H&N Issue 36 September 2019

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JOE BUNN’S BARDIC TRIALS
GENERAL LISTINGS
Marvel with me
“Let's put Worthing back on the map.”
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY, ISN'T IT? Those people who think they're
doing something splendid for the town. Back on the map. Like it fell off
Google because the people of Worthing played too much bowls. Here's a
thought for you: what if, like in America, Worthing is in the centre of the
map? What if I told you that we could become as rich and powerful as an
American film studio?
It's really quite simple: we just invent the Worthing Cinematic Universe.
Like the Marvel one, only Worthing.
We've got the sets. Worthing is awash with buildings that could pass for
shady government facilities, and I'm not even talking about the actual
ones. There's the building near Lidl that looks like there are robots being
built within its walls. What is the Dome Cinema if not the base for an
elect group of Heroes? And that new Worthing Observation Wheel: I
mean, there's got to be a plot involving that somewhere, a plan to make it
spin so fast that everyone gets really dizzy.
Next up, we need a villain, some horrible treacherous fiend who
threatens to rebuild Teville Gate whilst maniacally laughing. Some evil
eyebrowed monster who wants to replace our sandy beaches with stony
ones.
And a hero, someone with a cape that flows like the waves on the sea.
A Captain Worthing, if you will. Someone to punch seagulls right out the
sky before they swoop down and eat your chips.
It's time, again, to turn to you, to come up with the inhabitants of this
Cinematic Universe.
Who would be the superheroes? Who would be the villains? And what
stories would you include?
Draw me some concept art, pitch me a storyline, film me a film. I mean, if
you want to, I'm not your boss.
Remember what I said about maps? Putting Worthing back on the map?
What with the internet, and smart phones making maps irrelevant, why
do we even need to be on the map at all? Maps are boring. Why don't we
put Worthing in the pictures instead? n
Joe Bunn
Sat 14 Sep
Worthing Rotary Car Boot 7am-
2pm. Adur Rec (SHM).
Mayor’s Variety Show for Charity
7-10pm. Assembly Hall. Local
talent including Suspiciously Elvis
and Sussex Gruffs Male Voice Choir
perform to raise money for Care for
Veterans, NSPCC and Coastal West
Sussex Mind.
Sat 14 – Sun 15 Sep
Worthing Food and Drink Festival
Stalls open 10am-5pm, marquee
activities 11am-3.30pm. Steyne
Gardens. Sample flavours of the
seaside. Over 60 stalls, cookery
demos, music and entertainment.
FREE
Sun 15 Sep
VF Mind Body Spirit Fayre 1-5pm.
Field Place. In aid of Safe in Sussex.
£3/u16s FREE
Windmill Open Day 2.30-5pm. High
Salvington Windmill. Last open day
of 2019. £1/children FREE
Thu 19 Sep
The Speakeasy Conversation Club
(1st Anniversary) 7.30-11.30pm
Cellar Arts Club. £4/members £2
Teacher’s Networking Event 6-8pm.
Pavilion Café Bar. The role of culture
within the curriculum, and how
Worthing Theatres, Museum & Art
Gallery can support the syllabus.
FREE
Fri 20 Sep
Worthing Flower Club Nature’s
Bounty Flower Festival Preview
Evening 7-9pm. St Andrew's Church,
Clifton Rd. Music from Sussex
Folk Orchestra & raffle. £10 (inc
refreshments)
Sat 21 Sep
Raising Funds Through Recycling
10am. West Worthing Baptist
Church. Worthing Community
Chest’s pop-up recycling collection of
clothing, shows, e-readers, phones,
jewellery, currency and stamps. All
monies raised go back into the grants
pot!
Meso Miles Worthing 11am-12pm.
Meet opp Steyne gardens on Prom.
Wear blue. 5K walk or run to George
V and back. Fundraiser Mesothelioma
Cancer. Info FB.
Marine Conservation Society Big
Beach Clean & Heritage Fair Beach
House Grounds. Strandline safari
with Sussex Wildlife Trust in the
morning; info sarahward@sussexwt.
org.uk. Beach clean from 12.45-
2.30pm. Book mcsuk.org. FREE
Sat 21 – Mon 23 Sep
Worthing Flower Club Nature’s
Bounty Flower Festival Sat 10am-
5pm/Sun 1-5pm/Mon 10-5pm. St
Andrew's Church, Clifton Rd. Raffle,
refreshments and craft fair on Sat
morning. £5
Sun 22 Sep
Heritage Fort Open Day 11am-4pm.
Shoreham Fort. Info on FB.
Mon 23 Sep
Care Info Hub 2-4pm. Methold House.
Free fortnightly sessions about Guild
Care services inc. tea & cake.
Sat 28 – Sun 29 Sep
Worthing MRC Model Rail Exhibition
10am-5pm. Durrington High School.
Sun 29 Sep
Green Dreams Festival 10.30am-
4pm. Field Place. 4th annual
community food and greenspaces
festival featuring many local
sustainable and social enterprise
groups. Plenty of workshops, plus
community arts groups, magician,
fun fair, train rides, bouncy castle,
bar and entertainment plus stalls
and more. TTW Repair Cafe will
run its September session as part
of the festival. FREE
Mind Body Spirit Fayre 10.30am-5pm.
The Charmandean Centre. A day of
spiritual awareness and enlightenment.
Vintage Day on the Prom 11am-
3pm. East Beach Studios. Recreate an
outfit from any era, maybe Victorian,
Edwardian, 1960s, with prizes for the
best outfits. Live music, promenade
theatre, Punch & Judy, heritage walks,
displays and more. FREE
Thu 3 Oct
A Literation: Poetry, Prose and
Performance 7.30-11.30pm. Cellar
Arts Club. £2/members FREE
Fri 4 Oct
Pamper Evening 6-10pm. Field Place.
In aid of The New Montessori Pre-
School. Treatments and stalls. Tickets
eventbrite.
Fri 4 – Sun 6 Oct
Worthing Oktoberfest Steyne
Gardens. Worthing gives the
famous Bavarian beer festival
a warm wilkommen! Highlights
include a 20-metre bar with classic
German draught beers, traditional
food stalls and live entertainment
including a boisterous Oompah
band, plus wine, spirits and soft
drinks for the less beer-mad.
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