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Nov
14
Sat
Sonny & Spare @ Boogaloo
Nov 14 @ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm

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

Nov
15
Sun
Sunday Roast Lunches served all day 12 noon to 8pm @ Boogaloo
Nov 15 @ 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Highgate Watercolour Group Annual Exhibition @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 15 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This year our Annual HWG Exhibition will be held in the Victoria Hall of the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, Highgate, London N6 6BS. We look forward to seeing you there.

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm  and Sunday 11am-5pm Gallery closed: Monday

Harp Bazaar… Tara Minton plus Special Guests @ Boogaloo
Nov 15 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

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

 

 

 

Don Giovanni, an Oxford ‘Don’, re-invented for a new generation @ Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nov 15 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Hampstead Garden Opera – Don Giovanni – 6 – 15 November 2015

Dear Friends and Supporters,

The city of Oxford is abuzz with the latest rumours, following the death one of the University’s most revered college heads.   The talk is that one of the Senior Fellows of his college, a Don with a large personal following – particularly among younger women – is somehow implicated in his death.

Stories of this man, popularly known as Don Giovanni, abound in both the city and the University (‘Town and Gown’).  His generosity, his wealth, his charm, his networks, his position and to some extent his creepy D.Phil. student, Leporello, protect him; and he is able to indulge his insatiable appetite for women fearless in his knowledge that his ‘victims’ will not betray him.  Many find him desperately attractive regardless of his reputation.   Some are brave – or foolhardy – enough to think they can resist him.  A few are deluded into believing they can reform him.   So far, nobody has blown the whistle and called ‘time’ on him.  But I can reveal that this is about to change.   The denouement will unfold in November, appropriately and with dramatic finality, on stage in the course of our production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.    You just have to come and see this, for all sorts of reasons.

·         The story is vibrantly up-to-date in Stage Director Genevieve Raghu’s Oxford setting, using a new translation by Benjamin Hamilton.  This Don Giovanni can easily take his place among the galaxy of fallen celebrities of our day.

·       The Music Director for this production will be Jonathon Heyward, fresh from his triumph as outright winner of the 54th International Competition for Young Conductors held in Bésançon, France.   Jonathon has been Assistant Music Director for HGO since the autumn of 2014, and conducted one of the performances of Xerxes last April.   In his safe hands you will hear all the beauties of Mozart’s score, magnificently sung by HGO’s young singers and played by Musica Poetica London.

·       We shall be celebrating HGO’s 30th and final production at Upstairs at the Gatehouse – 27 different operas and three repeats in 15 years! From next May we shall be moving to Jacksons Lane Theatre on the corner of Archway Road and Jacksons Lane, opposite Highgate Underground station.   Those of us who have lived through all those eventful years will inevitably have some regrets, but there will be exciting new opportunities and challenges in our new home, including a bigger auditorium and better facilities.

UPSTAIRS AT THE GATEHOUSE, HIGHGATE VILLAGE, LONDON N6 4BD

Evenings:   November 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 @ 7.30 pm

Matinées:  Saturday November 14 @ 2.30 pm:  Sundays November 8 & 15 @ 4.0 pm

Tickets all performances £23 (£21 concessions November 6, 7 and 8 only)

BOX OFFICE – 020 8340 3488

ON-LINE – upstairsatthegatehouse.com

See also www.hgo.org.uk

Nov
16
Mon
N6Zumba Fitness class @ All Saints Church
Nov 16 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Join the Latin-inspired dance fitness party with a native dancer! Suitable for all levels – Ladies only

Caring Connections @ Hill Homes - Trees
Nov 16 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Caring Connections supports older people with long term health conditions to keep socially active. It is for Haringey residents aged 50 or over with health condition(s) who are at risk of becoming isolated or depressed. Caring Connections provides volunteer led friendship groups which support older people to stay in contact with friends.

Older people can be involved with Caring Connections either as participants or as volunteers offering peer support to others. We welcome older volunteers who have experience of long term health conditions, and volunteers who understand the impact of long term conditions upon older peoples’ lives.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer or wish to refer an older person to the project contact Kathy Wiltshire Caring Connections Development Worker at Age UK Haringey. Kathy.wiltshire@ageukharingey.org.uk Tel number 020 8885 8353 or 020 8801 2444.

Portraiture and Figure Drawing @ Highgate Library Civil and Cultural Centre
Nov 16 @ 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm

For artists of all levels, beginners and advanced students, who wish to expand their skills.  This course also looks at anatomy and spends some time focusing on a single pose. Taught by art tutor, Zoe Hirson.  Materials will be provided. Late-comers are welcome, and tuition can be pro-rated.

Monday Bridge Club @ Highgate Society
Nov 16 @ 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
5 to 7s: Drawing and Painting @ Hargrave Hall
Nov 16 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Learn how to make wonderful pictures! An introduction to the basics of drawing and painting.  The classes run on a termly basis and consist of 13 classes.  Each week children will build on their skills learnt in previous weeks.  The class finishes on week 13 with an informal ‘Private View’ of student work for friends and family. Late-comers are welcome, and tuition can be pro-rated.

 

Stitch & Bitch @ Boogaloo
Nov 16 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

7pm

If you crochet, embroider, hand sew or knit then join us for North London’s NEWEST Stitch ‘n Bitch!

Nov
17
Tue
Life-Drawing Group @ Highgate Society
Nov 17 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Highgate Watercolour Group Annual Exhibition @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 17 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This year our Annual HWG Exhibition will be held in the Victoria Hall of the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, Highgate, London N6 6BS. We look forward to seeing you there.

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm  and Sunday 11am-5pm Gallery closed: Monday

Nov
18
Wed
N6Zumba Fitness class @ All Saints Church
Nov 18 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Join the Latin-inspired dance fitness party with a native dancer! Suitable for all levels – Ladies only

Introductory Drawing – Still Life at London’s Museums @ Various London Museums
Nov 18 @ 10:30 am – 1:30 pm

For the beginner and developing student who wishes to explore their creative potential in drawing focusing mainly on Still Life.  This term will be exploring essential drawing techniques – observation, perspective, negative spaces, mark-making and composition using historic artefacts at London’s Museums.   Be inspired by ancient african and asian objects and wildlife specimens.  With support and encouragement from art tutor, Zoe Hirson. Please bring drawing pads, pencils, conte pencils and rubbers. No charcoal, pastels or paints will be allowed inside the museums. It is advisable to bring a foldable chair. Late-comers are welcome, and tuition can be pro-rated.

Highgate Watercolour Group Annual Exhibition @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 18 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This year our Annual HWG Exhibition will be held in the Victoria Hall of the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, Highgate, London N6 6BS. We look forward to seeing you there.

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm  and Sunday 11am-5pm Gallery closed: Monday

N6ZumbaKids Tropical Dance Club @ Jacksons Lane
Nov 18 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

A friendly and fun dance fitness class for children aged 4 years and over. We break down steps, add games and explore different regions of the globe.

Who Killed Bambi Pop Quiz @ Boogaloo
Nov 18 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm

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.

Nov
19
Thu
Watercolour Group AM @ Highgate Society
Nov 19 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Painting with Watercolour and Acrylic @ The Bull Pub
Nov 19 @ 10:30 am – 1:30 pm

Join us for Painting with Watercolour and Acrylic.  Learn the basics of both materials, how to mix, blend and layer Watercolour and apply Acrylic.  Explore how to make dynamic compositions that produce interesting paintings using still Life, photographs and sketches as inspiration.  Our art tutor, Sharon Finmark, lives in North London & studied at Central St. Martins School of Art.  She has had several books published on painting & drawing – one on colour mixing for watercolour was published in Febuary 2011.  Find out more about Sharon by visiting her website: www.sharonfinmark.co.uk. Late-comers are welcome, and tuition can be pro-rated.

 

Highgate Watercolour Group Annual Exhibition @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 19 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This year our Annual HWG Exhibition will be held in the Victoria Hall of the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, Highgate, London N6 6BS. We look forward to seeing you there.

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm  and Sunday 11am-5pm Gallery closed: Monday

Watercolour Group PM @ Highgate Society
Nov 19 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
N6Zumba Fitness class @ Jacksons Lane
Nov 19 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Join the Latin-inspired dance fitness party with a native dancer! Suitable for all levels – everyone welcome.

Nov
20
Fri
Life Drawing and Painting @ Hargrave Hall
Nov 20 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Drop-in class – no advance booking.

Having the choice between 2 models – one maintaining longer poses (up to 1 hr) and another keeping to shorter poses (4 to 15 mins) – makes this class quite special. Sharon Finmark, our tutor, is there to offer support and expertise responding to the individual needs of the class. Bring materials, paper on sale.

 

Zumba Gold 50+ @ Hill Homes - Trees
Nov 20 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Hill Homes are working in partnership with our local Age UK Haringey are bringing Zumba to Trees – a brilliant opportunity to get moving, keep fit and have fun with music at the same time!

What is Zumba? It’s an fitness programme featuring movements inspired by various styles of Latin American dance and performed primarily to Latin American dance music. Zumba GOLD offers  a modified class for active older adults and it recreates the original moves you love at a lower-intensity. How It Works? The design of the class introduces easy-to-follow Zumba  choreography that focuses on balance, range of motion and coordination. Come ready to sweat, and prepare to leave empowered and feeling strong. Benefits? Class focuses on all elements of fitness: cardiovascular, muscular conditioning, flexibility and balance!

Regular weekly mixed gender classes commence on Friday 9th January (11am-12pm) with tea and registration at 10:30am, and admission only £3 per class. All are welcome!

Highgate Watercolour Group Annual Exhibition @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 20 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This year our Annual HWG Exhibition will be held in the Victoria Hall of the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, Highgate, London N6 6BS. We look forward to seeing you there.

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm  and Sunday 11am-5pm Gallery closed: Monday

Shindig @ Boogaloo
Nov 20 @ 10:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Dance away the week with rock ‘n’ roll, soul and indie that you know the words to! This is the ultimate night for your parties with something for everyone in this crowd pleasing set. Start off with a delicious wood-fired pizza cooked in the courtyard with a backdrop of twinkling fairy lights and iconic music quotes. Then step inside to dance the night away.

Shane Macgowans top night in London “Red understands the songs that shaped the world and most importantly make you feel good”

Feeling good is the theme of this night. Nominated by Timeout as one of London’s top alternative DJ’s, Red guarantees to send you home singing!

Nov
21
Sat
New course for volunteer tour guides @ Highgate Cemetery
Nov 21 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm

STARTS 31 OCTOBER 2015. APPLICATIONS CLOSE MONDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2015

We’re looking for people to share their knowledge and enthusiasm for Highgate Cemetery with our visitors.

Our new course runs over four Saturday mornings from 31st October 10.30am until about 1pm.

The course covers the founding and development of the Cemetery as well as some of the most famous people buried here. You’ll also learn tour guiding skills and cash handling so that you can contribute to a great visitor experience.

For more information on the role, visit http://highgatecemetery.org/help/volunteer

and read our Volunteer Tour Guide role description.

To apply, complete our Volunteer Application Form and return it to us by Monday 28 September 2015.

Open Coffee Morning and Environment Committee Members Surgery @ Highgate Society
Nov 21 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Highgate councillors’ surgery @ Jacksons Lane
Nov 21 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

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.

 

Highgate Watercolour Group Annual Exhibition @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 21 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This year our Annual HWG Exhibition will be held in the Victoria Hall of the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, Highgate, London N6 6BS. We look forward to seeing you there.

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm  and Sunday 11am-5pm Gallery closed: Monday

Boogaloo Bounce @ Boogaloo
Nov 21 @ 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

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!

Meta – Gandini Juggling @ Jacksons Lane
Nov 21 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The vertigo of structure, the infectiousness of the shocking. 
A show about making shows. A reflection on entertainment. In the 90’s the Gandinis made a series of experimental pieces with Choreographer Gill Clarkethat were performed at Jacksons Lane. For this commission they revisit those pieces with a show which is about itself, an elliptical reflexion on their journey through entertainment.
There will be complex juggling, text, ballet dancing, hammers, nudity, tables and a comedy sketch.
Gandini are bursting with concepts and commentary about form, style and substance. They are excited about this dissection of things, about dwelling deeper into the anatomy of a show.
Back at Jacksons Lane as part of the 40th birthday celebrations, this piece seesGandini simultaneously looking back to the past, forward to the future, and trying to explain how to get from one to the other.
With 6 jugglers and 3 dancers.
There will be a Gala performance of meta on Wed 25 Nov. CLICK HERE for more information.
Gerry’s Joint @ Boogaloo
Nov 21 @ 9:00 pm – 9:00 pm

9pm-2am

The longest running club night in the history of the Boogaloo and God that says something, excellent beyond all belief, total pure raw rock & roll from the year 1955 right up to to last night. A lot of old school, a lot of dancing and a lot of lovin…very retro and full of surprises!

Nov
22
Sun
Sunday Roast Lunches served all day 12 noon to 8pm @ Boogaloo
Nov 22 @ 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Highgate Watercolour Group Annual Exhibition @ Highgate Gallery
Nov 22 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This year our Annual HWG Exhibition will be held in the Victoria Hall of the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, Highgate, London N6 6BS. We look forward to seeing you there.

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm  and Sunday 11am-5pm Gallery closed: Monday

Harp Bazaar… Tara Minton plus Special Guests @ Boogaloo
Nov 22 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

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

 

 

 

Meta – Gandini Juggling @ Jacksons Lane
Nov 22 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The vertigo of structure, the infectiousness of the shocking. 
A show about making shows. A reflection on entertainment. In the 90’s the Gandinis made a series of experimental pieces with Choreographer Gill Clarkethat were performed at Jacksons Lane. For this commission they revisit those pieces with a show which is about itself, an elliptical reflexion on their journey through entertainment.
There will be complex juggling, text, ballet dancing, hammers, nudity, tables and a comedy sketch.
Gandini are bursting with concepts and commentary about form, style and substance. They are excited about this dissection of things, about dwelling deeper into the anatomy of a show.
Back at Jacksons Lane as part of the 40th birthday celebrations, this piece seesGandini simultaneously looking back to the past, forward to the future, and trying to explain how to get from one to the other.
With 6 jugglers and 3 dancers.
There will be a Gala performance of meta on Wed 25 Nov. CLICK HERE for more information.
Nov
23
Mon
N6Zumba Fitness class @ All Saints Church
Nov 23 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Join the Latin-inspired dance fitness party with a native dancer! Suitable for all levels – Ladies only

Caring Connections @ Hill Homes - Trees
Nov 23 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Caring Connections supports older people with long term health conditions to keep socially active. It is for Haringey residents aged 50 or over with health condition(s) who are at risk of becoming isolated or depressed. Caring Connections provides volunteer led friendship groups which support older people to stay in contact with friends.

Older people can be involved with Caring Connections either as participants or as volunteers offering peer support to others. We welcome older volunteers who have experience of long term health conditions, and volunteers who understand the impact of long term conditions upon older peoples’ lives.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer or wish to refer an older person to the project contact Kathy Wiltshire Caring Connections Development Worker at Age UK Haringey. Kathy.wiltshire@ageukharingey.org.uk Tel number 020 8885 8353 or 020 8801 2444.