8pm
An 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!
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!
Bring your bear along to meet Hugless Douglas, lovable creation of children’s book writer and illustrator David Melling, at this year’s Children’s Book Fair on Saturday 5th March at HLSI .
There will be secondhand books and home-made cakes and biscuits for sale, children’s activities, face-painting, and competitions.
Muswell Hill Children’s Bookshop will be here selling Hugless Douglas books.
Highgate councillors hold a surgery at the HLSI (Highgate Literary and Scientific Society, 11 South Grove, Pond Square) on the 2nd and 4th Saturday mornings, and at Jacksons Lane on the 1st and 3rd Saturday mornings. There is no surgery on 5th Saturdays.
Councillors’ surgeries provide the opportunity for a constituent to meet one of his/her councillors face-to-face. The purpose is usually to discuss and hopefully to help resolve a local or personal issue in which Haringey council has or could have a role. Meeting at a surgery can be particularly useful when there are numerous documents relevant to the issue. Surgeries are normally held in the members’ reading room of the HLSI, but a private space is available if required. No booking is needed.
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!
Clubnight, 9pm-2am
DJ Jimi Laff spins the tunes till late… soul, disco and indie rock & roll!
Enjoy our house 5 piece Brazlian band perform from 6-9pm
Adriana vasques is a london based singer, pianist and composer. She graduated in classical piano in trieste, her italian hometown on the adriatic coast.
She has performed extensively in italy, slovenia and croatia at many well established venues and festivals, singing in jazz, pop and funk bands before choosing to perform mainly her brazilian song repertoire and her own compositions. Adriana has performed and recorded in italy with reputable musicians such as andrea allione (paolo conte), pietro tonolo (paul motian, gil evans orchestra), glauco venier (kenny wheeler, norma winstone), elvis stanić (gilberto gil, django bates), luis bonilla (mingus big band, lester bowie) as well as many others.
Alongside her performing career, she has also worked as a music tutor and radio host. For over twenty years she has produced and hosted several music radio shows in which she has welcomed and embraced a variety of musical styles , interviewed dozens of musicians as well as other professionals in the musical world .
After defending her graduation thesis on five of her compositions in relation to rhythmic didactics, one of her compositions, nu-mi (danza), was awarded first prize at “ premio nazionale delle arti “ in rome and has since been recorded by other musicians in three different albums. Adriana has started performing her own compositions recently.
After moving to london in 2009, she toured europe and canada with the irish cult band the commitments , over the past few years she has performed with some of the best musicians on the london scene.
7pm every Sunday evening
Tara Minton plus Special Guests
A Sunday Special from 7pm with loads of acts and headlined by the greatest harp player in London (and we think the best ever)… Tara Minton!
Sunday Roast Lunches served all day 12 noon to 8pm
Join the fitness party. Authentic Latin beats with a native dancer. Feel the tropical heat in Highgate! Ladies only (sorry guys)
‘Mindfulness’ is at the very heart of meditational practice and trains us to focus on the present moment. This allows us to gain insight into mental patterns that sometimes cause negative emotions. We also learn, through experience what it means to spend less time with our thoughts and spend more time in our bodies enjoying life. It can be practiced by people from all walks of life and is becoming more and more popular as a means of psychological treatment. There is now a strong evidence base demonstrating that it can be very beneficial for those experiencing depression and anxiety, as well as many other conditions. Mindfulness allows us to make friends with our thinking mind making us less vulnerable to negative mental activity. Such practice can bring about a deep sense of inner peace and a fresh acceptance of reality itself.
The Eight Sessions
This new and innovative group will take place over eight weekly sessions, each of 2-hours duration and covers the fundamentals of mindfulness meditation, applied theory and practice. Some aspects of CBT will also be used within the course syllabus where required to help group members to deal with dysfunctional thought patterns and behaviours. This specific group has been successfully taught in several London universities and also within the NHS. This group will help you to:
- improve your focus and concentration levels
- lower bodily stress and increase relaxation
- explore how your mind works
- explore how your mind habitually creates unhealthy thought processes and worry
- help you to prevent the arising of depressive moods before they spiral
- achieve a robust and healthy mind, accepting reality and the world around you
- work towards acceptance of unhealthy emotions
- achieve a deep sense of calm, patience and stillness
- grow and mature as a true human being and explore what it means to be ‘me’
This will be particularly helpful for those people experiencing stress, depression, anxiety, attention problems or any condition involving a fast-thinking anxious mind.
To celebrate the 65th birthday of composer/conductor Ronald Corp OBE Highgate Choral Society joins forces with The London Chorus, New London Children’s Choir and New London Orchestra at London’s Royal Festival Hall.
As well as Britten’s scene-setting, atmospheric Four Sea Interludes from his 1945 opera, Peter Grimes, and Vaughan Williams’s epic Symphony No 1 (A Sea Symphony), the all-British programme will include the world première of Behold, the Sea composed by Ronald Corp especially for the occasion and featuring soloists Rebecca Evans (soprano) and Roderick Williams (baritone).
In aid of Help Musicians UK
6pm- midnight
Kav and crew give a master class in dancing, rock & roll and rockabilly. They always know how to give Highgate a proper old school 50’s style ‘Hop’.
Join the fitness party. Authentic Latin beats with a native dancer. Feel the tropical heat in Highgate! Ladies only (sorry guys)
Roll a D6
6:30 onwards – Free Entry – Belle Starr Lounge
How better to meet random people in a pub then with a session of Bullshit Scrabble (make up the words, and justify them to your new friends) or over a few rounds of Cards Against Humanity (“a game for truly horrible people”)? Or maybe you fancy trying out the best game to ever emerge from Germany? That’s right, the ridiculous Camel Up.
And if that doesn’t get you going, we also have other lesser-known gems like Rapidough (dictionary with play dough), Story Dice (an imagination stimulator like no other) or the sublime Love Letter (think Tinder without smartphones or shallow hook-ups). For the traditionalists amongst you we also have a number of Argos-based stalwarts including Chess, Draughts, Backgammon, Risk, Monopoly, Game Of Life, Operation, Hungry Hippos, Guess Who, and many more.
Organised by local nutjob David Harrison – him and his merry men have been running a regression session in the Dungeons & Dragons Speakeasy out back for the last couple of months. If you want in on that as well drop him a line on David@kililive.com.
Plus its ….
Two for One Burger Tuesday! Order a burger tonight and get 2! Amazing offer and its getting very popular so get in early. Offer available from 6pm onwards.
7pm
The Penderyn Distillery produces amazing whiskey and now it is producing top class writers… whiskey and letters, a match made in heaven! Be sure to get down early!
Acts include the likes of the following:-
SEAN HARGREAVES (Keys), NEVILLE MALCOLM (Bass),
SIMON LEA (Drums)
Neville Malcolm – Electric & Double bass – is one of the most in-demand bass players in the country. Known as ‘Level-Neville’, he is an understated star on both acoustic and electric bass, combining an earthy, soulful feel with effortless technical ability.
Coming from a background in Gospel music, Neville started out playing organ and guitar, switching to bass as he developed an ever greater interest in jazz and other music.
Turning professional in the early ‘90s, he worked with Philip Bent and Steve Williamson and became part of London’s Acid Jazz scene.
He has since performed all over the world and recorded with Billy Cobham, Gabrielle, Tom Jones, Carl Orr, Alex Wilson, Nathan Haynes, Marlene Shaw, Dave Valentin and Jack DeJohnette. Most recently he has been touring and recording with two of the world’s best known jazz crossover groups, Incognito and Us3.
Join the fitness party. Authentic Latin beats with a native dancer. Feel the tropical heat in Highgate! Ladies only (sorry guys)
A friendly and fun dance fitness class for children aged five to seven, based on ZumbaKids routines. We break down steps, add games and explore different regions of the globe.
8pm
Music, film & some questions on other things!
London’s longest running music quiz… plus there is a full kitchen open so you can even have your dinner here before participating. We have a great league and great prizes with your fantastic host Maddy to take you through it…
Please book tables by emailing the website.
Two groups at the same time and in the same place.
For ages 5 to 7: Learn how to make wonderful pictures! An introduction to the basics of drawing and painting. The classes run on a termly basis. Each week children will build on their skills learnt in previous weeks. The class finishes with an informal ‘Private View’ of student work for friends and family.
For ages 8 to 12: Develop your skills and look at the styles and techniques of the great artists and art movements. Join our art teacher on a tour of perspective, compostion, colour therory and mixing, design and a variety of media to improve your drawing and painting and create your own masterpieces! The classes run on a termly basis and finish with an informal ‘Private View’ of student work for friends and family.
8pm
Following the tremendous popularity of the BOWIE night in February we have decided to hold another evening of Bowie music, dancing and singing.
This time the Bowie Night will take place on Thursday 10th March and will go on a little later until Midnight. Last time we attracted all ages from 18 to 71 and we’d love to invite you back for another magical night at The Boogaloo.
Remember to arrive early and “Put on your red shoes and dance the blues.”
Join the fitness party. Authentic Latin beats with a native dancer. Feel the tropical heat in Highgate! Ladies only (sorry guys)
An exhibition of paintings by Lee Travis (1939–2012), 11-24 March 2016.
A fascination with plant form, its structural concept and the microscopic condition of flowers and plants drove local artist Lee Travis to create these extraordinary abstract images during his frequent visits to the Normandy countryside. For this body of late work, Travis developed a new and experimental way of working, using pressed flowers and foliage as the starting point for many of paintings in this exhibition.
Travis wrote of his work, “Painting for me has always been an absorbing and sometimes painful voyage of discovery… I use the word paint advisedly for what continues to excite me is to apply paint to a surface and attempt to create an honesty and reality regardless of the subject matter. It is, and I hope always will be, a marvellous exploration.”
Travis was born on the Isle of Man and trained as a textile designer at Salford College of Art. His freelance work included designs for Courtaulds, Sanderson and Crown, Liberty and Richard Allen as well as graphic designs for the BBC and major publishing houses.
After 15 years in the advertising industry as art and creative directors, Travis began working on his personal drawing and painting projects full time as well as lecturing. His output was prolific. He exhibited widely including the Poole Fine Art Gallery, Singer Friedlander Gallery (London 1991) and Hamilton Gallery (New York), Pond Square Gallery (1992) and the Atelier La Cuviniere (Normandy 2004). He received commissions from Time Life Magazine and the energy company Power Gen. His work was accepted by the Royal Academy for its Summer Exhibition (1992).
Travis began this cohesive body of large works in oil and acrylic on canvas in 2011 and it was his wish to exhibit at Highgate Gallery. Sadly, Lee died suddenly of a heart attack in 2012. We are grateful to his widow, artist, designer and costume maker Yvonne, for curating this exhibition with us.
Open Tuesday-Friday 13:00-17:00; Saturday 11:00-16:00; Sunday 11:00-17:00. Closed Monday
8pm
The coolest choir in London, these legendary girls and boys are back to sing us everything from Aria’s to Madonna!
Soul, Motown, R n’B and old time rock ‘n’ roll… anything that makes you dance we got it !
Highgate councillors hold a surgery at Jacksons Lane on the 1st and 3rd Saturday mornings, and at the HLSI (Highgate Literary and Scientific Society, South Grove, Pond Square) on the 2nd and 4th Saturday mornings. There is no surgery on 5th Saturdays.
Councillors’ surgeries provide the opportunity for a constituent to meet one of his/her councillors face-to-face. The purpose is usually to discuss and hopefully to help resolve a local or personal issue in which Haringey council has or could have a role. Meeting at a surgery can be particularly useful when there are numerous documents relevant to the issue. Surgeries are normally held in the cafe or foyer area of Jacksons Lane theatre, but a private space is available if required. No booking is needed.
An exhibition of paintings by Lee Travis (1939–2012), 11-24 March 2016.
A fascination with plant form, its structural concept and the microscopic condition of flowers and plants drove local artist Lee Travis to create these extraordinary abstract images during his frequent visits to the Normandy countryside. For this body of late work, Travis developed a new and experimental way of working, using pressed flowers and foliage as the starting point for many of paintings in this exhibition.
Travis wrote of his work, “Painting for me has always been an absorbing and sometimes painful voyage of discovery… I use the word paint advisedly for what continues to excite me is to apply paint to a surface and attempt to create an honesty and reality regardless of the subject matter. It is, and I hope always will be, a marvellous exploration.”
Travis was born on the Isle of Man and trained as a textile designer at Salford College of Art. His freelance work included designs for Courtaulds, Sanderson and Crown, Liberty and Richard Allen as well as graphic designs for the BBC and major publishing houses.
After 15 years in the advertising industry as art and creative directors, Travis began working on his personal drawing and painting projects full time as well as lecturing. His output was prolific. He exhibited widely including the Poole Fine Art Gallery, Singer Friedlander Gallery (London 1991) and Hamilton Gallery (New York), Pond Square Gallery (1992) and the Atelier La Cuviniere (Normandy 2004). He received commissions from Time Life Magazine and the energy company Power Gen. His work was accepted by the Royal Academy for its Summer Exhibition (1992).
Travis began this cohesive body of large works in oil and acrylic on canvas in 2011 and it was his wish to exhibit at Highgate Gallery. Sadly, Lee died suddenly of a heart attack in 2012. We are grateful to his widow, artist, designer and costume maker Yvonne, for curating this exhibition with us.
Open Tuesday-Friday 13:00-17:00; Saturday 11:00-16:00; Sunday 11:00-17:00. Closed Monday
9pm – 2am
Things just got retro! Sonny and Spare present the club night that time forgot. Playing the best Northern Soul,Motown,60′s Rn’B and funk, and whatever else you want to hear. Put simply it’s the most fun you can have with a drink in your hand! The Boogaloo is proud to present … Sonny and Spare
An exhibition of paintings by Lee Travis (1939–2012), 11-24 March 2016.
A fascination with plant form, its structural concept and the microscopic condition of flowers and plants drove local artist Lee Travis to create these extraordinary abstract images during his frequent visits to the Normandy countryside. For this body of late work, Travis developed a new and experimental way of working, using pressed flowers and foliage as the starting point for many of paintings in this exhibition.
Travis wrote of his work, “Painting for me has always been an absorbing and sometimes painful voyage of discovery… I use the word paint advisedly for what continues to excite me is to apply paint to a surface and attempt to create an honesty and reality regardless of the subject matter. It is, and I hope always will be, a marvellous exploration.”
Travis was born on the Isle of Man and trained as a textile designer at Salford College of Art. His freelance work included designs for Courtaulds, Sanderson and Crown, Liberty and Richard Allen as well as graphic designs for the BBC and major publishing houses.
After 15 years in the advertising industry as art and creative directors, Travis began working on his personal drawing and painting projects full time as well as lecturing. His output was prolific. He exhibited widely including the Poole Fine Art Gallery, Singer Friedlander Gallery (London 1991) and Hamilton Gallery (New York), Pond Square Gallery (1992) and the Atelier La Cuviniere (Normandy 2004). He received commissions from Time Life Magazine and the energy company Power Gen. His work was accepted by the Royal Academy for its Summer Exhibition (1992).
Travis began this cohesive body of large works in oil and acrylic on canvas in 2011 and it was his wish to exhibit at Highgate Gallery. Sadly, Lee died suddenly of a heart attack in 2012. We are grateful to his widow, artist, designer and costume maker Yvonne, for curating this exhibition with us.
Open Tuesday-Friday 13:00-17:00; Saturday 11:00-16:00; Sunday 11:00-17:00. Closed Monday