Designing Hope
By Sarah Housley
Friday 26th September
6pm-7.30pm
£5 or pay what you can
Book here https://thenose.org/products/author-talk-designing-hope

When did we stop dreaming of a better future?

What happened to the sci-fi golden age of the 1950s, when futurism flourished as a discipline and drove innovation?

As a society, either we struggle to imagine something good for the times to come or we fail to picture any future at all. Our world is in polycrisis; we face climate breakdown, societal fracturing, governmental collapse, war, and rising inequality.

The exciting outcomes we dreamed of, from the space race to the wonder material plastic, have brought contingent problems of their own. We haven’t yet developed mainstream and accessible new narratives to replace these failures, and if you ask someone to imagine ‘the future’, they’ll probably still picture flying cars.

Designing Hope resets expectations. Through the lens of four emerging futures, Sarah Housley shows us visions of hope that inspire action and critical thinking about how we’ll live in the decades to come. 

Open Folk Music Session
Thursday 29th August
1pm-3pm, Free

Ray and Amanda Smith & friends are hosting a monthly open folk session for acoustic musicians and singers on the 4th Thursday of the month from 1pm - 3pm. Come and join in or sit and listen.

Walton Backwaters
20th June - August 2025
Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm.

Not a Camera Club photographers are showing images that capture the special landscape of the Walton Backwaters. Starting from an invitation from the Naze Protection Society to document the area of of site of scientific interest (SSSI) Hamford Water that The Naze protects, the images show the tidal inlet, salt marshes and creeks and how they are used by wildlife and people for work rest and play.

Photograph by Sarah Bone.

Mask Painting Workshop with Catalina Carvajal 
Thursday 13th March
6.30pm-8pm
Free, booking required

Join us on Thursday 13th March, from 6:30pm to 8pm for a fun and hands-on creative experience! Paint your own mask inspired by Colombian traditions.

Catalina Carvajal is a Colombian illustrator and mural artist. She was born in Bogota, Colombia, and lived in Mexico City before moving to the UK. @catalinacarvajalr. All ages are welcome. Admission is Free, and all materials are provided. (All children should be accompanied by an adult.) Limited to 10 participants.
Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To book, contact: eleanor@thenose.org

Tendring Community Writers
Next meeting: Saturday 6th April 2024
2pm - 4pm, Free.

Meeting on the first Saturday of every month at 2pm at The Nose. Clive Brill joins us to lead this session. Contact Faye Rathe to attend.

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