Happennings 24-26 Aug 2007
Born and Bred
Argentina-UK-Italy, 2006, dir Pablo Trapero
BFI Southbank, Waterloo, London SE1 8XT
Fri 24 Aug (2.20pm, 6.30pm, 8.30pm)
Sat 25 Aug (3.50pm, 6.10pm, 8.30pm)
Sun 26 Aug (3.50pm, 6.10pm, 8.30pm)
£8.60 / more info / excerpt from event's official page:
"Argentine cinema has attracted a great deal of attention over the last decade, and of the many talented directors who have emerged in that time Pablo Trapero is undoubtedly one of the most influential."
Vinyl (USA 1965, 66min) + Kitchen (USA 1965)
dir Andy Warhol
BFI Southbank, Waterloo, London SE1 8XT
Sun 26 Aug (8.20pm)
£8.60 / more info / excerpt from event's official page:
"Loosely based (by Ronald Tavel) on Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, Vinyl is an avant-garde exploration of cultural incompatiblity."
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."
Happenings 10-12 Aug, 2007
Andy Warhol retrospective
BFI Southbank, Waterloo, London SE1 8XT
Tue 7 Aug - Sun 30 Sept
£8.60 / more info / excerpt from event's official page:
"In the most complete retrospective of Andy Warhol's cinema ever held, Callie Angell guides you through the Pop master's brilliant film career, from minimalist silent epics and underground narratives to double-screen extravaganzas, including many recently restored titles never before seen in London."
Platforms:live
The Luminaire, Kilburn, London NW6 7JR
Sat 11 Aug (7.30pm)
£5.50 or £7 door / more info / excerpt from event's official page:
"Arts mag Platforms hosts an evening of exciting new sounds and poetry, featuring raw shooby doo harmonies from Peggy Sue & The Pirates, heartbreaking folk anthems from Noah and The Whale, Anna Log's ethereal piano balladry, delicate acoustic songs from Ed Hope and live poetry through the evening."
London Mela 2007
Gunnersbury Park, London W3
Sun 12 Aug (12-9pm)
free / more info / excerpt from event's official page:
"Melas originate from the Indian sub continent. The word Mela comes from the sanskrit 'to meet' and is related to 'milana' the verb to tune. It is commonly used to describe a large gathering of people celebrating artistic, religious or political events - a fair or a festival."
Happenings 3-5 Aug, 2007
Pop Art and Sculptors' Films: Turnbull to Pye
BFI Southbank, Waterloo, London SE1 8XT
Fri 3 Aug (6:15pm)
£8.60 / more info / excerpt from event's official page:
"This programme contains rare film-works by some of the most celebrated artists during the 50s and 60s and by others who deserve to be better known. Many have their origins in the idea of documentation, but ambitiously explore different forms of collage, multiple viewpoint and space-time relationships."
Portobello Film Festival
various venues, London W10/11
Wed 1 Aug - Tue 21 Aug
free / more info / excerpt from event's official page:
"The Film Festival was created in 1996 as a reaction to the moribund state of the British film industry, to provide a forum for new film-makers and give exposure to movies on different formats."
Porco Rosso: Pigs in planes!
British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
Sat 4 Aug (2:30pm)
free / more info / excerpt from event's official page:
"Dastardly air pirates are thwarted by an Italian bounty-hunter pilot, who has been cursed and now has the head of a pig. This enchanting aerial fantasy is based on Miyazaki Hayao's manga."
Lockstock 12: Clash Magazine special
The Lock Tavern, 35 Chalk Farm Road, London NW1
Sun 5 Aug (4pm-11pm)
free / more info
A seven-act gig featuring Turin Brakes, Stateless, Bobby Cook, The Concretes Djs and more.
Happenings 27-29 July, 2007
Luminaries
Et Cetra Gallery, Hackney, London E9 6QH
Fri 27 July - Thur 2 Aug (Mon-Fri 12-7pm, Sat 10am-6pm)
free / more info / excerpt from flavorpill:
"Jane Webb and John Williams join forces to launch Luminaries, an ethereal and inspired exhibition that reworks the nature of the physical subject through a combination of glass sculpture and black-and-white photography."
Friday Late Village Fête
Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
Fri 27 + Sat 28 July (Fri 6:30-10pm, Sat 1-5pm)
£3 / more info / excerpt from event's official page:
"Over 30 of the most inventive and dynamic creative individuals working in the UK today come together to create an extraordinary array of stalls offering games to play and products to win."
The Fire Tusk Pain Proof Circus
Fri 27 July (10pm)
Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8EH
£15 / £10 concessions / more info / excerpt from event's official page:
"A high speed high energy experience with real people, real risks and real skills. Bed of nails, metal flossing, concrete smashing, fire whip cracking, motorbikes, chainsaws and straitjackets."
The Bowl 2007
Sat 28th + Sun 29th July (12-8pm)
Crystal Palace Park, London SE19
free / more info / excerpt from event's official page:
"Featuring a weekend of live music and entertainment from the best south London bands, percussionists and DJ's."