Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 Nov, 12–6, the annual artists open studios weekend at the Chocolate Factory, Clarendon Road N22 6XJ
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SATURDAY 14th November
1-4 pm.
RHODES AVENUE PRIMARY SCHOOL
RHODES AVENUE
N22 7UT
Street Parking, Bus Routes 102, 299, 184
Admission £1 (children free)
Reduction in entry for OAP’s
Cllr James Patterson and I have signed up to this campaign, so we will soon see Alexandra on their map of London wards that are supporting this great initiative!
Cllr James Patterson and I will be holding a "pop-up" surgery in The Sweet Tree Bakery on Crescent Road this Saturday from 11am to 12pm. Please pop in if you would like to discuss any issues with us!
Just to let you know that there will be a Remembrance Day Service in Alexandra.
Venue - The war memorial at St Saviour's Court, Alexandra Park Road
Time - 3pm, Sunday 8th November.
The Revd Tony Pybus will conduct the service and the mayor of Haringey, Cllr Jennifer Mann will also be attending as well as ward councillors.
This follows on from the service last year which was the first after 12 years or so.
FREE Compost available in the Paddock Car Park, Alexandra Park which will be open TODAY, Tuesday, 27th October from 10am. Help yourselves! This comes from the Edmonton Incinerator where your garden waste gets recycled and was brought to you by Sustainable Haringey and E10nergy.
Cars needed. Joint with LWT.
n.b. Clocks go back the night before.
Railway Fields – 10:00
Queen’s Wood – 11:30 (approx)
Ally Pally – 14:00 (approx)
Returning to Railway Fields 16:00 - 16:30 to cook and taste the edible finds.
For those planning on joining part way through the day, keep a look out for a suspicious group of people rummaging around in the undergrowth.
If you have difficulty locating us, Organiser's Mobile: 07954 074358
The Friends of Albert Road Recreation Ground 'Wombles' group are asking for willing hands to join them this Saturday (24th October) from 9.30am in the Rec for their next litter pick. They are combining litter picking with some extra tidying up, so grown-ups are VERY welcome. The plan is to reveal the edging stones that define the paths around the Rec - so big children and adults are asked to bring gloves and spades and get stuck into some digging!
Back by popular demand.Local artisans selling their beautiful hand made crafts. Don’t miss this opportunity to solve all your Christmas present shopping.
To book a table to sell at the fair email sewmenzies@hotmail.co.uk
Book early to avoid disappointment.
Saturday 14th November 2015 10.00am- 4.00pm
Alexandra Park Library, London N22 7UJ
Wednesday 14 October 8pm
Drama at the Palace
Victorian Heyday:
The Alexandra Palace Theatre 1873 – 1901
The Alexandra Palace, including its large state of the art Theatre, opened on 24 May 1873 and burnt to the ground 16 days later.
A second Palace was built – including a 3,000-seat Theatre – and reopened in less than two years on 1 May 1875. The Theatre used the most up-to-date technology then available and its wooden stage, with its traps and bridges, is one of the last remaining examples in the country. Its opera and drama productions brought the West End to north London, and its spectacular pantomimes drew full admiring houses. Some of the leading production companies of the age brought top actors, singers, dancers and entertainers to Alexandra Palace.
The story of the Alexandra Palace Theatre is the story of Victorian theatre itself, when theatre, in all its forms from farce to Shakespeare, was the mass entertainment of the growing urban population.
Nigel Willmott and Patricia Brearey, respectively the current Chair and Secretary of the Friends of the Alexandra Palace Theatre, tell us about the performances in the Theatre in the Victorian period, from opera to variety and the keynote pantomimes; and the performers, directors and designers who brought the productions to life.
The talk is at 8pm prompt at URC Hall, corner of Ferme Park Road/Weston Park N8 9PX. Doors open 7.30pm. Visitors welcome. Donation £2 requested.
GREEN OPEN HOUSE N22 31st October
Come and see and hear about how we greened our house: PV/solar electricity and hot water, double glazing, solid wall insulation, etc
Saturday 31st Oct at 2, 3, or 4pm -
RSVP with a time to edallen@waitrose.com to get address
The walk will cover a relatively natural area of the park, and consider why these particular trees are growing where they are.
We hope that it will also provide an opportunity to enjoy some later autumn colour, and consider how some trees can be identified in autumn purely by their colour. Saturday, 31st October at 2pm.
Meeting at the Newland Road entrance, next to the nursery/playgroup. This is an opportunity for people interested in trees to share their knowledge, rather than an expert-led walk!
This link will take you to a constantly updated list of Events in Alexandra Park.
Please join us for an open mic Poetry event. And if anyone is interested in reading one or two poems or a short piece of writing up to 250 words on the Sun, Moon, Stars and Planets theme.
Please book a reading space, by emailing Allen on allenashley-writer@hotmail.co.uk with the subject line: “Sun, Moon, Planets, Stars Reading”.
The “Sun, Moon, Planets and Stars Spoken Word” event to be held at Alexandra Park Library from 1pm to 3pm on Sunday 18 October 2015.
IRIS pairs legendary 87-year-old documentarian Albert Maysles with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades.
More than a fashion film, the documentary is a story about creativity and how, even in Iris' dotage, a soaring free spirit continues to inspire.
DRESS UP LIKE IRIS COMPETITION - WIN A PRIZE!
Or buy tickets from La Coppia 135 Myddleton Rd, London N22 8NG
Come & join us for this Harvest Eucharist
- and meet the new Bishop of Edmonton
(bishop for this area of the Diocese of London)
Bat numbers in cities seem to be slowly declining, as we seal up the gaps in our house walls and roofs, and knock down old buildings. However we still see plenty of bats in Alexandra Park. If you would like to see them, and hear a bit about bats - what they eat, where they live and what they look like, please join us on Wednesday, September 23rd at 6:45pm.
You need to register, so email allyparkn10@gmail.com stating how many people you would like to book for, and I will email back the details of where to meet. The walk is free, and will last until about 8pm.
This link will take you to a constantly updated list of Events in Alexandra Park.
Big Green Bookshop have been raising money and collecting books to donate to the "Jungle Library" in the Calais refugee camp.
So far, we've raised over £2,500 and we have a ton load of books kindly donated by people from all over the country. We're still getting around twenty parcels a day with books to take to Calais.
Here are three things;
- We need help sorting the books out. If you are free tomorrow (Thursday) and can spare an hour or two, please get in touch. 020 8881 6767.
- We spoke to Mary Jones, the person looking after the Library and she is currently in the position where she's got plenty of fiction and kids books (in English) at the library. A lot of what's been donated is fiction and kids stuff, so we suggested to her that we have a mammoth sale of all the second hand stuff we've got and add that to the money that we're raising for her. She LOVED this idea, so we are having a....
>From Friday 18th September until Sunday 20th September
you can choose up to 6 books and pay as little as 1p for each (YOU MONSTER). You could pay a tenner for each too, but that's up to you.
We have well over 3,000 secondhand books here all looking to go to good homes.
We're hoping for sunny few days so that we can get the tables and boxes outside.
We have well over 3,000 secondhand books here all looking to go to good homes.
We're hoping for sunny few days so that we can get the tables and boxes outside.
3. I'm going to Calais on Monday 21st September to deliver the books we have and also to meet Mary and to give her some dosh. We've persuaded the lovely people at ZIPCAR to let us have a van, and we've (I think) persuaded the BBC to let us borrow a camera, so we can film our journey. Neither Tim or I drive, but the lovely Mark White, aka MarkyMarket is very kindly giving up his time and is going to help me get the books to Calais.
This is all very exciting and I can't wait to meet Mary. Our aim is for this not to be a one-off thing. We'd like to keep our link with the library in Calais and continue to work with Mary to ensure that at the very least, there is always a well stocked library at the camp.
Thank you.
Simon at Big Green Bookshop
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November – December 2024
Saturday 23 November – Muswell Hill Creatives Winter Makers Fair at St. James’ Square, Muswell Hill (outside Planet Organic), 10.30-4pm.
Sunday 24 November – Messy Christmas at Muswell Hill Methodist Church, Pages Lane N10, 3.30-5.30pm.
Saturday 30 November – Learn to crochet decorations and gifts at First Farm Community Hub, Firs Farm Playing Fields, Firs Lane N21 2PJ, 10.30-12.30pm.
Saturday 30 November – St. Martin of Porres Christmas Fair at St. Martin of Porres school, Blake road, 12-3pm.
Saturday 30 November – Open Piano Session at Alexandra Park Library, 3-4pm. Supporters of APL.
Sunday 1 December – Re-View Vintage Pop-up Event at Floral Hall, 132 Crouch Hill, 10.30-5pm.
Sunday 1 December – Green Christmas Fair at Hornsey Vale Community Centre, 60 Mayfield Road N8, 2-6pm.
Sunday 1 December – Babar the Elephant for 0-8 year olds (music by Poulenc) with Stephen Baron (piano) at Highgate United Reformed Church N6 6BA, 3-3.45pm.
Monday 2 December – Free Expert Eco-Talk, part of Green Open Homes, at Muswell Hill Methodist Church, 7.30pm. Muswell Hill Sustainability Group.
Wednesday 4 –24 December – Painting the Walk at Upstairs gallery, Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill N6, 12 noon – 3pm.
Saturday 7 December – Fussy Patchwork sewing decorations workshop at Southgate Library, High Street, Southgate, N14 6BP , 10.30-12.30pm.
Saturday 7 December - Lunchtime Concert in St. Andrew's Church, Alexandra Park Road N10 (corner of Windermere Road), 1pm. Delibes, Franck, Fauré and more.
Sunday 8 December, Christmas Choral Concert with audience carols, at St. Andrew’s Church, Alexandra Park Road N10 (corner of Windermere Road), 7pm. Note **Sunday**.
Thursday 12 December – Bowes Park Community Choir Winter Concert at Alexandra Park School (entry via Rhodes Avenue), 7.45pm.
St. Andrew’s Christmas 2024 – Carols and Rehearsals, Crib Service, Midnight Mass and more 14-25 December.
Saturday 21 December – Muswell Hill Creatives Winter Makers Fair at St. James’ Square, Muswell Hill (outside Planet Organic), 10.30-4pm.
Ongoing courses and activities
Movement and Ease: Alexander Technique with Tanya every Wednesday morning at CUFOS, Top of the Avenue N10, 11-11.55am.
Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra rehearses Tuesday evenings during term-time at Fortismere School, 7-9pm. Get in touch for more info.
Fortismere Community Choir rehearses Wednesday evenings during term-time at Fortismere School, 7-9pm. Get in touch for more info.
No-Gi Fundamentals Course (BJJ Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) every Thursday for 6 weeks starting 12 September at Alexandra Park School, 7.30pm. Introductory martial arts.
Geekstraveganza – regular boardgame meetup on the FIRST Sunday of every month at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, 1-6pm. NB change of date.
After School Sewing Club on Fridays at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 4.30-6pm. Term time.
Em Power fitness classes – Monday, Thursday and Friday mornings in OR Tambo Rec, 9-9.30am (term time only). The main focus is on core and legs.
Bowes Park Community Choir - Thursday evenings during term time at Bounds Green School, 7.15-9.15pm.
Life drawing sessions – alternate Saturday mornings at Rhodes Avenue Primary School, 10-12pm.
Salsa Wednesdays – Wednesday evenings at Bounds Green School, Bounds Green Road N11 2QG, 7-8pm.
V&J Ensemble: Vocal group for ALL Singers on Wednesdays at St. Andrew's Church, Alexandra Park Road N10 (corner of Windermere Road), 6.50-8.30pm.
Painting for Pleasure – Thursdays at CUFOS Community Centre (the old railway station), Top of The Avenue N10, 10-12.30pm or 1.30-4pm. Sept. 19 – Dec. 12.
All Good Bookshop has many regular events - book groups of course, also music, writing, yoga - and special events .... at 35 Turunpike Lane.
Many Music and Art events are held at Karamel, including Collage Kids performance events on Saturday mornings at 11.30am. At 4 Coburg Road,
Wood Green N22 6UJ.
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