Culture

The coolest jazz club, skittering break-beats in an ancient church, and a teach-in with live music in a walled garden. Rye's International Jazz and Blues Festival has it all, over five nights and four days between August 27 and 31.

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The new summer exhibition by the Rye Society of Artists looks set to break records as fine weather, a new bright and breezy venue and a spectacular show tempts in collectors, locals and visitors alike

A new regular correspondent in Rye News, Heidi Foster (above), kicks off on the "Culture" page with some comments about the Jazz Lounge at last year's Jazz and Blues Festival, and the Maritime Festival

Showing at Rye Community Centre Film Club on Friday, August 7- Selma (pictured above). This Oscar-nominated film is based on the story of Martin Luther King's quest to obtain equal voting rights for black citizens in Alabama in 1965. For details of this and other movies showing in Rye please follow the link . . .

The box office opens, the opening procession has permission and Rye Arts Festival is on its way with the Studio School and pupil Maria Ezobi playing a big part

It's open air theatre time again at Lamb House on August 14-16. Shakespeare of course. But not too heavy. This year it's "Twelfth Night". Previously it's been "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (pictured above). And the young actors have lots of experience, with the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Broadway and the BBC.

There will be a rare opportunity this Saturday afternoon to visit what is reckoned to be Winchelsea's best medieval vaulted cellar, under the ruins of the so-called Blackfriars Barn.

The full programme for the fourth Rye International Jazz and Blues Festival was launched last week with nearly fifty events over five nights and four days from August 27-31, the Bank Holiday weekend. Charles Harkness reports.

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This week's featured film showing at the Rye Kino is 'The Boy Choir', an uplifting story of talent, adolescence and mentorship. This is the inspirational tale of a rebellious boy with a remarkable gift who is challenged by a demanding teacher trying to make the most unlikely of dreams come true. Staring Dustin Hoffman (pictured above), Kathy Bates, Eddie Izzard and Debra Winger. For this and other films showing in Rye, read on