Whilst traditional month for Eurovision, this May will be remembered for other, very enjoyable sung performances by Russian soprano, Marina Laslo & South Korean professor, Park In Soo, PLUS 40+ "cool" events...
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REGULAR MAY EVENTS (MARKED ANNUAL): 2000 (1) - 2001 (1) - 2002 (10+) - 2003 (1+) - May 2004 (6+) - 2005 (5+) - 2006 (7+) - 2007 (6+)
May 1 2004, Saturday, 10am-7.30pm (recommended to visit by 3pm)
SCENES OF LEBANON & PORTUGAL PLUS FRUIT STILL LIFE - LAST DAY TO SEE THEM ALL ON SHOW IN PATRICE GIORDA'S SOLO LONDON EXHIBITION (AFTER SUCCESSES IN CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK & SWEDEN), BROUGHT HERE BY LEBANESE ART GALLERY
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May 1 2004, Saturday, 12pm-7pm (continues until May 3 2004, Monday, 10am-6pm)
ANNUAL INTERESTED IN BEAUTY & COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH? THEN ATTEND, "THE FEEL GOOD SHOW" IN ISLINGTON OVER MAY BANK-HOLIDAY WEEKEND
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May 6 2004, Thursday, 12pm-6pm (continues until May 31 2004, Monday, 12pm-6pm)
"CANDIDO PORTINARI" EXHIBITION (ENTITLED "VISIONS OF A BRAZILIAN CHILDHOOD") AT GALLERY WITHIN UNITED KINGDOM'S EMBASSY OF BRAZIL
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May 8 2004, Saturday, 10am-6pm
CD COVERS, PHOTOGRAPHIC & VIDEO WORKS BY YOUNG ARTISTS FROM NEW EU COUNTRIES: CZECH REPUBLIC; ESTONIA; HUNGARY; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; POLAND; SLOVAKIA & SLOVENIA ON SHOW ON LAST DAY OF "WELCOME!" EXHIBITION AT GALLERY IN GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET
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May 8 2004, Saturday, 11am-4pm
KENT-BASED RAYMOND BISSETT, ARTIST OF FLORAL OIL PAINTINGS, PRESENTS "FLOWERS OF ALL HUE" AT ARNDEAN GALLERY
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May 8 2004, Saturday, 11am-4pm (continues until May 29 2004, Saturday, 11am-4pm)
BATTERSEA-BASED GALLERY HOSTS "TRADING PLACES," EXHIBITION - CURATED BY B+B PARTNERSHIP - WHICH FEATURES WORKS BY ARTISTS FROM AUSTRIA, BOSNIA, SWITZERLAND, TURKEY AS WELL AS U.K.
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May 8 2004, Saturday, 8pm-11pm
"LONDON BARNDANCE COMPANY" PRESENTS THREE-HOUR BARNDANCE EVENT WITH CALLER, LISA GREENLEAF PLUS ACCORDION, GUITAR, KEYBOARD, MANDOLIN & FIDDLE SOUNDS OF NEW YORK STATE'S, "THE GROOVEMONGERS"
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May 9 2004, Sunday, 1pm for 1.15pm departure
YOU COULD BE ASTONISHED & AMAZED BY COLOURFUL GARDENS, IMPORTANT HOUSES, ART GALLERY (WITH FORTHCOMING PRINTMAKING EXHIBITION), LONDON'S OLDEST BRIDGE PLUS INSCRIPTIONS IN FAMOUS GRAVEYARD DURING FREE GUIDED TOUR & WALK OF SEVERAL KILOMETRES ON EITHER SIDE OF RIVER THAMES
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May 9 2004, Sunday, 6pm for 6.30pm
MUSIC BY COMPOSERS FROM AUSTRIA, CZECH REPUBLIC & GERMANY FEATURE IN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY'S SUNDAY EVENING CONCERT
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May 10 2004, Monday, 6.30pm
SCREENING OF IRANIAN NINETIES FILM, "MOMENT OF INNOCENCE" PLUS ESTONIAN ANIMATED FILM FROM EIGHTIES, "BREAKFAST ON THE GRASS" - BY FILM DIRECTORS MAKHMALBAF & PJARN RESPECTIVELY - AT FRENCH INSTITUTE'S CINEMA IN SOUTH KENSINGTON
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May 10 2004, Monday, 7pm & 8.50pm
DOUBLE-BILL OF SUBTITLED FILMS FEATURE ART, MILAN, SICILY & SEVENTIES ITALY ON LAST DAY OF RIVERSIDE STUDIOS' ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL
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May 10 2004, Monday, 7.30pm
SOPRANO, BOOTH - ALONGSIDE PIANISTS, SAKATA & WIGGLESWORTH - PERFORM CLASSICAL MUSICAL PIECES BY FRENCH & U.S. COMPOSERS
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May 11 2004, Tuesday, 7.30pm
WIDELY-TRAVELLED MOSCOW OPERA COMPANY, "HELIKON" PRESENTS FRENCH COMPOSER, GEORGES BIZET'S "CARMEN," SET IN SPAIN'S SEVILLE
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May 11 2004, Tuesday, 7.45pm
CARLOS BARBOSA-LIMA - GUITARIST FROM BRAZIL - PLAYS ALAMEIDA, VILLA-LOBOS & OTHER GRAND BRAZILIAN MASTERS
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May 12 2004, Wednesday, 1pm-5.30pm (continues until August 7 2004, Saturday, 1pm-5.30pm)
PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES FROM 18TH CENTURY TO DATE ON SHOW AT "PRINT & PROCESS" EXHIBITION AT GALLERY ON TWICKENHAM'S RIVERSIDE
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May 12 2004, Wednesday, 2.30pm
"HELIKON OPERA" FROM MOSCOW, PRESENTS FREDERICK LAMPE'S "PYRAMUS AND THISBE," BASED ON SHAKESPEARE'S "MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM"
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May 13 2004, Thursday, 7.30pm
AFTER VERY POPULAR "BOLIVAR HALL" CONCERT, VENEZUELAN PIANIST, CLARA RODRIGUEZ, PERFORMS "LISZT IN PETTICOATS" (ALONGSIDE ACTRESS, KARIN FERNALD) IN LARGE HAMPSTEAD HOUSE, BUILT IN 1700s AND WHICH HOUSES ART GALLERY & MUSEUM
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May 13 2004, Thursday, 8pm
ANNUAL AS PART OF THIS YEAR'S LONDON AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL: ETHIOPIA'S, "ADDIS ABABA SYNDICATE" PERFORMS R&B PLUS REGGAE SOUNDS AT ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL'S PURCELL ROOM… WEEKS BEFORE FREE AFRICAN MUSIC WORKSHOPS
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May 14 2004, Friday, 1pm-5pm (continues until May 27 2004, Thursday, 1pm-5pm)
VISUAL ART EXHIBITION - FROM WORKS PRODUCED BY THE LONDON GROUP - ON SHOW AT HIGHGATE-BASED INSTITUTION
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May 15 2004, Saturday, 10am-1pm
LAST DAY TO SEE ARTIST, OONA CAMPBELL'S "NEW PAINTINGS" EXHIBITION FEATURING LANDSCAPES & SEASCAPES OF CUBA, ISLE OF SKYE, LONDON (INCLUDING OILS OF HYDE PARK'S SERPENTINE LAKE) & SCOTLAND AT "ARNDEAN GALLERY" IN LONDON'S CORK STREET
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May 15 2004, Saturday, 10am-1pm
ANNUAL LAST DAY TO SEE SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT SCULPTORS' ANNUAL "FACE" EXHIBITION, FULL OF PORTRAIT SCULPTURES - BOTH LARGE & SMALL - INCLUDING WORKS BY CZECH SCULPTOR, SEDLECKA & WEI-SHAN, SCULPTOR FROM CHINA
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May 15 2004, Saturday, 11am-4pm
50+ MEMBERS OF "SOCIETY OF GRAPHIC FINE ART" EXHIBIT 100+ WORKS, INCLUDING SCENES OF MOROCCO, ITALY, CORNWALL PLUS RIVERSIDE SCENES OF CITY OF LONDON, ETC., IN "DRAWING THE LINE" EXHIBITION AT GALLERY IN MAYFAIR
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May 15 2004, Saturday, 2.30pm
"HELIKON OPERA MOSCOW" PRESENTS MATINEE PERFORMANCE OF NINETEENTH CENTURY RUSSIAN COMPOSER, PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY'S "THE QUEEN OF SPADES" ABOUT ST. PETERSBURG CASINO, CARDS & LOVE IN 1700s
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May 15 2004, Saturday, 8pm-11.10pm
ANNUAL CON-GRA-TU-LA-TIONS TO SINGERS FROM TWO FIRST-TIME ENTRANTS, ALBANIA AND SERBIA & MONTENEGRO… PLUS - CLOSER TO HOME - KENT-BASED CYPRIOT, IN ALL GETTING THROUGH FIRST SEMI-FINAL OF EUROVISION SONG CONTEST, TO TONIGHT'S FINAL IN TURKEY (WITH POSSIBLE POST-SHOW SWEDISH CE-LE-BRA-TIONS!)
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May 15 2004, Saturday, 11pm for midnight start
ANNUAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN HYDE PARK: START & FINISH POINTS FOR WALKERS IN ANOTHER EVEN-BIGGER "PLAYTEX MOONWALK" (COMING SOON TO MARATHON IN ICELAND), TO RAISE MONEY FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH & CANCER CARE
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May 15 2004, Saturday, 7.30pm
PARK IN SOO - FROM SOUTH KOREA, SINGS WITH PUPILS
May 16 2004, Sunday, 3pm for 3.15pm-7pm
JOIN DANCERS, DRUMMERS & GUITARISTS FROM BRAZIL, ENGLAND, FINLAND, GUYANA, HOLLAND, NEW ZEALAND, SPAIN, VENEZUELA, ETC., AT FLAMENCO GROUP, "ILUSION FLAMENCA" PARTY/JUERGA, WHICH WILL HAVE YOU & OTHER AMATEURS DANCING & SINGING FOR, "HORAS Y HORAS" (HOURS & HOURS)
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May 17 2004, Monday, 7pm
ANNUAL WALK WITH KEITH WHITEHOUSE TO DISCOVER HISTORY BEHIND TWO OF LONDON'S PARKS: HURLINGHAM PARK & SOUTH PARK, IN ONE OF FULHAM SOCIETY'S "CELEBRATING FULHAM" EVENTS, ON THIRD DAY OF TEN-DAY FESTIVAL
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May 18 2004, Tuesday, 5.40pm-5.50pm for 6.30pm start
CULTURE & ECONOMICS LECTURE ON NAVARRA PLUS OPPORTUNITY TO TRY NAVARRAN FOOD & DRINKS WITH PROVINCE'S PRESIDENT, MIGUEL SANZ SESMA, AT LONDON'S SPANISH CULTURAL CENTRE
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May 19 2004, Wednesday, 10am-5.30pm (continues until June 19 2004, Saturday, 10am - 5.30pm)
PAINTINGS & WATERCOLOURS BY FRENCH-BORN ARCHITECT & ARTIST, THIERRY W DESPONT (b. 1948), ON SHOW AT ONE-MONTH EXHIBITION AT MARLBOROUGH GRAPHICS GALLERY
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May 20 2004, Thursday, 10am-6pm (continues until June 12 2004, Saturday, 10am-4pm)
MADRID FIGURATIVE ARTIST, FABIO HURTADO (b. 1960), EXHIBITS "NEW WORKS" AT GALLERY IN MAYFAIR
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May 20 2004, Thursday, 10am-6pm (continues until June 26 2004, Saturday, 10am-6pm)
GALLERY IN WINDMILL STREET SHOWS MODERN ABORIGINAL ART WITH PANORAMIC WORKS BY ARTIST, LONG TOM TJAPANANGKA, PLUS OTHER CONTRIBUTORS FROM AUSTRALIA'S HAASTS BLUFF (DESERT COMMUNITY, NEAR ALICE SPRINGS)
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May 20 2004, Thursday, 10am-6pm (continues until June 26 2004, Saturday, 10am-6pm)
UNDERWATER LIFE BY CORNWALL ARTIST, CAROLINE BULLOCK, IN HER, "SEA MYTHS & MARVELS" AT GALLERY IN CHARLOTTE STREET
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May 20 2004, Thursday, 10am-6pm (continues until July 25 2004, Sunday, 10am-6pm)
DISCOVER EARLY 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH & SPANISH HISTORY AT GILBERT COLLECTION'S "TALKING PEACE 1604: THE SOMERSET HOUSE CONFERENCE PAINTINGS" EXHIBITION
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May 21 2004, Friday, 8pm
BUDAPEST'S "NEW TREND GYPSY BAND" - WITH GUITARISTS, PIANIST & VIOLINISTS - PERFORM AT LIVELY HUNGARIAN MUSICAL EVENT, AT UNION CHAPEL IN ISLINGTON
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May 22 2004, Saturday, 10am-5.30pm
LAST DAY TO SEE GALLERY'S EXHIBITION OF 220 WORKS (STRONG ON ITALY, MIDDLE EAST, FAR EAST & UK) BY TWO ARTISTS, BORN IN 1800s: PARIS-BORN BRABAZON & KENT-BORN GOODWIN
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May 22 2004, Saturday, 10am-8pm
SCULPTOR OF BRONZED DANCING FIGURES, BOLSER & CALIFORNIA PAINTER OF LANDSCAPES & PORTRAITS, OREN JOIN ARTIST & BEST-SELLING ARTBOOK AUTHOR, BARBER, FOR GROUP SHOW, "FACES UP" AT GALLERY 27
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May 22 2004, Saturday, 11am-6pm
FULHAM-BASED GROUP SHOW WITH ARTISTS, KIRKWOOD, MACDONALD & TABER EXHIBITING OILS - FEATURING FLOWERS, FRANCE, FRUITS, IRELAND, MOUNTAINS, RICHMOND PARK - PLUS WATERCOLOURS, WITH SCENES OF BATTERSEA PARK, BRIGHTON PIER, CANADIAN FOREST & LAKE, SEASCAPES, ETC
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May 23 2004, Sunday, 3pm
CELEBRATE FULHAM WITH FULHAM SOCIETY AS IT ORGANISES GUIDED WALK AROUND FULHAM'S 111-YEAR OLD BISHOPS PARK & 1100s ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, WITH KNOWLEDGEABLE LOCAL HISTORIAN, KEITH WHITEHOUSE
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May 24 2004, Monday, 10am-6pm (continues until June 26 2004, Saturday, 10am-6pm)
PAINTINGS & PRINTS BY BEATTIE, GEDDES, HOPKINS & JONES ON SHOW AT FINE ART GALLERY IN SOUTH-EAST LONDON
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May 24 2004, Monday, 7.30pm
SOPRANO, MARINA LASLO - FROM ST. PETERSBURG, SINGS AT ST. JOHN'S
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May 26 2004, Wednesday, 11am-6pm (continues until May 31 2004, Sunday, 10am-7pm)
ANNUAL 28TH "MIND, BODY & SPIRIT" FESTIVAL AT BELGRAVIA'S ROYAL HORTICULTURAL HALLS - FIRST OF FIVE DAYS, WHEN YOU CAN DISCOVER 100+ MIND, BODY & SPIRIT EXHIBITORS, INCLUDING: ASSOCIATIONS; CENTRES; FOUNDATIONS; MAGAZINES; PUBLISHERS; SOCIETIES… OR EVEN CLINIC, FELLOWSHIP OR HEALER BEFORE/AFTER TALKS & WORKSHOPS
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May 27 2004, Thursday, 11am-7pm (continues until June 16 2004, Wednesday, 11am-7pm)
NEW PAINTINGS BY EDWARDS - IN "GEOMETRY OF LIFE" EXHIBITION - ALONGSIDE "NIGHT & DAY" WORKS BY CERAMICIST, OWEN, AT ISLINGTON BRANCH OF GALLERY ALSO BASED IN CORNWALL & NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
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May 29 2004, Saturday, 11am - 6pm (continues until May 30 2004, Sunday, 11am - 6pm)
STUDENT ARTISTS FROM HONG KONG, LUXEMBOURG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, WALES, ETC EXHIBIT AT SPACE 44 GALLERY (PART OF SPACE ORGANISATION, FOUNDED IN LATE SIXTIES) IN EAST LONDON
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May 29 2004, Saturday, from 12.30pm, with final event: Closing Party at 10.30pm
TOGOLESE MUSICIAN, COCO, GETS FINAL FESTIVAL DAY OF AFRICAN MUSIC ROLLING - FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL TALKS (WITH MUSICAL DISPLAYS FROM ALGERIA, NIGERIA, TOGO & UGANDA) - THEN PERFORMANCE BY UGANDAN SINGER, MAGOOLA, BEFORE FREE CLOSING PARTY, WITH LEKAN BABALOLA ORCHESTRA IN LARGE BALLROOM, NEAR WATERLOO
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May 30 2004, Sunday, 2pm-5pm
PUBLIC OPENING WITH ONE-HOUR GUIDED TOURS OF 'ARISTOCRATIC PRIVATE PALACE' - DATING BACK TO 1700s - PLUS GARDEN (WITH GARDENER PRESENT), JUST MINUTES AWAY FROM LONDON'S GREEN PARK
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May 31 2004, Bank Holiday Monday, 10am-6pm
VERY LAST DAY TO ENJOY PUBLIC ART GALLERY'S EXHIBITION OF CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS, REVEALING FIVE DECADES OF ART, CELEBRITY & FASHION
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May 31 2004, Bank Holiday Monday, 7.30pm
AFTER DEBUTS IN SWITZERLAND & VIENNA, MALTESE TENOR, CALLEJA - ALONGSIDE LANCASHIRE PIANIST, STOTT - IN RECITAL OF ARIAS & SONGS BY BELLINI, BIZET, DONIZETTI, MASSENET & VERDI AT ST. JOHN'S, AS PART OF ROSENBLATT RECITAL SERIES
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