[from Islington Tribune]
Islington Tribune - by PETER GRUNER
Published: 16 May 2008
Supporters and organisers at the Finsbury Park art exhibition opening night
‘We don’t want to lose our converted toilet art gallery!’
Fears that exhibition space will be replaced by information centre
ART lovers turned out in large numbers to support a popular gallery in a converted [...]
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[from the Void blog]
Is Boris set to stop our festivals?
May 14, 2008
In a bid to ensure that our free festival listings are accurate the void just spoke with the London events team at the GLA. We spoke to a friendly enough chap who we won’t name.
Specifically we asked whether they could confirm the date [...]
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[from CBC News]
The Blitz returns to London
American football catches on in U.K.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 15, 2008 | 12:35 PM ET
Mike Symington CBC News
London Blitz and Kent Exiles play ‘American football’ in London park, May 3, 2008 (Courtesy London Blitz Football Club)Finsbury Park in north London still embodies the best of [...]
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[from Further Field]
Open Source Embroidery: Craft and Code at HTTP Gallery
broadcast by
Marc Garrett 7/5/08
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Open Source Embroidery: Craft and Code at HTTP Gallery An exhibition facilitated by Ele Carpenter
Preview Friday 16th May 6-9pm 17th May ? 15th June 2008 Open Fridays to Sunday 12-5pm
This exhibition explores the connections between the collaborative characteristics of needlework, [...]
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[from Islington Tribune]
slington Tribune - by ROISIN GADELRAB
Published: 9 May 2008
The suspect
£10,000 reward after victim is scarred for life
POLICE are offering a £10,000 reward in their hunt for an attacker who left his victim scarred for life.
The 38-year-old man needed 40 stitches when his face was slashed on the way home from an [...]
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[from Hackney Gazette]
AXE TO FALL ON POST OFFICES
hg.editorial@archant.co.uk
09 May 2008
THE axe is set to fall on the seven threatened post offices in Hackney despite months of protests.
Massive opposition from members of the public and politicians has been ignored following a six-week consultation period.
The seven stricken branches are in Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park; Cassland Road, [...]
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[from Muswell Hill Journal]
Action over land grabs
nlnews@archant.co.uk
01 May 2008
OWNERS of a Muswell Hill house that allegedly had its back garden extended onto a nature reserve have been forced to remove a fence on the contested site.
This comes as Haringey Council announced a crackdown on illegal movement onto council land - known as encroachment - with [...]
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[from Islington Gazette]
Anger over cuts to school places
nlnews@archant.co.uk
30 April 2008
A HEADTEACHER has hit out at Islington Council for slashing the school places available due to fears new city academies will lure students away.
Education chiefs agreed to cut annual intake at Islington Arts and Media School (IAMS) in Turle Road, Finsbury Park, by 30 places to [...]
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[from Haringey council]
Recycling comes to Finsbury Park
Monday 28 April 2008
Visitors to Finsbury Park will no longer have any excuse for throwing away empty drinks cans or newspapers following the introduction of new recycling facilities by Haringey Council.
From 1 May the council will be installing three new recycling centres for glass, plastic bottles, papers and cans [...]
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gallery:space
We celebrate our return to our home at the McKenzie Pavilion in Finsbury Park with the annual show Salon Locale, this year featuring fourteen emergent artists in a group show exploring issues of urbanism, domesticity and life on the edge of the city as well as three gallery:space artists on their second Salon Locale visit.
8 [...]
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