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  1. FILM

    Oyster Land
    Friday 31st January 
    6pm-7.30pm (new time)
    Tickets £5

    Oyster Land is a film that spends time with the oystermen of Mersea Island, Essex and explores the ancient oyster culture of the city of Colchester. It's an atmospheric journey of working on the waters of an estuary that has sustained a local trade for thousands of years. The film has been touring the coastal communities of Essex and Suffolk.
    Matthew John Harrison is a filmmaker from Colchester. He started Eudo Films to make home-grown documentaries.

    6pm Shanty Singing with Hoy Boy.
    Introduction
    Film time 30 min
    Q&A with the filmmaker.

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  2. MUSIC

    Open Folk Music Session
    Thursday 23rd January
    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.

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  3. FILM

    12 Months in Essex
    Friday 24th January
    6.30pm-8pm
    £5

    Join us for a preview of a film documenting 12 months in the studio of landscape painter Simon Carter. We will be screening January-April, the first four months of the film which has been filmed and edited by Noah Carter. Simon and Noah will be talking about the process afterwards in a Q&A.

    Tickets are £5 for the screening and talk. Book here
    Film time, 40 mins, followed by a Q&A with the artists and filmmaker.

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