Featured Events in Hove in May 2025 (August Updated)

In early twentieth-century literature, scenes of reading offer a fascinating glimpse at how modernist writers viewed the act of reading itself and understood the challenges posed by modernist texts.  In this session, we will be in conversation with Helen Tyson about her 2024 book, Reading Modernism’s Readers: Virginia Woolf, Psychoanalysis and the Bestseller . Focusing primarily on the works of Virginia Woolf, Tyson explores scenes of reading in Woolf’s novels alongside writings by Marcel Proust, Ethel M. Dell, Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Melanie Klein and Marion Milner. She argues that the “staged, fictionalised encounter with literary texts lies at the heart of early twentieth-century culture” and uses this to explore the way that reading is staged in literary modernism, bestselling novels, and psychoanalysis.  In this session, we will discuss psychoanalysis and portraits of the child reader in Woolf, Proust, and Freud; Bestselling romance novels, their readers and the works of Ethel M. Dell; the relationship between reading and redemption in Woolf’s The Waves ; Woolf’s The Years , Milner’s An Experiment in Leisure , and the emergence of fascism. Session details Session Lead: Bradley Tuck In Person: Southern Belle, 3, Waterloo Street, Hove The venue is not wheelchair accessible Click to join On Zoom Meeting ID: 837 8707 8542 Passcode: 970198 Time: 6:30 pm Doors. Start 7:00 pm-9:30 pm. If for some reason you can't make it and you already bought a ticket, please release it so others can come to the event. You can also email us at explodingappendix@gmail.com for any inquiries. – Find us on Instagram RSVP and invite your friends on Facebook! Information Source: Exploding Appendix | eventbrite

Bake Your Own Bagels Join us for a fun-filled evening of bagel baking at our cozy venue in Hove! Whether you're a seasoned baker or a complete novice, this hands-on event is perfect for anyone who loves fresh, homemade bagels. During this interactive session, you'll learn the art of making bagels from scratch. We will guide you through the entire process, from mixing and kneading the dough to shaping and boiling the bagels. We'll also pause in the baking process to enjoy a simple vegetarian soup based supper. Don't worry if you've never baked before – this event is all about having fun and learning together. Grab your friends or come solo and make new friends while you knead and shape the dough. Get ready to roll up your sleeves, put on an apron, and dive into the world of bagel baking! Spaces are limited, so be sure to book your spot in advance. We can't wait to bake with you at Bake Your Own Bagels ! Information Source: Stoneham Bakehouse | eventbrite

About Defending Arts and Culture in Brighton and Hove series The aim of this session is to bring people together to think collaboratively about how we can strengthen arts and culture in Brighton and Hove. As with all sessions in this series, we take a broad view of culture, integrating the arts, education, sport, social life, and community organizing into our vision for a thriving city. More details about this session comming soon! Session details Session Lead: Bradley Tuck In Person: Southern Belle, 3, Waterloo Street, Hove The venue is not wheelchair accessible Click to join On Zoom Meeting ID: 843 8551 2818 Passcode: 696286 Time: 6:30 pm Doors. Start 7:00 pm-9:30 pm. If for some reason you can't make it and you already bought a ticket, please release it so others can come to the event. You can also email us at explodingappendix@gmail.com for any inquiries. – Find us on Instagram RSVP and invite your friends on Facebook! Information Source: Exploding Appendix | eventbrite

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Friendship is community. Community is friendship. This isn’t just something that happens—it’s something we make and build. But in a world where friendship has been reduced to likes, follows, and matches, how do we rethink and redesign the act of making friends and building communities in a way that truly works for us? In this interactive session, designer and zine maker, Soofiya will guide us through friendship as a design problem. Together, we’ll map out our connections, reflect on how we form and sustain friendships, and sketch new ways of approaching friendship and in turn community, beyond the limits of social media algorithms and dating apps. Through diagrams and discussion, this salon will offer space to reimagine friendship as something we can actively shape rather than passively receive. Expect a playful and thoughtful evening of drawing, sharing, and thinking differently about the ways we connect. Come ready to make, map, and maybe even meet a new friend or two! About Soofiya Soofiya's design practice centres around illustration, visual identity and book design, with most clients tending to be in the arts, cultural and activist sector. Soofiya's art practice and writings aim to articulate a commentary on gender, race, politics and bodies through a DIY and therapeutically informed approach. Soofiya has worked as a lecturer in design and arts at Universities and HE institutions nationally and internationally in the UK and Xiamen, China. Soofiya is an associate lecturer at UAL on their MA Internet Equalities as well as lecturing at the University of Brighton. Session details Session Lead: Soofiya In Person: Southern Belle, 3, Waterloo Street, Hove The venue is not wheelchair accessible Click to join On Zoom Meeting ID: 859 9442 9347 Passcode: 228281 Time: 6:30 pm Doors. Start 7:00 pm-9:30 pm. If for some reason you can't make it and you already bought a ticket, please release it so others can come to the event. You can also email us at explodingappendix@gmail.com for any inquiries. – Find us on Instagram RSVP and invite your friends on Facebook! Information Source: Exploding Appendix | eventbrite