The Cinema Museum - TCM events - Community Southwark Foodbank Event, Kennington Bioscope, Bookstall, Kennington Confidential Movie – an escape from Valentine’s Day

Community Southwark Foodbank Event Feb 6th, Kennington Bioscope Feb 8th, Bookstall Feb 11th, Kennington Confidential Movie – an escape from Valentine’s Day Feb 14th Community Southwark Foodbank Event Mon February 6th @ 7:30pm   Films For Food returns with a screening of the critically acclaimed film I, Daniel Blake (2016) followed by a panel discussion. Depending on where you get your news from most people have heard the harrowing stories of seemingly arbitrary benefit sanctions, the hoops people have to jump through to get Personal Independent Payments (PIP), becoming financially crippled by the bedroom tax… not to mention welfare cuts – the list goes on and on. The resulting demand on food banks (The Trussell Trust gave out 1.1m food parcels alone during the year to April 2016), and advocacy and support charities has seen a huge increase as more and more people are forced between choosing to heat their homes or put food on the table; between buying their children clothes and having hot water. These struggles are embodied by the film I, Daniel Blake – Ken Loach’s Palme D’or winning depiction of the Kafka-esque navigation of the modern welfare system. Find out more here Booking is essential via their Eventbrite page - please click below to do this. If you do not have a ticket we can’t guarantee entry. There is no entrance fee – all we ask is that you must bring along a bag of non-perishable food to be donated to the Southwark Foodbank run by Pecan. Spaces are very limited so if you book and can no longer attend please let us know so that we can make your place available again. Book via Eventbrite Kennington Bioscope presents: Salt for Svanetia (1930) Weds 8th Feb @ 7:30pm   The Kennington Bioscope is a regular cinema event featuring live accompaniment to silent films that takes place at the Cinema Museum. The main feature is Salt for Svanetia (1930), directed by Mikhail Kalatozov, who went on to make The Cranes are Flying (1957) and I am Cuba (1964). This unforgettable documentary about Svan people living in the isolated mountain village of Ushguli in Svanetia, a remote part of Soviet Georgia.   Find out more here Tickets are £5 - please request an invitation using the email kenbioscope@gmail.com Bookstall Sat 11th February 2pm - 5pm Kennington Confidential Movie - An Escape From Valentine's Day Tues 14th Feb @ 7pm The movie we’re showing is a secret – but we guarantee it’s a classic, and it definitely won’t be a rom-com! Clues will follow by email nearer the time. Dress code – 80′s shoulder pads, perms, denim shirts, blazers and leg-warmers. If you are looking to escape the commercialism of Valentine’s day, Kennington Confidential Movie will be the perfect evening for you. We will be showing a classic. When this film came out the critics called it spellbinding, and the most famous scene has entered folklore and cinema history. If you’ve never seen it – you need to, and if it turns out you’ve seen it before, well – we think it never gets old. Find out more here Advance tickets are £15 and can be purchased direct from the Museum by calling 020 7840 2200 during office hours.  Alternatively, you can click below to purchase via Billetto.

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Museum of London - Tunnel exhibition, Blitz art and what's on in February

What's on in February? Our latest exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands Tunnel: The Archaeology of Crossrail, opens on the 10 February. Observe fascinating objects spanning 8,000 years of human history unearthed during the Crossrail project from Roman horseshoes and Crosse & Blackwell jars from the 19th century. Perspectives of Destruction at the Museum of London continues exploring how artists and photographers responded to the Second World War in a free display of artworks. Check out the links below for the full range of activities available at the museum this month, including our free family events during half term and an opportunity to try something different this Valentine's Day with our special Great Fire of London walk followed by dinner and a glass of bubbly. FEBRUARY EVENTS >

Events for adults

Make it: concrete jewellery Thu 16 Feb, 7pm Museum of London Spend the morning knitting a ready-to-wear scarf using only your arms, or join us for an afternoon of macramé and pick up the skills to make a beautiful wall hanging, shawl and jewellery at our crafts workshops. BOOK NOW > City | Space | Video games: politics Mon 20 Feb, 7pm Museum of London  Explore the different ways that video games embody ideologies from the Thatcherism years to the most recent socio-political movements at this lively debate. BOOK NOW > Citizen victims of the Great Fire of London Wed 1 Feb, 3pm Museum of London What was the real impact of the Great Fire of 1666 on everyday Londoners? Join curator Hazel Forsyth at this free lunchtime lecture. DROP IN FREE > February walks and tours Throughout the month Off-site Enjoy dinner for two on Valentine's Day after our Great Fire of London walk, strut along at our London Fashion 2017 inspired walk, delve into the scenes of the East End's most famous crimes or brave our ghost tour on one of our walks and tours this month. VIEW AND BOOK >

Events for families Half term at the Museum of London Docklands 11-19 Feb  Museum of London Docklands Create a pop-up ship and design a map of your favourite spots in London at one of our free drop in sessions this half term. DROP IN FREE > Half term at the Museum of London 11-19 Feb Museum of London Enjoy a fire themed half term with object handling, performance poetry and crafts at one of our free family sessions. DROP IN FREE >

Discover  Roman rubbish reveals lost Londinium > An in-depth look at some of the Roman tools on show in our new display, Working the Walbrook, about relics of the ancient city of Londinium excavated from one of the rivers buried beneath our streets. Commemorating Silvertown: 100 years since London’s biggest explosion > 100 years ago this January, London was rocked by the largest explosion in the city’s history. Newly digitised photos reveal the terrible devastation wreaked on the East End by the Silvertown disaster.