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The Last Great Event Chris Weston Café Wall, Quay Arts

May 5, 2010 Days Out
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The Last Great Event Chris Weston Café  Wall, Quay Arts Thu 13 May – Mon 5 Jul 2010 This is the only complete photographic record of the 1970 Pop Festival held at Afton Down, taken over a three-week period by local photographer Chris Weston. Chris was one of only three full time electricians working on [...]

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No volcano in sight but plenty of steam at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

April 29, 2010 Days Out
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Unlike the current news headlines, the effects of steam and travel are being celebrated at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and there will be no fear of being stranded from Saturday 8th – Sunday 9th May! Portsmouth Historic Dockyard’s Celebration of Steam is a two day event, where visitors will be transported into the wonderful world of [...]

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Navy’s Smallest Vessel on View at Navy Days 2010!

April 19, 2010 Days Out

The Royal Navy’s smallest vessel has joined the growing list of ships lining up for Navy Days at Portsmouth Naval Base and Historic Dockyard this summer. Visitors can get a close-up look at inshore survey craft HMS Gleaner, which measures just 14.8m and has a crew of five, at the three day-event from July 30th. [...]

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Hovertravel Great Value Family Ticket is BACK !!

April 8, 2010 Days Out
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Hovertravel Great Value Family Ticket is BACK !! Due to popular demand Hovertravel have reinstated their popular ‘Family Day Return Fare’. The Family ticket allows for up to 2 adults and up to 3 children, to travel on a day return for just £25.00. Hovertravel are also offering a bigger variety of Combination Travel & [...]

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The Needles Park this Easter!

March 30, 2010 Days Out
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The Needles Park this Easter ‘Rhubarb & Custard; the Confectionary Conjurers’! Rhubarb and Custard are lovable but eccentric sweet makers. Join them at The Isle of Wight Sweet Manufactory over Easter when they will regale you with tall tales and magical goings on, then join them on a mad capped adventure around the Needles park [...]

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New Car-Free Scheme hopes to make the Isle of Wight a ‘greener’ place to visit.

March 29, 2010 Driving
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New Car-Free Scheme hopes to make the Isle of Wight  a ‘greener’ place to visit. The brand new Car-Free Scheme, is the brainchild of Lois Prior, co-founder of the Big Green Island Project Community Interest Company. Lois has spent many years working to ‘green’ the island’s tourism industry and was given the opportunity to spent [...]

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Foolish Romantics – An evening of Live Performance, Music & Art

March 29, 2010 Events
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Foolish Romantics – An evening of Live Performance, Music & Art Michael West Gallery, Quay Arts Thu 1 Apr, 6 – 10pm Admission: FREE! + foolish cake and punch on entry A VERY FOOLISH EVENING WITH THE BARON and his partner FOSTER presenting………. GWYNETH HERBERT – The voice! FROG MORRIS – Poet artist extraordinaire! SAM [...]

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Celebrate St Patrick’s Day at Quay Arts!

March 9, 2010 Events
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Wed 17 March, from 6pm onwards. Celebrate St Patrick’s Day at Quay Arts! Everyone loves the traditional celebrations that make up St Patrick’s Day. Enjoy Irish music, food and drink at Quay Arts this year! Enjoy a delicious home-made meal and listen to live Irish music played by well-know island musicians, JC and Kathy Flux [...]

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The Ellen MacArthur Trust

February 25, 2010 Charity
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The Ellen MacArthur Trust is a charity based on the IOW working with young people between 8 and 24, helping to rebuild their confidence after treatment for cancer and leukaemia. Established in 2003 by world-renowned yachtswoman and IOW resident Dame Ellen MacArthur, the Trust now welcomes young people from hospitals all over the country to [...]

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Star Attractions Lined Up For Navy Days 2010!

February 18, 2010 Days Out
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The Royal Navy’s two newest warships are set to be dazzling double act as the newest naval technology features alongside the historic prowess of the naval fleet of the past, including HMS Victory and HMS Warrior 1860, at this summer’s Navy Days event at Portsmouth Naval Base and Historic Dockyard. The new formidable Type 45 [...]

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YMCA CELEBRATES NATIONAL STUDENT VOLUNTEERING WEEK IN STYLE

February 18, 2010 Charity

22nd – 28th Feb A pamper afternoon to make you feel better and help others National Student Volunteering Week 2010 takes place from 22 to 28 February, with events running nationwide across schools, colleges and universities. Isle of Wight College Students are getting on board at YMCA Isle of Wight Winchester House, putting their hair [...]

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National Nest Box Week 2010

February 16, 2010 Days Out

National Nest Box Week 2010 As part of National Nest Box week on Monday (15th) YMCA vinvolved volunteer’s organised and ran a nest box making session with Daycamp children at Winchester House, Shanklin. The natural nest sites on which many of our bird species depend, such as holes in trees and buildings, are fast disappearing [...]

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QUAY COMEDY CLUB

February 14, 2010 Days Out
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Quay Comedy Club blasts off with Christian Reilly who accidentally fell into comedy when he joined a band at age 15 to increase his success with the opposite sex. But the The Salvation Army had different ideas… As former integral part of the Perrier award-winning show Otis Lee Crenshaw and the Black Liars, with comic/songster [...]

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Finding Alice by A Single Leaf Theatre Company

February 3, 2010 Days Out

Quay Arts proudly present a great Kid’s Show, Finding Alice, sure to be a hit with children of all ages and perfect to keep them entertained during the February half-term break! Kid’s Theatre Show, Finding Alice by A Single Leaf Theatre Company on Saturday 13 Feb at 3pm in the Anthony Minghella Theatre is based on the classic [...]

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FREE Kids’ Art in the Galleries this season at Quay Arts!

January 20, 2010 Days Out
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The Kids’ Art in the Galleries programme held at Quay Arts on Saturday mornings between 10am and noon is great fun for children aged 8 years+ and is now completely FREE! A different workshop each week, based on the Quay Arts’ current exhibition programme, led by our team of artist Gallery Educators. Programme details follow: [...]

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Foolish Romantics at Quays Arts, Newport.

January 19, 2010 Days Out
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Foolish Romantics Matthew Burrows, Simon Burton and The Baron Gilvan Michael West Gallery, Quay Arts Sat 13 Feb – Sat 3 Apr Drinks Reception: Sat 13 Feb 2 -– 4pm All Welcome Foolish Romantics is an exhibition of three contemporary painters who look at the idea of the artist as fool or trickster. From clowns [...]

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