380 collection tins already donated – 120 left to go !
Last month Bear Patrol, the social networking group for bears and their friends launched a new community fundraising project to purchase a new batch of collection tins to help further promote the services of The Sussex Beacon and to increase the amount of tins circulated in the local community.
The new tins are white in colour, will also include security chains and the Beacon’s new logo which is due to be rolled out in April 2016.
Bear Patrol are asking community members to donate just £2 each which will cover the cost of purchasing one collection tin. Bear Patrol are aiming to purchase a batch order of 500 collection tins by the end of March.
If you would like to support and purchase a Sussex Beacon collection tin, click the donation link below and donate £2. If you want to purchase more than 1 tin amend the amount you wish to donate (i.e. 5 tins = £10) and when you have made your donation you can also leave a message of support as you wish.
To donate a collection tin, click here: https://www.justgiving.com/collectiontins
Danny Dwyer
Danny Dwyer, organiser of Bear patrol said:“These new collection tins will also help to replace some of the older tins which are now tired and/or damaged and as always we thank you for your support.”
For more information about the Sussex Beacon, click here: http://www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/
Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) team up with GIN & BEAR IT to supply liquid refreshment at this year’s bears picnic on June 18 at Dorset Gardens from 1pm.
Aaron Burns and John Azzopardi are GIN & BEAR IT! Together they serve drinks from their 1968 Morris Minor – Aubrey– who they have cleverly fitted out with optics rigs and a pop up bar created from vintage luggage in keeping with the age of their beloved car.
Though not born and bred Brightonians, Aaron and John consider themselves very much locals. They have lived here now for more than ten years, having moved from Bath and Melbourne respectively. They love being by the beach with everything that this creative town has to offer! GIN & BEAR IT! is as Brighton as the Royal Pavilion and the Brighton Pier.
Aaron said:“We are so excited to be a part of the BBW picnic, and look forward to meeting loads of great people and giving something back to our community, something we always love doing.”
John added:“BBW is a great opportunity to have a fantastic time with members of our community while raising money for an extremely worthy cause. The work that the Rainbow fund does is so important and to be able to support this is such an honour.”
Aaron continued: “As you can see we are big gin fans and have been working on a special cocktail for the picnic. Combining both Brighton Gin and Brighton Bier we have come up with a very yummy drink we are calling Teddy Bears’ Picnic. Proceed from these cocktails will go directly to the Rainbow fund!”
Brighton Bear Weekend Chair, Graham Munday (centre) with Aaron and John
Brighton Bear Weekend Chair Graham Munday, said:“This is amazing to have Gin & Bear It join us, Aaron and John who will be serving the drinks for you are so friendly and professional. If you want to see how they throw a party then you can check out their Polygon Pop Up Speakeasy Prohibition Bar which is on March 4. For tickets, click here:
“They will be joining us and all the volunteers from Lunch Positive who will be providing food, tea and coffee for the picnic on June 18.”
Brighton Bear Weekend will take place from June 16-19.
With just under two weeks to go, The Vitality Brighton Half Marathon, still needs volunteers to help in the race village and out on the course as road marshalls.
Volunteers will be handing out medals, water and other goods to runners as they finish the race and all volunteers will be provided with a packed lunch on the day.
The Vitality Brighton Half Marathon is on Sunday February 28 and is The Sussex Beacon’s main fundraising event of the year
The Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne celebrates LGBT history month this weekend, February 20-21, with Pride and Prejudice: Queer Lives on Film, a mini festival of LGBT films.
A weekend of diverse films is scheduled with lively discussions and a late bar on Saturday night, February 20.
This 2007 American documentary chronicles the lifelong relationship between author Christopher Isherwood and his much younger lover, artist Don Bachardy, including archival footage shot by the couple from the 1950s, excerpts from Isherwood’s diaries, and playful animations to recount their romance.
Event: Chris and Don: A Love Story: 91 min: not rated When: Saturday, February 20 Time: 2pm Entry: £4/£3 conc. and members
A selection of six LGBT short films exploring the theme of Love from the Iris Prize archive. 63 min in total.
Programmes include: Aban + Korshid (12A) Dir: Darwin Serink Bald Guy (12A) Dir: Maria Bock Barrio Boy (12A) Dir: Dennis Shinners Daniel (U) Dir: Vincent Fitz-Jim It’s Consuming Me (15) Dir: Kai Stanicke Private Life (PG) Dir: Abbe Robinson
Event: Love Bites: 63 min: not rated When: Saturday, February 20 Time: 4pm Entry: £4/£3 conc. and members
Terence Stamp Double Bill (late bar until 11pm)
Eyes Wide Open Cinema, Brighton’s popular LGBT film strand have curated an evening double bill, with Terence Stamp as the leading man. Towner’s top floor bar will be open throughout so you can make a night of it.
Teorema pre-screening talk with Jacob Engelberg
Event: The destructive and irresistible force of bisexual desire(ability) in Teorema When: Saturday, February 20 Time: 6pm Entry: Free for Teorema ticket holders
When a visitor arrives in a bourgeois Italian household and begins to serially seduce each member of its family, the very fabric of their beings is indelibly changed. Who is this bisexual figure and what threat do they pose to the traditional family structure?
Through a consideration of the figure of the bisexual in late nineteenth and twentieth century discourse and culture, we begin to see how artistic representations of bisexuality speak to larger questions of shame and desire, boundary and fluidity, order and chaos.
Jacob Engelberg is the Programmer of Eyes Wide Open Cinema, a queer film strand based in Brighton. He recently completed a Masters degree in Sexual Dissidence.
Teorema
Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1968 art-house classic Teorema features Stamp as the mysterious and seductive stranger who insinuates himself into the home of a wealthy Italian family.
Event:Teorema When: Saturday, February 20 Time: 6.45pm Entry: £4/£3.50 conc. or £7/£6 conc. for both films
To book Teorema and pre-screening talk online, click here:
Terence Stamp plays an ageing transgender woman in Stephan Elliot’s delirious exercise in ultra-camp meets outback macho. Bring your friends…and your feather boa.
Event: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.99 min running time
When: Saturday, February 20 Time: 9pm Entry: £4/£3.50 conc. or £7/£6 for both films
In this moving documentary filmmaker and artist Isaac Julien looks back on the life and work of Derek Jarman, showing how his works continue to influence and resonate with future generations. Both archival and newly recorded interviews are used to shine a light on Jarman’s professional and private life.
Event: Derek: 76 min: rated 18 When: Sunday, February 21 Time: 11am Entry: £4/£3 conc. and members
In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato – Uganda’s first openly gay man – and his fellow activists work against the clock to defeat the legislation while combating vicious persecution in their daily lives.
Event: Call me Kuchu: 90 min: rated 12A When: Sunday, February 21 Time: 2pm Entry: £4/£3 conc. and members
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