Happenings 17-19 Aug, 2007
Sam Sharp
The George Tavern, 373 Commercial Road, London E1
Fri 17 Aug (8pm)
free / more info / excerpt from flavorpill:
"Playing tonight at the unreconstructed Stepney boozer is jazz-scene stalwart and talented saxophonist Sam Sharp. As Pack of Six, Sharp serves up helpings of James Taylor Quartet-influenced jazz and soul and is also a dab hand at the classic big-band sound."
We like it a lot
Nettie Horn, 25b Vyner Street, London E2 9DG
Sat 18 Aug - Tue 21 Aug
Preview with performances Fri 17 Aug (6-9pm)
free / more info / excerpt from event's official page:
"We like it a lot takes its title from a video by the Polish collective Azorro, in which the artists visit and comment on exhibitions in Warsaw. In each instance their experience of the art on show is indiscriminately summed up with this one inadequate but emphatic phrase."
The Death of Peter Fechter
Sat 18 Aug (10am)
ICA, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH
£10 / £9 concessions / more info / excerpt from flavorpill:
"The Death of Peter Fechter re-enacts the day in 1962 when a young man died trying to escape over the Berlin Wall. Audience members assemble at the ICA and are then bussed to a secret London location where the performance takes place. Devised by artist S Mark Gubb, the straight re-enactment occurs in real time on the 45th anniversary of the event."
10th London Vegan Festival
Sun 19 Aug (10am-8pm)
Kensington Town Hall, Hornton St, London W8
£1 / more info / excerpt from flavorpill:
"The tenth annual London Vegan Festival adds to the city's ever eclectic plethora of events with an afternoon of animal-free entertainment."