Culture

Folk at RAF – a family affair!

Two prestigious and award-winning folk duos are just part of the line-up of stars for the forthcoming Rye Arts Festival. Here, Andy Stuart gives the first preview of festival performances

Japanese Butoh dance in Rye

Japanese dance, fascinating, different and exquisite. Ray Prewer reports on a new experience at Rye Studio School

Local artist makes top images book

Caroline Fraser, a resident artist at Rye Creative Centre...

All that jazz

For four days the town came, almost literally, to a halt as it became the international centre for the best of Jazz and blues music. With so many events, both free and ticketed, there was something for almost everyone. Rye News has an overview of the festival

Floods of musical entertainment

The School Creative Centre, inhabited by ARRCC and the New Road Artists, will become one of the Rye Arts Festival venues on September 19, when it hosts the David Flood Trio

Abba supports Wurlitzer Academy

A new academic year starts for Rye Wurlitzer Academy...

A jazzy overview

Four days of non-stop music and Heidi Foster recounts a personal view of her tour through some of the events

Let’s go to the movies!

This week's featured film showing at Rye Community Film Club on Friday September 4 is Testament of Youth, taken from Vera Brittain's best-selling autobiography this is a tale of love, war, loss and remembrance set during the First World War. For more on this and other movies showing in Rye please follow the link . . .

Historical costumes at Rye Harbour

Historical costume wall hangings created by Brighton artist Louise...

New music in Hastings

Hastings scores high on the list of international musical events. After the international piano music competition, we now have the opportunity to attend the star-studded International composers festival.

The jazz weekend has started!

Just returned from sunny, hot France with friends, enjoying...

Let’s go to the movies!

This week's featured film is set against the backdrop of the early 1960s at the height of the Cold War. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. sees CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin forced to put aside longstanding hostilities and team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organisation

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