10 MAY 2007 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 Regular Events SPORT & FITNESS Art students do their v & Hornsey Ramblers Group Call Vivien 8883 8190 v Glebelands Indoor Bowls Club, own thing Summers Lane N12. New and By Daphne Chamberlain experienced bowlers welcome. v Keep fit for the Retired Does learning orthodox techniques stifle creativity? Per- Wednesdays Christ Church N12. sonally, I don’t think so. Strolling round last month’s art Ring Bridie 8883 5269 exhibition at The Institute, which featured work from the vMuswell Hill Bowling Club, Kings Prefoundation and Portfolio Art Course, I was struck by Ave, N10. New & experienced bowl- ers welcome. Tel: 8883 1178. the different ways each student had depicted the same vPilates in , qualified image or interpreted the same theme. teacher. Contact Dee on 8883 7029 Some displays looked chal- to East Finchley station. The vPilates class Wednesdays, 2.15- 3.15pm at Youth Theatre, N2. Ring lenging, some sophisticated, Institute, which offers national Penny Hill 8444 2882. others cosier, while some qualifications through the vTae Kwon Do at The Green Man refused to be typecast. (What NOCN (National Open College Thursdays 7-9pm 07949 612 706 was that gunman doing among Network), accepts both school- vTennis club with four clay courts off the elves and teddybears?) Full leavers and mature students. Southern Road. Call 8440 6953. marks to the exhibition organ- The teaching emphasis is vWood Walk, meet 10am at cafe on 1st & 2nd Mon of isers, who had arranged each on small groups, tutorial sup- month for 1 hr walk, Call 8883 8750. student’s work in individual port, and the importance of v Yoga, breathing & relaxation. alcoves, with accompanying learning core skills. Reflecting Weekly drop-in classes - N2, N6, notes and sketches. Tucked their coursework, the exhibition Mari I’Anson with one of her Mexican scenes. Photo by Daphne N10. Phone Judy on 8444 7783. into one corner was a compu- showed ceramics, drawing and Chamberlain DANCE, DRAMA, ART ter, where you could look up life drawing, painting, printmak- portfolios online. ing, sculpture, conceptual studies & MUSIC The exhibition was in the and digital art. New printmaking v Art Classes. For info call Henry East and West on 020 8888 5133. new purpose-built Arts Centre courses are starting too. By Daphne Chamberlain v Ballroom Dance Classes, in Beaumont Close, off The For more information, con- East Finchley Open artist Mari I’Anson has called her Wednesdays. Beginners 7.30pm, Bishops Avenue and overlook- tact 020 8829 4141/4137 or Improvers 8.30pm. St Mary’s Church ing the Causeway entrance [email protected]. new exhibition at the artsdepot East and West. It could Hall, Finchley. 020 8444 0280. also be called “Mexico and the rest”. v Club Dramatika drama club for After spending two months still produce a picture. kids. Call 8883 7110. earlier this year in San Miguel The exception is Lady with v Finchley Jazz Club - 14 & 28 May May at the Phoenix at 8pm, Wilf Slack Cricket Pavilion, By Phoenix Cinema manager Paul Homer de Allende, Ms I’Anson has crochet, which shows Gau- East End Rd, N3. May opens with a strong, brave film about ageing.Away From produced six paintings in a guin’s influence. See if you v Line dancing Tuesdays from Her, by Sarah Polley and starring Julie Christie, which looks different style from her other can spot the beaver in Beaver 8.30pm at The Constitutional Club. work on display. She has Dam, Canada, and count how Call Maureen 8440 8530. at how a couple who have been together for 50 years cope chosen some of her favourite many birds you can find inBird v Memory Lane Singing Club - a with the onset of the wife’s dementia. What could have been communal singing club. Call Idit oils, reflecting her travels in Sanctuary, Singapore Zoo. This Gold 8458 4508. a cloying, sentimental film manages carefully to walk a line India, Indonesia, Thailand, one is truly a bird’s eye view of v Over 50s Tea Dance at Christ and remains an intelligent and moving piece of work. Singapore and Canada. The the sanctuary, with the empha- Church, . Every The new film by Patrice Linney, this is a tremendous first impression is the strength sis on the sheltering trees. Weds, 1pm. 020 8444 0280. Leconte, My Best Friend, is character-led thriller. v Over 60s come dancing at Ann of colour: hard-edged in the Ms I’Anson’s work is on dis- Owens Centre 8346 8736 at the Phoenix from Friday 11 Also in May we have the Mexican ones, warm, rich and play in the artsdepot at North v Pottery Class at The Green Man, May. Daniel Auteuil plays a next season in our film class in soft in the rest. Finchley, near the staircase Call Celia Holmes 8349 9315 dislikeable businessman who is collaboration with Hampstead These “bring it all back”, on the first floor foyer, until 2 v Learn to sing at Finchley Methodist challenged to produce his best Garden Suburb Institute. The according to someone I spoke June. For opening times, and to Church. Call 8883 4070 for info. friend when nobody believes theme for this season is sound to who had visited there 20 arrange sales, contact the box v Street Dance every Tuesday at Old that he has one. It’s a wonderful on film, explored through films Barn for children of various ages years ago. Mari says the office on 020 8369 5954. She Contact Lorna 07976 203669. comedy, which shows just how such as Almodovar’s The architectural lines and shadows can be contacted on 020 8346 v Symphonic Wind Orchestra much we need friends. Flower of My Secret, Woody form patterns, so that turning 7011, or visit her website at Contact Caroline Egan 8340 2706 Our final main feature in Allen’s Manhattan and Marcel a painting upside down would www.mari-artist.co.uk. v Tap Dance for children beginning May is the sizzling Jindabyne. Camus’ Black Orpheus. at Old Barn every Monday, Contact Ray Lawrence’s follow-up to Each film is followed by an Sharon 8349 4613 Lantana, it tells the story of a in-depth session exploring the E-mail your listings to: CLUBS & SOCIAL group of men who go fishing, themes at the Institute building What’s On... [email protected] v Bingo Club, Mondays 7-9 pm, find a body in the water and opposite the Phoenix. Places for Sunday 13 May Green Man Community Centre, decide to keep on fishing. The the course can be booked through Music for a May Evening at East Finchley Methodist Church, High Road, Contact: Jan 8815 5459 8pm. Jane Rosenberg (mezzo soprano), Tim Gillott (baritone), John Daw- v Contact Lunch Club Tuesdays at the consequences of this decision the Institute on 020 8829 4141 swell (bass), Jean Middlemiss (piano) perform. Green Man. Call 8444 1162 to book. are artfully explored through or you can buy tickets for each v East Finchley National Childbirth each character as we learn about film on the day of performance. Thursday 17 - Saturday 19 May Trust contact Phoebe on 8349 0388. their history as well as their Our box office can be reached The Guild Players present Tons Of Money at Finchley Methodist Church v East Finchley Writing Workshops. Hall, Ballards Lane, N3 at 7.45pm. Tickets £7. Box Office 020 8346 6337. future. With lead performances on 020 8444 6789 or visit www.guildplayers.org.uk. poetry writing monthly on Saturdays. by Gabriel Byrne and Laura www.phoenixcinema.co.uk. Contact Dennis Evans 8346 9528. Wednesday 23 May v East Finchley Writers Group Cre- and Fortis Green Association AGM, 8pm at Muswell Hill ative writing 6.30pm every Weds at The Imaginary Invalid Bowling Club, King’s Avenue, N10. Followed by a presentation from Maison the Old White Lion. Contact Carola Blanc, the Muswell Hill patisserie. Refreshments provided. 8883 5808 or Lilian 8444 1793. Review by Betti Blatman v Finchley & District Philatelic Incognito Theatre’s Barnet Arts Festival entry was just what Thursday 31 May Society, Contact Brian 8444 3251 The Finchley Society presents “London Properties of the National Trust”, v Friendly Rubber Bridge at The Old the doctor ordered: a hilarious production of The Imaginary a talk by Mike Watts, 8pm, , East End Road, N3. Everyone Barn. Contact 8349 4613 Invalid by Molière, adapted by Miles Malleson, superbly welcome. Entry for non-members £2. v Friends of Cherry Tree Wood. directed by Sonja Taylor and perfomed by an excellent cast. Visit [email protected] Until Sunday 3 June or call 020 8883 7544. This satirical comedy of acter was perfectly performed) “Drawn from India: Pen and Ink Drawings by Ravi Shankar and M. Natesh”, v Haringey Recorded Music Society manners lampoons the French is in cahoots with an unscrupu- The Noble Sage Art Gallery, 2A Fortis Green, www.thenoblesage.com. informal meetings locally. Call David bourgeoisie and the medical lous lawyer to rob Argan of all Wednesday 6 June Mouldon on 8361 1696. profession. Monsieur Argan, his money. Haringey Recorded Music Society, “Great Cities”: a selection by Anthony v Highgate Film Society, contact the imaginary invalid, is At the same time, the doctor is Cutbush at 7.15pm For details of venue, call 020 8361 1696. Admin Office 8340 3343 or email: obsessed with being ill and has trying to make as much money as [email protected] . Sunday 10 June v North London Bridge Club, agreed to a marriage between his he can from his patient’s imagi- Janacek’s Children’s Rhymes at East Finchley Methodist Church, High Road, Muswell Hill. Contact 8348 3495 elder daughter and his doctor’s nary illnesses. Mingled in all this 8pm, performed by Catherine Morphett (clarinet), Bryan Fairfax (viola), v Muswell Hill and Highgate nephew, believing that this will madness, Argan’s nurse and maid Caroline Soresby (piano) and Christopher Leutchford (singer/actor). Pensioners’ Action Group Call Bob give him unlimited access to (Megan McClimont) endeavours Until 9 September Cottingham on 8444 7635. remedies for his ailments. His to control the mayhem and ensure : 100 Years, Church Farmhouse Museum, v Muswell Hill Tetherdown Bridge, Greyhound Hill, NW4. Admission free. Contact 020 8359 3942 or see contact 8883 4390 brilliant characterisation by that true love wins the day. www.churchfarmhousemuseum.co.uk v Old Barn pre-school club, contact Brian Davies was extremely Incognito’s next production 8349 4613/1961 entertaining and greatly appre- from 13 - 19 May is Death On The Coming up at artsdepot, North Finchley: v Parent & Toddler Group, Green ciated by the audience. Ocean Wave, a new comedy writ- Wednesday 9 May, 8pm, deGeneration; Sunday 13 May, 7.45pm, Chilin- Man Centre, Julia 8444 2276 However, his daughter (Tede- ten and directed by Tony Bilbow girian Quartet; Wednesday 16 May, 8pm, Dances Then and Now; Thurs- v Probus Lunch Club for retired cia Wint) is in love with a chival- and Mike Fentiman. For further day 17 May - Sat 19 May, 8pm (Thurs 3pm), Pete and Dud, Come Again; professionals. Call John 8883 8114. Friday 18 May, 8pm, An Evening with Heart ‘n’ Soul; Tuesday 22 May vStepping Stones, interactive play rous and handsome young man. information contact the box - Saturday 2 June, 8pm (Sat 4pm), The Trouble with Asian Men; Friday session for under 3’s. Karen 07957 Argan’s second wife (Alison office on 020 8886 3274 or visit 25 May, 8.30pm, Barnet Folk Club Folk in the Foyer; Thursday 7 June 278860. Wade, whose coquettish char- www.incognitotheatre.com. - Saturday 9 June, 7.30pm, Mistaken… Annie Besant in India.