Events (older events page, being phased out)

SAPL AGM on March 10th from 5:00pm onwards

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Photos by Click Camera Club will be exhibited at Alexandra Park Library during March 2015.

Join us at Alexandra Park Library on Monday 2nd March from 19:00 onward, for the opening night, to view the photos and hear about them from the people who took them. Everyone welcome!

"Where We Live" showcases the people, communities and landscapes around us. Taken by members of Click Camera Club, the photos utilise various styles and techniques, and all have been taken during the past 12 months.

The launch party for Alexandra Park Neighbours is on Saturday 14th March at Alexandra Park Library from 12-2pm. Do join us for a glass of wine to meet your neighbours and to celebrate.

The Royal Philharmonic musicians will perform Holst's 'The Planets'.

Hear the famous organ in a performance of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor.

Tickets: £7-£10. All proceeds to the Alexandra Palace Restoration Appeal.

Edible Garden Show and Good Life Live, Alexandra Palace March 20-22

Come and help PGRA local residents with flower beds at Saturday, 7th March from 11am. 

This will be our first gardening session this year so we have lots to do.
 
We have planned to spend most of the session setting more bulbs for a summer display.  However some of the beds
are in need of weeding; although the condition of the soil should allow this to be done quickly. The spring bulbs that have been planted over the last two years are about to bloom and clearing away winter decay will encourage a colourful display over the next weeks.
 
 
We have planned to spend most of the session setting more bulbs for a summer display. Hopefully you are available for all or part of the session.  A large turn out of volunteers would allow us to give all the beds attention and to prepare for a great splash of colour in the summer. 
 
If you are available, please meet at 11.am at Crescent Rise/Albert Road beds. Depending on the turnout we will either form two groups or move to Crescent Road when we have completed Crescent Rise.

We meet on the first Saturday of each month. Garden group link

 Haringey Seed Swap at 339 Tottenham High Road, N17 6QN on Sunday 22 February from 2-5.

Bird Song Talk

The Friends of Alexandra Park have arranged two events with David Darrell-Lambert - an engaging speaker who is chair of the Ornithological Section of the London Natural History Society. 

David will talk about identifying birds by their song, then on a separate occasion you will have the chance to experience the magic of the dawn chorus with an expert on hand to identify all the different  ‘voices’.

Talk at the Information Centre in The Grove, Alexandra Park - Thursday, 26^th February, 2015 at 7:30 for 8:00pm 

Bird song walk  Sunday, 8th March, 2015 at 5:30 am (! yes, really, it's the best time). 

To book a place for either of these events, please Email us. 

March 21st at 7.30pm, St. Andrews Church, Alexandra Park Road
with pianist Florian Mitrea
J. Strauss, 'Die Fledermaus' Overture
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvorak Symphony No. 7

Tickets at the Door

Bruce Castle

Love Your History: The Haringey Local History Fair

Saturday 14 February 2015
11am – 4.30pm

Stalls from a range of local groups and organisations and a talks programme to include:

• 11.15am - Love stories of Bruce Castle by Deborah Hedgecock, Curator
• 11.50am - An Outrageous love of the Historical: the Tottenham Outgrage and other stories by local novelist Matthew Baylis
• 12.15pm - For the Love of  Peace: Green Lanes say ‘No To War’ 1914 by the Haringey World War Peace Forum
• 1pm-2pm - Lunch-break
• 2pm - Love the Lea and Greenstreets@Haringey by Victoria Paternoster of Thames 21
• 2.35pm - Alexandra Palace Theatre and why we love it by Friends of Alexandra Palace Theatre
• 3.10pm-3.30pm - Tea-break
• 3.35pm - Turner in Tottenham: a love of his paintings by Margaret Burr
  Turner in Tottenham website (external link)
• 4.05pm - 'I love Haringey': a slide-show of artwork chosen by local artists

Plus: 1pm - 4.30pm. Film London and the KinoVan: home movies presented by Film London - outside the front of the museum

The Archive Search-room will be open for advice only from 11am to 4pm (NB. This is not a day for research)

Our Café will be selling sandwiches, tea and cake all day.

For Future Events in Alexandra Park Click here:

Death is a hot topic at the moment and a lot of thoughtful people are listening to the Reith Lectures by Atul Gawande. We have a change in the law going through parliament which may legalise assisted suicide for those that want it in certain circumstances and offer better protection to those that do not.

If you have read Atul Gawande's book 'Being Mortal' which covers these issues and offers a variety of models for elder care, then come along to talk about it at the first ever Death Book Group.

Come and talk out your hopes and fears

and start deciding what YOU want.

 On Tuesday 17th February  5:50-7:00 pm

at 

Alexandra Park Library,

Alexandra Park Road,

London N22 7UJ

The Course runs for 10 weeks from April 9th at either 2pm till 5pm or 6pm till 9pm.  Total cost is £270.00 with a £50 deposit required to hold your space. Please contact us for more details

Not sure if this counts as "an event", but this Saturday, February 14th, the Steam Train "Union of South Africa" will pass through Alexandra Palace station on Saturday. Due to pass going North at 7:19am and returning going South at 10:03pm.

To check on the progress of the train this link gives Realtime updates of the train's location going North and coming back. Do do this as these trains can often be delayed......

The train is run as "Valentine Rose" - details here.

If you want find out more about steam trains running on mainlines this website is excellent.

What might you experience.....?

This is not an isolated occurrence looking at the website there will steam trains running on the line on 8th and 12th March.

Help beautiful our great local park.

Join the Friends of Alexandra Park to plant bulbs and shrubs by the Park Information Centre in The Grove part of Alexandra Park on Tuesday, 17th February at 10am.

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

An evening of Cornish music and song
with Cornish folk band DaIla and the Red River Singers
FREE!
From 7pm, Tuesday 3 March 2015
Karamel Restaurant, 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ - 020 8829 8989
Vegetarian pasty supper available.
RSVP to Frances Boutle Publishers info@francisboutle.co.uk
"upbeat and infectious" "the energy doesn't flag for an instant"

Saturday 14th February 2015 3pm Alexandra Park School (entrance in Rhodes Avenue).  Valentine%27s%20Concert%202015v7.pdf

A musical event for younger children and their parents centred around the Romantic Cesar Franck violin sonata.Tickets (£5 adult or child) also include home-made chocolate brownie and drinks. Event lasts not longer than one hour.

Hartmut Richer - violin

Stephen Baron - piano

see hartmutrichter.com/tickets

Friends of Alexandra Park are organising a litter clear-up  on Sunday 15th February and will provide gloves, bags and litter pickers. They are also planning a Friends' work party which will plant bulbs and generally improve the area near the Information Centre.

21st - 22nd March at Alexandra Park School, and tours of 'green' homes in Alexandra Park neighbourhood

Muswell Hill Sustainability Group invite you to a weekend of talks, advice and information

Renovating or extending your home? Replacing a kitchen or thinking of new windows? Wondering how to cut the draughts (or your fuel bills)? Intrigued by the idea of a ‘greener’ home?  Let the architects, technical experts and exhibitors at our weekend event provide inspiration and the answers you need!

On Saturday afternoon 12.30-5pm we will have a programme of expert speakers and four rooms of exhibits, covering a wide variety of topics including: ecodesign and refurbishment – making a whole house plan – what about windows? –  solar roofs – optimizing your central heating – lighting with style.

On Sunday we will have house tours of ‘green’ homes in Alexandra Park and Muswell Hill.

The first 21st Century Homes event ran in Highgate in September 2012, and we’ve run events in Muswell Hill in 2013 and Crouch End/Hornsey in 2014, attracting over 200 visitors.

Conference and Exhibition: Saturday 21 March 2015 12.30 pm – 5.00pm Alexandra Park School (Rhodes Avenue entrance), London N11 2AZ

House tours: Sunday 22nd March 2015  (booking online will open soon)

until September 2015, in the Transmitter Hall, Alexandra Palace

This year-long temporary exhibition tells the little-known stories of Alexandra Palace's role during the First World War.

Open Thursdays 10.00 - 13.00, Fridays 14.00 - 17.00, and the first Saturday of every month 10.00 - 12.15

The exhibition is free, but tickets should be booked at least an hour before the session (available online).

Tickets for specialist talks are available, price £7 / £6.