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CREATE09

Published 6 August 9 2:54 PM | charlotte

1 June 2009 to 30 September 2009 http://www.createlondon.org/ CREATE was launched in 2008 as an annual festival to help celebrate London's Cultural Olympiad in the build up to London 2012. Held in the host boroughs of Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest, CREATE will incorporate major festivals and outdoor events. There will be a huge range of activities on offer, from music, dance, crafts and theatre to carnivals, parades and exhibitions, many with an Olympic theme. Greenwich...

Filed under: Dance, music, London, parades, greenwich, tower hamlets, annual festival, cultural olympiad, exhibitions, king henry viii jousting display, london 2012, dominoes, film festival, into music, theatrere, craft, carnivals, hackney, waltham forest, create09, parkfest, henry days

A Family Evening with the Stars: the Moon and Almach

Published 11 December 8 11:8 AM | charlotte

3 January 2009 - 18.30, 19.30, 20.30 Royal Observatory Greenwich (Flamsteed House), Greenwich Park, London London SE10 9NF You'll love checking out the moon and stars using real astronomy instruments. See if you can spot the Almach, also known as the Gamma Andromeda. It's the third brightest star in the Constellation of Andromeda. Don't forget to book tickets for the astronomy show in the Planetarium. Lie back, relax, and you'll feel like you're floating up though the galaxy as...

Filed under: London, greenwich, stars, moon, family evening, gamma andromeda, universe, royal observatory, almach, astronomy, constellation, planetarium

Indig02 - EVELYN GLENNIE - 27th October 2008

Published 22 October 8 9:49 AM | charlotte

An Evening with Evelyn Glennie, at Indig02 Greenwich situated next to the O2 Arena. Kings Row: £45.00 Gold Ticket: £35.00 Silver Ticket: £28.00 Bronze Ticket: £22.50 Standing Only: £10.00 Doors open: 6.30pm Performance: 7.30pm Evelyn gives more than 100 performances a year worldwide, performing with the greatest conductors, orchestras, and artists. For the first ten years of her career virtually every performance she gave was in some way a first - the first time an orchestra had performed with a...

Filed under: Festival, greenwich, emmanuel ax, bobby mcferrin, silver ticket, 27th oct 08, indig 02, bronze ticket, kings row, bela fleck, gold ticket, orchestras, 100 performances worldwide, kodo, o2 arena, venue, percussion soloist, bjork, evelyn glennie, sting, kings singers, standing only, nana vasoncelos, onductors

Children’s Book Week - 6-12 October 2008

Published 7 October 8 9:18 AM | charlotte

Children’s Book Week is in its 77th year and is always held in the first full week of October. This year’s theme is Rhythm and Rhyme. Children’s Book Week is a celebration of reading for pleasure for children of primary school age. National Bookstart Day 2008 The theme of this year’s National Bookstart Day (Friday 10 October) is Pirates Ahoy! A special launch event will be held at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, with further events and parties taking place at libraries, nurseries and children...

Filed under: greenwich, childrens book week, 6th-12th October 2008, schools, librariers, national maritime museaum, pirates ahoy, old possums poetry competition, national bookstart day, childrens centres, rhythm and rhyme, 77th year, nurseries

Riverfront Jazz Festival - 18th - 28th September 2008

Published 18 September 8 9:59 AM | charlotte

Riverfront Jazz in London Now in its 23rd year, the annual Riverfront Jazz Festival will bring over 50 performances to 20 venues across Greenwich this September. Celebrating jazz in all its forms, from nostalgic swing to funky rock, the festival features an impressive line-up of top class musicians and community events. Best of all, most of the performances are free, so you can just sit back, relax and enjoy all that jazz! Riverfront Jazz Festival Highlights Don’t miss ace saxophonist Derek Nash...

Filed under: trafalgar tavern, derek nash, greenwich, rhythm & blues orchestra, olivers music bar, mycenae house, riverfront jazz festival, swing, peter de wit, funky rock, jools holland, 18th-28th September 2008, lord hood, up the creek