Sat 28 Apr 2012 – Sun 29 Apr 2012
Robin Hill Country Park
With gold medal-winning mainland plant nurseries that you would normally see at Chelsea, I.W garden businesses, local food (and a fabulous food theatre), art, craft, green & environmental exhibits, health, lifestyle & countryside products….you don’t want to be missing out on this superb Easter event
Sun 15 Apr 2012
IW Steam Railway
A festival of buses old and new! Come and marvel at over 35 vintage buses of all shapes and sizes, and browse around the stalls and attractions. Plus there’s a full service of steam trains and a real ale bar!
Sun 8 Apr 2012 – Mon 9 Apr 2012
Robin Hill Country Park
Visit Robin Hill this Easter bank holiday weekend to experience a weekend of chocolate fun and games for the whole family! Try the chocolate tasting challenge, have a go at the fun competitions and be in for the chance to win some great chocolate prizes… The best thing about the ‘Easter Eggstravaganza’ is the Easter egg hunts!
Easter Fun & Teddy Bears Outing 2012
Fri 6 Apr 2012 – Mon 9 Apr 2012
IW Steam Railway
Treat yourself to a relaxing day out over the Easter break and enjoy the spectacle of some of the Island’s blossoming Spring-time countryside from the comfort of your seat on one of the Island’s steam trains! There will be plenty to keep the youngsters occupied with an Easter Treasure Hunt, Easter colouring & crafts, plus children are asked to come in their Easter bonnets & join the Easter Bonnet Parade each day
Closing date: 31 May 2012.
Terms & conditions
Entrants must be over 18 years. Holiday prize will be 3 nights for 2 people bed and breakfast up to the value of £330, to be taken in the 2012 holiday season, excluding Bank holiday periods, in a double or twin room, subject to promotional availability. Travel expenses and ferry cost is not included. No cash alternative will be given. Winner may be expected to participate in some publicity activities.
Promoter: The Westfield, 17 Broadway, Sandown, Isle of Wight PO369BY
At the Methodist Church, Brighstone 10am – 12pm 1ST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH
Come and have your NHS hearing aid cleaned, re-tubed and pick up batteries or come for advice and support in the use of your hearing aid.
Free service manned by volunteers – all donations gratefully received.
Previously known as RNID or Sound Advice
Phone 529533 / text 529998 for further details
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The West Gallery, Quay Arts, IOW. Sat 10 Dec 2011 – Sat 4 Feb 2012
Artist’s Talk by Day Bowman: Sat 21 Jan Starts 2.30pm FREE, Just turn up
Live Event by TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND: Fri 3 Feb 8.30pm Doors 8pm £15 advance (£20 on the door)
The Urban Wastelands Project is a collaboration of new work by British painter, Day Bowman, alongside award-winning film maker, Ian Knox, and music by internationally acclaimed music group Transglobal Underground, as a finale event.
Bowman’s paintings invite us to enter a world of gasometers, abandoned water pipes and barbed wire, referencing the shapes and forms of much post-industrial architecture such as cooling towers, water towers and wasteland detritus. Knox’s short films ‘Zone’, reflect the gritty landscapes alluded to in Bowman’s large, gestural paintings – the journey becomes a metaphor for mass transmigration. Echoing these feelings is a collection of traditional songs of emigration, exile and longing put through the radical machine and electronic beats that are the hallmark of the legendary Transglobal Underground in an exclusive live performance at Quay Arts.
“The music by Transglobal Underground is a haunting fusion of cultural influences from Arabic ‘Call to Prayer’ to Celtic Folk. Infused with sadness and longing for homes left far behind, the songs are set to the rhythmic beating of electronic instruments which echo the imagery of Knox’s film and the texture and surface of concrete and metal inherent in Bowman’s paintings. Embracing geo political issues of mass transmigration, The Urban Wastelands Project is a compelling journey through the tough forgotten corners of our marine wastelands that is both brittle and beautiful.” Jenny Blyth
Bowman studied at Chelsea School of Art and London University 1977 – 1980. She has exhibited extensively up and down the UK in solo and group shows and has received numerous awards for her work. Since 2006, Bowman has been represented by Art First London and Karin Sanders New York.
Knox is an award winning Director, trained at Edinburgh College of Art, Mafilm Studios in Budapest and UK’s NFTS. He has worked extensively in UK television drama and is currently working on ‘La Americana’, a feature film to be shot in Cuba.
A fully illustrated catalogue with a forward by Mel Gooding and short essay by Jenny Blyth will be available throughout the exhibition.
The Urban Wastelands Project started its UK tour at the Black Swan Arts as part of the Frome Arts Festival in July 2011, then toured to Dorchester Arts Centre, Kelly Ross Fine Art at The Art Stable, Dorset and finally to Quay Arts, IOW.
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The Isobel Centre (portacabin beside Downside School) Pan, 9.30am – 11.30am 1ST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH
Come and have your NHS hearing aid cleaned, re-tubed and pick up batteries or come for advice and support in the use of your hearing aid.
Free service manned by volunteers – all donations gratefully received.
Previously known as RNID or Sound Advice
Phone 529533 / text 529998 for further details
Content & images from: http://events.onthewight.com/
Zumba Fitness classes with Helen – Mondays @ Cowes High School
£4 and no booking required!
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14/10/11 to 08/01/12
Island Artist Liz Cooke has a exhibition on at the moment which combines painting, collage and photography.
The result are richly layered images inspired by the hidden realms of dreams and visions.
This exhibition showcases her photo-illustration work from the hand-collaged book-jackets of the 1990’s, and her later digitally re-worked series “The Unseen” and “Temple Dreamers”, to her mixed media work from the present day.
Opening times
Galleries, Museum and Tearooms
Open Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holidays 10am-4pm (November to February) and 10am-5pm (March to October) Main School Holidays we are open daily.
Adults £4 Students £3.50 (with valid NUS card) Children under 16 years FREE
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