What’s On This Weekend: Lights, Christmas, Action, South Social Film Festival & Southwark Cathedral Christmas Market
North: Fashioning Identity Exhibition at Somerset House
This season, Somerset House has been playing host to a very special exhibition focusing on Northern heritage, identity and influences on British culture. North: Fashioning Identity features over 100 photographs, fashion garments and artworks from a host of renowned photographers, designers and artists including Raf Simons, Paul Smith, Gareth Push, Shirley Baker, Alasdair McLellan and many, many more. The exhibition highlights how the realities of life in then north of England captured in the mid-20th century and how they continue to influence new generations of artists. Many of the works on show are personal reflections of the artist’s sense of northern identity, including a number of interviews with northern talent look at how their home towns influenced their creative output and how admirers from further afield have looked to the North for inspiration through its culture – music, film, sport, fashion, landscapes and communities.
Lights, Christmas, Action in Millbank
This Saturday, Tate Britain will be celebrating the swtich on of their 2017 Christmas Commission by Alan Kane called Home For Christmas. The main entrance will be aglow with an arrangement of off-the-shelf Christmas themed lights and there will be mince pies, carols from the London City Voices, torch lit tours of the Turner paintings, Christmas crafts as well as free entry for the first 100 people with a local postcode to The EY Exhibition: Impressionists in London previously mentioned in one of our recent What’s On blog posts. Activities will include hands-on live art workshops that the whole family can get involved with, Christmas craft, gift and decoration making using recyclable materials as well as talks and discussions about up and coming displays and exhibitions. Only a very short along the Thames from our Westminster office, if you’re interested in looking at properties to rent or properties to buy in the area, feel free to drop in and hello to our team who would be happy to help.
South Social Film Festival in Oval
The British Lebanese Association has joint forces with the The Cinema Museum to present Lebanon Factory as part of their South Social Film Festival. Four extraordinary films from four lebanses film makers will be presented, each with a unique perspective on Lebanon. They will reveal the next generation’s fears and hopes for their country and create a dialogue between cultures. Two of the film directors will be on hand for a Q&A to discuss the thoughts behind their work. There will also be delicious Lebanese catering by the Cedar restaurant as well as live music by a Lebanese band. The British Lebanese Association was established in 1984, to encourage friendship and understanding between the people of Great Britain and Lebanon and to advance cultural development between the two countries. The Cinema Museum are currently running a Save The Museum petition to save their residence after occupying this historic venue for 19 years. If you would like to save the museum you can sign the petition at the event. Not far from our Kennington office, drop in and say hello if you’re keen to find out more about properties to rent or properties to buy in the surrounding area.
Lab Live: Tinker Wonderland in Kennington
This weekend, the Institute of Imagination will be getting in the Christmas spirit with a variety of their tinkering and making workshops. Tinker Wonderland is a Christmas Market with a difference where you can explore over 25 interactive stands and stalls in their 12,000 square foot space. Activities for the family include: Solder and make a Rudolph red nose mini circuit, create your own festive LED flashing light monsters, build your own interactive soft toy, design and 3D print your own Christmas decorations, make your own Christmas cards and so much more! Targeted at children between the ages of 6 and 12, Tinker Wonderland takes place between 10am to 4pm on Saturday. There will also be street market vendors selling food, hot drinks and mulled wine so is a great way to spend the whole day.
Drawn To The Skyline on Bankside
Everybody knows how easy it is to take a snap of a great view, especially when you get the opportunity to take one from the top of a tall building like the Tate Modern. However, it is far harder to capture it in a drawing or a sketch. Drawn To The Skyline is a walkshop, workshop by the Museum of Walking that will be led by Ruth Broadbent who is an artist and associate lecturer who specialises in drawing and sculpture. This will be an opportunity to see the London skyline from a different perspective and capture its essence while on the move. If you are already a keen sketcher and are looking for new inspiration or you’re looking for an alternative way to tour the Bankside, this will be a fun activity to do this weekend. Beginning at the Tate Modern Blavatnik Building and ending in St. Pauls, you will learn how to walk and draw in a creative and experimental way. If you’re interested in looking at properties to rent or properties to buy in the London Bridge area, pop in and have a chat to one of our team who will be happy to help.
Southwark Cathedral Christmas Market in Southwark
Now part of a regular feature of Advent, Southwark Cathedral will be hosting their annual Christmas Market in the marquee located on the north side of the Cathedral. Opening all weekend, there will be lots of exhibitors selling high quality and unique products, filled with beautiful and delightful gifts, many of which are hand-made. Included will be artisan jewellery, children’s toys and gifts, ceramics, handmade soaps, glass decorations, homeware, leather goods and much more. There will also be a raffle with some wonderful prizes that will be announded on Sunday at 4pm, as well as a snug area where you can relax and take the weight off your feet and enjoy a Christmas movie with some home-made mince pies and warming mulled wine. Children can also pay a visit to the animals as well as Father Christmas in his grotto! Christmas music will be provided by various different choirs and organists throughout the weekend which will add to the festive spirit of the event.
If you’re interested in finding out more about future events in Westminster, London, Kennington and the surrounding areas, feel free to drop by any of our offices – we’ll be glad to provide you with a list. We can arrange viewings of properties for sale and properties for rent within walking distance of some of these popular venues.
