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A new weekly after-work early-evening chill out with sounds of soul, motown and 1960’s garage. Starting at 8pm and building into a very lively night after 10pm once the early weekend crowd come out!

10pm – 2am  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 Debbie Harry met Fab 5 Freddy; when UK indie ruled the world; and when pop music was good music

Swing Patrol – ”Swing Dancing in north London” Class starts at 3pm Boogaloo Bounce – Swing & Blues session: 3-7pm Starting with a taster lesson 3.00-3.45. 3.45-6.00 social dancing. Cost: £8. No partner or experience required. Lindy Hop, Charleston, Balboa, Blues… we teach the great swing dances of the 20s 30s and 40s for your dancing pleasure. No partner required, two left feet owners welcome, you just need to want to have a whole lot of fun. See you there! Sharing what we think are the most joyful and wonderful dances in the world… Lindy Hop, Blues, Charlestonand Balboa. Welcome to our north London team. See you on the dance floor soon!

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… Dancing till 2am. “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 Dancing till 2am!

Sunday roast lunches served all day 12 noon to 8pm 6pm New for 2015, a weekly slot of traditional Irish musicians playing the most uplifting intoxicating music known to man in the pub around a table every Sunday evening.    

Infamous monthly singer-songwriter night at north London’s finest boozer. Great atmosphere with up to a dozen performers each month! Zac Stephenson of Special Needs fame is here with a full supporting cast of wild and wonderful solo stars, there is always a legend in the house! Singers, songwriters, poets and journeymen take your places!

8pm Tribe opens with legendary Steve Diggle from The Buzzcocks, plus special guests Violet Class and Izzy. All joining in to launch this  new monthly music & creatives night. Expect film, poetry, music and a chance to be part of the TRIBE.

7.30pm Music, film & some questions on other things! London’s longest running music quiz returns on a new weekly Wednesday night slot… plus there is a full kitchen open so you can even have your dinner here before participating. We have a great new league and great prizes with your fantastic host Scott to take you through it… Please book tables by emailing the website.

A new weekly after-work early-evening chill out with sounds of soul, motown and 1960’s garage. Starting at 8pm and building into a very lively night after 10pm once the early weekend crowd come out!

Friends of Waterlow Park are organising a coach trip on Saturday 30 May to this famous garden and plant nursery near Colchester in Essex. Beth Chatto, now in her 90s, is one of the country’s foremost plantswomen. Highlights are the gravel garden, the fabulous display of herbaceous plants and shrubs, and water and woodland gardens. Come along to get ideas for your garden or just to enjoy seeing great garden design. Coach will depart Highgate at 9.00 and return by 17.30.

4pm Tara Minton plus Special Guests A Sunday Session from 4pm… loads of acts all day  and headlined by the greatest harp player in London – Tara Minton!

Sunday roast lunches served all day 12 noon to 8pm 6pm New for 2015, a weekly slot of traditional Irish musicians playing the most uplifting intoxicating music known to man in the pub around a table every Sunday evening.    

6pm Kav and crew give a master-class in dancing and rock ‘n’ roll, they give Highgate a proper old school 50’s style ‘Hop’! Freestyle Dance Session with DJ’s Suzy Q and Kav Kavanagh playing 50′s RnR & RnB and some Classic Rockabilly…If its 50′s and you dance to it, we’ll play it.  1st Monday of every Month. Come early, we are close to capacity and would hate to have to turn people away

Pietro Gatto will play a varied programme of Bach, Beethoven, Scriabin, Schumann and Chopin. He has been living in Highgate while studying in London and preparing for the Leeds piano competition which he will participate in later this year. Proceeds from the concert will go to support the Friends of Waterlow Park and Lauderdale House.

The only new writing night where casting, rehearsing, and performance takes place in the course of a single evening!

The last Stitchin’ Fiction at The Boogaloo before the summer break!

After a blinder of an evening last month, Team SF are back with a vengeance to seek out and provide a platform for London’s upcoming best and brightest!

We had a smorgasbord of talent at our last gathering – submission and audience numbers skyrocketing since our launch back in November.

Date: Tuesday 2nd June
Place: The Boogaloo, Highgate, N6 5AT

Entry: FREE! (Suggested Donation £2)

The event is scheduled to finish at approximately 9:30pm, but the bar is open until midnight for networking – come and watch the performances from 7:30pm, or come and socialise afterwards!

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Twitter: @StitchinFiction

If you would like to find out anything about the organisation, or get involved behind the scenes, please get in touch by email.

SUBMISSION INFO:

Submission Deadline: Registration forms must be completed and returned by midnight on MONDAY 25TH MAY

What are we looking for? Like-minded creatives who seek a platform for collaborative theatre-making opportunities. That’s it! Whether you’re fresh out of your thesis or seasoned with scripts, SF’s doors are open for all the apply.

stitchinfiction@gmail.com

Performers:
You bring the words to life. On the night, you will collaborate with your writer, and rehearse the piece for one hour before the public scratch performance.

Writers:
You provide the words for the performer, and collaborate as director on the night. All submissions MUST be sent through email. Submissions should be between three and ten minutes (maximum).

Stitchin’ Fiction is an equal opportunities organisation.
We welcome all ages, ethnicities, physicalities and accents. We strive to best match performers to our written submissions. The nature of SF means that any role could come up at any time – every event is completely different!

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7.30pm Music, film & some questions on other things! London’s longest running music quiz returns on a new weekly Wednesday night slot… plus there is a full kitchen open so you can even have your dinner here before participating. We have a great new league and great prizes with your fantastic host Scott to take you through it… Please book tables by emailing the website.

A new weekly after-work early-evening chill out with sounds of soul, motown and 1960’s garage. Starting at 8pm and building into a very lively night after 10pm once the early weekend crowd come out!

From the age of five, in her grandmother’s garden, Annie Bromham has loved Nature.  Excited by the blaze of colours in the beautiful flowers, she wanted them to belong to her.  At the same time Annie discovered she could draw and began to capture these flowers in art.  She learned how to discover and create new colours, and to this day colours still speak to her.

Annie finds colour everywhere: in the garden, the forest, on the high street, while the wonder of the rainbow fills her imagination with joy and pure delight.  When she paints or sculpts she uses her whole body, her mind and feelings – everything that she is, in order to “catch a glimpse of the emotion of a moment.”  (Willem de Kooning).

Highgate Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of Annie Bromham’s recent work, which honours the mystery of movement in Nature: “I watch Nature budding, day by day noting the growth, and feeling the stretching movement of the stems and petals as they grow towards the light”.

Nature does not stand still; it is always either becoming more, and flourishing; or else decreasing, and dying.  The whole of creation reproduces itself according to the seasons of the year.  No two flowers are identical; each is unique.  Everything is in a state of flux.

“Whenever I pick up my paint brush or chisel, I am filled with awe for the life already lived by the tree, or the canvas that will hold my colours as I create new life.”  Annie’s imaginative use of colour offers endless possibilities.  “It is only when I pick up my paint brush that I can honour that glimpse of mystery which is within me.  I want to hear, see and feel the life that is in me as I surrender to the creative moment.”  Each moment of seeing, listening, touching and tasting reveals the mystery of life.  With Henry Moore Annie also believes that “to be an artist is to believe in life.”

Open Tuesday-Friday 13:00-17:00; Saturday 11:00-16:00; Sunday 11:00-17:00.  Closed Monday.

Fri 1st Lost in the Supermarket 10pm – 2am A night for dancing! Hosted by the very glamorous Ms Ali Rose, it’s got soul, Elvis, RnB, Motown, Indie dreams and a little Bruce… All brought to you lovingly by the girl with the rosette!