhee, David Siegel
Cast: julianne Moore, Steve Coogan
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents’ bitter custody battle.
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
CHATHAM ODEON
Thursday 6 February [7.45pm]
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
THE GREAT BEAUTY
ROCHESTER PICTURE PALACE (CORN EXCHANGE, ROCHESTER HIGH STREET)
Tuesday 11 February [7.30pm] £5 / £3 students
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli
The story of an ageing writer who bitterly recollects his passionate, lost youth – a beautiful portrait of today’s Rome.
ENOUGH SAID
CHATHAM ODEON
Thursday 13 February [7.45pm]
Director: Nicole Holofcener
Cast: James Gandolfini, Julia Louise Dreyfuss, Catherien Keener, Toni Collette
Romantic comedy about a divorced woman who decides to pursue the man she’s interested in learns he’s her new friend’s ex-husband.
New Film Studies Courses Starting In Rochester
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By Adam Foster | Codefor
Two new film study courses are being provided by the adult education centre in Rochester, Kent, which are being presented by Nick Walker from Rochester Film Society.
The courses are starting in March 2014. To register interest only at this stage please email:
The 2 courses cover the following topics –
· Classic British Cinema:
Including: Silent Cinema, Documentary Film Movement, WWII, Hitchcock, Lean, Powell and Pressburger, Ealing Studios, Boulting Brothers, British New Wave
· Golden Era of Hollywood:
Including: The coming of sound, studio system, start system, Hays Code, WII, Musicals, Film Studies, Film Noir,
The courses will run once a week for 10 weeks and examine the careers of various filmmakers and movements.
They will analyse how these visionary directors employed cinematography, editing and narrative to tell their stories, looking at how their creative signatures developed, and how their body of work took shape.
They will also examine how various movements and genres co-existed, investigative their cultural and political influences and observe their lasting legacy, with supporting clips to demonstrate key moments.
UCA students document creative hubs across England and France
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Five BA (Hons) Photography students from UCA Rochester, who travelled to and documented creative hub spaces across England and France, are having their work displayed at the Zandra Rhodes gallery until January.
The student’s work was part of the UCA Rochester Photography ReCreate project. ReCreate is funded by the Interreg IVA France (Channel) England programme to engage the creative and cultural industries in the UK and France.
As part of the project, which was conceived by Course Leader Heike Löwenstein in response to ReCreate’s requirements for documentation, students photographed the transformation of vacant commercial and cultural premises into a cross-border network of studios and workspaces. As well as documenting the sites, they also had to capture what these spaces meant for the local community.
The students spent two weeks on the road in August accompanied by staff member and Creative Director Sam Chick. The trip started with a break-of-dawn visit to The Old Bank in Margate to capture the town in early morning lighting followed by The Fuse Box in Brighton, Sun Pier House in Medway and then across the Channel to the Paul Bert School in Lens and completing the trip at Les Bains Douches in Flers.
Robert Roach, second year student who was on the trip said: “We met some wonderfully friendly and helpful people and saw some lovely places and found out what is being done to some of these old buildings. They really are breathing new life into them.”
This trip has given UCA students an invaluable opportunity to work professionally with a diverse range of partners, affording them a chance to put into practice what they have learnt on the course.
Rosie Squires, another second year student who took part in the project said: “ReCreate allowed me to experience a commission for the first time, teaching me how to work practically and professionally, whilst still staying creative. It’s allowed me to get to know new people and places that could help me once a I graduate and opened my eyes to the creative community in each of the locations.”
The student’s hard work over the summer resulted in a fantastic body of work that spreads itself across the Zandra Rhodes Gallery and into the stairwells at the UCA Rochester. Their work was first displayed at a private viewing on 21 November from 4-7pm, but it will remain on exhibition until January.
The documentation of sites will continue over the coming year where another group of students, led by Course Leader Heike Löwenstein, will work more closely with the sites over a series of visits to document the development as building work progresses, as well as capturing some of the activity that will be taking place by creative enterprises and individual residents.
Amie Rai, Interreg Project Co-ordinator said: “UCA is delighted to be a partner on the ReCreate project and looks forward to the many opportunities that this rich cross-border project will continue to provide for staff, students and the local creative communities over the coming year.”
For more information contact:
Angela Chadwick
T: +44 (0)1252 892731
E: achadwick@ucreative.ac.uk
Jack and the Beanstalk – NEW Half Term Panto at Brook Theatre Chatham – Feb 2014
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Following the great success of the sell-out show The Wizard of OZ and critically acclaimed Jekyll and Hyde, GDS Productions brings you Jack and the Beanstalk. With all the elements of a traditional panto including lively music, costumes and much more.
Featuring the hapless Jack, Dame Dotty Dimple, their beloved cow and a handful of magic beans, Jack and the Beanstalk is set to enchant and excite audiences of all ages with this adventure story for all the family.
The pantomime will be performed during February Half-Term (Thursday 20th- Saturday-22nd) with a matinee each day at 2pm so that the younger ones can bring mum and dad along, as well as an evening performance at 7pm on Friday and Saturday, for a fun filled evening.
Written by Alan P. Frayn and directed by Peter Bailey, GDS Productions have pulled out all the stops to ensure this production delivers a memorable ‘laugh a minute’ show you can boo, hiss and cheer to at your heart’s content. The pantomime features many of our experienced actors from recent successful productions such as Jekyll and Hyde, Treasure Island and the Sound of Music, and we are also delighted to welcome a cast of extremely talented enthusiastic members(and a dancing cow!!) to make this show one you will not forget in a hurry.
Don’t miss the opportunity to see us in action during the February half term! Fee, Fi, Foe, Fum, it’s going to be a lot of panto fun.
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Our friends at Central Brook Theatres are waiting to take your call on 01634 338338.
Or alternatively you can purchase online at: Medway tickets live:
There is no booking fee for ordering via the phone or online just a small charge of 75p if you require the tickets to be posted.
Those is a saving of over £1.50 if not more in booking fees alone and combine that with our fantastic ticket prices.
£9 Adult ticket
£7 Child and Concessions
£30 Family tickets up to 4 tickets
What a deal!!!!
And if you order 10 you get 1 free, we are treating you before you even see the show.
We are also pleased to announce that our friends at McDonald’s in Chatham have kindly offered to give a free ice-cream for every ticket purchased.
All you have to do to claim your free ice-cream is to present your show ticket at the counter.
Seasonally Effected – Creative Open-Mic Events – Medway
Creative and Art EventsSeasonally Effected is a Rochester based open-mic night for creative and cultural exploration. It features a diverse mix of performances including poetry, short film, comedy, short stories, original music, plays and a variety of experimental content that is less easy to define. Usually happening at the lovely and cosy Dot Cafe on Rochester High Street, it is advisable to arrive early to guarantee a seat. The first events for this year are planned for the 29th January and 19th February and will run 7-9pm.
This year they are looking for performers who are up for more of a challenge. Organisers are suggesting people try something completely different from their usual practice, for example poets do a painting, singer-song writers perform some stand up, film makers experiment with flower arranging and storytellers sing a song.
The event is free to attend and there is no pressure to perform. However, if you are interested in booking a 10 minute spot to share something you have created, whether that be film, poem, song, art, idea or other form of expression, contact them on: seasonallyeffected@gmail.com
New Art Clubs For 2014 At Stepping Stone Studios – Maidstone
Creative and Art EventsStepping Stone Studios in maidstone have two new arts clubs organised for adults and kids for 2014.
ADULT ART CLASS
Starting March 5th. Every Wednesday evening, from 7pm, founding member Suzie Dafforn will be running a regular art class for adults, to match the successful and sociable Life Drawing evenings. Suzie will lead attendants through a range of art forms, differing week on week: from lino-print to still life, to watercolours, to portraiture, this will become a class that highlights your working week.
Please contact info@steppingstonestudios.co.uk for more information or to book in advance.
ART BUZZ is the new regular Saturday morning kids group (ages 4-10) run by Fiona Scullion. From 11:30am-1pm every Saturday you and the kids are invited for a morning of creative distraction, with a new programme of activity published every month via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/artbuzzmaidstone).
This year a second class will be added for the younger kids 18months-3yrs LITTLE GRUBBERS is every Thursday 12:30-2pm. Fiona’s extensive history of children’s care and art involvement ensure your child will have a new exploration every time.
Here’s this month’s programme:
Sat 4 Jan – 11:30am – 1pm – Art Buzz (4 – 10yrs) – Paper plate penguins
Thurs 9 Jan – 12:30pm – 2:00pm – Little Grubbers (18mnths – 3yrs)
Make your own play dough
Sat 11 Jan – 11:30am – 1pm – Art Buzz – Colour in the dark, Chalk/ pastel drawings
Thurs 16 Jan – 12:30pm – 2:00pm – Little Grubbers -Handprint paintings
Sat 18 Jan – 11:30am – 1pm – Art Buzz – Design and paint your own wooden box.
Thurs 23 Jan 12:30pm – 2:00pm – Little Grubbers – Sand and Pasta sticky time.
Sat 25 Jan 11:30am – 1pm – Art Buzz -Tin Can robots.
Thurs 30 Jan -12:30pm – 2:00pm -Little Grubbers – Egg box animals
Class costs £6 per child, with £2 lunch menu on offer! Phone Fiona to book a place:
| 07563 186823 |
The Business of Writing : Getting Published – Workshop – 1st March 2014 – Canterbury
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Tutor: Jane Seaman
Date: Saturday 1 March 2014 | 10am-4pm
Will 2014 be the year your novel or short stories are published? This day school offers tips and advice from a professional writer who shares her personal experiences of both being traditionally published and successfully going down the independent route of publishing e-books via Amazon. Marketing, selling, agents, publishers, blogging and social media are also discussed.
Cost: £27.50 | code: cccuds141
About the tutor: Born in 1962, Jane had her first short story published in a UK magazine at age 14. Since then, 30 novels for teenagers plus over 200 short stories, poems and articles have been published internationally and translated into 7 languages. An award-winning writer, Jane has given talks on radio and to writers groups and she delivers writing workshops to schools and adults. She is a member of the National Association of Writers in Education and a qualified writing coach. For more information go to www.janeayres.blogspot.com
Canterbury Christchurch University
North Holmes Road,
Canterbury,
Kent. CT1 1QU
To book go to the link below and scroll down to the course.
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/community-arts-education/day-schools/spring-2014.asp
FREE Screen Printing Taster Workshop At Hobbycraft Maidstone – 14th December 2013
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Create a beautiful printed tote bag and encourage the kids to get creative and experience the thrill of printing their own t-shirt!
Moore Studio Press have teamed up with the lovely people at Hobbycraft, Maidstone to bring you screen printing taster sessions on Saturday 14th December. There are 4 sessions to choose from starting at 11.00am with 8 people per session. This activity is suitable for children aged 5 years + and adults of all ages.
Sessions are free, (but booking is essential) you just need to bring a t-shirt to print onto (this must be white or light coloured) or you can purchase a t-shirt or canvas tote bag on the day for just £2.
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You’ll leave with new skills and tips to carry on screen printing at home.
Rochester Film Society Screening – ‘Any Day Now’ – Thurs 28th 7.45pm
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The Rochester Film Society invite you to join us for our next screening at the Odeon Chatham, coming next is – ‘Any Day Now’ –
In the 1970s, a gay couple fights a biased legal system to keep custody of the abandoned mentally handicapped teenager that comes to live under their roof.
Director: Travis Fine
Stars: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva
Students can enjoy 2 for 1 on their ticket by sowing a valid student card at the box office.
If you have been to the Odeon in the 6 days prior to our event and show a ticket from that film at the box office you can also receive 2 for 1 at our screening.
For more events and to book tickets visit our website http://www.rochesterfilmsociety.co.uk
Rochester Picture Palace Screening – Akira – Tuesday 26th 7.30pm
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Here is your invite to the next screening at Rochesters very own cinema – The Rochester Picture Palace – this coming Tuesday we have – ‘Akira’ –
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psionic psychopath that only two kids and a group of psionics can stop.
Director: Katsuhiro Ohtomo
Stars: Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Mitsuo Iwata
If you have attended our Thursday night Odeon screening in the week before this event and show your ticket from that film at the Picture Palace box office you can recieve a concessionary rate!
For more screenings and to book tickets visit our website http://www.rochesterfilmsociety.co.uk
Rochester Film Society Screening – Kings Of Summer – Thurs 21st 7.45pm – Chatham Odeon
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The Rochester Film Society invite you to join us for our Thursday night screening at the Odeon Chatham. This week – Kings Of Summer –
Three teenage friends, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land.
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Stars: Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias
Students can receive 2 for 1 on their tickets by showing a valid student card at the box office.
If you have been to the odeon in the 6 days prior to our event and show the tickets from that film at the box office you can also receive 2 for 1….
For more screenings and to book tickets visit our website http://www.rochesterfilmsociety.co.uk
Rochester Picture Palace Screening – ‘Something in the Air’ – Tuesday 19th 7.30pm
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The Rochester Film Society invite you once again to the upcoming screening at the Rochester Picture Palace (Corn Exchange High St Rochester). This week we have – Something in the Air –
In the months after the heady weeks of May ’68, a group of young Europeans search for a way to continue the revolution believed to be just beginning.
Director: Olivier Assayas
Stars: Clément Métayer, André Marcon, Lola Créton
If you have attended our Thursday night Odeon screening the week before this event and show your ticket from that film at the Picture Palace box office you can receive the concessionary rate!
For more screenings and to book tickets visit our website http://www.rochesterfilmsociety.co.uk
Rochester Film Society Screening – ‘The Way Way Back’ – Thursday 14th Chatham Odeon 7.45pm
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The Rochester Film Society invite you to join us for our regular Thursday night screening at the Chatham Odeon – this week ‘The Way Way Back’
Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend’s daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.
Directors: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Stars: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney
Students can enjoy 2 for 1 on their ticket by showing a valid student card at the box office.
If you have visited the Odeon in the 6 days prior to our event and show your ticket from that film at the box office you can also receive 2 for 1 on your ticket to our screening.
For more screenings and booking information visit our website http://www.rochesterfilmsociety.co.uk
Rochester Picture Palace Screening – ‘Like Someone In Love’ – Tuesday 12th November 7.30pm
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The Rochester Film Society once again invite you to join us for the next screening at the Rochester Picture Palace – ‘Like Someone In Love’ –
In Tokyo, a young prostitute develops an unexpected connection with a widower over a period of two days.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Stars: Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno, Ryo Kase
Includes a short film by a local film maker and an introduction to the feature presentation.
If you have attended our Thursday night Odeon screening of ‘Breathe In’ the week before this event, show your ticket for it at the Picture Palace box office and receive a concessionary price!
For more screenings and booking information visit http://www.rochesterfilmsociety.co.uk
Rochester Film Society Screening – ‘Breathe In’ – Thursday 7th November 7.45pm
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The next Thursday night screening with the Rochester Film Society – ‘Breathe In’ –
Director: Drake Doremus
Cast: Guy Pearce, Amy Adams
Synopsis: When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family’s relationships and alters their lives forever.
Introduction to the film followed by a discussion over a drink
Students can receive 2 for 1 on their ticket when sowing a valid student card at the box office.
If you have been to the Odeon in the 6 days prior to our screening and show your ticket from that film at the box office you can also receive 2 for 1 when attending our event.
For more screenings and booking information visit our website http://www.rochesterfilmsociety.co.uk
Rochester Picture Palace Screening – ‘Therese Desqueyroux’ – Tuesday 5th November 7.30pm
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The Rochester Film Society invite you to join us for the next screening at the Rochester Picture Palace, this week – Therese Desqueyroux –
An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures.
Director: Claude Miller
Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gilles Lellouche
If you have been to our Thursday night Odeon screening in the last week and show your ticket from that film at the Picture Palace box office you can receive a concessionary rate.
For booking information visit http://www.rochesterfilmsociety.co.uk
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