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Exhibitions and longer runs
21 November 2021 until 28 April
Sisters, Sirens and Saints: Imagining the Women of Beatrice Offor
15 March until 26 April
Art exhibition: The Power of the Marshes
Saturday 13 April until Sunday 28 April
11.00am - 4.00pmPhotographic exhibition: Colour Aperture (not every day)
Thursday 18 April
11.00am - 3.00pmPalmers Greenery Community Café open
1.30pm - 3.00pmNew River Shanty Crew: folk songs and shanties for all abilities
6.30pm - 8.00pmEdmonton Premiere: Concert by London Sinfonietta
7.00pm - 8.00pmPilates class - beginners to intermediate
Friday 19 April
10.00am - 11.00amStories & Play @ PG Library (18mths-4yrs)
10.00am - 11.30amTherapeutic art workshop: Confidence building and growth mindset
11.30am - 12.30pmMonthly art lecture at Southgate Beaumont Care Community
8.30pmSt Harmonica's Blues Club: Mark Harrison Band + Hopperstomp
Saturday 20 April
9.00amBroomfield Park Runners and Walkers
10.00am - 4.00pmEnfield Art Circle Spring Art Exhibition and Sale
10.00am - 5.00pmPalmers Greenery Community Café open
11.00am - 12.30pmWriting in the Woods with Rebecca Hardy
12.30pm - 1.30pmFree inclusive tennis for teens and adults
2.00pm - 4.00pmPalmers Green Library Youth Chess Club
2.30pmSouthgate District Civic Voice open meeting: New homes in Enfield: Addressing the borough's housing need
7.30pmDa Capo Concert Band: Spring Concert
7.30pmTalkies Community Cinema: The Great Escaper
Sunday 21 April
10.00am - 5.00pmPalmers Greenery Community Café open
2.30pmBowes Park Folk Club: Crows
Monday 22 April
10.00am - 10.30amBounce & Rhyme @ PG Library (up to 18mo)
10.30am - 12.30pmFoodbank at Southgate Mosque - no referral needed
5.00pm - 7.00pmTea and Chess Society at Palmers Green Library
Tuesday 23 April until Saturday 27 April
ELODS present The Wind in the Willows - The Musical
Tuesday 23 April
10.00am - 12.00pmWinchmore Folk Dance Club
10.30am - 12.00pmWeekly Knit & Natter at Stitch! (Free)
11.00am - 3.00pmPalmers Greenery Community Café open
5.00pm - 7.00pmEnfield Local Plan Regulation 19 stage: Public drop-in session
7.00pm - 10.00pmUp Next: Tea & Poetry
Wednesday 24 April
9.30am - 3.30pmPalmers Greenery Community Café open
10.45am - 11.45amActive Enfield free weekly walk in Broomfield Park
5.00pm - 6.30pmMaking space for teen girls in Broomfield Park (NB Note later start and end times)
7.00pm - 8.20pmCreative Play Workshop
Thursday 25 April
11.00am - 3.00pmPalmers Greenery Community Café open
1.30pm - 3.00pmNew River Shanty Crew: folk songs and shanties for all abilities
6.30pm - 8.00pmEnfield Local Plan Regulation 19 stage: Public drop-in session
7.00pm - 8.00pmPilates class - beginners to intermediate
Friday 26 April
11.00am - 11.45amActive Enfield: Argentine Tango (for older adults)
11.00am - 12.00pmSilver Surfers Tech Hub
Saturday 27 April
9.00am - 3.00pmThe Great Enfield Vintage & Collectibles Fair
11.00am - 1.00pmField recording workshop and heritage walk: Local Pleasures, Local Treasures
11.00amChildren's show: The Witch and the Egg
7.30pmThe Rowantree Choir Spring Concert: Fauré, Vaughan-Williams
Sunday 28 April
11.00amLondon Loves Cycling family bike ride through Enfield parks
2.00pm - 4.00pmSpring plant sale in Broomfield Park
2.30pm - 4.30pmChilli plants on sale outside Broomfield Conservatory
Tuesday 30 April
12.30pm - 2.30pmEnfield Local Plan Regulation 19 stage: Public drop-in session
5.00pm - 7.00pmEnfield Local Plan Regulation 19 stage: Public drop-in session
5.00pm - 8.00pmUntold Edmonton drop-in event: Your object in the Museum of Enfield
Wednesday 1 May
6.00pm - 8.00pmMet Police Careers Insight Session
7.00pm - 9.00pmBi-weekly stitch and knit social a Stitch!
8.00pmNorth London Organic Gardeners: Climate change - my garden and me
Saturday 4 May
11.00am - 12.30pmWriting in the Woods with Rebecca Hardy
2.30pm - 4.30pmPeople with Voices poetry and ideas workshop
Tuesday 7 May
11.00am - 1.00pmArmed forces veterans' social group meeting
5.00pm - 6.00pmOnly a Pavement Away awareness event at Firs Farm
Thursday 9 May
6.30pm - 9.15pmEdmonton Food Stories: Panel discussion + Talkies documentary about Edmonton Green Market
Saturday 11 May
1.00pm - 5.00pmN13 Flea Market
7.30pmTalkies Community Cinema: Brian and Charles
7.30pmWinchmore Folk Dance Club: Saturday Evening Dance
Sunday 12 May
10.00am - 3.00pmForty Hall Farmers' Market
2.00pm - 5.00pmAll Good Bookshop Repair Café
2.30pm - 4.30pmTomato plants on sale in Broomfield Conservatory
Tuesday 14 May
9.30am - 11.00amGrief Café at Enfield Town Library
6.30pm - 8.00pmMonthly Menopause Meetup
Sunday 19 May until Saturday 25 May
Incognito Theatre present Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton
Saturday 25 May until Monday 27 May
Coggers Funfair in Broomfield Park
Sunday 2 June
Big Fun Walk in aid of North London Hospice
Wednesday 19 June until Saturday 22 June
Southgate Opera present La Vie Parisienne
Latest EnCAF & GlobalNet21 webinars
10 April 2024
Feedback From London Assembly Hustings
10 April 2024
TacklingFly-tipping
9 April 2024
The Climate Crisis - One Minute to Midnight
27 March 2024
Extreme Weather & The Vulnerable
26 March 2024
Adapting To Climate Change
25 March 2024
Rich Countries Have A High Carbon Footprint
20 March 2024
Can Democracy Cope With Climate Change
19 March 2024
Fly-tipping and its Impact on our Environment
18 March 2024
Meaningful Engagement On Enfield’s Local Plan
17 March 2024
Large Scale District Heating. Is it Efficient?
12 March 2024
Why Do Cooling Centres Stay Empty?
12 March 2024
Tackling Fuel Poverty
9 March 2024
Climate Change - The Silent Killer
9 March 2024