The Kenwood summer concert series is back with ‘Live by the Lake’ and an incredible line up of stars bringing you the best in both popular and classical music.
From 23/08/13 to 01/09/13
The Royal Choral Society
The Kenwood summer concert series is back with ‘Live by the Lake’ and an incredible line up of stars bringing you the best in both popular and classical music.
From 23/08/13 to 01/09/13
Special Guest Laura Mvula
The Kenwood summer concert series is back with ‘Live by the Lake’ and an incredible line up of stars bringing you the best in both popular and classical music.
From 23/08/13 to 01/09/13
Live Orchestral soundtrack to this classic film
The Kenwood summer concert series is back with ‘Live by the Lake’ and an incredible line up of stars bringing you the best in both popular and classical music.
From 23/08/13 to 01/09/13
Starring Ana Maria Martinez
The Kenwood summer concert series is back with ‘Live by the Lake’ and an incredible line up of stars bringing you the best in both popular and classical music.
From 23/08/13 to 01/09/13
An Evening of Gershwin
The Kenwood summer concert series is back with ‘Live by the Lake’ and an incredible line up of stars bringing you the best in both popular and classical music.
From 23/08/13 to 01/09/13
Shanta Acharya, founder of Lauderdale’s Poetry in the House, is joined by Anthony Rudolf, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and Penelope Shuttle, widow of poet Peter Redgrove.
The readings include narrative about romance in the world of aviation during that glamorous but flawed decade, the 1930s. The contributors include a producer of independent touring live literature shows, a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and writer; and a poet whose work was shortlisted for the 2012 Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry.
Come along for a fascinating evening with John, a prize-winning poet/playwright; Jenny, an Oxford University tutor whose published works includes a pamphlet of poems in English and Arabic; Lakshmi, an award-winning translator of Tamil poetry, novels and short stories; Will a poet, essayist and literary translator, and John, who has published guides to literary giants such as Yeats, Ted Hughes, Hardy and Edwards Thomas.
Friends of Highgate Library present Poems by local poet Dinah Livingstone from her recent book The Vision Splendid.
Staff and Tenants at Hill Homes in Highgate are inviting you and your friends on Monday 26th January 2015
- at 4:30pm
A time for contemplation, with words and quiet time together. Speaker and attendees will include individuals and representatives from different faiths and non-religious community groups.
- at 5:00pm
Screening of Oscar winning documentary “The lady from No 6” – one of the most inspirational and uplifting stories about 109 year old Alice Herz Sommer, the world’s oldest pianist and Holocaust survivor
Everyone Welcome!
Organised in partnership with Highgate Synagogue, Highgate United Reformed Church & All Saints’ Church
A celebration of London life through the ages, with readings, riotous anecdotes and live music. Dickens, Emmeline Pankhurst, Pepys, Blake, Boswell, Ian Dury, Dostoevsky and Virginia Woolf are among those featured. The actors are Daniel Dresner and Kate Walsh, who is about to join Radio 4 as a continuity announcer; music is by Bow and Bellows (violin, vocals, horn, accordion).
Come share your poems at a welcoming open mic session
And take up the monthly poetry challenge set by members
£2 entry includes, tea, coffee, cake (sometimes) and biscuits
Join the Highgate Society Poetry Group on April Fools Day
Open Mic, 2 poems each plus a third if you have completed the Groups Challenge which this month is based on a Frank O’Hara Walk which basically translates as go for a walk and write a poem about it.
Tea, coffee, biscuits, occasionally cake and wine thrown in
Come join Dennis and the rest of our friendly group as we read our poetry to each other
Open Mic event. 2 poems each. 3 if you have responded to the Highgate Challenge which this month is;
write a poem focused on ‘Extinction’
Your £2 admission also covers tea, coffee and biscuits
Open mic and chat and that
Poets read 2 poems each unless they have earned a third by responding to the Highgate Challenge which this month is to write about ‘Water’.
Audience welcome
Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided
All monies raised go to the Highgate Society
Combining critical thinking and challenging debate with diverse music and vibrant culture, HowTheLightGetsIn September 2021 is back for its first physical festival in two years, taking place on the glorious grounds of Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath.
The world’s largest philosophy and music festival, the weekend will host over 200 events – bringing together internationally respected thinkers and a spectacular medley of musicians, performers and artists.
Hosted by the Institute of Art and Ideas, September’s theme is Dreams and Jeopardy – with headline speakers including Nobel prize winning physicist Roger Penrose, human rights activist Shami Chakrabarti, award winning journalist David Aaronovitch and economist and broadcaster Linda Yueh, with plenty more world leading thinkers to be added in the next few weeks.
Get your sturdy footwear ready for
10:30 – 12:30 on Saturday, 15 April
Rain or shine, together we’ll enhance our shared open Hillcrest spaces … no matter if litter picking isn’t your speed, join in at the E.T. Event Tent at the Hillcrest Commons cul-de-sac for freshly brewed coffee or tea & biscuits … or bring some of your own favourite Saturday morning treats to share.