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April 1 2006, Saturday, 10am-5pm (continues until May 21 2006, Sunday, 10am-6pm)
IN ASSOCIATION WITH LIMBLESS ASSOCIATION… ALI ABBAS & FRIENDS (IRAQI ARTISTS) IN EXHIBITION - ON WHITTAKER AVENUE - FOR ORPHANED / DISABLED CHILDREN IN IRAQ
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April 2 2006, Sunday, 10am-6pm
ANNUAL “THE VITALITY SHOW: THE ULTIMATE GIRLS’ DAY OUT!” CONTINUES WITH PLENTY OF ADVICE (E.G. EDUCATIONAL MINI HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, WITH HEALTHSURE)… HEALTHY EATING… ALONG WITH PRODUCTS FROM AUSTRIA, BRAZIL AND ITALY, PLUS – CLOSER TO HOME – SMELLS OF WILTSHIRE, ETC.
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April 2 2006, Sunday, 10am-6pm
ANNUAL IDEAL HOME SHOW’S LAST DAY, WITH NUMEROUS EXHIBITORS, THAT FOCUS ON: PROPERTY; INTERIORS; HOUSEWARES; HOME ENTERTAINMENT; GARDENING; FURNITURE; FURNISHINGS; DIY; ETC.
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April 2 2006, Sunday, 4.35pm
ANNUAL OXFORD-CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE, LIVE (BETWEEN PUTNEY & MORTLAKE) AND ALSO ON LBC RADIO & ITV1
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April 3 2006, Monday (continues until April 8 2006, Saturday)
AFTER SOLO SHOWS IN BANGALORE, CALCUTTA & KOLKATTA, INDIAN ABSTRACT PAINTER, HIRAN MITRA, OPENS HIS NEW SHOW, “INNER SENSATIONS,” AT CORK STREET’S GALLERY 27
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April 3 2006, Monday, 10am-6pm (continues until April 8 2006, Saturday, 10am-6pm)
HELPING THE PRINCE’S TRUST CHARITY… LORD YOUNG OF GRAFFHAM’S FIRST PUBLIC PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION, “DEGREES OF ISOLATION,” REVEALS SCENERY & WILDLIFE (PENGUINS INCLUDED) OF SUMMER, IN ANTARCTICA & SOUTH GEORGIA
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April 3 2006, Monday, 10am-10pm
PART OF TOWER HAMLETS’ “SPIT-LIT FESTIVAL”… LAST DAY OF DERBYSHIRE STREET’S ONE-MONTH INSTALLATION, “THE READING ROOM,” BY ARTISTS: JENNY STAFF; CIARA McGARRITY; MANDE GAGE & TERRE BROCK DAVIS
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April 3 2006, Monday, 7.30pm
SOPRANO, ALISH TYNAN, IN RUSSIAN COMPOSER IGOR STRAVINSKY’S BALLET, “THE FIREBIRD,” AT ALBERT HALL
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April 6 2006, Thursday, 10am-6pm (continues until April 29 2006, Saturday, 10am-4pm)
ALBEMARLE GALLERY HOSTS LONDON-BORN PEREGRINE HEATHCOTE’S, “IN PURSUIT OF DREAMS,” ALONGSIDE FIGURATIVE OILS BY GRIMSBY-BORN CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON
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April 6 2006, Thursday, 11am-6pm (continues until May 13 2006, Saturday, 11am-6pm)
MUNICH-BORN AREL AUER AT GALLERY ON KEMPSFORD ROAD
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April 6 2006, Thursday, 12pm-6pm (continues until February 24 2006, Friday, 12pm-6pm)
BRAZILIAN ARTIST, INNÓ, IN SOLO SHOW, “RETOUCHING” ON GREEN STREET
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April 6 2006, Thursday, 7.30pm & April 7 2006, Friday, 7.30pm
“CORAZÓN AFRICANO,” (AFRICAN HEART) SEES VENEZUELAN MUSICIANS: PIANIST, CLARA RODRIGUEZ; PERCUSSIONIST, DIANA MONTOYA TOGETHER WITH ORLANDO POLEO, PERFORM MUSICAL WORKS, BY VENEZUELAN, PUERTO RICAN & CUBAN COMPOSERS
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April 7 2006, Friday, 10am-6pm (continues until June 3 2006, Saturday, 10am-6pm)
“NO SNOW ON THE BROKEN BRIDGE,” REVEALS FILM AND VIDEO INSTALLATIONS BY BEIJING ARTIST, YANG FUDONG, AT WHARF ROAD’S PARASOL UNIT
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April 7 2006, Saturday, 11am-5.30pm (continues until May 13 2006, Saturday, 11am-5.30pm)
GORDON REECE GALLERY EXHIBITS 50 ANTIQUE CHINESE FURNITURE AND ART PIECES (CABINETS, CHAIRS, CUPBOARDS, TABLES & INCENSE STANDS)
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April 10 2006, Monday, 9.30am-5pm
ANNUAL LAST DAY OF TWO-DAY TRADE SHOWS, 10th “ORGANIC PRODUCTS EUROPE / NATURAL PRODUCTS EUROPE,” WITH EXHIBITORS FROM: AFRICA (i.e. KENYA, TANZANIA & UGANDA); DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HAMBURG; LA RIOJA; SAAREMAA; THE NETHERLANDS; TUNIS; ETC., PLUS – CLOSER TO HOME – SOMERSET
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April 10 2006, Monday, 6.30pm
ILLUSTRATED TALK, “ITALY FROM ABOVE,” GIVEN BY AUTHOR, MARCELLO BERTINETTI & OTHERS
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April 11 2006, Tuesday, 10am-5pm (continues until April 21 2006, Friday, 10am-5pm)
LA PAZ ARTIST, FERNANDO MONTES’ RETROSPECTIVE FEATURES 60+ EGG TEMPERA PAINTINGS – SHOWING LAKES, MONUMENTS, PYRAMID, WOMEN, ETC. - STIRRED BY BOLIVIAN, ECUADORIAN & PERUVIAN LANDSCAPES
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April 11 2006, Tuesday, 10am-5pm (continues until April 28 2006, Friday, 10am-5pm)
“GALERIA LA VENTANA CEMICUAL,” PRESENTS CHILEAN ARTISTS, INC. TWO (BENJAMIN MORALES & FRANCISCA VALENZUELA) BORN IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE, EXHIBITING - ALONGSIDE SLOVENIAN, EJTI STIH - AT EMBASSY, ON DEVONSHIRE STREET
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April 11 2006, Tuesday, 7pm
ON FOSTER LANE… THANKS TO CITY MUSIC SOCIETY (ESTABLISHED IN 1940s), HEAR CHILINGIRIAN STRING QUARTET, TOGETHER WITH YUKO INOUE (VIOLA), FROM JAPAN, PLAY WORKS BY MOZART & SHOSTAKOVICH
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April 11 2006, Tuesday, 7pm, 7.25pm & 8pm
CRISP ROAD GETS TRIPLE BILL OF CYCLING FILMS: “TOUR DE FRANCE – 1952;” LOUIS MALLE’S, “VIVE LE TOUR – 1962” & PEPE DANQUART’S ACCLAIMED, “HELL ON WHEELS”
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April 12 2006, Wednesday, 7.30pm
ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE SOPRANOS, MARINA LASLO, PERFORMS RUSSIAN ROMANCE, WITH VICTOR UNUKOVSKY & TERZARIMA GROUP AT BARBICAN CENTRE, ON SILK STREET
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April 12 2006, Wednesday, 7.30pm (continues until April 29 2006, Saturday, 2.30pm & 7.30pm)
IMPROBABLE AND THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND’S PRODUCTION OF AUTHORS, NEIL GAIMAN & DAVE McKEAN’S, “THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS,” AT LYRIC THEATRE, ON KING STREET
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April 13 2006
‘OUT GO STEWS AND IN COME SUNDRIED TOMATOES AS FAMILY TASTES CHANGE,’ ACCORDING TO RESEARCH CARRIED OUT AND CONFIRMED - BY PRESS RELEASE - FROM FOOD RETAILER, SPAR
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April 13 2006, Thursday, 10am-6pm (continues until May 5 2006, Friday, 10am-6pm)
GRYGORIY SHYSHKO’S, “PAINTING THE UKRAINIAN LANDSCAPE,” AT THE CHAMBERS GALLERY
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April 13 2006, Thursday, 7pm
DAVID CHERNAIK CONDUCTS APOLLO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA & APOLLO CHAMBER CHOIR IN J.S. BACH’S, “PASSION”
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April 15 2006, Saturday, 11am-12pm & 1pm-2pm
MATTHEW HUY, CHOREOGRAPHER FROM LOS ANGELES, GIVES TWO DANCE WORKSHOPS: BALLET (IN MORNING) & CONTEMPORARY DANCE (IN AFTERNOON)
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April 15 2006, Saturday, 2pm-6pm
ONLY DAYS BEFORE END OF ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS’ “CHINA THE THREE EMPERORS 1662-1795,” CHINESE CALLIGRAPHER, QU LEI LEI, GIVES LAST OF HER MONTHLY WORKSHOPS, “ANCIENT ART OF CALLIGRAPHY”
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April 16 2006, Easter Sunday, 9am-5pm (meet Gordon’s group between 12.40pm-12.50pm)
ANNUAL AFTER RECENTLY BRINGING GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO MARINA LASLO’S CONCERT (WEDNESDAY) AND TO HIS OWN BOAT PARTY (THURSDAY), GORDON BEAL BRINGS ANOTHER GROUP OF INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE TO SONGKRAN FESTIVAL, AT THAI TEMPLE, ON WIMBLEDON’S CALONNE ROAD
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April 17 2006, Monday, 10am-6pm (continues until April 29 2006, Saturday, 10am-6pm)
LAST FORTNIGHT FOR RAY RICHARDSON’S RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION AT ADVANCED GRAPHICS LONDON
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April 20 2006, Thursday, 10am-6pm (ends on May 3 2006, Wednesday, 10am-6pm)
AFTER MAJOR SHOWS AT WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY PLUS, MORE RECENTLY, AT MADRID’S REINA SOFIA GALLERY, IT IS LAST FORTNIGHT FOR TOBIAS REHBERGER’S CURRENT EXHIBITION, AT HAUNCH OF VENISON, JUST OFF BROOK STREET
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April 20 2006, Thursday, 6.30pm
READINGS OF NEW POETRY - BY EASTERN EUROPEAN POETS - KRISTINA TOTH, KATARINA KUCBELOVA & PRIMOZ CUCNIK (FROM HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA & SLOVENIA RESPECTIVELY) AT BOOKSHOP, ON CHARING CROSS ROAD
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April 21 2006, Friday, 12pm-6pm (continues until April 27 2006, Thursday, 12pm-6pm)
IN COLLABORATION WITH GAZE BURVILL SHOWROOM, TWIST ART&DESIGN ORGANISES, “THE ART OF OUTDOOR LIVING,” FEATURING FINE FURNITURE ALONGSIDE SCULPTURED WORKS OF GLASS, METAL, STONE, WATER & WOOD BY SCULPTORS, CHRISTINE ANN RICHARDS, DOMINIQUE BIVAR SEGURADO, ETC.
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April 22 2006, Saturday, 7pm-9pm
PARISSA & DASTAN ENSEMBLE PERFORM PERSIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC AT CADOGAN HALL
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April 23 2006, Sunday, starts: 9am start
ANNUAL 25th LONDON MARATHON (26 MILES) ON ST GEORGE’S DAY… RUN, SKIP, WALK, ETC., FROM GREENWICH TO WESTMINSTER
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April 23 2006, Sunday, 12pm, 2.35pm & 4.50pm (triple-bill) plus 6.55pm & 9.05pm (double bill)
LAST DAY FOR ANGELA EASTERLING’S CAMERA-LESS PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION OF LIFE-SIZE & TIMELESS FIGURATIVE PRINTS, WHILST… IN SAME HAMMERSMITH BUILDING… IT’S STAR TREK DAY! EXPERIENCE STAR TREK TRIPLE-BILL (THE MOTION PICTURE, THE WRATH OF KHAN & THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK), FOLLOWED BY STAR TREK DOUBLE-BILL (FIRST CONTACT & NEMISIS)
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April 24 2006, Monday, 10am-6pm (continues until April 26 2006, Wednesday, 10am-6pm)
COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE’S THREE-DAY, “WILDLIFE & SPORTING ART EXHIBITION,” AT ARNDEAN GALLERY, SHOWING ARTWORKS BY TEN ARTISTS, INCLUDING SCULPTOR, SIMON GUDGEON, AND WATERCOLOURIST, OWEN WILLIAMS
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April 24 2006, Monday, 1.10pm
HILSER FLUTE & PIANO TRIO PERFORMANCE INCLUDES FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCE OF PAUL LEWIS’ ELEMENTAL SPIRITS PLUS EXTRACTS FROM ROSSINI’S BARBER OF SEVILLE
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April 25 2006, Tuesday, 7.30pm
SOUVENIR PRESS SPONSORS ERNEST HECHT’S WEEK-LONG, “INDEPENDENT VOICES FESTIVAL,” WHICH, THIS EVENING, SEES ONE OF OUR ALL-TIME FAVOURITE IRISH FOLKSINGERS, LIAM CLANCY, TAKE TO STAGE OF UCL BLOOMSBURY THEATRE, ON GORDON STREET
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April 27 2006, Thursday, 10am (puppet show) / 11am-4pm (fine art show)
ENJOY YACTITO PUPPET THEATRE’S, “ALADDIN’S BIN,” (PUPPET SHOW) PLUS FINE ART EXHIBITION OPENING, ON FIRST DAY OF FIVE-DAY INTERNATIONAL, “INSPIRATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL,” WHICH INCLUDES DANCE, MUSIC & POETRY EVENTS, AT 20th CENTURY THEATRE
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April 27 2006, Thursday, 5.45pm for 6.30pm
ANNUAL BARONESS HELENA KENNEDY QC GIVES 20th, “JAMES CAMERON AWARD AND MEMORIAL LECTURE,” AT CITY UNIVERSITY
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April 27 2006, Thursday, 6pm
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR SWAZILAND IN THE UK, H.E. MRS MARY KANYA, ALONGSIDE MINISTER & ADVISOR, IN PANEL DISCUSSION, “THE MONARCHY, DEMOCRACY AND CHANGE IN SWAZILAND,” FOLLOWED BY CASH BAR RECEPTION, AT ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY
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April 30 2006, Sunday, 3pm & 7pm
SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR, FROM SOUTH AFRICA, PERFORM TRADITIONAL & CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL, FROM AFRICA & ELSEWHERE
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