Stroud Green Reading Group – Summer and Autumn Meetings

Reading Group – Summer and Autumn Meetings A straw poll indicated that many people will be away in August, or will not have had time to read the proposed book, and so it seemed sensible to cancel the August meeting. However it means that we won’t be able to have The Gathering (Anne Enright) until…

Summer 2008 Funtime @ Stroud Green Library

August…. is children’s events time in Haringey libraries. The programme “Summer fun in Haringey children’s libraries” can be picked up at all Haringey libraries. Stroud Green Library will be holding craft events on Saturday, 26th July plus Thursdays 7th, 14th and 28th August. And also…… PIPPINS PUPPETS PRESENT: “HENRY AND THE KINGS BIRTHDAY PARTY” –…

Writer who prefers being a waiter is up for £60,000 prize

[from This is London] Writer who prefers being a waiter is up for £60,000 prize Benedict Moore-Bridger and Robert Mendick 14.07.08 A 28-year-old London waiter has been nominated for one of the world’s most lucrative literary prizes for his first novel. Ross Raisin’s debut God’s Own Country is a contender for the £60,000 Dylan Thomas…

Toilet art gallery made homeless

[from Islington Gazette] Toilet art gallery made homeless nlnews@archant.co.uk 09 July 2008 AN ART gallery created in an old toilet block in Finsbury Park has been left homeless after Haringey Council pulled the plug on its lease, it claims. Fine arts graduate Shiri Shalmy, who runs gallery:space, has been forced to move the independent art…

Stroud Green Library events July 2008

[from SGRA] STROUD GREEN LIBRARY EVENTS JULY 2008 Quernmore Road, London, N4 4QR Tel: 020 8489 8776 Opening Times: Mon to Fri 9-7 & Sat 9-5 Children’s Activities Messy Morning Every Wednesday 10.30 to 11.30pm Toy Library Every Tuesday from 2 to 3.00pm Saturday parent’s and children’s drop-in Come into the warm and relax… Tea,…

Art gallery goes down the pan

[from Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal] Art gallery goes down the pan nlnews@archant.co.uk 02 July 2008 HOMELESS: Shiri Shalmy has had to move out of gallery:space AN ART gallery created in an old toilet block in Finsbury Park has been left homeless after Haringey Council pulled the plug on the lease, its boss claims….

Is this the end of gallery:space in Finsbury Park??

gallery:space would like to invite you to a special picnic, on the last day of its, very possibly, last exhibition in Finsbury Park. As war has been declared against the gallery, we decided not to take part. Instead, we’ll continue doing what we do best – create a space for all people to meet, socialise…

Next at HTTP Gallery: How to Talk to Images

[from HTTP Gallery] Next at HTTP Gallery: How to Talk to Images by Richard Wright 4th July – 3rd August 2008 Opening Reception: Friday 4th July 6-9pm Exhibition open: Fri-Sun 12noon-5pm No one is sure how many images there are on the Internet. Google has nearly a billion. Some say it is hundreds of times…

Save gallery:space

[from gallery:space] Since April 07 gallery:space has delivered a programme of free exhibitions, projects and educational activities. Thousands of people enjoyed our shows and many participated in our talks and events. We enjoyed having you all here and have plans for lots more exhibitions and projects in the future. However, gallery:space is under threat of…

‘We don’t want to lose our converted toilet art gallery!’

[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…

Open Source Embroidery: Craft and Code at HTTP Gallery

[from Further Field] Open Source Embroidery: Craft and Code at HTTP Gallery broadcast by Marc Garrett 7/5/08 VIEW URL 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…

Salon Locale 2008 – gallery:space 8 May – 29 June

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…