Parish News

Greenwich Yacht Club Art Show

2009-07-06T09:37:00.000-07:00

Greenwich Yacht Club annual Art Show:

Saturday & Sunday 19-20th September 12.30-5pm. An exhibition of members' art.

Free entry: public welcome to attend. Held in the club`s atmospheric Sail Loft. Paintings, prints, photos plus a range of other art forms. Bar and refreshments and music available.

Visitors can also enjoy a guided tour of the whole site, including the boat-yard and main clubroom situated out on the river with panoramic vews of the Thames, as part of the London Open House architectural event which takes place the same weekend.Venue: Greenwich Yacht Club, 1 Peartree Way, Greenwich SE10 OBW

Greenwich on Film - Guided TourSunday

2009-07-06T06:49:00.001-07:00

26 July

Take a guided tour of many of the locations in Greenwich that have appeared in feature films.

The tour starts outside Rangers House at 2pm and ends in Greenwich town centre at 4pm.

Places are limited so booking is essential. To book a place ring Greenwich Heritage Centre on 020 8854 2452.

Blackheath Community Opera

2009-07-06T06:44:00.001-07:00

This year Blackheath Halls Community Opera will be presenting a fully-staged version of Orpheus & Eurydice, by Christoph Willibald Gluck. Originally written in 1762, the opera retells the classic Greek myth of Orpheus descending into the underworld in search of his wife, who was killed on their wedding day.

Blackheath Halls Community Opera is a hugely popular annual event, sponsored by Trinity College of Music and Lewisham Council, which brings local schoolchildren and members of various communities in south London together with the (mosty amateur) Blackheath Halls orchestra and a team of professional opera singers, ENO directors and stage professionals. Our first opera, Carmen, saw the Victorian concert hall turned into a Spanish bullring; the second opera, La Boheme, was set in 1960s Paris, with international opera star Mary Plazas singing Mimi.

Tickets cost £15 (£12 conc), and are available from http://www.blackheathhalls.com/events.php. The performances are:

Tue 14 July: 7pm Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, London SE3 9RQ
Thur 15 July: 7pm Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, London SE3 9RQ
Fri 16 July: 7pm Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, London SE3 9RQ
Sun 19 July: 3pm Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, London SE3 9RQ

For more information, please speak to Rose Ballantyne (RBallantyne@tcm.ac.uk). Rose not only project manages the whole opera, she sings in the chorus too!

Stand Up Comedy Shows - and Courses

2009-06-17T09:21:00.000-07:00

Practical Productions Stand Up Comedy Course students, based at West Greenwich Arts centre, are having their showcase on Tuesday 14th July.

The venue for this show is 'Up The Creek Comedy Club' in Greenwich and it starts at 8pm - tickets are £5 and can be bought on the door. (doors open 7.30pm) The venue is opposite 'Cutty Sark' DLR A number of industry professionals will be in attendance and it will be compared by a pro MC and the tutor will also be performing a 20 min set as part of the evening.

Practical Productions next comedy course starts on Monday 13th July for 6 weeks and there is one place left...

http://www.practicalproductions.co.uk/

Summer Plant Sale

2009-06-11T08:17:00.001-07:00

Summer plant sale where surplus seasonal bedding plants and locally-produced plant material are available.

9am-12pm

The sale takes place within the recycling centre, Greenwich Park. Entrance into this area is through the automated vehicle gate on Maze Hill, there is no public access from inside Greenwich Park. The automated gate will be opened at 8.55am.

http://www.royalparks.org.uk/events/event.cfm?id=1435

Wild Food Walk

2009-06-09T00:19:00.000-07:00

Transition Westcombe (a group I confess I don't fully understand but can't help feeling is A Good Thing) is organising a Wild Food Foraging Walk this Sunday 14th June, led by Roy Vickery of the South London Botanical Institute. I've already made my elderflower cordial, but, there's still plenty of other stuff for grabs out there.

All welcome, donations encouraged. Start at 2pm at Mycenae House. To reserve your place email davesh@btinternet.com

University of Greenwich School of Architecture Show

2009-06-08T05:56:00.002-07:00

University of Greenwich's Architecture School is holding its annual show until this Saturday 13th June at these times:

Friday 5th June: 10.00 - 19.00
Saturday 6th June: 10.00 - 18.00
Sunday 7th June: 12.00 - 18.00
Friday 12th June: 10.00 - 19.00
Saturday 13th June: 10.00 - 18.00

Doubt you'll be able to pick up much about the new building to be built on the site of the old market, since the competition is only just beginning, but it might be worth a try...

Check out the show here:

http://digitalstudio.gre.ac.uk/exhibition2009/

Amnesty International Booksale

2009-06-08T05:56:00.001-07:00

Quality books at knock-down prices

Amnesty International Book Sale

9am-5pm Saturday 20th June

Church of the Ascension, Dartmouth Row, London SE10 8BF

The Blackheath and Greenwich Group of Amnesty International is holding its annual fund-raising book sale on Saturday 20th June at the Church of the Ascension, Dartmouth Row, London SE10 (10 minutes walk up Lewisham Hill from Lewisham BR, DLR & Bus Station). Doors open at 9am.

The local group has collected thousands of books from a variety of sources, including publishers and book reviewers as well as individual donors. Books will be on sale at prices starting at 20p. The quality of books – many of which are brand new – is exceptionally high, and there will be plenty of bargains to be found, from second-hand paperbacks to review copies of recently-published novels.

The book sale – now in its 35th year – is established as Amnesty International’s most successful local fundraising event in the UK, raising over £165,000 over the years.

Amnesty International works worldwide for the release of prisoners of conscience, fair trials for political prisoners and an end to torture, extrajudicial executions, disappearances and the death penalty. The Blackheath and Greenwich group has done a lot of campaigning work on Human Rights in China and stopping violence against women and meets at 8pm on the second Tuesday of each month at St. Margaret’s Church, Lee Terrace, Blackheath.

The Odyssey

2009-06-03T05:47:00.001-07:00

I don't know how many of you actually got round to joining London Bubble's Fan Made Theatre scheme. If you haven't, it's not too late - for twenty quid you get to sit-in on rehearsals, have priority booking on shows and go to the cast party, but you don't get to have a say in this year's promenade performance any more, because it's just been decided.

It's going to be The Odyssey, which I'm delighted about, because I'd suggested something ancient and Greek, but I'd been thinking more along the lines of classical plays. The Odyssey is a much better idea - and absolutely perfect for promenade performances as it's the ultimate Journey story.

I can't wait to see it. Bubble productions are always full of exciting things to see and hear, both near to and far away from the audience (there's always mad stuff going on in the distance, which makes you feel like the play's 'world' is happening all around you.) I'm particularly loking forward to how they deal with the "meanwhile, back at home" part of the story. Perhaps Penelope can sit and knit on a truck or something...

The closest it gets to us (they don't get to be in Greenwich Park, a real shame...) is Oxleas Wood.

Check out the website for details.

Summer Undergraduate Showcases

2009-05-29T03:07:00.001-07:00

A series of shows will allow prospective employers and the public, as well as
family and friends, to view the culmination of students' hard work this summer.

e-Motion, the eighth annual show by digital media students, showcases creative
websites, edutainment CD-ROMs, 3D animation, digital video and computer games.
Digital Media student Tom Brown has used 3D crowd simulation to produce an
educational DVD of the body's immune system fighting a virus, aimed at GCSE
students (pictured below).

"I knew I wanted to do something using 3D crowd simulation as it's become very
widely used in visual effects over the last ten years, and it can demonstrate a
complicated subject like virology," says Tom.

e-Motion runs from 4 to 6 June in King William Court.

Students from the School of Architecture & Construction, including landscape
architecture and garden design postgraduates, will be displaying project works
at the old Meinier chocolate factory. The show explores making liveable
landscapes at a time of global warming, as well as promoting educational
landscape design opportunities in the UK.

BA Hons Architecture students are showcasing their works in the university's
Queen Anne Court from 13 June.

Senior lecturer Jonathan Tuckey says: "The Architecture student exhibition is a
celebration and display of students' work, from first year up to Masters,
communicating ideas of new buildings and cities.

"It is an amazing display of productive effort, through digital drawings, movies
and abstract models, and gives members of the public a chance to see inside the
old buildings and to experience the students' work."

Also taking place are exhibitions from students of the Postgraduate Media Arts
programme and BA Media & Cultural Communications, in the Stephen Lawrence
Gallery.

CREATE at the Old Royal Naval College

2009-05-27T08:52:00.001-07:00

Create is a celebration of art, music, history and entertainment which runs from
Friday 5 June to Sunday 14 June in the five boroughs surrounding the site of the
2012 Olympics. And once again the University of Greenwich is in the thick of it.
There is plenty of credit-crunch busting free fun to be had, including a history
workshop, entitled Getting started in local and family history: an introduction
for absolute beginners, which will run from 11am to 2pm on Saturday, 6 June in
King William Court at the university's Greenwich Campus.
University historians and local archivists will be on hand to give expert
advice, and there will be an opportunity to have a snoop at census data and
parish records. If you're curious about taking those first steps in tracing your
roots, this is the perfect way to start.
There are also guided tours, graduation shows from the university's architecture
and media students, and a superb open gallery art project.
There are also two 'Open House' tours (12.30pm and 3pm, lasting about an hour)
of Queen Anne Court in the Old Royal Naval College, and the Dreadnought Library,
both parts of the university, on Saturday 13 June.
Tour leader Alison Lawrence says: "The chance to step inside the magnificent
buildings of the Royal Naval Hospital is indeed a privilege. It is perhaps the
single finest set-piece of English Architecture of any period."
And as each tour ends, the university's drama students will perform two pieces
of Restoration dance, complete with period costumes, and invite members of the
audience to join in.
The university's Architecture Summer Exhition, held in Queen Anne Court, is open
on Friday 5 June (10am-7pm), Saturday 6 June (10am-6pm), Sunday 7 June (12noon-
6pm), Friday 12 June (10am-7pm) and Saturday 13th June (10am-6pm). The
Exhibition is free.
The Stephen Lawrence Gallery hosts the BA Media, Culture & Communications &
Creative Industries show (Wednesday, 3 June to Saturday, 6 June, open 10am-5pm,
except Saturday, 11am-4pm).
The gallery also hosts the ReFRAMED Open Gallery art project from Thursday, 11
June to Friday, 19 June (opening times: Monday to Friday, 10am-5pm, Saturday,
11am-4pm, closed Sunday).
Curator David Waterworth says: "Self-taught artists from homeless, addiction and
offending backgrounds have been selected to submit artwork. This diverse and
dynamic group of artists have been making art for a number of years.
"ReFRAMED aims to displace the frame of the past that lingers around their work,
so that it may transcend the personal histories of its creators."

New Radio Project - Now Hear This

2009-05-15T08:50:00.000-07:00

Remember those guys that did the weird but wonderful "100 Cauliflowers" event last year? Well this year they're doing another wacky project - this time radio based. I'll let them tell you about it - but be quick if you're interested - deadline is 22nd May:

NOW HEAR THIS is a new radio programme that wants to hear from you now!

If you live or work in East Greenwich, Greenwich Peninsula or Charlton then please get in touch to be part of this programme.

This is a chance to have your voice heard and to take part in an arts project that is spreading understanding of local issues and encouraging debate.

We want to hear your opinion on whatever you think is the most important local issue of the moment. Call our local number leaving your short 'despatch' about your issue. Deadline for despatches is Friday 22nd May 2009.

Here’s how to do it.
1. Decide what you want to say. We’re looking for issues of importance to people who live or work in
East Greenwich, Greenwich Peninsula or Charlton but it could be anything really. Good or bad.
2. Is there a location relevant to your subject? If so you can go there to record your despatch, if not then just go to step 3.
3. Call the Now Hear This hotline 020 8858 8612. Record your despatch onto the answer phone.

What happens next:
If your despatch is chosen then you’ll be invited to a local public event where your issue will be discussed with other community members.
After that, an audio programme will be made that will include the despatches and the discussion. We will broadcast this out across both the internet and on live FM radio over the summer. Watch the Stream website for when and where.

Deadline for despatches is Friday 22nd May 2009.

For more information please visit www.nowhearthis.me.uk
Now Hear This is a project by Holy Mountain, commissioned by Stream.

Bearspace Stuff

2009-05-13T08:21:00.001-07:00

Loads of new stuff over at Bearspace. They haven't really sent me anything that I can easily digest for you, but take a peek at the website for fun stuff to see and do...

Greenwich Christmas Cards

2009-05-13T08:14:00.001-07:00

Yes - I KNOW it's only May - but you have to start these things early. This year there will be some exclusive Christmas cards produced for Meridian School in Old Woolwich Road, with all proceeds going to help the school.

They are going to be drawn local cartoonist, Jeremy Banks (the award-winning Banksy from the Financial Times) so they'll be really different.

The school's looking for local businesses who might like to place an advance order for these very special cards in and perhaps secure a spot on the back as sponsors.

Nearer Christmas, the cards will hopefully be available from local outlets, or direct from the Friends of Meridian School.

So - is there a local business out there interested in a little publicity in return for some sponsorship?

Contact Katie via email (kbreathwick@lineone.net).

Greenwich Artists Open Studios

2009-05-13T08:12:00.001-07:00

GREENWICH OPEN STUDIOS
Nineteen Greenwich artists welcome you into their studios as part of June's ‘Create’ festival in Greenwich. You can meet the artists in their varied surroundings displaying original paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, jewellery and ceramics.

This year includes the Trafalgar Rowing Centre for the first time - hosting artists Carol Kenna and Steve Lobb; new paintings of Greenwich Park by Tina Mammoser created specially for open studios; unique motorcycle helmet sculptures by Penny Matheson in the Picturehouse cinema; and many artists showing in the village as part of the larger Greenwich Create! festival. Look out for examples of their work in shop windows as they bring art to the heart of Greenwich!

5-6 and 13-14 June
Studios are open from 12-6pm or by appointment.
Collect a leaflet that includes map from Greenwich Tourist Office, local libraries or download at: www.greenwichopenstudios.org Tel: 020 8858 7829

Eltham Tudor Barn Open Day

2009-05-13T07:38:00.000-07:00

The Tudor Barn has just had a facelift courtesy of the council, who have been looking for someone suitable to run it. The mantle has fallen upon Suzie Bailey's company Staar, and she will be holding a special open day on Sunday 24th May where there will be a "community consultation/display of the works which we intend to do to the building."

After a lot of searching, (I was sent a powerpoint presentation that looked lovely and used lots of buzz words but in reality said nothing...) I found a website for the project, which I have to say, at first look, appears impressive. None of the links on it work yet; perhaps that will happen after the 24th - but hey - if this lives up to the promises it's making here, it could be very exciting indeed.

I'm slightly bothered by the inclusion of wedding marquees - if you stick a marquee outside somewhere lovely like the Tudor Barn all summer, the only people that enjoy the view are those inside the tent. But that's a small gripes. This looks like it could be very nice indeed.

Greenwich CREATE

2009-05-04T02:19:00.001-07:00

Loads of probably-very-exciting stuff going on as part of the CREATE festival. The press release was so long I lost the will to live, so I've just cut-and-pasted it all here. If I have a day or so to read through it I'm sure I'll find some good stuff in there, in the meanwhile, I hope they produce a leaflet - reading so much onscreen makes my eyes boggle.

EXHIBITIONS RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL

Greenwich as Gallery.
Greenwich Town Centre and adjacent shopping areas will be turned into one large gallery with businesses of all kinds giving window space to a work of art by members of the Greenwich Open Studio and
Greenwich Printmaker groups
and other local artists.

Greenwich Picturehouse,
Greenwich High Road
Art in the Picturehouse. Throughout the Festival and the remainder of June work by local artists will be shown: portraiture by LJ McLeod in the upstairs bar, Tina Mammoser’s abstract seascapes in the screening room gallery and Penny Matheson’s biker helmet sculptures in the upstairs foyer.More details: artinthebar@yahoo.co.uk or www.picturehouses.co.uk
Admission free

Viewfinder Gallery, Peyton Place (off Royal Hill) SE10
School Run, a photographic exhibition. Photographs taken by two
parents, Kelly Hill and Jonathan
Illingworth, on the daily school run.
Open Mon-Fri 9-5pm,
Saturday-Sunday 12-4pm
Admission free.

Prue Corp, 16 Shooters Hill Road SE3 7BD with details including voice type.
Groups from local choirs very
welcome; a group of 10 pay for only 9 places. Payable on the day, cash or cheques only
7.30 Public performance
Tickets £5.00 on the door
Supported by Greenwich Hospital

DAY-TO-DAY-EVENTS

FRIDAY 5 JUNE

11 – 4 Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Queen Anne Court,
University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College, SE10. BA Media, Culture and Communications exhibition.
Admission free.

2.30 All Saints Church,
Blackheath Piano recital
Pianist: Prach Boondiskulchok
Programme: Mussorgsky,
Pictures at an Exhibition
Tea and cakes will be served
Paintings by All Saints schoolchildren on display.
Admission free, retiring collection.

SATURDAY 6 JUNE

11 – 4 Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Queen Anne Court,
University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College, SE10. BA Media, Culture and Communications exhibition. Admission free.

11 – 5 Cutty Sark Gardens
Exhibition of the prize-winners in a local primary schools art competition on the theme Why I like Greenwich
Admission free.

11 – 2 Old Royal Naval College, Room 302 King William Building, University of Greenwich (opposite the National Maritime Museum) Local History Workshop. Getting started in local and family history
An introductory lecture and workshop for absolute beginners
If you are interested in finding out about the history of your own area and/or want to research your own family history but don’t know where to start, then this is the session for you!
University historians and local archivists will offer advice and guidance on finding sources and interpreting and understanding documentary evidence. Trace your ancestors and find out who once lived in your house . Admission free

11.15 Morden College Chapel
19 St Germans Place, SE3
College Chapel,
Coffee Morning Concert
Caz Wolfson - Virtuoso Percussion. An exhilarating performance of contemporary music for a dazzling array of percussion instruments. 45 minutes Admission free, retiring collection

12 – 6 Greenwich Open Studios
Up to 20 artists in the Greenwich area will be opening up their studios and houses to show their work. Those coming to view can buy or simply browse. For maps and more details see www.greenwichopenstudios.org or ring 020 8858 7829. Admission free.

2.30 – 8ish Greenwich Park
Greenwich Society/Blackheath
Society Annual Cricket Match.
Admission free.

2.30- 6 St Alfege Church,
Greenwich
Rehearsal for Come and Sing Brahms German Requiem
Spend the afternoon rehearsing this magnificent choral work in the
wonderful acoustic of Greenwich’s central church and in the evening invite your friends to hear you
perform the whole work,
accompanied by professional soloists, piano duet and timpani in a
contemporary arrangement
approved by Brahms and under the direction of Elinor Corp.
Registration from 2 pm; cost for singers with own scores, £10.00.
Scores (Novello, ed. John West in English) for hire, £2.00 + £10 returnable deposit.
Please pre-register by 1 June; e-mail pruecorp@dsl.pipex.com or write to

SUNDAY 7 JUNE

Greenwich Open Studios
Up to 20 artists in the Greenwich area will be opening up their studios and houses to show their work. Those coming to view can buy or simply browse. For maps and more details see www.greenwichopenstudios.org or ring 020 8858 7829
Admission free

2 – 6 Greenwich Open Gardens. Admission free – contribution to charity appreciated

4.30 All Saints’ Church, Blackheath Festival Choral Evensong
The Choir of All Saints with Archi Cantoures and special guests.
Responses – Ayleward,
Canticles - Purcell in B flat
Sermon in Music,
Monteverdi - Ave Maris Stella (from the Vespers of 1610)
Purcell - Hosanna to the Highest, Purcell - O Lord, Thou art my God
Admission free. Collection

7.30 John Roan School, Maze Hill
Music Hall
“Music Hall at its Best” - The Stage
Another of Celia Moreton-Prichard’s productions, well known in the area for many years – featuring Colin Sell (of I’m Sorry, I Haven’t a Cluefame) at the pianoforte, Robert Lister in the chair, Peter John, Colette Kelly and full supporting company.
An evening of uncomplicated fun, singing and much laughter.
£10.00, from Greenwich Theatre Box Office, 020 8858 7755.
www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk Supported by HSBC Greenwich.

MONDAY 8 JUNE

11.30 –12.30 Queen’s House,
National Maritime Museum.
Special guided tour led by Pieter van der Merwe, the NMM General Editor and Greenwich specialist.
Lasting approximately one hour this will cover aspects of the
development and history of
occupation, with comment on
artworks currently on display there, followed by:
12.30 –1 app. A costumed display of Baroque dancing by University of Greenwich drama students in the Great Hall.
Baroque dance was an intrinsic part of the history both of the Queen’s House and the Old Royal Naval College; Queen Henrietta Maria and her ladies danced for their theatrical performances in the Queen’s House at one end of the social spectrum, Samuel Pepys, his wife and friends danced in his small apartment in the then Royal Hospital at the other
Visitors will be invited to watch and even join in!
Meet in the Great Hall, Queen’s House at 11.20. Admission free

1.00 Greenwich Picturehouse,
180 Greenwich High Road
Reminscence screening of
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Routinely voted one of the greatest films of all time and revered as one of the foundation stones of Italian neo-realism, this is the moving story of a desperate father whose new job is threatened when his bicycle is stolen. Too poor to buy another, he and his son take to the streets in an impossible search for his bike.
Tickets: £6.00/Members £5.00/ Seniors £4.50 0871 704 2059 www.picturehouses.co.uk

From 3.00 Greenwich Park,
meet at Bandstand
Organised children’s treasure hunt(ages 3 –12). Bring a picnic.
Admission free

6.30 Greenwich Picturehouse, 180 Greenwich High Road
THE DOC SLOT- THE END OF THE LINE
The first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of over-fishing on our oceans. Imagine an ocean without fish. Imagine your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences. This is the
future if we do not stop, think and act.
Tickets: £6.00 / £5.50 Concessions / £5.00 Members. 0871 704 2059
www.picturehouses.co.uk

7.30 Laban Theatre, Creekside, SE8
Mixed Bill. An evening of fresh and varied short works choreographed by second year Dance Theatre students. This programme may include some performances around the building before/after the main show in the Theatre. Please check our website 2 weeks prior to the performance for times and details.
There is no extra cost to attend any added events on this evening). £6.00 (£3.00 concessions)
Box Office 020 8469 9500
Information www.laban.org

8pm Nelson Room,
Trafalgar Tavern, Park Row
Party Pieces 2009,
Gilbert and Sullivan at Sea. An evening of excerpts from HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Gondoliers – a watery selection in aid of Cutty Sark, with soloists, ensembles and choruses conducted by Elinor Corp. Performed by the Centenary Company, acclaimed for their sparkling productions at Greenwich Theatre during the last three years.
Doors open 7.30; upstairs bar
available. £12.00 (at tables of 10) pre-booked from the Ticket Secretary on 020 8294 2939 and on the door.
Supported by Greenwich Inc.

TUESDAY 9 JUNE

10 – 5 Stephen Lawrence
Gallery, Queen Anne Building, University of Greenwich,
Old Royal Naval College .
Aspire Open Gallery Project. This provides exhibition space and support to a group who have recently completed offender and drug rehabilitation programmes in SE London. The aim is to assist group members to make and install work for the
Exhibition. Admission free

10.30 – 12-30 Walking tour of two Greenwich Almshouses – Queen Elizabeth’s College, Greenwich High Road, founded in 1575/6 by William Lambarde (the oldest of those in the Borough) and the 1884 Widow Smith and John Penn Almshouses in South Street, the youngest in the Greenwich area. In both cases it is hoped to meet residents, tour the buildings and see inside homes. Refreshments will
be offered in the Common Room during the second visit This is an unusual opportunity to see behind closed doors, so don’t miss it.
Led by Diana Rimel
Meet at Greenwich Station bookinghall, 10.20 There is a top limit of 30 people for this tour and it is unsuitable for pets or young children. £5.00 per person on arrival, but please pre-book on diana@historytalk.fsnet.co.uk
or telephone 020 8858 5886

1.05 Recital in the Chapel, Old Royal Naval College
Trinity College of Music
Admission free

11.00 – 9.00 Greenwich Covered
Market.
Food to go, Arts and Crafts, Fresh Produce, Late Night Shop Openings
Live Art. A number of young artists will be showing their wild and whacky works in a day-long exhibition in the town centre.
5.30 – 9.00 Live Music, including:
Goldsmiths Music Collective: a 13-piece improvisational outfit, featuring two drummers, upright & electric bass, 3 guitars, keyboards, saxes, vocals, electronics & live sampling, with influences from jazz to hip-hop, via the avant garde . . .
The Reckoning, Indie music.
There will be more happenings during the day and evening, giving the market a real buzz. Admission free.
With acknowledgements to Greenwich Hospital for permission to use the Market

7.30 Laban Theatre,
Creekside, SE8
Mixed Bill. An evening of fresh and varied short works choreographed by second year Dance Theatre students. This programme may include some performances around the building before/after the main show in the Theatre. Please check our website two weeks prior to the performance for times and details (there is no extra cost to attend any added events on this evening)
£6.00 (£3.00 concessions)
Box Office 020 8469 9500
Information www.laban.org

8.00 The Mitre (Upstairs), Greenwich High Road
Fun Folk with a Twist - "Murder and Mayhem, Cannibalism and Courtship, Arson and Adultery" - and you thought folk music was just fol-de-rol and fa la la! Join us for a nite of folk, fun and more at the Mitre - socks and sandals optional, Upstairs bar.
£8.00/£6.00 (Student/O.A.P./under 18) on the door.

WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE

10 am – 5pm Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Queen Anne Building,
University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College
Details as Tuesday. Admission free

10.30 – 12.30 Historical Thames walk
Meet at Greenwich Pier. Discover the earliest roots of maritime,
mercantile and Royal life along the timeless tideway and find out how it all evolved.
Maximum number 30 – please pre-register on
member@100embleton.fsnet.co.uk
Led by Julian Watson. Admission free

7.00 Greenwich Picturehouse,
180 Greenwich High Road
BOTTLE SHOCK & WINE TASTING EVENT
An evening dedicated to one of the landmark events in the history of wine, the 1976 ‘Judgement of Paris’, when Napa wines beat some of the titans of French wine in a blind tasting and put Californian wines on the map for good. A screening of the award-winning film BOTTLE SHOCK (12A), starring Alan Rickman & Bill Pullman, preceded by a wine tasting featuring the wines of Napa Valley, California versus some top French wines. Over 18’s only.
Tickets: £22.00 / £20.00 Members .

7.30 Laban Theatre,
Creekside, SE8
Mixed Bill. An evening of fresh and varied short works choreographed by second year Dance Theatre students. This programme may include some performances around the building before/after the main show in the Theatre. Please check our website two weeks prior to the performance for times and details (there is no extra cost to attend any added events on this evening)
£6.00 (£3.00 concessions). Box Office 020 8469 9500 Information www.laban.org

7.30 Greenwich Park. Meet at Bandstand. Picnic in the Park with music Admission free.

8.00 Jazz Upstairs at The Mitre, Greenwich High Road
Mark Armstrong Quartet
Acclaimed jazz trumpeter Mark Armstrong fronts his new quartet featuring a mix of original compositions and fresh arrangements of jazz standards. A great opportunity to hear four of London's finest improvisers at this intimate venue in the heart of Greenwich, and to sample new material ahead of their debut album release. Upstairs bar
£8.00/£6.00 (Student/O.A.P./under 18) on the door. (Est. finish time: 10.30pm)

THURSDAY 11 JUNE

10 – 5 Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Queen Anne Building,
University of Greenwich,
Old Royal Naval College
Details as Tuesday. Admission free

10.30 – 12 approx Greenwich Park. Historical walk
Meet 11.20 at St Mary’s Gate (junction of Nevada Street and King William Walk), start up the steep-ish hill to the Ranger’s House, then across to the Observatory, finishing at Wolfe’s statue (where there are cafés for refreshment.) The walk will focus on historic buildings and features.
Led by John Mitchell; maximum 30 people. Admission free

1.05 St Alfege Church, Greenwich, Trinity College of Music recital
Admission free

6.30 – 8.30 The Orangery, Fan Museum, 12 Crooms Hill, SE10
Poetry in Motion, literary evening
Celebrating the opening of a new exhibition featuring poetry on fans, two actors will read some of the poems and the audience can then view the exhibition. A booklet containing a selection of the poems will be on sale in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society
Pre-book at Fan Museum,
020 8305 1441. Maximum 40 people
£8.00 to include a glass of wine

6.30 Greenwich Picturehouse 180 Greenwich High Road
PREVIEW: Coco Avant Chanel (cert TBC). Audrey Tatou (Amélie) stars as Coco Chanel in Coco Before Chanel, a biopic of the legendary fashion designer. Tickets: £9.00/concessions £7.50/Members £7.00. 0871 704 2059
www.picturehouses.co.uk

7.30 pm Laban Theatre, Creekside, SE8
Mixed Bill. An evening of fresh and varied short works choreographed by second year Dance Theatre students. This programme may include some performances around the building before/after the main show in the Theatre. Please check our website 2 weeks prior to the performance for times and details (there is no extra cost to attend any added events on this evening)
£6.00 (£3.00 concessions)
Box Office 020 8469 9500
Information www.laban.org

FRIDAY 12 JUNE

10 – 5 Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Queen Anne Building,
University of Greenwich,
Old Royal Naval College
Details as Tuesday. Admission free.

2.20 The Queen’s House, Maritime Museum.
Special guided tour led by Pieter van der Merwe, the NMM General Editor and Greenwich specialist. Lasting approximately one hour this will cover aspects of the development and history of occupation, with comment on artworks currently on display there.
Meet in the Great Hall, Queen’s House at 2.20.pm. Admission free.

7.30 St Alfege Church, Greenwich
Breve Ensemble, directed by Daniel Ludford Thomas
Rachmaninov Vespers
This a cappella work is inspired by the whole Orthodox tradition, drawing on melodies, chants and sonorous harmonies for sumptuous vocal effects.
£10.00 (concessions £8.00) on the door .
SATURDAY 13 JUNE

10 – 5 Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Queen Anne Building,
University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College.
Details as Tuesday.

All day: Old Royal Naval College Henry Vlll events. Admission free

11.15 Morden College Chapel, Coffee Concert,
19 St German’s Place SE3
Anneke Hodnett - Harp.
A delightful programme from this award winning harpist.
Alsonso Mudarra: Fantasia que contrahaze la harpa en la manera de Ludovico.
J.S. Bach: French Suite No.3 in B minor Pierick Houdy Sonate.
Claude Debussy: Danseuses de Delphes : La Fille aux Cheveux de lin
E. A. Walter-Kune: Fantaisie sur un Theme de l’Opera “Eugene Onegin” Peter Tchaikovsky
Admission free. Retiring collection

12 - 6 Greenwich Open Studios
Up to 20 artists in the Greenwich area will be opening up their studios and houses to show their work. Those coming to view can buy or simply browse. For maps and more details see www.greenwichopenstudios.org or ring 020 8858 7829 Admission free
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Greenwich Park Olympic Events Open Day

2009-05-04T02:15:00.000-07:00

Greenwich Park Open Day to reveal first plans for the Equestrian events 2012.

Friday 15th and Saturday 16th May 2009

10.00.am - 6.00pm

Pavillion Tea Rooms, Greenwich Park.

www.greenwich.park@london2012.com

Mish Mash Band Dates

2009-05-04T01:49:00.000-07:00

The popular Mish-Mash Band will be at:

British Oak (Blackheath Standard) this Monday- 4th May at 3 pm,

Hardys, Trafalgar Road 16th May

Pelton Arms on 6th June.

Medical London - Greenwich Walk

2009-05-04T01:45:00.000-07:00

Ross McFarlane of the Welcome Trust will be leading the Deptford and Greenwich leg of the Medical London series of Walks on the 7 & 14th June,tying in with the glorious Medical London Boxed Set of books and maps.

Find more details here.

Greenwich Industrial History Society Talks

2009-05-04T01:43:00.000-07:00

Greenwich Industrial History Society has the well-known (internationally famous) historical geologist PAUL SOWAN to speak at its next meeting on 12th May on GILBERT'S PIT.Gilbert's Pit is an incredibly important site in Maryon Park - which we all hoped would be the recipient of restoration funds from the London Mayor's Office - but sadly it went unappreciated and lost the ballot. Here's your chance to learn more about it! Its at the Old Bakehouse, Bennet Park, SE3 7.30. The Old Bakehouse is behind the Age Exchange Building in Blackheath Village

Other talks include:

23rd June Lorna Coventry on System Building on the Morris Walk Estate
21st July Thames Discovery Team on discoveries on the Foreshore.
15th September Mary Mills on the Hills of Greenwich and a lot of other places
20th October &nb sp; Duncan Hawkins on Waterfront Archaeology of Greenwich and Lewisham
17th November Edward Sargent on The Grand Surrey Canal
16th March Ken Mcgovern Pitcher’s Northfleet Dockyard
&nb sp; (provisional booking)
13th April Diana Rimel. The Ashburnham Triangle - a Reappraisal

Antiques Roadshow

2009-04-15T02:32:00.000-07:00

1st October - Antiques Roadshow at the National Maritime Museum IanVisits has the details...

Public Lecture

2009-04-07T09:09:00.000-07:00

Public Lecture at the University of Greenwich

Public-Private Partnerships: What future during Recession and Fiscal
Retrenchment?

Thursday 23rd April 2009 at 6:30pm

The University of Greenwich will be hosting the second of their Business
School public lectures.

David Heald, Professor of Accountancy at the University of Aberdeen, will
be discussing a range of contemporary issues surrounding the UK
public-private partnerships experience to date.

Topics covered will include:

The implosion of the banking sector;
what roles public-private partnerships might play in response to the
paralysis of the banking system;
and Changes to the accounting system.

This is a free event but to secure your place go to
www.gre.ac.uk/business_events for on-line bookings.

Further detail contact: Sarndeep Raven, telephone 020 8331 9083 or email
business-shortcourses@gre.ac.uk.

Venue: King William 315, Greenwich Campus, Old Royal Navel College, Park
Row, London, SE10 9LS

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Visit our website: www.gre.ac.uk/business_events

Everest Inn

2009-04-06T00:14:00.000-07:00

41, Montpelier Vale, SE3. Tel. 020 8852 7872

Here in Britain we're never really going to get 'authentic' curry. We just don't have the fresh ingredients or the chefs. But that doesn't mean that the subcontinental food we get here can't be extremely enjoyable - and the stuff I like best is where a place has taken, perhaps, the place they come from, some general favourite all-purpose Indian dishes and sundry British interpretations and created their own blend.

Everest Inn claims to be Nepalese but there were definitely some influences from central and South India, as well as a British-y twist in the food I ate here at the weekend. And I have absolutely no problem with that.

I never visited the old restaurant in Tranquil Vale - for no real reason other than 'so many eateries, so little time...'

It always slightly bothered me that they advertise so much though. Every local magazine and paper seems to carry an ad for the place and it seems to be a stalwart candidate for the aforesaid mags' 'independent reviews,' where, of course, everything is always marvellous and the reviewer has always been so well-fed by the previous courses that they felt they couldn't possibly stuff away a pud as well, but it was all so delicious they just had to have one anyway. I mean, - who, other than restaurant reviewers, ever manages a pudding after a curry?

But I'm digressing again. Walking across the heath, the old Laughing Buddha site seemed worth a test-out (maybe that's why Everest Inn moved - they're certainly more visible from further off on Montpelier Vale than tucked away on Tranquil.)

It's all very modern and smart. It reminded me distinctly of next-door at Chapters, with all that bare brick and downlighters, and for a second I wondered if I'd gone in the right door.

Do I miss the flock wallpaper, fringed lampshades and cheesy music of old Indian restaurants? Not really - but I do like places to have a bit of individuality and this, lovely, smart and clean as it is, has nothing other than the restaurant's name tastefully squirled in silvered perspex on the wall down the stairs to tell it apart from any other restaurant.

Having said that, it's very comfortable and clean - right to the loos - which, of course, instills confidence in the quality of the cooking.

The menu, as with so many 'regional' restaurants, is a tad schizophrenic. But I already said I like that. Every so often, they point out which are the most popular dishes - handy, I guess, if you can't decide what to have.

We had a general mixture. Oniion Bhaji - rather flat but tasting okay, Lamb Bhutuwa, which was tasty and well flavoured, Malabar Prawn - again, delicately-flavoured if a bit sweet (all that coconut...) and some Brinjal Bhaji, which was absolutely divine. It was nicely done, but at the Blackheath prices they charge, it ought to be. I thought the rice portion that came with the prawns was, frankly, a bit stingey, something that always surprises me in places like this since it's the cheapest part of the meal for them to provide, though the individual portion of rice ordered as a side dish made it up.

All this sounds as though I didn't enjoy it and that's absolutely not the case. I really did like it - especially the aubergine - and I will eat here again (and judging from the overheard conversations between the staff and customers, they rely a lot on repeat custom.) This is enjoyable food. But I still haven't found my ultimate curry. The search continues....

Everest Inn, btw, is not a standalone restaurant. They have branches in Hythe, Old Kent Road and, er, Grantham.

Vic Bateman at Paul McPherson Gallery

2009-04-03T05:48:00.000-07:00

Vic Bateman is the latest artist to be honoured with an exhibition at the Paul McPherson Gallery. Check him out from 20th April 2009

http://www.paulmcphersongallery.com/