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SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER ALL MONTH Join Richard Neville to hear Make a unity garland to animal fables from Africa decorate the library Find out how Fox borrowed Crocodile’s For children. Tongue! Hear about the Mouse that fell into Time: All month a pot of gold! Take part in a fun, interactive Booking: Drop in session with music and stories. Richard Neville is a local storyteller who works with SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER community groups in to collect and Storytime and craft for record stories. For families with children 6 years and over. Black History Month Time: 3.30-4.30pm For children ages 3+ and their families. Booking: Drop in Time: 11.00-11.30am Booking: Drop in FRIDAYS 24 & 31 OCTOBER Rhymetime – Caribbean Style MONDAY 27 OCTOBER For under 5s and their parents/carers. Half Term Stories and craft Time: 10.30-11.00am for Black History Month Booking: Drop in For children ages 3+ and their families. Time: 10.30-11.15am SATURDAYS 18 & 25 OCTOBER Booking: Drop in Rock and Rhyme – with a Caribbean Flavour For under 5s and their parents/carers. Time: 11.00-11.30am Booking: Drop in

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ALL MONTH Black History Month display For all ages. Time: All month

SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER Join Richard Neville to hear animal fables from Africa Find out how Fox borrowed Crocodile’s Tongue! Enjoy Half Term Stories and Craft Hear about the Mouse that fell into a pot of 18 and 27 October at Norbury Library gold! Take part in a fun, interactive session with music and stories. Richard Neville is a local storyteller who works with community groups in London to collect and record stories. For families with children 6 years and over. Time: 10.30-11.30am Booking: Drop in

WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER Bead necklace making For families. Time: 3.00-4.00pm Booking: Ticketed

SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER Talk on Vitamin D Vitamin D deficiency can be prevalent in those of African, Caribbean and Asian heritage. Are you worried about it? Should we depend on vitamin D supplementation or medication? Presented by nutritionist Brenda Lee. Hear about Vitamin D with Brenda Lee For adults. 25 October at South Norwood Library Time: 11.00am-12.30pm

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thornton heath library SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER 190 Brigstock Road, CR7 7JB Panomundo [ 020 3700 1023 / croydon.thorntonheathlibrary@ carillionservices.co.uk

ALL MONTH Black History Month display For all ages. Time: All month

THURSDAY 2 OCTOBER ABCD Intergenerational Digital and IT workshop with Super Highways. For all ages. Time: 1.00-3.00pm Booking: Ticketed – speak with library staff

FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER ABCD Story telling time With elders to celebrate National Older People’s Day and Black History Month. For all ages. Time: 1.00-3.00pm Booking: Drop in

FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER African Safari Saturday crafts for children. For under 5s and their parents/carers. An exploration of the history of steelpan – Time: 10.00-11.00am its roots in Trinidad & Tobago and how it Booking: Drop in influenced other parts of the world. Documentary films from Charysse Tia Harper and Keith Musaman Morton. For ages 16+. Time: 2.00-4.00pm Booking: Ticketed but not cost

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MONDAY 13 OCTOBER SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER Film in Gujarati 12 Months For adults. A documentary about a Los Angeles man Time: 12noon-2.00pm (Tony) who rented his 3-bedroom home for $1 Booking: Drop in per month to a woman (Felicia) and her four children in transitional housing for one year. WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER Documentary films by Charysse Tia Harper. The Other side of Carnival For ages 12+. Time: 2.00-4.00pm A documentary that explores Carnival’s Booking: Ticketed but not cost social and economic impact on Trinidad & Tobago. Documentary films by Charysse Tia SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER Harper. For ages 16+. Time: 6.00-8.00pm Talk on African Diet Booking: Ticketed but not cost “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten”. Africans and African- WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER Caribbeans in the UK have a higher incidence Film in Tamil. For adults. of chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and strokes. Nutritionist Time: 12noon-2.00pm Brenda Lee looks at the scientific evidence Booking: Drop in and discusses traditional diets. For ages 12+. SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER Time: 2.30-4.00pm When I came to England Booking: Drop in Author Z. Nia Reynolds will talk about her THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER book ‘When I Came to England’. An Oral ABCD Intergenerational Digital and IT History of Life in 1950s and 1960s Britain workshop with SuperHighways. Exploring is an anthology of reminiscence about life in Heritage. For all ages. Britain during the 1950s and ‘60s. The book Time: 1.00-3.00pm records “living memories” of those who Booking: Ticketed – speak with library staff contributed to the re-building of post-war Britain. For all ages. FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER Time: 2.00-4.00pm Booking: Drop in Story telling time To celebrate National Older People’s s Day TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER and Black History Month. For all ages. Workshop with Mr Rastamouse Time: 1.00-3.00pm Come and meet Michael D’Souza. For families. Booking: Drop in Time: 11.00am-12noon

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croydon bme forum SATURDAYS 11, 18 & 25 OCTOBER 387 london road Keep-fit Bollywood dance class cr0 3pb

ALL OCTOBER Free venue for Black History Month activities The BME Forum is providing a conference room for Black History Month events during the month of October (until Friday 31 October). For all ages. Time: Office hours Booking: To make enquiries please contact Nadine, telephone 020 8684 3719 or email [email protected]

ALL OCTOBER Patty Party Weekend charity fundraiser An opportunity to master Caribbean patty Apsara Arts are running Bhangra/Bollywood making skills and have a ‘patty sale’ (yes, keep-fit for classes in October. For women. exactly the same as a cake sale!) All proceeds Time: 3.30-4.30pm go to the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust Booking: £1 per class (until Friday 31 October). For all ages. WEDNESDAYS 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 OCTOBER Time: N/A AND 5, 12, 19 & 26 NOVEMBER Booking: To register please go to: www.aclt.org/pattyparty Walk and Talks This scheme helps people to get active and FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER healthy, providing vital support. The African Hair wrapping programme shows that walking really can make a big difference to peoples’ lives. It This is a maintenance hair style used by comprises of a 30 minute walk, 15 minute people with naturally curly or frizzy afro hair. BME related health awareness discussion and Sometimes you don’t know if something looks a further 15 minutes for socialising. good. Here’s the Secret #Everything looks Time: Oct: 11:00 - 12:00pm, Nov: 11:00 - good#. For ages 16+. 12:00 am Time: 1.00-4.00pm Booking: Free. If you are interested please Booking: Free contact Risq Animasaun 020 8684 3719 or [email protected]

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SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER 2013 asian resource centre Yoruba Village Square of croydon childrens special 30 union road cr0 2xu Historic songs and folk tales. Yoruba fun, games and learning WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER Time: 4.00-6.00pm Engagement 2 Change Conference SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER Come and celebrate International Older We are Yoruba – BHM Black People’s Day with Asian Resource Centre of History Month special Croydon. An opportunity to network and Yoruba Village Square’s event to feature celebrate later life. For adults. culture, language, history and arts. Time: 11.00am-2.00pm Time: 5.00-9.00pm Booking: Free. See www.eventbrite.co.uk

30 OCTOBER croydon voluntary action Debate for Black History Month 82 london road Local barrister Pauline Lewis is chairing a cr0 2tb debate entitled: “Are Black Britons still suffering from the effects of slavery today? Let’s Talk.” FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER Time: 6.30pm Croydon Older People’s Network Booking: To make enquiries please contact Nadine, telephone 020 8684 3719 or email celebrates Full of Life week, [email protected] National older people’s Day, Silver Sunday and Black History Croydon Age UK Choir, poetry recitals, and other activities, knowledge sharing and a cultural buffet. For older people and carers. Time: 10.30 for 11.00am-13.00pm Booking: Free

WEDNESDAY 8 OCTOBER Want do men really want? The truth revealed… Open discussion, poetry, and serious fun. Organised by Mighty Men of Valour. For men, women, young people over 16. Have fun with We Are Yoruba Time: 6.00-8.30pm 25 October at Croydon BME Forum Booking: Free

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TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER A Taste of Many Cultures Men, Faith and our Community Celebrate a Taste of Many Cultures: Young black men have the highest Afternoon Social. An afternoon social unemployed rate for any group of young featuring musical entertainment, including people in the UK. Annual Population Survey Salsa, Line Dancing, Rock & Roll, Jive, Afro 2012-13. This Mighty Men of Valour Beat, Bollywood and Calypso with steel pan. workshop explores some of the challenges. For adults. For men and women, faith groups, young Time: 2.00-4.00pm people over 16. Booking: £7.00 (includes afternoon tea). Time: 6.30-9.00pm Booking advisable to avoid disappointment, Booking: Free call 020 8683 7100 or email aukc@ ageukcroydon.org.uk pj’s community service FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER parchmore place Intergenerational Art and Craft 1-6 the mews 92a parchmore road cr7 8lx

TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER The History of UK Caribbean & African Business & Enterprise A family event showcasing a unique history, entrepreneurs from across London will showcase their contribution to the British economy. For families. Time: 6.30pm - 10.00pm Booking: £5.00 for Adults (16 & under go free). Call 020 8239 6911 or email [email protected] or see www.pjsgroup.co.uk For all ages. Time: 10.30am

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croydon youth theatre parchmore methodist organisation church oakley road se25 4xg parchmore road cr7 8ly

MONDAY 27 - THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER SATURDAY OCTOBER 25 Art-share workshops An Evening of Poetry for Indian dance, visual art and story telling. Black History Month For children aged 6-14. Musical Interlude, Singing and Edutainment. Time: 10.15am-3.00pm Association of Jamaicans (UK) Trust. Booking: £30 for 4 day workshop. For families. For enquiries email [email protected]. Time: 7.00-9.30pm Visit www.apsaraarts.co.uk Booking: Adults £9.00, children (5-16yrs) £5.00. For more details contact Lorna [email protected]

Learn about The Other Side of Carnival 15 October at Thornton Heath Library

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MONDAY 6 OCTOBER Join Richard Neville to hear animal katharine street cr9 1et fables from Africa [ 020 3700 1034 or 020 3700 1038 Find out how Fox borrowed Crocodile’s Tongue! / croydon.centrallibrary@ Hear about the Mouse that fell into a pot of carillionservices.co.uk gold! Take part in a fun, interactive session with music and stories. Richard Neville is a local OCTOBER FOR 2½ WEEKS storyteller who works with community groups in Making Freedom London to collect and record stories. For families with children aged 6 years and over. Windrush Display for Black History Month. Time: 4.00-5.00pm For everyone. Booking: Drop in Time: N/A SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER ALL MONTH Movers and Shakers Quiz BHM Outstanding Inventors Celebrating Black History (on Level1). and Achievers Adults and 7 years plus. Families with children aged 7 years and above. Time: N/A Booking: N/A Time: 2.30-3.30pm Booking: Ticketed FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER Continuing Legacy SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER A celebration and business. Exhibition in honour of Caribbean Family Ancestry black history and celebrating business owners. Island Research Free mentoring sessions for people interested in Families with children aged 7 years and above. starting their own businesses. Come and be Time: 10.30-11.45am inspired and talk to business owners. For everyone. Booking: Ticketed Time: 11.00am-2.00pm Booking: Free to all to attend. If you would THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER like to exhibit call 07958 183429 or email [email protected] Rainbow Reading Group (Level 1) The group will discuss: Tahar Ben Jelloun’s ‘Leaving Tangier’: which follows the fate of Moroccan immigrants that dared to dream. Time: 2.30pm

Enjoy animal fables from Africa 6 October at Croydon Central Library

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SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER 23 coombe road cr0 1bd Collage a Map of Croydon featuring people and places important to you. For everyone. SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER Time: 11.00am-1.00pm, 2.00-4.00pm Croydon Assembly Booking: Drop in Croydon Trade Union Council is organising a people’s assembly. John McDonnel MP has croydon clocktower been invited to open the event. A series of katharine street cr9 1et workshops will discuss education, housing, national health service, the welfare state, THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER climate change, energy, race and immigration, transport, the local economy and political Belle (12A) representation. Croydon BME Forum to lead 2013 UK 104 mins. This beautiful, acclaimed the Workshop on Race. For residents. feature explores the unique position in Time: 9.15am-4.15pm Georgian society occupied by Dido Belle – Booking: To register your interest, please born the illegitimate mixed-race daughter email [email protected] of a naval officer, yet raised in the splendour of . 12A. the Time: 2.30pm and 7.30pm central library Booking: Tickets £7.50 (concessions £6) from croydon clocktower Croydon Visitor Centre (by East Croydon katharine street cr9 1et Station) or www.davidleancroydon.ticket source.co.uk or 0333 666 3366 (£1.50 charge). Mailing list and information: SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER [email protected],Twitter @ All Draw in the Galleries (Big Draw) SaveDavidLean Join the artists sketching in the galleries throughout the day and sketch your favourite MONDAY 27TH OCTOBER objects. For everyone. Know your Mind: So U think Time: 11.00-4.00pm I’m Crazy? Booking: Drop in For Black History Month a screening of an original Mental Health play written and SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER directed in Croydon by Ekanem Hines based Get Your Hands on History on experience as both a carer and a (Family Learning Week) professional . Q&A will follow.For 16 years Visit the Museum and experience history plus. first hand. For everyone. Time: 7.00pm Time: 11.00am-1.00pm, 2.00-4.00pm Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk Booking: Drop in or email [email protected]

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north end SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER croydon cr0 1ty Omid Djalili

SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER Diwali North End open air event. For everyone. Time: 12noon-5.00pm Booking: Free vue cinema croydon grants 14 high street croydon “Right now, the Iranian Djalili is probably one MONDAY 27 OCTOBER of the most subversive, let alone funniest, Indian film ‘Little Zizou’ comedians around” –The Guardian. A fast-paced, exuberant comedy about two Time: 7.30pm battling Mumbai families seen through the Booking: £25. £2.25 booking fee per ticket eyes of a young Parsi boy who loves football and dreams of meeting Zinedine Zidane. In WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER English, Gujarati & Hindi.12A. Marcus Collins and band Time: 6.00pm Marcus takes the stage alongside his 7-piece Booking: £3.50 band with a collection of Motown classics and brand new material. halls Time: 7.30pm park lane cr9 1dg Booking: £20. £2.25 booking fee per ticket

FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER Dear Father The Three Degrees Based on an award-winning Katkon Trikon Valeria Holiday, Helen Scott (together since play which pokes fun at daily urban life. the 60s) and Freddie Pool will perform Featuring veteran Bollywood comedic actor famous songs including “When Will I See You Paresh Rawal who has enthralled audiences Again” and Sound of Philadelphia. The for over 25 years. Guinness Book of World Records ‘Longest Running Female Vocal Trio in history’. Time: 8.15pm Booking: From £25. No booking fee Time: 7.30pm Booking: £22, £25. £2.25 booking fee per ticket

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SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER In Celebration of our Joan Armatrading Culture – Special Tribute to After 42 years of touring this legendary Dr Maya Angelou singer songwriter and guitarist is celebrating This family variety night celebrates one last major tour. For everyone. Caribbean, African USA and UK cultures, Time: 7.45pm hosted by Juliet Alexander (BBC). Booking: Ticketed Featuring a tribute to Dr Maya Angelou in WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER song, film, dance and spoken word, with Dona Caroll (Dr Who), (Eastenders), Ray Ben Bowman: Shall (ICED), Will Johnson (Emmerdale), Michael Jackson Tribute Caribbean Ballet, Diane Abbott MP, IDMC Ben and team recreate the Michael Jackson Gospel Choir. Part 2 includes Maya experience on stage. ‘On a Saturday Night’… Time: 7.30pm A brilliant ‘All Star’ line-up including Google Booking: £20. Children £10. Box Sandie & Queenie, Aysher Loren (keep it £2.25 booking fee per ticket like it is) comedian Wayne ‘Dibe’ Rollin, award winning Felicity Ethnic, Curtis THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER Walker, Maureen Younger, South London’s UB40 Endurance Steel Orchestra. For everyone Time: 7.30pm Booking: £12.50, £13.50 & £14.50. Under 16s/seniors £10.50. £2.25 booking fee per ticket

Starting their reggae career in 1978, UB40 have had over forty UK Top 40 hits and sold over 100 million records, making them one of the most successful British groups of all-time. Time: 7.30pm Booking: £32. £2.25 booking fee per ticket

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SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 1 matthews yard Dolly House – Oliver Samuels off surrey street cr0 1ff ‘When you think it dun it only just begun.’ Witness a piece of Jamaican theatre history. 3-20 OCTOBER Time: 7.30pm Art Exhibition: ‘Freedom – Booking: £27.50. £2.25 booking fee per ticket Drawing a Moral Line’ SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER Croydon Community Against Trafficking mark Anti-Slavery Day (18 October) with an art Eddie Griffin – comedy exhibition. Artists include Sandra Wills, Marie Multi-talented African American Eddie Griffin McLoughlin, Christine McLoughlin and Oliver on tour. Comedy Central honoured Eddie as Pengilley. Croydon schools, churches and one of the Top 100 Greatest Stand-Up colleges are contributing art works on the Comedians of all time. concept of freedom. For all ages. Time: 8.00pm Time: 10.00am-10.00pm Booking: £27.50-£29.50 Booking: Free. See www.matthewsyard.com £2.25 booking fee per ticket WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER Crowd funding Drop-in Session Dancing in the Streets Over Coffee If you have an idea and looking for funding, come along, grab a coffee and discuss your options with representatives from ZEQUS. Time: 10.00am-1.00pm Booking: Free. See www.eventbrite.co.uk and www.zequs.com/fundraising/croydon

THURSDAY 16 OCTOBER Anti-Slavery Day Gig A musical event to mark Anti-Slavery Day At celebration of Motown’s Greatest Hits (18 October). Local Croydon musical talent by The Four Tops, The Temptations, Stevie performing. Different styles of music to be Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Lionel Richie, enjoyed by local people. CCAT Charity thanks The Supremes and many more. its many volunteers and various community For everyone. groups for their help in organising this event. Featuring local band Back Before Dawn. Time: 7.30pm For all ages. Booking: £19.50, £22.50 & £25. Concessions £17.50, £20.50 & £23. Time: 7.00pm start £2.25 booking fee per ticket Booking: £5 donation on the door

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SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER croydon college African History+ @ Croydon college road cr9 1dx Marking African History Season 2014 and Marcus Garvey/UNIA @ 100. The event falls TUESDAY 11 NOVEMBER into four sections: Dementia and Diverse 1. British black music history through film, Communities records and Q&A. This event will focus on the needs of people 2. Biographies through film and presentations living with dementia from Black, Asian and including Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Neil minority ethnic (BAME) communities. ‘Mad Professor’ Fraser who have Croydon Time: 9.30am-3.45pm connections and and 1913/14 Battersea Booking: Free. See www.eventbrite.co.uk Mayor John Archer. 3. ‘Look How Far We’ve Come’ film and talk, SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER was also part of the Croydon Heritage Festival programme. TEDxYouthCroydon 4. Bob Marley songs that speak to themes. The theme this year is “Worlds Imagined”. Speakers will envision new scenarios for our For an intergenerational/family audience. future and how they can contribute to its Time: 12.30-9.30pm creation. Activities courtesy of The Science Booking: Book at www.AfricanHistoryPlus. Museum and a thought provoking inclusive eventbrite.com or http://bit.ly/TX2eRN graffiti wall. For young people. Time: 11.30am-5.30pm Booking: £15-£20. See www.eventbrite.co.uk

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ashburton library MONDAY 17 NOVEMBER shirley road cr9 7al Chatterbooks [ 020 3700 1001 Join us at our reading group to celebrate Black History. For families with children under 10. / croydon.ashburtonlibrary@ carillionservices.co.uk Time: 4.00-5.00pm Booking: Contact staff about becoming a ALL MONTH Chatterbooks member Black History Month display FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER For all ages. Guest the Fruit, Caribbean Stylie Time: All month Join in with some fruit tasting fun! For children aged 7-11. THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER Time: 4.00-5.00pm Rupert Colley talk Tales Booking: Drop in from the rich tapestry of Black History shirley library From slavery and the chains of bondage to wickham rd./hartland way cr0 8bh equality and civil rights, celebrate Black [ 020 3700 1019 History. In a series of tales and anecdotes from / croydon.shirleylibrary@ Colley’s book ‘Black History: History carillionservices.co.uk In An Hour’, published by HarperCollins. He provides an overview to the powerful ALL MONTH and varied history of African Americans, particularly in the context of American history. Black History Month display It was in the USA, where “all men For all ages. are created equal”, that slavery and the fight Time: All month for civil rights had its most profound effect. For adults. THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER Time: 11.00am-12.00noon BHM Storytime Booking: Ticketed For under 5s and their parents/carers. Time: 2.15-2.45pm THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER Booking: Drop in Dionne Ormonde @ Book Buddies SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER Join us at Book Buddies to celebrate Black History. For under 7s. BHM Saturday crafts for children Time: 4.00-4.45pm – African Safari Booking: Drop in For age 3+. Time: 2.30-4.00pm Booking: Drop in

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MONDAY 20 OCTOBER African Animal Puppet Making wellesley road cr0 1lp For age 5+. Time: 4.00-5.30pm 4-5 OCTOBER Booking: Drop in Croydon Fun Palace: Everyone an Artist, Everyone a Scientist TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER A central space in Whitgift Centre will host Pete Godismo: performance poet hands-on activities, performances, and be the Dramatised poetry readings. For adults. departure point for explorer trails around Time: 2.15-3.30pm central Croydon. Pop-up performances and Booking: Please reserve a place at the library activities include ice cream making, 3D printing, urban gardening, crafting, Azonto FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER dancing and African songs. For everyone. Maasai Necklace Making Time: 11.00am-5.00pm Booking: Free. Please see www.croydonfun For age 3+. palace.org for latest programme information Time: 4.00-5.30pm croydon emporium croydon park hotel 86-88 church street 7 altyre road cr9 5aa cr0 1rb

SATURDAY OCTOBER 11 FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER Black History Month Live at the Emporium Dinner & Dance Live R&B music. For all ages. JustBe host their 5th Annual Dinner and Time: 10.00am-10.00pm Dance. Informative talks will also highlight Booking: See www.facebook.com/ World War I, where many black soldiers lost croydonpopups for details and other events. their lives. Be prepared to be entertained and educated. A donation will be made to MIND. For everyone. Time: 6.30pm-1.00am Booking: From £38 from http://just-be. co.uk/events/black-history-month-charity- dinner-dance-2/ or www.eventbrite.com or email [email protected]. Any queries, call 07881 960699 between 7.00-10.00pm Hear Pete Godismo performance poet 21 October at Sickley Library

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bradmore green library TUESDAYS 21, 28 OCTOBER bradmore way cr5 1pe Caribbean songs in Wiggle & Jiggle [ 020 3700 1003 For under 5s and their parents/carers. / croydon.bradmoregreenlibrary@ Time: 11.00-11.30am carillionservices.co.uk Booking: Drop in

ALL MONTH SATURDAYS 18, 25 OCTOBER Black History Month display Caribbean songs in Rock & Rhyme For all ages. For under 5s and their parents/carers. Time: 10.00-10.30am Time: All month Booking: Drop in ALL MONTH TUESDAYS 21, 28 OCTOBER African Mask Craft table BHM Storytime Time: All month For under 8s and their parents/carers. Booking: Free – drop in Time: 4.00-4.30pm FRIDAYS 3, 24, 31 OCTOBER Booking: Drop in Caribbean songs in Rhymetime FRIDAYS 24, 31 OCTOBER For under 5s and their parents/carers. BHM Craftytime Time: 11.00-11.30am Booking: Free – drop in For under 8s and their parents/carers. Time: 3.45-4.30pm coulsdon library Booking: Drop in brighton road cr5 2nh [ 020 3700 1007 / croydon.coulsdonlibrary@ carillionservices.co.uk

ALL MONTH Black History Month display For all ages. Time: All month

TUESDAYS 21, 28 OCTOBER Caribbean songs in Rhymetime For under 5s and their parents/carers. Get creative at the African Craft Session Time: 10.00-10.30am 9 October at New Addington Library Booking: Drop in

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Feel the beat at African Drumming with ACD Arts 29 October at New Addington Library

new addington library THURSDAY 14 OCTOBER 61 central parade cr0 0jb African Dance Session [ 020 3700 1009 For all ages. / croydon.newaddingtonlibrary@ Time: 4.00-5.00pm carillionservices.co.uk Booking: Ticketed

ALL MONTH WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER Black History Month display African Drumming with ACD Arts For all ages. For families. Time: All month Time: 3.00-4.00pm Booking: Ticketed THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER African Craft Session For children aged 3+. Time: 4.00-5.00pm Booking: Drop in

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TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER ABCD Community Connectors project Do you care and want to make a change in your community? Do you live or work in either of these areas – New Addington or Fieldway? Come along to this meeting and find out how the ABCD Community Connectors project can help you run a community project in your own area. For everyone. Time: 12.45-2.45pm Get involved with ABCD Community Connectors Project Booking: Free 7 October at The Octogon Building purley library banstead road cr8 3yh [ 020 3700 1013 / croydon.purleylibrary@ carillionservices.co.uk

ALL MONTH Black History Month display For all ages. Time: All month

FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER Join Richard Neville to hear animal fables from Africa Find out how Fox borrowed Crocodile’s Tongue! Hear about the Mouse that fell into a pot of gold! Take part in a fun, interactive session with music and stories. Richard Neville is a local storyteller who works with community groups in London to collect and record stories. For Get moving to Caribbean families with children aged 6 years and over. songs in Wiggle & Jiggle Various dates at Purley & Sanderstead Libraries Time: 4.00-5.00pm Booking: Drop in

20 croydon celebrates black history: history for tomorrow south For library based activities where booking is required, please contact the library to reserve your place. Tel: 020 3700 1034 or visit: www.ccslibraries.com

TUESDAYS 7, 21, 28 OCTOBER selsdon library Caribbean songs in Rhymetime addington road cr2 8la For under 5s and their parents/carers. [ 020 3700 1017 Time: 10.00-10.30am / croydon.selsdonlibrary@ carillionservices.co.uk FRIDAYS 3, 24, 31 OCTOBER Caribbean songs in Wiggle & Jiggle ALL MONTH For under 5s and their parents/carers. Black History Month display Time: 11.00-11.30am For all ages. FRIDAYS 3, 24, 31 OCTOBER Time: All month

BHM Storytime TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER For under 5s and their parents/carers. Arty Crafty – African Masks Time: 10.00-10.30am For ages 4-8. Time: 4.00-5.00pm sanderstead library Booking: D farm fields cr2 0hl TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER [ 020 3700 1015 Workshop with Mr Rastamouse. Come and / croydon.sandersteadlibrary@ meet Michael D’Souza. For families. carillionservices.co.uk Time: 4.00-5.00pm ALL MONTH Booking: Ticketed selsdon library Black History Month display For all ages. Time: All month

WEDNESDAYS 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 OCTOBER Caribbean songs in Rhymetime For under 5s and their parents/carers. Time: 10.00-10.30am Booking: D

WEDNESDAYS 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 OCTOBER Caribbean songs in Wiggle & Jiggle For under 5s and their parents/carers. Meet Rastamouse creator Michael D’Souza Time: 11.00-11.30am 21 October at Selsdon Library Booking: D

www.croydon.gov.uk/ccbh | www.ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1034 21 south Areas and libraries including Bradmore Green, Coulsdon, New Addington, Purley, Sanderstead & Selsdon

sewa day-croydon environs a collection for www.sewaday.org ‘croydon night watch’ carshalton lavender field croydon society of stanley road allotments, friends (quakers), oaks way, carshalton 60 park lane, cr0 1je beeches, sm5 4nq SUNDAY 5TH OCTOBER SUNDAY 5TH OCTOBER Food collection - Carshalton Lavender field Croydon Night Watch activities Please bring donations of non perishable Weeding and digging up old lavender bushes tinned foods and toiletries. Helping the to prepare the ground for replanting. homeless by sorting supplies to be used over Under 12s to be accompanied by an Adult the next year. For over 16s. Time: 10.00am-2.00pm Time: 7.30-10.30pm Booking: Drop in Booking: Drop in For info call Rahul 07835 167608 For info Cindee 07403 456756 [email protected] [email protected]

22 croydon celebrates black history: history for tomorrow london-wide Events and venues including Black Cultural Archives, Unicorn Theatre, Garrick Theatre and Trafalgar Square

unicorn theatre 147 tooley street, southwark, se1 2hz

9 OCTOBER - 9 NOVEMBER How Nigeria became – A story, and a spear that didn’t work A creative insight into the most populous black nation’s beginnings in 1914. By British Indulge in a month of events, talks and walks Various dates at the Black Cultural Archives Nigerian playwright Gbolahan Obisesan. For ages 12+. Time: See individual show times. Duration black cultural archives 1 hr 15 mins. Performances Tue-Sat at 1 windrush square, various times, tickets £10-£16 (family london, brixton, sw2 1ef discounts available). Booking: Telephone 020 7645 0560, or visit ALL MONTH www.unicorntheatre.com Multiple events A month of events, talks and walks about the history of famous Black Britons. Delve into the treasures of the Black Cultural Archives including the object collection. Time: 1.00pm Booking: For more details and tickets visit www.bcaheritage.org.uk electric brixton town hall parade, brixton, sw2 1rj

FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER Grandmaster Flash During hiphop’s 30 year history, few names have become as well known across the globe as Grandmaster Flash. For adults. Time: 10.00pm-6.00am Booking: [email protected] www.croydon.gov.uk/ccbh | www.ccslibraries.com | 020 3700 1034 23 london-wide Events and venues including Black Cultural Archives, Unicorn Theatre, Garrick Theatre and Trafalgar Square

garrick theatre brixton trafalgar square 2 charing cross road westminster wc2n 5dn wc2h 0hh SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER 4 OCTOBER - 21 FEBRUARY 2015 Africa on the Square – A The Scottsboro Boys Celebration of Black History Month Step right up and jump on board for this An official mayoral event on Trafalgar Square sensational musical which brings to life the to celebrate Black History Month and all extraordinary true story of nine young men, things African. The packed line-up includes in a case that changed history forever. live music, fashion, dance, stalls, food, plus For ages 12+. fun activities. For everyone. Time: 2.30pm or 7.45pm Time: 1.00pm Booking: Tickets from £15. Book online or Booking: Free call 0844 482 9673 (24hrs)

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SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER Black History Walks: What were Black People doing in WW1? An explanation of the crucial role Africa, Shop, taste and dance to all things African 11 October in Trafalgar Square Asia and the Caribbean played in World War 1. Interviews with Jamaican veterans, West India Regiment in Palestine, Black and Asian fighter pilots, the Herero genocide, German silk street, ec2y 8ds colonies in Africa and how that affected world geography MONDAY 27 OCTOBER and WW2 (on 18 October they discuss Black Hugh Masekela – Music People’s role in World One of the world’s all-time greatest horn War 2). Image courtesy player and vocalist celebrates his 75th For ages 12+. of Royal Mint birthday. He has long spoken out in his Time: 1.30-4.00pm country South Africa’s struggle for civil rights. Booking: Free, while tickets are available, Time: 7.30pm see www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk or Booking: £10-£37.50 plus booking fee. www.eventbrite.co.uk See www.barbican.org.uk 140568 In partnership with CCS