Year round regular (and highly irregular) events… The Green Lawn Tennis Club on Tower Road West offers tennis coaching for juniors and acrylic and hard courts, plus floodlighting for extended play and a cosy clubhouse for après tennis: thegreenltc.co.uk tel. 01424 430221
Azur at Marina Pavilion Bistro, Restaurant and event venue with unrivalled sunset views has monthly tea dances in the legendary Sun Room, Tuesday is Le Roc jive classes and Friday is 1066 Jazz Club night: azurmarinapavilion.com
The Sewing Parlour at La La Rookh, Marine Court, Marina, features classes and projects to increase your sewing prowess: Sewingparlour.wordpress.com Love Café, Norman Road, Norman Road, special grand feast events and art shows: thelovecafe.me
Post Office Tea Rooms on Marina, properly posh teatimes and pop up restaurant nights, with special menus based on much-loved cookery books. Thursday is knitting night: wix.com/potearooms/info Wonky WI a locally grown version of the Women’s Institute, meetings first Tuesday of the month 7.30pm at the Royal Victoria Hotel, Marina: wonkywi.com St Leonards Film Society, community cinema with an excellent selection of offbeat and great films at keen prices; kids cinema club at the Magnet, Christchurch, London Road, and grown up cinema at Hastings Arts Forum, Marina: stleonardsfilmsoc.co.uk
Plenty on Grand Parade hosts events, café nights, wine tastings and skincare events. Visit their Twitter or Facebook page: Plenty Provisions Store Burton St Leonards Society presents the James Burton memorial lecture series, a lighthearted look at the late Georgian Regency and preVictorian times held at Hastings Arts Forum, Marina and guided walks during July and August: burtonsstleonardssociety.co.uk Gwyneth’s African Party Nights at Mamma Putts Afro Caribbean Restaurant, 23 Kings Road, regular party nights featuring, Hi-Life, Soukous, Soul, Reggae, Rhumba & Latin rhythms accompanying great tasting food: afropartynight.co.uk
Who’s Wearing What pop up fashion events in and around St Leonards selling a range of independent designers’ accessories and clothes in a party style atmosphere: whoswearingwhat-parties.co.uk
Café Relax, Marine Court, Marina, jazz, belly dancing, Russian folk dancing are a few of the entertainments to accompany the authentic Armenian food, Georgian wines, fine cognac and a warm welcome: caferelax.co.uk The Space, Kings Road. An enclosure by the Station is the location for a series of artists’ projects. The initiative is part of Hastings Borough Council’s ‘Art in New Spaces’ programme, re-animating empty sites with contemporary art: interface-2011.blogspot.com Respond Academy, Silchester Mews, is an alternative education and youth project providing classes and skills support for music, dance, film and art: respondacademy.com
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