July 30, 2010 · Comments Off
291 Mare Street, E8 (020 8985 2424)
Hackney Central rail/30, 38, 242, 277 bus. Box office 10am-6pm Mon-Sat. Admission ?4-?25. Credit MC, V.
Website: http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk
The gorgeous, historic Hackney Empire, beloved of legions of comics,
actors and music-hall types, is on a perennial funding crusade: almost
every month sees a benefit of some sort or other in a bid to stave off
closure. Here’s hoping it succeeds. Though it hosts more comedy and
theatre than music, the rare gigs here are invariably a treat.
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July 29, 2010 · Comments Off
Craig-Martin is a ‘self-confessed Prada whore’ who just follows fashion in order to blend in at parties. She was recently said to be lusting after a $6,000 mink sweatshirt as ‘you can throw it on with jeans’. Her day job is photographer to the rich and famous. On the positive side, she doesn’t do them any favours and she is just as likely to catch someone having a pee as posing. Expect to see celebrity body parts but few faces as Craig-Martin has a fear of being sued.
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July 25, 2010 · Comments Off
Whether your hot button is blues, pop, rock, reggae, country or alternative music, you’ll likely find it at the All Night Party. There’s something for kids and teens, too, at a bash that starts as early as 6pm and provides 12 hours of music making and flat-out fun. Included are performances by Old Town School artists, music workshops, song circles, open-mic performances and impromptu jam sessions. Among others, there’s a piano bar, dancing room, women’s room and jugband room.
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Tagged: j artist, j reggae, rock u
July 20, 2010 · Comments Off
Fascinatingly funny comedian and hypnotist Alain D Woolf gives his audience the chance to live out their fantasies every Wednesday at Carnival City’s Supersport Showbar. This very popular and exciting production has been extended due to popular demand. Alain’s show is a refreshing a break from reality and a veritable feast of fantasies, which will no doubt get you gasping with laughter. Hopefully you won’t go home believing that your mother-in-law is Elvis Presley…
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Tagged: do re me you, ny city, the comedian, hypno
July 19, 2010 · Comments Off
(28 June-2 July) – Henley Reach, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire (01491 572153)
Henley-on-Thames rail.
International rowing regatta and upper-class social event; the final race is on the Sunday.
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July 12, 2010 · Comments Off
This month the Florida Grand Opera puts on Rossini’s popular comedy. ‘The Barber of Seville’ is Figaro, who helps a dashing young nobleman save a rich young woman from a lecherous old doctor. From Act 1 Figaro makes his first appearance singing a lively comic aria, ‘Largo al factotum’, in which he boasts how clever he is. A perennial crowd-pleaser, this production is being held at the Dade County Auditorium.
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July 9, 2010 · Comments Off
Massive buffalo herds once rolled across the heartland prairies like an endless black sea. Buffalo yielded many essentials Native American tribes needed for food, clothing and shelter. Those days are recalled in a weekly hands-on family activity programme. This permanent exhibition provides a taste of life as the Pawnee Indians lived it on the Great Plains. History comes alive in a full-size replica of a traditional Pawnee earth lodge. Join museum interpreters around the fire to examine tools and toys made from buffalo and hear stories of a hunt.
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July 6, 2010 · Comments Off
When Dario Cecchini staged a mock funeral for the Bistecca alla Fiorentina when it was banned for BSE in March, he shot to world-wide fame. His butcher’s shop in Panzano, a tiny town in Chianti, is foodie heaven. Opera or jazz blares from the CD player, the place is full of cookery books, jars of spices, strings of garlic and chillies, he holds brunch on Sunday mornings, recites Dante and sells extraordinarily good organic meat. He also prepares meat dishes from traditional recipes.
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July 5, 2010 · Comments Off
Cirque du Soleil, the Montreal-based international company that has redefined the art of circus, arrives in Tokyo as part of a gruelling 13-month tour of Japan. Accommodated in a specially built big top near the Olympic Stadium in Yoyogi, for the next three months the company will be thrilling locals with its usual assortment of daredevil stunts, including impossible high-wire feats of daring and lots of fun with chainsaws. Tickets are already a hot item, so book early.
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July 4, 2010 · Comments Off
This Hirshhorn show in the museum’s ‘Directions’ series is the biggest East Coast display artist Tim Hawkinson has ever had. The exhibition will be an overview of his pieces, which range from distended human figures to minimal drawings all the way to junkyard assemblages of an otherworldly beauty. The museums striking third-floor ‘Directions’ space should provide an ideal setting for patrons to discover an artist and scavenger with a West Coast aesthetic ingrained in his creations.
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Tagged: j artist, ron ng
