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REGULAR AUGUST EVENTS (MARKED ANNUAL): 2000 (1) - 2001 (3+) - 2002 (1+) - 2003 (4+) - 2004 (2+) - 2005 (4+) - AUGUST 2006 (7+) - 2007 (5+)
August 2006 was very strong on Spanish (inc. Canaries, Ibiza & Seville) and French events. It was also strong on Brazilian, Polish, US/American (inc. Alaskan & Hawaiian), UK/British/English (e.g. Cornish & Kent) and Irish (inc. Northern Ireland) events. Below, also read about London's connections to Mongolia, Thailand, Trinidad and Venezuela PLUS discover London's African, Amazonian, Argentinian, Australian, Chinese, Corsican, Ecuadorian, German, Italian, Mauritanian, Muscovite, Norwegian, Peruvian, Senegalese, Singaporean, Sri Lankan, Swiss, Tahitian and Uruguayan themes.
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August 1 2006, Tuesday, 9.30am-5pm (Catwalk Fashion Shows: 10.30am, 12.30pm & 2.30pm)
ANNUAL ON 60TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF BIKINI, ENJOY LAST DAY OF THREE-DAY, “INTIMATE LONDON BODY & BEACH,” TRADE EXHIBITION, WITH SEVERAL PERU/HAWAII/AMAZON INSPIRED FASHION CATWALK SHOWS (BY MODELS FROM LONDON’S, “PRODUCTION TEAM”) PLUS LINGERIE/BEACHWEAR EXHIBITORS FROM: WANGCHAI (HONG KONG); VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA); VALENCIA; SAO PAULO; REGGIO EMILIA; PARIS; MARSEILLE; KOLN; COLOMBO; CO. GALWAY; ETC.
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August 1 2006, Tuesday, 10am-6pm (continues until August 6 2006, Sunday, 11am-5pm)
LAST WEEK FOR FLOWERS GRAPHICS’, “GARDENS OF EARTHLY DELIGHT,” WITH ARTWORKS BY IRISH AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS
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August 1 2006, Tuesday, 1pm-5pm (ends August 31 2006, Thursday, 1pm-5pm)
BRUNEL ENGINE HOUSE (JUST ABOVE THAMES TUNNEL, COMPLETED IN 1843) PRESENTS, “ARCHI-LYRIC,” EXHIBITION OF B&W PHOTOGRAPHS - BY MOSCOW-BORN, ELENA KARTINTSEVA AND CURATED BY OLGA KORZH – WHICH REFER TO BICENTENARY OF ISAMBARD K. BRUNEL
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August 2 2006, Wednesday, 11am-6pm (continues until August 20 2006, Sunday, 11am-6pm)
100 WATERCOLOURS & PRINTS AT £100 EACH… BANKSIDE GALLERY SELLS WORKS BY MEMBERS OF ROYAL WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY PLUS ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTER-PRINTMAKERS
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August 3 2006, Thursday 10am-5pm (continues until September 8 2006, Friday, 10am-5pm)
JON BURGERMAN, STEVIE GEE (CENTRAL ST MARTINS GRADUATE), ANDREA MORGAN (MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY GRADUATE) ALONGSIDE KEITH WATTS IN, “THE ELEMENTS OF COLOURFUL SURROUNDINGS: AN EXHIBITION OF ILLUSTRATIVE WORKS,” AT NOVA GALLERY, SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD
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August 3 2006, Thursday 10am-6pm (continues until September 9 2006, Saturday, 10am-4pm)
ANNUAL ALBEMARLE GALLERY’S SUMMER SHOW, COMPRISING: ANCHORAGE’S (ALASKA) STEVE HUSTON; AYRSHIRE’S GRAHAM McKEAN; CORNWALL’S SETH GARLAND; ESSEX’S JOHN McCARTHY; LIVERPOOL’S RICHARD HARRISON; MONTEVIDEO’S PABLO ATCHUGARRY; PORTLAND’S (OREGON) GEORGE GREEN; ETC.
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August 4 2006, Friday, from 8pm
ANNUAL DAY TWO OF FREE 18-DAY “TRAFALGAR SQUARE FESTIVAL,” SEES: ZENA EDWARDS’ “AMEE’S WALK;” STRANGE FRUIT’S “SPHERES;” NITRO’S “MASS CARIB” PLUS MARTIN FIRRELL’S “I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE,” TAKE TO STAGE
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August 5 2006, Saturday, 12pm-6pm (continues August 6 2006, Sunday, 12pm-6pm)
OLD TRUMAN BREWERY HOSTS TWO-DAY, “SINGAPORE CHILLI CRAB FESTIVAL,” WITH VIBE BAR & SINGAPORE TOURIST BOARD
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August 5 2006, Saturday, parade: 12pm / performance: 4.30pm-5pm (festival continues until August 20 2006, Sunday)
ANNUAL FIRST DAY OF TWO-WEEK SHOREDITCH FESTIVAL, WITH THEME OF, “JOURNEYS,” SEES AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE BY, “ILUSION FLAMENCA,” WITH SINGER, FERNANDO DE SEVILLA ALONGSIDE GUITARISTS JORGE BRAVO AND TONY DESPEINAO
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August 5 2006, Saturday, 5pm-8pm (5pm-6.30pm: French, Spanish, etc / 6.30pm-8pm: English)
ANN GOODY’S MONTHLY, “TEA AND TALK – FOREIGN LANGUAGE EXCHANGE CONVERSATION CLUB,” IN CLAPHAM
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August 6 2006, Sunday, 12pm-6pm
LAST DAY TO SEE OSHKOSH-BORN, CHICAGO-BASED ARTIST, CRITIC & CURATOR, MICHELLE GRABNER’S SIX-WEEK EXHIBITION, “PAINTINGS 1996-2006,” AT ROCKET GALLERY
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August 6 2006, Sunday, 12pm-6pm (continues until August 11 2006, Saturday, 11am-6pm)
LAST WEEK FOR, “JOURNEYS,” EXHIBITION – AT GALLERY K – WHICH HIGHLIGHTS ANN EASTMAN’S SCENES OF NORTH AFRICA AND TAHITI, TOGETHER WITH VIVIENNE FLOWER’S DEPICTIONS OF USA, SPAIN, FRANCE (INC. PROVENCE) AND CORSICA
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August 6 2006, Sunday, 12pm-9.30pm (Parade: 12pm-3pm)
ANNUAL ONCE AGAIN… BURGESS PARK HOSTS, “CARNAVAL DEL PUEBLO,” WHERE, ON MAIN STAGE (ONE OF FOUR), EXPECT TO SEE: ILUSION FLAMENCA; ORQUESTRA CANELA; SON REAL ORCHESTRA, PLUS – FROM ECUADOR – “GROUPO FOLKLORICO TUNGURAHUA”
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August 7 2006, Monday, (ends August 12 2006, Saturday)
LAST WEEK FOR SEGOVIA-BORN ABSTRACT ARTIST, ALBERTO REGUERA, AT SCREAM GALLERY
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August 7 2006, Monday (continues until August 18 2006, Friday)
LEARN DRAWING, PAINTING & SCULPTURE AT SUMMER SCHOOL, ORGANISED BY LONDON ATELIER OF REPRESENTATIONAL ART
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August 8 2006, Tuesday, 7pm-9pm (continues on August 15, 22 & 29)
FOUR-WEEK, “SKETCHED: DISCOVER HOW TO WRITE GREAT COMEDY SKETCHES,” COURSE WITH TUTOR, JACK MILNER
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August 10 2006, Thursday, 6.30pm for 9.15pm screening
FILM4’S, “SUMMER SCREEN,” OUTDOOR FILM SCREENINGS (WITH GIANT SCREEN & SURROUND SOUND) – OVER NINE NIGHTS, AT SOMERSET HOUSE - KICK OFF WITH ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S, “NORTH BY NORTHWEST,” STARRING CARY GRANT
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August 11 2006, Friday, 11am-5pm (continues until September 21 2006, Thursday, 11am-5pm)
VOP’S, “SIGNTOLOGY,” COMPRISING INSTALLATIONS, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS & POSTERS AT 198 GALLERY, ON RAILTON ROAD
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August 12 2006, Saturday, 10am-5.30pm (continues until September 2 2006, Saturday, 10am-5.30pm)
ANNUAL CHRIS BEETLES HOSTS, “LOUIS WAIN AND THE SUMMER CAT SHOW,” WITH 250+ PICTURES BY LOUIS WAIN, RONALD SEARLE, SUSAN HERBERT, ETC.
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August 14 2006, Monday, 12pm-8pm (continues until August 19 2006, Saturday, 12pm-8pm)
ENJOY SIZZLING SECULAR SATIRE… HEAD FOR LAST WEEK OF LENNOX GALLERY’S SPECTACULAR SIX-WEEK, “THE VENGEANCE OF PAINTING,” REVEALING THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND - IN ARTIST’S OWN WORDS - ‘NON MINIMAL, NON CONCEPTUAL,’ HAUGHTY PORTRAITS (ACTOR, ENGLISH LADY, HEAD WAITER, ETC.) ALONGSIDE NUDES, IN FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION BY NATURALISED BRITON, JIM NOVAK (b. GDANSK, 1937)
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August 14 2006, Monday, (continues until August 15 2006, Monday,) / season ends: August 19 2006, Saturday
NINE-DAY, “HALF THE WORLD SEASON,” OF JAZZ - AT PIZZA ON THE PARK RESTAURANT - CONTINUES WITH TWO GIGS BY MARSEILLE’S, “MOUSSU TE LEI JOVENTS”
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August 15 2006, Tuesday, 7.30pm
ZULIA-BORN VENEZUELAN VIOLINIST, ALEXIS CÁRDENAS, GIVES SOLO RECITAL, PERFORMING WORKS BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, EUGENE YSAYE & NICOLO PAGANINI, PLUS IMPROVISATIONS
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August 16 2006, Wednesday, 6.30pm for 9.15pm screening
TERRY GILLIAM’S IMAGINATIVE FILM, “BRAZIL,” ON GIANT SCREEN WITH SURROUND SOUND, AT SOMERSET HOUSE
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August 17 2006, Thursday, 6pm
ANNUAL “LUVED UP! BY UPSWING,” PLUS SPAIN’S, “LA DIVADIVINA/PAELLA MIXTA” BY SOL PICÓ KICK OFF THIRD & FINAL WEEK OF TRAFALGAR SQUARE FESTIVAL
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August 17 2006, Thursday,
PIANIST FROM ITALY, ROSSANO SPORTIELLO, ALONGSIDE STEVE BROWN & DAVE GREEN AT PIZZAEXPRESS JAZZ CLUB
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August 18 2006, Friday, 10am-6pm (ends September 17 2006, Sunday, 10am-6pm)
LAST MONTH FOR, “ARCHIPEINTURE: PAINTERS BUILD ARCHITECTURE,” AT CAMDEN ARTS CENTRE, FEATURING ARTWORKS BY 18 ARTISTS, INCLUDING GERMANY’S FRANZ ACKERMANN, UK’S PHILLIP ALLEN, ARGENTINA’S SANTIAGO CUCULLU PLUS SWITZERLAND’S ANDRO WEKUA
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August 18 2006, Friday, 10am-6.30pm [last admission: 5.30pm] (ends on: August 31 2006, Thursday, 10am-6.30pm [last admission: 5.30pm])
LAST FORTNIGHT FOR VICTORIAN FUN & GAMES (HOPSCOTCH, MARBLES, SKIPPING, TIDDLYWINKS, ETC.) ALONG WALKWAYS OF TOWER BRIDGE, AT TOWER BRIDGE EXHIBITION
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August 19 2006, Saturday, 12pm-6pm (ends September 24 2006, Sunday, 12pm-6pm)
AUGUST & SEPTEMBER SEE LAST TWO EXHIBITIONS – CURATED BY TIRDAD ZOLGHADR AND DIJON’S, “LE CONSORTIUM,” RESPECTIVELY - IN CUBITT GALLERY’S, “ONE AND ONE AND ONE IS THREE,” SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS, SUPPORTED BY POLISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE & ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND
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August 20 2006, Sunday, 11am
BLUE BADGE GUIDE, ANN JONES, LEADS FREE, “POLISH TOUR,” IN SERIES OF, “GO WEST ‘WALKING TOURS,’” ORGANISED BY HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM COUNCIL, ON KING STREET
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August 21 2006, Monday, 10am-5.30pm (continues until September 2 2006, Saturday, 11am-4pm)
LAST FORTNIGHT FOR GIMPEL FILS’ 60TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION - COMPRISING 40+ ARTISTS, INC. SERGIO de CAMARGO, JIM DINE, JULIO GONZALEZ, STEPHEN GONTARSKI, ISAMU NOGUCHI & MIGUEL ORTIZ - ON DAVIES STREET
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August 21 2006, Monday, 12pm-6pm (continues until August 26 2006, Saturday, 12pm-6pm)
“HONEY TRAP,” EXHIBITION - ON BAYLISS ROAD - SEES NEW WORKS ON PAPER (PRINTS & PAINTINGS) BY KATHERINE JONES & WUON GEAN HO
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August 21 2006, Monday, 1pm (proms) 2.15pm (poetry & prose)
HEAR EARLY MUSIC BY LULLY - AT PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC, AT CADOGAN HALL - WITH FRENCH ENSEMBLE, “LA SIMPHONIE DU MARAIS,” FOLLOWED BY RECORDING, FOR BBC RADIO 3, OF IAN McMILLAN’S PERFORMANCE (WITH AUTHORS & OTHER PRESENTERS) OF POETRY & PROSE, “THE ADVERB”
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August 24 2006, Thursday, 10.30am
HARMAN HEALY PROPERTY AUCTION ON HORNTON STREET
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August 26 2006, Saturday, 11am-6pm (continues until September 23 2006, Saturday, 11am-6pm)
GROUP SHOW, “IDENTITY:” BRISTOL-BASED, TONI COGDELL; HITCHIN-BASED, MARIE HARNETT; SOUTH AFRICAN, ANDREW HOLLIS & NORWAY-BORN EDINBURGH-BASED, KRISTIAN EVJU, AT CLARION CONTEMPORARY ART
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August 26 2006, Saturday, 12pm-9pm / AfterParty: 9pm-6am
LONDON DJ, JUDGE JULES & DARTFORD-BORN, PETE TONG, PLUS OTHERS AT, “SOUTH WEST FOUR,” MUSIC FESTIVAL, APPROPRIATELY IN LONDON, SW4 (CLAPHAM COMMON) WITH FOUR ARENAS, INCLUDING, “IBIZAN UNDERGROUND” & “ESSENTIAL LONDON,” FOLLOWED BY AFTERPARTY, AT BRIXTON ACADEMY
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August 26 2006, Saturday, from 5pm
IMPROVE YOUR SPANISH - WITH ALICIA, MARTIN & OTHERS - AT FREE-TO-ATTEND SPANISH LANGUAGE, “MEETUP,” AT REAR OF PITCHER & PIANO PUB, ON WILLIAM IV STREET
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August 27 2006, Sunday, 12pm-7pm (continues until August 28 2006, Bank Holiday Monday, 12pm-7pm)
ANNUAL LONDON’S ANNUAL TRINIDADIAN EVENT … NOTTING HILL GATE CARNIVAL, WITH NUMEROUS SOUND SYSTEMS, LIKE PORTOBELLO ROAD’S, “GLADDY WAX ROADSHOW,” AND, “LATIN RAVE STREET JAM”
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August 28 2006, Monday, 10am-7pm (continues until September 2 2006, Saturday, 11am-4pm)
LAST WEEK FOR BELFAST-BORN, FUERTEVENTURA-BASED ARTIST, ROBERT PATTERSON’S, “PATERAS,” (BOATS USED BY IMMIGRANTS) EXHIBITION – FOCUSING ON DESERTED POSSESSIONS, LIKE GOLD-LEAF SHOES, ONCE OWNED BY IMMIGRANTS, WHO TRAVEL TO CANARY ISLANDS FROM MAURITANIA, SENEGAL & WESTERN SAHARA - AT SPECTRUM LONDON GALLERY
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August 28 2006, Monday, 10am-7pm (continues until September 2 2006, Saturday, 10am-7pm)
ARNDEAN GALLERY HOSTS EDINBURGH’S THAI FINE ART & SKIRMETT’S MONGOLIAN ART TODAY, EXHIBITING CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS FROM MONGOLIA & THAILAND
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August 29 2006, Tuesday, 12.55am-1.40am
HIGHLIGHTS NOW, ON CHANNEL 5… “FARAH,” BRAND, BELONGING TO WITHAM-BASED MANUFACTURER OF, ‘STYLISH & FUNCTIONAL GOLF CLOTHING,’ PERRY ELLIS EUROPE, WAS ONE OF KEY SPONSORS OF 50th PGA SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP, PLAYED OVER THIS BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND, AT STOKE BY NAYLAND (ESSEX)
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