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SUMMARY:Celebrating Collecting Dreams\, Shifting Futures
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating Collecting Dreams\, Shifting Futures - Beach of Dreams\nWednesday 28 May\nVenues across Harwich\nJoin in the fun this half term at the finale of Essex Book Festival and Kinetika's collaborative story-gathering project\, Collecting Dreams\, Shifting Futures: a community celebration of Harwich’s fascinating heritage and coastline\, which forms part of the inspirational nationwide Beach of Dreams project.\n\nAfter an early start on the beach with a Know Your Beach Workshop led by local educator and environmental campaigner Libby Scarfe\, participants will have the opportunity to take part in The Keeper of the Light Beach of Dreams silk-flag procession through town\, followed by mini-film screenings in the Electric Palace Cinema. For those who want to get the creative juices going\, join spoken word artist TriggerBliss and digital artist Marley Karazimba for a writing and film-making workshop.\n\nRegister at eventbrite.com to receive updates about this event.\n\n \n\nFunded by Historic England and run by community-driven art and design organisation Kinetika\, ‘Collecting Dreams\, Shifting Futures’ is a story-gathering project uniting communities in Great Yarmouth\, Harwich and Orford Ness. With a special emphasis on coastal heritage\, the project centres on inclusivity and working with diverse local communities.\n\n \n\n\n\n \n9am Know Your Beach Workshop with Libby Scarfe\, Seaside Explorers\n\n\nJoin Libby Scarfe\, a local beach-enthusiast with a passion for education and outdoor adventures for this special Know Your Beach Workshop.\n\nThere will be story-telling and a chance to explore the natural coast environment. Take part in a community beach clean and then get creative with the items you find.\nWednesday 28th May\, 9.00 - 10.00am\nLocation: Harwich Beach. Meet at Harwich Town Sailing Club\nMeeting point: What3words ref ///existence.bridge.sailors\nTickets: £4 per young person. Accompanying adult free.\nBox Office: eventbrite.com\nSuits ages 5-11 but everybody welcome!\n\nAll those aged 12 or under must be accompanied by an adult. Accompanying adult free. Accompanying adult does not need a ticket.\nKnow Your Beach Workshop - Book tickets here\n \n\n\n\n \n10.30am Writing and Film-Making Workshop with TriggerBliss and Marley Karazimba\n\n\nTwo workshops in one! Join spoken word artist\, TriggerBliss\, and digital artist Marley Karazimba for writing and film-making workshops. Part of Celebrating Collecting Dreams\, Shifting Futures - a community celebration of Harwich's fascinating heritage and coastline\, which forms part of the inspirational nationwide Beach of Dreams project.\nWednesday 28th May\nVenue: 1912 Centre\, Cow Lane\, Harwich\, CO12 3ER\nTickets: Free\, booking essential\nBox Office: eventbrite.com\n \n10.30 - 11.30am Writing Workshop with spoken word artist TriggerBliss\nJoin TriggerBliss and become a Keeper of the Light in this immersive creative writing workshop. You will have the opportunity to co-design a Harwich lighthouse\, complemented by your stories of what coastal communities mean to you and our visions for our collective futures. Showcase your designs and highlight your voices by joining our artist led Keeper of the Light community walk around Harwich at 1.30pm.\n\n \n11.30am - 12.30pm A Day in the Life of Harwich: Storyboarding the Past\, Present & Future\nLed by filmmaker Marley Karazimba\nHow do filmmakers turn ideas into visual stories? In this hands-on workshop\, we’ll explore Harwich’s rich history and its future challenges (like rising sea levels) through storyboarding—the art of sketching scenes like a movie. No experience needed! Using comic strips and simple drawings\, you’ll create your own “Day in the Life” of Harwich across time\, learning filmmaking techniques along the way.\n\n \n\nTwo Workshops in One! These workshops will lead into each other so registration is to take part in both workshops.\n\n \nWriting and Film-making Workshop - Book your free place here\n \n\n\n\n \n1.30pm The Keeper of the Light - Beach of Dreams Silk-Flag Procession\n\n\nA community procession of beautiful Beach of Dreams silk penants to celebrate the finale of Collecting Dreams\, Shifting Futures project.\nWednesday 28th May\, 1.30 - 2.15pm\nMeeting point: The High Lighthouse\, Saint Helen's Green\, Harwich\, CO12 3NH\nTickets: Free\, booking recommended\nBook your place: eventbrite.com\nA celebratory procession of Beach of Dreams silk-flags taking in some of Harwich's key heritage sites including The High Lighthouse\, Ha'penny Pier and Electric Palace Cinema. Led my spoken word artist\, TriggerBliss.\n\n \nThe Keeper of the Light Procession - Book your free place here\n \n\n\n\n \n3.00pm Beach of Dreams Film Screenings at Electric Palace Cinema\n\n\nAt our special Beach of Dreams community film-screening we will be showing short films from the Collecting Dreams\, Shifting Futures project and Beach of Dreams.\nWednesday 28th May\, 3.00 - 4.00pm\nVenue: Electric Palace Cinema\, King's Quay Street\, Harwich\, CO12 3ER\nTickets: Free\, booking recommended\nBook your place: eventbrite.com\nA selection of short films will be screened including:\nDreamers – A film by Fotis Begklis about Beach of Dreams 2021\nThe film was commissioned by Kinetika and Essex Cultural Diversity Project\, following the walkers on their journey across diverse terrains and coastlines. Hear form participants as they reflect on their personal connections to their coastline and their hopes for the future of our beaches.\nCollecting Dreams\, Shifting Futures - Harwich by Marley Karazimba\nand\nThe silent scream of hares – Orford Ness by Lucia Barbagallo\nThese films were created for the Collecting Dreams\, Shifting Futures project where participants were invited to explore and share stories of the unique coastal heritage of Harwich and Orford Ness.\nPlease join us at Electric Palace at 3pm - all welcome!\nBeach of Dreams Film-Screening - Book your free place here\n:\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \nJoin us in the evening for the Essex Book Festival 2025 Launch Event with Booker Prize-winning author\, Ben Okri:\n7.00pm\nBen Okri\nMadame Sosostris & the Festival for the Broken Hearted\n\n\nPart vision\, part mystery\, this story of a midsummer night’s madness\, in multi-award-winning poet\, playwright and novelist Ben Okri’s inimitable style\, is as alive with echoes and reverberations as the enchanted forest itself. Think Ingmar Bergman meets William Shakespeare\, with a dash of Mozart.\n\n‘Ben Okri is that rare thing\, a literary and social visionary..’. Ali Smith\n\nWednesday 28th May\, 7.00pm\nVenue: Electric Palace Cinema\, King's Quay Street\, Harwich\, CO12 3ER\nFind out more and book tickets at essexbookfestival.org.uk/benokri.\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \nPhotography and Filming\nWe will be taking photographs and video of this event to promote and celebrate the project in print and online. If you do not give consent to be photographed or filmed please let a member of the Essex Book Festival team know on the day.\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n 
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