Upcoming events and activities near you
Egyptian bellydancing classes
Get your body ready for summer and lose weight by bellydancing your way to fitness.
Mondays, 6.00pm, QKL Studios, Hatherley Mews, E17 4QP. £8.00 drop-in, £7 pre-paid
Tuesdays 8.15pm, also at QKL Studios, prices as above
Wednesdays 6.30pm, Forest YMCA, Forest Road, E17 3EF £6.50, free for YMCA members
For more information, 07903 629636 or email chloe_redmond@hotmail.com
Community Ward Forum meetings – have your say locally throughout the year
In response to the views of residents the Waltham Forest Council has changed the way it engages with people in their local areas. Community Ward Forum meetings have replaced Community Councils and will take place in each of the 20 wards, three times a year.
The Forum meetings will be open to individual residents, community groups and business representatives who want to help shape and improve their neighbourhood. Each Community Ward Forum will have £10,000 to spend each year on projects it believes are worthy.
To find out when and where your ward meetings are please contact the Council’s Community Engagement Team on 020 8496 3000 or visit: www.walthamforest.gov.uk/index/council/community-ward-forums.htm
Knitting and Sewing group
The group meets every Thursday, 2pm-5pm, at the Hornbeam cafe. All ages are welcome and a cup of tea is provided with the £1.50 fee.
Honey bees to apple trees – forest gardening through the year
A free 10-session course over a year providing in-depth knowledge of the concepts and principles of forest gardening and the skills involved in creating a productive and attractive growing space. Forest gardening is about working with nature wherever we live.
It is aimed at individuals and groups involved in or thinking about new food-growing initiatives and includes both theory and practical work. Each session will cover a different topic but all will be linked to enable participants to develop a design appropriate to the space they have.
The course starts in March and runs over the next 12 months to February 2012. For more information or to book a place, email Seema Patel on worknet@walthamforest.gov.uk
Until 24th September: Guided bat walks
Guide, Roger Havard, will demonstrate how to detect bats, you will learn about their importance to our environment and hopefully see some bats and listen to them with bat detectors
Hollow Ponds, Whipps Cross Rd, E11 1NP, Easter Saturday 23rd April at 7.45pm, Saturday 20th August at 7.45pm and Friday 2nd September at 7.15 pm.
And at Highams Park Lake, The Charter Rd, Woodford Green, IG8 9RE, Friday 6th May at 8.15pm, Saturday 27th August at 7.30pm and Saturday 24th September at 6.30pm.
Advance Booking is necessary to keep the groups to a size that will make bat sighting more likely. Email info@hornbeam.org.uk or phone Teresa on 07985 014815. Up to two children per accompanying adult are welcome.
Until 17th July – exhibition of Victorian childhood
No smartphones or iPods, no internet, and no hoodies – instead you’ll find top hats, knickerbockers and wooden hoops. A chance for today’s young people to see what life was like in Victorian times. Dress up in clothes from 150 years ago and try your hand at puppet theatre. Also find out about the grim reality of family life, hardship and child labour.
The ‘Victorian Childhood’ exhibition is free and runs until 17 July at Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road, E17 9NH, open Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-5pm. For more information phone 020 8496 4391 or visit: www.walthamforest.gov.uk/vestry-house
Until 31st July: Colour Field – New Paintings by Sharon Drew
The paintings are windows into a world of epic proportions, where mighty events occur.
Private View: Thursday 7 July, 6-8.30pm. Exhibition times: Wed & Thur 11am-7pm, Fri & Sat 10pm-6pm, Sun 11am-6pm
Penny Fielding Art, Beautiful Interiors, 34 Orford Road, E17 9NJ
Until 16th July: Picture Show – a movie inspired art exhibition
More than 20 local artists, designers and photographers take on Hitchcock, Spielberg and others with artwork prompted by their favourite movies.
E17 Art House, 6-10 Church Hill, Stainforth Road entrance. For information, phone 020 8509 8211
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