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Category Archives: Art
Music, dance and drama at South Norwood’s Arcadia Festival
Stanley Halls in South Norwood is staging its Arcadia Festival this Saturday, encouraging Londoners “to build a fairer and healthier future – now”. In its second year, the Arcadia Festival is funded by the National Lottery as part of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Acradia Festival, South Norwood, Stanley Halls
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Diver Snode makes a splash with Crystal Palace’s Gallery 56
A new art gallery is to open in the Crystal Palace Triangle, and they are inviting the public to a social evening later this month to mark the occasion. Gallery 56 calls itself “a contemporary art space located in the … Continue reading
Singing and Wellbeing courses, CALAT, must book by Sep 15
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Courses begin September 30 To sign up for either of the courses, you must book by this Tuesday, … Continue reading
Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, CALAT, Education, Music
Tagged CALAT, Catherine Pestano, Croydon, Music
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Blues at The Oval, Sunday evenings in Sep and Oct, free entry
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here for all music dates at The Oval Tavern
Posted in Addiscombe West, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Business, Music, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Addiscombe, Blues at The Oval, Croydon, Music, The Oval Tavern
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This play kills fascists: see Woody Sez for light in the darkness
The recent death of country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton focused attention on American folk music. Before Dolly, there was Woody. KEN TOWL took the chance to see an acclaimed new play about Guthrie’s life and work currently on stage in Soho … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ken Towl, Music, Theatre
Tagged Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Dolly Parton, Joan Baez, Ken Towl, Soho, Theatre, Underbelly Theatre, Woody Guthrie, Woody Sez
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MP and union join calls to save CALAT from Perry’s cutbacks
Opposition is mounting to the Croydon Mayor’s scheme to outsource the council’s adult education service, with a public petition describing any plans to undermine CALAT as ‘vandalism’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon East MP Natasha Irons and the University and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, CALAT, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Education, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons
Tagged adult education, CALAT, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Adult Learning and Training, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Jo Grady, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons MP, Tory, UCU, University and College Union
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Shaping Croydon’s light-touch exhibit offers clues to the future
An exhibition, “Shaping Croydon – Architecture and Ambition”, has opened this week at the Museum of Croydon, just in time for this weekend’s celebration of the capital’s architecture with the Open House festival. The exhibition is attractively bright and light-touch. … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Activities, Art, Croydon Council, Environment, History, Museum of Croydon, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged 1956 Croydon Corporation Act, Brutalism, Croydon, Croydon Flyover, London, Mini Manhattan, Museum of Croydon, Shaping Croydon - Architecture and Ambition, TfL, Transport for London
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Stanley Halls’ heritage, history and future on show this Sunday
South Norwood’s Stanley Halls is among the many Croydon venues taking part in this weekend’s London Open House Festival. And as well as two guided tours to look behind the scenes at the heritage and history of the 1903-built Grade … Continue reading
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Blues at The Oval, Sunday evenings in Sep and Oct, free entry
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here for all music dates at The Oval Tavern
Posted in Addiscombe West, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Business, Music, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Addiscombe, Blues at The Oval, Croydon, Music, The Oval Tavern
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Perry finally forced to admit his scheme for CALAT closure
Croydon’s failed Mayor, embarrassed by having his secret plans to axe the council’s adult education programme exposed, has issued a belated explanation to councillors. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES After months of secrecy and suspicion, Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, has … Continue reading
Up to £1,000 a ticket – make sure you buy an Archers tea towel
A stage homage to the world’s longest-running soap opera was a nostalgia trip for hundreds of people this week, and another reminder of where Croydon is missing out. By STEVEN DOWNES, who survived the experience without buying any ‘merch’ There … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Theatre
Tagged Ambridge, BBC Radio, BBC Radio 4, Borsetshire, Fairfield Halls, The Archers, The Archers at 75 Live!, Wimbledon, Wimbledon New Theatre
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Night of Dance on the streets of Addiscombe next Tuesday
The glorious local tradition, the annual Croydon Night of Dance, bobs and jingles across the streets of Addiscombe next Tuesday, September 8. The celebration of Morris dance, maids and men, will be gathering with their bells and instruments outside The … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Dance, Pubs
Tagged Builder's Arms, Morris dance, Morris dancing, Morris Men, North Wood Morris Men, Old Palace Clog, pubs, The Oval Tavern, Wild Hunt Bedlam
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After closing libraries, now Philistine Perry takes axe to CALAT
Council briefing document says Mayor wants to outsource borough’s widely admired adult education service as his latest cost-cutting wheeze. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES CALAT, the council-run Croydon Adult Learning and Training organisation, has effectively been evicted from its home in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Brigitte Graham, Business, CALAT, Croydon Council, Education, Greenwich Leisure, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged adult education, CALAT, Cllr Brigitte Graham, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Adult Learning and Training, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry
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London Radical Book Fair, Stanley Halls, free entry, Sun Sep 6
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‘Chinese’ magician who died on stage, shot by his own gun
CROYDON CHRONICLES: Theatres in the town attracted some of the world’s biggest Vaudeville stars in the early 20th Century, including the mysterious Chung Ling Soo. DAVID MORGAN discovered more from the archives Many great entertainers have trodden the boards in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, David Morgan, History, Theatre
Tagged Chung Ling Soo, Croydon Chronicles, Croydon Empire, David Morgan, Music Hall, William Robinson
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Misanthrope, Odyssey and Obsession at David Lean Cinema
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BID’s latest town centre stunt brought to you by… Filthy Luker!
Our culture correspondent, GRAYDON PERRY (no relation), considers the ‘anarchy’ behind the latest art-washing efforts by the money men at the Business ‘Improvement’ District Please ensure that you are seated before reading this article. Inside Croydon does not want responsibility … Continue reading
Old Coulsdon Camera Club Welcome Evening, Tue Sep 8
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London Radical Book Fair, Stanley Halls, free entry, Sun Sep 6
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Blues at The Oval: Two-Gun Mathilda, Sun Aug 30, free entry
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here for all music dates at The Oval Tavern
‘Crap’ council is caught taping over the cracks of listed building
Croydon Council has been accused of failing to protect and preserve one of the town centre’s heritage buildings, the Grade II-listed Segas House, on the corner of Katharine Street and Wellesley Road. The office building was given listed status in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon School of Art, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Nestle Tower, Planning, Ria Patel, Segas House, St George's Walk
Tagged Cllr Ria Patel, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Electric House, Fairfield, Fairfield ward, Grade II, Green Party, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Segas House, Tory, Town Centre
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Banned in Whitgift Centre, werewolf’s on the prowl in Croydon
GABRIEL MacARTHUR was on set for a music video shoot with a difference – it didn’t have Taylor Swift in it There’s been a werewolf on the prowl on the high street and, in true Croydon fashion, most passers-by seemed … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Art, Business, Centrale, Gabriel MacArthur, Music, Riff Raffs, The Oval Tavern, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Croydon, Gabriel MacArthur, Hammerson, Rakesh Jaitly, Riff Raffs, Slack Magic, Taylor Swift, The Oval Tavern, Werewolf, Westfield, Whitgift Centrre
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Climate Grief Café, Croydon Clocktower Café, Sat Sep 26
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For more details, visit Katy Dye’s website by clicking here
Posted in Activities, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Clocktower Cafe
Tagged Climate Crisis, Climate Grief, Clocktower Cafe, Katy Dye
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Carshalton Jazz Summer Festival, CryerArts Centre, Sat Aug 29
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