Viva Lewes Issue #161 February 2020

Feb listings
SATURDAY 1
A Night on the Wild Side. Talk with Jay
Griffiths, author of Wild: An Elemental
Journey and Kith: The Riddle of the Childscape.
All proceeds will go to the Linklater Pavilion.
Linklater, 7pm, £6-£10. There will also be
a writing workshop with Jay, 10am-3pm, 12
places at £50 each. Tickets available from
Eventbrite.
TUESDAY 4
Life Drawing. Drop-in session, bring your
own materials. Lewes Arms, 7.30pm, £5.
(Also on Tuesday 18).
Seedy Saturday. Seed swap, talks, children’s
activities, community growing projects,
plants on sale, café and more. Lewes Town
Hall, 10am-3pm, £1 (kids free).
Photo by Howard Grey
Colin Grant & Howard Grey: Lost Images
of the Windrush Generation. Colin
Grant talks to photographer Howard Grey
about his collection of images lost for over 50
years then salvaged by digital technology. All
Saints, 7.45pm, £8/£10, see leweslivelit.co.uk.
WEDNESDAY 5
SATURDAY 1ST, SUNDAY 2ND,
SATURDAY 8TH & SUNDAY 9TH
His Dark Materials Part II. Lewes Drama
Collective’s Youth Group presents part II of
the Philip Pullman epic fantasy. All Saints,
3.30pm, £9.50/£7.50.
MONDAY 3
Introducing Mantellisaurus. Gideon
Mantell birthday memorial lecture with Joe
Bonsor of the Natural History Museum,
describing the latest research on the dinosaur
now named after Mantell. Lewes Town Hall
Council Chamber, 7.30pm, £3 on the door.
Strategies for small gardens – from design
to maintenance. Lewes & District Garden
Society talk with Nigel Philips. St Thomas
Church Hall, 27 Cliffe High St, 7.30pm for
7.45pm, £3 for visitors.
THURSDAY 6
Comedy at the Con. With Angelos Epithemiou,
Danny Buckler and Eryn Tett. Con
Club, 7.30pm, £9-£12.
THURSDAY 6 – SUNDAY 9
New Queers on the Block. Brighton’s The
Marlborough presents a national touring
programme which develops new performances
by innovative LGBTQ+ artists. Events over the
weekend at The Marlborough and ACCA, see
marlboroughtheatre.org.uk.
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