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WHAT' ON IN 2013

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APRIL	spaces at The Albert for socialsing and eating

	The Albert kitchen will be open daily Monday to Saturday 12-4pm and The Albert team of cooks will serve affordable yet delicious lunches and cakes. The Albert team of cooks include: Lara Fara Lorraine Wood Norman loves soup (Jenny and Kate) Spice Caravan Sonia Robinson "Punch and Juicy" is now at The Albert The bar is serving freshly pressed juices by the pool and at the entrance to the sports hall. The juice bar will be open daily during the week.



	Plot to plate food growing project The growing season is starting and there are still some spaces left at the Albert food growing project. Sign up for your growing plot at The Albert or contact Liam Morrisey. Contact: liam@thealbert.org.uk Sign up: 5 Albert Road, NW6 5DT For more information refer to: VACANT LOT allotment project` Join THE ALBERT on facebook



	Thursday 11th April 5:30-7.30pm Farm drop at The Albert Café To order and for more info contact:www.farmdrop.co.uk Where: 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT

APRIL	art, performances, music, events

	Every Monday from 1st April form 8.30pm The Gathering Free-Improv Open Music Sessions The Gathering is a floating population of improvisers in various media but mostly music. Gatherings are unstructured and non-conceptual, about collective interplay rather than jamming, although in practice it is open to go anywhere, depending on who with what influences are actually present at the time, ever changing anyway. As The Gathering was founded 24 years ago by Maggie Nicols, dancer and vocalising performer extraordinaire. We welcome vocalists, dancers and players of any instrument. We also enjoy the presence of visual and spontaneous performance artists. Everyone is welcome and admission is free (donation only). Hope you'll join us soon. Where: Café, The Albert, Albert Road 5, NW6 5DT



	Sunday 7th April 7pm Spork Food Monthly presents Sweet Abandon by Yve Blake Ever eaten nutella straight from the jar? Ever put crisps in a sandwich? Ever eaten alone in your bed? Yve Blake brings you Sweet Abandon, an evening that celebrates the creative and reckless ways we eat when no one is watching. Two parts meal, one part game and all served with a garnish of good humour, prepare for a dining adventure in which you must choose between savoury and bravery at every turn. Dishes inspired by home-alone recipes and private food rituals will be served along with entertainment, discussion and good times. Dessert promises all-you-can-eat treats, if you dare to play. Don't miss this sugar high for all the senses. Sweet Abandon is presented as part of Spork Food Monthly, an experience-sharing series on food and culture. When: 7 April, 7pm Where: Albert Cafe Cost: 12, 10 conc. (includes multi-course vegetarian dinner) Tickets: www.sweetabandon.eventbrite.co.uk More info: sporkfoodmonthly.wordpress.com



	Wednesday 10th April 8pm-9pm FREE ENTRY Waving not Drowning presents extracts from “Whilst this machine floats” Physical theatre company Waving Not Drowning! will be presenting a work in progress showing of a few scenes from their new performance, ‘Whilst This Machine Floats’. The piece presents four different encounters with the character of Ophelia from Hamlet, through movement, text and song. The piece will be performed in full in June. Where: Studio 14, 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT When: Wednesday 10th April, 8 to 9pm Tickets: FREE Contact: Andrei Biziorek Email: andreibiziorek@gmail.com



	Saturday 12th April Brasilian Music Night - live music (free) 8pm-1am Come hear the music that makes Brasil swing. Tribo mix cocktail of carnival rhythms and tribal beats. Where: 1 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT When: Saturday 12th April, 8pm-1am Tickets: FREE



	Friday 19.04. 4-5pm BitterSuite by the People Pile This night is our first pilot of BitterSuite, it is a culmination of three days of workshop and experimentation with The People Pile. Come a long for a night of pla ! How can certain colours change the way you hear music? What can a smell tell you about the music? BitterSuite is inspired by synesthsia - exploring how to create sensory environments inspired by classical music. How can smells, textures, tastes enhance your experience of music? And why? Motivated by the ways we listen to and use classical music - from Classic FM's "relaxing classics" to youth deterrents in tube stations and outside shops. BitterSuite is inspired to create environments that inspire audiences, especially young people, to actively listen to and engage with classical music. And as the first night of this idea - we would love you to come along and tell us what you think! Where: 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT Contact: stephaniesinger.ss@gmail.com Cost: free



	Saturday 20.04. LAUNCH of SEED CAFE Where: 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT Contact: Caren Owen carencan@me.com



	Sunday 21 April 7pm-11pm Food & Games Night Calling all Monopoly champions, Scrabble savants and Connect-4 commandos! Spork is pleased to present Food & Games Night, a monthly evening of nostalgic, low-key, family-friendly fun. Featuring hearty homemade fare and an impressive selection of board games. Bring your buddies or come on your own for some good old-fashioned friend-making. Cost: free to play + a cheap food menu Where: Canteen, 1 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT www.sporkclub.com



	21-24 April 2013, Sunday-Wednesday, 2pm to 6pm Between Analogue and Digital an exhibition of work by Malgorzata Drohomirecka Exploring the encouraging space at ‘The Albert’, Malgorzata Drohomirecka is presenting a few cycles of her work. The series opens with large format canvases and screen-prints, in which she builds the feeling of motion and space through linear perspective and geometry. Private View: Saturday 20th April 2013, 6pm to 9pm + DJ Honey don’t www.soundcloud.com/tad-wily Where: 1 Albert Road, NW6 5DT Directions: Undeground: Queen's Park (1min walk) or Brondensbury Park (10 min walk) on Bakerloo line and Overground. Queen's Park is also served by following buses: 6, 36, 187, 206, 316 Links: http://www.re-title.com/artists/malgorzata-drohomirecka.asp http://www.artlyst.com/galleries/view/1630# Curator, Ludmila Bebjakova

APRIL	workshops / projects

	Every Monday and Tuesday at The Albert 10am-2pm Free professional portraits by Maya Glaser Shoot will take 15-20 minutes Call, email or just pop in for more information or to book your shoot Where: Photo Studio, 5 Albert Road, NW6 5DT Contact: Maya Glaser Tel: 07984 617983 mayaglaser@gmail.com www.mayaglaser.com



	Wednesdays at The Albert RED ROOM theatre is looking for participants for: THE POVERTY PROJECT MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES Have you lost your job? Are you struggling to make ends meet? Are you claiming benefits? Have the benefit cuts affected you? If "yes" to any of these questions, we would like to hear from you. The Red Room, an award-winning Theatre and Film Comapany is making a professional theatre production to be performed in Brent. If you have a story to tell it will go toward making this happen. Interested? To find out more please visit: THE RED ROOM Contact Loubna: admin@theredroom.org.uk The Red Room is based at The Albert, studio 14 on Wednesdays. "While poverty persists there is no true freedom. Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. "And overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. Massive-poverty and obscene inequality are such terrible scourges of our times - times in which the world boasts breathtaking advances in science, technology, industry and wealth accumulation - but they rank alongside slavery and apartheid as social evils." NELSON MANDELA



	Sundays 1-6.30pm The Albert school The Albert School on Sundays emerged from a longstanding and fruitful collaboration between a qualified teacher of science and mathematics, and a professional artis, both based in London. The school comes as a platform where one could project and instil in young people ideals of humanity and education, where skilfulness is passed on from teacher to pupils as a trait of enrichment, where knowledge is conveyed for the fulfilment of their personality. The one hour long sessions cover the key topics of the National Curriculum for KS4 (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, IGCSE) & KS5 Physics and Maths. Drop in for one or several of our unique GCSE Maths and Science Classes. Parents are welocme for discussions after school. Where: Studio 14, 5 Albert Road, NW6 5DT Booking is required in advance by email: schoolofalbert@gmail.com Tel: 07875724079



	Sundays 7th, 21st and 28th April 10am-2pm Weekly cooking workhsop Dine together and share teh art of cooking dishes and desserts from Traditional Algerian cuisine to other continental appetites. The National Algerian Centre offesr you a unique culinary rendez-vous to celebrate Algeria’s flavours! Our workshops will give you the exclusive opportunity to cook, prepare traditional and tantalizing food with our highly skilled NAC Chefs, and for all to meet, exchange skills and taste delicacies! Bring along family and friends for a great time! Cost: £8 Where : 5 Albert Rd North West London, NW6 5DT Register your interest on our website: www.nationalalgeriancentre.com Or for further information contact: contact@nationalalgeriancentre.com Tel. 0844 27 27 6 27



	9th April 11am-4pm Easter Half Term Workshop for the Children from Salusbury World 11:00-13:00: Pizza workshop with Kate & Jenny/ NormanLoves Soup 12:00-13:00: Lunch break 13:00-14:00: Graphite rubbings workshop with Gareth Barnett 14:00-15:30: Clay workshop with Mohammad Namazi 14:00-16:00: Radio work shop with Radio Active and Max Graef Where: 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT Contact: Play co-ordinator, Salusbury World, Irena Chmura 020 7372 2244 iren.chmura@gmail.com



	Thursdays starting on 25th April The start date has been postponed to the 2nd May. 4-4.45pm The Albert Children's Choir A Singing and Moving Choir Choreographer Hanna Gillgren and Heidi Rustgaard (h2dance) and composer Sylvia Hallett are starting The Albert Children's Choir, a distincitve creative movment choir for children aged 9 to 11. This is a unique opportunity for your child to express themselves through voice and movment in fun and imaginative sessions led by the choreographers and the composer. The course will culminate in a performance of the company's critically acclaimed performance SAY SOMETHING, where the children will perform alongside professional dancers. Performance date: Thursday 27th June 2013 Course price for 9 sessions: £20 Where: Sports Hall, 5 Albert Rd North West London, NW6 5DT Contact: Hanna Gillgren hann@h2dance.com h2dance are in the Place Prize Finals 17th - 27th April. www.h2dance.com



	Saturday 06.04. Sunday 07.04. Monday 15.04. Saturday 20.04. Sunday 21.04. 10am-5pm Have your portrait taken by photographer Eileen Perrier Eileen Perrier has set up a Photographic Studio at The Albert, on allocated dates between 25th February and 19th May 2013. Eileen would liek to invite the general public, living, working or passing by the studios to have their photgraph taken at alloted times. A collection fo the portraits taken by Eileen will go on display within the premises of The Albet while the project develops. All participants will be invited back and presented with their protrait at the end of the project as a thank you for taking part in this community project. Eileen was born in the area and would like to celebrate the eclectic community which is on a cross roads with Queens Park and South Kilburn-Brent and Westminster. If you are interested in participating then please contact Eileen to book your session. Photographer: Eileen Perrier Where: Photo Studio, 5 Albert Road, NW6 5DT Contact: eileen.g.perrier@gmail.com T. 07930282610



	Sunday 14.04.13 10.30am-1pm Drawing classes The aim of this course is to teach anyone who has always had an interest in drawing the practical skills they need to get started. In these classes you will be introduced to the different elements of drawing. You will explore drawing through a range of mark making methods, by looking at the drawings of contemporary artists and through friendly discussion over a cup of tea. Time: 11:00-13:00 Number of places: 10 Cost: £2.50 (to cover the cost of materials) Where: The Art Room at The Albert, 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT Classes are run by: Máire Byrne-Gascon To book a place email: mbyrne257@hotmail.com



	Sunday 07.04.13 Sunday 21.04.13 2pm - 3.30pm Art & Writing Sundaes for adults When: every second Sunday starting on Sunday 13th January 2013, 2pm - 3.30pm Age group: adults How much: free Where: art room, 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT Run by artist and writer: Susan Finlay http://everyothersundae.blogspot.co.uk More info



	Wednesday 24.04.13 (cancelled due to illness) 4-5.30pm Turning Junk to gold art workshop for kids Age group: 8-13 Number of places: 10 Cost: free When: everylast Wednesday of the month Where: art room, 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT Run by artist: Clare Lewis To book a place contact: info@clare-lewis.co.uk Or call: 07903327038 More info





MARCH	sports, well being

	Monday 15.04.13 10am-7pm free Chinese medicine: community clinic (free) Course teaching acupuncture, tui na and massage therapy. The use of sinew meridians to treat pain, allergies and skin conditions. It will involve plenty of practical applications of massage techniques and sinew stretches as well as time to bring your difficulties over the 3 sessions we have together. Where: studio 14, 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT With: Tim Sullivan Contact: tim@communityclinic.com



	Mondays in April 8-9pm free Free football 16+ with: Anthony Collier Cost: free Where: Sports Hall, 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT



	Mondays in April 7-8pm free Qigong classes with Alex Scrimgeour (free) Where: studio 14, 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT More info



	Tuesdays in April 6-8pm £1 per session Free baketball 16+ with: Max Graef Cost: £1 per session Where: Sports Hall, 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT



	Tuesdays in April 6:30-7:45pm £5 Yoga classes with Susanne Thomas Where: Studio 11, 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT More info



	Wednesdays in April (except 3rd April) 10am-12pm Little Kickers Football training Where: sports hall, 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT Contact: Ritchie Ross-Forrester Email: rrf@littlekickers.co.uk www.littlerugby.co.uk



	Wednesdays in April 7-9pm Netball for girls 16+ (free) A recreational netball and dance club for women 16+ looking to get (back) into the game, into their bodies, and into dancing. With: Flora Wellesely Wesley Cost: free Where: sports hall, 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT Contact: <flora@hirudance.org



	Thursday 28.03. 11am-2pm Movement and Body Awareness Workshops For the Over 60s These is a free series of four workshops that aimed at the over 60s but anyone interested is welcome to come along. The intention is to create an awareness and understanding of how our bodies function through simple and gentle exercises, where everyone is free to do as much or as little as they can. Aging changes our relationship with our bodies and it often starts to become problematic as years of wear and tear leave their marks. We will try and look at the body from a new angle and hopefully discover a joy in movement and a respect for our bodies and what they can do. The workshops will take place in the sports hall at the Albert, a new community centre at 5 Albert road. All sessions will run from 11am to 2pm with a 45 minute break. Food, snacks and hot drinks are available from the Albert Café or feel free to bring your own. Comfortable clothing that does not restrict movement are recommended. 3. Thursday 4thApril Sounds and Rhythms of the Body We will listen to the sounds our body makes when still and in everyday movements. We will also look at what other kind of sounds we could make and explore the significance of rhythm and repetition. 4. Thursday 11th April The Body Interacting With Objects With simple props we will be looking at how we can extend or change the capabilities of our bodies. Age group: over 60 Number of places: 15 Cost: free Where: sports hall, 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT Run by artist: Anna Moderator For more information and to book a place please email annamoderato@gmail.com or call 07847437759.



	Saturdays in April (except 6th April) 10am-12pm Little Kickers Football training Where: sports hall, 5 Albert Road, London NW6 5DT Contact: Ritchie Ross-Forrester Email: rrf@littlekickers.co.uk www.littlerugby.co.uk