Friday 24th February 2012

RichMix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, Shoreditch

Situated at the top of Brick Lane, Rich Mix arts centre will play host to an exciting new exhibition that celebrates the unseen and unsung heroes of Brick Lane's Curry Mile. Jeremy Freedman Private View: Thu 23 February / 6.00pm / By Invitation, please contact pippa.murray@richmix.org.uk

EXHIBITION: Fri 24 February 10am - till close Free entry

By Jeremy Freedman (as originally published by Spitalfields Life)

In 2010 and 2011, East End culture blog www.spitalfieldslife.com published a series of portraits of the curry chefs of Brick Lane, telling the stories of these award-winning chefs accompanied with vibrant images by the prolific street photographer Jeremy Freedman. And the result is a distinguished body of portraiture, recording some of leading culinary personalities of the Bengali community in Brick Lane.

This exhibition is a celebration of these proud chefs - "working away like those engineers below deck on the great steam ships of old, they are the unseen and unsung heroes of Brick Lane's C

Thursday, 2nd February 2012

The Gallery Café, 21 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green, E2 9PL

'Where The Light Gets In' is the first solo exhibition by award-winning artist and designer Martha Orbach, and will feature live music from The Galleons and Hayley Carylon. Martha Orbach, The Galleons, Hayley Carylon Martha's work tells stories about home, shadows and childhood through drawing, photograms and animation.

Sunday, 1st April 2012

Discover Children's Story Centre, 383-387 High Street, Stratford,E15 4QZ

Be the first to tell your friends that you've been a superhero for the day at Discover's new stratospheric exhibition Superheroes. Go on a mission, try on Superhero capes, do some weird and wonderful science and defeat the villainous villain. Steve May Sun 1

FREE DAY

Superheroes

Be the first to tell your friends that you've been a superhero for the day at Discover's new stratospheric exhibition Superheroes

Go on a mission, try on Superhero capes, do some weird and wonderful science and defeat the villainous villain

12.00pm and 2.30pm 5+

Super Steve May

Join Superhero illustrator and animator Steve May as he props up our Noodle Doodle Bar and shows us how to draw for comic books

1.00pm and 3.30pm

Traction Man Is Here by Mini Grey 4+

With an action outfit for every occasion, he patrols the house saving toys, guarding toast, searching for lost wrecks and rescuing damsels in distress

Our hero is ready for anything... or is he? Find out by joining our Story Builders for this fine story of derring do!

Tuesday, 31st January 2012

Bethnal Green working Men's Club, 42-46 POLLARD ROW,Bethnal Green, E2 6NB

Close-Up present Jan Peters' auto-biographical work-in-progress

…but I still haven't figured out the meaning of life Close Up Film Centre, Jan Peters To start the new year on a jolly note

Close-Up present Jan Peters' auto-biographical work-in-progress

…but I still haven't figured out the meaning of life, 18 self-portraits shot on various formats from Super-8 to mobile phone, covering his complex existence from 24 to 40 years old

"This cycle (…) represents a highly original contribution to the body of German-language experimental film." Claus Löser

Jan Peters | 1984 | Germany | 75 mins | Colour & B/W

"In 1990 I stood in front of my Super-8 sound movie camera for the first time to record a stocktaking of my life

The final product was the film Ich bin 24 in which I talk about my life for the length of a roll of Super-8 film (almost three minutes) until I'm cut off in the middle of a sentence at the end

One year later I shot Ich bin 25 and so on until the present (40). The unfin

Friday 24th February 2012

The CLF Art Cafe @ The Bussey Building, 133 Rye Lane, London

An Exhibition of Sound 2012 kicks off with the Legendary Nicky BlackMarket dropping an extremely rare full length, un-interrupted 5 hour set to see in Chapter 1. Jungle + Drum & Bass. Car Horns, Claxons and Vuvuzelas Welcome. Tickets on sale from RA. Nicky Black Market An Exhibition of Sound 2012 kicks off with the Legendary Nicky BlackMarket hosting the Launch of the 6 event, 6 Genre, 12 month season showcasing the talents of some of the leading lights in global dance music. The legendary Nicky BlackMarket dropping an extremely rare full length, un-interrupted 5 hour set to see in Chapter 1. Jungle + Drum & Bass. Things are about to get beautifully heavy! This ones for the dancefloor drum n' bass Junkie and true rootical jungalist lover. As we like to say Car Horns, Claxons and Vuvuzelas Welcome.

Admission �8 / �10 / �12 Available in advance + on the door. Tickets on sale soon from Resident Advisor!

www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?331925

An Exhibition Of Sound Chapter 2 'J

Thursday 16th February 2012

The Book Club, 100 - 106 Leonard Street, London

Emil Asgrimsson will be presenting his first solo exhibition at The Book Club this February. An Icelandic native that has been studying in London for 3 years at the renowned Central St. Martins College of Art & Design. Emil Asgrimsson Emil Asgrimsson will be presenting his first solo exhibition at The Book Club this February. An Icelandic native that has been studying in London for 3 years at the renowned Central St. Martins College of Art & Design. His work is an eclectic mixture of collage illustration and moving image inspired by epic landscapes, geology and science with an affinity to a humorous narrative.

Thursday, 9th February 2012

Free Space Gallery,2 Bartholomew Road,Kentish Town, NW5 2BX

Exhibition of mixed media work by artist Steve Williams Steve Williams An exhibition of Steve William's mixed media Ulysses series

Works inspired by the seminal James Joyce novel see Williams paying homage to Joyce, exploring the themes of the novel through his own Ulysses inspired journey to Ireland.

Saturday, 4th February 2012

The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ

New era for The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. Exhibition highlights include The First Moderns: Art Nouveau from Nature to Abstraction, There Is Here: Photographs by Avi Gupter and Japan: Kingdom of Characters, all opening on February 4th. Avi Gupter, Japan. Kingdom of Characters, The First Moderns The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts announces a strategic initiative that will see its world renowned collections, exhibitions and building undergo a series of exciting developments over the next four years

The first phase of this development begins with the transformation of the west end of Norman Foster's landmark building

On 4 February 2012 the centre's doors will open to reveal a new exhibition programme, a post-graduate study centre, a sculpture garden and a new, superbly designed restaurant and bar

The west end of the building, including the restaurant will be open until 8pm daily

Exhibition Highlights include:

The First Moderns: Art Nouveau, Nature to Abstraction

4 February 2012 - 4 December 2

Friday 27th January 2012

X & Y Bar, 648 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland

Experimental Beats and Pieces, featuring MCs, bands, DJs Triptaphene Kim De La Haye Beanstalk Records Beatdown

Friday 3rd February 2012

OPEN, 113 Uxbridge Road, Ealing

This exhibition looks at the work of artists across at least 3 painting generations. The pieces embrace a sense of the mundane and overlooked and turn it into quiet monumentalism. The exhibition runs until 24 February John Wilkins, Claude Temin-Vergez, Miho Sato, Michal Sluslakowicz, Matthew Draper, Juan Bolivar, Philip Booth This exhibition is looking at the work of artists across at least 3 painting generations. The pieces presented embrace a sense of the mundane and overlooked and turn it into quiet monumentalism. Sometimes inconspicuous images are morphed into instant icons as in the work of Sato. Her distinctive reduced palette gives those seemingly familiar images the look of classic timeless memories. Draper finds interest in the dissolute private live of silently wild domestic items. The tiny details of everyday life in his work are turned into dangerous 'fantasia-like' arrangement leaving the viewer unsure of whether he should feel seduced or threatened. A sense of humour is also latent in the wor

Saturday, 4th February 2012

The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ

New era for The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. Exhibition highlights include The First Moderns: Art Nouveau from Nature to Abstraction, There Is Here: Photographs by Avi Gupter and Japan: Kingdom of Characters, all opening on February 4th. Avi Gupter, Japan. Kingdom of Characters, The First Moderns The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts announces a strategic initiative that will see its world renowned collections, exhibitions and building undergo a series of exciting developments over the next four years

The first phase of this development begins with the transformation of the west end of Norman Foster's landmark building

On 4 February 2012 the centre's doors will open to reveal a new exhibition programme, a post-graduate study centre, a sculpture garden and a new, superbly designed restaurant and bar

The west end of the building, including the restaurant will be open until 8pm daily

Exhibition Highlights include:

The First Moderns: Art Nouveau, Nature to Abstraction

4 February 2012 - 4 December 2

Wednesday, 25th January 2012

RichMix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, Shoreditch,E1 6LA

Concentrating on the former Jewish Community and current Bengali and Somali communities, the project recorded and archived the cultural life of this important East London Street from 1960 onwards. Eastside Community Heritage Wed 25 January - Thu 2 February

In 2007, the project recorded, documented and preserved the diverse and unique heritage of Brick Lane - a traditional host for global diasporas entering the metropolis

Concentrating on the former Jewish Community and current Bengali and Somali communities, the project recorded and archived the cultural life of this important East London Street from 1960 onwards

The project collected some valuable oral history video interviews and worked with local schools, youth groups and community centres in Brick Lane, this exhibition tells this powerful story in the words of past and present communities of living and working in the lane

Eastside Community Heritage

Was established in 1993 as part of the Stratford City Challenge community history project

Over

Sunday 29th January 2012

Chinese Museum, 22 Cohen Place，Melbourne, Victoria

The Chinese Museum will be celebrating the Year of the Dragon with a special touring exhibition from China that presents a glimpse of the largest and most important Chinese celebration - the Spring Festival. In addition to the exhibition, visitors will be able to view the awakening ceremony of the Millennium Dragon, featuring colourful and lively lion dance performances, before the Dragon weaves its way around Melbourne's streets. The Millennium Dragon will make its appearance at 11.30am. To celebrate the Chinese New Year, visitors to the Museum on Sunday 29 January 2012 will be admitted free of charge to celebrate the 2012 Chinese New Year Festival, courtesy of Central Equity. The Chinese Museum will be celebrating the Year of the Dragon with a special touring exhibition from China that presents a glimpse of the largest and most important Chinese celebration - the Spring Festival. In addition to the exhibition, visitors will be able to view the awakening ceremony of the Millennium Dragon, featuring co

Sunday, 19th February 2012

Global Gallery: 5 Comber Street Paddington NSW 2021

Welcome to the Labyrinth: contemporary artist Simon Wilde's latest exhibition. A journey through the raw juxtapositions of steel with acrylic paint, oxidisations of metal into rust, photography, patterns of captured light and installation.

Head down to Global Gallery for opening night on Thursday February 6 at 7pm, daily between 06-19 February, or to meet the artist on Saturday 18 February.

Wilde's new works are a captivating showcase of combusting mediums and their formations into brilliantly colourful art pieces, some of impressive scale. Their uniqueness comes from his ability to use scientific methods to form artistic patterns never seen before.

The Sydney born artist, who lives in Shanghai and Australian equally uses sheets of thin steel as his canvas, and through a process of oxidisation creates layered textures - grinding steel surfaces into art. He then applies water-based paints to create patterns of colour

and shape, the contours created by the chemical reactions between oil and acrylic

Saturday, 14th January 2012

The Alban Arena, Civic Centre, AL1 3LD

Another year, another model railway exhibition! With more than twenty working layouts not seen

before at the Arena and in many scales, enjoy the fascinating world of railways in model form. Picture trains of present and past running through countryside and built-up areas, hauling goods

and passengers to destinations at home and abroad or busily at work in a goods yard or an industrial

setting. It’s not just the railways that are interesting but also the settings in which they run

Each

layout captures a location at a moment in time and each presents a different three dimensional

photograph

The CMRA exhibition includes many demonstration and trade stands enabling you to see and talk

to experts showing various modelling techniques and purchase goods to enable you to start on

or enhance your own layout

All in all it will be an enthralling day out for both railway enthusiasts

and those with an eye for things in miniature

It is an outing to be enjoyed by all the family

A free

vintage bu

Thursday, 2nd February 2012

Stour Space, 7 Roach Road, Hackney, E3 2PA

Tunnel Vision

Necole Schmitz & Victoria Trinder

Private View: Thursday 2nd February 2012 6-10pm

Opening hours: 3rd to the 28th February 9am-5pm Necole Schmitz, Victoria Trinder Tunnel Vision Necole Schmitz & Victoria Trinder Private View: Thursday 2nd February 2012 6pm-10pm Opening hours: 3rd to the 28th February 9am-5pm Victoria Trinder and Necole Schmitz come together to create a mysterious milieu designed to engage all of your senses.

Visitors are invited to peep, creep, crawl, touch and uncover the fantastical world created by the artists.

Playing the part of both voyeur and object of inspection, observers can journey through the artists' public and private spaces of drawers, dens, whispers, video, and song. Trinder appropriates the voyeuristic propensities of new technologies of looking such as CCTV and video diaries and encourages the viewer to participate in this sometimes transgressive activity.

Schmitz uses the multi-sensory experience of the organic spaces of seemingly animal-made de

Thursday, 1st March 2012

530 West 25th Street, New York, NY

Fantastic February Exhibitions at Agora Gallery Infuse the short winter days with energy and warmth by visiting the exhibitions at Agora Gallery this February. The Substance of Abstraction explores the variety and mystery of the world, diving into the essence of form and shape that make up our lived experience of reality. Intriguing, intelligent and full of fascinating detail and insight, these works provide a memorable occasion. The artists in Sensorial Perspectives express their interest and joy in the things they perceive, bringing to their art both their considerable artistic skills and their acute observational abilities in a combination that achieves dazzling results. Elemental Realms is characterized by a vibrant passion which enlivens and inspires those who come into contact with it. Lively and enthralling, these works provide a treat for those who are sensitive to atmosphere and the enormous potential of color. The exhibits begin on February 10, 2012 and run until March 1, 2012. The opening rece

Thursday, 9th February 2012

Circo, Britannia House Albert Dock, Albert Dock, L3 4AD

This red carpet event will run over four nights and features hand selected fashion design houses and retailers, all showcasing their spring collections on the catwalk. Robbie Edwards , Les Calvert Liverpool Fashion Festival

9th - 12th February 2012

This red carpet event will run over four nights and features hand selected fashion design houses and retailers, all showcasing their spring collections on the catwalk

Alluring catwalk shows will showcase the latest collections and guests will enjoy an exclusive boutique exhibition, innovative beauty ideas and style tips

Each night boats a full packed agenda of fashion and fun guaranteed ti help you find your perfect race day outfit

Tickets available online at www.liverpoolfashionfestival.co.uk or call 0151 702 7753

Ticket holders of Liverpool Fashion Festival will benefit from access into Circo on your visited night with a complimentary glass of Champagne!

Dance until late with Liverpool's Finest DJ's and finish off your evening at Aintree in th

Saturday, 14th January 2012

Carriageworks, 245 Wilson Street (Corner of Codrington Street) Eveleigh

A series of talks, playreadings and films alongside a special exhibition from personal archives, film and photographs celebrates the legacy of the National Black Theatre.

Presented by Sydney Festival and Carriageworks in association with ABC

In 1972 the National Black Theatre emerged from Regent Street, Redfern with an explosion of plays, dance, activist poetry, biting satire and street theatre, giving new voice to the struggles of the 1970s and the Redfern Aboriginal community.

During its five years of operation, this astonishing cultural renaissance spawned landmark playwrights such as Kevin Gilbert, Robert Merritt and Jack Davis, as well as the careers of remarkable actors such as Bob Maza, Lillian Crombie and Justine Saunders, cultural activist Gary Foley and director Brian Syron.

Curator Rhoda Roberts, one of Australia's leading arts practitioners and from the first generation of actors to reap the benefits of the early years of National Black Theatre, creates a compelling program of work ce

Thursday, 19th January 2012

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, 181-187 Hay Street Haymarket

From Campbelltown to Haymarket and way beyond, Edge of Elsewhere is a three year project engaging with the diverse cultural mix of suburban Sydney.

Presented by Campbelltown Arts Centre, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art and Sydney Festival