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Your cultural event guide
Here's a snapshot of our favorite things to do in London this week. |
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When did popular television give up on variety? Last century, a weekend in with five TV channels was grim but bearable. An hour or two of Blind Date or Stars in their Eyes on a Saturday night passed relatively quickly. Nowadays, we must carefully ration our parochial cringing: double bills of The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing saturate weekends; I'm a Celebrity… tortures the week. These people are not "celebrities". The "X factor" will elude them until death. Our living rooms are blighted with inconsequence, while independent talent and records that make you cry are overlooked. But fear not, Flavorpill can help. Hibernate the TV, venture out and sample the heterogeneity of London's hale culture. Let us all know what you thought by commenting on the event.
- Joe Rudkin
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Wholphin's Brent Hoff
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Quarterly DVD magazine Wholphin is the brainchild of Dave Eggers and Brent Hoff; it features short films, documentaries, animation and instructional videos that have not, for whatever reason, found wide release. Hoff tells Flavorwire about the origins of the magazine, the short film he'd love to track down and Spike Jonze's upcoming Where the Wild Things Are.
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MUSIC: Folk/Country
Beach House w/ Jana Hunter
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Tuesday 2 Dec (7pm–1am)
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Cargo (83 Rivington Street, EC2, 020.7749.7840) Tube: Liverpool Street, Old Street
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Beach House, who play Cargo tonight as part of a European tour, are a dream-pop duo from Baltimore, Maryland who provide the perfect escape from what many Brits imagine must be a city full of corrupt politicians, drunk cops and lying journalists. (If The Wire is anything to go by, that is.) Beach House are the polar-opposite of David Simon's gritty realism, instead choosing to coat their lazy Hammond keyboard lines with echo, add chorus to their guitar licks and craft willowy, enchanting dream-images of songs.
- Joe Rudkin
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Deerhoof
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Tuesday 2 Dec (8–11pm)
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ULU (Malet Street, WC1, 020.7664.2000) Tube: Goodge Street, Russell Square
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San Fransisco-based rockers Deerhoof, who play the University of London Union this evening, are a four-piece signed to Kill Rock Stars with a reputation for deep-thinking and unpredictable song-writing. Fronted by the subtle vocals of Satomi Matsuzaki, the band is fearless in its experimentation with song structure, atonality and harmony. Despite avant-garde leanings, Deerhoof refuse to become inaccessible, as last month's quietly excellent LP Offend Maggie shows.
- Joe Rudkin
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ART
Dispersion
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Wednesday 3 Dec (noon–1am)
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ICA (The Mall, SW1, 020.7930.3647) Tube: Charing Cross, Piccadilly Circus
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In Dispersion, nine international artists use film, photography and performance to question the image explosion of recent times. The ambitious new ICA show explores how much the power of the image is based on distribution method or content. Artists including 2008 Turner Prize nominee Mark Leckey consider differing modes of image circulation and what drives them, with topics ranging from the proliferation of art's historical icons to the onset of the internet and power-play in the international art market.
- Helen Holtom
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MUSIC: Classical
Messiah
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Wednesday 3 Dec (7pm)
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Barbican Centre (Silk Street, EC2, 020.7638.8891) Tube: Barbican
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World-renowned choir and period-instrument ensemble the Sixteen and their founder/conductor Harry Christophers mark 13 years together with a concert at the Barbican Centre. Few works are as celebrative as Handel's Messiah and the Sixteen should know it better than most — this is their 150th performance of the baroque masterpiece. Vocal stars on stage for the rousing chorus include BBC New Generation Artist scheme soprano Elizabeth Watts, mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Classic FM Gramophone Awards finalist tenor James Gilchrist and bass Christopher Purves.
- Stephanie Cotela Tanner
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MORE FLAVOR: Discussion
The Rights of Women: What Now?
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Thursday 4 Dec (6:30pm)
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British Library (96 Euston Road, NW1, 0870.444.1500) Tube: Euston, King's Cross
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It's less than a hundred years since the suffragettes were fighting for the right to vote and have an impact on their environment. Tonight's discussion questions whether today's women appreciate the sacrifices made by their ancestors or if gender equality is taken for granted. Journalist Polly Toynbee is joined by a number of high-profile women to debate the issue, including Helena Kennedy QC; chief executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Nicola Brewer; writer Tahmima Anam; and chair of the British Youth Council Emily Beardsmore.
- Lucy Davies
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MORE FLAVOR: Fashion
Paradise Found
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Thursday 4 Dec (7pm–1am)
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Paradise by Way of Kensal Green (19 Kilburn Lane, W10, 020.8969.0098) Tube: Kensal Green, Ladbroke Grove
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This one-off fashion event at posh pub Paradise by Way of Kensal Green is for anyone who has ever longed to have visited an 18th-century art salon in Paris (and let’s face it, who hasn't?). A pop-up shop offers unique accessories in the shape of Carréducker's stylish handmade men's shoes, Betty's fashion illustrations and party-girl footwear by Lady Double You (aka designer Michaela Wenkert). Entertainment comes in the form of a reading by novelist Simonetta Wenkert and tuneage from guest DJs.
- Lucy Davies
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Email or call the venue to reserve entry.
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ART
Terminal
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Friday 5 Dec (6–10pm)
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Tate Britain (Millbank, SW1, 020.7887.8888) Tube: Pimlico, Westminster
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Tonight, Beaconsfield arts collective transform the Tate Britain into an airport terminal featuring interactive events by a host of artists. The happenings recall the controlled-yet-surreal experiences of these strange and transitory places. Liz Murray's beauty zone Hairport offers art-themed makeovers; Susannah Hewlett provides bespoke lift rides between floors; Bob and Roberta Smith's Apathy Band pays homage to ambient music such as Brian Eno's Music for Airports; and Terminal Disco provide more rousing beats. The night also includes the obligatory VIP lounge and the not-so-obligatory monkeys on litter patrol.
- Helen Holtom
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PERFORMING ARTS: Comedy
Bush Hall Presents feat. Chris Addison and Mark Thomas
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Friday 5 Dec (8:30pm)
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Bush Hall (310 Uxbridge Road, W12, 020.8222.6955) Tube: Shepherd's Bush
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TV comedian Chris Addison, better known for playing "Ollie" in political satire The Thick Of It and for co-starring in BBC2 sitcom Lab Rats, headlines this comedy night at Bush Hall. Special guests include: politically charged funny man Mark Thomas; Micha Werthem, the Dutch comic who shot to fame at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe; and the double act Key and Basden, who perform Freeze, a chaotic play that includes song, mime and magic. Little Britain and Grumpy Old Women script editor Richard Herring keeps all the talent in (relative) check in his role as compere.
- Stephanie Cotela Tanner
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ART: Photography
Stylees Project
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Saturday 6 Dec (11am–6pm)
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The Photographers' Gallery (16-18 Ramillies Street, W1, 0845.262.1618) Tube: Oxford Circus
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Othello De'Souza-Hartley offers those blessed with sartorial style (and those that are not) the chance to become part of his Stylees Project today. The artist and fashion photographer is setting up his camera tripod to record anyone who fancies visiting the Photographers' Gallery's new home just off Oxford Street. De'Souza-Hartley has been snapping people who dare to look different since 2003, confirming that flare and individuality are out in force and taking some inspirational portraits along the way.
- Helen Holtom
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MORE FLAVOR: Fair
Bust Magazine's Christmas Craftacular
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Saturday 6 Dec (noon–midnight)
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St Aloysius Social Club (21 Phoenix Road, NW1, 020.7388.4026) Tube: Euston
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US indie-girl glossy Bust brings DIY holiday cheer to our shores with the London instalment of their NY-LA-LDN Craftacular. The long-time champion of the new-craft movement sponsors stalls selling alternative wares and offers shoppers the chance to pick up crafty advice and inspiration. There's a Tatty Divine Craft Clinic, an ArtYarn Guerilla Graffiti Knitting Crew training camp, cross-stitch lessons and a badge-making station. The stitching and bitching will be soundtracked by a host of Bust-approved DJs including Cherry Bomb's Sheila B, the Vinyl Vendettas and Shellac Sisters.
- Anna-Marie Fitzgerald
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MUSIC: Experimental
Damo Suzuki
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Sunday 7 Dec (7pm)
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Bardens Boudoir (38-44 Stoke Newington Road, N16, 020.7249.9557) Tube: BR: Dalston Kingsland
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Cult Japanese vocalist Damo Suzuki, who plays Barden's Boudoir this evening, began his musical journey when he was recruited by seminal Krautrock group Can while busking outside a Munich café in 1970. Though he gave up public performances and turned to religion and marriage just four years later, his reputation as the face of improvised, experimental rock was sealed. Suzuki returned to music in the early '80s and now tours the world, choosing like-minded bands or musicians — what he calls Damo Suzuki's Network — to back his distinctive voice and psychedelic style in all manner of triumphantly uncompromising ways.
- Joe Rudkin
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MUSIC: Experimental
The Residents present The Bunny Boy
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Sunday 7 Dec (7:30pm)
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The Forum (9-17 Highgate Road, NW5, 020.7428.4099) Tube: Kentish Town
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The Residents' first show since 2003 features material from their recent, Mute-released LP, The Bunny Boy. The mysterious avant-gardists combine music, theatre and interactive elements in their show, which features 19 video episodes telling the story of a character in search of his missing brother. Never revealing their identity by eschewing interviews and taking to the stage in tuxedos, giant eyeball masks and top hats, the off-the-wall popsters are a unique and surreal audio-visual experience masquerading as a band.
- Graziela Pancheri
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MUSIC: Rock/Pop
Goodbye, Faithful Kingdom! w/ the Hellset Orchestra, the Monroe Transfer and Anchorsong
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Monday 8 Dec (8pm)
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The Macbeth (70 Hoxton Street, N1, 020.7739.5095) Tube: Old Street
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Now in its ninth instalment, the Macbeth's indie monthly Goodbye, Faithful Kingdom! is gaining a granite reputation for presenting meaningful and progressive underground acts. Headlining tonight is the Hellset Orchestra, a quite-brilliant six-piece from Nottingham that play Freddie Mercury-inspired rock pimped-up with cello, piano, violin and brass. London septet the Monroe Transfer provide a dreamy orchestral foil to all that melodrama with their intricate, reverb-infused sound; while Toyko's Masaaki Yoshida and his Anchorsong project show the compositional possibilities of the humble keyboard and sampler.
- Joe Rudkin
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ART
John Kørner: War Problems
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Tuesday 2 Dec (10am–6pm)
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Victoria Miro Gallery (16 Wharf Road, N1, 020.7336.8109) Tube: Angel, Old Street
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War Problems, John Kørner's ambitious new exhibition at Victoria Miro, takes over the entire gallery with 16 large-scale canvases. The artist departs from the abstract landscapes he is best known for to instead depict the deaths of Danish soldiers in Afghanistan. Each watered-down acrylic canvas imagines the location where a soldier fell, based solely on media coverage. In this way, War Problems adds a modern dimension to the tragedy of war by exploring the perspective of the ordinary citizen, bombarded by gruesome imagery in the safety of their own living room.
- Natalie Liechti
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About Us |
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Cultural Partner
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Editors
MANAGING EDITOR
Kieran Wyatt
DEPUTY EDITOR
Joe Rudkin
SENIOR EDITORS
Jake Lancaster
Doug Levy
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Lucy Davies
Natalie Liechti
Helen Holtom
Graziela Pancheri
Andrew Phillips
Lisa Rosman
IMAGE EDITORS
Adda Birnir
Tom Starkweather
PUBLISHERS
Sascha Lewis
Mark Mangan
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