At A Glance...
Sunday Lecture - The 'Unholy Mrs Knight' and the BBC
22 April 2012
Callum Brown, Professor of Religious and Cultural History at the University of Dundee, describes the events preceding and arising from the infamous case of Margaret Knight, the first openly atheist and Humanist woman to broadcast live on the BBC.
11.00, £3 on the door/free to members.
Navarra Quartet
22 April 2012, 18.30
- Magnus Johnston violin
- Marije Ploemacher violin
- Simone van der Giessen viola
- Nathaniel Boyd ’cello
- Haydn Quartet in G, Op.76 No.1
- Schubert String Quartet No.13 in A minor, D.804 Rosamunde
- Brahms String Quartet in C minor, Op.51 No.1
£8 tickets on the door, £4 for full-time students (free entry for under-16s), box office opens at 17.30.
Pexava Salsa
26 April 2012
Gil and Shelley’s Pexava Salsa Social, with international championship competitors and professional teachers and performers. Salsa lessons, shows, club dancing and more!
The last Thursday of the month, your salsa weekend starts early! Experience an amazing central salsa venue with great salsa people.
Fantastic, spacious wooden dancefloor, special touches provided by dancers for dancers, the best salsa DJs on rotation, regular shows, cheap soft drinks.
19.15-20.15 Intermediate/Advanced class: with Gil & Shelley (please note: classes are suitable for experienced salsa dancers only; please see our Pexava website for our beginners courses in other locations)
20.15-23.30 Salsa Social: Dance your socks off on a wonderful floor with lovely people! Shows at 22.30 for “Showtime events”.
TICKETS: £8 on the door including FREE CLASS.
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School of Life: Jonah Lehrer on Genius
29 April 2012
Jonah Lehrer will show how creativity is not a singular ‘gift’ possessed by the lucky few. It's a variety of thought processes that we can all learn to use more effectively.
You have to be a certain type to be creative. And even among those with talent, there are very few real geniuses. The rest of us can only look on in awe. Or at least that’s what we’ve been taught.
Jonah Lehrer is here to break open that narrow thinking. He will show how creativity is not a singular ‘gift’ possessed by the lucky few. It's a variety of thought processes that we can all learn to use more effectively.
He’ll uncover how we can do that by embracing the rut, thinking like a child, and daydreaming productively. And, in this exciting event that he won’t be repeating anywhere else, he’ll show us how we can experiment with his ideas for ourselves.
Along the way we’ll learn about Bob Dylan's writing habits, why Elizabethan England experienced a creative explosion, and how Pixar designed its office space to get the most out of its talent.
We’ll leave more certain of our own deep inventiveness and equipped with strategies to deal creatively with the challenges of our increasingly complex world.
Jonah Lehrer is a leading thinker and acclaimed author with an expertise in neuroscience. He is Contributing Editor at Wired and writes the Head Case column for The Wall Street Journal. His books include How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientist. At his sermon he’ll help us put into practice insights from his new book, Imagine: How Creativity Works (Canongate, 2012).
11.30 start, tickets £12.50 from the link below.
Sunday Lecture - Being Good
29 April 2012
Science teacher and ex-Muslim Alom Shaha, author of the much acclaimed 'Young Atheist's Handbook', talks about how to be good without God.
11.00, £3 on the door/free to members.
Carducci Quartet
29 April 2012
Pre-concert recital, 17.30:
- James Barralet 'cello
- Simon Callaghan piano
- Brahms: 'Cello Sonata in E minor Op.38
Main concert, 18:30:
Carducci Quartet
- Matthew Denton violin
- Michelle Fleming violin
- Eoin Schmidt-Martin viola
- Emma Denton 'cello
- Haydn: Quartet in G Op.74/3 'The Rider'
- Phillip Glass: Suite from 'Dracula'
- Brahms: Quartet in A minor Op.51/2
£8 tickets on the door, £4 for full-time students (free entry for under-16s), box office opens at 17.30.
Carablanca Tango
4 May 2012
19.30 - 00.00
Carablanca is London's longest-running tango club. The friendly, informal atmosphere ensures that beginners and visitors mix easily with the regular dancers.
The dance evening is an Argentine milonga, preceded by a class. There are also classes for beginners in a separate room. Music is traditional Argentine tango, milonga and vals, played in tandas with cortinas by guest DJs.
TICKETS: price £10 for a class or dancing, £12 for both, paid on entry.
Sunday Lecture - The Ethics of Reproduction on a Finite Planet
6 May 2012
Roger Martin, chair of Population Matters, discusses the numerous ethical implications of population growth.
11.00, £3 on the door/free to members.
Gala Concert
6 May 2012, 18.30
Featuring our patron - the actor Timothy West, virtuoso violinist Thomas Gould and other distinguished musicians.
Performances of:
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
- Messager: Suite from 'The Two Pigeons' (arr. Palmer) [UK Premiere]
- Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals
£12 tickets on the door (free entry for under-16s), box office opens at 17.30.
