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Diane Shaw: Croydon celebrates black history
7 Oct
Nuru Kane launches Black History Month in Croydon
We invite you to join us to launch Croydon�s Black History Month 2008. The celebration will include music from local jazz and RnB musicians Java Groove and Senegalese singer Nuru Kane with his band Bayefall Gnawa. Ranging from heart-rending to foot-stomping, Kane will make you laugh, cry, sing and dance with his electro-acoustic roots music.
Croydon Clocktower, 630pm - 8pm, free but booking suggested, tel: 020 8253 1030.
15 Oct - 16 Oct
Film: Killer of Sheep
Set in an impoverished black community in South Central LA, Killer of Sheep highlights the plight of a black slaughterhouse worker whose miserable existence creates intense feelings of alienation and dissatisfaction. By focusing on the authentic depiction of the common black working-class experience and the gritty realism of inner-city life, Director, Charles Burnett and his contemporaries strove to initiate social change.
David Lean Cinema at Croydon Clocktower, call on tel: 020 8253 1030 for time and price.
16 Oct
Quadrille Tea Dance
Stanley Halls Tea Dances host a special Black History Month event.
Experience the fusion of European and Caribbean culture as you dance a popular 18th Century square dance, the Quadrille, to vintage Caribbean music such as Calypso and Reggae.
Dance teacher Debora Alleyne de Gazon will guide you through the steps so no experience required just a love of dancing. Don't miss the opportunity to have fun and meet new friends.
Stanley Halls, 130pm - 4pm, free.
20 Oct - 17 Nov
Post It! - A photographic celebration of Black History Month
Throughout October, postcard exhibitions will be on display at a number of venues across the borough including libraries, leisure centres and schools. The images have been provided by Croydon residents drawing on their personal interpretations of black culture. After admiring the images post them to your family and friends with your own special message.
Space C Gallery, Croydon Clocktower, free, see Clocktower opening times.
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