Viva Lewes Issue #112 January 2016

JANlistings (cont)
Mon 11
Talk. Lewes in Art. The excellent John Bleach
gives an overview into how the town and its
surroundings have been depicted from 1600 to
1950. Bring along your own prints and paintings
to share (please email in advance leweshistory@
gmail.com) King’s Church Building, 7.30pm,
£3/£2. leweshistory.org.uk
Tue 12
Film. National Diploma. (U) An accomplished
fly-on-the-wall documentary follows a group of
Congolese high school students as they prepare
for their National Diploma exam in Kisangani.
All Saints, 8pm, £5.50. lewes-filmclub.com
Wed 13
Tour. Behind the scenes tour of The Keep
Archives, including the stores where the documents
are housed and the conservation studio.
The Keep, Falmer, 1pm, free. Booking essential,
limited to 10 places per tour. thekeep.info/events
or 01273 482349
Thu 14
Talk. Sussex Storms.
Alan Grey, former Head
of Geography and Geology
at Varndean College,
discusses the storms of
2003/4 and their lasting
impact on our local
coastline. Priory School,
7.30pm, £5/£2.
Needlewriters: Poetry & Prose Readings.
Tara Gould reads short fiction, with tributes to
the late Irving Weinman, the renowned poet
and author who founded the organisation. Clare
Best presents new poems from Them, a sequence
about two strangely compatible people who
enjoy a thoroughly dysfunctional relationship.
Needlemakers Café, 7.45pm, £5/£3. Tickets
from Skylark or on the door. needlewriters.co.uk
Fri 15
Talk. Bridge Farm, near Barcombe Mills. Rob
Wallace and David Millium present the latest
report on the Romano-British settlement. Town
Hall, 7.30pm, £4/£3, u18s free. lewesarchaeology.org.uk
Sat 16
Farmers’ Market. Fresh, local produce (see cabbage
above)and lots of interesting stalls. Cliffe
Precinct, 9am-1pm. commoncause.org.uk
Wed 20
Talk. Lewes in Storm and Flood. A Friends
of Lewes talk focusing on the human impact
of floods and the ‘great storm’ of 1987 on the
people of the town, with personal reminiscences.
Southover Church, 7.45pm, £3. friends-of-lewes.
org.uk
Thu 21
Memorial event. We Won’t Stand By. Evening
of poetry, song, music and drama, featuring
students from Priory School. Musicians include
the amazing Runamok Collective. Staged by
the Lewes Holocaust Memorial Day Group. St
John’s sub Castro, 7pm, £5.
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