London
Tower Hamlets
4 Oct
Black History Month Launch
A community event to launch Black History Month in Tower Hamlets with a variety of workshops, performances and demonstrations which include hair plaiting, poetry, storytelling and puppetry. The event is a taster of many of the events on offer during Black History Month.
Idea Store, Whitechapel, 12pm - 4pm, free, tel: 020 7364 4332.
www.towerhamletsarts.org.uk
6 Oct - 31 Oct
Cassie and Debbie: Exhibition
Cassie and Debbie are two black female artists with learning disabilities. This is an exhibition of their work and the unique way they view their world.
Spitalfields Gallery, Monday to Friday 10am - 5pm, free, tel: 020 7375 3933.
9 Oct - 15 Oct
Somali Week Festival 2008
Attracting over 2,000 people last year, this year�s festival builds on that, offering the best of Somali culture, old and new, through an eclectic mix of events including poetry, literature and music. This year�s Somali Week Festival will focus on the Somali concept of gobannimo. Gobannimo is a very complex word with a broad range of meanings including freedom and liberty, but also implying a dignified, coherent, independent, giving, tolerant, and respectful approach to dealing with other people. In other words, it encompasses all that is good and achievable by free and responsible human beings. Gobannimo has an inherent sense of reaching an ultimate state of human responsibility and thus is very relevant to the interlinked notions of citizenship and freedom. Although it relates to personal development and individual dignity it is also at the heart of many strands of current social and political thought amongst Somalis, which will be explored through art and literature.
Oxford House, see venue opening hours, free, tel: 020 7739 9001.
18 Oct
Black History and Health Fun Day Event
A Fun Day event targeted at the community in Poplar to promote African/carribean culture through arts, culture and crafts activities (i.e. poetry, dancing, singing, music and food). Health Promotion Stall to encourage residetns to lead a more healthy lifestyle with health taster workshops.
Trussler Hall, 11am - 4pm, free, tel: 020 7510 9770.
8 Nov - 9 Nov
Francophon�Art
A two day celebration of the arts and crafts made by french speaking African and Caribbean artists. Francophon'Art is a combination of dance, music, storytelling, performance, sculpture and modelling.
Old Truman Brewery, 10am - 8pm, free, tel: 020 8265 5881.
1 Oct - 31 Oct
Migration Films: Soleil O, Touki Bouki and L�Afrance, Teza and Waiting for Happiness
This season of films have the issues of identity and migration at their heart and highlight how the policies and politics of then and now still play a central part in the lives of Britain�s diverse communities.
Sun 11 Oct: Soleil O
Sun 18 Oct: Touki Bouki
Sun 25 Oct: L�Afrance
Sun 1 Nov: Teza
Sun 8 Nov: Waiting for Happiness
Rich Mix, 4pm, �8, �6 concs, tel:020 7613 7498
www.richmix.org.uk
1 Oct - 13 Dec
IN THE MIX: FREE JAZZ by Soweto Kinch
Soweto Kinch returns to the Rich Mix bar, taking jazz to the next level with a selection of guest artists and performers including Femi Temowo and Shabaka Hutchings.
Rich Mix, 2pm - 5pm, free, tel: 020 7613 7498, www.richmix.org.uk/aandc_inthemix_soweto.htm
6 Oct
Sparlha Swa
The genre-splitting vocals and lyrically-potent song writing of rising artist Sparlha Swa offers us an alternative music that is truly honest and evocatively so; sparse, powerful and to the point. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, the artist pulls her inspiration from around the globe with mentors like Sade, Astrud Gilberto, Miriam Makeba and Ravi Shankar.
Rich Mix, 8pm, �8 in advance, �11 on the door, tel: 020 7613 7498
www.sparlhaswa.com www.richmix.org.uk/aandc_sparlha.htm
7 Oct
Coming to England with Floella Benjamin - Introduced film screenings for primary schools
Coming to England is a stunning film adaptation of Floella Benjamin�s autobiography, charting her journey from Trinidad to Britain in the 1960s. Floella Benjamin will introduce each screening as well as lead a discussion afterwards. These screenings are designed for Key Stage 2 pupils and teachers.
Rich Mix, 10.30am � 12.30pm and 1pm � 3pm, �3.50 per pupil, �1 per accompanying adult, tel:020 7613 7498
www.richmix.org.uk
12 Oct - 31 Oct
Posters and Poetry - Eye2Eye
This exhibition highlights Black theatre s and companies of the past that created ground-breaking work and nurtured the prominent Black artists, actors, directors and writers of today. Come and have a glimpse of the wealth of historical material available but seldom brought together on display for the general public.
Rich Mix, All day, free, tel: 020 7613 7498
www.richmix.org.uk
12 Oct - 14 Oct
I Cover The Waterfront � the Spirit of Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday had an eventful upbringing, which greatly affected her adult life and career. But to this day, she remains one of the all great jazz singers. Join us to celebrate her life and her work. A play by Troy Andrew Fairclough / Produced by Tramfare ProductionsI Cover the Waterfront is a one woman show accompanied by live music. Stage and TV actress Nina Kristofferson and jazz trio Three Dimensional give you the life and music of jazz legend Billie Holiday
Rich Mix, 8pm, �10, �8 Concessions, Tel:020 7613 7498
www.richmix.org.uk
20 Oct
Heart of Darkness by Tavaziva Dance
Take an emotional, spiritual, scary and raw dance voyage into modern Africa through the eyes of Zimbabwean-born choreographer/composer Bawren Tavaziva. Heart of Darkness features the uplifting Kenyan Athlete, the sensual duet Sinful Intimacies, and My Friend Robert that draws on some of Bawren�s personal experiences.
Rich Mix 7.30pm, �12, �10 concs, tel:020 7613 7498
www.richmix.org.uk
20 Oct
Switch Dance Workshops by ACE Dance and Music
Combine and develop contemporary dance with the aesthetics of African and Caribbean movement. These workshops allow students to create their own work using different ACE dance and music choreographic methods. Suitable for GCSE or A-Level students, or for students following the Dance units in Key Stage 3 and 4 PE.
Rich Mix, 10.30am � 12.30pm & 1.30pm � 3.30pm, �5 per student, �1 per accompanying adult tel: 020 7613 7498
www.richmix.org.uk
22 Oct - 24 Oct
Nu Century Arts presents Not Quite Gospel
Pastor Morris has been dead for two months and Robert Johnson, his successor, sets the stall out for change. But does he underestimate the challenge of trying to break old habits? Written By Don Kinch and featuring a slar cast, this is musical theatre at its most challenging and engaging.
Rich Mix, 8pm, �12, �10 Concessions, tel: 020 7613 7498
www.richmix.org.uk
24 Oct
Struggles for Black Community � Featuring Colin Prescod
Colin Prescod, Chair of the Institute of Race Relations, presents two seminal documentaries focused on contemporary Black history - �A Town Under Siege� and �From You Were Black, You Were Out� - followed by a Q&A; on issues raised in the films.
Rich Mix, 4pm, �8, �6 concs, tel: 020 7613 7498
www.richmix.org.uk
28 Oct - 29 Oct
Switch by ACE Dance
Switch is about change, choice, breaking the mould, embodying new rituals and living again.
Rich Mix, 7.30pm, �12, �10 Concessions tel: :020 7613 7498 www.richmix.org.uk
www.richmix.org.uk
31 Oct
Around the World in 60 Minutes � Family Concert performed by Grand Union Orchestra
Musicians from the Grand Union Orchestra, from as far afield as the Caribbean, Latin America, Bangladesh and Africa, bring a carnival of sound to delight and entertain a family audience of all ages.
Rich Mix, 1.30pm � 2.30pm, �3.50, �6 Joint ticket for Around the World in 60 Minutes � Family Concert & Grand Union Music Workshop, tel: 020 7613 7498
www.richmix.org.uk
31 Oct
Grand Union Music Workshop
Led by musicians from Grand Union, this workshop will be full of fun and movement, including rhythm games and voice and percussion exercises from Africa and Latin America. Suitable for ages 7+
Rich Mix, 3pm � 4.30pm, �3.50, �6 Joint ticket for Around the World in 60 Minutes � Family Concert & Grand Union Music Workshop, tel :020 7613 7498
www.richmix.org.uk
31 Oct
Grand Union � the Next Generation
An unashamed affirmation of carnival spirit! The next generation of dynamic world musicians�will perform alongside their world-class mentors.�Together they will�take the audience on a journey of dance rhythms from calypso and reggae through township and hi-life to bhangra and Bollywood.
Rich Mix, 8pm, �11, �8 advanced, tel: 020 7613 7498
www.richmix.org.uk
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