Artist Claire Elizabeth Hind emailed us yesterday asking if we could put a call out to any local artists who might be interested in exhibiting between 5th – 10th March at The Parlour Gallery on Queen’s Crescent. They are looking for 2D arts, sculpture, dance, poetry, sound and film/video. She says: “The event will celebrate [...]
January, 2011
Oink: Kentish Town City Farm
If you’ve never been – and I bet that’s a few of you – you’ll be surprised how nice it is: sheep grazing in a valley, outsize hens clucking about in the dirt, a goat chewing pensively as it eyes you up. And nestling in a remote outpost of West Kentish Town, it’s all spread [...]
Why move Peter Stevens’ bench?
A few years ago I used to write a blog and Time Out column on the stories behind London’s memorial benches. Of the dozens covered, none was more touching than that of Peter Stevens, a young man who died at just 26, and is remembered by a bench at the summit of Primrose Hill, bearing [...]
But is it art?
I know it’s all art, art, art this week on The Kentishtowner, but before we forget, we have to plug the Camden New Journal’s recent interview with NW5 legend Dame Paula Rego on the subject of local graffitti. Rego, whose studio is in Kentish Town, wisely supports the idea of a committee to consider the [...]
Tracey comes to Malden Road?
Exciting news just in today. The Kentishtowner has just learnt that from Feb 5 to March 27 Tracey Emin will be showing at an empty shop on Malden Road (#46), as part of the Zabludowicz’s forthcoming “The Shape We’re In (Camden)”. For that, we’ll forgive her conversion to Toryism (almost). The press release reads: “Taking [...]
Future Map 10: Go!
Regular readers will know that the Zabludowicz Collection, or 176 Gallery, is not only one of our favourite haunts in NW5 – but our beloved capital itself. And Future Map 10, which showcases the finest graduates from the University of the Arts London and opened on Friday (closes Feb 6 – be quick) is its [...]
It’s a new year still, isn’t it?
It’s nice, at the start of the year, feeling that you can do anything. And weirdly the recent slew of celebrity deaths – Postlethwaite, Karn, Rafferty – somehow heightens the feeling. Is it wrong to say that? One thing I often wonder walking through Kentish Town, as dreary and dystopian in January as it gets, [...]
And now for some good news
Architecture fans rejoice. It was announced last week that the iconic 1920′s former Northwest London Polytechnic building, on the corner of Kentish Town and Prince Of Wales roads, has been saved from demolition. As it should have been long ago. Look closely now – it’s even smiling. (Happy New Year by the way. Was yours [...]
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Wednesday Picture: Let’s make a K-Town cinema or arts space actually happen!
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Free Weekend? Explore Stoke Newington – and a Top 5 pub guide
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Pinboard May 16: A date set for Kentish Town Carnival – and other spring fairs & festivals
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Bench Tales – back now as a regular series
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Who is the new Mayor? Why, Kentishtowner Jonathan Simpson. Here’s his Top 5…
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Newsflash: two cinema chains seeking a K-Town venue
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Free Weekend? Explore Stoke Newington – and a Top 5 pub guide
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Big Review: Colonel Fawcett, Camden Town
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Fan of Kentish Town graffiti legend Mr P? See his new mural on Crown Place
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Who is the new Mayor? Why, Kentishtowner Jonathan Simpson. Here’s his Top 5…
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Mike: Nice boozer list - but not sure the Southampton Ar...
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Dudisimo: So now they start asking for 10k to put it on? ...
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april: The whole article I was waiting for you to mention...
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birdlebird: Here's a nice old photo of the auditorium of the ...
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