THE LONDON PARKS AND GARDEN’S TRUST ANNUAL OPEN GARDEN SQUARES WEEKEND SATURDAY & SUNDAY 9-10 JUNE

Saturday. 10am-5pm. Lambeth Palace Garden. Lambeth Palace, Lambeth Palace Road; Ticket for 160 London gardens £7.50 (£6 in advance) Visit one of the oldest and largest private gardens in London. Tea and biscuits, souvenirs and garden honey.info & map: www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/2446. Lambeth Palace Rd

Saturday & Sunday. 10.30am-5pm. Museum of Garden History. OGSW tickets £7.50 (allows entry to any participating garden over the weekend). continues to develop, with more gardens included in the scheme each year. As well as the 17th century reproduction knot garden, visitors will see the Museum’s newly sown and planted wild garden that has been developed in response to the growing awareness of the need for greater bio-diversity within urban areas. The Museum’s dedicated open weekend also coincides with the gardens at Lambeth Palace being open under the same scheme on Saturday 9th, and visitors will be able to combine visits to both venues that day only. www.opensquares.org.

Sunday 2-5pm. Harleyford Rd Community Garden Day. Teas, Cakes and general entertainment.

OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEKEND

Saturday & Sunday Opening The Doors. 12-6pm. Exhibition of art by families and children from the Oval area. Workshops, held at Kennington Park Estate Community Centre, have resulted in some exciting and sophisticated work spanning drawing, photography, slide projection, model making and sound. Children, ranging from ages 2 to 12, worked with parents and guardians to get immersed in contemporary art techniques with the guidance of Brixton-based artist Emma Smith. Gasworks Gallery, 155 Vauxhall St

Sunday. 6.30pm. Trio des Amis play Beethoven’s Opus 11 and Zremlinksy’s Trio in D Minor. Preacher Rev’d Mark Steadman, Vicar of St Philip, Camberwell. St Peter’s Sunday evening prayer and recital series. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane.  Free.

THIS MONDAY 11 JUNE

Archbishop Sumner Primary School Community Open Day. 9am-3.3.0pm. Open invitation to parents, the local community and business. Discover learning & leisure opportunities available for adults; sit in your Quiet Garden, look at lessons, meet the Head Teacher and Governors, explore and discover how school life has changed since you went to school, get involved in volunteering or working in schools. Archbishop Sumner, Reedworth St.

THIS TUESDAY 12 JUNE

DRONES Jazz Jam at the Pilgrim Bar and Kitchen, 247 Kennington Lane (the
corner of Kennington Lane and Montford Place). Hosted by the Ned Flanders Trio (Marcus Hill, Tim Clark, Andrew Sweeney), usually with the very special Dee Byrne on alto sax.  House band 8.15 - 9.15pm; Jam 9.30 - 11pm

THIS WEDNESSAY 13 JUNE

12-6pm. Start of Soundtrap II: Leafcutter John. A new sonic work at Beaconsfield. See Art Galleries & Exhibitions section below.

Saturday 16

Kennington Association Tai Chi. As the gym at the Brit Oval will be closed, the Tai Chi classes will be taking place in Kennington Park and not in the studio at the gym (weather permitting). Meet by the cafe in the park. 

3-4pm

Saturday 16

WaCoCo Annual Community Conference, Waterloo Action Centre, 14 Baylis Rd, SE1. WaCoCo, is the new umbrella body established by Waterloo community and voluntary groups following the end of the Single Regeneration Budget project and Waterloo Community Regeneration Trust on 31 March. The founder members include: Association of Waterloo Groups, Blackfriars Settlement, SE1 United, Waterloo Green Trust, Waterloo Action Centre, Water Community Development Group. It is holding the annual Community Conference, originally established by WCRT. Organisations running services and activities in Waterloo area, but which may be based outside the Waterloo area can obtain more information from Clare on 7202 6931 or email: WaCoCo@southbanklondon.com. The Waterloo area covers the whole of Bishops Ward including the area south of Lambeth Rd – the southern border being Old Paradise St, Juxon St and Fitzalan St.

10am-1pm

Saturday 16 & Sunday 17

Roots & Shoots Annual Open Weekend. Saturday will be aimed at children and families, Sunday will have another craft and produce market. Entrance from Walnut Tree Walk (Kennington Rd end).

10am-4pm

Sunday 17

Pre-concert talk by Prof Carolyn Gianturco on Stradella and his ‘Esule dale sfere’. St Peter’s Sunday evening prayer and recital series. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane.  Free.

5pm

Sunday  17

Handmade Opera’s Italian Cantata. ‘Esule dale sfere’ by Stradella. Directed by Colin Baldry. Preacher Canon Christopher Irvine (Canterbury Cathedral). St Peter’s Sunday evening prayer and recital series. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane.  Free.

6.30pm

Monday 18

Friends of Durning Library Summer Party. Gather in the library for food and drink, a chance to chat, a raffle and (for those who want it) a light-hearted walkabout quiz with a local tinge and a touch of the literary. Pictures and questions will be posted round the library. Everyone welcome. Entry free. £2 donation invited. Drinks & nibbles.  Durning Library, 167 Kennington Lane

6.45pm

Tuesday 19

Kennington, Oval and Vauxhall (KOV) Forum AGM. Oval Cricket Ground, Harleyford Road. All welcome.  For more details contact Jacqueline Christie, Area Project Officer, North Lambeth Centre Office, for further details. Tel - 020 7926 8295, Email - jchristie@lambeth.gov.uk.

7pm

Mondays to Saturdays 18 - 30

Island Block Exhibition 18-30 June.  Were you delighted when the old GLC Island Block was demolished? An exhibition about the Block has been organised by Parabola Trust at The Launch Pad Gallery, The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London,  WC1E 7BT. This exhibition during Architecture Week 2007 explores the demolished London landmark of the former Greater London Council offices in SE1. The installation incorporates an interactive architectural model, laser sculpture, drawings, original plans and documents, a video exploring the rich pictorial history from the early drafts and models. See also Saturdays 23 & 30 June below. Built in 1973 this geometric brutalist block was intended to house 1,500 council staff but stood empty for two decades until its demolition in earlier this year. The installation by the artist Charbel Ackermann will mark the disappearance of the hapless building and celebrate it for its architectural merit, although it was the last, and as it turned out the weakest, addition to the South Bank’s collection of Modernist structures, marked most boldly by Denys Lasdun’s National Theatre, and the exposed concrete volumes of the Queen Elizabeth Hall. It will be the first co-operation of this important venue for urbanism with visual artists and musicians. For more information and images please contact Danielle Arnaud at danielle@parabolatrust.org or tel. 020 7735 8292

Mondays – Fridays 9.30-6pm; Saturdays 10am – 4pm

Wednesday 20

Friends of Durning Library Old Persons’ Group. Regular meeting. During Library, 167 Kennington Lane

3pm

Wednesday 20 – Saturday 23

Oval House Youth Theatre Company presents Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano. Oval House Youth Theatre Company present their modern interpretation of Ionesco's classic, drawing on the ridiculousness of contemporary Pop Culture. The company embrace Ionesco’s absurdist approach and present a powerful ensemble performance set to appeal to the imaginations of old and young people alike. For young people interested in getting involved in drama themselves who want to see how good youth theatre productions can be, this is the show to see.  Directed by Nicholai La Barrie & Jorge Balca. Box Office: 020 7582 7680

Tickets: £4. Further information: www.ovalhouse.com

7.30pm

Friday 22

SOWETO KINCH plus support. Music at Museum of Garden History. £20 table seat / £15 standing.

7pm (doors open)

Saturday 23

Island Block Exhibition Discussion Event will bring together government decision makers, local individuals, building/ architecture professionals, other visitors interested in urbanism and regeneration will take place. See 18-30 June above.

2-4pm

Sunday 24

Longfordbrown piano duo play Michael Parsons Rhythm Studies II (1971), Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dance No. 1, Mozart’s 2^nd movement Andante from Sonata for two pianos, and Saint-Saens Scherzo. Speaker Michael Symons Roberts (writer and poet). St Peter’s Sunday evening prayer and recital series. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane.  Free.

6.30pm

Thursday 28 June

150 Years of Trollope’s ‘Barchester Towers’. Lambeth Library Reading Groups will gather to discuss the book at Clapham Library. Durning Library Reading Group will be there, and therefore will not meet on Wednesday 27 June.

7pm

Friday 29

CIRCULUS plus Spanner Jazz Punks. £10 general admission. TICKETS ON SALE NOW

7pm (Doors open)

Saturday 30

North Lambeth Parish Fete The excellent Fete will take place in Lambeth Palace Gardens. All Welcome. Entrance adults £3 with lots of concessions for families etc. More details to follow.

2-5pm

Saturday 30

Island Block Exhibition will close with a music performance by Hildegard Kleeb and Roland Dahinden, musicians with an interest in sound sculpture (past collaborations with Anthony Braxton, John Cage, Daniel Buren, Sol LeWitt, Alvin Lucier, etc.). See 18-30 June above.

2-4pm

Sunday 1

Smokefree Starts. This is the first day of the ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces.

Sunday 1

Bonnington Festival is a local community street party, held in
Bonnington Square by the local residents. This years festival will feature: a fancy dress parade, scooter races, face-painting, a treasure hunt put on by local shop 'I knit', a pompom making workshop, a tango display, the painting of a community mural to cover graffiti, a competition to decorate our wheelie bins with a prize for the best one, and a stage featuring local acts and
music bands.

2-11pm

Sunday 1

Robert Blaze (Counter-tenor) and Andrew Macmillan (Piano). Preacher Rev’d Richard Jenkins (Director of Affirming Catholicism). St Peter’s Sunday evening prayer and recital series. St Peter’s Church, 310 Kennington Lane.  Free.

6.30pm

Thursday 5

A year in the life of an English Flower Meadow. BOOK LAUNCH & EVENING LECTURE: Tickets: £10 or £5 Museum Friends. To celebrate launch of the book A year in the life of an English Meadow beautiful wild flowers will be on display in the Museum for the night. Drawing from their book Andy Garnet and Polly Devlin will tell the story of the meadow they created in their garden in Somerset, joined by Dr Chris Smith, the botanist that identified the rare species. For this night only there is a chance to view the wild flower pressings featured in the book and a display of 25 different fresh flowers from the meadow. There will also be a chance to see the Museum’s new wild flower meadow with a glass of English wine.

7.00pm (doors open 6.30pm)

Saturday 7

Leafcutter in Concert. Beaconsfield, 22 Newport St. Tickets £12/8 in advance – see www.beaconsfield.ltd.uk. Event linked to current exhibition – see Art Galleries & Exhibitions below.

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Monday 16

All about the L’Arche. You may have bought some of the L’Arche’s craft work or beauty products – but what exactly is this worldwide community for people with learning disabilities? Learn more about their five houses in Lambeth and their varied activities. Everyone welcome. Entry free. £2 donation invited. Drinks & nibbles. Friends of Durning Library, Durning Library, 167 Kennington Lane.

6.45 for 7pm

Thursday 19

The Pineapple: King of Fruits with Fran Beauman
EVENING LECTURE: Tickets: £10 or £5 Museum Friends
Writer Fran Beauman celebrates the juicy history of the pineapple, from its earliest beginnings in the Brazilian rainforests to its role today being stuffed unceremoniously into cans. Drawing from her book The Pineapple: King of the Fruits. She explores why the pineapple has been such an important status symbol with fascinating stories and facts. For example, during the 1700s the cost to produce one pineapple was about £5,000 in today’s money – the same as the cost of a new coach. The evening will include pineapple themed food from historical recipes in her book, which could include pineapple tart from 1732 to canned pineapple with baked beans in 1958. Pina colada cocktails will be available to enjoy in the Museum gardens. Museum of Garden History, Lambeth Rd/Palace Rd.

7.00pm (doors open 6.30pm)

Friday 20

artist tbc plus Loz Speyer's TIME ZONE. Museum of Garden History, Lambeth Rd/Palace Rd.

7pm (doors open)

Saturday 21

All Nations Open Day event. Details to be posted later

Wednesday 25

Pushing the Envelope Further. Beaconsfield, RCDT and Lady Margaret Hall Settlement event on the future of the arts and culture in the area. See

1.30pmff

Friday 27

artists tbc. Music at the Museum of Garden History.

7pm (doors open)

Monday 30 July – Thursday 2 August

Aesop the Storyteller. A retelling of Aesop’s life and fables by local resident Leon Conrad. Liberties, 100 Camden High Street, NW1 0LU. Part of The Camden Fringe 2007. Box Office: www.camdenfringe.org. Box Office Tel: 0207 482 4957. The show is suitable for family audiences, best suited to children aged 8-12, but will work for younger/older age ranges as well. Leon will be publishing an accompanying CD+book of newly versified fables by July. For a sample, visit: http://www.myspace.com/192241545

7.30pm

Dates

Gallery

Exhibition

Times

Tuesdays – Sundays + Bank Holiday Mondays

Museum of Garden History

Lambeth Palace Rd

020 7401 8865

www.compulink.co.uk/~museumgh

Permanent Garden & Local History Displays.

Family Quiz Sheets to accompany the Local History exhibition are available.
One is on Environment, Entertainment & the local landscape, and the other is on Industry & Transport. Included will be a cover folder with pictures for children to colour in and keep, and inside some questions and opportunity to draw a garden or transport picture and enter our competition.

10.30am-5pm

Ditto to 25 August

Ditto

Shreds of Evidence. In November 2006 Simon Woolham started a four month residency at the Museum of Garden History developing works that subtly dialogue with the Museum architecture and artefacts. During that time he also ran a series of workshops with year 5 pupils from Walnut Tree Walk School, a primary school located in the vicinity of the Museum.
The children workshops have concentrated on the exploration of their favourite places both in the playground and in the Museum. Using drawing, language, digital manipulation and sound, the children have produced a variety of works which will be presented in the school - three-dimensional paper models - and in the Museum - drawings in snowdomes and digital animations. For more information on Simon (and to see more of his work), please visit - www.darkcorner.co.uk

10.30am-5pm

Wednesdays-­ Sundays, 13 June - ­22 July

Beaconsfield

22 Newport Street

Tel: 020 7582 6465 info@beaconsfield.ltd.uk www.beaconsfield.ltd.uk

SOUNDTRAP II: LEAFCUTTER JOHN.
Part of architecture week (www.architectureweek.org.uk)

Second in a series of sonic responses to the architecture of Beaconsfield¹s Vauxhall venue. Includes Leafcutter in Concert Saturday 7 July & downloadable MP3's.

12-6pm

Tuesdays to Saturdays

Corvi-Mora
1a Kempsford Road
020 7840 9111
www.corvi-mora.com

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Fridays – Sundays till  17 June

Danielle Arnaud contemporary art
123 Kennington Road
020 7735 8292
danielle@daniellearnaud.com
www.daniellearnaud.com

Ost Property. Several bulging carrier bags lie, discarded, on the pavement on the Finchley Road. Tantalising tat! Ost Property, or part of it, discovered.
Photographs of elaborate coiffures, family albums, letters, cuttings, odds and ends: fragments from the life of the celebrated Miss Annette Ost, amateur singer and youngest "lady professor" at her father Julien's Hairdressing Academy in 1930s London. more. Artists: W.J.Baker, Becky Beasley,   Beiny Amy Blum, Boris Jon Cairns, Rosie Cooper,  Gabriel Corcuera Zubillaga, Matthew Draper, Carrie Fitzgerald,  Wiebke Leister, Nicholas Papadimitriou, Trevor Shearer, Julia Spicer,  Roxy Walsh

2-6pm

29 June – 29 July

Ditto

 A Private Paradise. Donna Conlon,  Uta Kögelsberger, Tinna Ludviksdottir, Sarah Woodfine. Full details later

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Gasworks, 155 Vauxhall Street,

020 7582 6848. press@gasworks.org.uk www.gasworks.org.uk

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Man&Eve,131 Kennington Park Rd.

020 7582 7861. info@manandeve.co.uk. www.manandeve.co.uk

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Oval House Theatre Café/Gallery,
52-54 Kennington Oval. Box Office: 020 7582 7680. www.ovalhouse.com

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