Ambitious beyond its means, an international line up of some 150 artists, designers, musicians, writers, thinkers and performers wrestle with the theme of utopia in and around the birthplace of William Morris through exhibitions and installations. News From Nowhere: Visions Of Utopia promises to be one of the largest art events in London this year. [...]
Activity | Architect | Art | Artist | Audio visual | Designer | East London | Events | Exhibition | Gallery | Installation | Modern | Museum | Music | Musician | Performance | Performer | Radical | Social | Theatre | WriterNina considers the musical language of jazz to be one of her greatest inspirations. Her exhibition, Jazz in the City is the culmination of a life’s work for this innovative and unique artist. It also begins a tour featuring Nina as an artist in residence, to include The International Jazz Festival in Moscow, during which [...]
Actor | Art | Artist | Culture | Drama | East London | Events | Exhibition | Festival | Film | Gallery | History | Inspiration | Modern | Museum | Music | Opera | Painting | Performer | Poetry | TheatreThe opening night sees an evening of classical opera extracts performed, including Carmen, Nessun Dorma, The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro and many others at The Hackney Empire. East London Metropolitan Opera continues to bring together top professional musicians with members of the local community and children from Hackney schools accompanied by a [...]
Actor | Art | Artist | Classical | Drama | East London | Editor | Events | Festival | Magic | Movie | Music | Musician | Opera | Painting | Performance | Poetry | Punk | Songwriter | Theatre | WriterEast London is in for a treat. September sees the launch of a design exhibition that plans to give anything experimental, conceptual and vibrant a shot at showing themselves. 100% East, presented by 100%Design and Undu Graduates will be an exhibition showcasing international and emerging design. Jimmy McDonald, Director of Undu Graduates is eager to [...]
Art | Designer | East London | Events | ExhibitionThe 7th black film magazine International Film Festival [bfm IFF] hosts an amazing line up of films from the finest the African Diaspora has to offer: films made in Hollywood, the Caribbean, Africa, Canada, Europe and our own UK talent will compete for prizes and awards. The bfm IFF is a six day event – [...]
Actor | Art | Events | Festival | Film | Filmmaker | HollywoodIt’s upon us again, time for the models to be on their best behaviour, for the kings and queens of style to get in gear and for everyone else to pay attention. London Fashion Week 2005, awaits. In the hubbub of Fashion Week’s trendy events, East London’s mirrorstudios presents the London Fashion Week 2005 off-schedule [...]
Actor | Celebrity | Clothes | Contemporary | Design | Designer | East London | Events | Fashion | Show | TraditionalVision Literary Society is going to publish the first issue of its quarterly poetry magazine London Poets in November 2005. Send at least two of your unpublished poems with a photograph and a brief biography including contact phone and e-mail to London Poets, 132 Rounton Road, London E3 4EX by 30 September. Poems should not [...]
Events | Poetry | SocietyIf you are looking for the hottest ticket in town, the sold-out play of the year, albeit in a very small theatre (the King’s Head in Islington), or a vicious, no-nonsense send-up of Britain’s modern-day ruling class, Who’s The Daddy? is on its way to be proclaimed as the most controversial new play of the [...]
Actor | Designer | Director | Editor | Events | Modern | Political | Theatre | War | WriterThis is the first time ever that the London Eye has been used for a live arts festival and was sold out well in advance of its opening. It seems an African summer breeze has blown in over the UK, with weather temperatures soaring, bringing with it a feast of unforgettable experiences. How ironic then [...]
Art | Artist | Awareness | Comics | Communities | Concert | Drama | Events | Festival | History | Music | Performance | Political | Theatre | WriterFestival in Old Spitalfields Market and the Spitz. 16th July 2005 The Wired Women of Spitalfields festival will start with a day of free entertainment and activities in Old Spitalfields Market. Featuring live music on a free stage, an art installation in a disused shop unit, a jumble sale, knitting circles, puppets, a tombola, a [...]
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