Brighton What's On Guide

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"Shout: The Voices of Protest" Creative Writing Workshop @ MuseumLab Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

"Shout: The Voices of Protest" Launch Event and Panel Talk @ Room A108 Arts A University of Sussex

Authentic Italian - LEARN.COOK.DINE @ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)

Bao Buns - LEARN.COOK.RUN @ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)

Bhopal Lives @ The Friends Meeting House

Christmas Canape Creations @ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)

Cope 26 @ Preston Park

Couples Cook - Wine & Dine - Fruit de Mer @ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)

Essential Vegan Cooking - LEARN.COOK.DINE @ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)

Festive Bakes & Bubbly @ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)

Game Butchery Masterclass @ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)

Hands-On Half Term @ Various Locations In Brighton and Hove

Macaron Masterclass @ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)

Pasta Perfection - LEARN.COOK.RUN @ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)

Sushi - LEARN.COOK.RUN @ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)

The Ultimate Christmas Feast - LEARN.COOK.DINE @ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)

Vegan Indian Thali - LEARN.COOK.DINE @ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)

World Curries - LEARN.COOK.DINE @ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)

Learning

Learning Sat 30 Oct 10am - 4pm

Cope 26

@ Preston Park
Admn: £3.50 / Under 12s £1.50

COPE 26 Updated draft

DON’T MISS THIS EXCITING FAMILY EVENT DURING HALF TERM

EARTH Events present, COPE 26 at the eclectic St Augustine’s Art’s & Events Centre in Brighton.
Whatever happens at COP26 in Glasgow on the 30th of October 2021, we are going to COPE with a different world soon.
COPE 26 is an exciting event full of family activities and demonstrations that will show you the science of how things work and come to be in simple and fun ways.
Learning how to COPE will be one thing, understanding why is another.
We had been doing so well, building an excellent world for ourselves. How did it all go wrong??
So many questions; so many answers; so much confusion.
So... let's discuss some fun and exciting ways to COPE and improve our situation as well as the world.
The WILD Artisan Café at St Augustine’s will be open for business as usual, serving delicious food, drinks and snacks. On the day, there will also be an EARTH Market in the building, as well as CARDBOARD CITY, so come make a day of it. Wholesome fun for all the family.
Tickets are priced at £4 for adults and £2 for children.

Preston Park - Preston Road, Brighton, BN1 6AU
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Learning Sat 23 Oct 10:15am until Sat 30 Oct

Hands-On Half Term

@ Various Locations In Brighton and Hove

A week of craft and science entertainment for families
Hands-On Half Term family activities, including Minecraft hacking, comedy songs about the workings of the human body, cardboard arcade game design, kid-friendly climate change explanations... all the kind of improving stuff you expect from Brighton Science Festivals.

Various Locations In Brighton and Hove -
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Learning Wed 3 Nov 6pm

Essential Vegan Cooking - LEARN.COOK.DINE

@ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)
Admn: £75

You will be hands on with your food preparation, this is not a cooking demonstration! So be ready to get to grips with the tools of our trade.

The perfect introduction to vegan cooking – we’ll take you through the essentials from cooking with pulses to preparing your own Seiten!

Typical menu:

Cooking with pulses
Root vegetable Goan Curry
Make your own Seiten
Beetroot & red onion Tarte Tatin

Brighton Cookery School (New Address) - 64 London Road, Brighton, BN14JE
t: 01273674911 | Website | Email

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Learning Mon 8 Nov 12am

Bao Buns - LEARN.COOK.RUN

@ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)
Admn: £50

You will be hands on with your food preparation, this is not a cooking demonstration! So be ready to get to grips with the tools of our trade.

Come and join us for an evening of bao bun perfection – learn to make, shape and steam the distinctive bao dough before experimenting with a selection of fillings designed to suit you – Take home & enjoy!

Brighton Cookery School (New Address) - 64 London Road, Brighton, BN14JE
t: 01273674911 | Website | Email

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Learning Wed 10 Nov 6pm

Authentic Italian - LEARN.COOK.DINE

@ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)

You will be hands on with your food preparation, this is not a cooking demonstration! So be ready to get to grips with the tools of our trade.

Our classic Italian cookery class will see you cooking a 3-course feast from scratch before enjoying the fruits of your labour in our relaxed dining area.

Typical menu:

Gnocchi with porcini mushrooms in a creamy white wine sauce
Braised cross-cut lamb shank in a rich pomodoro sauce served with seasonal greens and a runny parmesan polenta
Aubergine rolls with a ricotta and spinach filling braised in a rich pomodoro sauce served with a runny parmesan polenta (Vegetarian option)

Brighton Cookery School (New Address) - 64 London Road, Brighton, BN14JE
t: 01273674911 | Website | Email

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Learning Fri 12 Nov 5pm

"Shout: The Voices of Protest" Launch Event and Panel Talk

@ Room A108 Arts A University of Sussex
Admn: Free

Join us for the launch of Shout: The Voices of Protest on Friday 12 November 2021 at University of Sussex (hosted by Centre for Life History and Life Writing Research and Department of English). This event will be chaired by Dr Pollyanna Ruiz, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Sussex and will feature young panellists who have been involved with challenges to the system for more equitable representation, inclusion and even calling for radical overhaul.
Panellists include Caine Tayo Lewin-Turner (historian and graduate student at St Edmund Hall, Oxford), Annie Whilby/AFLO (poet and academic) and Mohammed Z. Rahman (artist and writer) and Pauline Rutter (academic and writer).
Free to take part, but advance booking required through Eventbrite. Please let us know if you have any access needs when booking. Maximum capacity: 40
This launch event is part of Writing Our Legacy's "Shout: The Voices of Protest" project, exploring diverse younger and older voices and stories on the theme of protest, challenging the system and standing up for your rights. Brightonians will also be invited to share their memories and stories through an oral history strand.

Room A108 Arts A University of Sussex - Falmer, Brighton,
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Learning Mon 15 Nov 7pm

Game Butchery Masterclass

@ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)
Admn: £50

You will be hands on with your food preparation, this is not a cooking demonstration! So be ready to get to grips with the tools of our trade.

Perfect for all cooking abilities this class will arm you with some essentials knife skills as well as teaching you new techniques and dishes to recreate time and again to impress your family and friends. You’ll be making and taking home your butchered game (partridge, pheasant, rabbit) alongside a range of marinades and rubs you’ll prepare during the class.

Brighton Cookery School (New Address) - 64 London Road, Brighton, BN14JE
t: 01273674911 | Website | Email

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Learning Fri 19 Nov 6pm

World Curries - LEARN.COOK.DINE

@ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)
Admn: £75

You will be hands on with your food preparation, this is not a cooking demonstration! So be ready to get to grips with the tools of our trade.

We’ll cover some of the classic curries from around the world, you’ll create each from scratch before enjoying the fruits of your labours with your fellow foodies in our relaxed dining area.

Typical menu:

Thai Green curry
Japanese Katsu curry
Indian Madras curry

Brighton Cookery School (New Address) - 64 London Road, Brighton, BN14JE
t: 01273674911 | Website | Email

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Learning Sun 21 Nov 12am

"Shout: The Voices of Protest" Creative Writing Workshop

@ MuseumLab Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Admn: Free

From Black Lives Matter to Extinction Rebellion, the past few years have been marked by a time of intense fighting for our rights. Come join a creative writing workshop that explores the memories, stories and voices of protest, unrest and campaigning. You will be led by writers Umi Sinha, author of Belonging (Myriad Editions) and AFLO. the poet (Annie Whilby) to write your own story and poetry. The workshops are open to Brighton residents, including all writing levels and all backgrounds.
This event is part of the Black History Family Day at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. It is free to take part, but advance booking required through Eventbrite. Please let us know if you have any access needs when booking. The workshop will take place in the Museum Lab which is on the 1st floor and can be accessed via lift. Maximum capacity: 10
This workshop is part of Writing Our Legacy's "Shout: The Voices of Protest" project, exploring diverse younger and older voices and stories on the theme of protest, challenging the system and standing up for your rights. Brightonians will also be invited to share their memories and stories through an oral history strand.
Applications are open for our Black, Asian & ethnically diverse talent development programme for four under 30s and four 60 and overs.
Funded by Brighton & Hove City Council and supported by Sussex University, Brighton University, Brighton & Hove Black History, Brighton Dome and Brighton Museum & Art Gallery.
For more information, see https://writingourlegacy.org.uk/writers-artists/shout-voices-of-protest/
Writing Our Legacy is an established arts organisation that enables Black, Asian and ethnically diverse people to tell their story through writing and the creative arts. We give writers and other creatives a platform and community to feel supported, nurtured and evolve their work through the creative pipeline, from start to publication. We share stories and heritage of diaspora communities and bring them to life through various art forms for audiences to learn and take part in cultural heritage
https://writingourlegacy.org.uk

MuseumLab Brighton Museum & Art Gallery - Royal Pavilion Gardens, Pavilion Parade, Brighton, BN11EE
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Learning Mon 22 Nov 7pm

Pasta Perfection - LEARN.COOK.RUN

@ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)
Admn: £45

You will be hands on with your food preparation, this is not a cooking demonstration! So be ready to get to grips with the tools of our trade.

Pasta Perfection will see you create pasta dough from scratch, not as simple as it sounds, we’ll be having no cracked pasta here! You’ll transform your dough into beautiful pasta then we’ll package it up and send you on your way with new skills and fresh pasta for your next days’ lunch or dinner. Includes 1 long pasta and 1 stuffed pasta.

Brighton Cookery School (New Address) - 64 London Road, Brighton, BN14JE
t: 01273674911 | Website | Email

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Learning Wed 24 Nov 12am

Macaron Masterclass

@ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)
Admn: £55

You will be hands on with your food preparation, this is not a cooking demonstration! So be ready to get to grips with the tools of our trade.

Most historians are inclined to believe that the macaron originated in Italy, probably Venice, and was transported to France by sailors where it was further refined by French pâtissier techniques. The consensus is that the word “macaron” comes from the Italian word ammaccare which means to crush.

You’ll be making, baking and filling 3 varieties during your time with us.

Typical menu:

Salted caramel filled with a luxurious chocolate ganache
Strawberry filled with a mixed berries paste
Lemon with a zingy lemon curd

Brighton Cookery School (New Address) - 64 London Road, Brighton, BN14JE
t: 01273674911 | Website | Email

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Learning Fri 26 Nov 6pm

Vegan Indian Thali - LEARN.COOK.DINE

@ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)
Admn: £75

You will be hands on with your food preparation, this is not a cooking demonstration! So be ready to get to grips with the tools of our trade.

We’ll cover a range of small dishes in this class, designed to complement eachother to create the perfect Thali! From cauliflower chaat to chickpea & coconut daal, you’ll master a variety of techniques and flavour combinations ideal to recreate at home.

Typical menu:

Cauliflower Chaat
Chickpea & Coconut Daal
Spiced Vegetable Biryani
Bombay Aloo

Brighton Cookery School (New Address) - 64 London Road, Brighton, BN14JE
t: 01273674911 | Website | Email

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Learning Tue 30 Nov 7pm

Sushi - LEARN.COOK.RUN

@ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)
Admn: £50

You will be hands on with your food preparation, this is not a cooking demonstration! So be ready to get to grips with the tools of our trade.

A healthy and exciting alternative to the humble sandwich…Sushi can be made with a variety of fillings including meat & vegetables which makes them perfect for all dietary requirements. Come and perfect the art of the California Roll amongst other techniques – Take home & enjoy!

Typical menu:

Selection of Sushi: Fresh crab, salmon, asparagus, pickled daikon, cucumber, pepper, crispy duck, chives

Brighton Cookery School (New Address) - 64 London Road, Brighton, BN14JE
t: 01273674911 | Website | Email

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Learning Thu 2 Dec 18:45-21:00 GMT

Bhopal Lives

@ The Friends Meeting House
Admn: £5

We invite you to join all of us at The Bhopal Medical Appeal on Thursday, December 2nd, for an evening of stories and film to mark the 37th anniversary of Union Carbide’s gas disaster in Bhopal, India.

The evening will shine a light on the experiences of the survivors of Bhopal, their struggles, resilience and triumphs in the face of lingering injustice and a disaster seemingly without end. Spoken word pieces include a reading by best-selling author Annie Murray from her recent novel ‘Mother and Child’, and an excerpt read by the charity's co-founder, author Indra Sinha, from his Man Booker shortlisted novel ‘Animal’s People’. Readings are followed by a short candlelit vigil. The evening concludes with the intimate documentary 'Where Do the Children Play?', which follows a 500-mile journey on foot by survivors to confront then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. There will also be chai and light refreshments.

The Friends Meeting House - Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AF
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Learning Fri 3 Dec 12am

Couples Cook - Wine & Dine - Fruit de Mer

@ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)
Admn: £160 per couple

You will be hands on with your food preparation, this is not a cooking demonstration! So be ready to get to grips with the tools of our trade.

Join us for our hugely popular Couples Cook session – together you’ll prepare a range of seafood, from crab to oysters, as well as accompanying dips and sauces, then dine together in a relaxed and sociable atmosphere. With prosecco on arrival as well as bottomless bubbly, wine and beer throughout the session we’ve got your evening well and truly sorted!

Brighton Cookery School (New Address) - 64 London Road, Brighton, BN14JE
t: 01273674911 | Website | Email

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Learning Sun 5 Dec 2pm

Festive Bakes & Bubbly

@ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)
Admn: £60

You will be hands on with your food preparation, this is not a cooking demonstration! So be ready to get to grips with the tools of our trade.

Our Festive Bakes session is the perfect start to the season – You’ll be greeted with a glass of bubbly on arrival before creating two classic bakes including a showstopping Buche de Noel with all the trimmings!

Typical menu:

Classic French Buche de Noel with all the trimmings
Melt in the mouth mince pies

Brighton Cookery School (New Address) - 64 London Road, Brighton, BN14JE
t: 01273674911 | Website | Email

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Learning Mon 6 Dec 6am

Christmas Canape Creations

@ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)
Admn: £55

You will be hands on with your food preparation, this is not a cooking demonstration! So be ready to get to grips with the tools of our trade.

Come and create a selection of 5 seasonal canapés (hot & cold), perfect for a festive house party or office-based entertainment. You’ll be able to take home over 50 canapés so bring plenty of tupperware as they’ll freeze very well.

Brighton Cookery School (New Address) - 64 London Road, Brighton, BN14JE
t: 01273674911 | Website | Email

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Learning Sat 11 Dec 11am

Festive Bakes & Bubbly

@ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)
Admn: £60

Brighton Cookery School (New Address) - 64 London Road, Brighton, BN14JE
t: 01273674911 | Website | Email

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Learning Sun 12 Dec 12am

The Ultimate Christmas Feast - LEARN.COOK.DINE

@ Brighton Cookery School (New Address)
Admn: £75

You will be hands on with your food preparation, this is not a cooking demonstration! So be ready to get to grips with the tools of our trade.

We’ll share with you our tips and tricks for the ultimate festive feast, you’ll prep everything from scratch before sitting down to enjoy the fruits of your labour in our dining area.

Typical menu:

Roast Turkey
Vegetables and all the trimmings
Gravy and sauces

Brighton Cookery School (New Address) - 64 London Road, Brighton, BN14JE
t: 01273674911 | Website | Email

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