Circus Funtasia is back in Hayle from 28th-31st August, and it's bigger and better than ever! This phenomenal live show goes beyond all your expectations, and proves that the circus isn't just for kids.

Expect spectacular aerialists flying through the Big Top, Wheel of Death acrobats that leap dizzying heights, fearless fire eaters, gymnasts and jugglers, effortless comic moments, crazy motorbikes, The Geek, and so much more!

Get your tickets NOW from http://www.circusfuntasia.co.uk or call 07706168507

Show times at Hayle Rugby Club, Memorial Park, Marsh Lane, Hayle, TR274PS...
Wed 28th August - 7pm only (special offer)
Thurs 29th - 4pm and 7pm (special offer)
Fri 30th - 4pm and 7pm
Sat 31st - 1pm and 4pm

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West Cornwall International Dark Sky Reserve proposal - public consultation event

Hot on the heels of Bodmin Moor, community efforts are underway for an International Dark Sky Reserve for west Cornwall. A public consultation is taking place so that you can make your views known. We are particularly interested to hear your views on the benefits and challenges of a
West Cornwall designation and on the boundaries of the proposed Core Area and Buffer Zone. To provide your feedback and ask any questions you can drop into the consultation event on Wednesday 17 July 2019 4-7pm at St John's Hall, Alverton Street, Penzance TR18 2QW or email us at darksky@cornwall.gov.uk. Your responses will be processed in line with the Privacy Notice. Details of the proposal are also available in this leaflet and you can visit the group's Facebook page for more information.

The Big Dipper Campaign

Cornwall Council is supporting the ‘Big Dipper’ campaign. This aims to raise public awareness of light pollution across Cornwall. The campaign urges people to help conserve our starry dark night sky.

Many outside lights, especially LED floodlights and security lights, can be too bright. They are installed in such a way that much of the light is directed up into the night sky. This contributes to the orangey-white sky glow above our towns and cities, which spreads out into the countryside.

The campaign aims to encourage property owners with outside lighting to assess how much lighting they have. It also hopes to encourage owners to ensure where possible that lamps are dipped downwards. The move is backed by Sir Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, who said:

"It's important that efforts are sustained to cut light pollution further so we can all marvel at the night sky wherever we may live. This campaign deserves wide support."

Residents and businesses do not need to struggle in the darkness, but by dipping lights we can reduce light pollution and retain the sense of wonder when we look up to the night sky. Poorly installed outside lighting can be detrimental to the quality of our dark skies. Many of the newer security lights being installed emit a very harsh blue-white light, which scatters further into the sky, blotting out our view of the stars. The impact is often made worse by the fact such units are angled outwards to increase the spread of light. A single, poorly installed floodlight can be seen for miles around. The night time environment is a crucial natural resource for people, wildlife and for the rural visitor economy which benefits from increasing public interest in astro-tourism.

The campaign is asking people to:

• Ensure lights point down and are fully shielded.
• Only illuminate areas you need to and don’t leave lights on all night - use a timer or motion sensor.
• Use lighting that is no brighter than necessary.
• If possible don’t use LEDs emitting bright white/blue light, but rather warmer colours.

The power of a light is best characterised by its lumens output, usually listed on the packaging. About 500 lumens is ample to illuminate a back garden. Many LED products also state the light’s colour temperature. Units of 3,000K and below, which produce a warm white colour, are less harmful to the night-time environment than 4,000K and 5,000K lights.

For advice on minimising light pollution visit www.britastro.org/dark-skies or www.darksky.org/our-work/lighting/lighting-for-citizens/lighting-basics/. Further information on light pollution and interactive maps can be found on the Campaign to Protect Rural England website.

Bodmin Moor is designated an International Dark Sky Landscape

The International Dark-Sky Association has officially designated Bodmin Moor as an International Dark Sky Landscape. This follows an application prepared by Cornwall Council and Caradon Observatory (this version has updated links).

Role of the Bodmin Moor Designation

Recent light readings show the quality of the night sky over Bodmin Moor is amongst the best in the world. The purpose of achieving a designation is to capture the wide-ranging benefits of conserving this natural asset including:

• Scientific advantages – enabling enhanced conditions for astronomy;
• Educational outreach – facilitating both formal education (at all levels) and more informal activities;
• Enjoyment and appreciation – improving quality of life and provide creative inspiration;
• Health – promoting improved sleep patterns and reducing stress;
• Wildlife – providing a more natural environment for both nocturnal and diurnal animals; and
• Energy efficiency – reducing wastage from unnecessary or excessive lighting.

Where is the Designation?

The Core Area is the extent of Bodmin Moor which is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). There is also a 2 mile Buffer Zone around this in which good lighting practice will also be encouraged and where communities are also expected to reap some of the benefits.

• Detailed Map

What’s the Catch? None!

We want to encourage people who live and/or work on Bodmin Moor to manage lighting better and make sure it does what it needs to without harming the night sky.

Nevertheless we will not make anyone change their lights. We all need to see what we’re doing and feel safe as we go about our business. Too often however lighting is overly bright, needlessly spills upwards, poorly aimed and creates shadows – making it harder to see as well as being wasteful and harmful to the night sky. Well considered light can be much more effective.

We’ll produce a quick guide for Dark Sky friendly lighting for when fitting new lights or replacing old. We will encourage:

• Installing lights that point down not up;
• Turning lights off when they aren’t needed, maybe use a timer; and
• Only lighting where you need to.

What about Street Lights?

Both Cornwall Council street lighting and Highways England trunk road lighting have been assessed as part of this project. Cornwall Council lighting has been upgraded across the county as part of the Invest to Save scheme which has improved efficiency and reduced light pollution. We are also looking at where additional adjustments to street lighting would be appropriate on Bodmin Moor.

FAQs

A list of frequently asked questions has been produced based on discussions with members of the public and other stakeholders.

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Contact us

If you have any queries or comments you can email us at darksky@cornwall.gov.uk or write to us using the address below:

Dark Sky Cornwall, Cornwall Council, Planning Policy Team, Pydar House, Pydar Street, Truro TR1 1XU

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A training session has been arranged for 6pm on Friday 12th July at the community centre.

This will be the final one.

Space is limited to 12 [due to high demand a few extra places available!] if you would like to book one please click here.

Come along and learn to potentially save someone's life.

This year’s Summer Carnival takes place on Saturday the 3rd of August and the optional theme is ‘Sail the Seven Seas’. We can’t wait to see where people’s imaginations take them, from Pirates, Mermaids and Surfers to Penguins, Giant Squid and Rainbow Fish parading through the streets of Hayle

7:00pm Procession starts....

Just a little reminder of the entry categories for the Summer Carnival...
In the walking categories we have 'junior walker', 'senior walker' and 'mixed walking group'.
For the floats there's 'humorous' and 'serious'. Plus there's a 'vehicle/vintage vehicle' class and 'best royalty' for any visiting Carnival Queens and Kings, humorous, serious or Business entry.

Don't forget you can enter on the day from 6pm at the recreation ground. Judging from 6.30 and the procession starts from 7pm (with a road closure in force from then) If anyone if able to help with marshalling please come see us at the rec from 5.45.

The Hayle Carnival is an annual event organised by a committee of volunteers.

https://www.facebook.com/events/376022629611872/

https://www.facebook.com/haylecarnival

HAYLE ART SOCIETY is holding their annual exhibition at Phillack Church Hall until 4th August. The exhibition will be open daily from 10am to 6 pm (10 to 4 on Sunday) and paintings, crafts, and cards will be on sale.

Hayle Art Society
Painting and craft exhibition 2019

Sunday 28th July until Sunday 4th August

Monday - Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sundays 10am - 4pm

Phillack Church Hall, 11 Copper Terrace,
Hayle, Cornwall TR27 4EB

Each member of the group is allowed to display up to
five works of art, many of which will be for sale.

There will also be a variety of crafts by members
of the group for sale.

This year there will again be a special table with work
donated by members which will be for for sale to raise
funds for St Julia's Hospice in Hayle.

http://www.cornwall-arts-and-crafts.co.uk/pages/hayle-art-society/
https://www.hayletowncouncil.net/2019/05/hayle-art-society-painting-craf...

HAYLE ART SOCIETY is holding their annual exhibition at Phillack Church Hall until 4th August. The exhibition will be open daily from 10am to 6 pm (10 to 4 on Sunday) and paintings, crafts, and cards will be on sale.

Hayle Art Society
Painting and craft exhibition 2019

Sunday 28th July until Sunday 4th August

Monday - Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sundays 10am - 4pm

Phillack Church Hall, 11 Copper Terrace,
Hayle, Cornwall TR27 4EB

Each member of the group is allowed to display up to
five works of art, many of which will be for sale.

There will also be a variety of crafts by members
of the group for sale.

This year there will again be a special table with work
donated by members which will be for for sale to raise
funds for St Julia's Hospice in Hayle.

http://www.cornwall-arts-and-crafts.co.uk/pages/hayle-art-society/
https://www.hayletowncouncil.net/2019/05/hayle-art-society-painting-craf...

FREE ENTRY, lots of stalls, Bouncy Castle, BBQ wagon, Tea Tent, Cakes, Fun Dog Show, Gymnastic Display and lots more.

Come and join us with the family for a special day.

Hayle Lions Fun Day Sunday 4th August 11-4pm

Hayle Recreation Ground.

https://www.facebook.com/events/hayle-recreation-ground/fun-day-2019/416...

THURSDAY, 20 JUNE – 7.30pm

CAPERNAUM (Capharnaüm)

2018 | Lebanon-France-US | Drama | Directed by Nadine Labaki. Starring Zain al-Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar al-Haddad, Elias Khoury. 126 min. Rated 15. In Arabic, with English subtitles.

An exhilarating, breathtaking and urgent story of social realism.

Having fled his abusive family, 12-year-old Zain is alone on the streets of Beirut. The film follows Zain as he journeys from gutsy, streetwise child to hardened 12-year-old ‘adult,’ surviving through his wits.

When Zain meets Ethiopian migrant worker and single mother Rahil, she provides him with shelter and food, in exchange for taking care of her baby son Yonas. Zain forms a strong bond Yonas, but the relative idyll is cut short when Rahil is jailed and Zain is faced with supporting the baby.

Inspired by real-life experiences of its young cast, the film’s events are bookended by an astonishing framing device: Zain’s attempt to sue his parents for giving him life, after he’s jailed for committing a violent crime.

This is director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki’s third film, which won the Jury Award at Cannes and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar (along with Cold Warand Shoplifters).

NOTE: Our screening of Capernaum is partially funded by the BFI Cinematheque scheme, which encourages audiences to explore more diverse and independent films.

“Harsh and abrasive, and sometimes difficult . . . but Labaki has layered the film with just enough moments of kindness to break your heart.” – Kevin Maher, The Times ★★★★

“Labaki’s direction of her young leads is miraculous, while the handheld cinematography and electrifying editing convey the chaos of the milieu and the grimness of the global crisis that has precipitated it.”  – Radio Times

For more information and tickets, visit www.haylefilmclub.org.uk or call 01736 753184

Tickets remain a reasonable £5 per person for general admission, £4 per person for members (membership is £7.50 per year).

NOTE: Films classified as F Rated (two this season) are those that: 1) are directed by a woman; 2) are written by a woman; and/or 3) feature significant women on screen in their own right. Developed by the Bath Film Festival, the rating is designed to support and promote women and redress the imbalance in the film industry. Highlighting these films sends a clear message to distributors, producers and funders that women can and should have more than just a supporting role within the industry.

For more information and tickets, visit www.haylefilmclub.org.uk or call 01736 753184

SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER

2018 | UK | Comedy-Drama | Directed by Carl Hunter. Starring Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Alice Lowe, Jenny Agutter, Tim McInnerny. 91 min. Rated 12A.

This is an offbeat, quirky, deadpan and stylised comedy-drama comparable to the films of Wes Anderson (Moonlight Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums et al).

Alan (Bill Nighy) has two passions: making suits and playing Scrabble. He has two sons, but Michael went missing 10 years ago, storming out after a particularly acrimonious Scrabble session. Alan and his other son, Peter (Sam Riley), are on a quest to find Michael, and suspect a mysterious online Scrabble master holds the key to Michael’s fate. But it’s Alan’s relationship with Peter that he must repair, so that the family can finally move on.

Carl Hunter’s debut film, based on Frank Cottrell Boyce’s powerfully tragicomic script, boasts a wonderful supporting cast and explores family rifts alongside sharp wordplay and even sharper gentlemen’s attire.

“The film positively twinkles with insouciance, and is performed with aplomb, particularly by Bill Nighy, who brings a droll sprightliness and deadpan wit to the lead part, but shows how these mannerisms mask emotional pain.” – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian ★★★★

“This delightfully offbeat British movie . . . has a surprisingly light touch and manages to be emotionally moving without being overwrought.” – Wenlei Ma, news.com.au ★★★★

As usual, we'll take a break in August and look forward to seeing you in September with a fresh programme of some of the most interesting films released in UK cinemas over the past year.

For more information and tickets, visit www.haylefilmclub.org.uk or call 01736 753184

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

2018 | US | Drama-Romance | Directed by Barry Jenkins. Starring Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo. 119 min. Rated 15.

Based on the novel by James Baldwin, this adaptation is a timeless and moving love story of both a couple’s unbreakable bond and the African-American family’s empowering embrace, as told through the eyes of 19-year-old Tish Rivers (screen newcomer KiKi Layne).

In 1970s Harlem, teen sweethearts Tish and Fonny (Stephan James) dream of a future together, but are torn apart when Fonny is wrongly arrested for the rape of a Puerto Rican woman through the machinations of a racist cop. Tish’s mother Sharon (Regina King, winner of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar) embarks on her own crusade to seek justice for Fonny, while Tish, who is pregnant, turns to her family and community for support.

Through the unique intimacy and power of cinema, If Beale Street Could Talk honours Baldwin’s prescient words and imagery, charting the emotional currents navigated in an unforgiving and racially biased world as the filmmaker poetically crosses time frames to show how love and humanity endure.

NOTE: Our screening of If Beale Street Could Talk is partially funded by the BFI Cinematheque scheme, which encourages audiences to explore more diverse and independent films.

“Magical filmmaking which looks for, and finds, beauty in the most unlikely places.” – Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent ★★★★★

“If proof were needed that Barry Jenkins’s directing achievement [for Moonlight] was far from a one-off, it pulses and dances through every sequence of his follow-up . . . in all its gorgeous romantic melancholy and sublimated outrage.” – Tim Robey, The Telegraph ★★★★★

“A powerful condemnation of endemic and structural racism, a sweet love story and, at a technical level, a beautifully produced film.” – Eye for Film