Children play in a meadow Pic: Rose Anna Dana Featuring performances and collaborations from artists, musicians, dancers and storytellers responding to the themes of breath, wind & air, and to the sound of the harp. Date: Tuesday/Wednesday March 8 & 9 Time: 10am Cost: Tuesday - free Location: On the corner of Clissold Park opposite St Mary's New Church, Stoke Newington, Hackney N16 9ES Click for here more info. A pop-up art show featuring the work of seven new artists: Debbie Chessell, Karen Dear, Faye Gal Harries, Caitlin Hazell, Poppy Dodgson, Caitlin Newman and Ant Stevens. Features sculptures, interactive exhibitions and performances. Get a bit of culture into your weekend! Date: Saturday March 5 - 10am-5pm Cost: Free Location: Mick's Garage, Unit 8 Queen's Yard, Hackney Wick, E9 5EN Click here for more info. This fascinating restoration of a 1714 almshouse allows visitors to see the living conditions of poor pensioners in the 18th and 19th centuries and compare these sparse furnishings and few personal possessions of the generally poor elderly residents with the more comfortable surroundings of the better-off pensioners of the late 19th century. Date: Saturday March 5 and Tuesday March 8 Time: 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm Cost: Adults £4, Friends of the Geffrye, disabled visitors (and their companion) and children under 16 free. Location: Geffrye Museum, Kingsland Road, London, Hackney E2 8EA Click here for more info. Women celebrating. Pic: Wikimedia Commons Downham Library is celebrating International Women's Day with a showing of Becoming Jane, a dramatisation of the well-known author Jane Austen's life, staring Anne Hathaway, Julie Walters and Maggie Smith. Date: Tuesday March 8 Time: 1pm-3pm Cost: Free Location: Downham Library, 7-9 Moorside Road, Bromley, BR1 5EP Click here for more info. A heartening story of courage, kindness, and bravery in this bitter-sweet remembrance of childhood at the Brockley Jack Studio Theatre. Date: Tuesday March 8 to Saturday March 12 Time: 7:45pm - 9:45pm Location: Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 408-410 Brockley Road, Crofton Park SE4 2DH Click here for more info. Whitechapel Art Gallery. Pic: Wikipedia Commons A 'landmark' exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery showcasing over 100 artworks displaying the impact of computer and Internet technologies on artists from the mid-1960s to today. Date: Until May 15 Time: Monday - CLOSED Tuesday & Wednesday - 11am to 6pm Thursday - 11am to 9pm Friday - Sunday 11am to 6pm Location: Galleries 1, 8 & 9, Whitechapel Gallery, 80-82 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX Cost: £11.95 Click here for more info. A night of free cake, original songs and a good bar. Three artists from the local area and beyond will take the stage for two short intimate sets with songs of different genres to make you think in a cosy acoustic setting. Date: Sunday March 6 Time: 6pm Location: Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA Cost: Free Click here for info. The Calvert 22 Foundation has launched 'Red Africa', a season long programme explores the legacy of the cultural relationships between Africa, the Soviet Union and related countries that flourished during the Cold War, including the 'Things Fall Apart' exhibition, film screenings, talks and events. Date: Thursday 4th February - Sunday 3rd April Time: Wednesday to Sunday 12pm-6pm Cost: Free Location: Calvert 22 Gallery, 22 Calvert Avenue, E2 7JP Click here for more info. Croydon clocktower. Pic: Geograph The 'Croydon Recreated' is an exhibition of paintings, photographs and maps showing what nine locations around Croydon might have looked like around 100 years ago. Date: Tuesday March 8 to Saturday March 12 Time: 10.30am - 5pm Location: Museum of Croydon Exhibition Gallery at Croydon Clocktower Cost: Free Click here for more details. Learn posture and meditation practices including the metta bhavana (loving kindness) and the mindfulness of breathing. Have a chat to other meditators on the tea break and discuss improving your meditation practices in the group discussion! Open to all. Date: Wednesday March 9 Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm Location: Croydon Buddhist Centre, 98 High Street, Croydon, CR0 1ND Cost: £5 - £7 Click here for more details.
Vox Tots and Vox Tots Babying follows the airy theme with songs, an experience of VOX the wind harp installation, and bubbles! Let the little ones run free to explore sound & colour.
Wednesday - £1
Monday & Tuesday CLOSED
WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK
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