black history month now

EXHIBITIONS
1st Oct 2010 to 3rd April 2011
Carrying The Torch: The
Past, Present and Future of
our Sporting Heritage
Wednesday to Sunday 1 to 5pm
Bruce Castle Museum,
Lordship Lane, N17 8NU
Tel: 020 8808 8772 · Fre e
With London 2012 on
the horizon, discover
more about the
history of sport in
Haringey over the
past 100 years.
Amongst the
Borough’s sportsmen
and women you can
see objects and
trophies and find out about
inspiring stories from our local
sporting and champions who
have competed in Haringey.
2nd Oct 2010 to 2nd Jan 2011
House Slave - Field Slave
Wednesday to Sunday 1 to 5pm
Bruce Castle Museum, Lordship
Lane, N17 8NU
Tel: 020 8808 8772 · Free
A Portrait of Contemporary
Slavery by artist Nicola Green.
The exhibition consists of a large
‘altarpiece’ scale triptych with
preparatory studies.
20th, 21st & 22nd October
Retrospective of Carnival -
Three Can Only Survive
as One
Open to public on Wednesday,
Thursday & Friday, book to view
by calling Ian on 0208 489 8760
Ermine Centre, 2 Ermine Rd,
N15 6DB
Free Admission
An exhibition exploring the roots of
Carnival - where it evolved from;
its development from slavery;
analysis of Calypso; and new
talent Soca. PAN with its
worldwide following will also be
explored as well as the three
aspects of Carnival - MAS, PAN
and Calypso.
25th to 31st Oct at Wood Green
Library & 3rd to 25th Nov at
Marcus Garvey Library
Photoshop & Illustrator
printouts created by HALS
students
Library opening times, for more
information call 020 8489 2587
Wood Green Library and Marcus
Garvey Library · Free
African art work and patterns
created by HALS students during
BHM.
ADULT EVENTS
Every Friday in October
Workshop: Tottenham’s
History - Immigration,
Broadwater Farm &
Bernie Grant
7 to 8.30pm · Bernie Grant Arts
Centre, Town Hall Approach
Road, N15 4RX · Booking &
information 0208 365 5450
A series of four workshops
exploring the immediate history of
Tottenham and standout events in
its recent past. Includes talks,
seminars and Q&A sessions, as
well as interactive workshops.
Wednesday 6th October
Workshop: Gospel
12.30 to 2.30pm
St Ann’s Library Hall, St. Ann’s
Library, Cissbury Road, N15 5PU
Free Admission
Join U3A in this fun filled afternoon
of gospel music - be thrilled by the
magnificent voice of Celia from
Black Voices.
Wednesday 6th October
Workshop: Coming
to Haringey
11am to 4pm · The Lindales
Sheltered Housing Scheme
2 - 27 Grasmere Road, N17 OHE
Tel: 020 8808 0455
Free Admission
Sheltered Housing Residents will
be looking at how, when and why
people came to Haringey; what
attracted them to the area and will
be sharing their memories.
Thursday 7th October
Film: Freestyle 2009 (cert.12)
7 to 9pm · The Original Gallery,
Hornsey Library, Haringey Park,
N8 9JA · Free
To book call 020 8489 1419
Ondene Marchant (Lucy Konadu)
is beautiful, talented and destined
to read Law at Oxford. She’s
desperate to break free from her
mother’s demands, and discovers
Freestyle basketball… Join
Haringey resident Lincia Daniel,
the film’s director, for a Q&A
session.
Thursday 7th October 2010
Film: Tiger Bay is my Home
7pm · Marcus Garvey Library,
1 Philip Lane, N15 4JA · Free
Tiger Bay is my Home is a film
made in Butetown, aka Tiger Bay,
Cardiff showing the development
of the black community in Britain
from as early as the 1850s.
Thursday 7th October
Poetry: Ain’t I a Woman
by Sojourner Truth
2.30 to 3.30pm
Marcus Garvey Library
1 Philip Lane, N15 4JA · Free
Haringey resident and poet
Frances Lewis will read Sojourner
Truth’s speech Ain’t I a Woman,
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