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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Vinyl Verses

Nov

2014

As much music venue as record shop, Deptford's Vinyl is hosting a new, infrequent, spoken word night, starting in December.

Walls and shutters needed for the Brockley Street Art Festival

Oct

2014

This is a huge opportunity to do something good with all the horrible, greying, dirty regulation-defying shutters which Brockley's shop owners are enamoured with. The Friends of the Brockley Street Art Festival write:Calling all landlords, the Brockley area needs your walls and shutters!The Brockley Street Art Festival is an exciting project that aims to improve ...

Grayson Perry puts South London transgender man in the National Portrait Gallery

Oct

2014

Grayson Perry has a new TV series on Channel 4, Who are You?, featuring him exploring identity through making portraits of people he meets. There is an accompanying exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, which opened this week and continues until March next year (admission free).The first episode features an episode of transgender man Alex ...

The Deptford Stories Festival

Oct

2014

1st – 16th November 2014Preview night: Friday 31st October, 5-9pmFamily open day: 1st November, 11-6pmAnthology Deptford Foundry, Arklow Road Trading Estate, SE14 6EBDeptford Stories, an arts festival celebrating the lives and legends of Deptford will launch on Friday 31st October & Saturday 1st November. It will then continue until 16th November by appointment only. Bringing ...

Telegraph Hill Festival + Number 57 – get involved

Oct

2014

Two opportunities to get involved with local creative projects.Firstly, The Telegraph Hill Festival has launched its annual search for ideas. They have a planning meeting on November 6th, 8pm at The Hill Station, which is open to all comers with suggestions for events they'd like to put on as part of the 2015 festival.Secondly, the ...

Deptford X 2014

Oct

2014

It's Always About the Hair, Jessica VoorsangerSorry everyone, very late to the party here - we missed the start of the Deptford X arts festival, but there's still plenty to see before it draws to a close on October 5th with a March for Art.Bob & Roberta Smith is the artist in residence, working with ...

Deptford Fun Palaces, October 4-5

Sep

2014

The Deptford Fun Palaces team writes:The Deptford Fun Palaces will be springing up across the SE8 area on the weekend of 4th & 5th October 2014.This Fun Palace is a collaborative consortium of a number of creative, cultural and educational organisations, including The Albany, Deptford X, Art Mongers, The Deptford Lounge and many more. We ...

Kender Surprise

Sep

2014

With the Global Street Art festival on its way to Brockley next year, a new work has just appeared on a warehouse wall in Kender Street, New Cross. Thanks to Vik for the photo - if anyone knows the story behind it, please let us know.And now? Not. The moral majority won. The mural is ...

Arthouse Open

Sep

2014

As part of the 2014 Deptford X art festival (more details on that soon), Lewisham Arthouse is hosting another open day. The say:Wander around a warren of studios, buy artwork from the source, window shop or simply enjoy the grandeur of a beautiful Edwardian building.After the success of Lounge at the Arthouse, its back to ...

Public art commission for the Brockley Corridor

Sep

2014

As part of the plan to upgrade the "Brockley Corridor" between Brockley Cross and Honor Oak, a public artwork will be commissioned. Full details of the commission are on the Brockley forum.There is funding available for an artist to produce a permanent piece or pieces of public art to be sited along this road. The ...