ART
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CRAFTS
DANCE/FITNESS
FAMILY
FILM
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Meet the Artist: Morris & the Amateur Craftsman William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 4PP Artist in Residence Lizzie Hughes invites local amateur craftspeople to join her for informal discussion. Please bring an object you have made. 10am-5pm. FREE. No booking necessary. www.wmgallery.org.uk
Rainbow Families ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road E17 9BN Monthly LGB&T family activity taking place at various venues and locations. 2.30-4.30pm £2. 02085093898 or info@elop.org
Charity Quiz The Victoria Pub, 188 Hoe Street E17 4QH Charity Quiz Night, Buffet and Raffle, For Diabetes UK and Saint Francis Hospice. 7.30pm start. £8 a ticket from the pub or Neil’s Big Quiz (Facebook & Twitter).
E17 Craft Fair Shernhall Methodist Church, Shernhall Street E17 9HX Local people selling all handmade items, Raising money for Macmillan Cancer and Saint Francis Hospice.123pm. FREE entry. Karen - craftykazoo@gmail.com & @E17Crafters
Circle dance day The Welcome Centre, 8 Church End E17 9RJ With Pat Norwood, Jean Duggleby and Shelia Robertson. Bring food to share. All welcome. 11am-4.00pm. £15 or £12 concs. Pat on 020 8556 3508 or jean.duggleby@virgin.net Stow Kids’ Film Lounge presents The Iron Giant (1999, Cert U) Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR A boy makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy. Doors open 10.30am, Pre-film activity session, Film 11.00am, Close 1pm. Tickets: £5.50 child, £4 acc adult, Under 2’s free. Tickets available online at www. stowfilmlounge.com or on the door. Tree Week - Winter Tree ID Lloyd Park, Forest Road London E17 4PP, in the community room behind the cafe Learn to identify trees in winter and take part in some tree themed art. 10am1pm. FREE. Please contact Rachel Hoyes to book on r.hoyes@tcv.org.uk or 07787193981 Forests Arts and Crafts Christmas Fair United Reform Church Hall, Buxton Road, Chingford E4 7DP All homemade crafts from cards to cakes and jam - upholstery demonstration, presents for Christmas, vintage and jewellery stalls and many more, please come along 10am – 3pm. FREE entry. chrispeaston@yahoo.co.uk Black Lion Project The Dog and Duck, 222 Chingford Road E17 5AL We are a hard rock outfit based in London. Comprising of four separate talents, we have brought four sets of different influences and styles together to create something that we think is very special, and hope that you agree. Organised by the Friends of The Standard. 8pm doors, band 9pm. FREE.
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Forest Fitness: Get Fit For Xmas Meet outside the Peterhouse Centre, 122 Forest Rise, Upper Walthamstow E17 3PW Get one step ahead of the turkey & mince pies, enter the season of goodwill with some wiggle room around your belt buckle and less jelly round your belly. 10am. £20 for this 4 week fitness programme. Michael on 07813 104 384 or email: forestfitnessuk@gmail.com E17 Jazz Orford Road Social Club, Orford Road E17 E17 Large Ensemble + Solstice Double Bill. See the e17 jazz large ensemble ahead of next year’s tour of Turkey. “there are always surprises… the large ensemble makes the journey always worth taking” – LondonJazz. Solstice uses different permutations of the instruments and voice, drawing on influences from Brazil, France and New York in order to create something totally new and of its time. 2-5pm. £12 (concessions £8). e17jazz.com/whatson/ Walthamstow Folk Club Ye Olde Rose Theatre, 55 Hoe Street E17 4SA Abioye & Randall. David Randall (Faithless, Slovo, 1 Giant Leap) and Fausat Abioye discovered they shared a love of guitars and the music of North and West Africa and the Middle East, after a sparring session in a boxing gym in Brixton, South London. So they decided to hang up their gloves and get out their guitars. 7.30pm. £7. 07740 612 607 info@walthamstowfolk.co.uk
Monday 25 E17popup presents Mystery Guest Chef Rose and Crown Pub, 55 Hoe Street, E17 4SA Mystery Dinner: For more details as soon as they come out, please visit our website and join our mailing list 6-10pm. More details and bookings please visit www.e17popup.co.uk
Tuesday 26 Parents Network at ELOP ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road E17 9BN Monthly LGB&T social group for those pre-conception, those expecting and those with parenting experience - an opportunity for you to meet, share experiences and form networks of support. 7-8.30pm. £2. 02085093898 or info@elop.org
Thursday 28 Theatremakers/Youth Theatre shows Harmony Hall 10 Truro Road E17 7BY Grow Your Own Theatre presents two original shows made from scratch by young people aged 8-15yrs. 5.30pm & 6pm. £4/£3. Call Sarah on 07541 082 552 or visit www.gyot.org.uk Launch of LSC Photography The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Launch event , meet the young photographers from Leyton Sixth-Form College FREE. 6-8.30pm www.themill-coppermill.org mo@themill-coppermill.org Film night - Art Is Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR Charity film night with the Walthamstow premier of the new film by Barry Bliss ‘Art Is’. 8pm. £10. erin.harrill@hotmail.co.uk
Friday 29 Pop up - Eat or heat community cafe Details as Friday 1 She17 - Live acoustic women’s music in the ‘stow. The Grove Cafe, 21 Hatherley Mews, off Hoe Street, E17. A warm, welcoming and fun alternate monthly event for women who sing or play an instrument to try out their songs and collaborate with other local female musicians. 8-10.30pm. Doors open 7.45pm £2.00 admission. www.she17.com @she17music E17 Designers Asian Centre, Orford Road E17 9LN 30 plus designer-makers (some different designers tomorrow!).7-10pm. £2 includes a free drink, music and entry to the goody bag prize draw! Keep your ticket for half price entry on Saturday. contact@e17designers @E17designers www.e17designers.co.uk Bakers Arms Book Group The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH We are an informal and friendly group (sometimes some of us haven’t even read the book!). This month’s book is The Black Madonna of Derby by Joanna Czechowska. Tea, coffee, wine available. New members welcome, just turn up. 7.30pm. www.hornbeam.org.uk
Eat or Heat Christmas Fair St Mary’s Welcome Centre, 8 Church End E17 9RJ An exciting mix of local artists & foodies. Debbie Bliss workshops, Tallulah Tangle. Win an original piece of art by Carne Griffiths.12-6pm. £1 entry-then half price entry to E17 Designers market. @eatorheat e17london@sky.com WF LETS The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH People can exchange all kinds of goods and services with one another without the need for money. 10.30-12noon. For more information here or email info@wflets.org Family Day: Future Worlds William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 4PP Use your imagination to transform the Gallery into an ideal world with 3-D creatures from the future, inspired by William Morris’s ‘News from Nowhere’. 1-4pm. FREE. Drop-in event for families of all ages. www.wmgallery.org.uk E17 Designers Asian Centre, Orford Road E17 9LN 30 plus designer-makers (some different designers from Friday!). 2-6pm. £2 includes a free drink, music and entry to the goody bag prize draw! contact@e17designers @E17designers www.e17designers.co.uk Sci-fi, Fantasy & Supernatural Fiction Group The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Discussion group for people interested in fantastic fiction... the focus is broad and the discussion tends to be wide ranging. New members welcome, just turn up. 3.30-5pm. Free. www.hornbeam.org.uk A Christmas Piano Recital St Mary’s Church, Church Hill E17 9RJ The royal academy’s Aglaia Tarantino will be preforming in the beautiful St. Marys Church. Natural voices choir. Aura Rosa cakes. Mother’s Ruin. Plus more. Fund raiser for Eat or Heat Food Bank. 7.30-10.30pm £15 in advance www.eatorheat.org Twitter & Facebook eatorheat e17london@sky.com Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is! Warrant Officer Pub, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG A night of 70’s and 80’s Old Skool Funk and Soul. 8-12pm. £5 on the door. More info www.jeromelanderson.com
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