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Eurovision! - a celebration/discussion

Created by Annabel Gregory (See other events)

May 4, 2017 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm UTC+01
Location: Big Green Bookshop
Latest Activity: Apr 21, 2017

Thursday May 4^th – 7.00pm – 9.00pm

EUROVISION! A presentation by Chris West.

TICKETS £3 (redeemable on the book) – BUY TICKETS HERE.

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest final will be held on Saturday May 13^th, so to get you in the mood, we’ve invited Chris West, the author of “Eurovision!” to the shop to present a celebration/discussion of this phenomenal programme.

Do you think the world of the Eurovision Song Contest, with its crazy props, even crazier dancers and crazier still songs have nothing to do with serious European politics? Think again. The contest has been a mirror for cultural, social and political developments in Europe ever since its inauguration, when an audience in dinner jackets and ball-gowns politely applauded each song. It has been a voice of rebellion across the Iron Curtain, an inspiration for new European nations in the 1990s and 2000s, the voice of liberation for both sexual and regional minorities. It even once triggered a national revolution.

Eurovision charts both the history of Europe and the history of the Eurovision Song Contest over the last six decades, and shows how seamlessly they interlink – and what an amazing journey it has been.

The book, which is published at the end of April, will be available to purchase on the night and if you’re still Making Your Mind Up whether to come along, during the presentation we will be able to relive some of the magical Eurovision moments over its sixty-year history.

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March- April 2025

Events at the All Good Bookshop this month (35 Turnpike Lane).

Collage Arts – this week at Karamel N22.

Sunday 2 – 30 March – Muswell Hill Creatives TOGETHER Exhibition, upstairs at Crouch End Picturehouse, 10am-10pm each day.

Sunday 30 March – Lego Church @ Muswell Hill Methodist Church, 3.30-4.45pm.

Wednesday 2 April – North London Organic Gardeners with Chris Collins at Holy Trinity Church, Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill N21, 8pm.

Thursday 3 April – Gary Wilcox Quartet at Karamel, 7pm.

Saturday 5 April – Lunchtime Concert at St. Andrew’s Church, Alexandra Park Road N10, 1pm.

Saturday 5 April – Invitation to all Pianists and Piano Lovers! At Alexandra Park Library, 3-4pm. Supporters of Alexandra Park Library.

Sunday 6 April – Sunday roast and board games! Greekstraveganza @ Karamel, 1-7pm.

Friday 11 April – Steel Pan Fusion at Karamel, 7pm.

Events during Holy Week at St. Andrew’s Church, Alexandra Park Road N10.

Saturday 26 April – Block Printing Workshop: Print a Tea Towel at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Winchmore Hill, On the Broadway of Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, N21 3RS, 10.30-12pm.

Saturday 26 April – Muswell Hill Chorus: Fauré Requiem and more at St. James’ Church, Muswell Hill, 7.30pm.

Monday 28 April – Walk with Ease – Unlock your Natural Movement at Pavilion Cafe, OR Tambo Rec (meet outside), 12.30-1.15pm. With Tanya Shoop.

Saturday 14 June - Lunchtime Concert at St. Andrew’s Church, Alexandra Park Road N10, 1pm.

Saturday 12 July - Lunchtime Concert at St. Andrew’s Church, Alexandra Park Road N10, 1pm.

Ongoing courses and activities

Museum of Homelessness will be open from 17 April to 1 November, at the Manor House Lodge, inside Finsbury Park, Seven Sisters Road N4 2DE 12.30-4.30pm.

Illustrating Children’s books, course for adults on Wednesday mornings at The Green Shed, 1 Tetherdown N10, 10-11.30am. April 30 – July 9.

Geekstrav e ganza – regular boardgame meetup on these dates at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, 1-6pm.

Em Power fitness classes – Monday and Friday mornings in OR Tambo Rec, 9-9.30am (term time only). The main focus is on core and legs.

Life drawing sessions – alternate Saturdays during term time at Rhodes Avenue Primary School, 1-3pm.

Free Martial Arts and Self-defence for Women and girls for the month of March on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at Alexandra Park School.

Painting for Pleasure – Thursdays at CUFOS Community Centre (the old railway station), Top of The Avenue N10, 10-12.30pm or 1.30-4pm. Jan 9th - March 27th.

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.

After School Sewing Club on Fridays at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 4.30-6pm. Term time.

Bowes Park Community Choir - Thursday evenings during term time at Bounds Green School, 7.15-9.15pm.

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.

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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