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WHAT’S ON

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EVERY TUESDAY 1MAY - 24 JULY SUNDAY 10 JUNE (cont.) WEDNESDAY 27 JUNE (cont.)
10:15-10:45am RA Library Story/Song Time Garden Suburb Community 12.30pm Residents Association Summer Picnic Fun Day Central Square 7.45pm Proms at St Jude’s Septura Brass Septet Borrowed Baroque
Library, 15 The Market Place, NW11 6LB. Toddlers and carers welcome. NW11.Hi-energy Rock-n-roll Band ‘Sound of the Suburb’, Face Painting, Septura brings to life the 18th-century orchestra of Handel’s Rinaldo and
We provide rhythm and rhyme making activities to new and familiar songs, Donkey Rides, Punch & Judy and much, much more. Tables and chairs Rameau’s Dardanus, as well as works of both Prokofiev and Stravinsky.
and an introduction to exciting and boundless stories beyond home must be booked in advance. raevents@hgs.org.uk. 07793 000283. THURSDAY 28 JUNE
provision. Join us for some fun with your little ones. Admission free. TUESDAY 12 JUNE 10.30am Proms at St Jude’s Heritage Walks: A marriage of Art and
TUESDAY 1 MAY 2:30pm ‘Piaf’ a Fellowship House event Francoise Geller will sing songs Landscape. English Heritage volunteer guide Tamara Rabin leads a look
2:30pm ‘Face to Face’ a Fellowship House event, DVD of BBC John made famous by Edith Piaf. at the famous Humphrey Repton landscapes of Kenwood. Meet in the
Freeman interview with Cecil Beaton. 7-8pm HGS Horticultural Society Entry Night for the 286th Flower Show Kenwood car park, NW3 7JR.
8pm Residents Association Council Meeting at Fellowship House. Hear at Fellowship House 136a Willifield Way. Submit your entry forms or 12.45pm Proms at St Jude’s Schools’ Prom Pupils from local schools
Suburb issues debated and raise your concerns at Question Time (8.05pm). deliver forms before 16 June to 4 Asmuns Hill, NW11 6ET. There will be perform ‘From the Impressionists’ Room.
help on hand if you are new to showing. Don’t forget to mention if you 2pm Proms at St Jude’s Heritage Walks: More Architectural Highlights
EVERY THURSDAY 3 MAY - 26 JULY are growing a potato for the competition at the show. of the Suburb: Nick Packard, HGS Trust Estate Manager, leads a walk
10-10.30am & 10.45-11.15am RA Library Sing Song Time Garden looking at the work of less well-known Suburb architects, Geoffry Lucas
Suburb Community Library, 15 The Market Place. For under-threes and SATURDAY 16 JUNE & Courtenay Crickmer. Meet at St Jude’s car park NW11 7AH.
their carers. Rhyme, rhythm and repetition are fundamental to a baby’s Residents Association last copy date for What’s On in August, September 3pm HGS U3A Topical Talk ‘Crossrail – Countdown to Operation’
speech and language development. Sharing rhythms and singing songs and October For insertion in the Summer edition of Suburb News. Details Richard Storer, at Alyth Synagogue. Book via hgsu3a.uk/events.
help babies to develop listening and concentration skills. Admission free. to David Littaur, 84 Wildwood Road NW11 6UJ. 020 8731 6755 or 7.45pm Proms at St Jude’s Kanneh-Mason Piano Trio Isata (piano),
07510 308 997, dvdlttr@gmail.com. Braimah (violin) and Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello).
EVERY FRIDAY 4 MAY - 27 JULY 3-5pm HGS Horticultural Society’s 286th Flower Show Grow Potatoes in
Fellowship House Club at Fellowship House. Enjoy an hour of classical a Bag competition and all the sights and scents of the country at the Free FRIDAY 29 JUNE
music on disc, followed by a friendly cup of tea. Admission for members £1. Church Hall, Northway, NW11 6PB. Home-made teas and raffle. 10am Proms at St Jude’s Heritage Walks: Notable Residents of the
Members free, non-members £2. Details: www.ngs.org.uk. Garden Suburb’s Southern Fringes Thomas Radice, Heath & Hampstead
SATURDAY 5 MAY Society Trustee, traces the homes of philanthropists, architects, artists,
10:30am Free Church Traidcraft Sale, Clothing Exchange and Coffee SUNDAY 17 JUNE musicians and other famous inhabitants. Meet outside Golders Hill Park
Morning at The Free Church. 2-6pm Horticultural Society member’s Garden Open in aid of the café (opens 9am) NW3 7HD. Ends at Free Church for lunchtime harp recital.
National Garden Scheme charities at 18 Park Crescent, N3 2NJ. £4.
SUNDAY 6 MAY (children free). Teas. Details www.ngs.org.uk. 12.45pm Proms at St Jude’s in the Free Church: Harp Recital by 1st
2:30pm ‘Nature and wildlife of Hampstead Heath’ A Heath & Hampstead prize winner, Camac Harp Competition, North London Festival of Music,
Society walk led by Lynda Cook and Melissa Fairbanks. Meet at Burgh Hse. MONDAY 18 JUNE Drama and Dance 2018.
Suggested min. donation £5. Info 07941 528034; hhs.walks@gmail.com. 5pm Borough Councillors’ Surgery at HGS Trust offices. Ask for advice 7.45pm Proms at St Jude’s Grace Davidson Soprano with The Academy
7.30pm Mill Hill Music Club presents Pražák String Quartet at The Hall, on local problems. of Ancient Music.
The Henrietta Barnett School, Central Square, NW11 7BN. Tickets £15, SATURDAY 30 JUNE
8959 1047, www.millhillmusicclub.co.uk. TUESDAY 19 JUNE
2:30pm ‘Astronomy: A Personal Perspective’ a Fellowship House talk by 12.45pm Proms at St Jude’s Beaten Track Percussion: Hands Up! Hear
TUESDAY 8 MAY Andrew Glendinning. percussion in ways you have not experienced before!
2:30pm ‘River Blindness & Other Fascinating Stuff’ a Fellowship House 6pm Proms at St Jude’s Pizza on the Square Before Simply Dylan and
talk by Aubry Waddy, clinical researcher and novelist. THURSDAY 21 JUNE our new Late Night Comedy show, join us for a delicious pizza supper.
2.30pm Thursday Fellowship social afternoon and talk to be confirmed 7.45 Proms at St Jude’s Simply Dylan John O’Connell and his Band. A
SATURDAY 12 MAY in Free Church Rooms. ‘tribute to Bob Dylan, not a Bob Dylan tribute.’
10:30am-12noon Horticultural Society Annual Plant Sale Fellowship House 10.15pm Proms at St Jude’s Late-Night Stand-Up Ed Night and Gráinne
136a Willifield Way. Discounted annual flowers and plants, perennials SATURDAY 23 JUNE Maguire open Proms’ first ever stand-up session in the refreshments marquee.
and vegetable and herb seedlings. Bring your own bags if possible. Cash To book any Proms at St Jude’s event: www.promsatstjudes.org.uk
or cheques; no credit cards. All welcome. Entry free. 8455 0455. 11am–12noon Proms at St Jude’s LitFest in The Henrietta Barnett School. SUNDAY 1 - TUESDAY 3 JULY
10.30am-12 noon Coffee Morning and Open House at Abbeyfield House, Lynne Truss, the acknowledged ‘tsar’ of correct punctuation. A Shot In Horticultural Society three-day tour of the gardens of Kent and Sussex
Homesfield, Erskine Hill, An opportunity to visit the House and meet the The Dark, published in June, is the first in a new series of crime novels. Trip will be offered to members of the Horticultural Society first. Non-
residents, staff and volunteers. Free. 12.45pm Proms at St Jude’s The Echo Ensemble conducted by Noah members contact Diane Berger, 8455 0455.
6pm Youth Music Centre Prizewinners Concert in the HGS Free Church, Max. Shostakovich and Mussorgsky and original composition by Noah Max.
Central Square, entry free. This is a concert which follows YMC’s concerto 2-3pm Proms at St Jude’s LitFest in The Henrietta Barnett School. John SUNDAY 1 JULY
prize competition. String and wind players of different age groups will be Tusa’s memoir Making A Noise is an honest account of battles won and 11am Proms at St Jude’s Heritage Walks: Modernist Hampstead City of
playing their winning concerto pieces with a full orchestra. lost.He talks to Sue MacGregor. London guide Marilyn Greene, leads this walk around the revolutionary
3.30-4.30pm Proms at St Jude’s LitFest in The Henrietta Barnett School. modernist homes of Hampstead. Meet at Hampstead Underground
SUNDAY 13 MAY Clemency Burton-Hill’s book, Year of Wonder, offers a playlist of classical [High Street entrance] NW3 1QG.
11am Free Church Junior Church Festival Service at The Free Church. music for every day of the year. In conversation with Hannah Beckerman. 2-6pm Horticultural Society: Two new local gardens to visit: 18
5-6pm Proms at St Jude’s LitFest in The Henrietta Barnett School. Robert Dorchester Gdns, NW11 6BN, £4 (children free) and 121 Erskine Hill
TUESDAY 15 MAY Peston’s new book, WTF: What Have We Done? seeks to find a solution NW11 6HU, £4 (children free). Details www.ngs.org.uk.
2:30pm ‘The Work of Psychoanalytic Child Psychotherapists in the NHS’ to the huge social divisions in our society. Interviewed by Simon Lewis. 2:30pm Spider Foray a Heath & Hampstead Society walk, led by Edward
a Fellowship House talk by Jenifer Wakelyn. 7.45pm Proms at St Jude’s Aurora Orchestra: an Evening of Mozart Milner. Meet at Burgh House. Suggested minimum donation £5 per
THURSDAY 17 MAY Nicholas Collon (conductor) with Cédric Tiberghien (piano). adult. Info 07941 528034; email hhs.walks@gmail.com.
2:30pm Thursday Fellowship social afternoon and ‘150 year anniversary of SUNDAY 24 JUNE 3pm Proms at St Jude’s Family Fun: Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals
(in the Free Church) John Aston Thomas conducts the PSJ Festival
Holborm Viaduct’ an illustrated talk by Lester Hillman in Free Church Rooms. 2-6pm Horticultural Society Member’s Garden Open in aid of the Orchestra, with a guest narrator.
National Garden Scheme charities at 74 Willifield Way, NW11 6YJ, £4
SUNDAY 20 MAY (children free). Teas. Details www.ngs.org.uk. 7.45pm Proms at St Jude’s Last Night of the Proms Robert Max conducts
10am Borough Councillors’ Surgery at HGS Trust offices. Ask for advice 3pm A. Graudina’s Violin Class Students’ Concert at the Free Church. £1, Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra with mezzo-soprano Grace Durham.
on local problems. children free, 07931 902923.
3:30pm Letchworth Garden City, sustainability & community a talk at 7pm Proms at St Jude’s Opera Night with Nevill Holt and the Royal TUESDAY 3 JULY
Fellowship House (see advert on front page). Northern Sinfonia playing Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) 2.30pm ‘Stirring The Emotions : Words and Music’ a Fellowship House
talk by Ruth Waterman violinist, conductor, speaker and educator.
TUESDAY 22 MAY Artistic Director Nicholas Chalmers. 8pm Residents Association Council Meeting at Fellowship House. Hear
2:30pm ‘Impressionists in London: French Exiles Abroad’ a Fellowship MONDAY 25 JUNE Suburb issues debated and raise your concerns at Question Time (8.05pm).
House talk by Lucrezia Walker. 10:30am Proms at St Jude’s Heritage Walks: Pioneers and Philanthropists FRIDAY 6 TO 14 JULY
including visit to the recently restored Toynbee Hall (subject to building
FRIDAY 25 MAY works). Meet at the Kindertransport Memorial, Hope Square, Liverpool 7.30pm (6-8 July & 11-14 July) 3pm (7, 8 & 14 July) Garden Suburb
1pm Free Church Piano Recital by Asagi Nakata at The Free Church. Street Station, EC2M 7GH. Theatre presents ‘Measure for Measure’ by William Shakespeare at Little
Lunch in support of Christian Aid served from 12.15pm. 12.45pm Proms at St Jude’s Piano Recital Asagi Nakata, prize-winning pianist. Oak Wood Open Air Theatre, Addison Way, Hampstead Garden Suburb,
2pm Proms at St Jude’s Heritage Walks: Lesser-known Suburb highlights NW11 6QS. £12, £10 concessions. To book 3582 1333, www.
TUESDAY 29 MAY David Davidson, HGS Trust’s architectural adviser, on a walk to cottages ticketsource.co.uk/gardensuburbtheatre.
2:30pm ‘The Challenge of Judging Literary Prizes’ a Fellowship House and houses by Herbert Welch and Michael Bunney. Meet St Jude’s car
talk by Dr A Niven OBE, an eminent figure in the world of literature. park NW11 7AH. SATURDAY 7 JULY
THURSDAY 31 MAY 7.45pm Proms at St Jude’s Charles Court Opera presents Gilbert and 10.30am Traidcraft Sale Clothing Exchange and Coffee morning in Free
Church.
Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore with piano accompaniment.
3pm HGS U3A Topical Talk “The Huguenots – Our First Immigrants Speaker:
Dr Kathy Chater at Alyth Synagogue. Booking via hgsu3a.uk/events. TUESDAY 26 JUNE TUESDAY 10 JULY
SATURDAY 2 JUNE 10.30am Proms at St Jude’s Proms Heritage Walks: Intrigue and Spies in 2:30pm ‘Hive of Bees’ a Fellowship House talk by Dr Pat Morgan.
Belsize Lester Hillman, urban planner, lecturer and accredited guide, will
10:30am Free Church Traidcraft Sale, Clothing Exchange and Coffee lead a walk and uncover spies – real or imagined. Meet at Waitrose Swiss TUESDAY 17 JULY
Morning at The Free Church. Cottage, Finchley Road NW3 6NN, near Finchley Road underground. 2:30pm ‘It’ll Be Alright On The Night’ a Fellowship House talk by Roger
SUNDAY 3 JUNE 10.30am (under 3 years) & 11.30am (3-5 years) Proms at St Jude’s Rose Experiences in the amateur theatre in HGS and beyond.
2-6pm HGS Horticultural Society member’s Garden Open in aid of the Teeny Prom led by Rachel Groves in the St Jude’s Church Rooms.
12.45pm Proms at St Jude’s Cello recital: Jamal Aliyev with Jâms THURSDAY 19 JULY
National Garden Scheme charities at 48 Erskine Hill, NW11 6HG, 2-6pm, Coleman (piano). 2:30pm Free Church Thursday Fellowship Summer Party Free Church Rooms.
£4 (children free). Teas, plants for sale, children’s quiz. (Also open by 2:30pm ‘An Armchair Cruise down the River Fleet’ a Fellowship House
arrangement from May-Sept 8455 6507.) Details: www.ngs.org.uk. SUNDAY 22 JULY
talk Speaker: Bosun Lester Hillman.
2:30pm Flora of the Heath a Heath & Hampstead Society walk, led by 19.45pm Proms at St Jude’s A Touch Of Cabaret Counterpoise with 10am Borough Councillors’ Surgery at HGS Trust offices. Ask for advice
David Bevan, Meet at Burgh House. Suggested minimum donation £5 Jacqui Dankworth, a jazz-influenced programme, including songs from on local problems.
per adult. Info 07941 528 034; email hhs.walks@gmail.com. the Great American Songbook and cabaret songs by Kurt Weill. 2-6pm Horticultural Society Member’s Prizewinning Garden Open in
aid of the National Garden Scheme at 86 Willifield Way NW11 6YJ. £4
TUESDAY 5 JUNE WEDNESDAY 27 JUNE (children free). Teas. Details www.ngs.org.uk.
2:30pm ‘My Ancestors The Pirates’ a Fellowship House talk by Jeremy Berkoff. 10.30am Proms at St Jude’s Heritage Walks: The trees of Golders Hill
THURSDAY 7 JUNE and West and Sandy Heaths Richard Payne, Hampstead Heath TUESDAY 24 JULY
HGS Horticultural Society Suburb in Bloom Competition 2018 closing date Conservation Supervisor, shares his knowledge and enthusiasm for the 2:30pm ‘Surrealism and Us’ a Fellowship House talk by Cedric & Rachel Day.
Heath. Walking shoes advisable. Meet Golders Hill Park café, NW3 7HD.
for entries Enter to win the best garden in Hampstead Garden Suburb. 12.45pm Proms at St Jude’s Choral Concert Imperial College Chamber THURSDAY 26 JULY
Prizes for the first three winners and the overall winner will be awarded Choir. Conductor William Glendinning. 3pm HGS U3A Topical Talk “The Thames Discovery Programme” Speaker:
the Millennium Cup at the AGM 2018. Judging on Thursday 21 June. 2pm Proms at St Jude’s Heritage Walks: The Suburb’s verdant spaces Helen Johnston, at Alyth Synagogue. Book via hgsu3a.uk/events.
Contact Caroline Broome carosgarden@virginmedia.com/8444 2329. Join Paul Capewell, the Trust’s Assistant Estate Manager, on a tour of
SATURDAY 9 JUNE some of the Suburb’s open spaces. Sturdy footwear is advised. Meet St FRIDAY 27 JULY
HGS Horticultural Society’s coach trip to Standon Open Gardens, Herts Jude’s car park, NW11 7AH. 1pm Free Church Music Recital by Makoto Nakata at The Free Church.
Lunch in support of Christian Aid served from 12.15pm.
Visit 15 open gardens. Try your hand at croquet. Lunches and teas
available. Live music. Plant Sale. Details,Diane Berger, 8455 0455. SUNDAY 29 JULY
SUNDAY 10 JUNE 2-6pm Horticultural Society Suburb News gardening correspondent
9am-5pm Youth Music Centre Assessment day for all string and wind and Horticultural Society members’ prizewinning garden open in aid of
players who would like to be part of a YMC orchestra. For information, the National Garden Scheme charities at 79 Church Lane N2 0TH. £4
phone Marina (administrator) 020 8450 9290. (children free). Teas, raffle. Details www.ngs.org.uk.

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