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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...

Artist networking at Number 57

Jul

2014

Mag-Net-Working is an event for visual artists in South East and East London, taking place at Number 57 Loampit Hill on July 17th, 6.30pm-9pm. The organisers say:Number 57 gallery will transform into a social hub for artists to meet, discuss their current practice, and develop new ideas for collaboration. During the evening, there will be ...

Brockley: The Wicked + The Divine

Jun

2014

Kieron Gillen is one of comics' rising stars, writing acclaimed runs on Thor and the Uncanny X-Men. As we've mentioned before, he also lives in Brockley.Back in April, as we were hyperventilating about the presence of Captain America in our midst, he revealed that he liked to root his work in places he's lived and ...

Socket & See, Harts Lane Studios

Jun

2014

‘SOCKET & SEE’ A Concept Installation by Clive Burton, 20 June 2014, 6-8 pmFor this site specific installation in Harts Lane Studios (New Cross), Clive Burton takes the original, now defunct, many times painted over, electrical plug socket, found on the far right hand side wall of the Studios, to create a mould for multiple ...

The 22nd Brockley Open Studios

Jun

2014

Bridge Invasion by Michael Woolley (Breakspears Road)Brockley Open Studios is the finest way to spend a summer weekend and it returns for its 22nd iteration, July 5-7, 2014. It's a slightly smaller roster than usual, but 36 artists will open up their homes and studios to the public, every afternoon for three days.Click here for ...

The Live Lounge

Jun

2014

Lounge at the Arthouse - Brockley's latest pop-up venue - began its six-week run this week and tomorrow will play host to Mana Greek (providing the food) and Rabbit, X-Amount and Charles Hayward + Mirei Yazawa (providing the live music and performance).Full details of the upcoming events here.

Faux Detective

Apr

2014

We have a Sky-shaped blind spot in our pop-culture radar, so we don't really know what Alexandra means when she writes:I spotted these 'tree decorations' in Hilly Fields this morning. I think that someone has been inspired by True Detective. Maybe McConaughey and Harrelson will turn up somewhere!

Ruin Lust

Apr

2014

A couple of weeks left at Tate Britain of 'Ruin Lust', the exhibition tracing artists' fascination with ruins from the 18th century onwards. London features heavily, with Transpontine content including:Photographs by Henry Dixon of old inns facing demolition, commissioned by the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London in the 1880s. This one is of ...

Yellow Borough

Apr

2014

Jerry: Like Bizarro Superman. Superman's exact opposite, who lives in the backwards bizarro world. Up is Down. Down is Up. He says "Hello" when he leaves, "Good bye" when he arrives. Elaine: Shouldn't he say "Bad bye"? Isn't that the, opposite of "Good bye"? Jerry: No. It's still a goodbye. Elaine: Uh. Does he live underwater? Jerry: No. Elaine: Is he ...

cueB becomes the Buddha Bar

Apr

2014

'One As All' by John DuckworthcueB gallery (aka the back of the Brockley Mess cafe) is hosting an exhibition of the work of US artist John Duckworth (May 2 - June 1). ‘This is the Tunes and Whispered’ will feature seven large format paintings that 'explore a dialogue between Eastern Buddhism and Western consumerism.'During the ...

Woolly bollards on Brockley Mews

Apr

2014