10 SEPTEMBER 2012 THE ARCHER - www.the-archer.co.uk Regular Events Sport & Fitness Underground artist’s  Badminton Weds eves 8-10pm all abili- ties, contact George 8349 0170 or John 8444 7163. show   & Hornsey Ramblers Group By Sheila Armstrong Call Vivien 8883 8190 Archer readers and tube travellers may have noticed two  Glebelands Indoor Bowls Club, Sum- mers Lane N12. New and experienced pictures by local artist Michael Haynes in bowlers welcome. station and read the article about him in The Archer   Keep fit for the Retired on Wednesdays, November 2011. Michael had a show in the Christ Church N12. Call Bridie 8883 gallery Artway in August which included very reason- 5269   Muswell Hill Bowling Club, Kings ably priced prints of these two works. Ave, N10. New & experienced bowlers Born in East Finchley and www.michaelhaynesart.com welcome. Tel: 8883 0433. living in , Michael For readers who don’t  Pilates in East Finchley, qualified showed a variety of other prints know the Artway Gallery it is teacher. Contact Dee on 8883 7029 as well as his more abstract accessed through the Artway  Pilates class Weds 3.30 & 7pm at Ann Owens Ctr, N2. Call Penny 8444 2882. paintings which capture his Emporium, 273 Archway Road,  Pilates Beginners Classes Tue 9.30- changing moods in both organic a two-minute walk downhill 10.30am, Holy Trinity Church Hall, and geometric forms. He works from Highgate underground Church Lane N2. Contact: Michelle mostly in oils or acrylics with station. Artway is a vintage 07767 804 564 some mixed media; typical shop and is almost opposite the  Tae Kwon Do for children & adults at titles are Speed of Sound and Boogaloo pub which holds the Mon & Fri 7-9pm 07949 612 706. www.taekwondo-uktd.co.uk Across the Universe. These vintage fairs on the first Sunday  Tai Chi class at EF Methodist Ch, Weds show another side to this artist of the month. Other local vin- at 1pm. Call James Drewe 8883 3308 or who can do more than just tage shops featured in previous [email protected] represent our locality, who editions of The Archer are in  Tennis club with four clay courts off has other preoccupations and Muswell Hill and East Finchley. Southern Road. Call 8883 7723. concerns. Contact Michael on  Yoga, breathing & relaxation. Weekly drop-in classes - N3, N6, N10. Phone Judy on 07956 375607. Among the exhibits there will be photomontages by Adam Justice  Yoga , pregnancy yoga, meditation New writers’ and Mills, photographs by Karen Fraser (above) and paintings by Sheila classes. Call Sunnah 07941 321 772 or Seepersaud-Jones and Christine Watson see www.stretchingpeople.co.uk. Music, Dance & Creative Arts readers’ club  Art Classes. For info call Henry on 8888 An Authors’, Aspirant Writers’ and Readers’ (AWR) EFO at the Lyttleton 5133. club will be launched at Amici Delicatessen on Tuesday  Ballroom Dance Classes, Wednesday 11 September. Journalist Neil Behrmann, who is set- eves for beginners & improvers . St House Gallery Mary’s Church Hall, N3. 8444 0280. ting up the club, says it will have three aims. “First, in  Ballroom & Latin American Dance today’s tough publishing environment, East Finchley An exhibition of artworks by EFO (East Finchley Open) Classes - beginners & improvers. Wed and Muswell Hill authors can meet and help each other; artists will take place at The Lyttleton House Gallery, & Fri eve, Bishop Douglass Sch. 8207 second, they can encourage aspirant writers; and third, 2 Lyttleton Way, N2 from 10 September to 4 October 2323. (check website below for opening times).  Creative writing classes in informal, it will be a book club with a difference.” friendly atmosphere. Tel Sallie Rose 020 Authors will take turns For more information, email This will be the EFO’s first which promises to be an excit- 8444 7217. to talk about the background Neil at traderjackminer@gmail. exhibition at the recently estab- ing new venue for the group.  East Finchley Writers Group, Weds at of their books, and read com lished Lyttleton House Gallery Each of the 55 members has the Old White Lion. Contact Carola 8883 excerpts. The books will been invited to submit work to 5808 or Lilian 8444 1793. then be up for discussion and fill the light airy space ranging  East Finchley Poetry Writing Work- The little book of big scams from traditional painting and shops. Monthly on Saturdays. Contact criticism. By Janet Maitland “AWR will start with photography to glassware, quilt- Dennis Evans 8346 9528. The Metropolitan Police have launched ‘The Little Book  Memory Lane Singing Club - friendly adult fiction, and move on to ing and ceramics. You can find singing club meets every Friday in children’s fiction and nonfic- of Big Scams’, a comprehensive guide to avoiding fraud. the complete range of work on Finchley. Call Valerie 8458 4508. tion,” says Behrmann, author Every year billions of lets’, to be squeezed, emptied the EFO website to get a preview  Over 50s Tea Dance at Christ Church, of financial thriller Trader pounds are lost to ‘scammers’. and discarded. This guide could of the sort of art that will be on . Every Weds, 1pm. 020 Anyone with a computer, tel- save you a great deal of money show. All work will be for sale 8444 0280. Jack: The Story of Jack Miner and children’s anti-war fan- ephone, or even just a front door, and heartache.” and available for collection at  Learn to sing at Finchley Methodist is potentially at risk of falling The Archer was impressed Church, Ballards La. Call 8888 4412. tasy, Butterfly Battle: The the end of the exhibition.  Symphonic Wind Orchestra Contact Story of The Great Insect War. for a scam. Vulnerable and older by how well written and thor- The EFO is fast approach- Caroline Egan 8340 2706 He will open the club people are particularly at risk, ough the booklet is. It would be ing its 10th year and with the  Traditional music at TOC, Highgate Hill with a discussion of the but anyone can be a victim. worth getting a copy for a friend Open House event in July and on 1st & 3rd Tue each month from 8.30 background for Trader Jack, This guide explains some of or relative if you are worried that the Winter Fair in November it pm. Free. All musicians welcome. 07958 the most common scams, rang- they may be particularly at risk. is firmly established on the N2 282898. provided by his investigative reporting for the Wall Street ing from the sophisticated to the You can get a free copy of cultural calendar. Local support Clubs & Social Journal on Russian mafia simple, and provides essential the booklet by calling 020 7230 from East Finchley residents  Bingo evening, 8pm Sundays, at the mining scams, coffee deal- advice on how to protect your- 1228 or downloading it at www. and businesses is highly valued. Constitutional Club, The Walks, N2. ings, and rogue trader fraud. self from being conned. met.police.uk/fraudalert This EFO will also be having one of  Bingo Club Mondays 7-9 pm, Green Man Meetings will be at 7pm Don’t be a walking wallet site also gives up-to-date infor- their regular exhibitions at the Centre, Contact: Jan 8815 5452 every second Tuesday each “Conmen and women are mation about the latest scams. Phoenix Cinema throughout  Contact Lunch Club Tuesdays at the You can get further information Green Man. Call 8444 1162 to book. month, with no entry charge. ruthless,” said Esther Rantzen, September, teasingly entitled  Finchley & District Philatelic Society, Amici Delicatessen is about who has welcomed the launch and advice at www.actionfraud. ‘Guess where I have been’. Contact Brian 8444 3251 100 metres north of the of the police guide. “They see police.uk and www.elderabuse. For further information see  French conversation in small friendly Phoenix. honest people as ‘walking wal- org.uk. www.eastfinchleyopen.org. group with native speaker. 8444 9395.  Friends of Cherry Tree Wood www. cherrytreewood.co.uk or 8883 7544. What’s On... E-mail your listings to: [email protected]  Haringey Recorded Music Society Sunday 2 September for Children with Cerebral Palsy. of Great North Road and Hadley Green members: £2 admission. informal meetings locally. Call David • Barnet Ghosts: guided walk and spooky • Rescue cats available, noon-6.0 pm, at Road, 2.30pm. For details, contact Paul on Saturday 29 September Moldon on 8361 1696. history tour of Barnet and , Animal Aid and Advice, 48 High Road (near 020 8440 5805. • Standup comedy with Robert Rouse at  LGBT? 1st Weds every month in a local the second most-haunted village in Phoenix cinema). Tuesday 18 September artsdepot. For information/booking see 15 pub. Welcoming atmosphere. Email England, with City of London guide Paul Monday 10 September • UK premiere of Not Until We Are Lost by September. [email protected] Baker. Meet at High Barnet tube station, • Exhibition of artwork by EFO at Lyttleton aerial theatre company Ockham’s Razor, at Sunday 30 September  Muslim Lunch Club 1st & 3rd Weds, Green Man. Call 8444 1162 to book. 7.30pm. For details, contact Paul on 020 House Gallery, 2 Lyttelton Way, N2, until 4 artsdepot. For information/booking see 15 • Family theatre show Bert’s Magical  North London Bridge Club, Muswell Hill. 8440 6805. October. September. Mystery Kitchen at artsdepot. For Contact 8348 3495 Sunday 9 September Saturday 15 September Wednesday 19 September information/booking see 15 September.  Northside Bridge Club, EF Methodist • Muswell Hill Festival, Cherry Tree Wood, • Dance theatre Sweetshop Revolution’s • Meeting to discuss a High Road Saturday 6 October Church, Thurs 7.30-11pm. 8346 8145. 12 noon to 6pm. Come and enjoy the eighth Tree at artsdepot, North Finchley. Christmas Festival, at the Barracuda Café, • Enjoy an evening of music and laughter  Jewish Friendship Club for over 60s, year of this free event. The fun includes Information/booking: 0208 369 5454 or 6.30-8.30 pm. Come along with your ideas with The Confections at 7.45 p.m. in St Tues 1-3 pm at Muswell Hill Synagogue, a Muswell Hill’s Got Talent competition, www.artsdepot.co.uk and suggestions. Mary’s Church Hall, 279 High Road, N2. Tetherdown. Call Anita 8886 6140. donkey rides, a dog show and live music, as Sunday 16 September Thursday 27 September Tickets (including refreshments) £8 and £7  Muswell Hill Tetherdown Bridge, well as a miniature steam train ride. There • Battle of Barnet: guided walk and tour of • The Finchley Society will concentrate on (concessions) from 020 8440 2817 or at the contact 8883 4390 will be food and drink stalls, and a Pimms the famous battlefield of 1471 with City of East Finchley at 8.00 pm, Martin School, door on the night. All proceeds going to St. tent. All proceeds go to the London Centre London guide Paul Baker. Meet at junction High Road, N2. Everyone welcome. Non- Mary’s Church.