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Friday 1 February

Burgh House - Constable: 200 Years in Hampstead

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FREE ENTRY. John Constable’s love of Hampstead and the Heath is largely overlooked but, as the second centenary of his first visit here approaches, this six month exhibition will redress the balance, thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. We will be showing seven of Constable’s original works on loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum, just steps from the breathtaking views that inspired them. This will be a rare opportunity to see these iconic pieces in their natural home. Heard about our Constable Scramble to riase funds for the House? Well we made it back and it's not too late to donate!

Burgh House - Imaging and Imagining Hampstead Heath

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Venue: Burgh House, New End Square NW3. This Constable display showcases complementary images from our own colletion. It explores other artists who took Hampstead Heath as inspiration.

Burgh House - Photography by Dorothy Bohm

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Venue: Burgh House, New End Square NW3 1LT. Photography of Hampstead 1944-2014. Admission free

Pilates

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Pilates improves posture, enhances muscle tone and body shape and helps to correct muscle imbalances and weaknesses. A mind/ body experience for men and women of all ages that will leave you feeling energised and relaxed. Please bring your own mat or towel to lie on and wear comfortable clothing.

LJCC - Pilates

9am to 10am at Ivy House . See full details...
Pilates improves posture, enhances muscle tone and body shape and helps to correct muscle imbalances and weaknesses. A mind/ body experience for men and women of all ages that will leave you feeling energised and relaxed. Please bring your own mat or towel to lie on and wear comfortable clothing.

LJCC - Zumba Gold For the over 50s

11am at Ivy House . See full details...
The Zumba Gold classes are specifically designed for the active older adult, beginners, those with injury or for anyone needing a lower impact class. They are at a slower pace but still with all the same fantastic, inspirational music and easy to follow dance moves as the regular Zumba Fitness Classes. They are definitely a wonderful workout for the mind, body and soul and most importantly they are FUN FUN FUN!

Fellowship - Friday Music

2:30pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Classical Music and Tea 50p

LJCC - Zumba Fitness: For the active adult

7:30pm at Ivy House . See full details...
Zumba Fitness is suitable for all ages & abilities, the dance based moves are easy to follow and a wonderful workout for mind, body & soul. Before you know it, you are getting fit, sculpting & toning, burning calories, and your energy levels are soaring! Most importantly every Love2DanceUK class is FUN FUN FUN! You will leave every class feeling happy, fulfilled, and full of energy!

Saturday 2 February

LJCC - Ivy House Music & Dance: Natalie Clein

8pm at Ivy House . See full details...
Natalie Clein’s extraordinary artistry makes her one of the outstanding cellists of today. Since winning BBC Young Musician of the Year aged 16, she has performed with major orchestras and conductors including Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Mark Elder and Sir Neville Marriner. She honours Benjamin Britten’s centenary year by performing two of his cello sonatas as part of an intimate solo programme of beauty and contrast.

Sunday 3 February

Burgh House - Heath and Hampstead Society Walk.

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Ponds of the Heath. 3 February, 10.30am Led by Marc Hutchinson, of the Hampstead Heath Winter Swimming Club; the H&HS, and the Heath Sub-Committee. Meet at Burgh House.£3.

Mill Hill Music Club - Carducci Quartet, Graham Oppenheimer (viola)

7:30pm at Henrietta Barnett School Hall. See full details...
Haydn - Quartet Op. 76 No.3 in C Emperor, Mozart - Quintet K515 in C, Dvorak - Quintet Op. 97 in E flat. Prices for tickets: Single concert - £15.00. Season Ticket for all 6 concerts - £85.00. By arrangement with the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust full time students aged 8 - 25 are admitted FREE subject to providing details of school/college and teacher. Tickets for concerts are available in advance from: Mill Hill Music Club Box Office, Mr Michael Rawling, 2a Millway, Mill Hill, London NW7 3RE. Telephone 020 8959 3866. Email: info@millhillmusicclub.co.uk Online Tickets Box Office: www.millhillmusicclub.co.uk

Tuesday 5 February

Story & Rhyme Time

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Tuesdays from 10.15 - 10.45am at Garden Suburb Community Library. Everyone loves stories, and even the youngest child can benefit from hearing exciting stories and singing rhymes. It helps their concentration.

Story & Rhyme Time

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Story & Rhyme Time Tuesdays from 10.15 - 10.45am at Garden Suburb Community Library. Everyone loves stories, and even the youngest child can benefit from hearing exciting stories and singing rhymes. It helps their concentration.

Residents Association - 8pm - Open Meeting - “OneBarnet” - Deputy Leader to explain Outsourcing

8pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
The Residents Association continues its series of Open Meetings, when Deputy Leader Cllr Daniel Thomas (a Suburb resident) will speak on One Barnet. An opportunity to learn what is being outsourced and why recycling is being brought in-house - what is coming around the corner. The purpose is “factual, not political”.

Thursday 7 February

Sing Song Time

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10 - 10.30am, and 10.45 - 11.15am. Every Thursday at the Garden Suburb Community Library, Hill Rise NW11.. "Sing Song Time" is a first library activity for under threes and their grown-ups. Sharing rhymes and singing songs helps babies to develop listening and concentration skills.

Horticultural Society - FROM SEED TO PLATE - 'GROW YOUR OWN' TALK AND SEED SWAP

7:30pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
'From Seed to Plate' - Paolo from Franchi Seeds will talk about growing vegetables literally from the seed to the plate. An experienced speaker, he will bring Franchi seeds to sell at reduced prices, as well as copies of his book and some of Franchi's vegetable soaps. Followed by our second SEED SWAP. Harvest, dry, package and label seeds from your garden and allotment now, and bring them along to Fellowship House on 7 February. Exchange them for other people's seeds free. Or, if you have no seeds to swap, come anyway and pick up something you like in exchange for a small donation. Seed envelopes and information from Lizzie Sturm (8455 4897). Admission free.

Horticultural Society - FROM SEED TO PLATE - TALK AND SEED SWAP

7:30pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
A talk by Paolo of Franchi Seeds on preparing and using what we grow from seed and using seeds in cookery. A variety of Franchi seeds will be on sale, and this is also an opportunity to bring your own saved seeds to swap free with those of others. Seed envelopes may be obtained from Lizzie Sturm (lizzie24@talk21.com). Members free; non-members £3 at the door.

Sunday 10 February

LJCC - Ivy House Music & Dance: Royal Ballet Stars, Laura Morera and Ricardo Cervera

3:30pm at Ivy House . See full details...
It is 50 years since Sir Frederick Ashton became Director of The Royal Ballet after an exceptional career as its major choreographer. Laura Morera and Ricardo Cervera, two of The Royal Ballet’s supreme Ashton stylists, will talk about and demonstrate Ashton’s choreography with Gerald Dowler, dance critic and writer. As a finale, they will perform the irresistible Act 2 Pas de Deux from La Fille mal gardée.

Tuesday 12 February

HADAS - From longboat to warrior: the evolution of the wooden ship

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A Hendon and District Archaeological Society lecture by Eliott Wragg of the Thames Discovery programme. Avenue House, 17 East End Rd., Finchley N3 3QE. Free to members, donation from non-members.

HADAS - From Logboat to Warrior: The evolution of the wooden ship

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7.45 for 8pm start. Venue: the Drawing Room, Avenue House, 17 East End Road, Finchley N3 3QE. Lecturer Eliott Wragg's talk is part of the Thames Discovery Programme. Info

Thursday 14 February

RA Library - Garden Suburb Police Safer Neighbourhood Team

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Venue: Garden Suburb Community Library, Market Place and Hill Rise NW11. Drop in surgery at our Library. Tell them of your community and security concerns and quality of life issues. Crime Prevention and personal safety etc. http://www.hgs.org.uk/snt/index.html Bike Marking 3-4pm

Thursday 21 February

LJCC - Walking Tour: Willesden Cemetery …recalling some incredible lives!

10:30am to 12:30pm at Ivy House . See full details...
Join the LJCC and experienced tour guide Stephen Burstin on a visit to the last resting places of both the famous and the unknown whose varied lives produce for us stories that are enthralling, inspiring, tragic and even humorous. £12 (pre-bookings only) Price includes £1 to cover the donation to the cemetery Book online at www.ljcc.org.uk or call 020 8457 5000

LJCC - Bernard Malamud with Bernard Barnett

2pm to 3:30pm at Ivy House . See full details...
What makes a writer a ‘Jewish’ writer? Is it subject matter? Tone or attitude? Humour or irony? Mode of engagement? Something else? In this talk I shall explore a selection of the work of Bernard Malamud (1914-1986).

Free Church - Thursday Fellowship

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Venue: Free Church Rooms. Woodland Trust talk by Ian Mackay

Avenue House - Murder Mystery Night

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Join us for an evening of intrigue! We start at 7.15pm and the UCL Drama Society will be play-reading from 7.30 p.m., so make sure you get to the bar first! Make up a table of six, or join in with others. Price £20 (£35 for two) includes nibbles and a two-course meal. Cash bar. Vegetarian option is available when booking. Tickets must be paid for in advance. All proceeds used to support Avenue House Estate.

Historical Association - Merchants, Money and Modern Art – The beginnings of today’s art world through Dutch art of the Golde

8pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Speaker: Lucrezia Walker, lecturerer at the National Gallery, where she has become increasingly interested in how the religious upheavals of the Reformation changed art in 17th Century Holland. Lucrezia is also a Lay Canon (Visual Arts) at St Paul’s Cathedral. Visitors welcome, £3; members of Fellowship House, 50p. There is no difficulty with parking.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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Venue: Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove N6. 7.30 for 8pm start. The Highgate Film Society presents the Irish film starring John Gielgud. Admission £9. To book 8340 3343

Friday 22 February

Free Church - Cello Recital

1pm at The Free Church. See full details...
Laura Seddons (cello). Lunch in support of Christian Aid served from 12.15pm

Fellowship - Friday Music

2:30pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Classical Music and Tea 50p

Garden Suburb Theatre - Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

7:30pm at Henrietta Barnett School Hall. See full details...
Venue: Henrietta Barnett School, Central Square, NW1 7BN. Performances start at 7.30pm. 3pm Matinees on 23, 24 February and 2 March. No evening performance on Sunday 24 February. This theatrical extravaganza is based on Lewis Carroll's whimsical masterpiece. Join Alice on her whirlwind tour Through The Looking Glass and Wonderland, as she meets the most amazing, amusing and bemusing creatures ever imagined. Booking: 020 7723 6609 or on line at www.gardensuburbtheatre.org.uk Admission prices: £12 and £9 concessions. Members Booking tel: 020 7723 6609. Refreshments

Sunday 24 February

Institute - Writing for Women's Magazines

10am to 5pm at Institute Arts Centre. See full details...
Have you ever lost yourself in a romantic tale in a women's magazine and thought 'I'd love to write something like that'? Or have you picked one up at the doctor's and thought 'I'm sure I could write something better?' Either way - this is the workshop for you For more information, call 0208 829 4229 or visit www.hgsi.ac.uk

Institute - Understanding Your Digital Camera: Beginners

10am to 5pm at Institute Arts Centre. See full details...
This course will help you to get the most out of your digital camera - how to take better pictures and how and when to use all the clever features. For more information, call 0208 829 4229 or visit our website at www.hgsi.ac.uk

Family Purim House Party

2:30pm to 4:30pm See full details...
Calling all families with children in school years 1-8. Dress up and come on down to Ivy House for a FUSION Family Purim Extravaganza! The afternoon will include karaoke, hamentaschen decorating, face painting and of course a fancy dress competition and catwalk show! Also, a surprise event not to be missed! There’s something for all the family and everyone is welcome, so come and join the party! £5 per child | £2.50 per adult | £15 per family ticket* *Family tickets include two adults & up to three children. Book online at www.ljcc.org.uk , call 020 8457 5000 or just come on the day.

Family Purim House Party

2:30pm to 4:30pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
For school years 1-8 It’s that favourite time of the year again... Dress up and come on down to Ivy House for a Family Purim Extravaganza!

Monday 25 February

LJCC - LJCC: Who Do you Think You Are? 100 years on a Jewish family returns to Germany

2pm to 3:30pm at Ivy House . See full details...
Come and hear the story of Paul Israel who was brought up with a photo of 50 members of his family celebrating a family event in Heilbronn, Germany in June 1912. He decided to try and organise a reunion of descendants of the photo for its 100th anniversary. Having contacted many people all over the world who gave stories and photos in 2012, 15 descendants returned to Heibronn. £12 (£15 on the door). Book online at www.ljcc.org.uk or call 020 8457 5000. Ivy House, 94-96 North End Road, London NW11X

Who do you think you are? 100 years later a Jewish family returns to Germany

2pm to 3:30pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Being brought up with a photo of 50 members of my family celebrating a very positive family event in Heilbronn, Germany in June 1912, well before the family dispersed to many directions in the 1930s. I decided to try and organise a reunion of some descendants of the photo for it’s 100 anniversary.

Tuesday 26 February

Institute - Cake Making with Confidence

12:30pm to 3pm at Institute Arts Centre. See full details...
This 5 week course (no.126) will cover most aspects of cake-making - Victoria sandwich, spring fruit sponge cake, hazelnut meringue cake, brownies and cupcakes are amongst the recipes to be taught. Fillings, icings and glazing techniques will be covered. Tel 0208 829 4229 for more info or to enrol

LJCC - Holocaust Denial. The Politics of Perfidy with Professor Robert S. Wistrich

8pm to 9:30pm at Ivy House . See full details...
£12 (£15 on the door) Professor Robert S. Wistrich is the world’s leading scholar on the subject of antisemitism. He has now turned his attention to an insidious global development – Holocaust Denial. Professor Wistrich is the Neuberger Chair of Modern European and Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Director of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism. For tickets: book online at www.ljcc.org.uk or call 020 8457 5000

Holocaust Denial. The Politics of Perfidy with Professor Robert S. Wistrich

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Professor Robert S. Wistrich is the world’s leading scholar on the subject of antisemitism. He has now turned his attention to an insidious global development – Holocaust Denial.

Wednesday 27 February

Acupuncture Awareness Week Open Day

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Acupuncture Awareness Week Open Day at Holistic 4 Life, Sutherland House 1a Ashbourne Avenue NW11 ODP. Choose from free 15 minute consultations, 30 minute taster sessions in ear acupuncture or acupuncture massage (£10). 020 8458 7869.

Institute - The Organic Cook

1pm to 3pm at Institute Arts Centre. See full details...
This 5 week course (no.130) is to help you understand organic foods and how you can make use of them in your kitchen. We will cover a whole range of meals which include organic eggs, vegetables and spices to add a new healthy dimension to your cooking. For more information or to enrol, call 0208 829 4229

LJCC - LJCC: Israeli Post-Election Update with Hagai Segal

8pm to 9:30pm at Ivy House . See full details...
Israel has voted in an election that has huge implications for the Jewish State and the wider Middle-East. Renowned analyst and commentator Hagai M. Segal will analyse the elections result, the make-up of the new Knesset and government, and the wider implications of the poll. £10 in advance (£12 at the door). Book online at www.ljcc.org.uk or call 020 8457 5000. Ivy House, 94-96 North End Road, London NW11 7SX

LJCC - Post-Election Update with Hagai Segal

8pm at Ivy House . See full details...
Israel has voted in an election that has huge implications for the Jewish State and the wider Middle-East. Renowned expert Hagai M. Segal will analyse the elections result, the make-up of the new Knesset and government, and the wider implications of the poll.

Thursday 28 February

Institute - Secrets of Successful Bread Making

9am to 12pm at Institute Arts Centre. See full details...
This 5 week course (no 134) will teach the making of a good bread dough by hand. Chelsea buns, focaccia and multi-grain rolls are some of the breads you will make. Call 0208 829 4229 for more details or to enrol

Is that off the record?

7:30pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
7.30 for 7.45 start. Venue: Fellowship House, 136A Willifield Way NW11. Simon Lewis has worked as the Queen's first Communication Secretary and as the Prime Minister's official spokesperson. He gives a Special Interest Talk on behalf of the NW Support Group for the North London Hospice. Admission £5. To book 8455 8687 or 8458 3663

LJCC - 1943 -70 Years On: The LJCC & 45 Aid Society together present the Annual Leonard Montefiore Lecture

7:30pm at Ivy House . See full details...
The balance of the war is shifting. With The United States now fully engaged and the USSR forcing the Germans back westwards, Hitler’s forces have lost their early momentum. A new Italian Government joins the Allies, the Soviets win the tank battle of Kursk, America island hops towards Japan, and the RAF bomb Berlin. The horror of the Holocaust continues unabated, but time is now running out for Nazi occupied Europe.

LJCC - Ivy House Music & Dance: Edith Piaf Celebration With Tina May and her Musicians

8pm at Ivy House . See full details...
Award winning vocalist Tina May brings to life the music of Edith Piaf, France’s most beloved entertainer, national icon and musical legend. A gifted lyricist, consummate vocalist and sparkling entertainer, Tina May’s astonishing vocal ability and hypnotic stage presence has won her worldwide acclaim. See her masterfully capture the magic of Piaf with classics including La Vie en rose, Hymne á l’amour, M’lord and Non, je ne regrette rien.