To Sunday 22
July. Fri, Sat & Sun 2-6pm. Necrospective. Motohiko Odani Takeshi
Murata Thomas Johnson Alexis Milne Craig Fisher. Danielle
Arnaud gallery, 123 Kennington Road, London, SE11. (or by appointment). www.daniellearnaud.com.
To Saturday 4
August. Thurs-Sat 11am-5pm. Tamsyn Challenger. Monoculture. Exhibition in collaboration with Tereza Buskova and
Matthew Cowan. 22 Newport Street, Vauxhall, London, SE11. info@beaconsfield.ltd.uk.
www.beaconsfield.ltd.uk.
To Sunday 16
September. We Face Forward Exhibition. 33 West African artists. the
Whitworth/Manchester Art Gallery/Museum of Costume/Football Museum. Digest
reader Alan Rice was on the consultative committee. www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk.
To February
2013.
Demon drink?: temperance and the working
class. Exhibition exploring the perceived need for the Temperance Movement,
how society viewed it, its key messages and how people were encouraged to join.
The exhibition is part of a research project led by Annemarie McAllister from
the University of Central Lancashire. If you have personal memories of
temperance movements (such as the Band of Hope or Rechabites) you can contact
Annemarie at amcallister1@uclan.ac.uk or 01772 893799. Manchester's People's History Museum. www.phm.org.uk.
Tuesday 10
July. 7.30pm.
Congo
Square at the Barbican. Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis exports his
Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra from New York to London for the London 2012
Festival to celebrate the historic Congo Square site in New Orleans – the only
location in America where enslaved Africans were allowed to perform music from
their motherland. Barbican Hall. www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=13279.
Wednesday 11
July. 2pm. A - Trafford Park, 1896 and beyond. This talk by A.D.
George covers the history of Trafford Park, from country estate and deer park
to becoming one of Europe's largest and busiest industrial parks employing
thousands including Library co-founder Eddie Frow. Working Class Movement
Library, Salford. www.wcml.org.uk.
Wednesday 11 July. 7pm. A
People’s History of London. Authors Lindsey German and John Rees
discuss London’s forgotten history as a world capital of revolution. Housmans. www.housmans.com.
Thursday 12
July. 6.30-9pm. Battersea Society Annual Summer Party. St Mary's
Church overlooking the river.
£8 in advance or on the door, but to help with catering arrangements it would
be appreciated if you would confirm by email or phone (020
7228 4873) if you're planning to come along. Ticket price includes first glass
of wine and canapes. Last year's event attended by founder members Timothy West
and Prunella Scales can be seen on YouTube, by clicking here.
Friday 13
July. Call Mr Robeson
Fundraiser for Stop the War, Liverpool (Selection of
songs from the show). Full
details on: http://cmr.tayoalukoandfriends.com.
Saturday 14
July. 10am –1pm. Hampton House (Albert Embankment) Redevelopment Exhibition. Organised by
St James Home developers. Vauxhall
Christian Centre, 105 Tyers Street, London, SE11. See also 18 July.
Saturday 14
July. 128th Durham Miners Gala. Celebration of the achievements
of the labour movement, as well as a fun-family-day-out involving
ten-of-thousands of people. www.facebook.com/pages/Durham-Miners-Gala-July-14th-2012/178008108959169.
Saturday 14
July. 1-9pm. Black Music Records & African Crafts Fair XI. Free entry, stall £20.
Willesden Green Library Cinema, 95 Willesden Green, London, NW10.
Sunday 15
July. 3-7pm.
British Reggae & Lovers' Rock: A Product Of Migration. £4 adults/£2
Under-18s. WASP (West Indian Association Of Service Personnel), 165-167 Clapham
Manor Street, Clapham Common, London, SW4. A family-friendly talks + audio-visuals + live & recorded music
edu-tainment + fundraiser for WASP. Click for more information or to book.
Includes BBM/BMC founder Kwaku presentation
highlighting the migratory process, which started well before the Empire
Windrush docked at Tilbury in 1948, and its impact on reggae and lovers rock
music, and the music industries of both Jamaica and Britain, interspersed with
audio and video footage; plus short screenings, including Kwaku's guerilla
documentary Britain's Impact On Jamaica's Reggae Music & Industry. The
evening will be rounded off with a live and recorded performance of British
reggae and lovers rock.
Tuesday 17
July. 10am-12.30pm. Campaign workshop
for voluntary and community groups. Lit and Phil, Westgate Road,
Newcastle. Organised by Newcastle
CVS. How to get your message across,
lobbying and influencing politicians and decision makers and getting local
media to notice your campaign. To book a place phone Jaz Nagra on 0191 235 7011
or email jaz.nagra@cvsnewcastle.org.uk.
Tuesday 17
July. 1.05pm. Coleridge-Taylor, Hurlstone and Bowen. Lunch-time
concert by Justin Connolly and Alison Turriff. See programme notes below.
Soundpractice Artists event. Fairfield Halls Croydon. Pay on day or to book in
advance book go to: www.fairfield.co.uk/showChoosearea.php?showid=21603.
Tuesday 17 July – Sunday 17 March 2013. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Display.
National Portrait Gallery. The display
documents Coleridge-Taylor’s increasing fame, with an early publicity photo
complete with facsimile signature, inclusion in a group image of
fellow-composers (including Elgar and Ethel Smyth) and posthumous renown on a
cigarette card. An intriguing oil study painted when he was a child is
complemented by a stunning portrait by E.O Hope. www.npg.org.uk/whatson/display/2012/samuel-coleridge-taylor-1875-1912.php.
Wednesday 18
July. 5pm–8pm. Hampton House Redevelopment Exhibition. This Albert
Embankment. Organised by St James Home developers. Vauxhall Christian Centre, 105 Tyers Street, Vauxhall, London, SE11.
Wednesday 18
July. 6.30pm. Clapham Park Walk. Starting from Clapham Common
Underground Station, Peter Jefferson Smith will lead this walk around the Park
Hill area. This was first developed for housing in the 1820s, and has an
interesting range of suburban housing from then to the present day. There are a
few remains of industry and trade union offices from the 1930s.
Wednesday 18 July. 7pm. Dynamite,
Treason & Plot: Terrorism in Victorian & Edwardian London. Join Simon Webb
for a discussion of the history of terrorism in London, and the opportunist
response from successive governments. Housmans. www.housmans.com.
Thursday 19
July. 10am–4 pm.
Gaining power: challenges facing
activists. Free National Coalition
for Independent Action event. At Resource For London, 356 Holloway Road, London,
N7. Click here to download a
flyer. To book a free place Maxine@grantmoarcommunities.com or via the NatCAN
website. The morning is for discussion on big issues
around democracy, markets and community action and includes a presentation
about people’s assemblies. The afternoon
is about getting real and hearing from people active in different areas
including anti-racist, anti-privatisation, providing local services and
solidarity networks.
Thursday 19 July. 1.15-2pm. Esther Bruce: A Black London
Seamstress. An illustrated talk by Stephen
Bourne about Esther Bruce and other black Britons represented in the National
Portrait Gallery collections. National Portrait Gallery, 2 St Martin's Place,
London, WC2. Admission Free. The book Ester Bruce will be on sale in the
bookshop.
Wednesday 25
July. 2pm.
The co-operative movement's use of film. This illustrated talk by Gillian
Lonergan ranges from film of the Blackpool Emporium and a Stanley Holloway
monologue from 1938, to a short animation on the Rochdale Pioneers produced
last year.
Sunday 22 July. 2.30pm. Central
Streatham Walk. Meet
Streatham Hill Station. Led by Brian Bloice.
Friday 27
July. 6pm. SC-T at the Three Choirs Festival. Festival Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra with Geraint Bowen (Conductor) and Wynne Evans (Tenor) will perform Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert and Berlioz Te Deum. ‘The four movements of Petite
Suite de Concert take us from militaristic brass fanfares and delicate
dancing melodies, soft pastoral string passages to a brisk, up beat finale. The
suite has an unmistakeably English essence and its understated charm provides a
great contrast to the monumental theatrics of the other two pieces in the
programme.’ Hereford Cathedral. Tickets: £40, £35, £25, £20, £15, £7. See: www.3choirs.org/2012-hereford/programme/friday-27-july/50-olympic-fanfare.html.
Friday 27
July. 6-8.30pm. In the Company of Ghosts: the Poetics of the Motorway. Discussion led
by artist Edward Chell and poet Andrew Taylor on their co-edited book some of
the contributors about the history, influence and poetics of the English
motorway system where romance and squalor, personal and political, private
interests and public space collide. The evening will also launch a limited
edition print by Edward Chell: a donation to Beaconsfield’s fundraising Fraternise
scheme. info@beaconsfield.ltd.uk. www.beaconsfield.ltd.uk.
Saturday 28 July. Assemble 12 noon. Whose
Games? Whose City? Mile
End Park, East London (nearest tube Mile End) March to Victoria Park for a
Peoples Games For All. www.facebook.com/events/291553350941427.
Saturday 28
July.
Song of Hiawatha trilogy.
Cumbria Choral Initiative with the Northern Chamber Orchestra conducted by Ian
Jones, with soloists Lesley Jane Rogers, Nicholas Hurndall Smith and Nigel
Dempster. Coronation Hall, Ulverston. http://hugill.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/hiawatha-complete.html.
Wednesday 1 August. ‘Peace Trails Through London’. Campaigners
Valerie Flessati and Bruce Kent explore peace landmarks in London, as mapped in
their new booklet. Housmans. www.housmans.com.
Sunday 5 August. 2.30pm. South Streatham Walk. Meet Norbury Station. Led by John Brown.
Wednesday 8 August. 7pm. The
London Olympics: challenging the neo-liberal games’. Join writer,
historian, and activist David Renton to discuss the politics behind the Olympic
games. Housmans. www.housmans.com.
Sunday 12 August. 2.30pm. Coldharbour Lane & Myatt’s Fields Walk. Meet outside Loughborough Junction Station, Coldharbour Lane, SE5.
Wednesday 15 August. 7pm. Acquired for Development: A Hackney Anthology.
Editors
and contributors Gary Budden, Kit
Caless, Sam Berkson, Tim Burrows, Ashlee Christoffersen, and Garreth Rees will be reading from the book and discussing
the art of documenting urban life. Housmans. www.housmans.com.
Wednesday 15
August. 6.30pm. Historic Clapham. This walk, led by Anne Wilson, will
explore the centre of the original settlement of Clapham at St. Paul’s Church
in Rectory Grove and the gradual expansion of the village to the stagecoach and
omnibus stand in the Old Town. It will also cover the 18th century expansion
around the Common and Holy Trinity Church.
Sunday 26 August. 2.30pm. Highways
and Byways Walk. Meet Streatham Station. Led by Graham Gower.
Sunday 26 & Monday 27 August. Call Mr Robeson. Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse. Full details on: http://cmr.tayoalukoandfriends.com.
Monday 3 September. 6.30-8pm. Out of Bounds: Black and Asian Poets on Britain. Join John Agard, Jackie Kay, Daljit Nagra and Grace Nichols whose work features in the new anthology Out of Bounds (Bloodaxe Books) a newly-charted map of Britain, as viewed by its black and Asian poets. Conference Centre, British Library. £7.50/£5 concessions. www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event131376.html.
Wednesday 5 September. 7pm. Riot
City: Protest and Rebellion in the Capital. Clive Bloom discusses the past,
present, and future of unrest and rebellion in London, as explored in his
latest book. Housmans. www.housmans.com.
Saturday 8 September. 6.30pm. King’s
Cross: a sense of place. Photographer Angela Inglis will be presenting her
new book King’s Cross: a sense of place
which examines the area’s ever-changing landscape. Housmans. www.housmans.com.
Sunday 9 September. 2.30pm. Lambeth Walk and Riverside Walk. Meet outside gates of Lambeth Palace, corner of Lambeth Road and Lambeth Palace Road.
Sunday 9 September. 2.30pm. Lambeth Walk and Riverside Walk. Meet outside gates of Lambeth Palace, corner of Lambeth Road and Lambeth Palace Road.
Tuesday 11
September. Lunchtime concert. 1.05pm. Waka Hasegawa plays SC-T’s Valse Suite
Three- Four Op.71, Forest Scenes Op.66 ( selections), Moorish Dance Op.55, and
Cameos Op.56. Fairfield Halls, Croydon. www.fairfield.co.uk/showHome.php. Waka writes:
‘I think his piano music deserves more exposure and having performed Valse Suite at concert a few months ago
back I know audience love his music! They went crazy afterwards!’ To see more
about Waka go to Duo Piano 4 Hands www.piano4hands.com. She is
Co-Artistic Director of Bristol International Piano Duo Festival www.pianoduofest.org.uk.
Wednesday 26 September. 7pm. Baron’s
Court, all change. Join
Stewart Home for a discussion of Terry Taylor’s 1961 novel, ‘Baron’s Court, all
change’ – a lost London classic which explores the drug and youth culture in
London at the time. Housmans. www.housmans.com.
Saturday 29 September. “What did Lambeth Council ever do for ‘. (provisional title). Lambeth Archive Open Day. I have been asked to be a speaker.
Saturday 29 September. “What did Lambeth Council ever do for ‘. (provisional title). Lambeth Archive Open Day. I have been asked to be a speaker.
Sunday 30
September. 7.30pm. A Dream of Africa 2012. Gala Concert in aid of Ashanti
Development. Programme to include
Coleridge-Taylor: Five Negro Melodies
for piano trio (Robert Gibbs, violin; Adrian Bradbury, cello, Oliver Davies,
piano) and dancers from the Royal Ballet and English National Ballet in new and
recent works by Tamara Rojo, Thomas Whitehead, Nathalie Harrison, Daniel Jones,
Erico Montes and other choreographers. Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music,
Prince Consort Road, London, SW7. Tickets £30 from RCM Box Office, www.rcm.ac.uk/ box office.
For more information please visit: www.ashanti-development.org
Wednesday 3 October.
Launch of Anne Frank community festival in Newcastle. The Northern
Region PCS trade union is
working with the Anne Frank Trust and
other partners including the TUC. Trade unions jointly fund and support the
Anne Frank exhibition as part of the NTUC's strategy against racism, using
Anne's story to educate children and adults about the dangers and ultimate consequences
of prejudice. The Anne Frank Trust has secured funding to run a community
festival throughout October, mainly focussed on the city of Newcastle. The
exhibition will be displayed in the City Library and will include a life-size
model of Anne's room in the annex. The exhibition will be supported by a series
of other events. A steering group has been set up to oversee the arrangements
for the community festival and exhibition which includes representation from
PCS. The group is seeking volunteers from trade unions and the wider community
to help ensure the festival is a success.
Wednesday 10
October. 7.30pm. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Talk by Sean Creighton. Herne Hill
Society. Herne Hill United Church Hall,
near the top of Red Post Hill where it meets the junction of Herne Hill and
Denmark Hill.
Sunday 14 October. 2.30pm. Upper Norwood Walk. Crown Point to Beulah Spa with the Norwood Society, led by Pat
Dennison. Meet corner of Knights Hill
and Crown Lane.
Friday 9
November. c10.30-11.30am. Song for the
World – a musical celebrating the life of Samuel Coleridge Taylor. Musical
written by Croydon composer Stella Coussell especially for children aged
between 8 and 12. It tells the story of Samuel Coleridge Taylor’s rise to fame,
from childhood to his great success with the first performance of ‘Hiawatha’s
Wedding Feast’. Song for the World
will be performed by local students from Studio 74. The large cast of dancers
and singers tell their simple story with verve and energy. The message of the
musical is heart warming – believe in yourself and aim for your dreams.
Ashcroft Theatre. Fairfield Halls, Croydon. Partners in the production include
Soundpractice Music.
Friday,
23 November. 7 for 7.30pm.
A Celebration of the anniversaries of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (d. 1912) and
John Ireland (d. 1962). Concert by Sylvie
Bedouelle - mezzo-soprano, Gary Griffiths – baritone and Nigel Foster-
piano. The concert is part of the London
Song Festival. The programme includes
SC-T’s Sorrow Songs (poems by Christina
Rossetti and Songs of Sun and Shade
(poems by Radclyffe-Hall. St Paul’s
Church, Bedford St, London, WC2. This is the wonderful Actors’ Church. £15/10/
plus booking fee £1.45/£1. To book go to www.seetickets.com/Event/THE-LONDON-SONG-FESTIVAL/St-Paul-s-Church-Covent-Garden/637865.
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