Hello, hello!

As the weather seems to be picking up (fingers crossed it stays like today for a few more days) we have some options you can enjoy during this week. 5 events you shouldn’t miss if you want to have something to talk your friends about!

1. Collect Exhibition.  Saatchi Gallery is always a reference point for this matters. Even if craft is everywhere now, this event only showcases the best. This is the place where collectors and curators compile their wish lists for next Christmas! May 11th to 14th

2. Mr. Punch’s Big Birthday Party and Covent Garden May Fayre. Punch gets an annual party bash in Covent Garden. But turning 350 this year is a biggie thing, so there’s a two-day knees up. Because that is the only way to do it! Oh yeah! May 12th and 13th

3. LSO Open Air Classics. Trafalgar Square. Free concert from the London Symphony Orchestra, with an opportunity to hear 100 young musicians from the LSO community programme. May 12th

4. Kensington Dollhouse Festival. At Kensington Town Hall you would be able to find all those small, small worlds to wonder at, plus workshops for those attracted to the therapeutic process of cutting things down to size. May 11th to 13th.

5. Dawn Chorus Walks. London Wetland Centre. A chance to identify the individual components of the daybreak cacophony of birdsong, with a breakfast to reward you for such an early start!

Have a blast! M.

Hello everybody!!!

London is WONDERFUL  and UNDERGROUND and in Southbank Centre they always know what they do!!! Get ready for this new amazing Summer Festival!!!

You’ll find Circus, quirky events, rarities and loads of fun just in the riverside!

For more info on the festival events go to pricelesslondonwonderground.co.uk

PRICELESS!!!

Even if it is raining (non-stop) and we don’t get to see the sun much these days, there are a lot of things to be done and so many events to enjoy! So, get a pen and start marking the dates in your calendar!!!!!!

- CANTINA: From Tue May 8 London Wonderground, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX. Enjoy this amazing Australian Circus Vaudeville. Acrobatics, magic, dance and music are to the fore in a night of spectacle.

-RANKIN: CONTAINS NUDITY: May 10-Jun 20 Other Criteria, 14 Hinde St, London, W1U 3BG. An exhibition of nude photographs by Rankin. On show are 12 images of female nudes. Also on display are photographs from the second issue of Rankin’s biannual fashion and lifestyle magazine, ‘The Hunger’ – including a portrait of the Queen. The show marks the launch of Other Criteria Hinde Street’s Photography Room.

- MUSEUMS AT NIGHT FESTIVAL: May 18-20, Various museums. Annual after-hours opening at London’s major and specialist museums and galleries. Most places have themed events scheduled, such as guided tours, live music and a bar.

- ROOFTOP FILM CLUB: A new film season at the Queen of Hoxton’s rooftop garden, offering up to five weekly screenings of mostly mainstream movies. Plus a limited season of screenings at Kensington Roof Garden and Netil House.

- BEN & JERRY’S CORE TOUR: FREE ICE CREAM! May 7th – 11th. Different venues. Ben & Jerry launches its new core flavours by dishing out free ice cream. The London leg of the tour takes in the Old Truman Brewery, Victoria Park, Golden Square, Soho Square, Berkeley Square, Imperial College and others.

- LONDON PET SHOW: May 12th- 13th. Earl’s Court Two, Warwick Rd , London, SW5 9TA. A fair for pet owners, or those looking for a suitable pet. The show is divided into zones. In the Discover Dogs Zone and the Cat Zone, visitors can meet and get advice from owners and breeders on choice of breed, care and training. There are also Discover Exotics and Aquatics and Discover Small Furries Areas and an Animal Action Area, with agility displays and demonstrations including dog heelwork to music, duck herding, rabbit agility and ferret racing.

Loving Quirky things

M.