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Respond to the Group’s challenge to write a poem about a grandparent.

Contribute to the open mic event that follows.

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We are now taking bookings for the Spring 2019 term of Portraiture & Figure Drawing!

Working from a live model, this class is aimed at artists of all levels, including beginners and advanced students, who wish to expand their skills in portraiture and figure drawing. Taught by our experienced art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this course looks at anatomy and spends some time focusing on drawing a single pose.

Materials will be provided.

The cost for the entire term is £225 (concessions £205).

The class is suitable for beginners and is friendly and inclusive. Style is Hatha yoga with various influences – gentle, but still delivering strength and flexibility.   Come and try a class to enhance your sense of wellbeing, release stress and tension and to experience deep relaxation. Mats provided, free parking (for now, but check signs!) no need to book – just turn up. The class is in the beautiful church – it’s set back a bit and has big blue doors. The class is mixed level/mixed ability/mixed age. I am a registered BWY teacher and fully insured. For more info about me/my yoga, have a look at my website 

Kirsty is a qualified Iyengar Yoga teacher. Children’s Yoga classes offered in a lovely light, bright and warm space. With seating for parents and a reception area. Children are encouraged to learn new skills in balance, posture, flexibility and visual ‘freejamyoga’ cards allows them to explore this classical form of Yoga. Meditation and breathing exercises are integrated into each class. Classes are fun and local inside this well established village space.

Trying to find out what it means to be out of the loop, Circomedia’s third-year BA students blend daring contemporary circus with highly skilled physical theatre in a playful, energetic show that’ll knock your socks off. Showcasing acrobatics, aerial circus, juggling, comedy and a few near misses, twelve performers take you on an exploration of connection and disconnection. Circomedia is the longest-running provider of full-time circus-based education in the UK.

Age guidance: 12+

Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.

Wednesdays and Fridays 10.15-11.15am.

Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.

Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.

NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!  

£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings

For more information –  www.rucksackmusic.co.uk

At Lauderdale House, we are now taking bookings for the Spring 2019 term of Introductory Art – Still Life.

This weekly class offers both beginners and developing students the chance to explore their creative potential in drawing, focusing mainly on Still Life. During the term the class will explore essential drawing techniques – observation, perspective, negative spaces, mark-making and composition.

The cost for the entire term is £225.

Concession tickets for senior citizens (60+), students, people who are registered as unemployed, disabled people, and carers: £205

Introductory Art – Still Life takes place on Wednesdays from 10.30am to 1pm
The Spring Term runs from Wednesday 16 January until Wednesday 10 April
Half term: Wednesday 20 February

We are now taking bookings for the Spring 2019 term of Still Life – Introductory Art.

This weekly class offers both beginners and developing students the chance to explore their creative potential in drawing, focusing mainly on Still Life. During the term the class will explore essential drawing techniques – observation, perspective, negative spaces, mark-making and composition.

Taught by art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this is a general art course suitable for anyone looking to expand and practice their skill set. An informal, friendly and loosely structured class, Introductory Art allows participants to explore the areas and techniques that they find most useful.

The cost for the entire term is £225 (concessions £205).

We are now taking bookings for the spring term of our Painting with Watercolours and Acrylics art course.

This class is the perfect opportunity to learn the basics of two wonderful paint mediums; how to mix, blend and layer watercolour and how to apply acrylic. Explore how to make dynamic compositions that produce interesting paintings using still Life, photographs and sketches as inspiration.

On warm days in the Spring and Summer, this class is sometimes taught outside, taking advantage of the stunning scenery of Waterlow Park.

Our art tutor, Sharon Finmark, lives in North London and studied at Central St. Martins School of Art.  She has had several books published on painting and drawing.

The cost for the entire term is £225 (concessions £205).

Yoga @ Jackson’s Lane Wednesdays 7-8pm (1)

Présentation du professeur Jean-Marc Dewaele, University of London

Weekly drop-in Hatha yoga classes suitable for all levels, beginners welcome. Come and practice some lovely postures in a safe environment that will leave you feeling uplifted and refreshed. I am certified by the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) and classes include a mixture of pranayama, postures and relaxation with focus on correct alignment. The steady flow of postures will improve your strength and flexibility. Mats, blocks and bricks provided or you are welcome to bring your own.

*Email me to book your place and receive your first class FREE*

Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.

Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.

Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.

Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.

NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!  

£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings

For more information –  www.rucksackmusic.co.uk

     Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution members will display their work at the ninth Members’ Art Exhibition at Highgate Gallery from 8^th to 21^st February 2019.

Previous exhibitions, starting in 1996, have been indicative of Highgate’s vibrant artistic life.  Artists have shown oils, acrylics, watercolours and pastels as well as prints and drawings.  In addition, photographs, wall hangings and embroideries have featured and we anticipate that the same high standard of work will be submitted for the forthcoming exhibition which will again demonstrate the many and varied talents of our members.

Throughout the exhibition, one of the artists will be on hand to welcome visitors to Highgate Gallery and will be pleased to discuss the pieces on view.  All works will be offered for sale.

The HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition is held every three years and is greatly anticipated by the artists and visitors to the Gallery.  The show is open to all HLSI members – talented amateurs and professionals alike – to submit pieces.

The final choice of works for display is decided by a selection panel.  The panel includes Rose Aidin, Chief Executive of Art History Link Up which facilitates the teaching of Art History on Saturdays at the Wallace Collection and the National Gallery, and Theresa Pateman, artist-printmaker, tutor at Hampstead School of Art and member of Southbank Printmakers Gallery, Printmakers Council, and Printmakers Inc.

Exhibition continues until 21 February.  Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.

Our February children’s show is The Sea Show; a quirky and hilarious mix of puppet show, natural history and comedy cabaret created by actor, musician and puppeteer Craig Johnson.

Meet crazy characters like Morwenna the ‘beautiful’ mermaid, Ruan the reformed seagull and salty seadog Captain Pemburthy, as well as a cast of mischievous sea-squirts, anemones, limpets, crabs and pilchards. Come and celebrate the sea with tall tales, silly slapstick, fantastic facts, live music and songs – unmissable fun for children and adults of all ages!

The Sea Show will take place at 10.30am on Saturday 9 February. Performances last approximately 45 minutes and are suitable for children aged 3+ and their families.

Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution members will display their work at the ninth Members’ Art Exhibition at Highgate Gallery from 8^th to 21^st February 2019.

Previous exhibitions, starting in 1996, have been indicative of Highgate’s vibrant artistic life.  Artists have shown oils, acrylics, watercolours and pastels as well as prints and drawings.  In addition, photographs, wall hangings and embroideries have featured and we anticipate that the same high standard of work will be submitted for the forthcoming exhibition which will again demonstrate the many and varied talents of our members.

Throughout the exhibition, one of the artists will be on hand to welcome visitors to Highgate Gallery and will be pleased to discuss the pieces on view.  All works will be offered for sale.

The HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition is held every three years and is greatly anticipated by the artists and visitors to the Gallery.  The show is open to all HLSI members – talented amateurs and professionals alike – to submit pieces.

The final choice of works for display is decided by a selection panel.  The panel includes Rose Aidin, Chief Executive of Art History Link Up which facilitates the teaching of Art History on Saturdays at the Wallace Collection and the National Gallery, and Theresa Pateman, artist-printmaker, tutor at Hampstead School of Art and member of Southbank Printmakers Gallery, Printmakers Council, and Printmakers Inc.

Exhibition continues until 21 February.  Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.

 Bramleys; watercolour (R Craven)

A talk by Jeff Duckett on the biology of Local Trees. Those of you who have been on one of our walks will know that Jeff not only knows about our trees, but gives a fascinating insight on all the mosses lichens and other life forms that live off them.

Everyone welcome

Meera Maharaj (flute) and Dominic Degavino (piano) present a recital of music by Vitali, Karg-Elert, Scott and Jongen as part of St Michael’s Saturdays at Six concert series. Refreshments are available. Entry by donation.

Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution members will display their work at the ninth Members’ Art Exhibition at Highgate Gallery from 8^th to 21^st February 2019.

Previous exhibitions, starting in 1996, have been indicative of Highgate’s vibrant artistic life.  Artists have shown oils, acrylics, watercolours and pastels as well as prints and drawings.  In addition, photographs, wall hangings and embroideries have featured and we anticipate that the same high standard of work will be submitted for the forthcoming exhibition which will again demonstrate the many and varied talents of our members.

Throughout the exhibition, one of the artists will be on hand to welcome visitors to Highgate Gallery and will be pleased to discuss the pieces on view.  All works will be offered for sale.

The HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition is held every three years and is greatly anticipated by the artists and visitors to the Gallery.  The show is open to all HLSI members – talented amateurs and professionals alike – to submit pieces.

The final choice of works for display is decided by a selection panel.  The panel includes Rose Aidin, Chief Executive of Art History Link Up which facilitates the teaching of Art History on Saturdays at the Wallace Collection and the National Gallery, and Theresa Pateman, artist-printmaker, tutor at Hampstead School of Art and member of Southbank Printmakers Gallery, Printmakers Council, and Printmakers Inc.

Exhibition continues until 21 February.  Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.

Sun 10 Feb, 12pm & 3pm

When Doris and Delilah find something strange and sparkly has fallen from the sky, they’re inspired to put on the world’s greatest magic show. Along the way they encounter a band of musical frogs, an artistic spider and a sassy glow-worm who all help to create their dream in this spectacular, musical and magical story about friendship, brought to you by the makers of Pat-a-Cake Baby and Penguin.

Duration: 45m

Age guidance: 3–9

We are now taking bookings for the Spring 2019 term of Portraiture & Figure Drawing!

Working from a live model, this class is aimed at artists of all levels, including beginners and advanced students, who wish to expand their skills in portraiture and figure drawing. Taught by our experienced art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this course looks at anatomy and spends some time focusing on drawing a single pose.

Materials will be provided.

The cost for the entire term is £225 (concessions £205).

The class is suitable for beginners and is friendly and inclusive. Style is Hatha yoga with various influences – gentle, but still delivering strength and flexibility.   Come and try a class to enhance your sense of wellbeing, release stress and tension and to experience deep relaxation. Mats provided, free parking (for now, but check signs!) no need to book – just turn up. The class is in the beautiful church – it’s set back a bit and has big blue doors. The class is mixed level/mixed ability/mixed age. I am a registered BWY teacher and fully insured. For more info about me/my yoga, have a look at my website 

Kirsty is a qualified Iyengar Yoga teacher. Children’s Yoga classes offered in a lovely light, bright and warm space. With seating for parents and a reception area. Children are encouraged to learn new skills in balance, posture, flexibility and visual ‘freejamyoga’ cards allows them to explore this classical form of Yoga. Meditation and breathing exercises are integrated into each class. Classes are fun and local inside this well established village space.

Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.

Wednesdays and Fridays 10.15-11.15am.

Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.

Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.

NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!  

£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings

For more information –  www.rucksackmusic.co.uk

At Lauderdale House, we are now taking bookings for the Spring 2019 term of Introductory Art – Still Life.

This weekly class offers both beginners and developing students the chance to explore their creative potential in drawing, focusing mainly on Still Life. During the term the class will explore essential drawing techniques – observation, perspective, negative spaces, mark-making and composition.

The cost for the entire term is £225.

Concession tickets for senior citizens (60+), students, people who are registered as unemployed, disabled people, and carers: £205

Introductory Art – Still Life takes place on Wednesdays from 10.30am to 1pm
The Spring Term runs from Wednesday 16 January until Wednesday 10 April
Half term: Wednesday 20 February

We are now taking bookings for the Spring 2019 term of Still Life – Introductory Art.

This weekly class offers both beginners and developing students the chance to explore their creative potential in drawing, focusing mainly on Still Life. During the term the class will explore essential drawing techniques – observation, perspective, negative spaces, mark-making and composition.

Taught by art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this is a general art course suitable for anyone looking to expand and practice their skill set. An informal, friendly and loosely structured class, Introductory Art allows participants to explore the areas and techniques that they find most useful.

The cost for the entire term is £225 (concessions £205).

We are now taking bookings for the spring term of our Painting with Watercolours and Acrylics art course.

This class is the perfect opportunity to learn the basics of two wonderful paint mediums; how to mix, blend and layer watercolour and how to apply acrylic. Explore how to make dynamic compositions that produce interesting paintings using still Life, photographs and sketches as inspiration.

On warm days in the Spring and Summer, this class is sometimes taught outside, taking advantage of the stunning scenery of Waterlow Park.

Our art tutor, Sharon Finmark, lives in North London and studied at Central St. Martins School of Art.  She has had several books published on painting and drawing.

The cost for the entire term is £225 (concessions £205).

Yoga @ Jackson’s Lane Wednesdays 7-8pm (1)

Driven by the desire for a brighter future, three desperate people unwittingly take the biggest gamble of their lives. Inspired by true accounts of modern slavery, and told through a dynamic fusion of dance, theatre, aerial acrobatics, music and projection, Justice in Motion’s Bound presents a compelling and thought-provoking tale of dreams and broken promises – of hope, optimism and resilience in the face of harrowing circumstances. How far would you go for a better life?

Duration: 1h 15m

Age guidance: 14+

Weekly drop-in Hatha yoga classes suitable for all levels, beginners welcome. Come and practice some lovely postures in a safe environment that will leave you feeling uplifted and refreshed. I am certified by the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) and classes include a mixture of pranayama, postures and relaxation with focus on correct alignment. The steady flow of postures will improve your strength and flexibility. Mats, blocks and bricks provided or you are welcome to bring your own.

*Email me to book your place and receive your first class FREE*

Rucksack music at Jacksons Lane.

Fridays and Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am.

Come and enjoy a relaxed, interactive guided musical session for children & their adults (parents/carers). Expect nursery rhymes, popular songs & movement, with small percussion instruments to play and live guitar accompaniment. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling, just having a good time. Learning through enjoyment. Classes are 1 hour with a break. Tutor is jazz musician Faye Patton.

Suitable for children 0 – 4 years old.

NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST DROP IN!  

£5.00 per child/£3.50 siblings

For more information –  www.rucksackmusic.co.uk

After searching high and low, the Night of Serious Circus presents brave artists that use their bodies to tell vital and radical stories in an evening of thoughtful, thrilling and troubling edification, forming part of the Serious Circus Symposium. Expect harsh words, extreme bodies, political views and unstinting honesty in the face of global mayhem. Stepping up to the line are aerialists, clowns, a couple of movers and more than a few shakers. Let’s start this flippin’ conversation.

Duration: 1h 20m

Age guidance: 12+

Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution members will display their work at the ninth Members’ Art Exhibition at Highgate Gallery from 8^th to 21^st February 2019.

Previous exhibitions, starting in 1996, have been indicative of Highgate’s vibrant artistic life.  Artists have shown oils, acrylics, watercolours and pastels as well as prints and drawings.  In addition, photographs, wall hangings and embroideries have featured and we anticipate that the same high standard of work will be submitted for the forthcoming exhibition which will again demonstrate the many and varied talents of our members.

Throughout the exhibition, one of the artists will be on hand to welcome visitors to Highgate Gallery and will be pleased to discuss the pieces on view.  All works will be offered for sale.

The HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition is held every three years and is greatly anticipated by the artists and visitors to the Gallery.  The show is open to all HLSI members – talented amateurs and professionals alike – to submit pieces.

The final choice of works for display is decided by a selection panel.  The panel includes Rose Aidin, Chief Executive of Art History Link Up which facilitates the teaching of Art History on Saturdays at the Wallace Collection and the National Gallery, and Theresa Pateman, artist-printmaker, tutor at Hampstead School of Art and member of Southbank Printmakers Gallery, Printmakers Council, and Printmakers Inc.

Exhibition continues until 21 February.  Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.

 Bramleys; watercolour (R Craven)

Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution members will display their work at the ninth Members’ Art Exhibition at Highgate Gallery from 8^th to 21^st February 2019.

Previous exhibitions, starting in 1996, have been indicative of Highgate’s vibrant artistic life.  Artists have shown oils, acrylics, watercolours and pastels as well as prints and drawings.  In addition, photographs, wall hangings and embroideries have featured and we anticipate that the same high standard of work will be submitted for the forthcoming exhibition which will again demonstrate the many and varied talents of our members.

Throughout the exhibition, one of the artists will be on hand to welcome visitors to Highgate Gallery and will be pleased to discuss the pieces on view.  All works will be offered for sale.

The HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition is held every three years and is greatly anticipated by the artists and visitors to the Gallery.  The show is open to all HLSI members – talented amateurs and professionals alike – to submit pieces.

The final choice of works for display is decided by a selection panel.  The panel includes Rose Aidin, Chief Executive of Art History Link Up which facilitates the teaching of Art History on Saturdays at the Wallace Collection and the National Gallery, and Theresa Pateman, artist-printmaker, tutor at Hampstead School of Art and member of Southbank Printmakers Gallery, Printmakers Council, and Printmakers Inc.

Exhibition continues until 21 February.  Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.

Part-Iranian, part-Welsh, part-who cares, part-everybody cares: Home Sweet Home is the story of a Londoner who just doesn’t fit in. Or, at least, that’s how he feels. Using acrobatic physicality, juggling and stand-up, this one-man exploration of belonging takes in and reimagines the BNP in the ’80s, broken eggs, class struggles, water fights, Brexit, biting and juggling in the rain.

Duration: 1h

Age guidance: 14+

We are now taking bookings for the Spring 2019 term of Portraiture & Figure Drawing!

Working from a live model, this class is aimed at artists of all levels, including beginners and advanced students, who wish to expand their skills in portraiture and figure drawing. Taught by our experienced art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this course looks at anatomy and spends some time focusing on drawing a single pose.

Materials will be provided.

The cost for the entire term is £225 (concessions £205).

The class is suitable for beginners and is friendly and inclusive. Style is Hatha yoga with various influences – gentle, but still delivering strength and flexibility.   Come and try a class to enhance your sense of wellbeing, release stress and tension and to experience deep relaxation. Mats provided, free parking (for now, but check signs!) no need to book – just turn up. The class is in the beautiful church – it’s set back a bit and has big blue doors. The class is mixed level/mixed ability/mixed age. I am a registered BWY teacher and fully insured. For more info about me/my yoga, have a look at my website 

Kirsty is a qualified Iyengar Yoga teacher. Children’s Yoga classes offered in a lovely light, bright and warm space. With seating for parents and a reception area. Children are encouraged to learn new skills in balance, posture, flexibility and visual ‘freejamyoga’ cards allows them to explore this classical form of Yoga. Meditation and breathing exercises are integrated into each class. Classes are fun and local inside this well established village space.