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Events for June 2010

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Tuesday 1 June

LJCC - Summer Movie Madness: Secrets and Spies

10am to 3pm at Ivy House. See full details...
Join us for an action packed 4-day movie making programme for 11-14 year olds.

LJCC - The Enduring Lie: Collecting Antisemitic Material

12:30pm at Ivy House. See full details...
A Lunchtime talk by Collector Dr. Simon Cohen

Residents Association - Council Meeting

8pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Listen to debates on Suburb issues and raise your concerns at Question Time (8.30 pm).

An Israeli Love Story

8:30pm at New End Theatre. See full details...
Pnina Gary’s extraordinary play set on a bus, in which a young man from the Israeli underground movement meets a kibbutz member. Love blossoms in spite of difficulties. New End Theatre, 27 New End, NW3. Refreshments. Tickets £18 (cons £15). To book 0870 033 2733
Other dates and times:
  • Tuesday 1 June to Saturday 5 June at 8:30pm
  • Saturday 5 June to Sunday 6 June at 5pm

Wednesday 2 June

Exhibition – Of Wet and Wilderness

12pm to 5pm See full details...
Burgh House opens 12 noon to 5 pm Wednesday – Friday and Sunday Barbara Howden and Monica Darnbrough present paintings, photographs and works on paper inspired by nature. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3. Admission free. Info 7431 0144
Other dates and times:
  • Wednesday 2 June to Friday 4 June from 12pm to 5pm
  • Sunday 6 June from 12pm to 5pm

Thursday 3 June

Story and Rhyme Time in the HGS Library

10:30am to 11am See full details...
15 Market Place, NW11. Nursery rhymes to sing and stories to read for 0-5 year-olds. Info 8359 3915
Other dates and times:
  • Thursday 10 June from 10:30am to 11am
  • Thursday 17 June from 10:30am to 11am
  • Thursday 24 June from 10:30am to 11am

Friday 4 June

Museum Talk - Percy Smith: his life and work

2pm See full details...
2.15 pm Peter Delf, Smith’s great-nephew, discusses Smith’s life, output and influences. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3. Admission free. Info 7431 0144

Sunday 6 June

LJCC - 3 Walking Tours

1pm to 4pm at Ivy House. See full details...
Join Julian Barnett as he explores our city.
Other dates and times:
  • Sunday 20 June from 1pm to 4pm

NGS Open Garden

2pm to 5:30pm See full details...
5 Heathgate NW11. Artist’s lovely traditional garden with a contemporary twist. No dogs please. Refreshments. Admission £3 (children free). Info 8455 7618

Walk - The Pergola, the Hill Garden and Golders Hill Park

2:30pm See full details...
led by Peter Tausig, member of the Heath & Hampstead Society Sub-Committee and Heath Sub-Committee. A Heath & Hampstead Society Walk. NOTE: Meet in North End Way, on Hampstead side of Inverforth House Arranged by Burgh House. £2 per person. Info 8455 1025 or 07941 528 034

Recital – The Many Voices of the Cello

3pm See full details...
Corinne Morris cello Yoshiko Endo piano Neil Latchman tenor Schumann, Paganini, Rachmaninov. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3. Donations welcome for the Raphael Summer Music Scholarship Trust. Info 8998 3659

LJCC - Ivy House welcomes Royal Opera House Singers

3:30pm at Ivy House. See full details...
Brilliant young Duo Elizabeth Meister (soprano) and Robert Anthony Gardiner (tenor) will delight us with a sophisticated and exciting programme of songs by Mahler, Quilter, Schoenberg, Rachmaninov and Wolf, accompanied by David Gowland (pianist).

Tuesday 8 June

Horticultural Society - Suburb in Bloom ‘Best Garden in the Suburb’ Competition

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Enter your garden and win the Millennium Cup and £25 garden vouchers (runners-up £15/10). Entry form and details from Michael Franklin

Wednesday 9 June

Exhibition– Japanese Ink and Water Colour Painting and Calligraphy

12pm to 5pm See full details...
Burgh House opens 12 noon to 5 pm Wednesday – Friday and Sunday New works by students of Suiboko Studio, Belsize Park. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3. Admission free. Info 7431 0144
Other dates and times:
  • Wednesday 9 June to Friday 11 June from 12pm to 5pm
  • Sunday 13 June from 12pm to 5pm

Thursday 10 June

NGS Open Garden

6pm to 9pm See full details...
89 Willifield Way NW11. Evening soirée with cocktails, in a deliciously pretty cottage garden. No dogs please. Refreshments. Admission £4.50. Info 8455 7618

Stephen Tucker talks to Milein Cosman

7:30pm See full details...
Stephen Tucker talks to Milein Cosman, the Hampstead artist, about the people she has met, drawn or painted. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3. Admission £15 to include wine. To book 7794 1193

Friday 11 June

Anne Cloudesley

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Highgate Gallery Exhibition, depicting Anne's delight in nature, people and places. Scenes in the Sudan, Ethiopia, Namibia, Peru and Australia. Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, N6. Admission free. Info 8340 3343 or 8340 5632. Tuesday-Friday 1-5 pm, Saturday 11 am-4 pm, Sunday 11 am-5 pm.
Other dates and times:
  • Friday 11 June to Sunday 13 June
  • Tuesday 15 June to Sunday 20 June
  • Tuesday 22 June to Thursday 24 June

Saturday 12 June

Institute - Three courses at the Institute Arts Centre

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Silk Screen Printing, Feel Good with Food, Understanding your Digital Camera: Beginners.

Abbeyfield Open House Coffee Morning

10:30am to 12pm See full details...
Abbeyfield House, Homesfield, Erskine Hill. Opportunity to visit the house and meet residents, staff and volunteers. Refreshments. Admission free

Sunday 13 June

NGS Open Garden

2pm to 6pm See full details...
89 Willifield Way NW11. Bring the kids for tea on the lawn and hunt the fairy in this pretty Suburb cottage garden. No dogs please. Refreshments. Admission £2.50 (children free). Info 8455 7618

Tuesday 15 June

Horticultural Society - Entry night for 269th Flower Show

7pm to 8pm See full details...
Entry forms from handbook to Fellowship House, Willifield Way, NW11 or 4 Asmuns Hill, NW11 6ET. Enquiries: Show Secretary

LJCC - Barack Obama and the World: Saviour or Lame Duck?

8pm at Ivy House. See full details...
With Professor Michael Cox, Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics.

Wednesday 16 June

Exhibition - Vivienne Lewin

12pm to 5pm See full details...
Vivienne Lewin will show her recent abstract and abstracted oil paintings, concentrating on the use of colour. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3. Admission free. Info 7431 0144
Other dates and times:
  • Wednesday 16 June to Friday 18 June from 12pm to 5pm
  • Sunday 20 June from 12pm to 5pm
  • Wednesday 23 June to Friday 25 June from 12pm to 5pm
  • Sunday 27 June from 12pm to 5pm

Thursday 17 June

Thursday Fellowship Social Afternoon

2:30pm at The Free Church. See full details...
'‘Hundred Years of Guiding' by Pat Long in Free Church Rooms

LJCC - Home and Identity, Baghdad and Exile with Eli Amir

8pm at Ivy House. See full details...
A unique opportunity to hear remarkable author Eli Amir talk about his life and experiences in exile, which inspired his acclaimed novel "The Dove Flyer."

Saturday 19 June

Italian splendour

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7.45pm Finchley Choral Society’s summer concert will feature an all Italian programme with works by Monteverdi, Vivaldi and Domenico Scarlatti’s masterpiece Stabat Mater. At St. Anne's, Highgate West Hill, London N6 6AP. Tickets £13.00 | £1 students/children available from the FCS box office (020 7263 3358).

Institute - Two courses at the Institute Arts Centre

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Pasta Express One-day cookery course, Alter your Clothes with Confidence.

Proms at St Jude's - 2010 Festival

at St. Jude's Church. See full details...
Proms at St Jude’s is a 9-day midsummer music festival, one of the best in London, offering a wide range of music, from classical to jazz, with international artists and rising young professionals. There are free lunchtime concerts every day for all ages and a series of guided Heritage Walks in leafy Hampstead Garden Suburb.

Horticultural Society - 269th Flower Show

3pm to 5:30pm at Free Church Hall. See full details...
(£1.00 non-members). Teas, raffle, etc

Sunday 20 June

NGS Open Garden

2pm to 6pm See full details...
5 Hillcrest Avenue NW11. Urban jungle front-garden leads to steep traditional cottage garden. No dogs please. Refreshments. Admission £2 Info 8455 7618

Song Recital

3:30pm See full details...
William Petter tenor Claire Howard piano Schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3. Tickets £10 (conc £8). To book 07852 285 656

Monday 21 June

Institute - Open Week

at The Institute. See full details...
The Institute is holding its first new look Open Week, giving prospective students the chance to come along, talk over their needs - and their apprehensions - with sympathetic teachers and even visit some taster classes to experience what studying at The Institute is all about.

Tuesday 22 June

LJCC - A Memoir of Love and Madness: A Rare Personal Account of Bipolar Disorder With Rahla Xenopoulos

12:30pm at Ivy House. See full details...
After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Rahla Xenopoulos was inspired to write a book recounting her eccentric Jewish upbringing & struggle with mental illness.

Fellowship - An Arctic Expedition

2:30pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Former soldier,Mark Wood,will illustrate his talk with a short film. Visitors £2 including tea and biscuits or join Fellowship for £10 a year.

Hampstead Music Club Chairman’s Evening

8pm See full details...
A grand finale to the season, with musical items performed by members at the Chairman’s request. Non-members welcome. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3. Info 7431 0144

Wednesday 23 June

NGS Open Garden

5pm to 9pm See full details...
5 Hillcrest Avenue NW11. Evening with wine and refreshments in a traditional garden. No dogs please. Admission £3 Info 8455 7618

Thursday 24 June

Proms at St Jude's - Music on Central Square

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The Proms concerts will be broadcast on to Central Square this weekend and on Thursday, so families can come along, picnic and listen to the music free of charge. Thursday 24th: Sir Willard White, Saturday 26th: Jazz Night with Clare Teal and her Band, Sunday 27th: Last Night of the Proms with the Southbank Sinfonia. All start at 7:45pm.
Other dates and times:
  • Saturday 26 June
  • Sunday 27 June

Trio and Quartet Music Recital

7:30pm See full details...
Danielle Salamon piano Sylvie Gazeau violin Pamela Moutoussi viola Babette Lichtenstein cello Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3. In aid of Gospel Oak Action Link. Suggested minimum donation £20. Info 8674 4804 or 7485 8902

The Finchley Society AGM followed by Return to Kruger National Park

8pm See full details...
Illustrated talk with pictures of wildlife. The Drawing Room at Avenue House, East End Road, Finchley N3. Tickets (non-members) £2. Info 8346 8209

Friday 25 June

Proms at St Jude's - Proms Organ Recital

at The Free Church. See full details...
12.45 pm by Samuel Rathbone, light lunch served from midday.

Piano Recital by Prach Boondiskulchok

7:30pm See full details...
Bach, Bartók, Debussy. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3. Tickets £10 (conc £7) including refreshments. To book 07546 200 732

Saturday 26 June

Antiques & Collectors' Fair

10am to 5pm See full details...
Antiquarian books, period jewellery, glass and textiles, artefacts, ephemera. Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, N6. Strawberry Tea. Admission £1, children free. Info 8340 3343 or 8340 5632

Sunday 27 June

Free Concert by Northwest Community Youth Choir

2pm See full details...
Performing Classical, Gospel, Folk and Jazz. Burgh House, New End Square, NW3. Info 7431 0144

NGS Open Garden

2pm to 6pm See full details...
113 Corringham Road NW11. Homemade teas on the terrace in this exquisite Suburb garden featured in The English Garden. No dogs please. Admission £3 Info 8455 7618

Monday 28 June

Institute - Art Foundation Show 2010

11am to 4pm at The Institute. See full details...
You are invited to two exhibitions of students' work: Monday 28 June - Wednesday 30 June 2010 and Monday 5 July - Wednesday 7 July 2010 from 11am to 4pm at The Institute Arts Centre, 3 Beaumont Close, Bishops Avenue London N2 0GA
Other dates and times:
  • Monday 28 June to Wednesday 30 June from 11am to 4pm
  • Monday 5 July to Wednesday 7 July from 11am to 4pm

Borough Councillors’ Surgery

6pm to 7pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Advice given on local problems.

Tuesday 29 June

Fellowship - The World Garden of Lullingstone Castle

2:30pm at Fellowship House. See full details...
Jim Buttress,a well known Judge of Britain in Bloom,will illustrate his talk with slides. Visitors £2 including tea and biscuits or join Fellowship for £10 a year