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EVENTSCALENDAR OFEVENTSChildren’s Activities at theArcelorMittal OrbitUntil Aug 31Every day from 2-4pm there arethemed activities for families.The activities are free, includedin the ticket price for the Orbit.ArcelorMittal Orbit. Prices vary.Afternoon tea at theQueen’s HouseUntil Sep 28Take afternoon tea in thebeautiful Queen’s HouseLoggia, not normally open to the‘Once There Was’at Discoverpublic, with a fabulous view overGreenwich Park. Tea includeshandmade petit fours and fingersandwiches, and you can alsobook a prosecco tea and acuratorial tour of the House andits art collection, including worksby Gainsborough and Reynolds.Teas at 12.30pm, 2pm and3.30pm on August 30, 31 andSeptember 6, 7, 14, 21, 27, 28.Advance booking essential.Queen’s House. From £22afternoon tea, £27.50 proseccotea, £35.50 tea and tour.Doctor Geof’s FantasticalSteampunk Tea MuseumUntil Sep 30A ‘Museum’ filled with curios,memorabilia and entirelyfictional historical references – ahistory of tea you didn’t evenknow existed!Cutty Sark. £13.50, £11.50 concs,£7 children, under-5s free, £24-£35 family, includes entry to ship.Ships, Clocks and Stars:The Quest for LongitudeUntil Jan 4 2015Discover how measuringlongitude at sea tested thegreatest minds of the 17th and18th centuries, from Galileo andIsaac Newton to James Cook andJohn Harrison, inventor of themarine chronometer.National Maritime Museum.£8.50, £7.50 concs, £4children (includes entry to RoyalObservatory and ‘LongitudePunk’d’ exhibition).Longitude Punk’dUntil Jan 4 2015Steampunk artists havetaken over the Time galleriesat the Royal Observatory,re-imagining the pursuit of ameans to measure longitude.A witty, theatrical and inventivenarrative, bringing to lifeinventors and explorers of thepast. Ticket includes entry tothe Royal Observatory, MeridianLine and ‘Ships, Clocks andStars’ exhibition at the NationalMaritime Museum (see above).Royal Observatory Greenwich.Steampunk-inspired sci-fifilm screeningsAug 28A screening of ‘The City ofLost Children’ accompaniedby a short lecture from a RoyalObservatory astronomer.Peter Harrison Planetarium at theRoyal Observatory. £7.A13 Green 2014Aug 29, Sep 5 & 12Every Friday night through thesummer, under the A13 flyoverin Canning Town is the focus oflocal social life – an urban villagegreen. Music, storytelling, art,food and games (6-10pm).Terry Spinks Place. Free.National Paralympic DayAug 30See lots of Paralympic sportingevents around Queen ElizabethOlympic Park, including at theLondon Aquatics Centre, for £5per event, and enjoy free familyactivities around the park.Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.Sporting events £5, activities free.Totally ThamesSep 1-30A new celebration of the Thamesalong its 42 London miles,with over 100 events includingarts, music and communityfestivals, river races, foreshorearchaeology and environmentaland educational events in all 17riverside boroughs. Find out moreat www.totallythames.org.GETTY IMAGESDENIS ONGInvictus GamesTall Ships Festival at theCutty SarkSep 5-9Go onboard London’s very owntall ship, the Cutty Sark, for eventsall weekend (Fri Sep 5-Sun Sep 7)including costumed storytellingsessions and a ‘Tiny Tall Ships’family workshop, plus a chance tosee a team of riggers furling sailsaloft and hear shanty singers bytwilight. (See also box, below.)Cutty Sark. £12 (incl one childfree), £10 concs, £6 additionalchildren.Sculpture at Work – PastPresent: Bridget McCrumSep 8-Nov 14The latest exhibition in OneCanada Square shows work byBridget McCrum, now in her 80thyear, covering her early carvingsat age 16 to bronze and stonesculptures of birds and animals,some impressively large-scale.Lobby, One Canada Square. Free.Invictus GamesSep 10-14A great sporting gathering withmore than 400 wounded, injuredand sick servicemen and women(serving and veteran) competing.The games include a fabulousopening ceremony and a closinggig headlined by Foo Fighters,featuring Kaiser Chiefs, JamesBlunt and more (concert £49).Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.£12.85 opening ceremony andgames, under-2s free.Astronomy Photographerof the Year 2014From Sep 18The breathtaking winning imagesin this year’s competition.Royal Observatory. Free.Cutty Sark curator’s toursSep 18, Oct 23, Nov 20Join curator Jessica Lewis fora 3pm tour of the Cutty Sark.For age 11+. BSL interpretedtour on November 20.Cutty Sark. £17.50, £13.50mems and concs. Tickets inclentry to ship.Greenwich Goes GreenSep 19An eco-market with an organicfood festival and music (till 9pm).Greenwich Market. Free.Canary Wharf Public Art ToursSep 20A tour of the public art at CanaryWharf as part of Open HouseLondon (www.londonopenhouse.org.uk). See also Art in the Openbox, p28.Lobby, One Canada Square. FreeOpen House London inGreenwichSep 20 & 21Visit a wonderful mix of buildingsin and around Greenwich that arenot normally open to the public.Highlights include curator-ledtours of hidden areas of the OldRoyal Naval College, includingthe 19th-century skittle alley.See www.visitgreenwich.org.uk.Various venues in Greenwich.Art MovesSep 20-21A fun exhibition of mobile art andarchitecture, with quirky, outsizedvehicles touring Queen ElizabethOlympic Park.Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.Free.Magners Greenwich ComedyFestivalSep 24-28This annual comedy bingemoves to the National MaritimeMuseum for 2014, with a line-upincluding Rich Hall, Milton Jones,Nina Conti, Ardal O’Hanlon andMark Thomas. As well as comedy,Royal Greenwich Tall Ships FestivalSep 5-9As part of the month-long Totally Thames festival, Greenwich is thefinal stop of the Falmouth to Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Regatta.Over 50 ships will be berthed on the Thames in Greenwich, CanaryWharf and Woolwich and there’ll be entertainment including streettheatre, music, dance and art installations. On Friday night, ‘Peixos’is an underwater spectacle of lanterns and pedal-powered machinesby acclaimed puppet troupe Sarruga, and on Saturday there’s aparade with marching bands and over 1,000 crew membersfrom the tall ships. See www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/tallships.Greenwich. Free.EVENTS26 TIME OUT Explore by DLR 2014/15Explore by DLR 2014/15 TIME OUT 27