Life Drawing with Green Tea Architects

Life drawing classes are the new pop-up restaurants. Malcolm writes with news of another option:Green Tea Architects are holding life drawing evenings on a fortnightly basis starting on Thursday 12th September 2013. The evening starts at 6.15 and ends at 8.30.There will be a 15 minute intermission during which time a complimentary glass of wine ...

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The Bechdel Test Film Club

Lora: You're aiming high. Steve: Why not? It doesn't cost anymore. Don't you believe in chasing rainbows? - Imitation of LifeThe Bechdel Test Film Club's founder Lucy Smee writes:I started a monthly film club recently (first one was in June) and it's going to be every month on the last Wednesday of the month, the next ...

MAX 2014

Homer: Kids: there's three ways to do things; the right way, the wrong way and the Max Power way!Bart: Isn't that the wrong way?Homer Simpson: Yeah, but faster!- The Simpsons - Homer to the MaxOn Monday, July 29th, the organisers of the Brockley MAX arts festival, are holding an open meeting to discuss plans for ...

Hilly Fields pop-up French dining

Andy writes:I'm a local chef and Brockley resident.Fred and Ruth at Pistachio's in Hilly Fields have kindly let me use the cafe on Friday, July 26th to do a pop up restaurant night with a French theme. I'll be offering canapés and three courses for £32.Tickets can be purchased by leaving a 50% deposit and ...

Festival in the Forest

Last weekend we went along to Devonshire Road Nature Reserve's first 'Festival in the Forest', in search of some greenery, live music, and a few posh beers (see below). As an unexpected bonus, the sun was shining on us.The site is accessed via a narrow strip from the road, where a small hut and decked ...

Crab is King

Fry: My fellow fish monsters, far be it for me to question your stupid civilization or its dumb customs, but is squeezing each other's brains out with a giant nutcracker really going to solve anything?- Futurama

Brockley Open Studios this weekend

Some of Aimee Henderson's workThe 2013 Brockley Open Studios takes place this weekend.Artist Aimée Henderson is one of the 42 local artists taking part this year, and explains what the event means to her:"I am opening up the wee studio at the back of my flat this year to take part. I have just completed ...

Palestinian pop-up

Cristiana writes:I'm organising an event in support of a project I'm personally involved in: Bait al Karama, the first women led Palestinian cookery school of the West Bank. The event is going to be a Palestinian dinner with music at the Hill Station Cafe on Sunday 14th of July. A rare opprotunity to taste some ...

The Blythe Hill Festival, July 6th