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Tag Archives: Black History Month
Black History Month Celebration, South Croydon, Oct 28
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Celebrate Black History Month, free dinner, CVA, Oct 22
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Save £25 at Royal Academy of Arts exhibition with TfL offer
Transport for London and the Royal Academy are partnering for the first time to offer customers using public transport 2-for-1 entry into one of the blockbuster exhibitions of the year by internationally acclaimed artist Kerry James Marshall. Kerry James Marshall: … Continue reading
Singing the praises of Amazing Grace, Croydon Minster, Oct 15
Amazing Grace is one of the most famous of hymns. It was written by John Newton, who was born 300 years ago this year. Grace Will Lead Me Home is a musical event which will celebrate Newton and his hymn, … Continue reading
Ruskin House Screen Club: Divided By Race, Fri Oct 25
Posted in Black History Month, Cinema, History, Ruskin House
Tagged Black History Month, Ruskin House, Ruskin House Screen Club
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Council’s ‘totally unacceptable’ BHM effort is off to late start
Croydon’s Tory-controlled council’s miserable efforts to reflect and celebrate Black History Month have been branded “totally unacceptable” and “woeful”, with no publicity or materials distributed to what is left of the borough’s public libraries. The council’s propaganda bunker swung into … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Black History Month, Community associations, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Education, History, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged BHM, Black History Month, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood, South Norwood Library, Tory
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Photography Forum returns with reggae and hip hop exhibit
The popular Croydon Photography Forum returns this month, as Lenses of Croydon launches its Black History Month exhibition, Sound Clash: A Fusion of Hip Hop and Reggae. The photography exhibition opens at the Broad Green Hub on Monday, and delves … Continue reading
Windrush memories laid out on West Croydon Overground line
Transport for London is marking Black History Month with the release of a Windrush episode of its Mind The Gap podcast series about the inspiration behind the new names for the London Overground lines. The Windrush line is the name … Continue reading
Coleridge-Taylor hits the right notes for Black History Month
Croydon’s very own black classical composer is to be celebrated in a prestigious concert at Fairfield Halls on Sunday, October 9, part of the arts venue’s programme of events marking Black History Month. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor wrote his epic choral work … Continue reading
Black British Classical Foundation concert, St Mildred’s, Oct 1
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Tagged Addiscombe, Black British Classical Foundation, Black History Month, St Mildred's
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Croydon’s Black History Month offers much to be proud about
Croydon’s Black History Month begins tonight under the tagline “Proud2be”. Organised by the Croydon BME Forum, Black History Month includes an intergenerational fashion show, poetry readings, live music, theatre, a networking brunch and thought-provoking discussions.
Free events on offer for budding sports stars and entrepreneurs
The council’s youth service team is offering a busy programme of activities for youngsters through half-term and the rest of October – and all free. Ranging from football sessions for different ages to online fitness exercise, “the programme has been … Continue reading
Council’s underwhelming programme for Black History Month
BELLA BARTOCK, our culture correspondent, on the uninspiring offer from Croydon Town Hall It is hard not to have a degree of ambivalence about this year’s offering from Croydon Council for Black History Month. Just like last year, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Black History Month, Dance, Education, History, Libraries, Music, Poetry
Tagged BHM, Black History Month
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Council lists just 30 events in Croydon for Black History Month
Singer Faith Child and Crystal Palace footballer Wilfried Zaha are the special guests at tomorrow night’s launch of Black History Month in Croydon, being staged at the council’s office building, Fisher’s Folly. But anyone thinking that the local council in … Continue reading
Colour-coded divisions over Black History Month events
It surely cannot be deliberate, since Croydon Council’s press and publicity department is too ham-fisted to organise itself so well. But if anyone ever wanted a demonstration of how we live in a divided borough, then they need only refer … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Badsha Quadir, Black History Month, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Dance, Education, Fairfield Halls, History, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mario Creatura, Music, Purley, Steve O'Connell, Theatre
Tagged Badsha Quadir, BHM, Black History Month, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Kenley, Mario Creatura, Purley, Simon Brew, Steve O'Connell, Tory
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A celebration of Maya Angelou, Fairfield Halls, Oct 18
The Write Thing & Fairweather Productions presents IN CELEBRATION OF OUR CULTURE A Black History Month Event Hosted by Juliet Alexander BBC A Special Tribute To The Inspirational Dr MAYA ANGELOU in Song, Dance, Film, Laugher & Spoken Word,
Posted in Dance, Fairfield Halls, Music, Theatre
Tagged Black History Month, Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Maya Angelou
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Steve Knightly announced as opening act for Stanley Halls
Stanley Halls’ first major public performance since the historic venue was taken over by a local community group has been announced for February 5, featuring Steve Knightly, whose group Show of Hands has been described by Peter Gabriel as “one … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Music, South Norwood, Stanley People's Initiative
Tagged Black History Month, Croydon, England, London, Peter Gabriel, Royal Albert Hall, South Norwood
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Poppy Cafe, Coulsdon re-opening: Nov 9
The long-awaited Poppy Café at Coulsdon Memorial Ground will be opened officially on Saturday November 9. The café will be holding an event from 10am to 3pm in the form of a Discovery Trail inviting people to find out more … Continue reading
Did you know enough to win our Doris Day competition?
Inside Croydon’s Doris Day competition is now closed. Our winners, who knew that Doris Day sang Que Sera, Sera in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much (well, we thought it was a good answer for a quiz question) … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, Fairfield Halls, Music, Theatre
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Ashcroft Theatre, Black History Month, Croydon, Doris Day, Man Who Knew Too Much, Que Sera, Secret Love
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Police called to sikh temple as controversy dogs councillor
For the second time in less than two months, the police had to be called to a disturbance at a meeting involving Jeet Bains, the Conservative councillor for Coulsdon West. On Friday evening, Bains was attending the Croydon gurdwara, on … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Church and religions, Community associations, Coulsdon Town, Crime, David Osland, Jeet Bains, Policing
Tagged Bains, Black History Month, Coulsdon West, Croydon, Guneet Singh, London
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Future Tech City event at BRIT School: Nov 30
All three of Croydon’s MPs are backing Future Tech City, the borough’s largest tech education event, being staged next month in an effort to help the borough’s schools keep pace with the dizzying pace of developments in one of the … Continue reading
