Out On An Island

Out On An Island volunteer updates @ Online via Zoom
2023-05-16 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Online via Zoom
This is an opportunity for members, friends, and allies of the LGBTQ+ community to find out all about the next phase of StoneCrabs’ Out On Island and how they can get involved with future events, research, oral history training, etc.

We’ll be meeting online on Tuesday 16th May at 7pm. Get in touch with us at caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk for the Zoom link.

Date: Tuesday 16 May
Time: 7pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Price: Free
If you cant make it on Tuesday, 16th May, you can also come along on Saturday 13th May (Monkton Arts, 12.30pm)

Out On An Island & Bendy Book Club – Coffee Social & Book Club @ One Holyrood, Newport, Isle of Wight
2023-02-25 10:45 - 13:30 | One Holyrood, 1 - 4 Holyrood Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5AU, United Kingdom
Out On An Island’s Coffee Social and Bendy Book Club will be meeting at One Holyrood in Newport from 10.45am on 25th February.
It’s a relaxed social meeting, so you can come along even if you haven’t read the book but would like to socialise and meet friendly folk.
The coffee social with breakfast or drinks will be taking place in the café from 10.45am. The book club will be meeting in the lounge from 11.45am.
Note: One Holyrood stop serving breakfast at 11.30am.
Please let us know if you can’t make it and if you have suggestions or any other queries, please contact Caroline at caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk / 07786 080203.
February’s book is This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes. You can also join the Bendy Book Club Facebook group to stay up to date.

BAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury’s Caramel Rabbit, creator of a myriad of unforgettable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, Miriam Margolyes, OBE, is the nation’s favourite (and naughtiest) treasure. Now, at the age of 80, she has finally decided to tell her extraordinary life story – and it’s well worth the wait.
Find out how being conceived in an air-raid gave her curly hair; what pranks led to her being known as the naughtiest girl Oxford High School ever had; how she ended up posing nude for Augustus John as a teenager; why Bob Monkhouse was the best (male) kiss she’s ever had; and what happened next after Warren Beatty asked ‘Do you fuck?’
From declaring her love to Vanessa Redgrave to being told to be quiet by the Queen, this book is packed with brilliant, hilarious stories. With a cast list stretching from Scorsese to Streisand, a cross-dressing Leonardo di Caprio to Isaiah Berlin, This Much Is True is as warm and honest, as full of life and surprises, as its inimitable author.

Date: Saturday 25 February
Time: 10.45 am
Location: One Holyrood, Newport, Isle of Wight
Price: Free
February’s Book Selection: This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes

Out On An Island - Online Meeting for Friends and Volunteers @ Online via Zoom
2023-02-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Online via Zoom
Out On An Island will be holding an online meeting for friends and volunteers on Thursday 9 February at 7pm. We will be talking about what is new for 2023, moving forward, ways to engage and contribute, our LGBT social calendar and more. Everyone is welcome!
Get in touch with us at caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk for the Zoom link.
Date: Thursday 9 February
Time: 7pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Price: Free

Rainbow Island & Staying Afloat - LGBTQ+ Meet Up @ Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
2023-02-04 10:30 - 13:30 | Monkton Arts, 11 East Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 1JP, United Kingdom
A relaxed social over tea or coffee, with a chance of participating on a laughter yoga session. If you have any queries, please contact Caroline at caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk.
Date: Saturday 4 February
Time: 10.30 am
Location: Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Out On An Island – An LGBT History Through Portraits (Exhibition) @ Omnibus Theatre, London
2023-02-04 10:00 - 2023-03-03 17:00 | Omnibus Theatre, 1 Clapham Common Northside, London, London, SW4 0QW, United Kingdom
The Out On An Island exhibition arrives in London!

We are delighted to announce that the Out On An Island exhibition will be in display at London Omnibus Theatre, Clapham from 3 Feb through to 3 March 2023.

In a collaborative effort among LGBTQ+ Island residents, Out on An Island signifies the first ever project dedicated to local LGBTQ+ oral history on the Isle of Wight. Created in remarkable circumstances, it celebrates a close-knit community surviving together in the face of exclusion, prejudice and misrepresentation. The result is an inspiring collection of interviews from LGBTQ+ people concerning their lives on the Island.
Each interviewee has been skillfully captured through photographic portraits by Jon Habens. Each portrait sought to capture a character snapshot of the interviewees in familiar settings, either at their homes or local areas. Each case was approached from the starting point of listening to the interview and trying to create an image sensitive to the mood and tone of those words.
Visitors can listen to these oral histories gaining a new perspective of what it was/is to be LGBTQ+ on the Isle of Wight, where expressions of non-normative sexualities and genders have always been present.
Out On An Island is a project produced by StoneCrabs Theatre with support of the National Heritage Lottery Fund. The project has researched and unearthed 100 years of LGBTQ+ history on the Isle of Wight. The research, alongside the oral histories, are available in book format published by Medina Books, available online and at all major bookshops.
Date: Friday 3rd February – Friday 3rd March
Time: 10am – 5pm
Location: Omnibus Theatre, London
Price: Free

Out On An Island – An LGBT History Through Portraits (Launch Event) @ Omnibus Theatre, London
2023-02-03 19:00 - 22:00 | Omnibus Theatre, 1 Clapham Common Northside, London, London, SW4 0QW, United Kingdom
The Out On An Island exhibition arrives in London!
An exhibition launch event with short film, panel discussion and first viewing

We are delighted to announce that the Out On An Island exhibition will be in display at London Omnibus Theatre, Clapham from 3 Feb through to 3 March 2023.

There is also a special launch ticketed evening on 3 Feb at 7.30pm featuring live performances, short films and panel discussions, as well as the opportunity for exhibition first viewing.
Book your tickets here

In a collaborative effort among LGBTQ+ Island residents, Out on An Island signifies the first ever project dedicated to local LGBTQ+ oral history on the Isle of Wight. Created in remarkable circumstances, it celebrates a close-knit community surviving together in the face of exclusion, prejudice and misrepresentation. The result is an inspiring collection of interviews from LGBTQ+ people concerning their lives on the Island.
Each interviewee has been skillfully captured through photographic portraits by Jon Habens. Each portrait sought to capture a character snapshot of the interviewees in familiar settings, either at their homes or local areas. Each case was approached from the starting point of listening to the interview and trying to create an image sensitive to the mood and tone of those words.
Visitors can listen to these oral histories gaining a new perspective of what it was/is to be LGBTQ+ on the Isle of Wight, where expressions of non-normative sexualities and genders have always been present.
Out On An Island is a project produced by StoneCrabs Theatre with support of the National Heritage Lottery Fund. The project has researched and unearthed 100 years of LGBTQ+ history on the Isle of Wight. The research, alongside the oral histories, are available in book format published by Medina Books, available online and at all major bookshops.
Date: Friday 3rd February
Time: 7pm
Location: Omnibus Theatre, London
Price: Free

IW Cultural Education Partnership - Inspiring Young Lives Conference @ Osborne House, East Cowes, Isle of Wight
2022-10-21 10:00 - 16:30 | Osborne House
A conference exploring how cultural education can offer new ways of enriching and connecting curriculums for brighter futures and belonging. For everyone involved with education, children and young people on the Island.
Our programme for the day will include:

An exciting keynote speaker setting the scene for the day
Case study presentations about 4 great cultural education projects on the Island:

Creative Biosphere
Supporting Young Minds
Museums and Schools

A carousel of workshop activities exploring themes linked to wellbeing, brighter futures, creative curriculum, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Behind-the-scenes tour of Osborne House and education offer

Further information and programme TBC!
Limited places – book your free tickets now via Eventbrite
Date: Friday 21 October
Time: 10 am – 4.30 pm (tea/coffee available from 9.30 am)
Location: Education Centre, Osborne House, East Cowes, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Island Collection - We Are Island Cultural Conference @ Hullabaloo Festival Site, Sandown, Isle of Wight
2022-10-14 10:00 - 16:30 | Brown’s Cafe and Golf Course, Yaverland Road, Sandown, Isle of Wight, PO36 8QA, United Kingdom
A conference celebrating culture, creativity, inspiration and prosperity on the Isle of Wight presented by The Island Collection. For everyone interested in community aspiration and regeneration on the Island.
Our exciting line-up of contributors includes:

Sarah Dance, Chair, Creative Estuary (keynote)
Simon Eden, Director, Southern Policy Centre
Julian Wadsworth, Community Resilience Coordinator and Youth Intervention Officer, Community Action Isle of Wight
Nia Collins, Director, Isle of Wight Music Hub
Richard Smout, Lead Officer, Isle of Wight Museums and Schools
Georgina Newman, Director, Isle of Wight Creative Network
Claire Looney and Tim Rusby, Chief Executive and Chair, Portsmouth Creates

Plus performances throughout the day by internationally renowned StoneCrabs Theatre Company, based on the Island.
Further information and programme will appear here as details are finalised, so watch this space!
Limited places – book your free tickets now via Eventbrite
An informal networking event will follow on after the conference closes, from 5 – 6.30pm. Delegates and other attendees are warmly invited to stay on for a friendly chat over a glass or two.
Book your free tickets for this networking event separately on Eventbrite
Date: Friday 14 October
Time: 10 am – 4.30 pm
Location: Hullabaloo Festival Site, Brown’s Cafe and Golf Course, Sandown, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Out On An Island - The Coast Is Queer @ Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Brighton
2022-10-07 - 2022-10-09 | Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Sussex, Gardner Centre Road, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RA, United Kingdom
BRIGHTON & HOVE’S LGBTQ+
LITERATURE FESTIVAL
7-9 OCTOBER 2022
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
Out On An Island will be at The Coast Is Queer! Bringing together writers, performers, academics, activists and readers for a weekend of events, workshops, panel discussions and performances to celebrate queer lives and writing.
Presented by New Writing South and Marlborough Productions.
Find out the full line up and how to book tickets here!
Date: Friday 7 October – Sunday 9 October
Time: Variable
Location: Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
Price: Variable

Out On An Island & Bendy Book Club - Book Club & Pop Up Café @ Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight
2022-09-24 11:00 - 13:00 | Quay Arts, Sea Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5BD, United Kingdom
Bendy Book Club will be meeting at Quay Arts in Newport from 11am to discuss Orlando by Virginia Woolf and A Dutiful Boy by Mohsin Zaidi. They will be discussing the books for the first hour followed by a relaxed social meeting. Come along even if you haven’t read the books but would like to socialise and meet friendly folk!
Join the Bendy Book Club Facebook group to stay up to date.

Virginia Woolf’s ‘Orlando’, “the longest and most charming love letter in literature”, playfully constructs the figure of Orlando as the fictional embodiment of Woolf’s close friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West. Spanning three centuries, the novel opens as Orlando, a young nobleman in Elizabeth’s England, awaits a visit from the Queen and traces his experience with first love as England under James I lies locked in the embrace of the Great Frost. At the midpoint of the novel, Orlando, now an ambassador in Constantinople, awakes to find that he is now a woman, and the novel indulges in farce and irony to consider the roles of women in the 18th and 19th centuries. As the novel ends in 1928, a year consonant with full suffrage for women. Orlando, now a wife and mother, stands poised at the brink of a future that holds new hope and promise for women.

A coming of age memoir about growing up queer in a strict Muslim household. Like Educated with a modern British context.
Mohsin grew up in a deprived pocket of east London; his family was close-knit but very religiously conservative. From a young age Mohsin felt different but in a home where being gay was inconceivable he also felt very alone. Outside of home Mohsin went to a failing inner city school where gang violence was a fact of life.
As he grew up life didn’t seem to offer teenage Mohsin any choices: he was disenfranchised as a poor, brown boy, and he was isolated from his family as a closet gay Muslim.
However Mohsin had incredible drive and he used education as a way out of his home life and to throw himself into a new kind of life. He became the first person from his school to go to Oxford University and there he found the freedom to come out to his friends.
But Oxford was a whole different world with its own huge challenges and Mohsin found himself increasingly conflicted. It came to a head when Mohsin went back to visit his parents only to be confronted by his father and a witchdoctor he’d invited to ‘cure’ Mohsin.
Although Mohsin’s story takes harrowing turns it is full of life and humour, and it ends inspiringly. Through his irrepressible spirit Mohsin breaks through emotional and social barriers and in the end he even finds acceptance from his family.
Now Mohsin is a top criminal barrister who fights large-scale cases on a daily basis. Having faced battles growing up, he truly understands the importance of justice as a way of life.

Date: Saturday 24 September
Time: 11 am
Location: Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight
Price: Free
September’s Book Selection: Orlando by Virginia Woolf and A Dutiful Boy by Mohsin Zaidi

Pitts Rivers Museum - Online: Beyond Representation Webinar @ Online via Zoom
2022-09-13 17:30 - 19:00 | Online via Zoom
What’s next for queer equity in heritage spaces? Is there a disparity in regional and national representation?
Inspired by recent projects at Pitt Rivers Museum (University of Oxford) and Royal Albert Memorial Museum and the University of Exeter, Elliot Falkus brings together queer heritage practitioners around the UK, inviting the audience to imagine futures for LGBTQIA+ representation in heritage spaces.  Is a temporary exhibition enough or is it ticking boxes? Should we focus on regional or national projects? Where do we go next?
Click here to register to join online audience
Date: Tuesday 13 September
Time: 5.30pm – 7pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Price: Free

Out On An Island - Celebrating Pride: Arts & Wellbeing Workshop @ Department, Ryde, Isle of Wight
2022-06-30 16:00 - 18:00 | Department, 29-30 Cross Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2AA, United Kingdom
Out On An Island Celebrating Pride
Arts and wellbeing workshops for LGBTQ+ folk and allies of all ages
Supported by Isle of Wight Council and Southern Water

Led by visual artist Sydney Cardew, join us for three free workshops and help us to create a window display celebrating ‘Out On An Island’ and Pride 2022. All materials are supplied.
About Sydney
Sydney Cardew is a visual artist and poet from the Isle of Wight. She has a background in education, having worked in a variety of school roles, and currently teaches art and creative writing to young people and adults for Independent Arts. As well as the visual arts, she has a keen interest in theatre and roleplaying, having acted on stage and screen. She is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community.
Date: Thursday 30 June
Time: 4 – 6pm
Location: Department, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Bendy Book Club - 1979 by Val McDermid @ Bar 74, Ryde, Isle of Wight
2022-06-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Bar 74, 74 Union Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2LN, United Kingdom
Bendy Book Club will be meeting at Bar 74 in Ryde from 3pm to discuss 1979 by Val McDermid.

She’s on the hunt for a killer story . . .
1979. It’s the winter of discontent, and Allie Burns is chasing her first big scoop. One of few women in the newsroom, she needs something explosive for the boys’ club to take her seriously.
Soon Allie and fellow reporter Danny Sullivan are making powerful enemies with their investigations – and Allie won’t stop there. When she discovers a terrorist threat close to home, she devises a dangerous plan to make her name.
But Allie is a woman in a man’s world . . . and putting a foot wrong could be fatal.
They will be discussing the book for the first hour followed by a relaxed social meeting. Come along even if you haven’t read the book but would like to socialise and meet friendly folk.
Join the Bendy Book Club Facebook group to stay up to date.
Date: Sunday 26 June
Time: 3 pm
Location: Bar 74, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free
June’s Book Selection: 1979 by Val McDermid

Rainbow Island - Meeting @ Bar 74, Ryde, Isle of Wight
2022-06-26 13:00 - 2022-07-06 15:00 | Bar 74, 74 Union Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2LN, United Kingdom
Meet up for parents of LGBTQ+ young people followed by Rainbow Island LGBTQ+ Youth Group.
For more information contact caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk or 07786 080203
Date: Sunday 26 June
Time: 1 pm
Location: Bar 74, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Out On An Island & Isle of Wight Pride - Pop Up Café @ Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight
2022-06-25 10:30 - 12:30 | Quay Arts, Sea Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5BD, United Kingdom
Out On An Island’s June pop up café will meet along with Isle of Wight Pride for a morning social chill-out and chat. There will be the opportunity to discuss what’s coming up for the LGBTQ+ community on the Island over the next few months, as well as opportunities to volunteer, share stories and get involved.
For more information, please contact caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk or 07786080203.
Date: Sunday 26 June
Time: 10am – 12.30pm
Location: Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Out On An Island Celebrating Pride: Arts & Wellbeing Workshop @ Department, Ryde, Isle of Wight
2022-06-23 04:00 - 18:00 | Department, 29-30 Cross Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2AA, United Kingdom
Out On An Island Celebrating Pride
Arts and wellbeing workshops for LGBTQ+ folk and allies of all ages
Supported by Isle of Wight Council and Southern Water

Led by visual artist Sydney Cardew, join us for three free workshops and help us to create a window display celebrating ‘Out On An Island’ and Pride 2022. All materials are supplied.
About Sydney
Sydney Cardew is a visual artist and poet from the Isle of Wight. She has a background in education, having worked in a variety of school roles, and currently teaches art and creative writing to young people and adults for Independent Arts. As well as the visual arts, she has a keen interest in theatre and roleplaying, having acted on stage and screen. She is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community.
Date: Thursday 23 June
Time: 4 – 6pm
Location: Department, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Out On An Island Celebrating Pride: Arts & Wellbeing Workshop @ Department, Ryde, Isle of Wight
2022-06-16 16:00 - 18:00 | Department, 29-30 Cross Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2AA, United Kingdom
Out On An Island Celebrating Pride
Arts and wellbeing workshops for LGBTQ+ folk and allies of all ages
Supported by Isle of Wight Council and Southern Water

Led by visual artist Sydney Cardew, join us for three free workshops and help us to create a window display celebrating ‘Out On An Island’ and Pride 2022. All materials are supplied.
About Sydney
Sydney Cardew is a visual artist and poet from the Isle of Wight. She has a background in education, having worked in a variety of school roles, and currently teaches art and creative writing to young people and adults for Independent Arts. As well as the visual arts, she has a keen interest in theatre and roleplaying, having acted on stage and screen. She is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community.
Date: Thursday 16 June
Time: 4 – 6pm
Location: Department, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Out On An Island – Book Tour & Networking with The Ventnor Darlings @ Babushka Books, Shanklin, Isle of Wight
2022-04-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Babushka Books, 67 Regent Street, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, PO37 7AE, United Kingdom
StoneCrabs’ Out On An Island in partnership with Medina Books presents:
An entertaining evening of music, readings and space to share ideas and network with like-minded folks.

with music by The Ventnor Darlings
Date: Wednesday 27 April
Time: 7pm – 9.30pm
Location: Babushka Bookshop, Shanklin, Isle of Wight
Price: £3* (available from Medina Books)
To book phone: 01983 300044
*Tickets refundable on the purchase of a book on the evening

Bendy Book Club - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters @ Bar 74, Ryde, Isle of Wight
2022-04-24 15:00 - 17:00 | Bar 74, 74 Union Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2LN, United Kingdom
Bendy Book Club will be meeting at Bar 74 in Ryde from 3pm to discuss Fingersmith by Sarah Waters.

Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a “baby farmer,” who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksby’s household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves—fingersmiths—for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home.
One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives—Gentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naïve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud’s vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be disposed of—passed off as mad, and made to live out the rest of her days in a lunatic asylum.
With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways…But no one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals.
Join the Bendy Book Club Facebook group to stay up to date.
Date: Sunday 24 April
Time: 3 pm
Location: Bar 74, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free
April’s Book Selection: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Out On An Island - Book Tour & Networking @ Medina Bookshop, Cowes, Isle of Wight
2022-04-12 19:00 | Medina Bookshop, 50 High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7RR, United Kingdom
StoneCrabs’ Out On An Island in partnership with Medina Books presents:
An entertaining evening of music, readings and space to share ideas and network with like-minded folks.

Date: Tuesday 12 April
Time: 7pm
Location: Medina Bookshop, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Price: £3* (available from Medina Bookshop, Cowes)
To book phone: 01983 300044
*Tickets refundable on the purchase of a book on the evening

Out On An Island - Book Tour with Giulio Cantore @ October Books, Southampton
2022-03-26 11:00 - 12:00 | October Books, Meon House, 189 Portswood Road, Southampton, SO17 2NF, United Kingdom
StoneCrabs’ Out On An Island in partnership with Medina Books presents:
Join the Out On An Island project for a celebratory launch of their long-awaited book from Medina Publishing: Out On An Island – The Isle Of Wight’s Hidden LGBTQ+ History: People, Places And Real-Life Stories. This event includes a talk by Out On An Island’s Franko Figueiredo and Caroline Diamond.

with music by Giulio Cantore
Please register via Eventbrite for instructions to join and to help manage numbers in the shop. October Books are operating with Covid caution, so please respect your fellow attendees by maintaining some distance. They are requesting that people attending events/gatherings in the shop please wear a face covering, and take a lateral flow test on the day of the event – to ensure all people feel safe.

Date: Saturday 26 March
Time: 11am
Location: October Books, Southampton
Price: Free

Out On An Island – Book Tour & Networking with Giulio Cantore @ Boojum & Snark, Sandown, Isle of Wight
2022-03-22 19:00 - 21:30 | Boojum & Snark, 105 High Street, Sandown, Isle of Wight, PO36 8AF, United Kingdom
StoneCrabs’ Out On An Island in partnership with Medina Books presents:
An entertaining evening of music, readings and space to share ideas and network with like-minded folks.

with music by Giulio Cantore
Date: Tuesday 22 March
Time: 7pm – 9.30pm
Location: Boojum & Snark, Sandown, Isle of Wight
Price: £3* (available from Medina Bookshop, Cowes)
To book phone: 01983 300044
*Tickets refundable on the purchase of a book on the evening

Cowes Community Day & Out On An Island – Book Tour @ IOW Community Club, Cowes, Isle of Wight
2022-03-19 11:00 - 15:00 | IOW Community Club, IOW Community Club, Park Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO32 6RA, United Kingdom
To celebrate the launch of Out On An Island – The Isle Of Wight’s Hidden LGBTQ+ History: People, Places And Real-Life Stories by Medina Publishing, Out On An Island will be at Cowes Community Day to discuss the book as well as volunteering with the project.
Cowes Community Day will shine a spotlight on those groups and organisations that support the communities and residents in the Cowes area. Find out about volunteering opportunities and new projects happening locally.

Date: Saturday 19 March
Time: 11am – 3pm
Location: IOW Community Club, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

CANCELLED - Out On An Island - Book Tour & Networking with DJ Spike @ Dimbola Lodge, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
2022-03-12 19:00 - 21:30 | Dimbola Lodge, Terrace Lane, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, PO40 9QE, United Kingdom
DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED.
If you have already booked your ticket, this can be transferred to our upcoming event at Boojum & Snark on 22 March or you can contact Medina Books for a refund.
StoneCrabs’ Out On An Island in partnership with Medina Books presents:
An entertaining evening of music, readings and space to share ideas and network with like-minded folks.

with music by DJ Spike & special performance by Krysia Mansfield
Date: Saturday 12 March
Time: 7pm
Location: Dimbola Lodge, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
Price: £3* (available from Medina Bookshop, Cowes)
To book phone: 01983 300044
*Tickets refundable on the purchase of a book on the evening

Our Stories Matter - Documentary Screening @ Newport Methodist Church, Newport, Isle of Wight
2022-03-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Newport Methodist Church, Newport Methodist Church, Quay Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5BA, United Kingdom
This event is for National Trust Association Members only.
StoneCrabs’ Out On An Island presents a special viewing of:
Our Stories Matter
This documentary highlights inspiring LGBTQ+ people and places, all with an Isle of Wight connection.
Meet feisty lesbian Joe Carstairs – the “fastest woman on the water” – who raced in the Solent in the 1920’s. Learn about renowned architects and partners Paget and Seely, who made their home at Mottistone Manor.
The Island has a rich and poignant LGBTQ+ history. Like lifting a stone on the beach, we were unsure of just what we would find in our research, but the courage and achievements of our creative community and the resilience of ordinary people is unmasked for all to see.
Date: Friday 11 March
Time: 2pm – 4pm
Location: Newport Methodist Church, Newport, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Words Over The Water & Out On An Island - Poetry Line Up @ Royal Victoria Arcade, Ryde, Isle of Wight
2022-03-05 14:00 - 14:45 | Royal Victoria Arcade, Union Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2DA, United Kingdom
To celebrate the launch of Out On An Island – The Isle Of Wight’s Hidden LGBTQ+ History: People, Places And Real-Life Stories by Medina Publishing, StoneCrabs will present poems from the book with Ryde poet Peter Woodnutt as our special guest.
Date: Wednesday 23 February
Time: 2pm – 2.45pm
Location: Royal Victoria Arcade, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Words Over The Water & Out On An Island - Book Tour @ Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
2022-03-05 10:30 - 12:30 | Monkton Arts, 11 East Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 1JP, United Kingdom
StoneCrabs’ Out On An Island in partnership with Medina Books and Monkton Arts presents:
Meet the publishers and editors of Out On An Island – The Isle Of Wight’s Hidden LGBTQ+ History: People, Places And Real-Life Stories at Monkton Arts‘ Authors Market.

Date: Saturday 5 March
Time: 10.30am – 12.20pm
Location: Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Out On An Island - Book Launch with Clare Summerskill & Laila El-Metoui @ London Metropolitan University, London
2022-03-02 18:30 - 20:30 | London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Road, London, N7 8DB, United Kingdom
StoneCrabs in collaboration with CREATURE (Centre for Creative Arts, Cultures and Engagement) at London Metropolitan University presents:
Join StoneCrabs Theatre’s Out On An Island project for a celebratory drink for the launch of their long-awaited new book published by Medina Books: Out On An Island – The Isle Of Wight’s Hidden LGBTQ+ History: People, Places And Real-Life Stories.

Free event – booking is essential

The event includes an introduction by comedienne, a singer, writer and playwright Clare Summerskill, followed by a short address by the publishers along with Franko Figueiredo and Caroline Diamond, editors of Out On An Island. There will be an address by special guest Laila El-Metoui, an award winning Equity Educator with over 30 years experience in Education and Inclusion in the public and private sector. The founder of Pride in Education and Educating Out Racism, she’s been honoured as Stonewall’s Lesbian Role Model of the Year (2020) and named on the Guardian’s Pride Power List (2021).
You’ll be treated to a brief preview of a new play in development from StoneCrabs Theatre exploring the life and adventures of the fabulous gender-bending Joe Carstairs, an enigmatic lesbian who raced boats in the Solent and had a boatyard in East Cowes.

Date: Wednesday 2 March
Time: 6.30pm
Location: London Metropolitan University, London
Price: Free (booking is essential)

To book, click here.

Out On An Island – Book Launch @ Waterstones, Newport, Isle of Wight
2022-02-26 12:00 | Waterstones Isle of Wight, 118 High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1TP, United Kingdom
Out On An Island in partnership with Medina Books presents
A chance to learn about Out On An Island – The Isle Of Wight’s Hidden LGBTQ+ History: People, Places And Real-Life Stories, as well as the research behind the book.
with poetry readings by Peter Woodnutt
Date: Saturday 26 February
Time: 12pm
Location: Waterstones, Newport, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

IW Pride - Volunteers Drop-In Session @ Riverside Centre, Newport, Isle of Wight
2022-02-25 12:30 - 18:30 | Riverside Centre, The Quay, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QR, United Kingdom
Volunteers are being sought for this year’s Isle of Wight Pride event.

IW Pride is back and planning to hold a parade, community village and activities on Saturday 16 July.

However, along with many organisations that rely on volunteers to function, the impact of the Covid pandemic has seen a decline in people coming forward to get involved. To rekindle interest and welcome new volunteers, IW Pride is holding a drop-in session for anyone interested in helping out. Discover the plans for 2022 and find out how to take part in the event and the build-up to it.
Trustees and supporters will be on hand to answer questions and talk about opportunities.
Everyone is welcome, from within the LGBTQIA+ community or allies.
Anyone unable to drop-in on the day is invited to email info@iwpride.org for further information.

Date: Friday 25 February
Time: 12.30pm – 6.30pm
Location: Riverside Centre, Newport, Isle of Wight
Price: Free
