Featured Events in Hove in January 2025 (July Updated)

Event Description: Looking for a fun, energizing workout that doesn't require leaving your seat? Join us for a low-impact chair dance class that combines fun, fitness, and choreography, all from the comfort of your chair! Whether you're looking to build strength, improve flexibility, or just have a blast with a supportive community, this class is for you. Each session features easy-to-follow dance routines set to upbeat music that will get your heart pumping and your spirits lifted! Expert instructor Diane Lewis of DiVibe will guide you through moves designed to keep you fit while minimising impact on your joints, making it perfect for all fitness levels. What to Expect: Engaging, low-impact dance routines performed entirely while seatedA welcoming environment for all levels – no dance experience required!Groovy tunes that’ll make you want to move and groove in your chairA chance to connect with a lively, friendly community Information Source: BNJC | eventbrite

Ping pong lovers, this is your chance to serve, smash, and spin! Join us every Wednesday evening for a fun and friendly table tennis session. Perfect for beginners and advanced players alike, this is a fantastic way to stay active, sharpen your skills, and enjoy the thrill of the game with fellow enthusiasts. Information Source: BNJC | eventbrite

For those who secretly wish they could write, but are sure they can't, and those who are seasoned hands, each session will feature useful tips and exercises, with guidance, offering ample opportunity to experiment with different forms of story-telling - to be inspired, encouraged, and surprised! Facilitated by Janina Karpinska. Janina Aza Karpinska is a multidisciplinary Artist-Poet with a broad creative arts practice, with a background that covers: an M.A. in Creative Writing & Personal Development (with Merit), Sussex University; Foundation in Fine Art, Chelsea School of Art, and Foundation in Art Therapy, Edinburgh University Settlement. She has facilitated funded creative arts workshops for community groups, refugees, and projects that support good mental health practices. Drawn to making and facilitating commemorative art and creative Life Stories, she has exhibited such work in Journeys / Memories, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, and several Arts Festivals further afield. Her work has also been published in Poems in the Waiting Room; Aromatica Poetica; Ekphrastic Review; Drawn to the Light; Raising the Fifth, and Months to Years, amongst others. Information Source: BNJC | eventbrite

The Booksmiths Winter Writing Series 2025 at Platf9rm is quite simply for anyone currently writing (in whatever form), or who's ever dreamt about writing. The six sessions, 18:00 for 18:15 start, finishing 20:30 1. How to begin - January 21st 2. The ‘who’ of your story - February 4th 3. Obstacle, antagonist, problem - February 18th 4. What makes a scene? - March 4th 5. Tension, jeopardy and change - March 18th 6. Ending, editing and moving forward - April 1st Creative writing is both method and magic. Our workshops move between learning and doing, engaging the conscious and unlocking the subconscious mind. Each session uses best-in-class examples from screen and print to bring the theory to life, drive debate and ignite the creative spark. We set aside plenty of time for writing, and each session closes with a chance for writers to share work if they wish. Booksmiths are Rebecca Whitney and Alex Hourston, two published authors and experienced teachers who've built the course they wish had existed when they were starting out, designed to get you started and keep you writing. Any questions or for more info, email us: info@booksmithslondon.co.uk Information Source: Booksmiths | eventbrite

Limited early bird tickets available until midnight 1st November. The Booksmiths Winter Writing Series 2025 at Platf9rm is quite simply for anyone currently writing (in whatever form), or who's ever dreamt about writing. The six sessions, 18:00 for 18:15 start, finishing 20:30 1. How to begin - January 21st 2. The ‘who’ of your story - February 4th 3. Obstacle, antagonist, problem - February 18th 4. What makes a scene? - March 4th 5. Tension, jeopardy and change - March 18th 6. Ending, editing and moving forward - April 1st Creative writing is both method and magic. Our workshops move between learning and doing, engaging the conscious and unlocking the subconscious mind. Each session uses best-in-class examples from screen and print to bring the theory to life, drive debate and ignite the creative spark. We set aside plenty of time for writing, and each session closes with a chance for writers to share work if they wish. Booksmiths are Rebecca Whitney and Alex Hourston, two published authors and experienced teachers who've built the course they wish had existed when they were starting out, designed to get you started and keep you writing. Any questions or for more info, email us: info@booksmithslondon.co.uk Information Source: Booksmiths | eventbrite

The Booksmiths Winter Writing Series 2025 at Platf9rm is quite simply for anyone currently writing (in whatever form), or who's ever dreamt about writing. The six sessions, 18:00 for 18:15 start, finishing 20:30 1. How to begin - January 21st 2. The ‘who’ of your story - February 4th 3. Obstacle, antagonist, problem - February 18th 4. What makes a scene? - March 4th 5. Tension, jeopardy and change - March 18th 6. Ending, editing and moving forward - April 1st Creative writing is both method and magic. Our workshops move between learning and doing, engaging the conscious and unlocking the subconscious mind. Each session uses best-in-class examples from screen and print to bring the theory to life, drive debate and ignite the creative spark. We set aside plenty of time for writing, and each session closes with a chance for writers to share work if they wish. Booksmiths are Rebecca Whitney and Alex Hourston, two published authors and experienced teachers who've built the course they wish had existed when they were starting out, designed to get you started and keep you writing. Any questions or for more info, email us: info@booksmithslondon.co.uk Information Source: Booksmiths | eventbrite