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March 2019
Thought provoking display on the topic of refugees
"For the next 6 weeks there is a creative installation in All Saints Church, Marlow, to stimulate imagination, enable reflection and encourage response to a number of aspects of the refugee crisis. The church is open every day during daylight hours and you are invited to visit and spend some time here. As we follow Jesus through Lent into Holy Week and the Passion, towards Easter and the Resurrection, we invite you to share the journey of Displacement, Escape, Refuge…
Find out more »Crochet with Souad – KAMA Oxford
"KAMA Oxford is a non-profit organisation enabling refugees and asylum seekers to teach their skills and share their passions with the community. Further KAMA crochet workshops with Souad will continue* on 25th February, 11th March and 25th March, 10.45 to 11.45am. All at Westgate Library: take the stairs up to the first floor; the community room is to your left. Look for the KAMA banner. Newcomers always welcome, and all abilities. Bring your own wool and a hook if you…
Find out more »April 2019
Piano Recital: Far From the Home I Love
"This year, international concert pianist and recording artist Margaret Fingerhut is embarking on a very special piano recital series, working with City of Sanctuary to raise money to support local City of Sanctuary groups. Reading City of Sanctuary and the University of Reading are excited and delighted to welcome Margaret to Reading. Margaret Fingerhut is regarded as one of the UK’s most distinguished pianists, and her career has taken her all over the world. Her many recordings have received worldwide…
Find out more »Film premiere “The March of Hope”
"UK Film Premiere of "The March of Hope" (Director: Jim Kroft) with live introduction from the filmmakers. A road movie on Human Rights... Two friends set out from Berlin in a little yellow van, hoping to learn first hand about the lives of refugees in Europe. During filming the "Refugee Crisis"would reach its apotheosis. A deeply personal and emotional documentary on the subject of human rights. Rather than becoming a film on refugees, it became a living document to the…
Find out more »May 2019
Flute and Harpsichord Recital in aid of Charlbury Refugee Action
"The last of this season's ever popular CRAG tea concerts will feature a recital by the baroque flute and recorder player Rachel Beckett, accompanied by the harpsichord player Alastair Ross. The latter makes his third appearance at the CRAG tea concerts. The programme will include sonatas for flute or recorder and harpsichord by Handel and JS and CPE Bach, and preludes and fugues by Bach for harpsichord. Rachel Beckett is principal flute and recorder with Sir John Eliot Gardiner's English…
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