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Apr
13
Mon
Bees & Beekeeping – Age UK Haringey’s guest speaker at Trees / Hill Homes @ Hill Homes/Trees,
Apr 13 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

We all love honey, don’t we? Well, on Monday 13th April 11am-1pm, you can join us and explore the lives of bees and secrets of beekeeping with our local enthusiast Brian Haddon. All welcome!

Caring Connections is a borough wide project by Age UK Haringey and it supports older people with long term health conditions to keep socially active. They meet here at Trees every Monday. If you would like to join them, speak to Kathy Wiltshire, Development Worker at Age UK Haringey, on a day or contact her atKathy.wiltshire@ageukharingey.org.uk , or on 020 8885 8353 / 020 8801 2444

Oct
3
Mon
Open Meeting re. Telephone Boxes @ Highgate Society
Oct 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Open Meeting on the future oftelephone boxes Monday 3rd October 7–8 pm at The Highgate Society, 10a South Grove N6.

A group within the Highgate Society has worked alongside BT to ensure our local phone boxes are looked after. There is increasing pressure for these boxes to be transferred to “local communities”. The meeting is to discuss how the Highgate Society and other local groups and businesses may wish to respond to this

All are welcome!

Sep
21
Fri
Highgate Gallery Talk: KYFFIN WILLIAMS @ Highgate Gallery
Sep 21 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Rian Evans, Guardian critic and author of Kyffin Williams: The Light and the Dark (2018), discusses the work of Sir Kyffin Williams KBE RA.

8pm (doors open 7.30pm)

Entry £5 on the door (cash or cheque only).

Brochures and books for sale.

Landscape and portrait painter, draughtsman, lecturer, cartoonist and raconteur, Sir Kyffin Williams KBE RA is one of the most famous figures in Welsh art.  He spent much of his adult life in Highgate.  This talk is part of the Kyffin 100 celebrations in conjunction with Highgate School Museum.  Kyffin was senior art master at Highgate School from 1944 to 1973, and he also taught evening classes at the HLSI in the very hall hosting this talk.

Jan
28
Tue
Bookbinding Taster with Embroidery @ Aladdin’s
Jan 28 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

 Tuesday 28th January, 2-4 pmJoin Community Crafternoons on Tuesday for our second bookbinding workshop. We will be using a single ‘signature’ technique. You will also embroider the cover with a personalised design.

If you have an image idea in mind please bring an A5 sized photocopy of this with you!

Crafternoons are FREE on purchase of any food or drink from Aladdin’s cafe. If you wish to have a meal, please arrive at 1pm. Adults of all ages are welcome and workshops are suitable for beginners. All materials and tools provided. Please bring your own to use if you wish.

Aladdin’s Vintage Furniture and Cafe,
1 Hazellville Road, N19 3LW.
Buses 41, 210 and 91 stop close by.
Parking nearby roads. Free after 2pm.

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Blog: Sujan Nandanwar

Bookbinding illustration above courtesy of http://amyrobison.studio/book-binding-tutorial/.