September 2006 was very strong on Brazil, Ireland, Spain (inc. Canaries,
Balearics plus Catalan & Andalucian) and UK (Britain, Northern Ireland plus
Welsh & Scottish) events. It was also quite strong on Australia and European
(particularly Italy, Germany & France) events. Then, to a slightly lesser
degree, New Zealander, Japanese, Indian, Dutch, Chinese and American
events were featured. Further down the scale, there were also Swiss, Greek, Danish and
Argentinian events. Below, you will also read about London's connections to
Sweden, Portugal, Poland, Norway, Indonesia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Bangladesh
PLUS discover London's Vietnamese, Venezuelan, Trinidadian, South African,
Slovenian, Romanian, Peruvian, Papuan, Pakistani, Omani, Mexican, Lithuanian,
Libyan, Lebanese, Latin, Iraqi, Iranian, Hong-Kong Chinese, Cypriot, Canadian,
Cameroonian, Belgian, Barbadian and Balkan themes.
September 1 2006,
Friday, 6pm-10pm
FREE,
“LONDRES CARACAS: CARACAS LONDRES,” CONCERT, FEATURES FIVE LIVE BANDS:
VENEZUELA’S “DESORDEN PÚBLICO;” MEXICO’S, “EL GRAN SILENCIO;” LONDON’S, “ST
ETIENNE;” BRAZIL’S, “OS PARALAMAS DO SUCESSO” & ARGENTINA’S, “BERSUIT VERGARABAT”
September 3 2006,
Sunday, 10am-5.30pm (continues until September 5 2006, Tuesday, 9.30am-5pm)
ANNUALTWO
FLOORS OF, “SPECIALITY & FINE FOOD FAIR,” SEES 500+ PRODUCERS (INC. 180 FOR
FIRST TIME), FINE FOOD FORUM, SMALL BUSINESS FORUM, “GREAT TASTE [OF FOOD &
DRINK] AWARDS,” PLUS NEW PARTICIPATION FROM: VIETNAM; TRINIDAD & TOBAGO; PERU;
NEW ZEALAND; GREECE; BARBADOS & ARGENTINA
September 3 2006,
Sunday, 10am-6pm (continues until September 6 2006, Wednesday, 10am-4pm)
ANNUAL
CELEBRATING 50th ANNIVERSARY… INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERY LONDON, WITH MAJORITY
OF EXHIBITORS FROM GERMANY, HONG KONG & UK, ALONGSIDE SEVEN/EIGHT DAILY SEMINARS
(OVER FIRST THREE DAYS), WHICH FOCUS ON RETAIL BUSINESS & JEWELLERY TRENDS
TWICE
YEARLY, “HUGGLETS TEDDIES,” WITH 170+ STANDS, RANGING ALPHABETICALLY FROM ACID
ATTIC BEARS (BY FRENCH ARTIST, MARION KLEIN) TO WORLD OF MINIATURE BEARS
September 3 2006,
Sunday, 2.35pm start, at Greenwich - 4.30pm (approx) finish, at The Mall
82-KILOMETRE,
SIXTH & FINAL STAGE FOR, “THE TOUR OF BRITAIN,” ENDS WITH TEAMS OF CYCLISTS FROM
SWITZERLAND, NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, BELGIUM, DENMARK, AUSTRALIA, ETC., CYCLING
THROUGH HYDE PARK THEN DOING 20 LAPS, AROUND ST JAMES’S PARK
September 4 2006,
Monday, 11am-8pm (continues until September 16 2006, Saturday, 11am-8pm)
THE
GALLERY IN CORK STREET EXHIBITS PAINTINGS & LIMITED EDITION PHOTOS BY ARTISTS
FROM BRAZIL, CAMEROON, INDIA (3), IRAN & ROMANIA IN, “WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?”
EXHIBITION
September 6 2006,
Wednesday, 10am-6pm (continues until October 6 2006, Friday, 10am-6pm)
AS PART
OF, “PARIS CALLING,” SIX-MONTH CELEBRATION OF FRENCH CONTEMPORARY ART, JEAN-MARC
BUSTAMANTE SOLO EXHIBITION AT TIMOTHY TAYLOR GALLERY, IN DERING STREET
September 7 2006,
Thursday, 8pm (continues until September 16 2006, Saturday, 8pm)
SIX
NIGHTS ONLY… LIVE BAND, “ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION,” IN THEATRICAL FILM EVENT,
“GADDAFI: A LIVING MYTH,” WITH ACTOR, RAMON TIKARAM, PLAYING PART OF LIBYA’S
MUAMMAR AL-GADDAFI
September 8 2006,
Friday, 10am-5.30pm (continues until September 30 2006, Saturday, 2pm-5.30pm)
SOPHIE
BENSON’S SECOND SOLO SHOW AT LONG & RYLE GALLERY… “THE SPACE BETWEEN,” IS, AS
PRESS RELEASES STATES, ‘LARGE SHEETS OF WATERCOLOUR PAPER [STRETCHED] OVER
WOODEN FRAMES WITH JAPANESE TISSUE,’ DEPICTING ICEBERGS, LAKES & TREES,
INFLUENCED BY TIME
September 8 2006,
Friday, 10am-7pm (continues until September 30 2006, Saturday, 11am-4pm)
CHERYL
BROOKS’ WELL-CRAFTED, RENAISSANCE-INFLUENCED ARTWORKS TRAVEL FROM BARCELONA TO
SPECTRUM LONDON FOR, “DE PERSPECTIVA,” (LATIN, MEANING SEEING THROUGH)
EXHIBITION
September 9 2006,
Saturday, 4pm for 5.30pm-10.30pm (approx)
ANNUALBEFORE
FIREWORK FINALE, KEN BRUCE (FROM BBC RADIO 2) & SIR TERRY WOGAN PRESENT, “BBC
PROMS IN THE PARK,” WITH CARL DAVIS CONDUCTING BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA ALONGSIDE
APPEARANCES BY: TRUMPETER, ALISON BALSOM; SOPRANO, ANGELA GHEORGHIU; MUSICAL
DUO, CHAS & DAVE; X-FACTOR’S, CHICO; POP ICON, LIONEL RITCHIE; TRIBUTE BAND, ONE
STEP BEHIND; ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY PLUS, FROM ITALY, VITTORIO GRIGOLO
September 10 2006,
Sunday, 10am-6pm (continues until September 13 2006, Wednesday, 10am-5pm)
ANNUAL300+
COMPANIES EXHIBIT AT, “PLASA,” WHICH - IN ADDITION TO SEMINARS, EVENTS &
COMPETITIONS – IS, AS PRESS RELEASE STATES, ‘FORGING GROUND FOR NEW IDEAS IN
AUDIO, LIGHTING, AV, RIGGING, SYSTEM INTEGRATION, ENGINEERING AND EFFECTS,’
PLUS, ‘EUROPE’S LEADING EXHIBITION FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN… ENTERTAINMENT,
EVENT, CORPORATE, ARCHITECTURAL AND INSTALLATION INDUSTRIES’
September 10 2006,
Sunday, 10am-8pm (continues September 11 2006, Monday, 12pm-7pm until September
11 2006, Monday, 12pm-7pm)
ANNUAL
CONTINUING AT TEDDINGTON’S LANDMARK ARTS CENTRE (19th CENTURY GRADE II
LISTED BUILDING)… ANNUAL EXHIBITION, BY RICHMOND AND TWICKENHAM PHOTOGRAPHIC
SOCIETY, FEATURING 750+ PHOTOGRAPHS, ‘DEDICATED TO THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE,’
BY MEMBER PHOTOGRAPHERS: BRIAN SINGLETON; ROGER REYNOLDS; TAD MOYSEOWICZ; TERRY
KING; RICHARD INGLE, ETC.
September 10 2006,
Sunday, 10am-10pm (7pm-10pm: entertainment & music)
ANNUALCALF
AND FESTIVAL OF LIFE ORGANISE, LONDON VEGAN FESTIVAL (AT KENSINGTON CONFERENCE &
EVENTS CENTRE), WHOSE SPONSORS INCLUDE: LONDON’S BOURGEOIS BOHEME; FOLKESTONE’S
PLAMIL FOODS; CORBY’S THE REDWOOD WHOLEFOOD COMPANY; THE VEGAN SOCIETY;
ROTTINGDEAN’S VEGAN STORE; NOTTINGHAM’S VEGGIES & BRISTOL’S VIVA!
September 10 2006,
Sunday, 12pm-6.30pm (Chilli Film Festival = 11am-8pm)
ANNUAL11th
BRICK LANE FESTIVAL - ALONG BUXTON STREET, BRICK LANE & ALLEN GARDENS - WITH
WORKSHOPS, WALKS, INTERNATIONAL FOODS (INC. GREEN CURRY, CREATED WITH
BANGLADESHI VEGETABLE, “TURIA”), FILM FESTIVAL & FREE FASHION SHOW
September 11 2006,
Monday, 10am-6pm (continues until September 16 2006, Saturday, 11am-4pm)
SUMMERS ART’S AUTUMN EXHIBITION - ON CORK STREET - FEATURES PATRICK
GUICHETEAU, MARTHA LEONOR, CHRISTINE REMY PLUS JAPAN-BORN FRANCE-BASED, TAKA
MIZUKAMI
September 11 2006,
Monday, 11am-5pm (continues until September 23 2006, Saturday, 11am-5pm)
BULGARIAN EMBASSY HOSTS FINART’S, “FROM THE BALKANS TO THE BALTIC,” WITH
EIGHT ARTISTS, INCLUDING: RADA ALEXIEVA; STILIANA ALEXIEVA; WIEBKE DREYER;
SVETLA KOSEVA; GEORGI YORDANOV
ENSEMBLE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS BRAZILIAN RECORDER PLAYER, CLEA GALHANO - AT
WIGMORE HALL - ALONGSIDE DUTCH HARPSICHORDIST, JACQUES OGG, IN “L’ARTE DE
SUONARE: VIRTUOSO WORKS FROM EARLY TO HIGH BAROQUE,” FEATURING WORKS BY: BACH;
CORELLI; COUPERIN; HOTTETERRE; PANDOLFI MEALLI; SCHMELSER AND TELEMANN
September 12 2006,
Tuesday, 10.30am-6pm (continues until November 19 2006, Sunday, 10.30am-6pm)
“BEING”
EXHIBITION - AT WILL’S ART WAREHOUSE’S NEW GALLERY, IN PUTNEY -FEATURES SIX
ARTISTS, INCLUDING SOUTH AFRICA-BORN JONATHAN COWERFORD, BELFAST-BORN COLIN
MCMASTER & CANADA-BORN SCOT, FIONA WATSON
MONTH
BEFORE PERFORMANCE IN BRENTFORD’S WATERMANS ARTS CENTRE, “THE MAN IN BLACK; THE
ESSENTIAL TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY CASH,” COMES TO BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE
September 13 2006,
Wednesday, 3pm-9pm / official opening: 5pm (continues until September 17 2006,
Sunday, 11am-6pm)
ANNUAL
BROADCASTER, JOHN HUMPHRIES, OPENS, “20/21 BRITISH ART FAIR,” (SPONSORED BY
INSURERS, STUART ALEXANDER) WITH 60 EXHIBITORS, EXHIBITING BRITISH PAINTINGS &
SCULPTURE, 1900 TO PRESENT
TALK
ABOUT ROYAL REPORTING - GIVEN BY ALAN HAMILTON, FROM “THE TIMES” - AT THE
BRITISH LIBRARY, CURRENTLY EXHIBITING, “FRONT PAGE: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF THE
BRITISH NEWSPAPER 1906-2006”
September 15 2006,
Friday, 10am-5.30pm (continues until November 4 2006, Saturday, 10am-5.30pm)
PURDY
HICKS GALLERY SHOWS MANCHESTER-BORN KILKENNY-BASED, HUGHIE O’DONOGHUE’S,
“SOUVENIR OF ST VALERY,” INSPIRED BY TRIP TO ST VALERY-EN-CAUX & DISCOVERY OF
102-YEAR-OLD PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
September 15 2006,
Friday, 11am-6pm (continues until October 14 2006, Saturday, 11am-6pm)
ARTWORKS BY LOS ANGELES-BORN, BROOKLYN-BASED ARTIST, ANNE COLLIER AND
BIRMINGHAM-BORN, LONDON-BASED ARTIST, ROGER HIORNS - ALONGSIDE OTHERS - AT
CORVI-MORA GALLERY
September 17 2006,
Sunday, 2pm-5pm (continues until September 23 2006, Saturday, 12pm-4pm)
“NEW
ARRIVALS. NEW VOICES IN ILLUSTRATION,” IS FIRST JOINT EXHIBITION ORGANISED AND
CURATED BY TOTTENHAM STREET’S CONINGSBY GALLERY AND CURTAIN ROAD’S ASSOCIATION
OF ILLUSTRATORS
“PUTNEY
MUSIC,” SOCIETY’S 2006/2007 SEASON KICKS OFF WITH CLASSIC FM BROADCASTER,
NATALIE WHEEN (BORN: SHANGHAI), ON, ‘2500 HOURS OF MUSIC – MUSINGS ON WHAT GOES
ON IN PLANNING MY RADIO SHOW’
SCREENING OF AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER, MIKE DIBB’S 1989 DOCUMENTARY, “THE
SPIRIT OF LORCA,” FOLLOWS TALK ABOUT GRANADA-BORN DRAMATIST, FEDERICO GARCIA
LORCA (b. 1898), BY DUBLIN-BORN, SPAIN-BASED BROADCASTER & ACCLAIMED BIOGRAPHER,
IAN GIBSON
September 20 2006,
Wednesday, 11am-6pm (continues until October 14 2006, Saturday, 11am-6pm)
“INTO
THE 21ST CENTURY,” AT PIANO NOBILE FINE PAINTINGS…EXPRESSIONISTIC SCENES OF NEW
ZEALAND, SPAIN, PLUS – CLOSER TO HOME – DARTMOOR, EXMOOR, ETC., BY DURHAM CITY
BORN ARTIST, LESLIE MARR (b. 1922)
September 20 2006,
Wednesday, 12pm-7pm (continues until September 24 2006, Sunday, 10am-3pm)
BIANNUAL, “STAMPEX,” EXHIBITION, ORGANISED BY PHILATELIC TRADERS’ SOCIETY
(FOUNDED 1929) – SOCIETY WITH HUNDREDS OF NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS,
INCLUDING: TORINO; THESSALONIKI; SIMONSTOWN; QUEENSLAND; NEW YORK; MADRID;
LONDON & AMSTERDAM
September 20 2006,
Wednesday, 7.30pm (continues through October 2006)
BEFORE
PRODUCTION IS STAGED IN BATH, BRIGHTON, CAMBRIDGE,
COVENTRY, NEWCASTLE, ETC., DUBLIN-BORN PLAYWRIGHT, CONOR McPHERSON’S MAKES DEBUT
AT NATIONAL THEATRE, WITH FIRST PREVIEW OF DUBLIN-BASED PLAY, “THE SEAFARER”
September 22 2006,
Friday, 9am-5pm (continues until September 23 2006, Saturday, 9am-4pm)
ANNUALSECOND,
“ENGLISH TEACHING PROFESSIONAL” LIVE EXHIBITION (PLUS CONFERENCE), WITH – ALL
UNDER ONE ROOF – EXHIBITORS, INCLUDING ELT PUBLISHERS, LIKE: SURREY’S DELTA
PUBLISHING; OXFORD’S MACMILLAN EDUCATION; OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; ESSEX’S
PEARSON LONGMAN; CHICHESTER’S KEYWAY’S PUBLISHING; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
September 22 2006,
Friday, 10am-6pm (continues until November 5 2006, Sunday, 12pm-6pm)
COPENHAGEN-BASED, DANISH PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, HERBERT
KRENCHEL’S EXHIBITION, “1950s KRENIT BOWLS,” ALONGSIDE EASTBOURNE-BORN,
LONDON-BASED ARTIST, DAVID JAMES SMITH’S, “NEW PAINTINGS,” AT ROCKET GALLERY
ANNUAL
LONDON LANDLORD’S DAY
(AT UNIVERSITY OF LONDON), WITH VARIETY OF EXHIBITORS, INCLUDING ASSOCIATIONS
(NATIONAL LANDLORDS ASSOCIATION & SOUTHERN PRIVATE LANDLORDS ASSOCIATION) &
INSURERS (ALAN BOSWELL INSURANCE & ELLIOT GARDEN INSURANCE)
ANNUAL
LAST DAY
FOR THREE-DAY, “VIVA ITALIA SHOW,” WITH ITALIAN LIFESTYLE EXHIBITORS PLUS – ON
STAGE – THEATRE, RAFFLE, OPERA (LIVE PERFORMANCE BY TALENTED PEMBROKESHIRE
MEZZO-SOPRANO, JULIETTE POCHIN), FILM CLIPS PLUS SEVERAL FASHION SHOWS
NEW
SWEDISH MANUFACTURER, MALMO-BASED, VUJJ, PRESENTS INAUGURAL RANGE OF
FURNITURE - COMPRISING: TABLES; SOFAS; SHELVING & VARIETY OF CHAIRS, ETC. – AT
FOURTH/FINAL DAY FOR, “110% VUJJ,” AT MERCER STREET’S COVENT GARDEN FILM STUDIO
ANNUALPUBLIC
DAY FOR, “100% DESIGN,” WITH NUMEROUS EXHIBITORS, INCLUDING AXOR (GERMAN
DESIGNERS OF BATHROOMS) & BRITISH COUNCIL (ONCE AGAIN WITH, “INTERNATIONAL YOUNG
DESIGN ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD,” CONTESTED BETWEEN FINALISTS FROM: SOUTH
AFRICA; SLOVENIA; OMAN; LITHUANIA; LEBANON; INDONESIA; CHINA; BRAZIL, ETC.)
MONTH
AFTER GIVING MASTERCLASSES & PERFORMANCES IN COUNTY DOWN’S ANNUAL, “CAMERATA
IRELAND,” IRISH PIANIST, BARRY DOUGLAS, PERFORMS AT WIGMORE HALL, IN BBC RADIO 3
LUNCHTIME CONCERT
WORKSHOP, “HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR NEWSPAPER RESEARCH,” AT THE
BRITISH LIBRARY’S CONFERENCE CENTRE - PRICE INCLUDES BOOKABLE TOUR OF
COLINDALE’S NEWSPAPER LIBRARY
September 27 2006,
Wednesday, 10am-5pm (continues until October 8 2006, Sunday, 10am-5pm)
ANNUAL
DAY BEFORE
CARRY AKROYD & CHRIS ROSE GIVE DEMONSTRATION OF PRINTMAKING
TECHNIQUES, BEN FOGLE OPENS SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE ARTISTS’ ANNUAL EXHIBITION, WITH
APPROX. 500 DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS, PRINTS & SCULPTURES
TO END
CURRENT SERIES OF, “WRITERS IN CONVERSATION,” AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY, ON EUSTON
ROAD, AUTHOR & BROADCASTER, JANET STREET-PORTER, TALKS ABOUT HER BOOK, “FALL
DOWN”
September 28 2006,
Thursday, 9.30am-6pm (continues until October 28 2006, Saturday, 11am-6pm)
DAVID
HOCKNEY EXHIBITION – COMPRISING 50 DRAWINGS, LITHOGRAPHS & PRINTS - AT WALTON
STREET’S FINE ART DEALERS, ANDIPA GALLERY, WHICH HAS OFFICES IN SWITZERLAND &
NEW YORK
LAST DAY
FOR “DUALITY” EXHIBITION, FEATURING CAST BRONZE SCULPTURES BY DUNDALK
SCULPTOR, SANDRA BELL, ALONGSIDE PHOTOREALISTIC OIL-ON-LINEN PAINTINGS BY HER
BROTHER, LONDON-BASED NIGEL COX
September 30 2006,
Saturday, 3pm-4.30pm (gallery open: 9am-10pm)
ON
EXHIBITION’S LAST DAY… CAFÉ GALLERY AT RIVERSIDE
STUDIOS HOSTS GALLERY TOUR WITH ARTISTS AND VALERIE CHANG, CURATOR OF, “CHINA
CONNECTIONS,” CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS & VIDEO BY ERIC FONG, JOSIE JIANG & WEN WU