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with Steve Lodev (keyboards), Steve Waterman & Martin Shaw (tpts,), Mark Nightingale & Barnaby Dickinson (tmbs)

Ben Crosland, acoustic and electric bass player, is based in Yorkshire and assembled this premier-league brass section to realise a commission from the 2011 Marsden Jazz Festival, inspired by the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, An Open Place. The compositions are inspired by specific pieces, such as Henry Moore’s Reclining Figures, and Barbara Hepworth’s Family of Man, the whole composition is suffused with the gentle, pastoral quality of the Park. A project like this would be easy meat for a classical brass group, but here the fascination is how some of the most technically-brilliant brassmen of the jazz world preserve the excitement of jazz, spontaneity and creativity without ‘raising the roof’, which in other circumstances they could easily do.

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The heart of Highgate Village will be transformed into a snow white Winter Wonderland. Come and meet Father Christmas and his 4 reindeer, the Three Wise Men (with their camel!) and Christmas Fairies on stilts.

Christmas lights switch on by TV personality Alex Zane at 6.15pm

Enjoy mince pies and cupcakes from High Tea of Highgate and free hot chocolate and pastries from Le Pain Quotidien. Slip into the Angel Inn for a glass of mulled wine and live music from the Rogues Gallery band. Hot chestnuts will be on sale.

(An event organised by The Highgate Village Business Association)

Kat Williams, author, historian and television presenter.

Doll by Doll were a London based rock band formed by Jackie Leven in 1975. They came to prominence during the New-Wave period but have not done a live show for years until tonight! Tonight is dedicated to the late great Jackie Leven. This is going to be another legendary show, it’s a walk up…

Luzaville EP Party Doors 7.30pm After the amazing support we have received from the release of our first E.P “Luzaville” we are finally getting round to having a party to celebrate. Luzaville on itunes – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/luzaville-ep/id499604684 Join us at the legendary Boogaloo for a night of big tunes

Sarah Churchwell, writer, broadcaster, Professor of American Literature at the University of East Anglia.

How can energy efficiency measures such as high-performance windows and wall insulation, or installation of solar panels, be integrated successfully in historic buildings and conservation areas? Main speaker: Claire Craig, English Heritage (co-hosted by the Highgate Society sustainable homes group’s “21st Century Homes” initiative and HS Planning Group.

Every Thursday the Friends of Waterlow Park (FOWP) in Highgate organise a volunteer session to restore and maintain places in the park that fall outside of the Camden maintenance contract.  Amongst them are Sensory Border, the Lauderdale Terraces, the floral sundial, and the rose border.  Everyone is welcome to take part.  You don’t need gardening experience, tools or even gloves as these are all provided.  We meet every Thursday at 10am at the Lauderdale Cafe and finish at about 1pm.  It’s a great way of keeping fit and getting some fresh air and exercise while enjoying being around other people.  We will finish for the year on the 20th December and reconvene in March.  For further details go to the  FOWP website:  www.waterlowpark.org.uk or contact Patricia Walby, patriciawalby@gmail.com, Tel:  07710 312105.

Six milliion people own a timeshare. One of them is Macbeth

A bevy of burlesque and cabaret bad girls don their blue stockings to take over Jacksons Lane with an irreverent blend of humour and sass.

The Blue Stocking Society is a modern-day Women’s Institue for showgirls with personality, who like their satire with lashings of sauce and their striptease spiced with razor-sharp wit. Inspired by the 18th century literary society of the same name, the 21st Century Bluestockings have been hosting their boisterous evenings of cabaret and burlesque for the last two years, to great acclaim.

“A highly entertaining night…extremely funny.” One Stop Arts

The annual christmas fair with a huge range of stalls and activities for all the family. Don’t miss Santa’s grotto!

London based designer Nick Fraser has curated a pop up shop with a fantastic group of UK designers and makers, offering a unique Christmas shopping experience at the North and South Gallery, 82 Highgate High Street.

As well as Nicks own range, there will be a wide range of great gifts including screen printed products from Crispin Finn, woven blankets from Eleanor Pritchard, hand crafted furniture from Benjamin Boyce, products with a smile from All Lovely Stuff, ceramic tableware from Emma Lacey and much much more. Well worth a visit.

Join them for a warm cup of mulled wine on the late night shopping events 5.30 – 8.30pm.

via http://www.meetup.com/Positive-Money/events/86204832/

At the heart of the social harms being caused by our current economic crisis is a crucial but little known aspect of our monetary system. Legislation 160 years old allows private banks to determine not only the amount of money circulating in our economy but also where it goes. This antique privilege and its modern consequences are the subject of a public meeting hold in Muswell Hill on December 5th.

You are invited to a Screening of new documentary “97% Owned” new documentary that exposes how our privatised, debt-based monetary system grants banks the power to create money.

Featuring frank interviews and commentary from economists, campaigners and former bankers, 97% Owned shows in just 60 minutes how this privilege allows banks to shape the economy, cause crises and push house prices out of reach. Successive governments and the Bank of England have failed to tackle what amounts to a privatisation of the money supply, economists have missed its significance and the subject is largely ignored by economic pundits in the mainstream media.

Produced by Queuepolitely and featuring Ben Dyson of Positive Money, Josh Ryan-Collins of The New Economics Foundation, Ann Pettifor of PRIME,  Paul Moore the “HBOS Whistleblower”, Simon Dixon of Bank to the Future and Nick Dearden from the Jubliee Debt Campaign, this is the first documentary to tackle this issue from a UK-perspective.

Now radical change to the monetary system is in the air; just what it is and how we can hasten it will be covered in the presentation and discussion following the film.

So if you care about social justice and economic stability, let alone unaffordable house prices, do come and bring friends.

It’s free but donations to cover costs will be welcome on the day.

If you know others who share your concerns do please spread the word and forward this email. Promoted byPositiveMoney an independent, non-party research and campaign organisation aiming to raise public awareness of the UK’s monetary system. For more information: www.positivemoney.org.uk

Every Thursday the Friends of Waterlow Park (FOWP) in Highgate organise a volunteer session to restore and maintain places in the park that fall outside of the Camden maintenance contract.  Amongst them are Sensory Border, the Lauderdale Terraces, the floral sundial, and the rose border.  Everyone is welcome to take part.  You don’t need gardening experience, tools or even gloves as these are all provided.  We meet every Thursday at 10am at the Lauderdale Cafe and finish at about 1pm.  It’s a great way of keeping fit and getting some fresh air and exercise while enjoying being around other people.  We will finish for the year on the 20th December and reconvene in March.  For further details go to the  FOWP website:  www.waterlowpark.org.uk or contact Patricia Walby, patriciawalby@gmail.com, Tel:  07710 312105.

London based designer Nick Fraser has curated a pop up shop with a fantastic group of UK designers and makers, offering a unique Christmas shopping experience at the North and South Gallery, 82 Highgate High Street.

As well as Nicks own range, there will be a wide range of great gifts including screen printed products from Crispin Finn, woven blankets from Eleanor Pritchard, hand crafted furniture from Benjamin Boyce, products with a smile from All Lovely Stuff, ceramic tableware from Emma Lacey and much much more. Well worth a visit.

Join them for a warm cup of mulled wine on the late night shopping events 5.30 – 8.30pm.

Festive fun for all the family at HLSI’s Christmas Bazaar, with refreshments, children’s activities, crafts and gifts for sale and visiting reindeer!

London based designer Nick Fraser has curated a pop up shop with a fantastic group of UK designers and makers, offering a unique Christmas shopping experience at the North and South Gallery, 82 Highgate High Street.

As well as Nicks own range, there will be a wide range of great gifts including screen printed products from Crispin Finn, woven blankets from Eleanor Pritchard, hand crafted furniture from Benjamin Boyce, products with a smile from All Lovely Stuff, ceramic tableware from Emma Lacey and much much more. Well worth a visit.

Join them for a warm cup of mulled wine on the late night shopping events 5.30 – 8.30pm.

Michael White, music critic, author and film maker. Atkins memorial lecture

London based designer Nick Fraser has curated a pop up shop with a fantastic group of UK designers and makers, offering a unique Christmas shopping experience at the North and South Gallery, 82 Highgate High Street.

As well as Nicks own range, there will be a wide range of great gifts including screen printed products from Crispin Finn, woven blankets from Eleanor Pritchard, hand crafted furniture from Benjamin Boyce, products with a smile from All Lovely Stuff, ceramic tableware from Emma Lacey and much much more. Well worth a visit.

Join them for a warm cup of mulled wine on the late night shopping events 5.30 – 8.30pm.

Every Thursday the Friends of Waterlow Park (FOWP) in Highgate organise a volunteer session to restore and maintain places in the park that fall outside of the Camden maintenance contract.  Amongst them are Sensory Border, the Lauderdale Terraces, the floral sundial, and the rose border.  Everyone is welcome to take part.  You don’t need gardening experience, tools or even gloves as these are all provided.  We meet every Thursday at 10am at the Lauderdale Cafe and finish at about 1pm.  It’s a great way of keeping fit and getting some fresh air and exercise while enjoying being around other people.  We will finish for the year on the 20th December and reconvene in March.  For further details go to the  FOWP website:  www.waterlowpark.org.uk or contact Patricia Walby, patriciawalby@gmail.com, Tel:  07710 312105.

HLSI’s famous Antiques & Craft Fair, with something for everyone

Snowy Surprises

10.30am to 12.30pm

Ages 7 to 10

£6.50

Make your own moving Christmas cards, snowman decorations and jingle bell baubles to decorate your home this winter or to give as gifts to family and friends. Advance booking advisable (limited numbers).

Christmas Creations

Sat 15 Dec

2.30 to 4.30pm

Ages 4 to 7

£6.50

Design unique baubles, deck the halls with penguin paper chains and create a cheeky elf mask to wear this winter. Bring a parent/carer to help you. Advance booking advisable (limited numbers).

London based designer Nick Fraser has curated a pop up shop with a fantastic group of UK designers and makers, offering a unique Christmas shopping experience at the North and South Gallery, 82 Highgate High Street.

As well as Nicks own range, there will be a wide range of great gifts including screen printed products from Crispin Finn, woven blankets from Eleanor Pritchard, hand crafted furniture from Benjamin Boyce, products with a smile from All Lovely Stuff, ceramic tableware from Emma Lacey and much much more. Well worth a visit.

Join them for a warm cup of mulled wine on the late night shopping events 5.30 – 8.30pm.

London based designer Nick Fraser has curated a pop up shop with a fantastic group of UK designers and makers, offering a unique Christmas shopping experience at the North and South Gallery, 82 Highgate High Street.

As well as Nicks own range, there will be a wide range of great gifts including screen printed products from Crispin Finn, woven blankets from Eleanor Pritchard, hand crafted furniture from Benjamin Boyce, products with a smile from All Lovely Stuff, ceramic tableware from Emma Lacey and much much more. Well worth a visit.

Join them for a warm cup of mulled wine on the late night shopping events 5.30 – 8.30pm.

Tue 18 Dec
3 to 5pm

Ages 3 to 8
£6.50

A family afternoon to get you into the swing of Christmas and leave you with a delightful decoration. Then, bring your lantern along to the Lower Gallery for carol singing and Christmas songs. Bring a parent/carer to help you…plus an empty jam jar! DROP IN at any time up till 4.30pm (no advance booking).

Tue 18 Dec
5pm to 6 p.m.

FREE

Join us to celebrate the festive season in style in the atmospheric Lower Gallery! Song sheets are provided, but bring your own lanterns to add to the magic!

For more information see Jacksons Lane website

noun. the northern section of an urban area
adj. high-class, of quality, distinction and note

UpTown brings a blend of high quality music for dancing to North London’s favourite juke box bar. With an eye to the dancefloor and an ear to some of the finest music produced over the last several decades, Djs Trailer Trish and Johnny Klash set the perfect tone for a Friday night out.

UpTown brings you back to when kids in the North of England spun the night away to the sounds of Detroit and Philly; when Motown ruled the charts; when rock and roll meant ‘rock and roll’; when the sounds of the American South met the big city clubs and everyone was ‘doin the popcorn’; when Studio 54 bumped to brave new beats; when Debby Harry met Fab 5 Freddy; when UK indie ruled the world; and when pop music was good music.

Catch Uptown every 3^rd Friday of the month!

Clay Oven Pizza Company pop up pizza trailer is on site tonight from 6pm.

Stalls, stalls and more stalls… Leather, Suede, Silk and Cashmere… it’s all here!

Get in early to grab a bargain; vintage clothes, vintage music and beer and wine to ease away a Saturday afternoon…

Alongside our Christmas show The Elves and The Shoemaker, we would like to invite you to create your own puppet friend at our family workshop!  Using found objects, be inspired by the show to explore a world of puppets and create your own performance.

This is a fun, interactive workshop for families with children aged 6+.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

For more information see Jacksons Lane website

Your favourite vintage sounds guaranteed to get you clapping and shouting. This is a raucous night of rock ‘n’ roll and soul.  All your old favourites spun on crackly 45′s. Red was featured in Timeout Special as one of the top alternative DJs in London … come see for yourself! Think polka dots, braces, high trousers and mini-skirts…

“The joy of this night is that Miss Red balances both rare and known vintage records perfectly, which means there is never a lull in the evening, never have we been to a night before where the dance floor is packed from start to finish” HOXTON RADIO

A laid back day of easy tunes, hot toddies, mulled wine, an open fire and Christmas songs!

Clay Oven Pizza Company pop up pizza trailer is on site today from 4pm.

For more information see Jacksons Lane website