Events (older events page, being phased out)

Our Sewing workshops are now up and running For only £30 a week we will teach you the basics of sewing all the way through to more ornate projects.  We look forward to hearing from you.

From Thursday 11th to Monday 15th June - 9am to 5pm, the ancient craft of charcoal burning returns to Queen’s Wood (point 7 on the map) with a modern twist. Come along and learn how it’s done and the many benefits of buying British Charcoal for your BBQ.

All the details here

Queens Wood link

Come and talk about the kind of death YOU would like, and how you might go about achieving it. - Death, like eating, is an essential part of life. If we talked about it more, we might fear it less.   

If you like to know more, join Jan on 25th June from 5;00 to 6:45 pm at Alexandra Park Library, Alexandra Park Road, London N22 7UJ.

For more information, please see: Death Cafe

Saturday 4 July at 7.30

St Andrew's Church, Alexandra Park Road,

The FCO's summer concert will feature the wonderful Rebekah Allan as soloist in the Brahms Violin Concerto, Beethoven's delightful Symphony No. 1, and Rossini's Overture to L'italiana in Algeri to start.

Thomas Gregory will be conducting.

Tickets available on the door.

For any further information, contact the Fortismere Music Centre Manager at fmcinfo@fortismere.org.uk

http://www.fortismeremusiccentre.co.uk

Patron of Reading: Haringey Chapter and Big Green Bookshop Education CIC will be officially launched at Wood Green Central Library on June 12th 2015.

Programme:

2.30 – Arrival and welcome (Authors are invited to arrive for 1pm)

3.00 – Presentations (to include):

• Introduction to Big Green Bookshop Education CIC
• Patron of Reading in Haringey: an author’s perspective
• Haringey Libraries: opportunities for schools

4.00 – Refreshments and networking opportunity

4.30 – Close

Please contact us now to register your interest and secure your place.

Who is this event for?

• Teachers and education professionals interested in the Patron of Reading scheme and literacy initiatives in Haringey and beyond.
• Authors who are currently patrons of reading or are interested in finding out more about our scheme.
• Anyone with an interest in promoting reading for pleasure and supporting literacy development in our local area.

For more information, please check this page, or email us.

We are extremely grateful to Haringey Libraries for hosting this event.

Wednesday, 10th June. Meet at the Bar and Kitchen at 7pm for a 1 and quarter hour Park History Walk led by Stuart Little entitled "Where they Stood"

The walk will feature some historic and some less ‘historic’ moments in the history of the park. We will visit the spots where the events took place and see them as they were (A4 photos), and as they are now.

This link will take you to a constantly updated list of Events in Alexandra Park.

www.friendofalexandrapark.org

Saturday, 25th July 11am to 11pm in Alexandra Park and Palace.

Music, Silent Disco, Water Slide, FREE Organ Recitals +++.

• This Saturday at St Andrew's Church

• English Miscellany folk dancers & band at 12.00noon and 2.00pm

• Several craft and local traders' stalls

• Barbecue lunches

• Afternoon teas

Proms in the Park are the first of ten free Sundays of volunteer organised, quality music and more in Broomfield Park, Palmers Green N13. Nine are purely musical with the tenth being the multi-event, park-filling, Palmers Green Festival.  The four quirky Proms on July's Sunday afternoons bring a range of styles from some first class north London performers. These are followed by five seriously professional Blues-centric afternoons on each Sunday afternoon in August .  With help from the weather 10 000 visitors should be toped this year across the ten events. APN's are very welcome - and also free of charge.

Enjoy yourself while supporting this historic park and the efforts of the local Friends group to maintain it by popping along.

Sunday 5^th July

2:00 North London Brass play traditional and contemporary tunes

3:00 The BoxBeaters play cajon and samba

3:45 North London Brass

Sunday 12^th July

2:00 Performers courtesy of Bowes Park Folk Club

3:00 Luke Carey a singer / songwriter from north London

3:45 Performers courtesy of Bowes Park Folk Club

Sunday 19^th July

2:00 Stephen Brice with Neil Hatton with a selection of operas arias and familiar vocal pieces

3:00 The Tatem Trio, a local flautist trio

3:45 Bella Cora, a local, leading ladies vocal ensemble

Sunday 26^th July

2:00 Maria Armstrong on vocals with Sarah Pope on keyboard

3:00 The Forest Band, to include folk dancing - as well as "give it a go" sessions

Refreshments, food and ice cream will be available in a fully licensed area.

Billed as the UK's largest community arts festival, the Crouch End Festival opens in a week.  Bigger than ever, it consists of 170 events featuring poets, artists, musicians, speakers and other creatives, with lots of things for kids to do too. It's on our doorstep and looks fantastic.

Tea or coffee and cake are essential to give us the feeling of comfort and support in breaching the most taboo topic of our age, which in also the only certainty which we will all inevitably face.  This is a paradox I enjoy and I hope you will too. These Death Cafes are sponsored by the Supporters of Alexandra Park library, a local voluntary group.  

The next Death Cafe is taking place on 25th June from 5;00pm til 6:45 pm at Alexandra Park Library, Alexandra Park Road, London N22 7UJ

For more information, please see; http://deathcafe.com/deathcafe/2055/

PLANT SALE

At the Ally Pally Allotments
Sunday 31 May
2 - 4.30 pm

Lots of veg & flower plants. Some shrubs.
Craft stall. Preserves.
Old tools. Books.
Good value prices!

Teas & home-made cakes at our lovely 'Top Shed Cafe' with a view over London.

 (Allotments entrance is at foot of Alexandra Palace Way, opposite the Farmers' Market and Safestore building, near the junction of Park and Priory Roads and Muswell Hill.)

The RSPCA are holding a sponsored dog walk in Alexandra Park on Sunday 31 May from 10am-3pm. It costs £15 to register a dog for the 3K or the 5K walk and the money raised goes towards helping the RSPCA prevent cruelty to animals. There is more information about the event on the charity's website.

Hi, I am a local fitness instructor and yoga teacher. I hope to see some of you at one of my classes soon.

http://www.lauralondonyoga.co.uk

http://www.facebook.com/lauralondonyoga 

This Tuesday, 19th May is the last week of us running this yoga class. Come along and pay what you like for the class.

Hope to see some of you there. 

Please join us at a tea party to celebrate the signing of the Magna Carta.on Sunday 14th June from 2.30 til 3.30pm at Alexandra Park Library.

This is a Free Event and your support would be greatly appreciated.

Please join us for an exciting evening of entertainment with the Hornsey Trio Playing Blues, Jazz and Folk. on Tuesday 2nd June 2015 from 5.30 to 6.30pm at Alexandra Park Library. 

Picture from our last gardening session.

There will be an extra session Wednesday, 6th May from 11am to 1pm. Meet at the junction of Albert Road/Crescent Road/Crescent Rise. Please come and help with some weeding to help keep the beds looking great.