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A very short trailer for a very short film that should whet your appetite for the evening of specially commissioned short flims that ends this year's Here Suburban Film Festival.
27th April at the Fox - see details........
Well, not exactly "here", but only just down the road, in Bounds Green, and part of the 2016 Here Suburban Film Festival, brought to you by Talkies Community Cinema.
Why "Men in Shorts"? Because there will be six short films about men. all introduced by their writers or directors or one of the actors (also men).
MEN IN SHORTS
a wealth of local talent on screen
FRIDAY 8 APRIL 7.30BOUNDS GREEN BOWLS & TENNIS CLUBoff Goring Road N11 2DD Show Map
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Easter Sunday is the last Sunday in March and therefore the last chance to see this month's Spirals of Life sculptures in Broomfield Conservatory before they give way to the April exhibits.
The March exhibits are sculptures of lilies and ferns created by Cathy Taylor and June Dawes.
Cathy writes:
"Ferns first caught my eye in the beautiful La Mortella Gardens in Ischia, Italy, where the fronds of giant tree ferns interlaced against the sky. Tree ferns are a very old form of life, familiar.......
An award-winning romantic comedy, in which more than half of the footage was filmed in and around Palmers Green, is now available to view online.
Dead Cat, released in 2013 and a winner of awards in the UK, USA and Cyprus, was written by two local lads, Sam Bern (Sam Bourke) and Stefan Georgiou. Stefan directed the film, in which Sam plays a character called "Sam". Sam started his education at Hazelwood School and then went to Ashmole, where he met Stefan. They have been.......
HERE is about the diversity of interests, people and places in the suburbs of London
HERE is not in the West End, Southbank or Shoreditch
HERE in the suburbs we aren't the swanky super-rich, the celebrity glitterati or bearded hipsters
HERE is where the cinema creatives of London produce their best output
HERE is where life is a rich diversity of race, religion and culture
HERE is where most of London lives.
Talkies Community Cinema's second HERE suburban.......
The first month of this year's Artist-in-Residence scheme in Broomfield Conservatory was brought to a close with a very popular drop-in workshop, giving visitors an opportunity to learn how to create ceramic leaves.
Cathy Taylor's five-month residency goes by the overall title "Spirals of Life", each month having a different theme, but all within the overall concept of "biological sculptures".
Cathy's report on last Sunday's workshop:
"The ceramics leaf-making workshop in the Conservatory in.......
Prizes of up to £1000 are being offered to artists living in Enfield or Haringey for an artwork which illustrates what life in the two boroughs might be like if environmental improvements had been made.
The competition is being run by Enfield and Haringey Green Parties in conjunction with Collage Arts. The challenge they are setting is to create art that depicts, embodies, or expresses what it could be like in Enfield and Haringey if one or more of the questions below were to be.......
Da Capo Concert Band was established in 1997 with the principal objective of providing amateur adult woodwind, brass, and percussion players with a friendly, dynamic and challenging environment in which to play.
We rehearse every Wednesday at St John the Baptist, Barnet Church, Junction of High Street and Wood Street, Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN5 4BW and normally perform 3 major concerts at the church each year. Our contact details are and we.......
Venue: Chickenshed Chase Side, Southgate, London N14 4PEDates: Thursday 3 March - Sunday 20 MarchTimes: Evenings at 7pm. Matinees at 1.30pm, 3pm or 5.30pmPrices: £10 | £8 concessions. £5 to 13-25yrsTo book: Box Office 020 8292 9222,email: book online at www.chickenshed.org.uk
Access performances:Sign Interpreted: Friday 4 March at 7pmAudio Described: Sunday 13 March at 1.30pmCaptioned: Saturday 19 March at 3pm
Sharing Stages is.......
This gorgeous member of the Talkies Team is the perfect person to introduce the community cinema's next showing - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Fantasy (normally known as "Tony") is one of many Talkies helpers and will be on hand to answer any questions audience members might have about drag but were too shy to ask - questions will be submitted anonymously.
You may have caught a glance of Tony/Fantasy backstage on The Voice, where he was supporting his partner Vangelis, whose.......
Eclectic and entertaining plays during Write Here, Write Now
Eclectic and entertaining plays - Wed 17 - Sat 20 Feb
There'll be five plays and they reflect the writers’ diverse backgrounds, experiences and interests. Read about all the plays below or on our website. Performed in the intimate.......
Broomfield Conservatory's artist in residence for 2016 is Cathy Taylor. In conjunction with fellow Friend of Broomfield Park June Dawes, she will be exhibiting her botanical sculptures set among the hothouse plants in Broomfield Conservatory. The exhibition - Spirals of Life - starts this Sunday (31st January) and continues until the end of June........