Out On An Island

LGBT History Club with Out On An Island Pride In Self, Pride In Place
2023-12-02 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Monkton Arts, 11 East Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 1JP, United Kingdom
Special Rainbow Island meet up with Out On An Island LGBT History club workshops.
2 December – 10am – 12pm
The morning starts at 10am with a relaxed social over tea or coffee.
This will also be an opportunity to participate in StoneCrabs Out On An Island Pride In Self Pride In Place LGBT History workshops.
Together with Jenna and Dawn Sabine, we will be revisiting the 80s/90s LGBT History through the AIDS Memorial Quilt, and creating our own ‘patch’ in response to the Quilt and our LGBTQ+ History.

If you have any queries, please contact caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk.
Date: Saturday, 2 December
Time: 10am
Location: Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

World Aids Day LGBTQ+ Networking Event at Quay Arts
2023-12-01 12:00 - 14:00 | Quay Arts, Sea Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5BD, United Kingdom
Out On An Island, Pride In Self Pride In Place presents World AIDS Day, at Quay Arts, Newport
Quay Arts was used for one of the UK’s first AIDS awareness events in the late 1980s.
Join us for lunch in Quay Arts Cafe. This is an opportunity to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness and to support people living with HIV, as highlighted in this year’s Channel 4 hit series, It’s A Sin which referenced the Isle of Wight.
LGBTQ+ community supporters
You can meet representatives from organisations who support the Island’s LGBTQ+ community including Anna Murray, Sexual Health Promotion Practitioner from Solent NHS Trust.
Volunteers from Out On An Island, Pride In Self Pride In Place can talk about this Isle of Wight LGBTQ+ history project.
National AIDS Trust is calling on you to #RockTheRibbon for people living with HIV this World AIDS Day.
Taking place annually on December 1, World AIDS Day is a time to stand up for those impacted by HIV, past and present, and call for a better future. By wearing the iconic red ribbon, you are joining a community that shows solidarity with people living with HIV while remembering lives lost.
The event will be followed by a practical workshop looking at the Memorial Quilt and recreating our own response to it.
1st December, 12pm – 2pm, at Quay Arts Cafe, Newport.

Rainbow Island Meet Up @ Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
2023-11-04 10:30 - 12:30 | Monkton Arts, 11 East Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 1JP, United Kingdom
Rainbow Island Pop Up Cafe Meet Up at Monkton Arts, Ryde
4th November – 10.30am
Join Rainbow Island from 10.30am for a relaxed social with tea, coffee and refreshments. Meet other LGBTQ+ people of all ages on the first Saturday of every month.
Admission and refreshments are free but donations are welcome.
Monkton Arts is fully accessible and dog-friendly.
If you have any queries, please contact caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk.
Date: Saturday, 4 November
Time: 10.30 am
Location: Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Oral History Interviewer Training
2023-09-19 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-09-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Riverside Centre, The Quay, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QR, United Kingdom
StoneCrabs Out On An Island Pride In Self Pride In Place Project invites you to join us, in recording new LGBTQ+ oral histories. Together, we can bring our history to life!
Oral History training delivered by Oral Historian, Museum and Heritage Educator, Lisa Kerley.
You can now enrol for two FREE Oral History Interviewing Techniques Training Sessions, on September 12 and 19 at the Riverside Centre, Newport from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
On September 12, Lisa will guide us through the process, forms, and techniques required to ensure the oral histories are recorded in accordance with archival standards. It is crucial to adhere to these requirements.
On September 19 will be a hands-on, practical session led by Lisa. In small groups, we will follow the steps and guidance we received, ensuring that we capture the stories with care and attention to detail.
Our community has made significant progress, but there is still more work to be done. As we have been recently reminded by a young person in our ‘History of Pride’ workshops: “If people think we don’t need Pride, they are not paying enough attention to what is going on”. We believe that we can make a difference to future generations by recording our stories, making sure that every voice matters, and every story deserves to be heard.
Your presence and contribution will help us elevate each other’s voices, celebrating our past, present, and future. You will be fully supported when you eventually record the stories with a second interviewer present.
If you’re interested in participating contact us on outonanisland@stonecrabs.co.uk

Laught Out Proud @ Quay Arts 8 Sep
2023-09-08 08:00 - 17:00 | Quay Arts, Sea Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5BD, United Kingdom
LAUGH OUT PROUD IS QUAY ARTS’ BRAND NEW LGBTQIA+ COMEDY NIGHT featuring the best in established and upcoming acts from the community on the UK comedy circuit.
Get your tickets here!
This is night is all about giving acts and audiences alike a fun and friendly place to express themselves, kick back, have a laugh and good time in an inclusive and welcoming comedy clubs environment.

Whether it’s comedy, cabaret or anything in between – Laugh Out Proud is the queer night out you’re looking for.
Laugh Out Proud at Quay Arts will feature the comedy delights of Mark Cram, Adam Greene, Aaron Twitchen and Sharon Wanjohi.
Cafe / Bar open from 18:00
Doors 19:30
Onstage from 20:00

Isle Of Wight Pride 2023
2023-08-18 08:00 - 2023-08-20 17:00 | Isle of Wight
Let’s make history together.

March with Out On An Island on Saturday, August 19th, as we take part in the Isle Of Wight Pride parade

Parade or protest? Join us and learn about the history of Pride and uncover the reasons behind this celebration of love and unity.

After the parade, join us at the stall for a chat, find out how you can get involved with ‘Pride In Self, Pride In Place’ – we will also have a display of second hand LGBTQ+ books available!

Let us know how you would like to take part by emailing caroline@outonanisland.co.uk or outonanisland@stonecrabs.co.uk

Isle of Wight Pride is now on 18, 19 and 20 August.

Isle of Pride - Isle of Wight Proms
2023-08-15 19:30 | Northwood House, Ward Avenue, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 8AZ, United Kingdom
Isle of Pride, as part of Isle of Wight Proms.
Tue, 15 Aug, 7.30pm
Starring RuPaul’s Drag Race queens JIMBO and BAGA CHIPZ, plus island favourite QUIVERS and hosted by AMANDA LOVETT from BBC’s The Traitors, as they sashay into Cowes for ‘One Night Only’ with their huge personalities, comedy chaos and jaw-dropping vocals
Aftershow Act: DJ Snacks
Venue: Northwood House, Ward Avenue, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 8AZ
Click here for tickets and more information

Maisie, the film - at Montage Place
2023-07-13 08:00 - 21:30 | Montage Place (Depozitory), 23 Nelson Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2REZ, United Kingdom
Catch Maisie ahead of its National release date!
Our friends @ Montage Place are hosting the film Maisie as a pre-launch to Pride.
Maisie, old age can be a drag. It is a national film celebrating Maisie, the UK’s oldest drag queen
‘wonderfully crafted’
Montage Place (Depository), Ryde
Thur, 13 July, 8pm
Get your tickets: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/12721/maisie-screening

Out On An Island: Pride In Self, Pride In Place, launch
2023-07-07 19:00 - 21:30 | Cafe Isola, 85a St James Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1LG, United Kingdom
StoneCrabs’ Out On An Island: Pride In Self, Pride In Place Project.
Friday July 7 – 7pm – 9.30pm
Caffe Isola, 85A St James Street, Newport PO30 1LG
Reserve your ticket here

We are delighted to have been invited by the Heritage Fund to extend our Out On An Island project, which will continue to research the Heritage and History of the Isle of Wight LGBTQ+ community, recording fifteen new oral histories, and delivering islandwide events.
We will also look at the important role of the NHS in Isle of Wight LGBTQ+ culture in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Caffe Isola doors open at 7pm and you can enjoy a complimentary drink and find out about our plans for eighteen months of LGBTQ+ History events, opportunities for volunteering, social connection and for you to learn new skills.
The evening will be hosted by the talented performer Krysia Mansfield, with performances from the fabulous Ventnor Darlings, and others.
We will end the evening with cake and a chance to socialise in this lovely venue.

Pride (LGBTQ+ History) workshops
2023-07-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Montage Place (Depozitory), 23 Nelson Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2REZ, United Kingdom
Let’s make history together.

Join Out On An Island on Saturday, July 15, as we take part in the Isle Of Wight Pride parade

This year, we’re planning to reenact the early Pride Marches from the 70s, 80s and 90s, and we couldn’t be more excited!

Join us and learn about the history of Pride and uncover the reasons behind this celebration of love and unity. Let your creativity flourish as we make banners and placards, and let’s tell our history as we march!

Our fun and interactive LGBTQ+ History Workshops will be held on July 3 & 10 at Montage Place in Ryde.

If you cannot join us for the workshops – you can still party with us at the parade!

Let us know how you would like to take part by emailing caroline@outonanisland.co.uk / outonanisland@stonecrabs.co.uk

Queer & Now
2023-06-16 18:30 - 23:00 | Snacks and ladders, 69-70 St James Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1LQ, United Kingdom
Queer & Now is back at Snacks and Ladders
Friday 16 June from 6.30pm
Great music, cool vibes and beautiful company.

Out On An Island volunteer updates @ Online via Zoom
2023-05-16 19:00 - 20:00 | 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
