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Burgh House Celebrates the Chinese New Year
Sunday 12 February,
12noon - 4pm
FREE
Join Burgh House in celebrating the Chinese New Year of the Rooster. Following the success of last year’s celebrations, we bring you a great day of festivities. At 12 noon on Flask Walk (100 yds below Hampstead Underground Station) a Magnificent Lion Dance to welcome the Lunar Chinese New Year of the Rooster 2017 Spring Festival will take place. The Burgh House Buttery Cafe is open from 9:30am for brunch, lunch and teas with a special Chinese-themed menu for the day as well.
Burgh House and Hampstead Museum is open from 12 noon with Chinese tea-tasting, traditional Chinese costumes to dress up in and have your photo taken, a giant rooster to decorate, a silk scarf stall and Chinese music. Plus between 1pm and 4pm family workshops on Chinese Caligraphy, brush painting and a chance for kids to model clay and also make their own Chinese fans, lanterns and Rooster head-dresses. On display will be two very special original works donated to Burgh House by artist Xiaolan Gu, MA Fine Art, and cartoonist Ken Pyne, that you will be able to put a sealed bid on and have the chance to have them as your very own! |
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Dorothy Bohm Photographic Workshop for Families
Monday 13 February, 10:30am – 1pm
Bring your camera and explore black and white photography with your children!
Join us for this exciting photographic workshop around Hampstead High Street.
This activity requires comfortable shoes and clothes and your own camera.
Suitable for families with children aged seven and over.
Meet at Burgh House.
Booking required, click here to reserve a place.
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London Natural History Society Bird Talk
Thursday 23 February, 7pm
Martyn Kenefick talks about one of the Caribbean's first conservation centres. The Asa Wright Nature Centre offers visitors a gateway to Trinidad & Tobago’s 482 species of bird, 68 different bats, 45 snakes, 765 butterflies and 3,500 moth species, representing a true introduction to the natural history of South America. Everyone welcome. £2 on the door. More information available here |
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Retracing Ribeiro
Until 19 March 2017
The Hampstead painter Lancelot Ribeiro was one of the most original of the Indian artists who settled in Britain in the post-war period. A new temporary exhibition of his works at Burgh House will launch a year-long Retracing Ribeiro programme of events, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and being celebrated as part of the 2017 UK-India Year of Culture, in partnership with The British Museum, V&A, Central Saint Martins and Camden Archives.
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Buttery Cafe open
Wed - Fri
10am - 5pm
Sat - Sun
9.30am - 5.30pm
For Reservations call 020 7794 3943 |
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Played in Camden
Thursday 16 February, 7.30pm
Camden History Society present an illustrated lecture by Simon Inglis, editor of the English Heritage series Played in Britain. Inglis traces sporting development in the area, from forgotten or little-known locations with a sporting connection, such as the last Old English skittles alley in London, to bowling greens, swimming pools and lidos, gymnasiums and rugby and cricket clubs. Non-members welcome. £1 on the door. |
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Music from Latin America and Spain
Sunday 19 February, 2pm
Enjoy this vibrant and colourful musical journey crafted by two fine soloists, Adrian Azuelo (guitar) and Ricardo Curbelo (harp, cuatro & vocals).
Tickets are £10 advance/£12 on the door (under-16s £5) Tickets available here |
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Ishbel McWhirter: Scrutiny and Revelation A 90th Birthday Restrospective
Wednesday 11 January-Sunday 26 March
Ishbel McWhirter was born in 1927 and lives and works in Hampstead, London and Anglesey, North Wales. Showcasing works spanning from the 1940s to the present, this exhibition will be the first comprehensive survey of her work across seven decades. Coinciding with McWhirter’s 90thbirthday, it will celebrate her achievements as an artist. Charting her stylistic developments, personal relationships and singular sensitivities, it aims to communicate what makes McWhirter so distinctive and unique as a 20th century artist.
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The Ridgeway Ensemble: Schumann and Brahms- Love Letters
Tuesday 21 February, 8:05pm
A Hampstead Music Club Invitation Concert. Judith Sheridan (voice) Margaret Richards (cello) and William Winfield (reader).
Tickets £10 (£7 conc.) available by calling 020 7272 3903. |
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Hampstead Horticultural Society: AGM
Sunday 26 February, 2.30pm
Hampstead Horticultural Society’s Annual General Meeting, followed by guest speaker.
Everyone welcome as they celebrate the Society’s 70th year.
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Destruction/
Construction
Wednesday 11 January-Sunday 2 April
Curated by Museum Intern Liberte Reilly as part of the series of exhibitions on the first-floor landing of the House, showcasing works from our collection stores. Destruction/ Construction looks at the edges of Hampstead beyond the pristine image. Featuring photographs, water-colours and an oil pastel the exhibition covers a wide range of art styles, mediums and periods. Come look at the ongoing processes of renovation and construction that make our Hampstead and shape its future.
Photograph by Dorthey Bohm |
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Colours and Blocks
Wednesday 15 - Sunday 19 February
In Colours and Blocks you can see different periods of Sara’s work experimenting with Cubism and abstract expressionism, especially colour fields. |
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New Date Added for March!
Lifelines:
Virginia Ironside
Tuesday 21 March, 7:30pm
Author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Deborah Moggach chats with award-winning author, journalist and agony aunt Virginia Ironside, whose journalism has spanned Woman magazine, Sunday Mirror, Today, the Sunday Post, The Independent and Oldie. Alongside her journalistic career solving peoples’ problems, Virginia has been writing novels since her first book, Chelsea Bird, was published at the age of nineteen. Most recently, No, Thanks! I’m Quite Happy Standing! Was described by Wendy Holden as “funny” and “brave”, describing her humour as “reminiscent of the great Sue Townsend’s (and I can pay no greater compliment) — a combination of unpretentiousness, generosity and piercing insight” .
Tickets are £12 (£10 FoBH and under 26s) available here or call 020 7431 0144.
A supper including wine is available after the talk for an additional £20. |
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Coast to Coast: The Shore and More
Wednesday 22- Sunday 26 February
Prepare to take a voyage curated through the eyes of five very talented painters who offer us their unique perspective of the coast, from boats and journeys, to rocks and groins, with views from and to the sea that evoke a special moment or emotion. The artists are Chris Filtness, Tony Hatt, Tom Marsh, Michael Major and Sula Rubens.
More information here
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Destruction/
Construction
Wednesday 11 January-Sunday 2 April
Curated by Museum Intern Liberte Reilly as part of the series of exhibitions on the first-floor landing of the House, showcasing works from our collection stores. Destruction/ Construction looks at the edges of Hampstead beyond the pristine image. Featuring photographs, water-colours and an oil pastel the exhibition covers a wide range of art styles, mediums and periods. Come look at the ongoing processes of renovation and construction that make our Hampstead and shape its future.
Photograph by Dorthey Bohm |
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Life in Suetsugi 末続 暮らしの写真展
Wed 1 – Sun 12 March
The exhibition Life in Suetsugi 末続 暮らしの写真展 focuses on people’s ordinary lives in Suetsugi, and features pictures taken by photographer Jun Takagi after the devastating 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku. |
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Burgh House & Hampstead Museum open
Wed - Fri & Sun
12noon - 5pm
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