BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Events for LONDON - ECPv6.16.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Events for LONDON REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201212T154500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201212T183000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201126T040154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201126T040446Z UID:30056170-1607787900-1607797800@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Christmas pop up cinema- Home Alone 2 Lost in New York DESCRIPTION:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXNmkd4mWc8 \n  \nKevin accidentally boards a flight to New York City and gets separated from his family who are on their way to Miami. He then bumps into two of his old enemies\, who plan to rob a toy store. Home Alone 2 is basically the same thing as the original but still hilarious. This time\, he’s not Home Alone. Instead\, he’s stranded in the big apple by himself\, along with the same likable villains that we all know and love. The casts are the same\, which is good. When it comes to sequels\, I usually don’t like it when a character is been replaced with different cast\, but you don’t see it here. Overall\, everything is the same (the story\, the soundtrack\, actors/characters\, etc)\, but the only thing that’s different was the setting. A hilarious family film that everybody will enjoy nonetheless. \n\nShowing Home Alone 2 Lost in New York\, doors open at 3.45pm and the film will begin at 4.30pm (Running time 2 hrs)\n\nWe will also have a food and drinks stall\, providing all the sweet and savoury cinema favourites as well as mulled wine for the adults. \nTickets are limited and we will be implementing a special seating arrangement due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We have further information on our website http://www.croftonparkpictures.com outlining all of our special measures\, rest assured we want this to be a safe and enjoyable experience for all. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/christmas-pop-up-cinema-home-alone-2-lost-in-new-york/ LOCATION:Rivoli Ballroom\, 350 Brockley Road\, London\, SE4 2BY CATEGORIES:Arts,Children,Christmas Events,Entertainment,Events in London,Family Activities,Films ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Home-Alone-2-Christmas-Holiday-Activiti-In-London.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Rivoli Ballroom":MAILTO:rivoliballroom@live.com GEO:51.4552154;-0.0371647 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Rivoli Ballroom 350 Brockley Road London SE4 2BY;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=350 Brockley Road:geo:-0.0371647,51.4552154 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201212T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201212T203000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201125T162925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201129T213326Z UID:30056267-1607796000-1607805000@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:APOCALAUGHS NOW – Comedy Fundraiser for Genesis Cinema- 12th December DESCRIPTION:“There’s never a bad time to put on a show” – Kermit the Frog \nJoin us on December 12th for Apocalaughs Now\, a night of live stand up comedy at Genesis Cinema. From the funniest and most out of work comedians on the circuit.\nSplit your sides in your Covid safe bubbles\, fill your sanitised hands with popcorn\, as we give you the below amazing acts: \nEshaan Akbar – You can hear Eshaan Saturday mornings on The BBC Asian Network. As seen on Mock the Week and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order \nHelen Bauer – As seen and heard on ITV2\, BBC Two\, BBC Three\, CBBC\, Comedy Central\, BBC Radio 1 and Radio 4 more. \nEsther Manito – The host of No Nation podcast and Drawn Together show”an astute observer of everyday daftness as well as being able to tackle the bigger issues with wit and guile” – The List \nJosh Weller – as seen on BBC’s Life Lessons\, host of the Excitable Boy podcast. \nAlexandra Haddow – Tour Support for Frankie Boyle and host of the Alex Vs Men Show\, selected as one of GQ Magazine’s Best Things To Do In London. \n…and your headliner Ivo Graham! As seen on Live At The Apollo\, Mock The Week\, Live From The BBC and Comedy Central At The Comedy Store URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/apocalaughs-now-comedy-fundraiser-for-genesis-cinema-12th-december/ LOCATION:Genesis Cinema\, 93-95 Mile End Rd\, Whitechapel\, London\, E1 4UJ CATEGORIES:Arts,Comedy,Community Events,Conversation,Entertainment,Events in London,London Theatre,Society ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f00134-apocalypse_now_1sh-5.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="WTD Comedy":MAILTO:wtdcomedy@gmail.com GEO:51.5211404;-0.051122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Genesis Cinema 93-95 Mile End Rd Whitechapel London E1 4UJ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=93-95 Mile End Rd\, Whitechapel:geo:-0.051122,51.5211404 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201212T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201212T230000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201203T130329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201203T130329Z UID:30056289-1607803200-1607814000@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Christmas pop up cinema- Love Actually DESCRIPTION:Love Actually is a 2003 Christmas-themed romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis. \nThe Movie follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London\, England. \nLove Actually provides enough happy endings to make the audience forget that romance and Christmas miracles don’t always work out and it is alternately beguiling and bloated\, witty and warmed over\, smart and pandering. Most audiences love it.\nJoin us at Crofton Park Pictures showing Christmas Classic Love Actually.\nWe will be screening it in The Rivoli Ballroom. \nShowing Love Actually\, doors open at 8pm and the film will begin at 8.45pm (Running time 2.15 hrs) \nWe will also have a food and drinks stall\, providing all the sweet and savoury cinema favourites as well as mulled wine for the adults. \nTickets are limited and we will be implementing a special seating arrangement due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We have further information on our website http://www.croftonparkpictures.com outlining all of our special measures\, rest assured we want this to be a safe and enjoyable experience for all. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/christmas-pop-up-cinema-love-actually-4/ LOCATION:Rivoli Ballroom\, 350 Brockley Road\, London\, SE4 2BY CATEGORIES:Christmas Events,Entertainment,Events in London,Family Activities,Films,Food & Drink,Pop Up ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hugh-grant-love-actually.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Rivoli Ballroom":MAILTO:rivoliballroom@live.com GEO:51.4552154;-0.0371647 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Rivoli Ballroom 350 Brockley Road London SE4 2BY;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=350 Brockley Road:geo:-0.0371647,51.4552154 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201213T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201213T120000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201212T050222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201212T050222Z UID:30056225-1607857200-1607860800@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Festival of Culture - Carol Concert DESCRIPTION:The final event in Barratt London’s Festival of Culture is due to take place on Sunday 13th December at 11am and will be streamed from the housebuilder’s Ridgeway Views development in Mill Hill. Following on from the Festival’s previous virtual events which have included a jazz brunch\, art class and cookery class\, the final instalment will see choir Invicta Voices perform a range of Christmas favourites. \nInvicta Voices is one of London’s leading a cappella choirs. Originally formed from University of Kent alumni\, they sing a range of musical styles and have performed at many prestigious venues across London including The House of Lords\, Kings Place\, and St Martin in the Fields. \nMatt Bamford\, Invicta Voices’ Musical Director\, comments: “Christmas is a very special time in the musical calendar. The ongoing pandemic has definitely made things more challenging for us this festive season\, but we are still trying to make the best of things and performing at virtual events\, such as this one\, is the main way we can do that. We’ve all had to adapt\, and I hope this online concert still provides some Christmas cheer for those watching at home.” \nPam Reardon\, Sales and Marketing Director at Barratt East London\, said: “Christmas is going to be a bit different for us all this year. With Christmas markets and light displays cancelled we hope that this concert will give our audience some much needed festive fun.”\nWatch the carol concert on Barratt London’s Instagram feed\, Facebook page or Youtube channel at 11am on Sunday 13th December. Recordings of previous Festival of Culture events can also be found on Barratt London’s YouTube channel. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/festival-of-culture-carol-concert/ LOCATION:Online\, Auburn Central\, 57-59\, Australia\, 2144\, Australia CATEGORIES:Christmas Events,Festivals,Online Events,Virtual Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Carol-Concert-Sunday-Invite.jpg GEO:51.5136899;-0.1414866 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Online Auburn Central 57-59 Australia 2144 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Auburn Central\, 57-59:geo:-0.1414866,51.5136899 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201213T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201213T220000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201010T041305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201010T041423Z UID:30056082-1607889600-1607896800@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Broadway Meets West End Christmas Special featuring Clare Halse DESCRIPTION:A festive treat in the company of West End musical theatre star Clare Halse in an evening of the best songs from Broadway and the West End\, plus backstage stories\, and a few surprises. \nClare Halse is one of our most talented musical theatre stars. She is a talented singer\, dancer and actress\, and has an extensive list of theatre credits to her name\, including starring roles in ‘Singin’ In The Rain’ and ‘Guys and Dolls’ both at the Theatre du Chatelet\, Paris. She is best known for her role as Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street at the Theatre Royal\, Drury Lane; and for her leading role last December in the stage musical ‘White Christmas’ at the Dominion Theatre. For this Christmas Special at the Pheasantry\, Clare Halse will be performing some of the best musical theatre songs from both Broadway and the West End\, with a Christmas twist\, plus a few backstage stories. The perfect pre-Christmas treat for everyone. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/broadway-meets-west-end-christmas-special-featuring-clare-halse/ LOCATION:The Pheasantry\, Chelsea\, SW3 4UT\, 152 King's Road\, Chelsea\, SW3 4UT\, London CATEGORIES:Arts,Christmas Events,Concerts,Entertainment,Events in London,Gigs,Live Music,London Musicals,London Theatre,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/clare-halse-christmas-event-chelsea.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Pheasantry":MAILTO:www.pizzaexpresslive.com GEO:51.4889724;-0.1656382 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Pheasantry Chelsea SW3 4UT 152 King's Road Chelsea SW3 4UT London;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=152 King's Road\, Chelsea\, SW3 4UT:geo:-0.1656382,51.4889724 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201214 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210104 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201219T031045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201219T034947Z UID:30056231-1607904000-1609718399@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:W1 Curates x GIORGIKO digital exhibition DESCRIPTION:W1 Curates presents the artwork of Giorgiko on state-of-the-art technology at the heart of London’s iconic Oxford Street. Giorgiko (pronounced jee-OR-jee-koh) is the collaborative creation of Darren and Trisha Inouye melding minimal\, expressive character illustration with classical painting. The Giorgiko universe is home to lost boys and wayfaring girls\, and explores the stories of their wanderings and their dreams of being found again. \nThis Los Angeles-based husband-and-wife team draws their inspiration from history\, childhood memories\, and meaningful stories both real and imagined. Their work explores the familiar feelings of those who have experienced loss\, searched for meaning\, and felt love’s embrace. Their hope is that in a world full of wandering\, the Giorgiko universe inspires the search for truth\, true love\, and purpose. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/w1-curates-x-giorgiko-digital-exhibition/ LOCATION:W1 Curates\, 161-167 Oxford St\, London\, W1D 2JP CATEGORIES:Arts,Christmas Events,Community Events,Digital Arts,Entertainment,Exhibitions,Free Events,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Giorgiko_exhibition-in-london.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Urbane Artist":MAILTO:info@theurbaneartist.com GEO:51.5156404;-0.1377454 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=W1 Curates 161-167 Oxford St London W1D 2JP;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=161-167 Oxford St:geo:-0.1377454,51.5156404 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201215T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210115T180000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201210T124337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201214T193734Z UID:30056221-1608055200-1610733600@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:WINTER SHOW 20/21: STAY ART HOME DESCRIPTION:WINTER SHOW 20/21: STAY ART HOME \nFrom 15 December 2020 to 15 January 2021\, Blue Rhino Art Consultancy presents WINTER SHOW 20/21: STAY ART HOME – the socially distanced online exhibition and an opportunity to view a plethora of artworks from the comfort of your own home\, in collaboration with Sareban Gallery\, Varvara Roza Galleries\, and Fereshteh Art Gallery. \nBlue Rhino is an international art consultancy that focuses on promoting and representing contemporary artists. Due to the restrictions put in place by COVID-19\, a number of institutions and art galleries have moved their initiatives from the physical spaces to the online world. Alongside these shifts\, Blue Rhino Art Consultancy proposes a virtual group show to let people stay at home and appreciate more than 200 artworks with 44 artists from all over the world including the UK\, Ireland\, Germany\, Colombia\, Greece\, Iran\, Turkey\, Norway\, etc. COVID-19 has impacted on the art industry largely during this particularly difficult time\, thus through this exhibition Blue Rhino wishes to create a platform for supporting artists to continue making a living by doing what they do. \nBy entering the online exhibition – consisting of three rooms – the virtual gallery delivers an abundant amount of artworks overarching diverse mediums such as oil\, acrylic paintings\, photography and prints\, etc. The virtual exhibition space provides a realistic\, reliable and convenient viewing experience. All of the works are installed based on their actual measurements and every information is input on each artwork\, so the viewers are able to compare the size and check the details of the works easily. For this online exhibition\, Blue Rhino hopes to deliver a comfortable stay-at-home experience which is associated with contemporary art. \nThe noteworthy feature of the Winter Show is that the show not only offers comfortable online viewing rooms but also provides at the most affordable price to let the viewers be more accessible with works of art. Ranging from €150 to €2500\, Blue Rhino Art Consultancy aims to give opportunities to those who have been contemplating their purchase among high-priced art pieces\, so that you can gift your loved ones with a unique and one-of-a-kind work of art this festive season! \nThe online exhibition link is accessible by the link or the QR code on top of this page\, and the full list of artists can be found below. \nOrganiser:\nBlue Rhino Art Consultancy \nArt Director:\nTima Jam \nAssistant Coordinator:\nAhwa Habeeb\nDaniel Jim A. Opolot\nEleanor Williams\nPriscilla Indrayadi\nAnais Goorriah\nLin Shi\nSoyeon Park \nCollaborators:\nFereshteh Gallery\nSareban Gallery\nVarvara Roza Galleries\nGallery Expo\nCGMAX Design Studio \nParticipating Artists:\nAhoo Hamedi\nAlexandros Spathoulas\nAli Phi\nAngeliki Papageorgiou\nBarış Cihanoğlu\nBjørnar Aaslund\nBurcin Erdi\nChristina Papaioannou\nDairo Vargas\nDeniz Ikizler\nEhsan Arjmand\nElif Celebi\nEnes Debran\nFarzin Rahneshin\nHakan Sorar\nHasan Baran Kurtoglu\nIan Rayer-Smith\nJohan Söderström\nJohn Valyrakis\nKeyvan Asgari\nKiyomars Kiasat\nKonstantinos Patsios\nLevent Oyluçtarhan\nMahdieh Abolhasan\nMahsa Karimi\nMajid Hojati\nMaliheh Zafarnezhad\nMehdi Mansouri\nMehrdad Khataei\nMohsen Hoseinmardi\nOrhan Umut\nÖzge Enginöz\nPooneh Oshidari\nRahman Mojarrad\nRoxana Manouchehri\nSaimir Ahmeti\nSanaz Haeri\nSerdar Kaynak\nSerkan Çolak\nShahram Karimi\nSolmaz Tohidloo\nTahereh Afzali\nUmut Erbaş\nVahid Chamani URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/winter-show-20-21-stay-art-home/ CATEGORIES:Arts,Exhibitions,Online Events,Virtual Events,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/eventbrite.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Blue Rhino Art Consultancy":MAILTO:info@bluerhino.art END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201216T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201216T180000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201215T151851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T152004Z UID:30056227-1608134400-1608141600@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Accordion Christmas Carols Tomorrow DESCRIPTION:Come watch a Solo Accordion Player perform your favourite Christmas Carols. Live Music Performance at Sayer Street London. 4.00pm – 6.00pm on the 16th of December. This is a free to attend Christmas Community Event in South London. \nThe event is outdoors with social distancing in place. Dress warm. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/accordion-christmas-carols-tomorrow/ LOCATION:Elephant Park\, Elephant Rd\, London\, SE17 1UB CATEGORIES:Arts,Christmas Events,Community Events,Concerts,Entertainment,Events in London,Family Activities,Festivals,Food & Drink,Free Events,Gigs,Live Music,Music,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/accordion-live-music-london.jpg GEO:51.4939177;-0.0983636 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Elephant Park Elephant Rd London SE17 1UB;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Elephant Rd:geo:-0.0983636,51.4939177 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201216T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201216T194500 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201113T092241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201114T194751Z UID:30056238-1608145200-1608147900@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Farm Africa Virtual Carol Concert DESCRIPTION:Farm Africa has announced its annual carol concert will take place virtually for the first time from 7pm to 7.45pm on Wednesday 16 December 2020. \nThe concert will be hosted by farmer and star of Quest’s ‘Born Mucky – Life on the farm’\, Ally Hunter Blair\, and will feature readings by the charity’s patron Michael Palin and agricultural journalist and broadcaster Anna Jones\, as well as a selection of seasonal carols. \nThe concert falls in the same week as Farm Africa’s appeal on BBC Radio 4\, also presented by Michael Palin\, which will be broadcast twice on Sunday 13 December and once on Thursday 17 December. \nThe concert is free to attend\, but there will be opportunities to make donations to Farm Africa including entering a prize draw. Funds raised will support the charity’s work helping farming families across eastern Africa to improve their agricultural practices\, protect their natural resources and strengthen their business management skills. \nAlly Hunter Blair commented: “I am delighted to be hosting Farm Africa’s first ever virtual carol concert. Farm Africa is an outstanding charity and I have seen at first hand some of the truly amazing work that they are doing to help transform the lives of fellow farmers. I’d love to see you all there for some festive cheer. Join us on 16 December!” \nAnna Jones\, who makes television and radio programmes about farming and rural affairs\, including BBC One’s Countryfile and occasionally presents Radio 4’s Farming Today and On Your Farm\, added: “African agriculture holds a very special place in my heart. I have been lucky enough to travel around Kenya\, Tanzania\, Ghana\, Cote d’Ivoire and South Africa meeting farmers and farming communities. It’s easy to feel isolated and powerless in 2020 so Farm Africa’s virtual carol concert is a great opportunity to be involved in something that will raise much-needed funds and much-needed festive cheer!” \nMarian Torres\, Special Events Manager at Farm Africa\, commented: “Farmers across eastern Africa are facing unprecedented challenges. The triple threat of the COVID-19 pandemic\, an invasion of desert locusts and severe flooding threatens to plunge farming communities in the region into crippling poverty. The virtual carol concert offers an opportunity to not only enjoy a festive evening from the comfort of your own home but to help provide farmers in eastern Africa with the knowledge and tools they need to build stronger\, sustainable businesses that can thrive\, even during a crisis.” \nTo book a place at the concert please visit www.farmafrica.org/carols \n  \nBook Christmas Carol Singers for Christmas in London \n  URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/farm-africa-virtual-carol-concert/ CATEGORIES:Arts,Charity Events,Christmas Events,Community Events,Entertainment,Family Activities,Free Events,Fundraisers,Live Music,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Farm-Africa-Virtual-Carol-Concert.png ORGANIZER;CN="Farm Africa":MAILTO:events@farmafrica.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201216T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201216T200000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201210T005811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201210T005812Z UID:30056220-1608145200-1608148800@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Nutcracker Extravaganza: The Classical Music Pod Live DESCRIPTION:It’s a podcast….with live music…It’s the Classical Music Pod! Music\, chat\, and a splash of gin tasting. Presented by Classical PopUps at Stanley Halls\, come and dip in and out of not one\, but two versions of the Nutcracker. Presented by Classical PopUps. \nTo add to the excitement\, there will be the chance to sample Wardington’s Original Ludlow Dry Gin – the brand new edition\, in partnership with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Flavoured with Seville orange and cassia\, the ‘Philharmonia Gin’ is the perfect tipple for a cosy December evening! \nIn the Christmas of 1960 Jazz titan Duke Ellington released an album unlike anything he had recorded before. ‘The Nutcracker Suite’ re-arranged Tchaikovsky’s festive spectacular into a swinging soundscape full of humour that blended classical and jazz\, dance halls and concert halls\, tradition and innovation. Join the players of Classical PopUps and hosts of The Classical Music Pod for an evening of live music and a deep dive into what made the original ballet and the jazz update such enduring hits. \nMusicians this evening include members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and players from some of the most dazzling West End shows. \nThe Classical Music Pod bills itself as ‘the best classical music podcast produced in a Brixton bedroom’\, though this claim remains unverified. Hosted by Timmy Fisher and Sam Poppleton\, the pod blends a deep passion for classical music with an equally strong affection for punnery\, silliness and trivia. \nSince its launch in 2019\, the pod has explained avant- garde serialism using chocolate selection boxes\, compiled book recommendations from some of the world’s greatest performers and interviewed David Lammy MP about his time singing alongside future Brexiteers. You can listen\, like and subscribe to the boys through all the usual podcast portals and follow them on Twitter @ClassicalPod. \nhttp://www.classicalpopups.com URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/nutcracker-extravaganza-the-classical-music-pod-live/ LOCATION:Stanley Halls\, 12 South Norwood Hill\, London\, SE25 6AB CATEGORIES:Christmas Events,Community Events,Drink Tasting,Entertainment,Events in London,Live Music,Music,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dec-16th-Stanley-Halls.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Classical PopUps":MAILTO:saliwyn@me.com GEO:51.4002234;-0.0752236 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Stanley Halls 12 South Norwood Hill London SE25 6AB;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=12 South Norwood Hill:geo:-0.0752236,51.4002234 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201217T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201219T180000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201217T064305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T064306Z UID:30056229-1608220800-1608400800@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Live Gigs this Christmas Weekend in London - 17th to 19th December DESCRIPTION:This weekend sees the final gigs for Christmas at Elephant Park\nThis evening we have the Carribe Steel Band\, tomorrow evening Run Rem Radio\, Trinity Carol Singers and the Dickension Ding Dong.\nFinishing off on Sunday with the Amazing and Fun Brazen Brass Band and the Beautiful Fairy on Tree Stilt Walker. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/live-gigs-this-christmas-weekend-in-london-17th-to-19th-december/ LOCATION:Elephant Park\, Elephant Rd\, London\, SE17 1UB CATEGORIES:Christmas Events,Community Events,Family Activities,Free Events,Gigs,Live Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Christmas-Events-Weekend-London.jpg GEO:51.4939177;-0.0983636 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Elephant Park Elephant Rd London SE17 1UB;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Elephant Rd:geo:-0.0983636,51.4939177 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201218T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201218T170000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201211T130847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201211T130847Z UID:30056222-1608303600-1608310800@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:A Day With The Honey Badgers: Thank F*ck It's Cristmas DESCRIPTION:The notorious Honey Badger\, found its fame after going viral for not giving a f*ck and has since become a part of meme culture. NAKEDpresents believe a lot can be learnt by embodying the spirit of the Honey Badger and have created a theatrical cabaret dedicated to bold\, authentic and expressive performance. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/a-day-with-the-honey-badgers-thank-fck-its-cristmas/ LOCATION:Matchstick Piehouse\, railway arches 213-214 edward street\, london\, se8 5hd CATEGORIES:Arts,Christmas Events,Entertainment,Illustration,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Honey-Badgers-Christmas-Special-Image-.png GEO:51.4807059;-0.0313247 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Matchstick Piehouse railway arches 213-214 edward street london se8 5hd;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=railway arches 213-214 edward street:geo:-0.0313247,51.4807059 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201218T210000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201218T220000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201212T043534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201212T043534Z UID:30056223-1608325200-1608328800@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:A Night With The Honey Badgers: Zero F*cks Given DESCRIPTION:The notorious Honey Badger\, found its fame after going viral for not giving a f*ck and has since become a part of meme culture. NAKEDpresents believe a lot can be learnt by embodying the spirit of the Honey Badger and have created a theatrical cabaret dedicated to bold\, authentic and expressive performance. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/a-night-with-the-honey-badgers-zero-fcks-given/ LOCATION:Matchstick Piehouse\, railway arches 213-214 edward street\, london\, se8 5hd CATEGORIES:Christmas Events,Community Events,Entertainment,Events in London,Festivals,London Musicals,London Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Honey-Badgers-Cabaret-Evening-Show-Image.png ORGANIZER;CN="Swans Events":MAILTO:hello@swansevents.co.uk GEO:51.4807059;-0.0313247 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Matchstick Piehouse railway arches 213-214 edward street london se8 5hd;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=railway arches 213-214 edward street:geo:-0.0313247,51.4807059 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201219T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201219T163000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201027T063746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T140730Z UID:30056092-1608373800-1608395400@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Wanstead Vintage Christmas Fair DESCRIPTION:Wanstead Vintage are delighted to announce that we will be holding our Christmas fair on Saturday 19th December. A perfect seasonal celebration as we mark our 10th Anniversary ! \nThe Fairs are now under new management and are run by Karen Stuckey\, an event organiser and vintage trader. \nWe are really fortunate to be able to hold these Fairs in Wanstead United Reformed Church\, a beautiful Grade II listed\, recently refurbished building\, which is incredibly light and airy with the sun streaming through the huge colourful stained glass windows. White walls and blonde wooden floors\, which were renovated this year\,  balance the decor and provide a serene and calm atmosphere. A pleasure to both sell and shop in !  \nAny fair is only as good as its sellers and Wanstead Vintage consistently has the best around. The Church has two large halls which are both filled with a wonderful array of stallholders\, some of whom have been regulars at this event and been with us since we began. You could say they were part of the family. \nThey will be selling\, as they always do\, a huge variety of genuine vintage items:- homewares\, furniture\, jewellery\, handbags\, posters\, silver\, fashion\, textiles\, haberdashery\, vinyl\, books. ‘Yule’ bound to be able to pick up some last minute gifts. There’s something here for absolutely everyone at this special time of year ! \nThere’ll be vintage mirrors in all shapes as sizes to adorn any room in the house. French ‘accoutrements’ to add that ‘je ne sais quoi’ to your surroundings. Handbags to complete any outfit. Haberdashery to restyle your treasured favourites and textiles to grace and furnish. Added to that silverware and home furnishings to amaze\, accentuate and flatter your lifestyle\, and fashion and jewellery to turn heads. The list is endless … You really will find everything you need for your home and wardrobe. \nIn these unprecedented times we will of course have measures in place to keep everybody safe and we will adhere to the latest governmental advice regarding safe distancing. \nWanstead Vintage takes place three times a year and on the run up to December 19th we will be sharing tasters of the kind of items we’ll be featuring at the Fair on Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter.   \nEntry: £2.50 / £1.50 concessions (accompanied children under 14 free)\nEarly bird entry for first dibs at 9.30 am £4.00   \nTube: Wanstead or Snaresbrook on Central Line \nhttp://www.wansteadvintage.com\nkaren@wansteadvintage.com\nTwitter & Instagram @wansteadvintage\nFacebook @WansteadVintage URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/wanstead-vintage-christmas-fair/ LOCATION:Wanstead United Reformed Church\, Nightingale Lane\, Wanstead\, E11 2HD CATEGORIES:Arts,Christmas Events,Christmas Shopping,Community Events,Entertainment,Fairs,Family Activities,Shopping ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/wv2020a1.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Karen Stuckey":MAILTO:karen@wansteadvintage.com GEO:51.5796506;0.0271046 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Wanstead United Reformed Church Nightingale Lane Wanstead E11 2HD;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Nightingale Lane:geo:0.0271046,51.5796506 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201219T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201220T180000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201021T105138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201021T105138Z UID:30056086-1608375600-1608487200@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:The London Artisan DESCRIPTION:Put the fun back into Christmas shopping\, buy unique gifts directly from makers!\nNow in its 5th year\, The London Artisan is the best fair in London to meet\, and buy from Designer Makers. Support an independent business this Christmas. \nThe London Artisan offers a diverse\, quality\, shopping experience that celebrates independent producers and makers. But more than that\, it’s about people and place; meeting the makers\, conversations with friends and embedding the social back into shopping. The London Artisan presents a unique selection of jewellery\, ceramics\, glassware\, textiles\, homewares\, illustration and beauty products. \nThe London Artisan offers visitors the opportunity to meet designers and view\, buy or commission products\, in a safe\, covid-secure environment\, A must for those passionate about design and craft that is handmade\, organic and sustainable. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/the-london-artisan-2/ LOCATION:Old Truman Brewary\, 91 Brick Lane\, London\, London\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Arts,Christmas Events,Christmas Shopping,Crafts,Design ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/TLA-Brewery-facade.jpg GEO:51.5212858;-0.0718801 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Old Truman Brewary 91 Brick Lane London London United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=91 Brick Lane\, London:geo:-0.0718801,51.5212858 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201219T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201219T220000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201030T104954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T104954Z UID:30056118-1608406200-1608415200@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Speed Dating @ Pitcher & Piano\, City of London (30-45) DESCRIPTION:An evening of fast\, fun & flirty speed dating within the stylish surroundings of the Pitcher & Piano near Bank tube station in the City of London. \nExpect to meet around 20 people at this popular event in the City. The crowd is always well dressed & ready to let their hair down after work. \nSpeed Dating kicks off at 8pm prompt and any guests arriving late may not be able to take part so please ensure you arrive 15-30 minutes before the scheduled start time to allow for registration. \nOn arrival at the venue head downstairs into the lower basement bar where the event will be taking place. One of our friendly hosts will be waiting to register you. \nWhen everyone has arrived the host will explain how the evening will unfold and you will be provided with a scorecard\, name badge and pen. When the event begins women will be seated and men will rotate between tables every 4-5 minutes. At the end of each date guests mark on their scorecard or mobile phone whether they would like to see that person again. \nThere will be a 15 minute break half way through to allow for refreshments. \nThe event will finish at around 9:30pm but guests are welcome to stay afterwards. \nIf you have used your mobile phone to enter your preferences then you will be able to view your matches instantly at the end of the event. Otherwise please take home your scorecard and upload your matches before 12pm on the following day. \nPlease be aware that tickets for our events are very limited and the majority do get booked up in advance\, so please book early to avoid disappointment. \nIf you have any queries about this event please contact us or call our telephone bookings hotline on 0845 862 1448 (9am-5pm). URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/speed-dating-pitcher-piano-city-of-london-30-45/2020-12-19/ LOCATION:pitcher & piano\, 28-31 Cornhill\, London\, London\, EC3V 3ND CATEGORIES:Events in London,Networking,People,Society ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1599490551-pitcher-venue-bg.jpg GEO:51.5131781;-0.0868116 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=pitcher & piano 28-31 Cornhill London London EC3V 3ND;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=28-31 Cornhill\, London:geo:-0.0868116,51.5131781 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201225T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210130T180000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201111T180802Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201212T045938Z UID:30056233-1608894000-1612029600@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:“The Tingle That You Feel On Your Tongue” by Peter Spanjer DESCRIPTION:‘It’s not the bars on the windows that make me safe.’ \n\n\n\nThe camera holds focus on a monstrous looking\, thorned flower as a looped soundtrack evokes the mood of an old-fashioned Hollywood film\, and then\, abruptly\, the screen goes black; we’re dropped into an echoing void or perhaps a kind of porthole that brings us hovering over the glimmering surface of water. This is the opening of Make Me Safe\, one of two new films created by Nigerian artist Peter Spanjer for his debut solo show entitled The Tingle That You Feel on Your Tongue at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery’s London Bridge space. Though distinct in mood\, both videos present emotionally-charged immersive experiences that explore identity\, resistance\, vulnerability and sensuality through the layering of sound\, text and image. Both works were created in response to the resurgence of the Black Lives Movement and whilst they each stand alone\, together they present as a powerful and poignant dialogue that negotiates juxtaposing expressions of self. \n\n\n\nSpanjer’s intuitive creative process is one of collage in which he gradually layers sound\, image and text to build a rich sense of depth. He typically begins with the sounds\, either creating them himself or stitching together fragments from other sources. The soundscape for Make Me Safe\, for example\, was created entirely by the artist during lockdown as ‘a form of therapy’ in response to the chaos of the global pandemic and racial protests; the only exception is the resounding voice of a preacher which Spanjer took from the recording of a Church sermon. The preacher’s words connect with the idea of resistance\, one Spanjer’s central themes\, particularly in relation to resisting stereotypes of masculinity which are used to define and effectively constrain black male identity. Whilst this is by no means a new issue\, it is increasingly urgent in the light of continued police brutality and the necessary reimagining of the black body. ‘When it came to adding the visual element of how I was feeling at the time\, an emotion that really stuck with me was the feeling of witnessing the re-circulation of images of George Floyd’s killing and other black bodies which\, to me\, perpetuated this static connotations we make to the black body which is either pain or extreme physical/emotional strength or trauma\,’ says Spanjer. \n\n\n\nIn direct contrast to these conventional representations of masculinity\, many of Spanjer’s visuals express vulnerability\, ephemerality and inconsistency. In Make Me Safe\, for example\, images of flowers appear in juxtaposition with the sound\, presenting a pervading sense of beauty\, sensuality and fragility that probes at masculine ideals and also alludes to the idea of self-care that underpins the second video entitled Every Piece of You. This second work was inspired by the artist’s discovery of meditation and ASMR specifically dedicated to black women. ‘These videos really stuck with me not just because they were targeted at the most vulnerable demographic which is the black woman but also because of the reassurance I felt as a black man and reassurance I wanted to provide in a space of anyone viewing the film\,’ explains Spanjer. \n\n\n\nThe video moves between fast\, strobing collages of images and moments of stillness whilst the repetitive\, beating soundtrack is hypnotic and at times\, unnerving as distorted\, disembodied voices reverberate in echoing layers. ‘Every Piece of You feels like an exploration of different sounds and language that muddy the distinction between what they mean\, what they could mean or what they don’t mean\,’ says Spanjer. In this way\, the work offers another form of resistance in which the assemblage of all its parts deliberately challenges the viewer’s perception and avoids any kind of narrative cohesion. The evocation of a sensory\, or felt experience also more closely represents the incongruities and flow of thought in which random associations come together to create internalised\, personal significance for each individual. ‘It was important to me to create an open narrative piece that guides the viewer but also keeps a space open for each person to explore the work themselves\,’ says the artist. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition’s title also makes reference to the sensory aspect of both works. For Spanjer\, a tingle ‘is a feeling that cannot be replicated or even necessarily explained’ and like any sensation\, it has the power to trigger memories and transport us psychologically to a specific moment in time. Both videos possess a vivid urgency that speaks to the current racial crisis\, but also to universal issues around expression\, anxiety\, and self. How can we break free from the perceptions that constrain us?\, Spanjer seems to be asking. How can we embrace more fluid ways of understanding ourselves and others? ‘To me\, these films will always be affiliated to this current moment\, but will hopefully still be fruitful for years to come in conversations around reimagining connotations to the black body\,’ he says. Viewed together the videos present their own dialogue through a compelling exploration of a more liberated and fluid existence. The Tingle That You Feel on Your Tongue underlines the power of art to express the inexpressible\, and to inspire and enact change. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/the-tingle-that-you-feel-on-your-tongue-by-peter-spanjer/ LOCATION:2 Melior Pl\, Bermondsey\, London SE1 3SZ\, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery\, 2 Melior Pl\, Bermondsey\, London\, SE1 3SZ CATEGORIES:Arts,Community Events,Events in London,Exhibitions,Free Events,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/PSP-0020-image.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Kristin Hjellegjerde":MAILTO:info@kristinhjellegjerde.com GEO:51.5023716;-0.0842774 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2 Melior Pl Bermondsey London SE1 3SZ Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery 2 Melior Pl Bermondsey London SE1 3SZ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery\, 2 Melior Pl\, Bermondsey:geo:-0.0842774,51.5023716 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201225T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210220T180000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201016T175104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201212T045904Z UID:30056084-1608894000-1613844000@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Devil’s in the Detail DESCRIPTION:‘Creativity is cultural not because it is derivative of it\, but because it aims to heal culture. Art saturated with the unconscious acts like a compensatory dream in the individual: it tries to rebalance and address deep-rooted problems.’ – from Summer by Ali Smith \nThe latest group show at Kristin Hjellegjerde’s Wandsworth gallery in London brings together the work of 13 artists whose practices\, though distinct\, are engaging with our world\, challenging our perceptions and reflecting the realities of our history\, contemporary culture and society. Devil’s in the Detail is an exhibition that celebrates creativity: the ambiguous\, the strange\, the various and the bold. \nIn October 1968 at the Mexico City Olympics medal ceremony\, Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a powerful symbol of solidarity that has endured and evolved through generations. In his latest series of vibrant paintings\, Los Angeles-based artist Forrest Kirk references this gesture within the context of the recent and ongoing Black Lives Matter demonstrations across the globe. Rendered in a strikingly bold graphical style\, the paintings serve as eternal portraits of hope and continued strength. By contrast\, Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari’s practice is often preoccupied with the reverberations of “historical amnesia”\, in which a culture experiences collective memory loss due to a traumatic act in the past. Her ongoing series of paintings entitled MKUltra focuses upon a program of drug experiments that were designed and undertaken by the CIA between 1953 and 1973. Prostitutes were employed by the government to lure unsuspecting men into CIA ‘safe houses’ where they were given high doses of psychoactive drugs such as LSD and monitored for changes in their behaviour. Taking the prostitutes as her subject\, Sokhanvari not only reimagines the scenes in the present moment\, but also raises pertinent questions around accountability and objectification. \nBorn in Morocco to a Syrian father and a Swiss mother\, Houda Terjuman describes her status as a ‘hybrid migrant’ as crucial to the evolution of her artistic language. Her surreal\, poetic paintings and sculptures\, which often appear floating or detached\, are each imbued with strong emotional and narrative significance. ‘These small objects act as bearers of hope and bridges making the link between cultures\,’ says the artist. ‘An empty chair symbolises what we left behind and keeps us connected to our roots; a lonely boat is a bearer of hope; a floating bridge invites us to build connections and empathy towards the unknown.’ In a similar way\, Simón Arrebola creates imaginative visual narratives that encompass many different elements often drawn from the artist’s own autobiographical experiences and memories. However\, for this exhibition\, he responds to another artist’s exploration of self. Based on Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando: A Biography\, which parallels much of the author’s own life through fiction\, each of Arrebola’s paintings reimagine the protagonist anew\, representing the fluidity that Woolf evokes in relation to conventional gender stereotypes and identity more generally. \nKarachi-based artist Rabia Farooqui also assembles objects and characters to build a sense of narrative intrigue. The artist compares her compositions to a theatrical stage on which she sets up complex interactions\, creating humorous and often bizarre scenes that seek to reveal the absurdity of cultural and societal expectations placed on the individual. Lincoln Mwangi similarly draws on the symbolism of objects as an expression of identity and underlying emotion. The Kenya-based artist’s mixed-media figurative works are inspired by his daily life encounters\, often depicted in a haunting monochromatic colour palette that creates an unsettling sense of disunity. \nSouth African artist Kimathi Mafafo’s practice encompasses a broad range of mediums including embroidery\, oil painting and installation. Typically depicting women in lush\, verdant tropical landscapes\, Mafafo’s imagery is guided by her desire to celebrate the black female form\, inspiring women to embrace their worth and beauty in opposition to traditional prescribed gender roles. Similarly\, Ghana-based artist Rufai Zakari seeks to celebrate the strength and versatility of women. Stitching together plastic bags\, food packages and plastic bottles found on the streets\, the artist creates vibrant\, textural scenes that reposition women as the subjects of their own narratives whilst at the same time examining consumerism\, environmental pollution\, labour\, trade\, and the impacts of industrialisation in contemporary Ghanaian society. \nTuesday Riddell’s latest works are inspired by the 17th century sub-genre of sottobosco painting made famous by Dutch artist Otto Marseus van Schrieck\, who depicted scientific\, ground level observations of forest floor creatures and flora. Employing the ancient craft of japanning\, a 17th century form of decorative finish characterised by black lacquer gilded with gold and silver leaf\, Riddell creates magical\, nocturnal scenes that capture the unseen metamorphosis and growth of the micro world below the trees. London-based artist Rene Gonzalez also takes nature as his subject. Whilst his earlier paintings often featured characters or human structures\, these new works depict largely uninhabited\, eerily beautiful landscapes that possess both a sense of quiet stillness and an atmosphere of underlying danger. ‘It’s probably no coincidence that this subject matter has taken centre stage in my practice as global warming and the decimation of wildlife and forests is at the highest level we’ve ever seen\,’ says the artist. \nFor this exhibition\, London-based artist Kate MccGwire presents LIMINAL\, a mixed media sculpture made from goose feathers\, encased in a bespoke oak cabinet. Like much of the artist’s work\, the mysterious\, writhing serpentine form plays with opposites – beauty and repulsion\, movement and constraint\, nature and artifice – to challenge our perceptions and encourage deeper engagement with the object. Also interested in the way that we respond to and perceive our environments\, Korean artist Minyoung Choi’s painted scenes are often the result of deep\, meditative observation conflated with memory and the imagination. Her latest works Desk 2 and Aquarium are preoccupied with the mundane and yet\, these familiar objects – clocks\, books\, fish tanks – are seen through a strange\, semi-fluorescent lens that evokes a sense of magic and unreality. In this way\, we are invited to consider how our own subjectivity and imagination may colour our perspectives. \nBritish-Pakistani artist Khushna Sulaman-Butt’s practice is also preoccupied with the gaze\, specifically in relation to body language and how that might affect the way we that behave or respond to another person or situation. Acknowledging her position of relative power as a portrait artist\, she grants her sitters the freedom to choose how they dress and pose so that they have the opportunity ‘to reclaim their identity\, sexuality\, religion and the values they place upon themselves.’ As a result\, the paintings are highly dynamic and original\, harnessing portraiture’s ability to be both evocative and confrontational. \nBringing together diverse artistic practices\, Devil’s in the Detail demonstrates art’s ability to disrupt the norm by exposing the narrowness of assumed perspectives\, whilst at the same time offering us the freedom to envision bold\, new worlds and ways of being. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/devils-in-the-detail/ LOCATION:Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery\, 533 Old York Road\, London\, Wandsworth\, SW18 1TG\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Arts,Events in London,Family Activities,Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/image0.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Kristin Hjellegjerde":MAILTO:info@kristinhjellegjerde.com GEO:51.4598404;-0.1888127 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery 533 Old York Road London Wandsworth SW18 1TG United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=533 Old York Road:geo:-0.1888127,51.4598404 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201225T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210227T180000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201030T101812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201212T050026Z UID:30056224-1608894000-1614448800@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Gathering by Nengi Omuku – Art Exhibition in London DESCRIPTION:Gathering by Nengi Omuku – Art Exhibition in London\n\n\n\nA group of people sit with their backs to the viewer while in the distance a crowd of spectral figures form a wall of bodies that blends into the beige background. This haunting\, textural painting\, The Sit Down by Nengi Omuku\, depicts a non-violent protest\, which was originally inspired by three separate instances of injustice in the artist’s home country of Nigeria\, but the work gains new significance in the light of the tragic events currently unfolding in Lagos as peaceful protesters continue to be met with brutality. Omuku’s latest body of work marks a shift in the artist’s focus from the individual to the collective body and communal existence. Painted onto panels of a traditional Nigerian fabric known as Sanyan\, the artworks negotiate the complexities of identity and belonging in relation to gender\, race and cultural heritage. The artist’s solo show entitled Gathering at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery’s London Bridge space brings together a collection of highly atmospheric and emotive scenes filled with urgency and longing. \n\n\n\nThe majority of Omuku’s latest artworks were inspired by local events in Lagos and the corresponding imagery circulated by the press. The powerful imagery of The Sit Down\, for example\, came in response to scenes of mass unemployment that ensued following the government ban on motorcycles and tricycles (the local form of public transport); the devastating collapse of a school building near the artist’s studio that buried young children and for which no-one was held accountable; and the billions of Naira (Nigerian currency) that were allegedly dispensed by the government during the pandemic\, but which never made it to the people who needed it most. However\, the charged\, traumatic and affecting scenes that comprise this body of work appear now as the uncanny foreshadowings of the current protests against a corrupt branch of the Nigerian police force known as SARS\, which was established in 1992 to combat armed robbery but instead became the perpetrator of widespread illegal activities. Most recently\, the group captured and killed a Nigerian civilian leading to a series of high-profile peaceful protests in the central commercial district of Lagos. On Tuesday 20th October\, a member of the government instructed the electricity at a major protest site to be turned off and announced a state wide curfew\, but many of the protesters remained in solidarity to their cause. News footage shows these people sitting peacefully\, waving the Nigerian flag and singing the national anthem. The Nigerian military were called in and opened fire at the site\, injuring and killing civilians. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition’s title piece Gathering echoes the scenes of real people carrying and mourning the bodies of those that they have lost whilst also drawing our attention to the multiple connotations of the word itself\, the different ways in which we come together as well as the potential power and danger. Though a few portraits are included in the exhibition\, the majority of the artworks specifically depict the act of ‘gathering’ or coming together as a collective\, but nevertheless\, a strong sense of absence pervades. Indeed\, many of the paintings were created in lockdown\, a period in which the artist was largely cut off from human interaction. As with all of her compositions\, she built her scenes from a digital collage of her source imagery\, specifically looking for photographs of groups of people in Nigeria and exploring new ways of coming together during the pandemic. Though the idea of a collective is suggestive of unity\, strength and belonging\, Omuku’s moody skies and faceless figures also imbue the works with a sense of fragility and transience. In one of the most striking paintings entitled Technicolour Protest\, for example\, a man stands at the forefront\, his arm raised and fist clenched in a moment of desperation\, paint pouring from his limbs\, whilst once again\, the crowd stands passively watching the action unfold. This tension between movement and stillness\, sound and silence\, unity and disparity creates an extraordinary atmosphere of unease that permeates this whole body of work. \n\n\n\nAdding another layer of physicality to the artworks\, Omuku paints on a Nigerian fabric known as Sanyan. Traditionally\, Sanyan was made from wild silk\, obtained from the cocoons of moths and spun into a thick\, rough fibre before being woven together to make fabric for traditional attire. Sanyan was typically worn by wealthy individuals in precolonial western Nigeria\, and often owners would sign the fabric as its ownership was a symbol of prestige. Although production of this silk cloth has fallen into decline\, the fabric is still woven in certain circles using industrial cotton as a substitute. Omuku sources her material from vintage markets in an attempt to reclaim the historical significance of the cloth as well as a lost sense of pride in craftsmanship. To create her canvases\, she stitches several strips together\, resulting in a unique\, textured surface dotted with tiny holes and imbued with a strong sense of place that relates specifically to cultural heritage and identity\, which are key themes in her practice. The painting entitled Remorse\, Stolen Knickers\, for example\, reflects on a Nigerian tradition in which the older women in a community would protest naked on the streets at times of extreme chaos or disaster. In the foreground of the artwork the two men are drawn from a real life newspaper photograph of police detaining men who had stolen women’s underwear\, but the artist has deliberately replaced the police presence with women who are peacefully seeking their own justice by using the powerful symbolism of their bodies. \n\n\n\nThis also links to Omuku’s perception of the body ‘as a site or an event centre’ that is constantly changing in response to individual and collective experiences. ‘I’ve always thought about different ways to talk about the body as multilayered as opposed to the singularity of what you see. I think about how you paint a mental space in response to what is happening within and around the body\,’ explained the artist. As a result\, Omuku deliberately obscures the faces of her figures to avoid singularity\, instead seeking to create a sense of relatability that appeals to our shared physicality and more specifically in these most recent works\, to the body of the collective. In earlier paintings\, the artist employed colour as a way of further abstracting her figurative forms\, suggesting a more fluid and fluctuating relationship between the body\, emotion and space. Whilst this sense of fluidity remains visible in the swirling movement of the brush strokes across her figures’ limbs\, these latest works move away from neutralised emotional spaces to politicised bodies and scenes that are culturally and socially specific. The new\, darker tones of her figures and backgrounds first developed in response to the natural\, rich brown colour of Sanyan\, were also influenced by the photographs of Lagos which showed black bodies in her local environment. However\, the works also resonate on a global level\, bringing issues of race and brutality more explicitly to the forefront. \n\n\n\nGathering is at once a powerful expression of the troubling present moment and a poignant longing for a time when we will gather not in sadness or distress\, but in happiness and celebration; a time when we are able to communicate not through violence\, but peacefully\, through our innate\, shared humanity. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/nengi-omuku-art-exhibition-in-london/ LOCATION:2 Melior Pl\, Bermondsey\, London SE1 3SZ\, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery\, 2 Melior Pl\, Bermondsey\, London\, SE1 3SZ CATEGORIES:Arts,Community Events,Events in London,Exhibitions,Family Activities,Free Events,Museums,Sculpture,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Room-with-a-view-2020-oil-on-sanyan-1.9x1.3m-stretched-copy.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Kristin Hjellegjerde":MAILTO:info@kristinhjellegjerde.com GEO:51.5023716;-0.0842774 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2 Melior Pl Bermondsey London SE1 3SZ Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery 2 Melior Pl Bermondsey London SE1 3SZ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery\, 2 Melior Pl\, Bermondsey:geo:-0.0842774,51.5023716 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201225T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201230T180000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201120T042311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201211T155835Z UID:30056156-1608919200-1609351200@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:WAEL DARWEISH DESCRIPTION:Blue Rhino Art Consultancy presents Wael Darweish: Ambivalent Self\, a solo online exhibition of the Egyptian artist Wael Darweish. This exhibition will showcase 24 artworks of the artist’s most recent creations\, exploring themes of humanity and society with mixed media consisting of acrylic\, oil pastel and gold leaf on canvas. This exhibition will present the very first online exhibition organised by Blue Rhino Art Consultancy. \nThis visual experience attempts to explore consequences of experiencing long periods of continuous change\, inconsistencies\, anticipation and suppressed actions. Wael Darweish’s foggy scenes and excessive social ambiguity disconnect us from the truth\, becoming a burden on our mentality. Our relationship with all that surrounds us and the inability to predict the future\, along with the emergence of various predictions has led to many changes that affect us both internally and externally. Perhaps our ability is not the secret key to unlock the mystery of conflict within ourselves but to solve mystery itself.\nDarweish concerns himself with the ever changing dynamic of humans and society. Utilizing expressive colours\, lines\, and shapes\, he presents his subject matter as an embodiment of humanitarian expression of freedom. With ambiguous figures\, Darweish’s surrealist paintings explore the barriers that exist between the human body and its surrounding environment. It aims to offer a contemporary language to understand today’s world by blurring the lines between reality and imagination.\nDarweish works with mixed media to create sculptural forms that transcend regular two-dimensionality\, through which he studies and experiments with his use of collage: merging colour\, calligraphy\, textiles\, and various textural media. His recent painting projects have been inspired by movements such as French lyrical abstraction and American colour field paintings\, where large ‘fields’ of flat solid colour harmoniously colonise large areas of the canvas to create a homogenous surface of flat planes. In these works\, Darweish places an emphasis on the overall consistency of form over brush movement and brushstrokes. He is successful in combining two opposing abstract styles with elements of figuration and cognitive representation. Darweish’s fundamental aim is to push the limits of ordinary painting by exploring what photography can add to the canvas – frozen reality and depth of field. \nArt Curator: Tima Jam \nAssistant Coordinator:\nAhwa Habeeb\nDaniel Jim A. Opolot\nEleanor Williams\nPriscilla Indrayadi\nAnais Goorriah \nArtist: Wael Darweish URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/wael-darweish/ LOCATION:United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Arts,Virtual Events,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/art-exhibition-london-istanbul-2.jpg GEO:51.5073509;-0.1277583 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201231T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201231T223000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201214T143510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201214T143511Z UID:30056226-1609437600-1609453800@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:The Jazz Cafe presents New Years Eve DESCRIPTION:It’s been a crazy year for all of us\, but at The Jazz Cafe we’re ending 2020 on a high with live music and DJs giving us something to cheer about. \nWe welcome a 6-piece of global music specialists for an eclectic groove adventure of Moroccan Gnawa UK Electronic fusion. The Strut Records outfit Electric Jalaba deliver a powerful live show filled with infectious grooves\, analogue effects and warped guitars. \nExpect inexhaustible energy\, moments of soulful calm and pinnacles of ecstatic mayhem for one last night of live music in 2020. \nJazz Cafe legend and renowned dancefloor-filler DJ Dom Servini keeps you entertained with an eclectic mix of soul\, jazz and funk-inspired sounds before\, in between and after sets. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/the-jazz-cafe-presents-new-years-eve/ LOCATION:The Jazz Cafe\, 5 Parkway\, Camden Town\, London\, Camden\, NW1 7PG\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Arts,Entertainment,Events in London,Food & Drink,Live Music,London Musicals,Music,Recreation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/NYE-COVER-7.jpg GEO:51.5387124;-0.143076 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Jazz Cafe 5 Parkway Camden Town London Camden NW1 7PG United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5 Parkway\, Camden Town:geo:-0.143076,51.5387124 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210101T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210131T170000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20200921T161404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201210T004052Z UID:30056010-1609497000-1612112400@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:To the Edge of the World and back to their Roots DESCRIPTION:To the Edge of the World and back to their Roots is the story of a creative journey conceived in London and developed around the globe. A fashion and art exhibition by a young creative couple – Andrea Vytlačilová\, fashion designer\, and visual artist Josef Zlamal – tackling the quest for identity through a creative voyage. \nAfter Creating a winning outfit for Grayson Perry in June 2018\, Andrea Vytlačilová left London to explore the fashion industry working for Acne Studios\, Marc Jacobs and Kenzo fashion houses. Josef Zlamal joined her on the voyage and the duo began creating a body of work as visual mementos of the time spent abroad and of the experiences they were exposed to whilst living and working in Sweden\, the USA and France\, their relocation back to London and their reconnection with their Czech and European identities. \nAdmission to the exhibition is free\, but entry must be booked in advance: https://bit.ly/ToTheEdge_EventbriteSlots\nOne ticket is valid for a maximum of 5 people from the same household. \nAndrea Vytlačilová (*1996)\nAndrea Vytlačilová is a young fashion designer and Central Saint Martins student\, born in Eastern Bohemia\, whose work moves between fashion\, textiles\, illustration and photography. She has worked for fashion houses including Acne Studios\, Marc Jacobs and Kenzo. Recently\, she was selected as one of Forbes Czechia’s 30 under30. Andrea is currently in her final year of studies\, working on her fashion collection and a multidisciplinary project called ‘My Bohemian Tale‘ rediscovering Czech cultural heritage and resurrecting the disappearing textile industry and traditional crafts.\nhttp://www.andreavytlacilova.com \nJosef Zlamal (*1983)\nJosef Zlamal\, born in Šternberk\, is among the most promising of contemporary Czech artists. His work has been exhibited in the company of both contemporary and classic masters (e.g. Otto Dix\, Lucas Cranach\, Daniel Richter and Marc Quinn)\, in private institutions and leading public museums (e.g. the Power Station of Art\, Shanghai and the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig). His paintings\, drawings\, sculptures and films confront the viewer with a world of uncertainty. He searches for light through darkness\, offering new perspectives on history and geopolitical issues connected with human existence.\nhttp://www.josef-zlamal.com \nCORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) Update\nWe follow our guideline principles and measures which are based on the UK government advice and regulations and which are regularly reviewed when government guidelines change. We also take under consideration the advice of the Czech Ministry of Health and the Czech Embassy in London.\nFull guideline principles and measures:\nhttp://london.czechcentres.cz/news/coronavirus-covid-19-update1/ URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/to-the-edge-of-the-world-and-back-to-their-roots-2/ LOCATION:Vitrinka Gallery\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY CATEGORIES:Arts,Design,Events in London,Exhibitions,Free Events,Illustration,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/visual-vytlacilova-a-zlamal-bez-textu-web-x.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Czech Centre London":MAILTO:info@czechcentre.org.uk GEO:51.509387;-0.193483 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Vitrinka Gallery 30 Kensington Palace Gardens London W8 4QY;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=30 Kensington Palace Gardens:geo:-0.193483,51.509387 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210101T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210131T220000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201016T181205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201213T101229Z UID:30056085-1609529400-1612130400@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:THIS IS REALITY 2000 DESCRIPTION:Ever wanted to know how you would manage in the Big Brother house? Now you can find out!\nTHIS IS REALITY 2000 transforms Zoom into a Y2K themed reality TV show.\nSimply book your place and you can meet others\, make new friends\, and share an unforgettable online experience like no other! \nChoose to play as one of 12 characters\, each based on classic reality TV contestants\, and enjoy a fully immersive experience which includes narration\, animation\, nostalgic videos\, and a Y2K themed soundtrack. \nTHIS IS REALITY 2000 is split into five-minute rounds. Each round\, contestants are given a new\, secret objective to achieve against the clock\, while also taking part in team challenges\, a Y2K quiz\, a scavenger hunt and nominations. \nPlayers also get to vote for their winner\, along with a variety of other prizes and forfeits. \nPlayers have described THIS IS REALITY 2000 as “A hilarious and hugely entertaining experience”\, “A really good option for a sociable night in” and “The most fun I’ve had online!”. \nUnlike murder mysteries\, there is nothing to memorise and no need to perform\, players are given clear and simple objectives to achieve\, freeing them to interpret their character however they want to along the way. \nOur sign-up games are perfect for solos\, pairs and smaller groups. You’ll be teamed up with others on the night\, so if you’re struggling to gather 6-12 people\, this is the event for you\, just get in touch to get on our list for the next one! \nJust get in touch via http://www.objective-entertainment.com\, where you can also find out which contestant you would play with our Reality TV personality quiz! URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/2020-10-27/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Christmas Events,Entertainment,Events in London,Games,London Theatre,Online Events,Performing Arts,Shows,Virtual Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NEW-LOGO-BLACKJpeg-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Objective Entertainment":MAILTO:Hello@objective-entertainment.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210105T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210105T220000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201028T042904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201028T042944Z UID:30056213-1609875000-1609884000@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Speed Dating in London @ 100 Wardour St\, Soho (24-36) DESCRIPTION:Speed Dating in London\nOur new flagship midweek Speed Dating in London event takes place at 100 Wardour St in Soho for ages 23-35. \nAt this event you can expect to meet around 15-20 people in 4-5 minute dates with an interval half way through for refreshments. \nSpeed Dating kicks off at 8pm prompt and any guests arriving late may not be able to take part so please ensure you arrive 15-30 minutes before the scheduled start time to allow for registration. \nWhen all the guests have arrived the host will explain how the evening will unfold and you will be provided with a scorecard\, name badge and pen. When the event begins women will be seated and men will rotate between tables every 4 minutes. At the end of each date guests mark on their scorecard whether they would like to see that person again. \nThere will be a 15 minute break half way through to allow for refreshments. \nOnce the event finishes we invite you to join us for live music in the lounge club\, the perfect setting for further conversation and socialising. \nBefore you leave the host will collect all the scorecards in and collate the matches on our website and the following day you will receive an e-mail with the results. \nPlease be aware that speed dating places are limited and the majority of our events do sell out\, so please book early to avoid disappointment. \nIf you have any queries about this event please contact us at enquiries@dateinadash.com or call our telephone bookings hotline on 0845 862 1448 (9am 5pm). URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/speed-dating-in-london-100-wardour-st-soho-24-36/2021-01-05/ LOCATION:100 wardour st\, 100 wardour st\, London\, W1F 0TN CATEGORIES:Conversation,Entertainment,Events in London,Networking,People,Society ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_114022461_21832503166_1_original.jpg GEO:51.5136317;-0.1339317 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=100 wardour st 100 wardour st London W1F 0TN;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 wardour st:geo:-0.1339317,51.5136317 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210113T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210326T213000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20210113T105224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210113T105916Z UID:30056234-1610560800-1616794200@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Online African & Caribbean Dance Classes DESCRIPTION:Join our wide range of online classes for all levels and stay active with us! All the sessions take place on Zoom and you need to book in advance on Eventbrite. \nTIMETABLE: \nTUESDAYS:\n– Dance Fitness with Sheba – 11AM-12PM (Free)\n– African Dance with Nii Boye – 7:30PM-9PM (£6) \nWEDNESDAYS:\n– Throw it Back and Dance – High Energy Edition with Alicia – 7:30PM-8:30PM (£5 – 5 sessions £20) \nTHURSDAYS:\n– Dance Your Roots – African & Caribbean Fusion with Ofelia – 6:30PM-7:30PM (£5 – 5 sessions £20)\n– Tai-Chi with Andreas – 7:30PM-8:30PM (Free) \nNOTE: No sessions during Half Term Break (week beginning 15th Feb) URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/online-african-caribbean-dance-classes/ LOCATION:IRIE! dance theatre\, Fordham Park\, Angus St\, New Cross\, London SE14 6LU\, Reino Unido\, London\, SE14 6LU CATEGORIES:Arts,Community Events,Dance,Entertainment,Family Activities,Online Events,Society,Virtual Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Community-Programme-Landscape.png ORGANIZER;CN="IRIE! dance theatre":MAILTO:info@iriedancetheatre.org GEO:51.4773951;-0.0362765 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=IRIE! dance theatre Fordham Park Angus St New Cross London SE14 6LU Reino Unido London SE14 6LU;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Fordham Park\, Angus St\, New Cross\, London SE14 6LU\, Reino Unido:geo:-0.0362765,51.4773951 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210115T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210220T180000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201218T102241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201218T102241Z UID:30056230-1610708400-1613844000@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Solo Show "Arrêt Sur Image" by Rebecca Brodskis DESCRIPTION:Thousands of faces flicker in and out of our field of vision as we move through the world\, but some imprint themselves vividly into our minds as we imagine and ascribe stories onto the interactions that we witness. For her upcoming solo show Arrêt sur image at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery\, London Bridge\, Paris-based artist Rebecca Brodskis presents a series of arresting portraits that suspend time through both their making and their surreal composition. Amidst the rush and blur of contemporary life\, these works appear hauntingly still and precise\, allowing the viewer to enjoy a slower\, deeper kind of contemplation. \nHaving grown up in a family of filmmakers\, Brodskis cites cinema and particularly\, the aesthetics of the twenties and thirties as a major influence on the evolution of her painting style. As such\, there is a distinct elegance to her paintings whilst her characters often appear to have stepped out of another era with neat bob haircuts\, block coloured clothing and sharply-defined silhouettes\, posed with their heads tilted\, hands on hip. And yet\, despite the initial familiarity of the image\, Brodskis’ scenes are difficult to locate within the ‘real’ world; the glossy\, smooth backgrounds are suggestive of a neutralised\, graphical space whilst the characters’ gaze is uniformly blank and unseeing. The work entitled Theodor\, Jacob and I\, for example\, depicts three characters overlapping against an ochre background. Whilst their faces are shadowed and defined\, there is spectral quality to their ashen skin tone as if they are fading from existence. \nThis evocation of mystery once again relates to cinema\, and storytelling more generally\, in which observation and the imagination collide to distort the natural order of things. ‘I like the idea that when you stop on a frame of the film\, suddenly\, that frame takes on the importance\,’ she says. For Brodskis\, painting has a similar effect\, but whilst film reflects the movement of the eye\, her portraits allow the image to unfold at a rhythm that opposes fast-paced consumption\, and redirects perception. The slow\, physical process of oil painting is visible in the precise lines and the considered choice of colours that add a sense of poetic balance to the composition. \nAmongst the most intriguing of the portraits are those inspired by people with the skin pigment condition vitiligo. The artist recalls a particular week in Paris\, when she kept passing people with vitiligo whom she ‘found so beautiful I had to paint them.’ In the resulting works – Theora and Above the difference – Brodskis has played with the background colours and skin tones to heighten the surrealism of the image whilst the choice of her subject reflects on the past and recent history of portraiture which typically prioritises conventional notions of beauty. \nMany of Brodskis’ paintings reflect on the relationship between different generations\, and in this series\, there are several striking depictions of parenthood. Each of the paintings La paternite #1 and La paternite #2\, for example\, depicts a father holding onto the heel of his child who is curved over his head. As is typical of Brodskis’ work\, the pose is purposefully playful and performative\, and whilst the image is\, in many ways\, detached from reality\, the physical closeness of father and child implies a sense of tenderness. In a similar way\, hand gestures are also revealing of a deeper\, emotional narrative in many of the paintings\, imbuing the characters with a layer of subjectivity. In the painting entitled En attendant l’orage\, for example\, the mother’s hand grips the edge of the pale orange wall; the child on her shoulders balances one hand on the mother’s head while the other reaches for something beyond the canvas\, in the distance. \nIn this way\, the portraits\, seemingly disconnected from their context\, invite us to invent our own narratives much like we might imagine the lives of people we observe from a seat in a cafe or on a bus. Arrêt sur image is not only a collection of cinematic freeze frames\, but also and perhaps more significantly\, a series of beginnings. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/solo-show-arret-sur-image-by-rebecca-brodskis/ LOCATION:2 Melior Pl\, Bermondsey\, London SE1 3SZ\, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery\, 2 Melior Pl\, Bermondsey\, London\, SE1 3SZ CATEGORIES:Arts,Community Events,Events in London,Exhibitions,Free Events,Illustration,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/rebecca.png ORGANIZER;CN="Kristin Hjellegjerde":MAILTO:info@kristinhjellegjerde.com GEO:51.5023716;-0.0842774 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2 Melior Pl Bermondsey London SE1 3SZ Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery 2 Melior Pl Bermondsey London SE1 3SZ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery\, 2 Melior Pl\, Bermondsey:geo:-0.0842774,51.5023716 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210116T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210327T160000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20210113T110309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210113T113825Z UID:30056235-1610802000-1616860800@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Online Saturday School DESCRIPTION:Our Online Saturday School is BACK! We are delighted to be continuing with these sessions after two successful editions in Autumn 2020. Join us every Saturday for Black History\, English and Maths supporting sessions for Key Stages 1-4. You can book a FREE ticket on Eventbrite. Let’s learn and have fun together! \nCycle 1 – SAT 16th January – SAT 13th February\nNOTE: No classes will run during half term (15th Feb – 21st Feb) \nTIMETABLE:\n– BLACK HISTORY W/ SHEBA\nKey Stages 1 and 2 – 10am – 12pm\n16th January and 13th February ONLY \n– ENGLISH W/ RACHEL\nKey Stage 3 and 4 – 11:15am – 12:15Pm\nKey Stage 2 – 12:30pm – 1:30pm \n– MATHS W/ EILEEN\nKey Stage 3 – 12:30 pm – 1:30pM\nKey Stage 2 – 2pm – 3pm \nCycle 2 – SAT 27th February – SAT 27th March \nTIMETABLE:\n– BLACK HISTORY W/ SHEBA\nKey Stages 1 AND 2 – 10am – 12pm\n27th February and Saturday 27th March ONLY \n– ENGLISH W/ RACHEL\nKey Stage 2 – 11:15am – 12:15Pm\nKey Stage 3 and 4 – 12:30pm – 1:30pm \n– MATHS W/ EILEEN\nKey Stage 2 – 12:30 pm – 1:30pM\nKey Stage 3 – 2pm – 3pm URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/online-saturday-school-2/ LOCATION:IRIE! dance theatre\, Fordham Park\, Angus St\, New Cross\, London SE14 6LU\, Reino Unido\, London\, SE14 6LU CATEGORIES:Community Events,Family Activities,Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Online-Saturday-School-JAN-MARCH-Landscape.png ORGANIZER;CN="IRIE! dance theatre":MAILTO:info@iriedancetheatre.org GEO:51.4773951;-0.0362765 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=IRIE! dance theatre Fordham Park Angus St New Cross London SE14 6LU Reino Unido London SE14 6LU;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Fordham Park\, Angus St\, New Cross\, London SE14 6LU\, Reino Unido:geo:-0.0362765,51.4773951 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210122T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210227T180000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20201230T111721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201230T111721Z UID:30056232-1611313200-1614448800@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:Adieu to Old England with Sverre Malling DESCRIPTION:Surreal\, fairytale-esque landscapes and characters are rendered in exquisite detail in Norweigan artist Sverre Malling’s latest collection of drawings. Each image weaves together a multitude of sources\, converging allusions to contemporary mass culture with figures and symbols from art history and literature to create a richly layered visual narrative that cuts through the currents of time. His forthcoming exhibition entitled Adieu to Old England at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery’s Wandsworth space in London pays tribute to the diversity of England’s cultural and artistic heritage whilst also questioning the authority of conventional historic perspectives. \nMalling has always been drawn to the illustrations and narratives from English folklore\, taking a particular interest in ‘the eccentric\, the lost heroes\, the people who find themselves on the outskirts of the norm.’ This latest collection of drawings blends motifs from historic photography and art with the artist’s own fictional characters and landscapes\, whilst the highly detailed aesthetic takes inspiration from Victorian illustrators and the fairytale tradition. In a similar way to fairytale narratives\, many of Malling’s scenes appear innocent\, playful and idyllic on the surface whilst the atmospheric charcoal shading and shadowy skies are suggestive of darker\, macabre undertones. One drawing\, for example\, depicts an oversized floral plant surrounded by butterflies\, but if we look more closely\, the idyllic scene is complicated by a small skeleton (a traditional memento mori) at the plant’s base\, and a group of small children brandishing long thorns with which they have speared the butterflies. Here\, as in several of Malling’s artworks\, brutality and innocence are not so much juxtaposed\, but shown in coexistence to add a sense of mystery and depth to the narrative. \nAmongst the most haunting of the drawings are six portraits\, which reimagine eccentric characters from the recent and distant past such as the artist and occultist Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956) and the musician\, performance artist and provocateur Genesis P-Orridge (1950-2020). Spare appears seated at his desk\, dressed in an elaborate robe with monstrous artworks hanging on the wall behind him. The contrast between the opulent domesticity of the scene and his challenging outward gaze creates a palpable tension that underlines the complicated nature of representation. This notion is further explored in the portrait of P-Orridge who appears holding her dog ‘Musty Dagger’ and a miniature doll of her dead partner and soulmate Lady Jaye\, surrounded by clashing bucolic and urban imagery. In the overhanging flowers\, the words ‘Short Circuit Control’ make reference to accusations of abusive behaviour whilst P-Orridge’s proud expression and pose imbues her with a sense of dignity. By memorialising these controversial figures through art\, Malling calls into question the concept of cultural iconography and thus\, invites the viewer to reconsider how our understanding of history and culture has been shaped by conventional narrative perspectives. \nThis is most obvious in the exhibition’s title work Adieu to Old England. Both the title and imagery are borrowed from an album by folk musician Shirley Collins\, who\, in a similar way to Malling\, collected and reinterpreted forgotten folk music. In Malling’s drawing\, the composition has been rearranged to alter the hierarchy of the image. Here\, the porcupine is the protagonist whilst the grand country estate is only partially visible in the background. ‘It is the fringes of culture that are the interesting\, the odd detail\, not the grand and predetermined\,’ says the artist. In this way\, his drawings can be understood through photo-ethicist Ariella Azoulay’s terminology as archaeological excavations of ‘potential history’\, but it is not just the past that Malling reimagines\, it is also our present and future culture. He is asking his viewers to wonder: what would the world look like if these forgotten figures from England’s history had become more deeply rooted in our collective memory? \nIn the context of our increasingly uncertain and fragmented modern world\, Malling’s drawings encourage us to embrace new ways of looking at the past so that we might imagine and enact a more hopeful and inclusive present and future. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/adieu-to-old-england-with-sverre-malling/ LOCATION:Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery\, 533 Old York Road\, London\, Wandsworth\, SW18 1TG\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Arts,Community Events,Events in London,Exhibitions,Family Activities,Free Events,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Sverre-Malling_Adonis_Godstar-2020_Charcoal_-gray-scale-colourpencil-on-paper_76-x-57-cm_SMA-0048-copy.jpg GEO:51.4598404;-0.1888127 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery 533 Old York Road London Wandsworth SW18 1TG United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=533 Old York Road:geo:-0.1888127,51.4598404 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210125T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210125T193000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20210119T163246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T163246Z UID:30056237-1611597600-1611603000@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:No Night So Dark; One family's story of memory stolen and regained DESCRIPTION:To coincide with Holocaust Memorial Day 2021\, No Night So Dark discussion will tell the remarkable story of the Czech-Jewish Wels family\, from the late nineteenth century through WWII to the present day.\nFREE ONLINE EVENT. Streamed live on the Czech Centre London Facebook page. \nWhen Oxford-based Colin Wels first opened a box that his father Tomáš had kept for decades in the back of a cupboard\, he had little idea what it contained. His father – the only family member to survive the Holocaust – had never spoken about his life before he came to Britain as a 19-year-old in 1939. Through the contents of the box\, made up of hundreds of letters and documents\, photographs\, sketches and drawings\, the immense creative energy of several generations of the family was brought to life. \nThis event will include a discussion chaired by Prague-based journalist David Vaughan with Tomáš’s son Colin Wels and translator Gerry Turner\, who played a key role in helping Colin to find a way back to his family’s past\, and marks the recent publication of “Sancta Familia”\, a humorous – but with hindsight\, hugely poignant – evocation of family life\, written in late 1938 by Tomáš and illustrated by his 13-year-old brother Martin. \nColin Wels will discuss his search for his family’s past with Gerry Turner\, whose translation of the memoir At the Bernards written by Colin’s great-grandfather Šimon Wels marked the beginning of his search. The book offers a vivid picture of life in a Czech village in the second half of the 19th century. The story continues with Colin’s grandfather Rudolf Wels\, a successful architect who worked closely with the influential modernist architect Adolf Loos in pre-First World War Vienna. Another piece of the puzzle is provided by Sancta Familia\, which was also preserved in the box. Written by Rudolf’s sons\, eighteen-year-old Tomáš and thirteen-year-old Martin in Prague at the end of 1938\, it is made up of humorous scenes from the family’s daily life and richly illustrated by Martin\, it depicts the world of a modern middle-class Prague family just before it was drawn into the abyss of WWII. Only Tomáš was to survive the Holocaust\, reaching Britain as a refugee in the spring of 1939. \nThe discussion will be complemented by extracts from Sancta Familia and At the Bernards\, by examples of the family’s rich visual legacy – including Martin’s sketches and Rudolf’s designs as an architect – and extracts from a new podcast series devoted to the family and produced in cooperation with Czech Radio. It will be moderated by writer and journalist David Vaughan\, who has devoted several years to researching the family’s history and has been instrumental in publishing Sancta Familia in a first trilingual (Czech\, German and English) facsimile edition (Triáda\, 2020). He is the author of the exhibition No Night So Dark devoted to the Wels family\, which was held in Prague’s Winternitz Villa in 2020. \nDavid Vaughan is a writer\, broadcaster\, journalist and university lecturer. His debut novel Slyšte můj hlas(2014) won the Czech Book Prize readers’ award in 2015. The book was been published in English by Jantar Publishing as Hear My Voice (2019). He is also author of Battle for the Airwaves (2008)\, a study of the role of the media in the run-up to WWII. For eight years he was editor-in-chief of Radio Prague\, having previously been the BBC’s Prague correspondent. \nOrganised by the Czech Centre London in collaboration with Insiders/Outsiders: Refugees from Nazi Europe and their Contribution to British Culture and Czech Radio. URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/no-night-so-dark-one-familys-story-of-memory-stolen-and-regained/ LOCATION:United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Arts,Conversation,Free Events,History,Literature,Society,Virtual Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/No-Night-So-Dark_photographs.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Czech Centre":MAILTO:blues@czechcentre.org.uk GEO:51.5073509;-0.1277583 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210125T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210125T193000 DTSTAMP:20260618T005004 CREATED:20210121T143911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210121T143911Z UID:30056315-1611597600-1611603000@eventsforlondon.co.uk SUMMARY:No Night So Dark; One family's story of memory stolen and regained DESCRIPTION:To coincide with Holocaust Memorial Day 2021\, No Night So Dark discussion will tell the remarkable story of the Czech-Jewish Wels family\, from the late nineteenth century through WWII to the present day.\nFREE ONLINE EVENT. Streamed live on the Czech Centre London Facebook page. \nWhen Oxford-based Colin Wels first opened a box that his father Tomáš had kept for decades in the back of a cupboard\, he had little idea what it contained. His father – the only family member to survive the Holocaust – had never spoken about his life before he came to Britain as a 19-year-old in 1939. Through the contents of the box\, made up of hundreds of letters and documents\, photographs\, sketches and drawings\, the immense creative energy of several generations of the family was brought to life. \nThis event will include a discussion chaired by Prague-based journalist David Vaughan with Tomáš’s son Colin Wels and translator Gerry Turner\, who played a key role in helping Colin to find a way back to his family’s past\, and marks the recent publication of “Sancta Familia”\, a humorous – but with hindsight\, hugely poignant – evocation of family life\, written in late 1938 by Tomáš and illustrated by his 13-year-old brother Martin. \nColin Wels will discuss his search for his family’s past with Gerry Turner\, whose translation of the memoir At the Bernards written by Colin’s great-grandfather Šimon Wels marked the beginning of his search. The book offers a vivid picture of life in a Czech village in the second half of the 19th century. The story continues with Colin’s grandfather Rudolf Wels\, a successful architect who worked closely with the influential modernist architect Adolf Loos in pre-First World War Vienna. Another piece of the puzzle is provided by Sancta Familia\, which was also preserved in the box. Written by Rudolf’s sons\, eighteen-year-old Tomáš and thirteen-year-old Martin in Prague at the end of 1938\, it is made up of humorous scenes from the family’s daily life and richly illustrated by Martin\, it depicts the world of a modern middle-class Prague family just before it was drawn into the abyss of WWII. Only Tomáš was to survive the Holocaust\, reaching Britain as a refugee in the spring of 1939. \nThe discussion will be complemented by extracts from Sancta Familia and At the Bernards\, by examples of the family’s rich visual legacy – including Martin’s sketches and Rudolf’s designs as an architect – and extracts from a new podcast series devoted to the family and produced in cooperation with Czech Radio. It will be moderated by writer and journalist David Vaughan\, who has devoted several years to researching the family’s history and has been instrumental in publishing Sancta Familia in a first trilingual (Czech\, German and English) facsimile edition (Triáda\, 2020). He is the author of the exhibition No Night So Dark devoted to the Wels family\, which was held in Prague’s Winternitz Villa in 2020. \nDavid Vaughan is a writer\, broadcaster\, journalist and university lecturer. His debut novel Slyšte můj hlas(2014) won the Czech Book Prize readers’ award in 2015. The book was been published in English by Jantar Publishing as Hear My Voice (2019). He is also author of Battle for the Airwaves (2008)\, a study of the role of the media in the run-up to WWII. For eight years he was editor-in-chief of Radio Prague\, having previously been the BBC’s Prague correspondent. \nOrganised by the Czech Centre London in collaboration with Insiders/Outsiders: Refugees from Nazi Europe and their Contribution to British Culture and Czech Radio. 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