Events |
Events for July 2017 |
Saturday 1 JulyProms at St Jude's - Family Concert - Cartoon Funat St. Jude's Church . See full details...
12.45pm What’s up, Doc? Come and enjoy the music from some of your favourite
cartoon films. Playing everything from Disney classics through to modern
Pixar favourites, the brilliant BBC Elstree Concert Band will make this
a fun-filled morning for children and adults alike. Admission free. Supported by the HGS Residents Association
Proms at St Jude's - Jazz Night - Big Band of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Danceat St. Jude's Church . See full details...
7.45pm Supported by Explore Learning.
Formed in 2005, this London-based conservatoire has an outstanding
reputation for technical excellence and originality, with its jazz studies
producing a string of accomplished musicians.
In tonight’s programme, the Senior Jazz Ensemble, directed by
Gareth Lockrane, will perform Thelonious Monk’s legendary 1959
Town Hall Concert.
Pete Churchill then directs the Jazz Choir, accompanied by a rhythm
section, in a crowd-pleasing selection of traditional jazz standards. More about the Festival and book tickets online at www.promsatstjudes.org.uk
Proms at St Jude's - Proms Heritage Walks - Hampstead’s Heroes and Heroines10:30am See full details...
This walk is based on the Heath and Hampstead
Society’s and English Heritage plaques. You
pass houses lived in by the Du Mauriers, artists
Mark Gertler and Constable and many others.
Blue Badge guide Julia Male unravels the
patchwork quilt of Hampstead’s artists, scientists
and writers. Meet outside Garden Gate at
Burgh House, Well Walk NW3 1LT. More about walks & book tickets online at www.promsatstjudes.org.uk
Sunday 2 JulyProms at St Jude's - Last Night of the Proms - The London International Orchestraat St. Jude's Church . See full details...
7.45pm Supported by Pentland and Cello Group.
Toby Purser conducts the London International Orchestra (LIO) in a
programme including Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 in C minor
(the Organ Symphony), with Edward Batting organ and the traditional
Last Night favourites, with mezzo-soprano Victoria Simmonds.
The LIO, comprising talented amateur musicians and former
professionals, engages professional conductors and soloists and has
given concerts in many distinguished London locations, raising
thousands of pounds for charity.
Toby Purser has a wide-ranging conducting career in the UK and
abroad. In 2005 he founded the Orion Orchestra, a stepping stone for
the most talented musicians leaving music college. In November 2014
he made his debut at English National Opera, where he was recently
awarded the ENO Mackerras Fellowship 2016-18 and has been working
on ENO’s new production of Berg’s Lulu and on the world première of
Ryan Wrigglesworth’s The Winter’s Tale.
Edward Batting, organist and director of music at St Alban’s Holborn,
is much in demand as a recitalist and accompanist.
Victoria Simmonds began her professional career as a company
principal at ENO. The DVD and CD of her Royal Opera House
performances have won more than 17 awards.
‘The superb Victoria Simmonds’ Richard Morrison, The Times. More about the Festival and book tickets online at www.promsatstjudes.org.uk
The Ponds Project: how well is the Heath recovering?2:30pm See full details...
Meet at Burgh House. A Heath & Hampstead Society walk, led by Lynda Cook, member of the H&HS Heath Sub-Committee and the Ponds Project Stakeholder Group. Suggested minimum donation £5 per adult. Info 07941 528 034; email hhs.walks@gmail.com
Tuesday 4 JulyRA Library - STORY TELLING - EVERY TUESDAYSee full details...
10:15-10:45am Story/Song Time Garden Suburb Community Library, 15 The Market Place, NW11 6LB. We welcome toddlers and their carers into a warm, friendly group. We provide rhythm and rhyme making activities alongside both new and familiar songs, and an introduction into the world of exciting and boundless stories beyond home provision. Come and join us for some fun with your little ones. Admission free.
Fellowship - '1966 and All That', a Fellowship House Talk2:30pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Speaker: Colin Gregory on the creation of the Hampstead Garden Suburb Dramatic Society
Residents Association - Council Meeting8pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Hear Suburb issues debated and raise your concerns at Question Time (8.05pm).
Friday 7 JulyHighgate Gallery - Bodegón y Jazz: watercolour and oil paintings by Cay Schröder1pm to 5pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Cay Schröder invites you to a colourful tour through still-lives, well-loved landscapes to portraits of some of his musical heroes. Cay lives in Camden but works mainly from his studio in the Canary Islands, where the quality of the light brings a directness to his oils and watercolours.
Saturday 8 JulySunday 9 JulyBorough Councillors' Surgery10am See full details...
Borough Councillors' Surgery at HGS Trust offices. Ask for advice on local problems.
Monday 10 JulyTuesday 11 July'Cambodia: Towns and Temples', a Fellowship House Talk2:30pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Speaker: Ray Jones, local resident, on his recent trip
Wednesday 12 JulyThursday 13 JulyFriday 14 JulyGarden Suburb Theatre - Pride and Prejudice7:30pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Veue: Little Oak Wood, Addison Way NW11 6QS. 7.30pm and weekend (Sat and Sun) matinees at 2.30pm. "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man, in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife". Pride and Prejudice is the story of the five unmarried Bennet sisters and what happens when Mr Bingley, a single man of good fortune, moves into their neighbourhood, bringing with him his even richer but less agreeable friend. The proud Mr Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet soon clash and their spirited sparring and courtship become the focus of this witty drama of manners, money, marriage and love. Admission £10/£8. To book 020 7723 6609/ www.ticketsource.co.uk/gardensuburbtheatre
Saturday 15 JulySunday 16 JulyMonday 17 JulyTuesday 18 July'Think Jessica', a Fellowship House Talk2:30pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Speaker: Dale Bevingtion, from a local charity, making people aware of scams
Wednesday 19 JulyHorticultural Society - COACH TRIP TO WATERPERRY GARDENS AND PETTIFERS, OXFORDSHIREat Fellowship House. See full details...
Waterperry has fine herbaceous borders at their best between May and October. Pettifers is a horticultural feast for plant lovers. Restaurant available for lunch. For price and to book contact Horticultural Society (020 8455 0455).
Horticultural Society - SUBURB IN BLOOM BEST GARDEN COMPETITION CLOSING DATEat Fellowship House. See full details...
There are so many wonderful gardens in the Suburb - enter yours this year in this prestigious competition founded by Dame Henrietta Barnett. Details and entry forms from Patricia Larsen (patsy_larsen@yahoo.co.uk) or Pauline Murphy (paulinemurphy16@aol.co.uk). Prizes: Millennium Cup + £25 garden voucher, £15/£10. Judging Day: 26 July. Horticultural Society membership essential.
Garden Suburb Theatre - Pride and Prejudice7:30pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Veue: Little Oak Wood, Addison Way NW11 6QS. 7.30pm and weekend (Sat and Sun) matinees at 2.30pm. "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man, in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife". Pride and Prejudice is the story of the five unmarried Bennet sisters and what happens when Mr Bingley, a single man of good fortune, moves into their neighbourhood, bringing with him his even richer but less agreeable friend. The proud Mr Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet soon clash and their spirited sparring and courtship become the focus of this witty drama of manners, money, marriage and love. Admission £10/£8. To book 020 7723 6609/ www.ticketsource.co.uk/gardensuburbtheatre
Thursday 20 JulyFriday 21 JulySaturday 22 JulyTuesday 25 July'Now I Come to Think of it', a Fellowship House Talk2:30pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Speaker: Roger Rose, on his recently published biography
Friday 28 JulyFree Church - Violin Recital by Makoto Nakata1pm at The Free Church. See full details...
Lunch in support of Christian Aid served from 12.15pm
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