Comedian Maisie Adam has announced a work in progress show at The Drill Shed in Margate on Wednesday. Tickets £14.33.
Author Olivia Laing her new novel The Silver Book with Art Talks’ Robert Diament at Where Else on Wednesday. Tickets £5.
The National Portrait Gallery in London opens new exhibition Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait on Thursday, celebrating the Hollywood star’s 100th birthday. Tickets from £25.
Simon Armitage, the Poet Laureate, will be appearing at St Mary’s Art Centre in Sandwich on Thursday. Tickets £22.
Wild Life Drawing returns to Gather& in Ramsgate on Thursday with a sighthound special. Greyhounds, lurchers and whippets will all model for attendees. Tickets £39.
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Depths returns to Olby’s in Margate on Thursday for a night of guided conversation. There will also be performances from writers ELZ, Poppy Cockburn and Curly Wordy. Free tickets.
Recently premiered at London’s Southbank Centre with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, on Thursday there’s a one night only opportunity to see 1927 Studio’s new film Turangalîla - Infinite Love at ARK in Cliftonville. Tickets £15.75.
Trudgepig Folk Theatre are teaming up with Margate-based experimental musician Melinda Bronstein for The Wickerwork Man at Fruitworks in Canterbury on Thursday. Free tickets.
The season’s first guided bat walks through Dane Valley Woods in Margate takes place on Friday. DM on Instagram to join the WhatsApp group for more info.
The Palace cinema in Broadstairs will be screening a new version of Frida Kahlo, a documentary about the artists now featuring material from Tate Modern’s upcoming Frida Kahlo: the Making of an Icon exhibition on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets £9.
Ramsgate Pirates Festival takes place on Saturday, with piratical activities around the town throughout the day, beginning with a parade setting off from (where else?) the Plunder book shop on the High Street.
Bangers Comedy brings a line up of comedians to Olby’s in Margate on Saturday, headlined by Bobby Mair. Early bird tickets £12.
Atomica returns to Ramsgate Arts Club on Saturday, delivering 90s tunes all night. Free entry.
The Palace in Broadstairs puts on the first of three cinema walks on Saturday, this one taking in the filmic history of Ramsgate. Tickets £10.
Poet Kit Griffiths hosts a queer writing workshop at their new venue The Romantic in Cliftonville on Sunday. Tickets £3.
Moot Brewery will be taking over the taps at the Fermentorium in Ramsgate on Sunday. Tickets £25.
Richard Ayoade discusses his new book Afterthoughts, or Some Pistachios Won't Open: Wisdom for the Unreflective at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury on Sunday. Tickets from £34.
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