Wavelengths movie nights, November 14-28

This month, Deptford Film Club is staging special Saturday night movie screenings at Wavelengths pool.  Lounge on the water’s edge, float on a lilo, or swim throughout the movie. No word on whether the wave machine will get turned on, but they're making few concessions to the casual swinema-goer with their choice of movies - after ...

The Long Halloween

If you like Halloween and you haven't had enough retro nights to last a lifetime then you are spoiled for choice this year. First up, the Rivoli plays host to Rouge, who say:On October 24th, we are throwing a Halloween Night of the Glamour Ghouls!Music is a throwback 1970's and 80's and disco ghoul funk ...

Refugee fundraiser, November 3rd

Rachel writes:Come down to Lewisham Town Hall on Tuesday 3rd November from 6.30pm for a night of talks, music and food in aid of refugees in Calais.Thousands of refugees are currently experiencing great hardships and risking their lives in desperate attempts to escape the terrible consequences of military interventions, civil wars and the economic exploitation ...

The Blackheath Fireworks 2015

Lewisham Council have confirmed that Blackheath Fireworks is once again set to entertain thousands of people this year on Saturday 7 November at 8pm.This fantastic event is still one of very few London fireworks celebrations which is free to enter and annually attracts over 80,000 people from all over London. Lewisham Council is once again ...

ASC Open Studios, New Cross

Saturday 3 October 12-6pmAnother major arts community is opening itself up for the Deptford X Festival. Zeitgeist Arts Projects explains:ASC Open Studios houses a wide range of artists making painting, drawing, sculpture, film, installation and photography. Our Open Studios event is a fantastic and rare opportunity for members of the public, artists, curators and collectors ...

The Propeller Foundry Open Studio, October 3-4

Acme Studios is a wonderful 1920s industrial building on Childers Street, Deptford, which houses the Propeller Foundry, an artistic community stretching across a vast space. Tomorrow, it throws open its doors to the public. The organisers say:This weekend, 80 artists will be opening their doors in Acme's biggest studio building. Built as a ships' propeller ...

Bobolo Kitchen

Brockley's newest pop-up is a Cameroonian Supper Club, which will trigger all sorts of cognitive dissonance among anti-gentrifiers. The team behind it explain:Bobolo kitchen is a supper club, serving the adventurous foodie in our (even if we say so ourselves) amazing Brockley home.Events are held monthly celebrating great vegetables, spices, process of cooking that makes ...

Broculus: Lewisham ArtHouse Open Studios, 2-4 October

The ArtHouse is baring its soul as part of the Deptford X art festival. The team writes:We’re open again with a bumper selection of ocular delights…Wander around a warren of studios, buy artwork from source, window shop or simply enjoy the grandeur of a beautiful Edwardian building.Artists will be exploring the touchy-feely side of architecture ...

Oxjam 2015 – New Cross / Deptford Takeover

Elliot from Songkick writes:Today the Oxjam New Cross Takeover unveils a second round of artists joining its all-day, multi-venue music festival in South East London.On Saturday 17th October, the Amersham Arms, the New Cross Inn and the Job Centre will play host to London’s buzziest, scuzziest guitar bands and DJs. Joining Blueprint Blue, Whistlejacket, Alice ...

Wine Larder

Katherine and Cynthia from The Larder deli in Ladywell are running a series of wine tasting events. They write:We're very excited to announce that our next wine tasting will be with Neil Grayshon of L'Atypique Wines.Neil sources from small producers across Europe who focus on organic, unfiltered and biodynamically produced wine. He'll be talking us through - ...