10 APRIL 2010 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 Regular Events REVIEW: SPORT & FITNESS v & Hornsey Ramblers Group Call Vivien 8883 8190 A captivating trio v Glebelands Indoor Bowls Club, By Ken Carter Summers Lane N12. New and experienced bowlers welcome. The concert programme on 27 February at All Saints v Keep fit for the Retired on Church, Durham Road, comprised a violin sonata by Wednesdays, Christ Church N12. Brahms, along with a cello sonata and a one-movement Call Bridie 8883 5269 vMuswell Hill Bowling Club, Kings trio, both by Rachmaninov. Common to all three pieces Ave, N10. New & experienced bowlers was the pianist Rimantas Vingras, last heard here to welcome. Tel: 8883 0433. riveting effect in Geoffrey Hanson’s 2nd Piano Concerto vPilates in , qualified th teacher. Contact Dee on 8883 7029 at his 70 birthday concert. vPilates class Weds 3.30 & 7pm at Brahms’ Violin Sonata Ann Owens Ctr, N2. Call Penny Hill was exceptional and 8444 2882. unforgettable. Vingras Finchley vTae Kwon Do for children & adults at Finchley Lido Mon & Fri 7-9pm and Orpheus Papafilip- 07949 612 706 pou (violin) caught vTai Chi class at East Finchley Method- the idiom exactly with Jazz Club ist Ch, Weds at 1pm. Call James Drewe impassioned clarity and Some of the very best profes- 8883 3308 or [email protected] a vigour of spring and sional musicians play tradi- vTennis club with four clay courts off Southern Road. Call 8883 7723. weight. Vingras’s deft- tional jazz at the Finchley v Yoga, breathing & relaxation. ness and Papafilippou’s Jazz Club, which meets on Weekly drop-in classes - N3, N6, N10. urgent lyricism partnered alternate Mondays at the Phone Judy on 07956 375607. each other in exemplary Wilf Slack Memorial Cricket v Yoga, pregnancy yoga, meditation balance. classes. Call Sunnah 07941 321 772 or Ground Pavilion, 19 East see www.stretchingpeople.co.uk. Rachmaninov’s Cello Sonata (soloist Gre- End Road, N3, from 8.15pm MUSIC, DANCE & gory Duggan) was less to 10.45pm. CREATIVE ARTS endearing. As a pianist, Forthcoming dates are 12 and 26 v Art Classes. For info call Henry on Rachmaninov writes April. Tickets are just £6 on the door 8888 5133. with ardour, but his ear and everyone is very welcome. For v Ballroom Dance Classes, Wednes- does not quite discern more information, contact Pam day eves for beginners & improvers . St how easily the cello’s Kent on 020 8444 6690 or visit Mary’s Church Hall, N3. 8444 0280. www.finchleyjazz.co.uk. v Ballroom & Latin American Dance low tones become lost in Photography by Kate Plumtree Classes - beginners and Improvers. this competition, and he Poet, teacher and publisher Wed & Fri eve, Bishop Douglass Sch. strains to be weighty. Dennis Evans was inspired by a 8207 2323. Performing balance recent visit to the club to write the v Creative writing classes in informal, following poem: Worn to be wild friendly atmosphere. Tel Sallie Rose was not happy, either. We By Sheila Armstrong 020 8444 7217. heard arresting individual An unusual costume exhibition is running at v Drama Classes for 11-15 year olds. performances, with some All that Jazz until 18 April. Inspired by animals and birds, textile Mondays 6.30- 8pm. Contact Dominic ravishing moments, Conway 0777 284 3958 In-jokes, artist Kate Plumtree is showing a selection of her unu- v East Finchley Writers Group, Weds rather than a partnership and out-jokes. sual theatrical costumes. Perhaps the most striking is at the Old White Lion. Contact Carola of sound. The piano lid We’re in the palm of their hands. one inspired by the hedgehog: a golden dress complete 8883 5808 or Lilian 8444 1793. was too open and, to v East Finchley Poetry Writing Jokes about pay and wrong with prickles. my taste, there was too Elsewhere, a mute swan fabric sample boards and an Workshops. Monthly on Saturdays. much pedal. This work notes, Contact Dennis Evans 8346 9528. Pros behaving like kids! has inspired a featherlike area for trying on some of the v Finchley Jazz Club: Live jazz on is rarely played and I white ball gown. The badger, costumes. Mon 12 & 26 Apr at 8.15pm, Wilf Slack applaud Messrs. Vingras Old standards, busy music. the red deer and the golden An experienced costume Cricket Pavilion, East End Rd, N3. and Duggan for giving it They’re dancing! v Memory Lane Singing Club - eagle have also inspired maker, since graduating from an outing. Kate. Each costume, mainly Wimbledon College of Art in friendlysinging club meets every Friday Rachmaninov’s Trio Mainstream, Be-bop, Trad! in Finchley. Call Valerie 8458 4508. ‘Playing around the tune’, you dresses, represents a fashion 1992 Kate has worked on such v Elégaique is a student Over 50s Tea Dance at Christ said. style such as the 1960s or the West End shows as Wicked and Church, . Every Weds, work of great beauty. Elizabethan era. A variety of The Lion King and with com- 1pm. 020 8444 0280. Written very simply, The toe-tapping syncopation v Learn to sing at Finchley Methodist textile crafts have been used, panies like the ENO and RSC. with a newcomer’s cau- of ‘Honeysuckle Rose’. including printing, dyeing and She also designs for private Church, Ballards La. Call 8888 4412. tion, its heart is a haunt- vSwampRock Louisiana Dance Club. The slide and rasp of the quilting as well as straightfor- clients and does workshops Live music. Contact 07957 344 724 or ing melody. Our three trombone ward sewing. with colleges and museums. www.swamprock.org.uk. performers passed this driving, inventive; tender. Kate has included working The show goes on tour v Symphonic Wind Orchestra Contact lament round in flowing, sketches and photos showing round the country after 18 Caroline Egan 8340 2706 poignant tones, making A fugue, Bach-like, v meticulous research into each April. If you can’t get to artsde- Traditional music at EF Constitu- a sad yet eloquent cul- from clarinet and trombone. tional Club on 2nd Monday each ‘If I had you…’ animal and giving insight into pot, you can view her work at month from 8.30 pm. Free to join in mination to an excellent the design process. There are www.kate-plumtree.com. or just listen. concert. takes me inside myself. CLUBS & SOCIAL E-mail your listings to: (See p8 for Parent & Toddler Clubs) What’s On... [email protected] vBingo evening, 8pm Sundays, at the Until Sunday 18 April Sunday 11 April train fare. Tickets and information: Thursday 29 April Constitutional Club, The Walks, N2. • Free exhibition celebrating • Free concert at East Finchley Meth- 020 7431 9866. • My granny had one of these, but v Bingo Club Mondays 7-9 pm, Green 50 years of twinning between odist Church, High Road, 7.30pm; • Maureen Lipman and other show- she threw it away, a talk by Maurice Man Centre, Contact: Jan 8815 5452 Barnet and Chaville, France, at Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss. business stars present an evening of Collins, with the audience invited v Contact Lunch Club Tuesdays at the the Church Farmhouse Museum Concert performance presented by entertainment to raise money for the to guess the use of various contrap- Green Man. Call 8444 1162 to book. in Greyhound Hill, . The Amici del arte; Andrea Whittaker, Spike Milligan statue fund, set up tions and gadgets dating from 1851 v Finchley & District Philatelic photographic display documents soprano, Viola da Cunha and Victo- by The Finchley Society; 7.30pm to 1951. Hosted by The Finchley Society, Contact Brian 8444 3251 the many civic exchanges, sports ria Ward, mezzos, Ivan Sharpe and at Middlesex University Hendon Society at Avenue House, East End v Friendly Rubber Bridge on Weds competitions and educational trips David Furnell, tenors, Ray Schöne, Campus, The Burroughs, NW4. Road, N3, starting at 8pm. Non- afternoons, call 7722 6209. that have taken place between the baritone, Don Ray, compère, and Tickets, costing £15 and including members very welcome. Admission v Friends of www. two areas over the past half-cen- Muriel Ray, piano. Free admission; interval refreshments, available £2. For more details, telephone 020 cherrytreewood.co.uk or 8883 7544. tury. collection in aid of Children with from David Smith on 020 8883 8346 7812. v Haringey Recorded Music Society • Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, Leukaemia. Venue fully accessible 4154, Barbara Warren on 020 8346 Wednesday 5 May informal meetings locally. Call David Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate. to people with disabilities. 5258 or through website www.spik • Beginners Crochet Class, 7pm, at Moldon on 8361 1696. Tuesday to Saturday at 7.30pm, Sunday 18 April emilliganstatuefund.org.uk. an East Finchley venue; all materials vLGBT? 1st Weds every month in a Sunday at 4pm. Box office: 020 • village: guided Tuesday 20 April and refreshments provided! Make local pub. Welcoming atmosphere. 8340 3488. Website: www.upstai walk. Meet at East Barnet Library, • Love and War in Finchley: read- beautiful gifts and accessories after Email [email protected] rsatthegatehouse.com. Tickets: £12, Brookhill Road, 11am. Stroll ings of quirky pieces inspired by just one class. Call 07932 035325 v Muslim Lunch Club 1st & 3rd Weds £15 (concessions available). through 1,000 years of the his- local history archives kept at Barnet or visit www.omarama.co.uk for at the Green Man. Call 8444 1162 to Saturday 10 April tory of this lovely, unspoilt village Local Studies Centre. Performed by more details. book. • Spike Milligan Quiz Night, with walking guide Paul Baker. Made in East Finchley, a creative Saturday 8 May v North Bridge Club, Muswell hosted by The Finchley Society; • Join the Jewish Community writing group, at East Finchley Hill. Contact 8348 3495 • Dads’ Day for local dads to bring 8pm at Martin Primary School, Centre Weekend Walkers to meet Library, 226 High Road, N2, at their families for a fun day out; v Jewish Friendship Club for over Plane Tree Walk, N2. Admission new people and enjoy the country- 7.30pm. 60s, Tuesdays 1-3 pm at Highgate Children’s Centre (behind £5 per person, includes a raffle. side. New event for singles in their Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 April Highgate Primary School), Gaskell Synagogue, Tetherdown. Call Anita Puzzles, books and shirts for sale. 30s and 40s wanting to get out of Shaw 8886 6140. • Once on this Island: musical at Road, Highgate N6 4ED. Telephone Nibbles, tea and coffee provided by London for fresh air, food and con- Finchley Youth Theatre, High Road, 020 3213 0004 or find out more v Muswell Hill Tetherdown Bridge, Budgens. Further information from versation. Meet at a central London contact 8883 4390 7 pm, tickets £7 or £5 for children. about the Dads’ Club at http://thed Barbara Warren on 020 8346 5258 train station at 9am, details provided Book at 07958 409863 adsclublondon.blogspot.com. v Probus Lunch Club for retired or [email protected]. after booking. Price: £20, includes professionals. Call John 8883 8114.