Named after Thomas Edison’s 1893 film studio, the Black Maria Film-Video festival is a juried national competition that focuses on experimental short films and videos. Festival director John Columbia hosts a screening of this year’s winners, including works by Miguel Diez Prez’s animated ‘Animal’, Bill Morison’s roadtrip documentary ‘Ghost Trip’ and Jay Rosenblatt’s ‘King of the Jews’ at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Archive for May, 2010
Expansion and Stretch
50 of the country’s finest professional print artists are scheduled to attend this exhibition cum academic event. The exhibition seeks to question the state of modern print creation by comparing some of the most recent styles to have emerged in this area of the visual arts. Host and organiser Deke Erh is quite a figure amongst the art crowd. His photography on of old Shanghai, published by his own imprint, are very successful.
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Canal Caf? Theatre
The Bridge House, Delamere Terrace, W2 (020 7289 6054)
Royal Oak or Warwick Avenue tube. Performances daily; phone for details. Admission varies; phone for details. Annual membership ?1. Credit MC, V.
Housed in an upstairs
room in a pub next to the picturesque canal running through Little
Venice, the Canal Caf? Theatre hosts a wide range of entertainment,
from the long-running topical sketch show Newsrevue (Thur-Sun) to
cabarets and serious drama. Food available till 10pm.
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Kensington Gardens
W8 (020 7298 2117)
Bayswater, High Street Kensington, Lancaster Gate or Queensway tube. Open dawn-dusk daily.
The attraction of Kensington Palace ‘s
extensive gardens (John Evelyn thought them ‘very delicious’) was part
of the reason that William and Mary bought the house. Although the
gardens now merge into Hyde Park, they were, in the early eighteenth
century, laid out in a distinct formal Dutch style; they now have a
considerably more natural appearance. Wander through the sunken garden,
take tea at the Orangery , or gaze at the paintings in the Serpentine Gallery . The huge Round Pond in the middle is a focus for little boys (most of them over 40) sailing their model boats. Close to the Long Water is the Peter Pan statue .
Also for children, look out for Elfin Oak, puppet shows in summer and
two playgrounds (one off Broad Walk and one near Black Lion Gate).
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