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linear walk to Hampstead Heath Station via Highgate, through urban parks, streets and woodland. Goldsmiths Rambling Club. New Members always welcome. Contact R. Sullivan on 020 8850 4417 for details. Lunchtime Recital. Esther Cavett.1.10pm. Free. St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street, SE10 9BJ.


SUN 12 FEB Recital. Dante Lorenzo Dilanno, Schubert. 1pm. Free. St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street, SE10 9BJ.


SUN 12- 15 FEB Family Fun Trail – Eltham Palace. Join in this half term fun trail and fi nd the hidden clues to solve the puzzle. Ticket price includes entry to event and entry to the Palace & grounds. 11am – 4pm. Adult £8.40, Child £5.60, Family £24.20. Eltham Palace, Court Yard, Eltham.


TUES 14 FEB Townswomens Guild. Talk on Child’s Play by Mr D Andrews. 2pm. Boys’ Brigade Hall, Reynolds Place, Blackheath SE3. Valentine’s Tea Dance. Waltz, cha-cha and foxtrot to your heart’s content for a romantic Valentine’s Tea Dance with the eleven piece Berkeley Square Society Band. Start the evening with a taster workshop at 6pm. Dance starts 7.30pm – 10.30pm. £12 with comp. glass of bubbly on arrival. Ticketweb.co.uk or 0844 847 2268. East Wintergarden, 43 Bank Street, Canary Wharf.


WED 15 FEB


Sing-a-long-a Grease. Sing along with Sandy, Danny and the gang at Rydell High in this special screening of Grease. Let your inhibitions go! £15 with comp. glass of bubbly on arrival. 7pm – 10pm, Doors 6.30pm. PG. Ticketweb.co.uk or 0844 847 2268. East Wintergarden, 43 Bank Street, Canary Wharf. Annual Architecture Lecture. Architecture and the Genius of Place by Eric Parry. Well-known for his renewal of St Martin in the Fields, Eric Parry has a reputation for beautifully crafted buildings. 8pm. £12, £10 concs, Students £6. Box offi ce 020 8318 9758, email blackheathhalls@trinitylaban. ac.uk Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, SE3 9RB.


THURS 16 FEB Lunchtime Recital. Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance – String Quartets.1.10pm. Free. St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street, SE10 9BJ. Swing Dance. Come early for an introduction to vintage dance styles from JiveSwing.com then get ready to lindyhop, jive and jitterbug the night away. 7.30pm – 10.30pm, workshop 6pm. £12 with comp. glass of bubbly on arrival. Ticketweb. co.uk or 0844 847 2268. East Wintergarden, 43 Bank Street, Canary Wharf.


THURS 16 – 18 FEB Enchanted April. The Alexandra Players in a gentle comedy by Matthew Barber adapted from the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim. Tickets £8, £7 Concs. 020 8858 2769. Email alexandraplayers@gmail.com. Alexandra Hall, Bramshot Avenue, SE7 7HX.


FRI 17 FEB Vintage Mobile Cinema. Enjoy classic episodes


of Top of the Pops in the 1960’s Vintage Mobile Cinema parked in front of the East Wintergarden. 4pm – Midnight. Free (fi rst come fi rst served). East Wintergarden, 43 Bank Street, Canary Wharf. Concert. St Paul’s Sinfonia.7.30pm. £tba. St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street, SE10 9BJ. Silent Disco. Defi nitely a dance fl oor with a difference, no speakers, just wireless headsets where you choose what you dance to. 8pm – Midnight. £10 with comp. glass of bubbly on arrival. Ticketweb.co.uk or 0844 847 2268. East Wintergarden, 43 Bank Street, Canary Wharf.


SAT 18 FEB


Lunchtime Recital. Christine Zerafa, piano.1.10pm. Free. St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street, SE10 9BJ. Charlton Society. Great Houses in Blackheath. Talk by Diana Rimel. 2.30pm. Charlton House, Charlton SE7 8RE. Sing Along. Joel Thomas. 2pm-6pm. £tba. St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street, SE10 9BJ.


MON 20 FEB


Charlton & Blackheath Amateur Horticultural Society. AGM and Bring & Buy. 7.45pm. Visitors £1. Charlton House, SE7 8RE.


TUES 21 FEB Ropemaking in London. Greenwich Industrial History Society talk by John Yeardley. 7.30pm. Non members £1. The Old Bakehouse, (back of Age Exchange shop) Bennett Park, Blackheath SE3.


The Brit Awards 2012 with Mastercard. 7.15pm. £70 mastercard card holders only from www.ticketmaster.co.uk The O2, Peninsula Square, Greenwich London SE10 0DX.


THURS 23 FEB Lunchtime Recital. Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance – Erdesz Trio.1.10pm. Free. St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street, SE10 9BJ.


FRI 24 FEB


Morning Recial – Classics with my Baby. Concerts designed for babies and small children. 10am (concert 10.30am start -1 hour long) Adults £7, Babies & children free. www. classicswithmybaby.com St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street, SE10 9BJ.


SAT 25 FEB Rambling Club. Meet at 10am Hever Stn, for 7 mile linear walk via Chiddingstone, Hoath Corner to Cowden Stn. Return by train. Goldsmiths Rambling Club. Details as 11 Feb. Lunchtime Recital. Caren Friel, soprano.1.10pm. Free. St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street, SE10 9BJ.


SUN 26 FEB


The Circus of Horrors – The Ventriloquest. Back rockin & shockin’ with this new show. 6.30pm. £18 & £27 plus booking fee. www. theo2.co.uk IndigO2, Millennium Way, Greenwich SE10 0BB.


SAT 3 MAR Woolwich Antiquarians. AGM & The Titanic Legend talk by David Brown. 2.15pm. Charlton Houses, Charlton SE7 8RE.


Mar bles


A NEW INTERACTIVE ARTWORK by Dutch artist and designer Daan Roosegaarde, recent winner of the prestigious Design for Asia Award, features eight spectacular glowing forms which come alive upon human touch, using sound and colour to communicate to people in the vicinity and to each other. The exhibition runs until 2 March in Jubilee Park, on top of the Canary Wharf Jubilee Line Station. Keith Watson from Canary Wharf Group, which curates an award-winning public art collection and programme, said “Roosegarde’s Marbles refl ects the demise of traditional childhood games, such as marbles, and the current obsession with interactive technology, questioning how it can be used in a more social manner.” This shows how art refl ects, and often spearheads, the recent rapid change in interactive technology. We can expect to see more of this in future, not only at Canary Wharf, but around the world.”


Pl e a s u r e Ga rd e n Ba l l…f o r a d andy Va lentine’s Day!


Enjoy a dandy Valentine’s Day


experience at the Museum of London at the annual Valentine’s party. Revel in the atmosphere of a fabulously recreated Georgian Pleasure Garden for a night of decadence!


Get into character as a Georgian lady or gent by creating your very own masquerade mask. Take to the dance fl oor in your new disguise and get some top tips on how to get down to Handel, with traditional


Georgian dance moves, from girl band Lady Georgianna. If you aren’t ready to don your dancing shoes, attend performances from a selection of the City’s fi nest gay poets, presented by the Write Queer London Festival. Readings will be made by John Mccullough, Peter Daniels and Nancy Campbell, amongst others. Lovers and singletons alike should keep an eye open for performers who will be interacting with partygoers and performing excerpts from Steven Wood’s forthcoming musical The Mask of Joy.


There will be a bar, serving romantically themed food and drink and badge making! Adults only, 14 February from 6.30 - 10pm. £6 / £4.50 concs and £3 Friends. Box offi ce on 020 7001 9844.


Bella’s Cupcak es If you’ve ever marvelled at


beautifully decorated cupcakes and wished yours could look just as fabulous, learn from an expert at a new cupcake decorating masterclass from Bella’s


Cupcakes. Budding cake makers will learn secret tips for the perfect


buttercream frosting and icing, how to pipe like a pro and how to create eye-catching designs for any occasion. Visit www.bellascupcakes.co.uk for classes in Chislehurst, Orpington and Sevenoaks,and coming next month to Greenwich and Tunbridge Wells.


Private parties and children’s birthday parties also available on request.


www.bellascupcakes.co.uk/classes.html hello@bellascupcakes.co.uk 07802 795 846


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