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======================================================= [ SE1 Direct ] http://www.SE1direct.co.uk Issue 161 | Monday 1 December 2003 ======================================================= >> IN THIS BULLETIN ======================================================= * What's on this week * ADVERT: Topnotch 12 days of fitness FREE * December issue of 'in SE1' * Local news & features from the London SE1 website * SE1 news from around the web * Attraction & theatre offers with Lastminute.com * In the London SE1 Forum ======================================================= [ What's on this week ] Here's our pick of this week's community and cultural events. For a comprehensive what's on guide check out this month's 'in SE1' - see http://www.inSE1.co.uk for details. WORLD AIDS DAY EVENTS AT CITY HALL Monday 1 December All day at City Hall, Queen's Walk A day of events hosted by Mayor Ken Livingstone. Includes 'Are you HIV prejudiced?' photographic exhibition in the Visitors' Centre, highlighting experiences of prejudice and discrimination by people living with HIV in the UK. The exhibition runs until December 5 (9am-5pm). Between 10am and 5pm today there will be a World AIDS Day Craft Sale in the City Hall Cafeteria. Items will include beaded red ribbons and dolls from the Siyazama Project, which is run by women from a rural community in Kwazulu Natal (South Africa). http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/aidsday03.jsp MULTI-CULTURAL TREE CIRCLE PLANTING PICNIC Monday 1 December 1pm-3pm by Symington House, off Harper Road, next to Joseph Lancaster School Community tree planting event. Free vegetarian refreshments. A regular community garden club will meet on Tuesdays 12-3pm, based at REPA Adventure, 10 Dickens Square, off Harper Road. http://www.gln.org.uk SHELL ELECTRIC STORM Monday 1 December Tonight the Shell Electric Storm is due to host a special event to mark the start of Advent, but exact details were unavailable at the time of compilation. http://www.shellelectricstorm.com FESTIVE FUN AT THE FASHION AND TEXTILE MUSEUM Tuesday 2 & Tuesday 9 December 6.30pm-9pm at the Fashion & Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street Free admission to the exhibition 'My Favourite Dress'. An evening of shopping and mingling with complimentary mulled wine and mince pies. 10% discount at the museum shop. http://www.ftmlondon.org CHRISTMAS EVENINGS AT THE MUSEUM OF GARDEN HISTORY Wednesdays 3 & 10 December 6pm-9pm at the Museum of Garden History, Lambeth Palace Road; free Morley College Singers perform during the garden shopping evening when the cafe serves medieval themed Christmas food and non-alcoholic mulled wine. http://www.museumgardenhistory.org GINGERBREAD ETHNIC MINORITY LONE PARENT PROJECT Thursday 4 December 10.30am-2.30pm at Charterhouse, 40 Tabard Street First meeting to be followed by Eid celebrations and henna art for parents and face painting for the little ones! on 020 7407 1114 http://www.gingerbread.org.uk BLACKFRIARS SETTLEMENT CHRISTMAS FAIR Thursday 4 December 1-4pm; at 1 Rushworth Street; free Baked food, handmade Christmas cards, crafts and white elephant stall. http://www.blackfriars-settlement.org.uk CHRISTMAS EVENING IN LOWER MARSH Thursday 4 December 5.30pm-8pm in Lower Marsh Late night shopping as the Salvation Army Band plays Christmas favourites and the traders in Dickensian costumes roast chestnuts. Free hot sangria and mince pies served outside Cubana. http://www.lower-marsh.co.uk CHRISTMAS FAIR AT ST MATTHEW'S-AT-THE-ELEPHANT Saturday 6 December 11am-2pm at St Matthew's, Meadow Row Stalls, games, food, tombola and Father Christmas. http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=584 WATERLOO COMMUNITY CONFERENCE Saturday 6 December 10am-1pm at the Living Space, 1 Coral Street, Waterloo Road Waterloo Community Regeneration Trust holds a Waterloo Community Conference. A chance for groups and individuals to find out what WCRT does and how it can help. More details on 020 7202 6900. CHAPLIN CLOSE CHRISTMAS FAIR Saturday 6 December 12 noon at Chaplin Close Community Hall, Chaplin Close; 20p Tombola, craft stalls, food and refreshments. Father Christmas visiting. CHRISTMAS FAYRE AT SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL Sunday 7 December 12.30-3pm at Southwark Cathedral, Montague Close; free Food, book and gift stalls. Mulled wine and mince pies. Friends of Southwark Cathedral event. http://www.dswark.org/cathedral/friends/ ALUMBRADO - LATIN AMERICAN LIGHTING FESTIVAL Sunday 7 December 4pm-7.30pm on the 1st floor, Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre Celebrate Christmas the Latin American way! Music from 'Los Chicos del Vallenato', decorations, lighting ceremony, nativity (pesebre) set, fun and celebrations. http://www.elephantlinks.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------- Running an event? http://SE1direct.co.uk/inclusion.php ======================================================= [ ADVERT: Topnotch 12 days of fitness FREE ] TOPNOTCH HEALTH CLUB -� ST THOMAS STREET 12 DAYS OF FITNESS FREE! Sample the Topnotch experience for a full 12 days absolutely FREE! This exclusive offer is strictly limited to the first 25 people only. Call the membership department now on 020 7403 1040 or e-mail us to reserve your place. This offer must be redeemed before 15th December 2003. [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------- Get your ad here http://SE1direct.co.uk/advertising.php ======================================================= [ December issue of 'in SE1' ] The December issue of 'in SE1', our monthly printed news, features and what's on publication, is on its way to all the usual distribution points. As usual you can also download the publication in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF) via the website http://www.inSE1.co.uk ======================================================= [ Local news & features from the London SE1 website ] The London SE1 website team updates the SE1 news and features throughout the week: FOUR ARRESTS IN BANKSIDE ICE CREAM LICENSING PROBE Detectives from the Met Police arrested four people on Thursday - including a serving Southwark police officer - as part of an investigation into allegations of corruption regarding the licensing of riverside ice cream sellers. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/739 10 YEARS IN JAIL FOR WATERLOO ROBBER 24-year-old Jason Colliver of Miller Walk, off Stamford Street, was on Friday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment at the Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to three robberies in south London and the Home Counties. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/742 TOPPING OUT CEREMONY AT RIVERSIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Patricia Moberly, Chairman of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust, presided over the topping out ceremony at the new Evelina Children's Hospital in Lambeth Palace Road on Monday. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/740 LAMBETH BRIDGE DUCK TOUR RESCUE DRAMA Eight tourists on a "duck tour" pleasure boat trip were rescued by a lifeboat after the amphibious craft began to take on water near Lambeth Bridge. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/738 FREE TICKET OFFER AT SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE Southwark Playhouse is giving away 100 free tickets for the first week of its family Christmas show, Forty Hares and a Princess, to Southwark residents. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/741 ======================================================= [ SE1 news from around the Web ] Each week we trawl the web for news and features about SE1 people, places and organisations National Theatre and Imperial War Museum to be lit up for Christmas http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=587 - Standard ======================================================= [ Attraction & theatre offers with Lastminute.com ] SAVE 20% AT WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BRITAIN AT WAR EXPERIENCE The Britain At War Experience in Tooley Street recreates the London Blitz in all its fury with special effects highlighting the sites and sounds, the artefacts, and even the dust and smoke of an air raid at its height. http://lastminute.se1direct.co.uk/?id=106 MESSIAH: SCENES FROM A CRUCIFIXION BY STEVEN BERKOFF @ THE OLD VIC THEATRE - ONLY �15 Steven Berkoff's award winning play comes to the Old Vic for a limited season following a rapturous reception at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2000. http://lastminute.se1direct.co.uk/?id=117 ======================================================= [ In the London SE1 Forum ] Our weekly digest of topics raised in recent discussions at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/ - 100-140 Union Street - Trouble on Weston Street saturday night - Helicopters - Shape @ Czar Bar - Thameslink 2000 consultation - Coronet Cinema - Tabard TMC turmoil - London Bridge Tower - All quiet @ Wicked - No water! - Good electrician? To read and respond to all these discussions and more, go to: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/ ======================================================= >> CONTACT DETAILS ======================================================= Before sending us event information or press releases, please read this page: http://www.SE1direct.co.uk/inclusion.php Editor: James Hatts - email [email protected] SE1 Direct is copyright (c) 2003 Bankside Press ======================================================= >> SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ======================================================= Not yet a subscriber? If you received this issue from a friend or colleague, you can sign up at http://www.SE1direct.co.uk to make sure you don't miss next week's issue. You are subscribed to SE1 Direct as: {EMAIL} Your password is: {PASSWORD} You can log in to change your email address or unsubscribe at http://se1.willco.com/bulk/