Summer in Leytonstone
The sun is shining, the boats are out on Hollow Ponds, and this weekend sees the start of Leytonstone’s summer festival season kicking off with the Leytonstone Arts Trail from 6-14 July and the Leytonstone Festival from 11-21 July.
Look out as well in house and shop windows for art appearing as part of Let’s Fill Leytonstone with Art.
This month also sees the return of the Sunset over London Tower Tours at St John’s Church giving spectacular views to the City and beyond.
www.ItDoesTheJob.com is calling for entries to its Mural Our Wall competition for the Leytonstone Arts Trail and Leytonstone Festival.
The theme is ‘sustainability, re-using and the environment’.
The closing date is 16 May 2013.
Find out how to enter the competition at: www.ItDoesTheJob.com
Download a poster to find out more: IDTJ.com- mural our wall poster
Forest Recycling are giving away free paint this Saturday, there’s live music, theatre, a new art exhibition and next week a charity market at O’Neills. And lots more going on in Leytonstone. Please pass the message on!An exhibition by local artist Carne Griffiths whose distinctive style uses brandy and tea for his paintings started this week at the Slate Gallery (the window space next to the Stone Space on Church Lane) and runs until 13 April.
Comics, comedy, community garden, live music, art and theatre and more. Here’s a round up of some of what’s happening in Leytonstone in the next week or so. Please share!
Find out how to make your own comic strip with professional cartoonist Steve Marchant. The event is free but you need to book.
Leytonstone Library
6 Church Lane
Leytonstone
London, E11 1HG
The Luna Lounge’s regular monthly Laughter Zone is on this Saturday, and on Friday they are featuring Silver Hill — acoustic originals and classic covers.
See the Luna Lounge website for their regular programme of events.
Waiting – 21 February to 17 March 2013
Fixations – 21 March to 14 April
More information from: The Stone Space Gallery
More details:
Leytonstone’s newest music venue had a busy programme of events next week:
Monday nights are Quiz Night at the Red Lion. See the Red Lion website for details of their regular and special events. What’s Cooking has music on Wednesday’s and the 2nd, 4th and 5th Saturday of the month and is now at the Birkbeck Tavern. There’s Live Music on Friday Nights at O’Neill’s and look out for dates for live music at The North Star Sessions.
Fri 8 and Sat 9 March 2013
Fri 15 and Sat 16 March 2013
Welsh Church Hall
More information and to book: Woodhouse Players website
Run a workshop for Leytonstone Arts TrailLeytonstone Arts Trail is inviting groups or individuals to apply to run workshops as part of this year’s Arts Trail. The deadline is Thursday 28 February 2013. Details are on their website:
Leytonstone Festival is calling for proposals for this year’s event. If you want to put on an event as part of this year’s Leytonstone Festival you need to submit a proposal form before 26 April. More details on how to obtain the form and where to send it back from:
Transition Leytonstone is encouraging you all to put up a bird box for national Bird Box Week which started yesterday.
Have you visited the E11 Market which opened last week outside Matalan? Follow them on Twitter @E11 Market to find out the latest news.
If you missed my post earlier this week, Organiclea have two jobs on offer.
If you have paint left over you don’t need, or you want to buy some cheap paint for decorating, Forest Recycling Project have reclaimed paint available for a suggested £1 litre. Their Leytonstone site is in Hainault Road. Check their website for the address and opening times and details of their other recycling work.
Website: Forest Recycling Project Where to Buy Paint
Coming up
As well as the events below don’t forget to check out the local pubs and Luna Lounge for regular music and comedy nights.
Waiting – 21 February to 17 March 2013
Fixations – 21 March to 14 April
More information from: The Stone Space Gallery Coming Next
Fri 8 and Sat 9 March 2013
Fri 15 and Sat 16 March 2013
Welsh Church Hall
More information and to book: Woodhouse Players website
The Plough and Harrow turns into a music venue this weekend with its Venue Launch Party on Saturday. There’s also live music at The Crown on Saturday evening and this Saturday is also due to see the opening of the E11 Market, outside Matalan.
Reside continues at the Stone Space and next Wednesday Leytonstone Film Club is screening the French film 36 Quai des Orfèvres.
Leytonstone doesn’t have a cinema, but the cinemas will be full from the end of this week with a new film about Sir Alfred Hitchcock, who was, of course, born in Leytonstone.
Open Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Check their website for eact times:
Due to open for the first time Outside Matalan. Check their website for updates:
Website: St John’s Church
The Plough and Harrow
Plough and Harrow. Check their website and Facebook page for more details:
Dir: Olivier Marchal. (2004) France; 111 min (15).
Leytonstone Pop-Up Cinema, at Church Lane Library. Check their website for full details:
Website: www.leytonstonefilmclub.com
Book ahead for the next production from the Woodhouse Players, who are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year:
Triple Bill
Fri 8 and Sat 9 March 2013
Fri 15 and Sat 16 March 2013
Welsh Church Hall
Website: www.woodhouseplayers.co.uk
Do you have any Leytonstone based photographs on the theme of home?
The THIS IS HOME project would like your photos and has extended the deadline to this Thursday 30 January 2013.
THIS IS HOME is the latest Leytonstone Museum project, in collaboration with Reside at The Stone Space.
Leytonstone based photographs on the theme of home will be included in the Leytonstone Museum archive and selected images will be exhibited digitally at The Stone Space in the current residency or forthcoming final exhibition.
Reside runs at The Stone Space until 17 February 2013.
Email: This Is Home with your entries (please do not send them to the Leytonstone Today website!)
Leytonstone This Is HomeDo you live in Leytonstone? Do you consider Leytonstone home?
Leytonstone (online) Museum has announced a new project in conjunction with the Reside residency at The Stone Space gallery.
Selected photographs will be exhibited on the Leytonstone Museum website and digitally at The Stone Space gallery.
If you want to contribute photographs the deadline is Thursday 24 January. Please see the Leytonstone Museum link below.
The artFORMS exhibition is coming to an end. If you haven’t been yet, check The Stone Space Gallery website for opening times.
Discuss local matters with your local Leytonstone Ward councillors, Clyde Loakes, Marie Pye and Jennie Gray.
The agenda will include:
Venue: St John’s Church Hall, 825 High Road, Leytonstone, E11 1HH
Organiser and more information: London Borough of Waltham Forest website. Please do not contact this site or the church!
The News from Nowhere Club has published its 2013 programme. The first event is on Saturday 12 January: ‘Adventures in the Wild East’: The Story of the Eton Manor Boys’ Club Speaker: Dr Michelle Johansen.
Tickets are still available for some performances of the Woodhouse Players’ New Year Panto at the Welsh Church Hall. See the Woodhouse Players website for more information.
This week has seen the opening of the artFORMS exhibition at the Stone Space Gallery, there are carols at St John’s Church on Sunday and Jumblegeddon at the 491 Gallery.
If you’ve still not bought all your Christmas presents, The Lion Heart will be outside the Red Lion on Saturday and local traders would love your business!
More information and to check opening times:
Outside the Red Lion Pub
More information: Lion Heart Market
Vintage and designer clothes, art and artists supplies, vinyl, CDs, DVDs and music equipment, books, plants, hand made bird boxes, bric-a-brac and collectibles. Cafe by donation, mulled wine and outdoor fire. Free entry, £5 per table.
491 Grove Green Road
Leytonstone, E11 4AA
More information from the organiser Jim Daubenton-Brown on Facebook
St Andrew’s Church, Colworth Road, Upper Leytonstone
The nights are darker but there’s plenty going on in Leytonstone to lighten the mood in the next week or so.
Thursday 1 November, 20:00 until 21:45St John’s Church, Church Lane Leytonstone, E11
The season of magnificent views from St John’s Church Tower is nearing an end with one more opportunity tonight and a special for bonfire night (see below).
In 360 degrees you can see the O2, Olympic Park, right across the City to the London Eye, the Shard and even Alexandra Palace as well as Epping Forest, Whipps Cross and Wanstead Flats. The evening starts off with live music and finishes with a warm drink.
If you don’t fancy going up the tower, there’s an invitation to attend the concert for free instead.
Welsh Church Hall, 879 Leytonstone High Road, E11 1HR
Sunday 4 November, 11am to 3pmChurch Lane Community Garden, Harold Road, E11 4QX
Go along to the new Community Garden to meet the neighbours and learn all about building clean, effective compost containers and top composting technique. Take a packed lunch to eat and /or share!
The entrance to the Community Garden is at the bottom of the foot-bridge over the A12, near where Harold Road meets Vernon Road.
On Sunday 11 November there is also a Raised Beds Workshop (that’s vegetable or flower beds!)
On Sunday 2 December Transition Walthamstow is running a Draughtbusting Workshop which is also open to people from Leytonstone.
St John’s Church, Church Lane, Leytonstone
Live jazz will start the grand finale of this year’s tower tours: a bird’s eye view of Bonfire Night displays in Waltham Forest and all over Essex and London, with homemade gingerbread and hot chocolate or coffee at the top of the tower.
Reverend Raymond Draper, vicar of St John’s, says: “Our Sunset over London and London by Night tours started in June and have been a great success. The tours have helped towards the outstanding cost of the recent tower repairs and restoration, but more importantly visitors have discovered this beautiful church, enjoyed wonderful music, and had an inspiring experience of London. The special tours for the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies were a highlight, and we’re very much looking forward to more fireworks for our final tour of 2012 on November 5.”
Only 20 places available. Tickets for 5 November are £50. Sorry, no under-8s.
To book
Chestnuts Field, Waltham Forest Town Hall Complex, Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JF
This is a free event for all Waltham Forest residents. There will be fireworks, music, entertainment, fairground rides and a wide range of refreshments to snack on.
More details: Waltham Forest Council website
Alice (15). Dir: Marco Martins. (2005) Portugal; 102 min.
Leytonstone Library, Church Lane, E11 1HG
at the Star of India.
This exhibition continues until 11 November. Check the Stone Space website for opening days and times.
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