Gaggle Cave

Gaggle, the twenty strong all-women alternative choir, are taking up residency later this month at the InSitu Project Space  - the Royal Albert pub's new gallery space next to the pub at 460 New Cross Cross Road. For three weeks (May 30th - June 21s) Gaggle will be running it as 'a one of a kind concept shop, gallery ...

A Grove Park Childhood

Tomorrow (Thursday) at New Cross Learning, New Cross Local History Group presents 'A Grove Park Childhood'. Pauline Payne will give an illustrated talk on growing up on the Lewisham council estate in the 1940s and 50s. 6:30 pm start.

History Corner: New Cross Gate Cutting

A fascinating tour of London Wildlife Trust's New Cross Gate Cutting/Brockley nature reserve last weekend in the company of New Cross Commoners, with volunteer warden Steve Cleall giving us an insight into the site's history and wildlife.The reserve, situated alongside the railway line with its entrance on Vesta Road SE4, is a great slice of ...

Opera Gold in New Cross

Event: Britten's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'Date & Time: 6-7 June 2013, 19:00 - 22:00Venue: Great Hall, Richard Hoggart Building (New Cross Gate/New Cross Overground)Price:  £10 full / £5 concessionsContact: Imogen Burman (i.burman@gold.ac.uk / 020 7919 7645)Goldsmiths says:OperaGold is proud to present Benjamin Britten's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', produced and directed by internationally feted soprano Nan ...

Jobs at new New Cross cafe

BCer Fabhat let's us know of a job opportunity at a new social enterprise cafe in New Cross. Here are the details:Anybody know people who would be interested in being a Chef (£15k a year for 32.5 hours) or a Cafe Assistant (£6.50 per hour for 20-25 hours per week, but will probably be more ...

Paleo and interesting

Ceri writes:On Sunday 12th May 2013 from 2-4pm I am delighted to be hosting London’s first pop up Paleo afternoon tea in Cafe Crema, New Cross, South East London.Through my first pop-up event I will demonstrate how tasty, fun and good for you Paleo treats can be. As part of the event I will also ...

New kitchen at The Amersham Arms

Gareth from The Amersham writes:We are proud to announce that the Amersham Arms Kitchen has undergone something of a switch-around and is now running under new management. The big man in charge (Mr P) really knows his stuff – but we won't brag about all that he has done. We know that you will not ...

NX Records

Tony Wilson: Most of all, I love Manchester. The crumbling warehouses, the railway arches, the cheap abundant drugs. That's what did it in the end. Not the money, not the music, not even the guns. That is my heroic flaw: my excess of civic pride. - 24 Hour Party PeopleGoldsmiths says:Goldsmiths, University of London has partnered ...

Made in Lewisham: 100 years of Cinema

New Cross and Deptford Free Film Festival features an illustrated talk 'Made in Lewisham - 100 years of Cinema' with Neil Gordon-Orr. The talk will focus on New Cross, Deptford and Brockley in particular, looking at the places where people have watched films and the places films have been made in. Basically a visual tour of ...

World Book Night

Tonight is World Book Night, a nationwide celebration of the reading, recommending and giving of books. The recently revamped Lewisham Library will be hosting an after-hours book party, with special guests including Blake Morrison, Sarah Mussi, Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Lydia Syson, along with Sandra Agard. The theme for the night is ‘you should read…’ with each of ...