Culture
Let’s go to the movies!
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 . . .
Studio student helps festival
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
Are you sitting comfortably ?
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.
Mystery cellar opens Saturday
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.
Long weekend starts here
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.
Let’s go to the movies!
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
Two buses, three churches & tea
In blazing sunshine, thirty five Friends of St Mary's met at Rye Station Approach to board two community buses for the annual visit to a selection of churches on Romney Marsh. This year the choice was Snave, Appledore and Stone in Oxney.